Monday’s Mystery eBooks
Murder at the Village Fete
by Catherine Coles
Rating: 4.2 #ad
Downton Abbey crossed with Murder, She Wrote…set in a Yorkshire village!
Evelyn Christie, the new Lady Northmoor, is looking forward to hosting the local village fete in the grounds of Hessleham Hall.
However, the last thing she expects to see on the morning of the fete is the local Member of Parliament face down in the stream at the edge of the lawn! Evelyn and her husband, Tommy, are again called into action to find the dastardly murderer before he strikes again!
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(A Tommy & Evelyn Christie Mysteries)
Palm Beach Taboo
by Tom Turner
Rating: 4.5 #ad
There’s a dangerous cult in Palm Beach.
All about philanthropy and altruism, they say. All about sex and money, Crawford and Ott say.
Then there’s a brutal stabbing…make that sex and money and MURDER!
Suspects? Well, there’s a billionaire heiress, an ex-movie star, a former member of Skull and Bones, a Blackwater psychopath…and the bizarre thing, they’re members of the Mensa society!
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(Charlie Crawford Palm Beach Mysteries)
Death in Desolation
by George Bellairs
Rating: 4.4 #ad
A death in a secretive family, a violent gang, and no witnesses leaves Littlejohn head to head with a formidable matriarch.
When the police are called to a fire in the isolated farm of Great Lands, they discover the dead body of Harry Quill next to his unconscious wife. It appears Mrs. Quill burned stacks of hay to raise the alarm, but she dies in hospital before she can give a statement.
Chief Superintendent Littlejohn and Inspector Cromwell are assigned to the double murder, believing it to be the work of a notorious gang. However, it becomes apparent that the gang in question – the Black Lot – were arrested the night of the Quill’s death.
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(The Inspector Littlejohn Mysteries)
ONCE BITTEN
by Bill Hansmann
Rating: 4.5 #ad
Keith Michaels sits on Georgia’s death row convicted of the brutal murder of the wife of an Atlanta dentist-a crime he did not commit.
Keith’s sister Diane is determined to see her brother freed and hires the Atkinson Detective Agency to find evidence that Keith did not commit the crime. Mike and Linda Atkinson, along with Linda’s brother Tommy Cevilli set out to disprove the overwhelming evidence that led to Keith’s conviction. Their search leads them to the actual brutal killer and more of his heinous crimes, but he is determined to not have his crimes uncovered and is willing to do whatever he feels is necessary to not be found out.
Invitation To Death
by Bryan Smith
Rating: 4.3 #ad
Once upon a time they were the cool kids. The most popular by far in the class of 1999. Then in senior year something terrible happened, a tragedy brought about by their shameful behavior one drunken night. A solemn vow was made to never speak of it and never see each other again after graduation. Now, decades later, they’ve received invitations to an exclusive Christmas Day event at remote Raven’s Reach manor. The lure? A shot at winning a million dollars. Once they’re together again, bad things start happening. Is this the past finally catching up to them or something far more sinister?
The Awakening
by Lorhainne Eckhart
Rating: 4.0 #ad
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In THE AWAKENING, Laura, a young single mother is barely making ends meet working as a maid at the Friessen mansion. Until one day she is fired, the next day she is evicted, and two days later her son is taken away.
Wealthy rancher Andy Friessen can have any woman he wants, but when Laura is fired by his mother over something he was responsible for, well his conscience gets the better of him and he steps in to help. The problem is when he goes looking for Laura he not only discovers she’s been living in her car, but the state took her child away.
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(The Outsider Series)