Friday’s Mystery eBooks
Wine Tastings Are Murder
by Libby Klein
Rating: 4.7 #ad
It’s vintage Poppy McAllister when the gluten-free baker and B&B owner tries to solve a murder at a Cape May winery . . .
When Poppy and Aunt Ginny agreed to host a Wine and Cheese Happy Hour for a tour group at their Butterfly House Bed and Breakfast on the Jersey Shore, they never anticipated such a sour bunch. Grumpy guest Vince Baker should be in a better mood—he’s filthy rich and on his honeymoon with his much younger wife Sunny, who seems to dote on him almost as much as her high-spirited teacup Pomeranian, Tammy Faye Baker.
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(A Poppy McAllister Mysteries)
Grin
by Angela Breen
Rating: 4.7 #ad
With the discovery of a family friend’s body on display in a park, a rookie detective discovers a terrifying pattern. She knows one thing for certain. More women will die if she can’t get others to see it too.
Tanvi Nightingale may be a rookie, but her instincts are spot on. A serial killer is terrorizing Indianapolis. Her boss, however, can’t see the connections even as Tanvi falls down the rabbit hole. Desperate to prove herself and stop the killings, Tanvi finds an unexpected ally in the annals of cold cases. Former FBI profiler, Frank Tench.
While Frank sees more than enough evidence to warrant a full investigation, his contact at the BAU remains unconvinced. Instead of a team, she sends in a hothead she thinks can benefit from time under Frank’s tutelage. A Boston Native, Lucas McGinn is used to getting under people’s skin.
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(What’s in a Name?)
Spirit of Gettysburg
by S. Elizabeth Calvert
Rating: 4.1 #ad
Epic…Spellbinding…Thrilling Love Story Extraordinaire! Can ghosts die twice? Apparently so!
Washington, D.C. psychic to the powerful elites headstrong, vulnerable Maureen McAlister flees a contemporary, shattered life into the ghostly, loving arms of Confederate soldier Major Clayton Fontaine Douglas, her former husband and one-true-soulmate. He is the only man she loves and trusts. Clayton, an unrepentant Rebel and proud, brave officer in General Robert E Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia, is now a ghost stuck in time in her inherited Gettysburg, Pennsylvania estate. He is furious at God for the loss of his Country and her. He is dying again because of her. Once more she must try to save him, change his fate and rewrite karma.
Final Exam
by Carol J. Perry
Rating: 4.7 #ad
The witchy TV reporter of Salem, MA, is out to solve a cold case—and predict a killer’s next move—in this cozy mystery by the author of Caught Dead Handed.
Life at the house on Winter Street is abuzz with preparations for Aunt Ibby’s 45th high school reunion, and Lee Barrett is happy to pitch in, tracking down addresses and licking envelopes. But as a field reporter for Salem’s WICH-TV, she drops everything to get the scoop on the town’s latest news—and this time it’s a doozy.
The local police have dredged up a vintage sports car containing human remains, and Lee is the first reporter on the scene.
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(A Witch City Mysteries)
Calculated
by Nova McBee
Rating: 4.7 #ad
She has many names – Octavia, Double 8, Phoenix, Josephine. She’s a math prodigy, a calculating genius and everyone wants her.
In seventeen-year-old Jo River’s complicated world of numbers, there’s no such thing as coincidence. When she is betrayed by someone she loves, kidnapped by the world’s most wanted smuggler, and forced to use her talent to shore up a criminal empire, Jo deems her gift a curse—until she meets Red.
Fellow captive and unlikely sage, Red teaches Jo to harness her true potential, so she can do more than just escape. Before he dies, Red reveals a secret about her enemies and makes her vow to right his wrongs. But Jo has a vow of her own.
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(Simulated)
Her Perfect Family
by Teresa Driscoll
Rating: 4.2 #ad
It’s their daughter’s graduation and Rachel and Ed Hartley are expecting it to be one of their family’s happiest days. But when she stumbles and falls on stage during the ceremony, a beautiful moment turns to chaos: Gemma has been shot, and just like that, she’s fighting for her life.
PI Matthew Hill is one of the first on the scene. A cryptic message Gemma received earlier in the day suggests someone close to her was about to be exposed. But who?
The Peeling & Other Terrifying Tales
by Iain Rob Wright
Rating: 4.2 #ad
The world’s most deadly disease is loose. Anyone who catches it is doomed. Symptoms include coughing, sneezing, abdominal pain, and rotting of the flesh. There is no cure. Infection is 100% fatal.
Stay calm. Please do not panic. The situation is under control. It is under control.
The Peeling & Other Terrifying Tales is a collection of novellas and short stories from bestselling horror author Iain Rob Wright. It begins with the 80-page novella THE PEELING, and also includes several short stories, most of which have never been published before.
White Wasteland
by Jeff Kirkham, Jason Ross
Rating: 4.7 #ad
Black Autumn drove them to the edge of oblivion, but that was before the winter set in…
December descends on a broken nation, and the Homestead survival clan trembles beneath a tide of human suffering crashing at the gates of their mountain refuge. A fanatical warlord arises and drives the Mormons* of the Rocky Mountains toward civil war.
While threats surge around the Homestead, Special Forces veterans and civilian fighters face a moral collapse at home, as the founder of the community struggles with personal demons, and a secretive group of women follow their hearts into uncharted waters. Strange visions, precarious faith and troubled dreams gnaw at the Homestead’s survival. Is their salvation hiding in the dim corners of their nightmares.
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(The Black Autumn Mysteries)