Friday’s Mystery eBooks
Christmas Dessert Murder
by Joanne Fluke
Rating: 4.2 #ad
CHRISTMAS CARAMEL MURDER Hannah and her good pal Lisa have agreed to provide all the goodies for the town’s annual production of A Christmas Carol. But before anyone can say “Bah, humbug!”
CHRISTMAS CAKE MURDER Hannah’s life matches the hectic December hustle and bustle of Lake Eden when she agrees to help recreate a spectacular Christmas Ball in honor of Essie Granger, an elderly local in hospice care…
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(A Hannah Swensen Mysteries)
Three Days Clueless
by Luana Ehrlich
Rating: 4.6 #ad
Mylas Grey is determined to find the person who shot a politician in broad daylight. There’s just one problem. The killer left no clues behind. Zip. Zilch. Nada.
Mylas gets involved in an intriguing case of MURDER . . . When Mylas arrives in his hometown to spend time with Whitney, he agrees to help his father, a local private detective, examine the files of a politician who was murdered in cold blood.
Mylas gets involved in an intriguing case of murder with NO CLUES . . . The wife of the slain politician believes her husband’s murder is connected to his duties as a state legislator, but the police find no clues to his murder and no evidence to support her claim.
Mylas gets involved in an intriguing case of murder with no clues BUT ONE . . .
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(Mylas Grey Mysteries)
Six Rooms
by Gemma Amor
Rating: 4.0 #ad
Welcome, all, to the Sunshire Chateau: Lestershire’s premier tourist attraction. It sits high on a hill overlooking town, shrouded by tall trees and rumors of murder, scandal and intrigue. Tickets are hard to come by, so hold yours close, else the Tour Guide may not let you in. And that would be a pity, for there are so many things to see within these walls–history, glamor, and riches beyond your wildest imagination. Just remember the following rules: don’t wander off alone, don’t be rude to the Guide, and don’t, whatever you do, touch the valuables.
Because the ghosts don’t like it when you touch their things…
Dream Shatter
by Ann Hunter
Rating: 4.0 #ad
The Circle is robbing the dreams of its citizens.
In Logan Kent’s world, disease, hunger, and war have all been resolved by the dreams of its citizens thanks to nanobots developed and implanted into everyone as newborns. At least, that’s how it seems…
Now The Circle wants Logan to join their fold and continue the utopia they’ve created. He has no reason to distrust his parents – high ranking members in The Circle – until he meets Reina, a girl from the exiled faction “Anyone,” who refuse to give up their free will…
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(Dream Runners Mysteries)
Quilting Calamity
by Kathryn Mykel
Rating: 4.0 #ad
A Quilting calamity and a string of clues. Can Alex untangle the knots before she’s keeled?
After the death of her beloved grandmother, Alex Baily’s life is left in tatters. As she struggles to stitch things back together, she takes solace in one final gift—a cruise— booked before the quilting matriarch’s death. To weave the quilting community back together, Alex convinces her friends on Spruce Street to join her on the cruise.
With all hands on deck, a mysterious quilt and an unknown destination, she must trust that everything will go according to the plan. Until a death onboard the Tranquility puts a wrinkle in Alex’s idyllic quilting vacation.
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(Quilting Cozy Mysteries)
Far Gone
by Danielle Girard
Rating: 4.6 #ad
From the USA Today bestselling author of White Out comes a story of two heroines with shattered pasts and a town with blood on its hands.
When a North Dakota couple is shot down in their home in cold blood, the sleepy town of Hagen wakes with a jolt. After all, it’s usually such a peaceful place. But Detective Kylie Milliard knows better.
Despite not handling a homicide investigation in years, Kylie is on the case. A drop of blood found at the scene at first blush promises to be her best evidence.
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(Badlands Thriller Mysteries)
The Three Kitties That Saved My Life
by Michael Meyer
Rating: 4.3 #ad
A true romance memoir. “This is like drinking tea and honey on a cold day.” When tragedy struck, I thought for sure that my own life was at an end. I was wrong. This is the true story of how two stray rescue cats and a woman named Kitty, whom I finally met after a wild ride of internet dating, brought love, romance, and laughter back into my life.
If you love reading feel-good memoirs, then don’t miss THE THREE KITTIES THAT SAVED MY LIFE, where “Mike Meyer pens a tender tale of love, loss, and renewal. The depth of emotion is palpable…The Three Kitties will tug at readers’ heartstrings, as they ride through the emotional highs and lows of Mike Meyer’s remarkable story.” – InD’tale Magazine
Dead Man’s Ransom
by Ellis Peters
Rating: 4.3 #ad
In February of 1141, men march home from war to Shrewsbury, but the captured sheriff Gilbert Prestcote is not among them. Elis, a young Welsh prisoner, is delivered to the Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul to begin a tale that will test Brother Cadfael’s sense of justice—and his heart.
By good fortune, it seems, the prisoner can be exchanged as Sheriff Prestcote’s ransom. What no one expects is that good-natured Elis will be struck down by cupid’s arrow.
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(The Chronicles of Brother Cadfael Mysteries)
Beware False Tigers
by Frank Forencich
Rating: 5.0 #ad
The world is full of tigers, but only some of them are real. Learn their ways and you’ll become stronger, wiser, and more resilient.
The standard narrative tells us that stress is an individual problem with individual solutions. It’s a lifestyle issue, a medical condition, and a challenge to our personal well-being. But the standard narrative gets it wrong. In fact, stress is a systemic, psychosocial problem and a global health issue. It’s a shared predicament that demands collective action. The good news is that stress can actually be the key to unlocking a more functional and fulfilling future for all of us.