Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
Cottage on Gooseberry Bay
by Kathi Daley
Rating: 4.6 #ad
Ainsley Holloway had come to Gooseberry Bay to find answers about her past. She’d come to find an explanation for the dreams that haunted her after the death of the cop who’d both rescued and raised her. And she’d come to identify the family she couldn’t remember but knew in her heart she’d once belonged to. Ainsley hoped that by finding these answers, she’d also find healing. She hoped that once she’d resurrected the memories buried deep in her mind, she’d find peace…
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(Cottage on Gooseberry Bay Mysteries)
Never Die Alone
by Lisa Jackson
Rating: 4.5 #ad
A serial killer who targets twins is loose in New Orleans in this psychological thriller by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Left to Die.
Years ago, Detective Rick Bentz helped put away the notorious serial killer known as 21, who targeted twins about to reach their twenty-first birthday. With merciless precision, 21 would arrange for his victims to die, simultaneously, at the time of their birth. But Brianna Hayward—a New Orleans woman still reeling from the murder of her twin sister—is certain the wrong man is in prison. She’s willing to do anything to convince the police, even if it means trusting a reporter who’s hiding his own secrets.
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(A Rick Bentz/Reuben Montoya Mysteries)
Wolves at the Door
by Gunnar Staalesen
Rating: 3.9 #ad
One dark January night a car drives at high speed towards PI Varg Veum, and comes very close to killing him. Veum is certain this is no accident, following so soon after the deaths of two jailed men who were convicted for their participation in a case of child pornography and sexual assault … crimes that Veum himself once stood wrongly accused of committing.
While the guilty men were apparently killed accidentally, Varg suspects that there is something more sinister at play … and that he’s on the death list of someone still at large.
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(Varg Veum Mysteries)
Paragon
by Jasper T. Scott
Rating: 4.5 #ad
THE FATE OF THE GALAXY IS IN HIS HANDS
Cade Korbin is playing for keeps this time. If he doesn’t find a way to eliminate Nadine Zabelle once and for all, she will be the death of him and everyone he cares about.
Armed with a suit of armor from the long-dead Priors and a mysterious sample of sentient, self-replicating nano bots, he accidentally discovers what killed the Priors – Omnipotence. But Nadine isn’t an easy woman to reach, and she’s determined to break Cade along the way.
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(Cade Korbin Chronicles)
Restless Dead
by David J. Gatward
Rating: 4.4 #ad
Be careful what you wish for.
When no nonsense retired Army Colonel James Fletcher starts seeing his recently deceased wife around the house again, his friends and family are more than a little worried.
But when James turns up dead, and the accident that killed him is found to be anything but, DCI Harry Grimm and his team must uncover the grisly truth before anyone else falls prey.
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(Harry Grimm Mysteries)
Teasing Secrets from the Dead
by Emily Craig Phd
Rating: 4.5 #ad
Teasing Secrets from the Dead is a front-lines story of crime scene investigation at some of the most infamous sites in recent history. In this absorbing, surprising, and undeniably compelling book, forensics expert Emily Craig tells her own story of a life spent teasing secrets from the dead.
Emily Craig has been a witness to history, helping to seek justice for thousands of murder victims, both famous and unknown. It’s a personal story that you won’t soon forget. Emily first became intrigued by forensics work when, as a respected medical illustrator, she was called in by the local police to create a model of a murder victim’s face. Her fascination with that case led to a dramatic midlife career change: She would go back to school to become a forensic anthropologist—and one of the most respected and best-known “bone hunters” in the nation.
Angelica Rising
by Shannon Grey
Rating: 5.0 #ad
I used to fear magic. Now I know it’s the only thing that can save us.
Being on my own was never easy, but then I found Jared. Magical. Hunted. Fearless. Not even the Exterminators scare him.
He saved my life once, now it’s my turn to save his. But first, I have to find him. Claudia says she’ll help me. She wants to train me so I’m as powerful as she is. As a Class 1 magician, she’s not afraid to fight for justice and stands up for women everywhere. But … I don’t trust her…