Monday’s Mystery eBooks
The Curious Case of Florence Winters
by May Bridges
Rating: 4.1 #ad
A kidnapping in New York City’s illustrious high society, and the inquisitive young woman who’s determined to redeem her family’s good name. Will she outsmart the culprit, even after another person winds up dead?
New York City, 1925. Florence Winters is ready to escape the whispers about her.
Stuck in small-town Ohio, she’s done living the spinster life and ready to move on to greener pastures, so when her wealthy and slightly eccentric Aunt Julia requests Florence’s companionship in New York City—she knows it’s an offer she can’t refuse.
But she has no idea what awaits her in Aunt Julia’s ravishing brownstone in the West Village. Secret meetings. Secret passages. Secretive house staff. Even Aunt Julia’s cat seems to have something to hide!
Check out:
(Florence Winters Mysteries)
Try Again
by Wesley Southard
Rating: 4.5 #ad
After an exhausting day at work and a run-in with an obnoxious loudmouth at the gym, all Robin Bellamy wants is to go home and unwind with her father. But when she reaches their house, she discovers something is very wrong. Several armed men appear to be waiting inside, and they’re threatening her father’s life. However, there’s a bigger problem:
The house itself won’t let her in.
After trying numerous times, Robin realizes there may only be one right way into her own home. Can she uncover the correct route in and through the house before the trespassers even know she’s there?
The Girl Who Survived
by Lisa Jackson
Rating: 4.2 #ad
A BRAND NEW RELEASE
Has she already had her last chance to be the final girl?
All her life, she’s been the girl who survived. Orphaned at age seven after a horrific killing spree at her family’s Oregon cabin, Kara McIntyre is still searching for some kind of normal. But now, twenty years later, the past has come thundering back. Her brother, Jonas, who was convicted of the murders has unexpectedly been released from prison. The press is in a frenzy again. And suddenly, Kara is receiving cryptic messages from her big sister, Marlie – who hasn’t been seen or heard from since that deadly Christmas Eve when she hid little Kara in a closet with a haunting, life-saving command: Don’t make a sound.
The Dee Valley Killings
by Simon McCleave
Rating: 4.2 #ad
A twisted serial killer. A deadly game of cat and mouse. Can DI Ruth Hunter catch a crazed psychopath who seems intent on destroying her life?
DI Ruth Hunter hopes that settling in Snowdonia with will melt away the grief of a missing partner. Burying herself in her work, she senses that her current missing persons case isn’t all that it seems. When a man’s body turns up torn to pieces, Ruth realises that she is now tracking a deadly serial killer.
Check out:
(A DI Ruth Hunter Mysteries)
Bloodline
by Jess Lourey
Rating: 4.2 #ad
Perfect town. Perfect homes. Perfect families. It’s enough to drive some women mad…
In a tale inspired by real events, pregnant journalist Joan Harken is cautiously excited to follow her fiancé back to his Minnesota hometown. After spending a childhood on the move and chasing the screams and swirls of news-rich city life, she’s eager to settle down. Lilydale’s motto, “Come Home Forever,” couldn’t be more inviting.
And yet, something is off in the picture-perfect village.
The Perfect Wife
by JP Delaney
Rating: 4.1 #ad
Abbie awakens in a daze with no memory of who she is or how she landed in this unsettling condition. The man by her side claims to be her husband. He’s a titan of the tech world, the founder of one of Silicon Valley’s most innovative start-ups. He tells Abbie that she is a gifted artist, an avid surfer, a loving mother to their young son, and the perfect wife. He says she had a terrible accident five years ago and that, through a huge technological breakthrough, she has been brought back from the abyss.
She is a miracle of science.
Finding Courage
by Anne Perreault
Rating: 4.7 #ad
How does anyone survive the brutal murder of a parent and beloved sister?
Nicolette Dubois survived the vicious attack that claimed the lives of those she loved most. She has turned her life around, achieving her dream of becoming a successful horse trainer. Things are running smoothly. One might say, she’s found a measure of happiness. Until… she is hunted by a perpetrator from her past and must find courage to rebuild her life.
K-9 handler, Blake Matheson, is Nicolette’s best friend. When Nicolette’s life is threatened, Blake and his canine partner Jax must give everything to rescue her. However, he fails to keep the one promise to the woman he has come to love when she needs him the most.
The Birth of Rage
by J. Shanee Byers
Rating: 5.0 #ad
Uneque Jones has to face the reality that she made a rash decision to let go of Charles, the man she loves. She manages to cope by surrounding herself with friends, work and even a fling. But Charles has a lover, too. He just doesn’t know it yet. Will they be able to withstand the challenges that arise, or will they fail at their second chance?