Sunday’s Mystery eBooks
Covert in Cairo
by Kelly Oliver
Rating: 4.3 #ad
Cairo. December 1917. Following a tip-off from notorious spy Fredrick Fredricks, Fiona Figg and Kitty Lane of British Intelligence find themselves in the hustle and bustle of Egypt. But ancient mummies aren’t the only bodies buried in the tombs of Cairo.
When a young French archeologist is found dead in a tomb in the desert with his head bashed in, and an undercover British agent goes missing, the threat moves closer to home.
Vengeance in Death
by J. D. Robb
Rating: 4.7 #ad
In this In Death novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author J. D. Robb, Lieutenant Eve Dallas learns that when technology links the law and the lawless, predators and prey can become one and the same…
He is an expert with the latest technology…a madman with the mind of a genius and the heart of a killer. He quietly stalks his prey. Then he haunts the police with cryptic riddles about the crimes he is about to commit—always solved moments too late to save his victims’ lives. Police lieutenant Eve Dallas found the first victim butchered in his own home. The second lost his life in a vacant luxury apartment…
The Kind Worth Saving
by Peter Swanson
Rating: 4.0 #ad
In this spectacularly devious novel by New York Times bestselling author Peter Swanson, a private eye starts to follow a possibly adulterous husband, but little does he know that the twisted trail will lead back to the woman who hired him.
There was always something slightly dangerous about Joan. So, when she turns up at private investigator Henry Kimball’s office asking him to investigate her husband, he can’t help feeling ill at ease. Just the sight of her stirs up a chilling memory: He knew Joan in his previous life as a high school English teacher, when he was at the center of a tragedy…
A Sunlit Weapon
by Jacqueline Winspear
Rating: 4.6 #ad
In the latest installment of the New York Times bestselling series, a series of possible attacks on British pilots leads Jacqueline Winspear’s beloved heroine Maisie Dobbs into a mystery involving First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.
October 1942. Jo Hardy, a 22-year-old ferry pilot, is delivering a Supermarine Spitfire—the fastest fighter aircraft in the world—to Biggin Hill Aerodrome, when she realizes someone is shooting at her aircraft from the ground. Returning to the location on foot, she finds an American serviceman in a barn, bound and gagged. She rescues the man, who is handed over to the American military police; it quickly emerges that he is considered a suspect in the disappearance of a fellow soldier who is missing.
The Couple at Number 9
by Claire Douglas
Rating: 4.2 #ad
The Victims . . . When pregnant Saffron Cutler moves into 9 Skelton Place with boyfriend Tom and sets about renovations, the last thing she expects is builders uncovering human remains. The remains of two bodies, in fact.
The Investigation . . . Forensics indicate the bodies have been buried at least thirty years. Saffy has nothing to worry about—until the police launch a murder inquiry and ask to speak to the cottage’s former owner. Her grandmother, Rose.
The Witness . . .
Dangerous Games
by Lydia Hall
Rating: 4.4 #ad
Rich, powerful, cruel, older and dominant. I’m everything she hates… and everything she can’t resist.
Nanette Slater is my new hitman’s sister. Unfortunately for the pretty brunette, her brother is no good at his job, which means Nanette ends up kidnapped and in my bed…
Unless he makes good on his promise, I’m keeping his sister to myself. Not that I’m complaining.
It’s My Pleasure
by Michal Prins
Rating: 5.0 #ad
Most couples know what they want. But they don’t know how to want it.
Pop culture is always telling us about dreary monogamous partnerships – cheating husbands, reluctant wives, and zero passion. We’re inundated with clichés about long-term relationships and communication. Experts focus on what couples should want, but not on how they should get there. They’re always talking about willingness and consent. They forget about desire.
In It’s My Pleasure, revolutionary couples counselor and human sexuality expert Dr. Michal Prins presents a radical, practical method to invigorate your sex life in a long-term relationship.