Sunday’s Mystery eBooks
A Day for Dying
by Dorothy Simpson
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The thirteenth novel in the British mystery series featuring Inspector Luke Thanet from the Silver Dagger Award–winning author Dorothy Simpson, “a modern-day version of Agatha Christie” (Booklist).
When playboy Max Jeopard is killed at his own engagement party, Inspector Luke Thanet is called in to investigate and uncovers a host of suspects, including his fiancée, a jealous brother, an ex-girlfriend, and the victim’s future in-laws .
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman and
The Skull Beneath the Skin
by P. D. James
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Two complete mysteries in one volume featuring a young female sleuth from a New York Times–bestselling author and “champion of the detective mystery”(The New York Times).
In An Unsuitable Job for a Woman, Cordelia’s first assignment finds her hired to investigate the death of a young Cambridge student found hanged in mysterious circumstances.
In The Skull Beneath the Skin, Cordelia is invited to a isolated island to protect an actress, only to find that the death threats she has been receiving are all too real.
Dream State
by Avraham Halili
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After signing up as a test subject for an AI experiment on human consciousness, the unextraordinary Eric Chapman awakes to discover he can manifest dream-like abilities in the real world. Together with Terry, a charismatic career woman who grew tired of the constant rat race of life, the two decide to use Chapman’s newfound powers to heist the dreams of some of the richest and most powerful people in the world, convincing them to give away their fortune. With the corporation that ran Chapman’s experiment in pursuit, Terry and Chapman’s dream of a world without boundaries ripples faster than they could anticipate. And there is no telling where it might end.
Inmate 1577
by Alan Jacobson
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When an elderly woman is found raped and brutally murdered in San Francisco, Vail heads west to team up with SFPD Inspector Lance Burden and her former task force colleague Detective Roxxann Dixon.
As Vail, Burden, and Dixon follow the killer’s trail in and around San Francisco, the offender continues his rampage, leaving behind clues that ultimately lead them to the most unlikely of places: a mysterious island ripped from city lore whose long-buried, decades-old secrets hold the key to their case. Alcatraz. The Rock.
Multo
by Cindy Fazzi
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His latest job is to catch the one that got away…three times.
Filipino-American bounty hunter Domingo has made a career of catching criminal undocumented immigrants. He’s the best in the business—and it isn’t lost on him that he’s so good because of his similarities to his targets. Despite Domingo’s claims that he is unsympathetic to their plight, yet spends his spare moments on stakeouts and in between jobs writing a book of advice for aspiring immigrants. Brash, funny, and candid, he compiles the names of all the people he’s apprehended, documenting the hazards of his profession, and imparting advice to foreigners who dare to dream of life in America.
The Empty Chair
by Jeffery Deaver
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A quadriplegic since a beam crushed his spinal cord years ago, Lincoln Rhyme is desperate to improve his condition and goes to the University of North Carolina Medical Center for high-risk experimental surgery. But he and Sachs have hardly settled in when the local authorities come calling. In a twenty-four-hour period, the sleepy Southern outpost of Tanner’s Corner has seen a local teen murdered and two young women abducted. And Rhyme and Sachs are the best chance to find the girls alive.
Whistle-Stop Politics
by Edward Segal
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Foreword by Jules Witcover, veteran Washington correspondent, award-winning reporter, former political columnist for the Baltimore Sun, and author of 85 Days: The Last Campaign of Robert Kennedy.
Discover the entertaining story of how campaigning by train shaped American politics, elections, journalism, and culture in Whistle-Stop Politics.
Memories of the pivotal role campaign trains played in American elections fade with the passing of each generation. Also forgotten are the stories documented by the reporters who traveled with hundreds of whistle-stopping politicians including Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, and Ronald Reagan.