Monday’s Mystery eBooks
Death Comes to London
by Catherine Lloyd
Rating: 4.4 #ad
Murder makes a debut on the London social scene in this Regency-era mystery by the author of Death Comes to the Village.
With the reluctant blessings of their father, the rector of Kurland St. Mary, Lucy Harrington and her sister Anna leave home for a social season in London. At the same time, Lucy’s special friend Major Robert Kurland is summoned to the city to accept a baronetcy for his wartime heroism.
Amidst the dizzying whirl of balls and formal dinners, the focus shifts from mixing and matchmaking to murder when the dowager Countess of Broughton, the mother of an old army friend of Robert, drops dead…
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(Kurland St. Mary Mysteries)
Arcane
by Sever Bronny
Rating: 4.5 #ad
Fourteen-year-old Augum apprentices under a mysterious mentor in the forbidden art of magic. He is joined by Bridget and Leera, two passionate and quirky girls willing to give a lonely orphan like Augum a chance. Together they dare to train as warlocks.
But Augum’s mentor turns out to be none other than Anna Atticus Stone, a legendary warlock—and she possesses a mythical artifact. When a warlord suddenly turns up demanding that artifact, the group is plunged into a harrowing adventure, one in which Augum will have to use his newly learned spells to try to save the only thing he has left . . . a friendship forged in fire.
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(The Arinthian Line Mysteries)
Ranger Protection
by Lynn Shannon
Rating: 4.5 #ad
When Dr. Tara Sims is robbed, she fights back to protect her daughter and nearly pays with her life. She’s rescued by Texas Ranger Grady West. Her childhood friend is now a handsome lawman, but Tara refuses to acknowledge the chemistry sparking between them. With a little girl to raise and a growing medical practice, she has no room in her life for romance.
Grady suspects the vicious assault wasn’t a random act. What he can’t figure out is why anyone would attack the single mother. He vows to protect Tara and her little girl while keeping his growing feelings for them out of the equation. Getting romantically involved with his sister’s best friend is more hazardous than hunting criminals.
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(Texas Ranger Heroes Mysteries)
Woman In Scarlet
by Karen L. Adams
Rating: 4.2 #ad
Karen Adams’ dream became possible the day the RCMP finally included women in what was then, an unashamed boy’s club. When Karen joined the very first group of female RCMP recruits at age 22, she never anticipated the indelible mark this would leave on the landscape of Canada’s iconic police force and the women who came after her. Karen, least of all.
Fueled by equal measures of naiveté and a relentless pursuit of excellence to win the respect of her fellow officers, Karen found her passion in life despite a hostile work environment, both inside and outside the RCMP. Her story pulses with excitement as she recounts her initial forays into drug busts, surveillance and undercover missions–all the while suffering silently with PTSD after a physical assault perpetrated by a trusted member of the vaunted force she strived so hard to become part of.
“An engaging, no-frills account of the challenges and rewards of being a female Mountie.” ~ KIRKUS REVIEW
The Girl and the Deadly End
by A.J. Rivers
Rating: 4.6 #ad
Small towns have secrets. The dark mysteries of Emma’s life are ready to be told.
It has been more than a year since Emma Griffin stumbled upon a clue behind the dangerous secrets of her past. Now, she has the answers at her fingertips. The only question is will she survive long enough to find them?
As Greg struggles to recover, Emma keeps watch over him. She’s desperate for answers, answers locked inside him. And she will do whatever it takes to keep him safe.
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(Emma Griffin® FBI Mysteries)
The Disappearance of Alistair Ainsworth
by Leonard Goldberg
Rating: 4.6 #ad
Joanna and the Watsons receive an unexpected visitor to 221b Baker Street during a nocturnal storm. A rain-drenched Dr. Alexander Verner arrives with a most harrowing tale.
Verner has just returned from an unsettling trip to see a patient who he believes is being held against his will. Joanna quickly realizes that Verner’s patient is a high-ranking Englishman who the Germans have taken captive to pry vital information about England’s military strategies for the Great War. The man is revealed to be Alistair Ainsworth, a cryptographer involved in the highest level of national security.
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(The Daughter of Sherlock Holmes Mysteries)
Logan Caine: Blood on the Uncompahgre
by C. Wayne Winkle
Rating: 4.2 #ad
Following their escape from the Utes that resulted in the death of Katy’s parents, Logan and Joshua get her to Taos. Naturally, she is mourning.
Her friend begins telling her that Logan is not good for her. Katy, in her sadness and loss, questions her feelings. She rejects Logan when he tries to talk to her. Senor Ruiz hires Logan and Joshua to establish a trading post for him. Through a series of misfortunes, they get the job done.