Thursday’s Mystery eBooks
The Silent Daughter
by Emma Christie
Rating: 4.2 #ad
When his wife Maria is taken into hospital after a serious fall during a competitive run, Chris Morrison does what anyone would do in a crisis: he phones his family. His son Mikey answers the call, but his daughter Ruth doesn’t. She’s always been distant, often working abroad for long stretches and communicating via social media.
As Chris gets increasingly frustrated by Ruth’s lack of response, police investigations into Maria’s fall force him to answer some challenging questions. Why wasn’t Maria on the race route when she fell? Was she running after someone, or running from them?
Hidden Thrones: The Rise of Darkness
by Russ Scalzo
Rating: 4.6 #ad
As current as this morning’s newspaper, this series will challenge the reader’s belief system, introduce him or her to the invisible world of spiritual warfare, and ensure that the reader will never look at the world in quite the same light ever again.
The spirit world is astir as the coming of the Lord draws near. The mystery swirling around the rise in supernatural activity has attracted much attention. A powerful secret society desperately seeks to harness this mystical power…
A supernatural thriller. A titanic clash between good and evil. An unexpected love story.
Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Home
by Harry Kemelman
Rating: 4.2 #ad
As Passover approaches, Rabbi Small contends with infighting, backstabbing, and an actual murder in this New York Times bestseller
As Rabbi David Small’s 5-year contract winds down at the synagogue in Barnard’s Crossing, Massachusetts, some members of the congregation are plotting to remove him; others are whispering about starting a new temple of their own across the street. When the rabbi gets an invitation to perform Passover services at a local university, he’s eager to get away from the bickering and spend a few days on campus. But instead of peace and enlightenment, he finds a murder wrapped up in drug deals and racial tensions.
The Immortal Gene
by Jonas Saul
Rating: 4.3 #ad
PLAYING GOD HAS CONSEQUENCES.
Jake Wood has it made. He is a tough homicide detective with a partner who’s like a brother, and he’s about to marry the girl of his dreams.
Then Jake learns a close friend is missing and travels to South America in search of him. After a freak accident in the Amazon Rainforest, Jake wakes up in the hospital—eighteen months later. Long presumed dead, he discovers his fiancée is married and pregnant, his house was sold, his job is gone, and his partner transferred to another city to become lead detective on a serial killer case.
Shadows Unveiled
by Amanda Berthault
Rating: 4.5 #ad
He hides in the shadows. But will he ever be able to escape his dark past?
His life is simple. He roams rural America as a pool hustler, keeps his head down, and stays out of trouble. Except he’s hiding something. Something unbelievable.
He used to be Shadow McKinley, a world-famous heavy metal singer, who everyone thinks is dead. After he faked his own death, Shadow will do anything to keep his real identity a secret.
Wildwood Whispers
by Willa Reece
Rating: 4.5 #ad
Step into a world of hope, fate, and folk magic in this bewitching debut when a young woman travels to a sleepy southern town in the Appalachian Mountains to honor her best friend.
Mel Smith’s life is shattered after the sudden death of her best friend, Sarah Ross. In an effort to fulfill a final promise to Sarah and find herself again, Mel travels to an idyllic small town nestled in the Appalachian Mountains. But Morgan’s Gap is more than she ever expected.
There are secrets that call to Mel, from a salvaged remedy book filled with the magic of simple mountain traditions to the connection she feels to the Ross homestead and the wilderness around it.
Tidewater Inn
by Colleen Coble
Rating: 4.4 #ad
A USA TODAY bestseller! Inheriting a beautiful old hotel on the Outer Banks was a dream come true for Libby. . .until her newfound siblings accuse her of stealing their birthright, her friend is kidnapped, and she’s blamed for the crime.
Libby can’t believe her luck when she learns she has inherited a beautiful old hotel on the Outer Banks. The inn cries out for her restorer’s talent and love of history. She’s delighted to learn of the family she never knew she had. And the handsome Coast Guard lieutenant she’s met there on the island could definitely be the man of her dreams.
Find You First
by Linwood Barclay
Rating: 4.4 #ad
“Find You First starts with a bang and ends with an even bigger one. . . . It’s the best book of his career.” – Stephen King
Tech millionaire Miles Cookson has more money than he can ever spend, and everything he could dream of—except time. He has recently been diagnosed with a terminal illness, and there is a fifty percent chance that it can be passed on to the next generation. For Miles, this means taking a long hard look at his past . . .
Two decades ago, a young, struggling Miles was a sperm donor. Somewhere out there, he has kids—nine of them. And they might be about to inherit both the good and the bad from him—maybe his fortune, or maybe something much worse.
Hostage And Honor
by Jesse Storm
Rating: 4.4 #ad
Waking in the dirt to the smell of smoke, widower Ben Palmer finds his homestead razed, and his daughter gone.
Ben is raising his daughter Iris as best he could, scratching a living out of the rocky New Mexico mountain soil. Life is hard – but it just gets a lot harder.
Under the lead of the notorious Stitch Jacobs, six desperate men have just fouled relations between the Apache nation and a wealthy land baron. Caught in the crosshairs of their escape, Ben’s daughter is taken hostage as a peace offering to the tyrant who bankrolls the gang.
Forever Bound
by Jessica Dall
Rating: 4.6 #ad
Set among the rolling green Irish hills, Kelkerry Castle is something out of a dreamy fairy tale. For hotelier Bridget Marshall, however, it’s a dream come true…once she’s sorted out the mold, lead paint, and ancient plumbing. And she’ll prove to everyone in the nearby village of Shansally (pop. 119) that she’s not just another silly, dreamy-eyed American—including her curt (if utterly gorgeous) new neighbor, Liam O’Flannagain.
Only, this breathtaking castle has far more secrets than expensive repairs. While someone—or something—here desperately wants Bridget to give up and walk away, there’s another force tugging Bridget to stay.