Thursday’s Mystery eBooks
A Devious Death
by Alyssa Maxwell
Rating: 4.5 #ad
In the sobering yet hopeful years following the First World War, Lady Phoebe Renshaw and her lady’s maid, Eva Huntford, find their summer plans marred by an instance of murder . . .
Phoebe and her sister Julia are eager for a summer getaway at High Head Lodge, the newly purchased estate of their cousin Regina. But they are not the only houseguests. Regina’s odd friend, Olive, is far from friendly, and Regina’s mother and brother—bitter over the unequal distribution of her father’s inheritance – have descended on the house to confront Regina.
Check out:
(A Lady and Lady’s Mai Mysteries)
The Outcast Royal Complete Boxed Set
by Michael Anderle, Aaron D. Schneider
Rating: 5.0 #ad
A fell-handed warrior treads a bloody road across the sea from the bloody adventures of Skharr DeathEater
Can Ax-Wed truly leave her people’s crumbling decadence behind her? Or will it haunt her as she wanders a savage world, determined to carve her future one ax stroke at a time?
Find out! Pick up this 3-book complete series boxed set to join Ax-Wed on her adventures!
When she is kidnapped by sinister forces and trapped in the horrors in the deepest dungeons, will she fall or dig deep to overcome the nightmares incarnate?
Darkness is patient and evil is cunning, and it is hungry for the sorcerous power bequeathed to her by her family.
Dolphin Junction: Stories
by Mick Herron
Rating: 4.3 #ad
CWA Gold and Steel Dagger-winner Mick Herron’s short fiction, collected for the first time.
Mick Herron, author of the Slough House novels, is on his way to becoming one of the most critically acclaimed and culturally important crime fiction writers of the twenty-first century. He has been awarded both the Gold and Steel Daggers by the Crime Writers’ Association and has been called “the John Le Carré of the future” (BBC). But Mick Herron does more than “just” write flawlessly suspenseful spy thrillers. He is a craftist of the highest order, irrepressibly versatile in form (novels, novellas, short fiction) and mood (witty, taut, spooky, laugh-out-loud funny), whose “efficient, darkly witty, tipped-with-imagery sentences . . . feel purpose-built to perforate [our] private daze of illiteracy” (The Atlantic).
ONCE UPON A MURDEROUS DELUSION
by A.G. Russo
Rating: 4.4 #ad
The year is 1980 in a small, sleepy New England town. Out of nowhere, a series of devastating murders threaten the safety and well-being of the community. A serial killer has begun a deadly game of catch-me-if-you-can with local police, who have dubbed the carnage, “The Mommy Murders.”
Frightened residents are certain the violent rape/murders are in some way connected to the psychiatric unit of Parkhirst General Hospital. Nella, a nurse angst-ridden by her service during the Vietnam War, is new to the area and the hospital. She joins the tight-knit group of nurses on the evening shift. Val, the leader of the group, with her own history of trauma, believes it stems from the prejudice their patients suffer from a community unsympathetic to mental illness. Or is evil closer to home than they think?
Lonely Hearts
by Lisa Gray
Rating: 4.5 #ad
She found love on Death Row with her prison pen pal. She’s been missing ever since. Can Jessica Shaw track her down?
A missing persons case should be pretty straightforward for private investigator Jessica Shaw. After all, it’s what she does best. But this latest case proves to be anything but straightforward.
Christine Ryan is desperate to find her childhood friend Veronica Lowe. Veronica disappeared more than fifteen years ago, not long after having a child with a Death Row inmate, notorious serial killer Travis Dean Ford. When Ford’s widow, Jordana, is murdered in the same way as his victims, Christine fears Veronica and her daughter will be next. If they’re even still alive…
Check out:
(Jessica Shaw Mysteries)
Cursed: An Anthology
by Multiple Authors
Rating: 4.5 #ad
Twenty curses, old and new, from bestselling fantasy authors such as Neil Gaiman, Karen Joy Fowler, Christina Henry, M.R. Carey and Charlie Jane Anders.
ALL THE BETTER TO READ YOU WITH
It’s a prick of blood, the bite of an apple, the evil eye, a wedding ring or a pair of red shoes. Curses come in all shapes and sizes, and they can happen to anyone, not just those of us with unpopular stepparents…
Here you’ll find unique twists on curses, from fairy tale classics to brand-new hexes of the modern world – expect new monsters and mythologies as well as twists on well-loved fables. Stories to shock and stories of warning, stories of monsters and stories of magic.
Animal Spirit Guides
by Mari Silva
Rating: 4.3 #ad
Everything you ever wanted to know about Animal Spirit Guides all in one book!
Are you new to Shamanism and the world of Animal Spirit Guides? Do you want to grasp a deeper understanding of the various core Shamanic beliefs? Are you struggling to connect with your Animal Spirit Guide? Do you desperately want to meet your Power Animal?
This book is an extensive guide to Shamanic Totems, Power Animals in Shamanism, and Animal Magic and Medicine. The chances are that it contains answers to every question you have about the concept of Animism in Shamanism. The book includes historical references that illustrate the importance of various animals in Shamanic cultures and practical techniques and methods showing you how you can discover your Spirit/Power Animals.