Tuesday’s Mystery eBooks
Peril In Paradise
by Deb Graham
Rating: 4.2 #ad
“My necklace is gone! I left it right here, I know I did!” Jerria’s heart pounded. Not another theft. Depressed over her youngest son leaving two years early for college– across the country no less!– Jerria takes up her husband Will’s offer of a relaxing Hawaiian cruise. But a series of ominous events onboard the Ocean Haven squashes any idea of a calm tropical vacation. Soon Jerria’s very life is in danger, and she can’t blame the mythical Pele for this one. Warm characters and rich descriptions of beautiful Hawaii bring this cozy mystery to life.
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The Vengeance of Samuel Val
by Elyse Hoffman
Rating: 4.7 #ad
Samuel Val is blessed with a loving family and a tight-knit community in his Jewish village of Khruvina. He dreams of becoming Khruvina’s Rabbi, but his dreams are crushed when his family is slaughtered by Nazi Officer Viktor Naden, the Beast of Belorussia.
With Samuel left as Khruvina’s only survivor, he joins the anti-Nazi resistance group known as the Black Foxes. Determined to avenge his family, he swears to hunt down and destroy Viktor Naden. Samuel’s mission of vengeance, however, is put on hold when he is forced to escort a Jewish refugee to a safehouse operated by Black Fox Ten, a high-ranked member of the resistance.
The Perfect Date
by Iris Baxter
Rating: 4.1 #ad
You’ll never want to date again.
When Melissa goes out on a date with Sean, she’s immediately drawn to his charming personality. Thinking she’s hit a jackpot, she dismisses her initial reservations and agrees to go to his place after dinner.
As the night unfolds, it becomes apparent that Sean is hiding something. A door she’s not supposed to open, a hushed call she wasn’t meant to hear, a camera she shouldn’t touch. Each clue points to an increasingly terrifying conclusion about Sean’s secret.
By the time Melissa realizes the disturbing truth, she’s trapped in Sean’s house, just another victim in his elaborate ploy. Can she make it out before she ends up like the other girls?
Unraveled
by Jennifer Estep
Rating: 4.1 #ad
What could go wrong when you’re trying to unravel a decades-old conspiracy?
As the current queen of the Ashland underworld, you would think that I, Gin Blanco, would know all about some secret society controlling things from behind the scenes.
I might be the Spider, the city’s most fearsome assassin, but all my Ice and Stone elemental magic hasn’t done me a lick of good in learning more about “the Circle”. Despite my continued investigations, the trail’s gone as cold as the coming winter.
Little Darlings
by Melanie Golding
Rating: 4.0 #ad
The anxieties of motherhood take center stage in this “atmospheric and very creepy” debut psychological thriller that reinvents the changeling myth with the flair of Angela Carter (Guardian).
Everyone says Lauren Tranter is exhausted, that she needs rest. And they’re right; with newborn twins, Morgan and Riley, she’s never been more tired in her life. But she knows what she saw: that night, in her hospital room, a woman tried to take her babies and replace them with her own…creatures. Yet when the police arrived, they saw no one. Everyone, from her doctor to her husband, thinks she’s imagining things.
Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six
by Lisa Unger
Rating: 4.0 #ad
Three couples rent a luxury cabin in the woods for a weekend getaway to die for in this chilling locked-room thriller.
What could be more restful than a weekend getaway with family and friends? An isolated luxury cabin in the woods, spectacular views, a hot tub and a personal chef. Hannah’s generous brother found the listing online. The reviews are stellar. It’ll be three couples on this trip with good food, good company and lots of R & R.
But the dreamy weekend is about to turn into a nightmare.
Payback in Death: An Eve Dallas Novel
by J. D. Robb
Rating: 5.0 #ad
BRAND NEW RELEASE
A retired colleague’s suspicious death puts Lt. Eve Dallas on the case in Payback in Death, the electrifying new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author J.D. Robb.
Lt. Eve Dallas is just home from a long overdue vacation when she responds to a call of an unattended death. The victim is Martin Greenleaf, retired Internal Affairs Captain. At first glance, the scene appears to be suicide, but the closer Eve examines the body, the more suspicious she becomes.
An unlocked open window, a loving wife and family, a too-perfect suicide note—Eve’s gut says it’s a homicide.