Thursday’s Mystery eBooks
A Mischief of Rats
by Sarah Yarwood-Lovett
Rating: 4.1 #ad
When a driver dies during a glamourous classic car event at her family’s estate, Dr Nell Ward is in a race against time to uncover the truth and prevent the killer from making a speedy getaway…
Back in her natural habitat, Dr Nell Ward heads to a woodland pond to survey local newt populations. She’s shocked to discover a car submerged in the water – with the driver dead behind the wheel.
Nell recognises the dead man as professional racing driver, and tabloid love rat, Jack Rafferty, whose performance on (and off) Finchmere’s racetrack had earned him enemies.
Angel
by Amy Cross
Rating: 4.1 #ad
When he learns that his estranged father has committed a terrible murder, Ash Doggett knows that he has to try to set things right. He volunteers to accompany the dead woman’s body home, but he soon learns that he’s made a terrible mistake.
After getting to know the woman’s family and agreeing to stay for the funeral, Ash discovers that powerful local superstitions might be based on truth. Something in the city’s medieval area is stalking him, pursuing him down the narrow cobbled streets. Finally the dead woman’s sister issues an ominous warning: in the time between death and burial, the spirits of the dead must make a terrifying choice.
The Heart of a Hussar
by Griffin Brady
Rating: 4.4 #ad
He’s determined to protect his country. But can he defend himself against the ultimate betrayal?
Muscovy, 1610. Jacek Dąbrowski yearns to be recognized for his valor. Hoping his recent promotion to lieutenant will help secure the lands he desires, the twenty-two-year-old Polish cavalry officer earns instead the enmity of his captain. And his out-of-character rescue of two innocents from slaughter sets in motion a chain of grave consequences.
Discovering the young woman and her brother are not Russian enemies and have no kin, Dąbrowski escorts them back to the castle in his homeland. But as the rivalry with his superior grows and the blossoming beauty sparks a fire in his heart, the brave horseman may find his dreams of glory lying in tatters.
Sentenced to Prism
by Alan Dean Foster
Rating: 4.6 #ad
One man struggles to survive on a hostile alien world in this thrilling adventure from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Madrenga.
Some people are convinced they can do anything; Evan Orgell is one of them. So when his company president sends him off-world to investigate a breakdown in communications from a small research station on a newly discovered planet, he’s all in. The planet’s resources could mean massive profits for the company—and a successful mission could mean massive advancement for Evan. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Marked At Birth
by Frank Wheeler
Rating: 5.0 #ad
A father will do anything to protect his son. Run, hide… kill. Clarence Starr grew up with nothing. When he became a sheriff’s deputy, he thought he’d struck gold. He had a badge, a gun, and the respect of his peers. Until he learned that corruption came first in Sheriff Gatlin’s unit.
Everything else, including justice, was a distant second.
And then he met Robbie. Eight years old. Scared. Alone. Another orphan looking for a home. To save Robbie the first time, Clarence had to quit his job. To save him the second time, he has to hunt down criminal mastermind Zane Loomis, Robbie’s biological father.
What He Saw
by Stacy M. Jones
Rating: 4.6 #ad
Two cases with unreliable witnesses. One cold case in a sleepy college town. The other the victims have a strange carving on their backs.
Eyewitness testimony is often unreliable. PI Riley Sullivan knows this and when she’s asked to investigate the case of her murdered college roommate and the only witness is the man convicted of the crime, she doesn’t have a lot to go on. She is drawn back to her college days and must for the first time confront the murder and all the people she once called friends. Along the way, she wonders if she knew them at all. Can she uncover long-buried secrets to find the killer?
Dragons in the Dungeon
by Diane McGyver
Rating: 5.0 #ad
Goats have proven the grass is greener on the other side of the fence even if it is barren ground and they stand in lush pasture. Humans have a similar mentality. So, it is no surprise when Ryan McCormac, long-time player of Mediaeval Dungeon Adventures, stumbles upon a spell that transports him into a campaign that he believes life will be better.
Any guesses on how it turns out? You’re right. He discovers life is no better in the fantasy realm. Sure, the ex-girlfriend isn’t there, but neither are the friends he gamed with every Friday night. He quickly learns the world is horrible. Every day he fears for his life. The people are soulless, the landscape is colourless and the magic is nowhere to be found. The only way home is to find another like him and sacrifice them.
Breaking Point
by John Rhodes
Rating: 4.5 #ad
1940, World War II. The Nazis have crushed Europe, and Hitler launches a massive aerial assault with the Luftwaffe against the heavily outnumbered British RAF. The fate of civilization teeters in the balance.
Johnnie Shaux, a Spitfire fighter pilot, must summon up the fortitude to fly into a battle where death is all but inevitable, and continue to do so until the inevitable occurs…
Eleanor Rand, a brilliant Fighter Command mathematician, studies the control room map constantly tracking the ebbs and flows of the conflict, and sees the glimmerings of a radical breakthrough…