Tuesday’s Mystery eBooks
The Couch Carnival Caper
by G.G. Morris
Rating: 5.0 #ad
The Two Fellows Carnival has rolled into town! Residents of Portland’s charming Alphabet District are flocking to Couch Park to enjoy the funfair’s electrifying performances. But on opening night spectators get more bang for their buck when a carnie performer bites the big one in a spectacular way. Was it an unfortunate accident? Or is something more sinister afoot?
Soon, more performers are taking their final curtain calls. Something must be done before the gig is permanently up. Enter amateur sleuth, Wanda Whipple! Navigating a cast of whacky suspects with more motives than you can shake a cinnamon churro at, Wanda must get to the bottom of the Couch Carnival Capers before she ends up with her ticket permanently punched.
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(The Alphabet District Mysteries)
The Labyrinth of the Spirits
by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Rating: 4.7 #ad
In this unforgettable final volume of Ruiz Zafón’s cycle of novels set in the universe of the Cemetery of Forgotten Books, beautiful and enigmatic Alicia Gris, with the help of the Sempere family, uncovers one of the most shocking conspiracies in all Spanish history.
Nine-year-old Alicia lost her parents during the Spanish Civil War when the Nacionales (the fascists) savagely bombed Barcelona in 1938. Twenty years later, she still carries the emotional and physical scars of that violent and terrifying time. Weary of her work as an investigator for Spain’s secret police in Madrid, a job she has held for more than a decade, the twenty-nine-year old plans to move on. At the insistence of her boss, Leandro Montalvo, she remains to solve one last case: the mysterious disappearance of Spain’s Minister of Culture, Mauricio Valls.
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(The Cemetery of Forgotten Mysteries)
Heir of Koradin
by Lisa Dunn
Rating: 4.3 #ad
Dagger of Willow and Strike has waited a lifetime to return to the village of his birth. He’s been promised the throne of Koradin, but getting captured by his treacherous sire wasn’t part of the plan. Dagger needs a miracle to turn his childhood dreams into reality—And Grit of Berth and Stone might be that miracle.
Unfortunately for him, Grit’s stuck in the rival village of Thresh, and she’s in way over her head. Having bluffed her way into commanding an army of incompetents, she’s useless to Dagger if her new recruits don’t learn the right end of a sword. To make matters worse, Dagger’s sire seeks Grit’s life, and there’s no telling when he’ll return to Thresh to finish what he started when he killed her dame.
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(The Chasmaria Chronicles)
Adventure’s Invitation
by Cheri Swalwell
Rating: 4.9 #ad
Families stick together. That’s what they do.
It’s no secret that Holly has a crush on Mitch, her older brother’s best friend. A church mission trip offers the chance to add adventure to summer vacation, and the added bonus to finally date the young man of her dreams.
But early into the mission, a senseless tragedy rocks Holly’s carefully laid plans. Now she faces a future that’s bleaker than she ever could have imagined. Although members of her community blame her for the incident, it’s the support of her family that helps her through the rough times.
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(The Redemption of Green Pines Mysteries)
More Shocking Celebrity Murders
by Jack Smith
Rating: 3.6 #ad
Have you ever heard the phrase “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous”? Well—here’s a new twist for you: what about “Deathstyles of the Rich and Famous”? Because here in this book we go down the list of some of the most notorious murders of the fabulously wealthy, famous, or just downright infamous individuals that you’ll likely ever hear of.
Here in this book, we ask a lot of questions. We ask—for example—What really happened to a famous rapper, entrepreneur extraordinaire, Nipsey Hussle? Was he killed at random? Or was his death part of a larger conspiracy? One could ask the very same question about the odd execution-style hit that was made on British journalist Jill Dando. How come this beloved TV personality was gunned down on her doorstep for no apparent reason?
Rituals & Runes Collection
by Multiple Authors
Rating: 5.0 #ad
The runes are cast, the rituals prepared. Now it’s time to break the rules…
Fall under the spell of swoon-worthy supernatural heroes and magical heroines in fantastical worlds filled with dangerous adventures and epic romances.
Witches, Wizards, Shifters, Vampires, Demons, Devils, and other mythical creatures prowl the pages of this limited edition collection of paranormal romance and urban fantasy tales.
A DEATH TO RECORD
by REBECCA TOPE
Rating: 4.4 #ad
A sleepy village, a dead body and a policeman with a broken heart.
One cold winter morning, the body of herdsman Sean O’Farrell is discovered lying crumpled on the ground. His clothes are streaked with fresh blood, his face strangely expressionless.
The prime suspect is farmer Gordon Hillcock. It’s well-known that there was little love lost between them. Gordon had engaged in a very public affair with Sean’s wife.
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(West Country Murder Mysteries)
Reckonings
by Karen E. Osborne
Rating: 4.8 #ad
“With its fast pace, well-developed characters and plot twists and turns, Reckonings is a story you won’t soon forget.” Gail Olmstead, author of Landscape of a Marriage
For all her adult life, Roxy suppressed the impact of two traumatic events—being abandoned by her mother at the age of twelve and being raped by her boyfriend, Spider, at eighteen. She never told anyone but her best friend about the rape. Though happily married to Carl, they both long to be out from under the thumb of Carl’s domineering father, for whom they both work. And she’s convinced that her first play—being staged at the community theater with her movie-star friend from high school in the lead role—is the ticket to that better life.