Friday’s Mystery eBooks
Wicked on the Beach
by Lotta Smith, Kelly Hartigan of Xterraweb
Rating: 4.6 #ad
Beach wedding and a murder… Throw in an angry mermaid threatening to destroy the wedding! There’s trouble in Paradise, and the Rowling family is on the case.
The island wedding of Mandy’s BFF Fiona and famous exorcist Brian Powers becomes the backdrop for a murder investigation when the body of a notorious loan shark is found in the dunes. But how did a man drown so far from the water?
An angry mermaid threatens to wreak havoc if the killer isn’t caught, but with no spirits to question, does Mandy stand a ghost of a chance to solve the case?
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(Paranormal in Manhattan Cozy Mysteries)
Two Days in Caracas
by Luana Ehrlich
Rating: 4.6 #ad
Titus faces a threat he never imagined. Can he capture Ahmed Al-Amin before it’s too late?
Confronting a new operative . . . When veteran CIA operative Titus Ray arrives in San José, Costa Rica, and meets fresh-faced Ben Mitchell, a hot-tempered new operative with barely any experience in the field, he has a choice to make–ignore him or take him under his wing.
Facing an old demon . . . In the middle of an active, ongoing operation, Titus is suddenly called back to the States where he must deal with the failures from his past and make decisions about his future with Detective Nikki Saxon.
Opposing a present danger . . .
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(Titus Ray Thrillers)
Let the Dead Keep Their Secrets
by Rosemary Simpson
Rating: 4.6 #ad
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Childbirth can be dangerous even for the wealthy. So when opera singer Claire Buchanan shows Prudence and Geoffrey a postmortem cabinet photograph of her deceased twin sister and newborn niece, they express sadness but not surprise. The popular black-bordered portraits are the era’s way of coping with the devastating losses that plague every family. What makes this death different is that Claire is convinced Catherine and her child were murdered.
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(A Gilded Age Mysteries)
Battle Games
by T Alex Ratcliffe
Rating: 5.0 #ad
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WELCOME TO THIS SEASON OF BATTLE GAMES! Three random events, two teams, one winner. Will they play Blind, last team on the platform wins, but watch out for the the drones that temporarily blind, deafen, and numb players. Boulder, score the winning goal with a seven foot ball that can crush players. Breakout, last team standing on a rapidly disappearing platform wins, or any of dozens of other events. Who will be this year’s A Rank champion? Find out in this season of Battle Games!
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(A Gilded Age Mysteries)
Wings of Flesh and Bones
by Cathrina Constantine
Rating: 4.1 #ad
An Angel. A Witch. A Demon. And A Choice.
Creatures from outer realms suck, as any gatekeeper worth their salt will tell you. Welcome to Rogan’s life, an orphaned seventeen-year-old who lives and trains with other misfits under her uncle’s roof, keeping Earth safe from non-human realm jumpers. Rogan’s biggest issue concerns her uncle’s short leash with her freedom—that is of course, until she’s taken by a notorious witch, and her life begins to unravel. Soon, the supernatural beauty discovers there’s a reason her uncle kept such a tight lock on her whereabouts, and that she has more than angel blood running through her veins.
The Seventh Commandment
by Lawrence Sanders
Rating: 4.4 #ad
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Nothing gets by Dora Conti. Her latest case brings the tough-as-nails claims adjuster to the mean streets of New York, where Lewis Starrett, a wealthy society jeweler, has been fatally stabbed. Though the killer was apparently an amateur, there was a lot of power behind the knife’s thrust. The victim lived in an eighteen-room duplex on Fifth Avenue with his wife, daughter, son, and daughter-in-law. Conti must look into the lives of this privileged clan before deciding whether to pay out Lewis Starrett’s life insurance policy.
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(The Commandment Mysteries)
The Doll-Master
by Joyce Carol Oates
Rating: 4.4 #ad
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Includes “Big Momma,” a finalist for the International Thriller Writers Award for Best Short Story
Here are six of Joyce Carol Oates’s most “frightening – and deeply disturbing – short stories” (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette). In the titular story, a boy becomes obsessed with his cousin’s doll after her tragic death. As he grows older, he begins to collect “found dolls” from surrounding neighborhoods . . . each with its own sinister significance.
In “Gun Accident,” a teenage girl is delighted to house-sit for her favorite teacher, until an intruder forces his way inside—changing more than one life forever. The collection closes with the taut tale of a mystery bookstore owner whose designs on a rare bookshop in scenic New Hampshire devolve into a menacing game with real-life consequences.
The Concubine and Her Vampires
by Julie Morgan
Rating: 4.3 #ad
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When destiny becomes reality…
Born a blood demon, Olivia Martin’s sole purpose is to become a blood slave to a vampire. She is nothing more than a blood bag. With a vampire as her master, she would want for nothing, her every need and whim catered to, but becoming a prisoner was not the life Olivia would have chosen for herself.
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(The Covenant of New Orleans)