Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
On the Hook
by Betty Hechtman
Rating: 4.6 #ad
Molly Pink and the Tarzana Hookers are busy crocheting baby blankets for charity, but before long, they’re tangled up in a mystery that may be their unraveling. The Hookers are a tight-knit group, but some of the members harbor secret aspirations. Adele dreams of becoming an actress, and her acting coach has filled her head with promises of a career as a crochet show host. Elise Belmont has earned her real estate license and is itching to show her first house. But when the house’s tenant turns up dead from a pink squirrel cocktail laced with cyanide, the Hookers could be in double treble.
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(A Crochet Mysteries)
Syndrome
by Marco de Hoogh
Rating: 4.3 #ad
A world dies. An epic story begins… An ancient order plans to unleash their man-made resolution upon the world. They are the chosen few that will inherit the earth. First the crops withered. Then the animals perished. Then it was mankind’s turn.
Not everything went to plan, though. Millions rose up from the dead and became slaves to their programming: Hunt down and destroy the living. Against all odds, there are survivors. They face a dangerous world, intent on enslaving or destroying them.
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(Apocalypsis Immortuos Mysteries)
Fortune and Glory
by Janet Evanovich
Rating: 4.6 #ad
When Stephanie’s beloved Grandma Mazur’s new husband died on their wedding night, the only thing he left her was a beat-up old easy chair…and the keys to a life-changing fortune.
But as Stephanie and Grandma Mazur search for Jimmy Rosolli’s treasure, they discover that they’re not the only ones on the hunt. Two dangerous enemies from the past stand in their way—along with a new adversary who’s even more formidable: Gabriela Rose, a dark-eyed beauty from Little Havana with a taste for designer clothes. She’s also a soldier of fortune, a gourmet cook, an expert in firearms and mixed martial arts—and someone who’s about to give Stephanie a real run for her money.
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(Stephanie Plum Mysteries)
Marcus Sharpe
by William Black
Rating: New Release #ad
Marcus Sharpe is getting his first crack at being sheriff, replacing the popular Ike Hoskins, who decided to get married. Marcus experiences some early stunning success as a lawman, before a jailbreak has him hunting down some of the most vicious outlaws in Arizona Territory.
Sheriff Sharpe will need every instinct of a lawman to bring in the thoroughly cunning and evil Landon Harvey.
Meanwhile, turmoil follows Marcus around. He’s unsure how to deal with his Mexican heritage. Yet the hunt for criminals could also lead to redemption for his past and future. Along the way he meets the beautiful, yet fiercely independent, Annie Buckholtz. The two have many frontiers, challenges and dangers to conquer together.
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(Post-Civil War Western Justice Series)
Never Ask Me
by Jeff Abbott
Rating: 4.1 #ad
In a quiet neighborhood in the wealthy Austin suburb of Lakehaven, the body of Danielle Roberts is discovered on a park bench. Danielle was a beloved member of the community, an adoption consultant who delivered the joy of parenthood to a number of local families. Her murder shocks Lakehaven.
Perhaps no other family is as crushed as the Pollitts, who lived two houses down from Danielle and thought of her almost like family. Her death becomes the catalyst for a maelstrom of suspicion and intrigue. You have been told a huge lie, an anonymous email charges the son, Grant. No one can learn the truth now, thinks the father, Kyle. Never ask me what I’d do to protect my family, resolves the wife, Iris. I’ll do whatever it takes to save him, vows the daughter, Julia, of Danielle’s grieving teenage son.
Once a Hero
by Jan Thompson
Rating: 4.5 #ad
From USA Today bestselling author Jan Thompson. A former FBI agent and a treasure hunter must join forces to defeat a mutual enemy in a race to find treasures from the lost Amber Room.
Emerging from a deep undercover operation gone wrong, FBI Special Agent Jake Kessler finds himself suspended without pay and left out of the remaining hunt for the most notorious terrorist in the world. The only person who might be able to help him is a random stranger he meets in San Francisco, who wants something in return even when there is a price on her own head.
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(Protector Sweethearts Mysteries)
The Trap
by Lorhainne Eckhart
Rating: 4.8 #ad
From NY Times & USA Today bestselling author Lorhainne Eckhart.
A mysterious abduction that looks like a trap…but who’s being trapped, the social worker who’s been taken or the detective trying to rescue her?
On a cold and rainy night, Billy Jo McCabe receives a troubling phone call about a child in trouble. But when she shows up alone, things quickly go sideways, and she realizes her mistake
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(Billy Jo McCabe Mysteries)
Deadly Pretender
by Karen Kingsbury
Rating: 4.8 #ad
David Miller had a dream job and a beautiful family. But one perfect life wasn’t enough. So he pretended to be an attorney, then a CIA agent. And he secretly married another woman. He juggled it all quite well – until the day his two wives found out about each other.
Miller groped for ways to hold on to his finances and reputation. But when he tried using a gun to silence his second wife, his carefully constructed facade of power and wealth exploded.