Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
Souped Up Murder
by Emma Ainsley
Rating: 4.5 #ad
Sometimes being in the wrong place at the wrong time… Can be murder.
Restauranteur and amateur sleuth, Carolina Hart, is cooking up ideas to get her restaurant’s catering business started, and when she finds out that the city council is taking catering bids for an upcoming convention, she throws her hat into the ring.
It’s a long shot, but they choose her and she’s thrilled to pieces.
Grace Under Fire
by Julie Garwood
Rating: 4.6 #ad
Grace Isabel MacKenna has a hundred things to do today. Killing someone isn’t one of them. It is supposed to be a quick visit to Boston for the Buchanan anniversary party, then on to Scotland to collect an inheritance. She checks into her hotel and then decides to go for a brisk walk. But after getting lost, she ends up with a wounded man stumbling into her arms—and his shooter coming after them both. When she fires back in self-defense, she doesn’t expect him to drop dead. After Isabel endures an interrogation by police, she is free to go, thanks to the Buchanans dispatching former Navy SEAL and now lawyer Michael Buchanan to assist her.
Eagle Station
by Dale Brown
Rating: 4.6 #ad
In this thrilling geopolitical adventure from New York Times bestselling legend Dale Brown, Brad McLanahan and the Space Force must fight to preserve America’s freedom when ruthless enemies forge an unlikely alliance to control not only the earth, but the moon and beyond
Because its enemies never stop trying to undermine the security of the United States, the men and women who serve to protect America must always be vigilant. Few know this better than warriors Brad McLanahan and Nadia Rozek. Newly married, the two are just beginning to settle into their life together when they are called back into action.
The Empire of Gold
by S. A. Chakraborty
Rating: 4.7 #ad
Daevabad has fallen. After a brutal conquest stripped the city of its magic, Nahid leader Banu Manizheh and her resurrected commander, Dara, must try to repair their fraying alliance and stabilize a fractious, warring people.
But the bloodletting and loss of his beloved Nahri have unleashed the worst demons of Dara’s dark past. To vanquish them, he must face some ugly truths about his history and put himself at the mercy of those he once considered enemies.
Master of Furies
by Raymond E. Feist
Rating: 4.5 #ad
War has swept across Marquensas. Ruthless raiders have massacred the inhabitants of Beran’s Hill, including Gwen, the beloved wife of Declan Smith. Hollow of heart, his hopes burned to ashes, Declan swears to track down and destroy the raiders, an ambition shared by Baron Daylon Dumarch, whose family was massacred as they fled the capital.
Meanwhile Hava, whose gift for piracy has seen her acquire the treasure ship Borzon’s Black Wake and the swift Azhante sailing vessel, Queen of Storms, and won her the name of “the Sea Demon,” is closing in on the whereabouts of those who unleashed the murderous hordes.
The Drowning Woman
by Robyn Harding
Rating: 4.5 #ad
Lee Gulliver never thought she’d find herself living on the streets—no one ever does—but when her restaurant fails, and she falls deeper into debt, she leaves her old life behind with nothing but her clothes and her Toyota Corolla. In Seattle, she parks in a secluded spot by the beach to lay low and plan her next move—until early one morning, she sees a sobbing woman throw herself into the ocean. Lee hauls the woman back to the surface, but instead of appreciation, she is met with fury.
Mysteries Uncovered
by Emily G. Thompson
Rating: 4.4 #ad
The mysterious is all around us… UFOs, extraterrestrial encounters, baffling disappearances-Mysteries Uncovered investigates, without prejudice, some of the most notorious, disturbing, and enduring mysteries ever recorded.
- UFO activity: the Roswell Incident, the Phoenix Lights, the Rendlesham Incident…
- Alien abduction: the Barney and Betty Hill case…
- Uncanny events: the missing crew of the Marie Celeste, the lost colony of Roanoke, the fate of Amelia Earhart…
- Notorious disappearances: the cases of Lord Lucan and “D.B. Cooper”…
The Oldest Sport
by Evan Myers
Rating: 5.0 #ad
Alan Martinez isn’t an academic champion, a computer wiz, or a superstar athlete. By all accounts, he is in fact one of the most average teenagers in all of East Hamilton High. But that all changes when Alan stumbles into a wrestling practice one day after school.
Before long, Alan joins the team and embarks on an athletic endeavor tougher than anything he could have ever imagined. As he learns the ropes of the world’s oldest sport, this one-time slacker learns the true meaning of grit, self-confidence, and determination. And just when he starts to get the hang of wrestling, a new challenge arises…one that seems impossible to overcome. Alan might be a quick learner, but will he be able to dig deep and discover his true potential?