Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks

If You See Kay Lie
by Quinn Glasneck
Rating: 4.2 #ad

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The snarky, inappropriate and irreverent duo is back and this time with clowns on the loose!

BJ’s life is a three-ring circus. She’s juggling her jobs, her friends, and man-troubles, and then things get complicated. Out on a morning walk with her dog, Twinkles, BJ stumbles over a dead body. Not quite what she expected before her first cup of coffee – or ever.

Then there’s the bullet dodging when not one, but two hot cops take their shot at a relationship with her, when they’re supposed to be investigating the crimes. And if that weren’t enough balls to juggle, there are the clown attacks!

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(The Badge Bunny Booze Mysteries)


The Scorpion’s Tail
by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
Rating: 4.6 #ad

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Following the acclaimed debut of Old Bones, this second “happily anticipated” new thriller in Preston & Child’s series features Nora Kelly, archaeologist at the Santa Fe Archeological Institute, and rookie FBI Agent Corrie Swanson, as they team up to solve a mystery that quickly escalates into nightmare (Booklist).

A mummified corpse, over half a century old, is found in the cellar of an abandoned building in a remote New Mexico ghost town. Corrie is assigned what seems to her a throwaway case: to ID the body and determine cause of death. She brings archaeologist Nora Kelly to excavate the body and lend her expertise to the investigation, and together they uncover something unexpected and shocking: the deceased apparently died in agony, in a fetal position, skin coming off in sheets, with a rictus of horror frozen on his face.

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(Nora Kelly Mysteries)


The Perfect Spy
by Amy Martinsen
Rating: 4.8 #ad

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She’s got the best undercover crew. But will a sinister secret undo them?

Kate Ross has lost way too much in the last six months. With her mother’s death from breast cancer, an agent she handled killed on the job, and her career in jeopardy, the beleaguered CIA officer’s faith in God seems like another casualty. So she’s relieved to be offered a shot at redemption by managing an innovative team of “mom spies”… until they saddle her with a more experienced man as a babysitter.

Battling self-doubt and a loss of confidence in her espionage skills, Kate directs a smoothly successful first mission for the unit….


Helix Nexus
by Chris Lofts
Rating: 5.0 #ad

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WHEN MAJOR NATHAN HELIX’S commanding officer plunges 55 floors to his death, everybody agrees that Helix is the obvious choice of investigator.

CONFLICT ERUPTS WHEN the Home Secretary intervenes. Helix refuses to stand down and chooses suspension over desk duty. Determined to discover who murdered his friend and mentor, he joins forces with his cyber-genius brother Ethan.

CHAINS OF EVIDENCE point back to a celebrated case, the pinnacle of Helix’s career, a crime centred around politics and power. The case is closed and Helix wants it left that way. But long lost family links lurk in the shadows and blood is thicker than water. He’s not the only one with a different version of the truth. EXPLOSIVE NEW EVIDENCE

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(Helix Genesis)


The First to Draw
by James Leonard
Rating: 5.0 #ad

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John Stonehouse fought for the Union, and in a lot of ways he’s still fighting. Now he’s ready to lay his battles to rest and find peace on a ranch all his own. But Rex Tovey has other plans for him.
Rex is used to getting what he wants, even if he has to kill everyone in his way to get it. He’s got plenty of bullets and plenty of men to back him up. And he always insists on being the last man standing.

When Rex sets his sights on John’s new land, all-out war erupts in Tucson and battle lines get drawn fast. Soon, Emma Longacre finds herself caught in the crossfire. With danger on all sides, she turns to John for help. But how can one man fight a whole gang?


Fake Truth
by Lee Goldberg
Rating: 4.3 #ad

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Author Ian Ludlow writes great adventures…but after helping Chinese movie star Wang Mei defect to the United States, he becomes the accidental hero of a real-life espionage thriller. Now he’s stuck with the actress – and suffering a nasty case of writer’s block – when he stumbles into a secret Russian plot using “fake news” to outrage Americans into believing a terrifying lie.

It’s up to Ian and Margo French, his researcher-turned-spy, to discover the connection between a barbaric drug lord in Mexico, a homicidal maniac in California, a rogue citizen army in Texas, a raging TV pundit in New York, and two dead tourists in Portugal…


Trouble on the Taj McCall
by Linda Robinson
Rating: 4.3 #ad

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Larabeth McCall has too much idle time since the youngest of her two daughters joined her sister in college. Blessed with an innate love of the great outdoors, Larabeth craves to explore nature in a motor home. But the empty-nest doldrums become the least of her worries as she awaits the results of a recent biopsy. With breast cancer having claimed lives in her family for the previous two generations, she has every reason for concern.

Unlike his wife, Elton McCall is not the adventurous sort but reconsiders her request to travel after he’s threatened with the possibility of losing the love of his life. He purchases a luxury motor home, leaves his business in his partner’s hands, and sets out with Larabeth to fulfill her dream on “The Taj McCall.” Surprisingly, Elton begins to enjoy the life-changing journey.


Tell Me
by Lisa Jackson
Rating: 4.5 #ad

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The most hated woman in Savannah, Georgia, is about to be set free. Twenty years ago, beautiful Blondell O’Henry was convicted of murdering her eldest daughter, Amity, and wounding her two other children. Though she swore she was innocent, the prosecution insisted that Blondell did it all to be with her lover. But Blondell’s son has now recanted his crucial testimony.

Reporter Nikki Gillette is determined to get the truth for her true crime book—as well as personal reasons. Amity was Nikki’s childhood friend. The night she died, Amity begged her to meet with her, insisting she had a secret to tell, but Nikki didn’t go.

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(Pierce Reed/Nikki Gillette Mysteries)


OFFENBUNKER: Cold War Spies Face Nuclear Menace
by A.G. Russo
Rating: 4.3 #ad

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A top secret bunker deep in the Blue Ridge Mountains. A silo housing a ballistic missile.

Cold War super powers the United States and the Soviet Union are engaged in an intense “arms race” build up of nuclear weapons and face off for control as the fate of the free world hangs in the balance.

The CIA, U.S. military intelligence, spies, double agents, the KGB, Stasi secret police, and assassins engage in a dangerous contest of espionage as Russia wants to spread communism and take control of Europe, and the United States wants to stop them.

What is the personal cost to those who devote their lives to preventing nuclear war?


The First Time I Saw You
by Lorhainne Eckhart
Rating: 4.8 #ad

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Like his parents Andy and Laura Friessen, Gabriel knows what it means to face an impossible situation. What he doesn’t realize when he puts up an ad looking for a roommate he never expects to meet a down on her luck gorgeous single mom with a meddling family, a crazy ex-boyfriend, and enough chemistry between them to heat a county. The only problem is she doesn’t believe in happily ever after and sees falling in love as a mistake only fools make. But Gabriel can’t stop thinking about her, wanting her, and is determined to show her the road to love isn’t as dangerous as she believes.

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(The Friessens Series)