Saturday’s Mystery eBooks
The Lioness
by Chris Bohjalian
Rating: 4.1 #ad
Tanzania, 1964. When Katie Barstow, A-list actress, and her new husband, David Hill, decide to bring their Hollywood friends to the Serengeti for their honeymoon, they envision giraffes gently eating leaves from the tall acacia trees, great swarms of wildebeests crossing the Mara River, and herds of zebras storming the sandy plains. Their glamorous guests – including Katie’s best friend, Carmen Tedesco, and Terrance Dutton, the celebrated Black actor who stars alongside Katie in the highly controversial film Tender Madness – will spend their days taking photos, and their evenings drinking chilled gin and tonics back at camp, as the local Tanzanian guides warm water for their baths. The wealthy Americans expect civilized adventure: fresh ice from the kerosene-powered ice maker, dinners of cooked gazelle meat, and plenty of stories to tell over lunch back on Rodeo Drive.
Exocet
by Jack Higgins
Rating: 4.2 #ad
Based on true events surrounding the Falklands War, the New York Times–bestselling master of modern spy-craft delivers a tale of warfare in the shadows.
1982. The Falkland Islands in South America – long claimed by Great Britain – are being contested by Argentina. When Argentina makes a move to occupy the islands, war breaks out as the world holds its breath to see what happens next.
Determined to stay ahead of the enemy at the onset of hostilities, British Intelligence orders beautiful agent Gabrielle Legrand to seduce a high-ranking military official in the Argentine Embassy in London. But what begins as a mission becomes genuine love – and Gabrielle will soon be forced to make a tragic choice between her heart and her country.
Facing the Darkness
by H. L. Wegley
Rating: 4.8 #ad
She scuttled the CCP’s biowarfare plans. When they catch her, she will pay.
Dr. Meiling Chen is a brilliant young virologist with a groundbreaking discovery that could change the face of biowarfare. But when she discovers the Chinese Communist Party’s plans to misuse her work, she knows she must act – even if it means risking her own life. On the run from CCP agents, she must find her way to America while staying one step ahead of her pursuers.
Ryan Adams, a meteorologist and well-known blogger in Bend, Oregon, is desperate for reliable information on China’s bioweapons program. But when Meiling’s path crosses his, he finds himself in the middle of a deadly game of cat and mouse.
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A Killing of Innocents
by Deborah Crombie
Rating: 4.8 #ad
New York Times bestseller Deborah Crombie returns with a new novel featuring Scotland Yard detectives Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James as they race to solve the shocking murder of a young woman before panic spreads across London.
On a rainy November evening, trainee doctor Sasha Johnson hurries through the evening crowd in London’s historic Russell Square. Out of the darkness, someone jostles her as they brush past. A moment later, Sasha stumbles, then collapses. When Detective Superintendent Duncan Kincaid and his sergeant, Doug Cullen, are called to the scene, they discover that she’s been stabbed.
Kincaid immediately calls in his detective wife, Gemma James, who has recently been assigned to a task force on knife crimes which are on the rise. Along with her partner, detective sergeant Melody Talbot, Gemma aids the investigation.
The Ruins
by Scott Smith
Rating: 4.2 #ad
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Trapped in the Mexican jungle, a group of friends stumble upon a creeping horror unlike anything they could ever imagine in “the best horror novel of the new century” (Stephen King). Also a major motion picture!
Two young couples are on a lazy Mexican vacation—sun-drenched days, drunken nights, making friends with fellow tourists. When the brother of one of those friends disappears, they decide to venture into the jungle to look for him. What started out as a fun day-trip slowly spirals into a nightmare when they find an ancient ruins site … and the terrifying presence that lurks there.
Through the Motions
by Trisha Ridinger McKee
Rating: 4.4 #ad
Josie survived a dark childhood by making one promise to herself: once she was an adult, she would allow no one to hurt her again. That promise became even more important when she had a daughter of her own. Four-year-old Katie is her world, and as a brilliant, hyper child, she takes all her energy. But when she meets Calvin, a charming man with a wild past, Josie must fight even harder to keep that promise.
Finder
by Suzanne Palmer
Rating: 4.4 #ad
“The zippier, zanier side of space opera.” —B&N Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog
Fergus Ferguson has been called a lot of names: thief, con artist, repo man. He prefers the term finder. His latest job should be simple. Find the spacecraft Venetia’s Sword and steal it back from Arum Gilger, ex-nobleman turned power-hungry trade boss. He’ll slip in, decode the ship’s compromised AI security, and get out of town, Sword in hand.
Fergus locates both Gilger and the ship in the farthest corner of human-inhabited space, a backwater deep space colony called Cernee. But Fergus’ arrival at the colony is anything but simple.
An Awakened Life, A Journey of Transformation
by Julie Hoyle
Rating: 4.8 #ad
An Awakened Life, A Journey of Transformation is the incredible story of a radical, and unexpected spiritual awakening. At the age of thirty-three, Julie Hoyle was a stressed-out, overworked school teacher. Even though she was not conscious of being on a spiritual search, Julie meets a Master Yogi in a lucid dream. He taps her on the top of the head and bestows her with shaktipat, an ancient form of initiation. Julie feels as if she has been hit by lightning. She is right. Her energy is set ablaze. She is blessed with a radical opening of consciousness, activating a wide range of psychic phenomenon, and affecting every aspect of her life. From that point on, nothing is ever the same again.