Tuesday’s Mystery eBooks
Valued for Murder
by Victoria Tait
Rating: 4.4 #ad
An antiques TV show. A dead celebrity expert. Can a shy amateur sleuth step into the lime-light and expose a murderer?
Dotty Sayers is enjoying her job in a Cotswold auction house. When she’s offered a place on an antiques TV show, she nervously agrees to a makeover and is surprised by the admiring glances she receives. But working at an historic country hotel, she realises the show can’t go on when, at the bottom of the circular staircase, one of the experts is found dead.
Dotty can’t help wondering if the death was accidental or if someone else was involved.
A MARKET FOR MURDER
by REBECCA TOPE
Rating: 3.9 #ad
A bomb. A murder. And an amateur sleuth hot on the trail . . .
The peace of a small English village is shattered when a bomb explodes in the local supermarket. Among the shoppers it narrowly misses are full-time mother and part-time amateur sleuth Karen Slocombe and her four-year-old daughter.
A few days later, Karen witnesses the murder of a stallholder at the nearby farmer’s market. The victim, Peter Grafton, was shot by a crossbow — its owner hidden from sight. Peter was a kindly soul who appeared to have no enemies. Who would want him dead?
Hatchet Island
by Paul Doiron
Rating: 4.5 #ad
The eerie, windswept Hatchet Island off the coast of Maine becomes the site of a double murder and a disappearance in this thriller from bestselling author Paul Doiron.
A call for help from a former colleague leads Maine game warden investigator Mike Bowditch and his girlfriend Stacey Stevens on a sea kayaking trip to a research station far off the coast. Stacey spent summers interning on the island, a sanctuary for endangered seabirds, and they are shocked by the atmosphere of tension they encounter when they come ashore. The biologists are being threatened and stalked by a mysterious boatman who they suspect is trespassing on the refuge late at night. And now the sanctuary’s enigmatic founder, whose mind has been slowly unraveling, has gone missing.
The Recovery Agent
by Janet Evanovich
Rating: 4.3 #ad
Lost something? Gabriela Rose knows how to get it back. As a recovery agent, she’s hired by individuals and companies seeking lost treasures, stolen heirlooms, or missing assets. She’s reliable, cool under pressure, and well trained in weapons of all types. But Gabriela’s latest job isn’t for some bamboozled billionaire, it’s for her own family, whose home is going to be wiped off the map if they can’t come up with a lot of money fast.
Inspired by an old family legend, Gabriela sets off for the jungles of Peru in pursuit of the Ring of Solomon and the lost treasure of Lima. But this job comes with a huge problem attached to it—Gabriela’s ex-husband, Rafer.
Justice On A Midnight Clear
by Bruce Hammack
Rating: 4.5 #ad
A killer is out for revenge… and she’s the target.
On maternity leave from Agape University, Assistant Chief of Police CJ Harper finds herself conflicted. Will she continue the career she has worked so hard for, or embrace the new dream of full-time mom? The choice is made for her when she comes upon the murder of a local judge. Thrown into the midst of the case, CJ’s not one to leave a job undone. There’s a killer to be found.
When a bullet narrowly misses her, the case takes on a personal dimension… someone wants her dead. She must put the pieces together to identify the link between her and the judge.
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future
by Multiple Authors
Rating: 4.1 #ad
The 32nd edition of Writers of the Future may be the best new book yet! Brand-new adventure through space, time and possibility.
Along the way these new authors will introduce you to fascinating characters such as Nate, a very loyal companion—like most werewolves would be. Keanie has a parasite that lets her morph and so transform into anyone. Liz owns a dinosaur maker, but raw ingredients can be a problem. Anna slaves away in a factory but her magic leaves her unfulfilled. These authors take creative writing to a whole new level!
The answers, the stories, the visions, and the mind-stretching possibilities are all waiting inside.
The Year of the Witching
by Alexis Henderson
Rating: 4.3 #ad
A young woman living in a rigid, puritanical society discovers dark powers within herself in this stunning, feminist fantasy debut.
In the lands of Bethel, where the Prophet’s word is law, Immanuelle Moore’s very existence is blasphemy. Her mother’s union with an outsider of a different race cast her once-proud family into disgrace, so Immanuelle does her best to worship the Father, follow Holy Protocol, and lead a life of submission, devotion, and absolute conformity, like all the other women in the settlement.
Defy The Stars
by Cathrina Constantine
Rating: 3.8 #ad
Be Wary of the Stars Foretelling Your Destiny. Circus grunt Charmer Fire wrangler
Growing up within the grind of the enchanted Circus Faire, Crew’s unique talents have blossomed. Though, he’s been warned that the King of Hawkswing is determined to eradicate a certain species, and for his own sake Crew must keep his formidable gifts under wraps.
Relations between interspecies caused an imbalance of power and now are strictly forbidden. Dolorans, like Sage and her sister, are being hunted and persecuted because of their intense powers, leaving them no choice but to run, escaping the genocide of their kind.