Thursday’s Mystery eBooks
Death of a Ghost
by M. C. Beaton
Rating: 4.6 #ad
Sergeant Hamish Macbeth–Scotland’s most quick-witted but unambitious policeman–returns in M.C. Beaton’s new mystery in her New York Times bestselling series. From the author of the Agatha Raisin series.
When Police Sergeant Hamish Macbeth hears reports of a haunted castle near Drim, he assumes the eerie noises and lights reported by the villagers are just local teenagers going there to smoke pot or, worse, inject themselves with drugs. Still, Hamish decides that he and his policeman, Charlie “Clumsy” Carson, will spend the night at the ruined castle to get to the bottom of the rumors once and for all.
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(A Hamish Macbeth Mysteries)
Finger Lickin’ Fifteen
by Janet Evanovich
Rating: 4.6 #ad
Recipe for disaster: Celebrity chef Stanley Chipotle comes to Trenton to participate in a barbecue cook-off and loses his head – literally.
Throw in some spice: Bail bonds office worker Lula is witness to the crime, and the only one she’ll talk to is Trenton cop, Joe Morelli. Pump up the heat: Chipotle’s sponsor is offering a million-dollar reward to anyone who can provide information leading to the capture of the killers. Stir the pot: Lula recruits bounty hunter Stephanie Plum to help her find the killers and collect the moolah.
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(Stephanie Plum Mysteries)
Forgotten Gods Omnibus Collection
by Multiple Authors
Rating: 4.5 #ad
The gods are real…and they want their world back. Thousands of years ago, ancient deities fought a civil war that nearly destroyed the earth. They were defeated by a great warrior—and banished to spend eternity beyond the reach of the humans who once served them.
Their war is raging once again. And once again, it will require a great hero to save humanity. nfortunately for humanity, I’m that hero.
My name is Vic Stratton. I’m no saint, but I’m the best chance we’ve got at surviving the chaos about to be unleashed. But hey, at least I have my good looks, a quick tongue, and the sword of the gods on my side.
Scaredy Cat
by Mark Billingham
Rating: 4.2 #ad
Killing becomes a twisted team sport in this “smart, fast-paced procedural” from the award-winning author of Sleepyhead (Booklist).
It was a vicious, calculated murder. The killer selected his victim at London’s Euston station, followed her home on the tube, strangled her to death in front of her child. At the same time, killed in the same way, a second body is discovered at the back of King’s Cross station. It is a grisly coincidence that eerily echoes the murders of two other women, stabbed to death months before on the same day.
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(Tom Thorne Mysteries)
Signed to Death
by Stephanie Parker McKean
Rating: 5.0 #ad
A murder mystery falling at her feet is just the first shock to electrify antique shop owner Zoey Thunderbird.
Zoey is seriously DWM—Done With Men—but her heart forgets at every mention of junk sculptor Dave Durham. When a claspy-grabby stranger comes to town with outrageous stories and “flutterings” for Dave, Zoey’s best friend and sole employee at Treasure Trove takes the stranger’s side.
Zoey sets out to solve the mystery of the man who was signed to death and gets accidentally kidnapped in a wardrobe. Instead of rescuing her, police officers arrest her. She is unknowingly standing on a fortune’s worth of cocaine hidden in the bottom of the wardrobe. Things can’t get worse – but they do…
Witch
by Iain Rob Wright
Rating: 4.0 #ad
On December 21, 2012, according to the Mayan Calendar, the world was supposed to end. It didn’t. But on that day, 113 mysterious manuscripts were discovered around the world, each one written in blood by an unknown author. After several dozen unexplained deaths befell the finders of said manuscripts, a decision was made to lock them up for good in a secret vault beneath the Vatican. It is said that anyone who reads the stories will die, and as such they are now referred to as ‘The Cursed Manuscripts.’
If you love dread-filled stories full of scares, then ‘Witch’ is the book you’ve been waiting for. New for 2021. Grab your copy now.
The Forbidden Temple
by Multiple Authors
Rating: 4.0 #ad
Some doors should remain unopened. India, a continent of culture, passion, and mystery. For thousands of years this vast and wondrous nation has harbored vast treasures, inexhaustible history, and unimaginable secrets. Now a pre-eminent expert on Indian history has gone missing. One of his colleagues secures the help of Sean Wyatt and sidekick Tommy Schultz to uncover the truth behind the disappearance. In doing so, however, they discover a mystery surrounding an ancient Indian Temple, a puzzle that could lead to nearly infinite wealth and power or worldwide destruciton.
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(Sean Wyatt Adventure)
A Realm of Stone and Tears
by Emily Whartynne
Rating: 4.6 #ad
There is darkness inside us all. It whispers suggestions into the hearts of men, and those with feeble hearts will listen.
An orphaned girl is thrust into the centre of a terrifying adventure when she moves to a mysterious castle. Arasyll must remain hidden at all costs, since the building is home to a boys’ school and girls are forbidden to study there. Dark truths unfold as Arasyll slowly learns the castle’s secrets.
Bullets Fly Fast
by James Leonard
Rating: 5.0 #ad
He wants to bring order to Hays City. They want to destroy the town.
Hays City has never been the kind of place you want to raise a family, but no one expected the marshal to get kidnapped right out of his own station. Now it’s up to Deputy Marshal Johnny Manus to find his partner and bring him home alive.
But J.C. Naughton has other plans for the missing marshal. He’s not going anywhere until Naughton gets his ransom money. Maybe not even then.