Thursday’s Mystery eBooks
In The Beginning, There Was a Murder
by P.C. James
Rating: 4.3 #ad
A secret liaison. A baffling murder. Can one woman solve the crime without joining the body count?
Northern England, 1953. Pauline Riddell has grand ambitions for her future at the armament factory. So, when her closest workmate reveals a salacious affair with a married man, Pauline refuses to risk her career by listening to the scandal. But she’s shaken to her core when the police arrive with news of her best friend’s homicide.
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(Miss Riddell Cozy Mysteries)
What She Witnessed
by Cole Baxter
Rating: 3.9 #ad
How far would you go to protect a secret… Widow Kelly Carlsen has been through a lot since the death of her husband three years ago from a violent allergic reaction.
Reported to the police for murder by her vindictive mother-in-law, she was suspected of poisoning her husband, jailed away from her son, and nearly went to prison before an autopsy proved her husband died of an undiagnosed nut allergy. Traumatized by the experience, she and her son Dan have become very close, while dealing with tension due to the emotional scars from the experience. She keeps a close eye on Dan, and not just because of what’s happened to her.
Raw Courage
by William Black
Rating: 4.0 #ad
Michael Stratten’s soul was aching for a new life, one far away from the bloodshed and battlefields he knew as an army officer. For a brief moment it appeared he found it on a tranquil farm in Arizona. Not only that but he discovered a beautiful partner, Dolly Carrington.
All of that was yanked from him by a ruthless raid conducted by Mexican Federales. It left his beloved Dolly dead. Michael vows to go after those who crushed his dreams. Along the way he finds out the so-called Federales are really a vicious gang of American and Mexican outlaws who are conducting a ruse.
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(Post-Civil War Western Justice)
The Breaker
by Nick Petrie
Rating: 4.5 #ad
Peter Ash tangles with dangerous enemies and terrifying technology in the newest thriller from bestselling author Nick Petrie.
A man wanted by two governments, Peter Ash has found a simple, low-profile life in Milwaukee, living with his girlfriend June and renovating old buildings with his friend Lewis. Staying out of trouble is the key to preserving this fragile peace . . . but when Peter spots a suspicious armed man walking into a crowded market, he knows he can’t stand by and do nothing.
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(A Peter Ash Mysteries)
Drop Shot
by Harlan Coben
Rating: 4.5 #ad
Once, Valerie Simpson’s tennis career skyrocketed; now, the headlines belong to a player from the wrong side of the tracks. But when Valerie is shot dead in cold blood and dropped outside the stadium at the U.S. Open, sports agent Myron Bolitar investigates the killing and uncovers a connection between the two players and a six-year-old murder at an exclusive mainline club. As Myron is drawn into the case—along with a dirty U.S. senator, a jealous mother, and the mob—he finds himself caught between a killer and the truth.
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(Myron Bolitar Mysteries)
Someone Like Me
by M. R. Carey
Rating: 4.2 #ad
Liz Kendall wouldn’t hurt a fly. Even when times get tough, she’s devoted to bringing up her two kids in a loving home. But there’s another side to Liz — one that’s dark and malicious. She will do anything to get her way, no matter how extreme. And when this other side of her takes control, the consequences are devastating.
Love her or hate her: there are two sides to every story. . .
Robert B. Parker’s Colorblind
by Reed Farrel Coleman
Rating: 4.5 #ad
Jesse Stone is back on the job after a stint in rehab, and the road to recovery is immediately made bumpy by a series of disturbing and apparently racially motivated crimes, beginning with the murder of an African American woman. Then, Jesse’s own deputy Alisha–the first black woman hired by the Paradise police force–becomes the target of a sophisticated frame-up. As he and his team work tirelessly to unravel the truth, he has to wonder if this is just one part of an even grander plot, one with an end game more destructive than any of them can imagine.
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(A Jesse Stone Mysteries)
Complete Disclosure
by Stephanie Parker McKean
Rating: 4.2 #ad
After Sage Ritter loses her daughter to a rare form of childhood cancer, the grieving mother leaves the comfort of her pine-clad Georgia home for the wild, open desert of Alpine, Texas, to write a book about Texas Longhorn rancher Petra Harley. Her first deadly encounter is with a rattlesnake, but after she finds a body and seeks to solve that mystery—human contenders prove to be just as dangerous.
As pranks and threats surround her, Sage has no shortage of suspects, including elderly Petra herself and even the “cowgirls” on Petra’s reality show. Sage needs to finish the book quickly and get back to Georgia before she falls in love all over again with Chayton Rivers, the rodeo champ who betrayed her—but her research material keeps being stolen.