Monday’s Mystery eBooks
A Hex for Danger
by Esme Addison
Rating: 4.5 #ad
The small town of Bellamy Bay has its share of skeletons in its closet, but it isn’t used to bodies turning up in the local history museum. After all, this coastal North Carolina town is much like any other…except, of course, for the mermaids.
Helping to run the family business, an herbal apothecary while keeping her supernatural secret hidden is no easy feat for water witch Aleksandra Daniels. But somehow she’s still found time to help her friend Celeste, who has her own Caribbean mermaid heritage plan the annual Mermaid Festival. As fun-seekers throng the beaches, Alex gets to know and is intrigued by renowned artist Neve Ryland, who’s in town to decorate the local park with a mermaid-themed mural.
Transient Desires
by Donna Leon
Rating: 4.4 #ad
New York Times Bestseller: Two injured, unconscious American women are found in Venice, Italy, leading a police detective down a dark path: “A splendid read.” —BookPage
In his many years as a commissario, Guido Brunetti has seen all manner of crime and known intuitively how to navigate the various pathways in his native city, Venice, to discover the person responsible. In this novel in Silver Dagger Award-winning series, he faces a heinous crime committed outside his jurisdiction. He is drawn in innocently enough: two young American women have been badly injured in a boating accident, joyriding in the Laguna with two young Italians. But Brunetti’s curiosity is aroused by the men’s behavior. Why did they run off after bringing the victims to the hospital if the injuries were accidental?
Ramses the Damned
by Anne Rice, Christopher Rice
Rating: 4.6 #ad
The gilded adventures of Ramses the Damned, iconic creation of the legendary bestselling author, continue in this breathtakingly suspenseful tale of a titanic supernatural power unleashed on the eve of war.
A pharaoh made immortal by a mysterious and powerful elixir, Ramses the Great became counselor and lover to some of Egypt’s greatest and most powerful rulers before he was awakened from centuries of slumber to the mystifying and dazzling world of Edwardian England. Having vanquished foes both human and supernatural, he’s found love with the beautiful heiress Julie Stratford, daughter of Lawrence Stratford, the slain archeologist who discovered his tomb. Now, with the outbreak of a world war looming, Ramses and those immortals brought forth from the mists of history by his resurrection will face their greatest test yet.
Mary: An Awakening of Terror
by Nat Cassidy
Rating: 4.1 #ad
Nat Cassidy’s highly commercial, debut horror novel Mary: An Awakening of Terror, blends Midsommar with elements of American Psycho and a pinch of I’ll Be Gone in the Dark.
Mary is a quiet, middle-aged woman doing her best to blend into the background. Unremarkable. Invisible. Unknown even to herself.
But lately, things have been changing inside Mary. Along with the hot flashes and body aches, she can’t look in a mirror without passing out, and the voices in her head have been urging her to do unspeakable things.
Who Okayed This?
by Philip E. Barrington
Rating: 4.6 #ad
“THE DIARY OF A MAN AT DEATHS DOOR!”
In the #1 Best-selling novel “Who Okayed This?! The Riveting Life of Grant Davis” it follows the life of the fascinating Grant Davis, a man of the world with a deep appreciation for nature, family, and friends – a touchingly honest character, of the type rarely seen in today’s fast-paced world of rapidly-devoured media.
In the tale that won the prestigious 2022 Stellar Book Award, true events are mingled with fiction in a well-blended cosmopolitan cocktail of danger and delight. A cast of characters is drawn, from dark and dangerous to quirky and memorable. Each new face that enters the story may be a passing fancy to title hero Grant, or may hold treacherous secrets that threaten to destroy him. Old friends, new acquaintances, and violent enemies combine in a uniquely readable thriller! Grant’s adventures begin as a young man going to a prestigious boarding school, where he makes lifelong friends, but also lifelong enemies. Standing up for what’s right will, unfortunately, come back to haunt him.
A Testament to Murder
by Vivian Conroy
Rating: 4.0 #ad
In this historical mystery, a retired detective heads to the French Riviera where a dying billionaire plays a twisted game with nine would-be heirs.
At the lush Villa Calypso on the French Riviera, a dying billionaire launches a devious plan: at midnight each day he appoints a new heir to his vast fortune. If he dies within twenty-four hours, that person takes it all. If not, their chance is gone forever.
Yet these are no ordinary beneficiaries, these men who crossed him, women who deceived him, and distant relations intent on reclaiming the family fortune. All are determined to lend death a hand and outwit their rivals in pursuit of the prize.
The Bone Track
by Sara E. Johnson
Rating: 4.6 #ad
A nature trek turns dangerous when the wilderness gives up its bones…
New Zealand’s remote Milford Track seems the perfect place for forensic investigator Alexa Glock to reconnect with her brother Charlie, with whom she hasn’t spent much time since they were kids. Their backpacking trip seems ill-fated from the start, though, when she must stop on the way to examine nine skeletons – most likely M?ori tribespeople – whose graves have been unearthed by highway construction. Before she opens the first casket, a M?ori elder gives her a dire warning: “The viewing of bones can unleash misfortune to the living. Or worse.”
Kiss the Moon
by Carla Neggers
Rating: 4.5 #ad
Lost in the frozen woods of New Hampshire, Penelope Chestnut discovers the wreckage of a small plane. An aviator herself, she sees clues to a conspiracy in the rusted-out remains.
Rumors of her discovery bring Wyatt Sinclair to Cold Spring, determined to put to rest a family scandal and learn what really happened to his legendary uncle, who had disappeared with his adventuress lover years earlier.