Thursday’s Mystery eBooks
French Pastry Murder
by Leslie Meier
Rating: 4.3 #ad
Lucy Stone is saying au revoir to Tinker’s Cove, Maine, and bonjour to Paris to take in the sights, learn how to bake authentic French pastries, and experience some joie de vivre. But her dreams of la vie en rose are put on hold when the City of Lights turns deadly.
When renowned pastry chef Larry Bruneau is discovered on death’s doorstep and Lucy and her friends are detained for questioning, she’s worried she’ll be trading in her luxury accommodations for a sojourn in the Bastille.
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(A Lucy Stone Mysteries)
OFF GRID
by J. P. Redding
Rating: 4.6 #ad
How Long Can They Hide From The Surveillance State?
From the halls of D.C. to the remote shores of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, OFF GRID is a wild ride through a dystopian near future of mass surveillance.
In the wake of a global calamity, the economy collapses. The Feds respond by wielding every power of the Welfare State to control the populace. A key tool is PivPal, an indispensable smartphone used to track citizens. As civil liberties crumble, resistance is relegated to flyover country whose residents—derided as off-gridders—cling to the time-honored virtues of freedom, self-reliance, and charity. Against this backdrop, Jenny Hernandez struggles to keep her rural church community nourished and safe.
Hiding from the Feds, a team of inventors, and Jenny’s ex, arrive to complete the amazing plasma drive. They bring hope, but also the watchful eye of Big Brother. With the authorities closing in, local law enforcement must choose sides.
When You Disappeared
by John Marrs
Rating: 4.2 #ad
All she wanted was the truth, but she’ll wish she never found out.
When Catherine wakes up alone one morning, she thinks her husband has gone for a run before work. But Simon never makes it to the office. His running shoes are by the front door. Nothing is missing—except him.
Catherine knows Simon must be in trouble. He wouldn’t just leave her. He wouldn’t leave the children.
But Simon knows the truth—about why he left and what he’s done. He knows things about his marriage that it would kill Catherine to find out. The memories she holds onto are lies.
Save The Girls
by Terry Toler
Rating: 4.4 #ad
From award winning author, Terry Toler, tells this gripping story that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
Three hundred girls are missing. Jamie Austen is the only one who can save them.
Who wants to read a gripping, page turning spy thriller with a female heroine? The series must be good. Since it’s been #1 in ten different countries.
America’s beloved heroine, Jamie Austen, is a CIA operative tasked with infiltrating sex trafficking rings and rescuing girls from some of the most ruthless and violent organizations in the world. When Jamie’s assignment takes her to Belarus, she must find three hundred girls who have gone missing…
The Ruthless
by David Putnam
Rating: 4.4 #ad
Bruno Johnson, shaken to his core, but still a formidable force—an unrelenting focus on doing the right thing—unwilling to let anyone or anything stand in his way
Pushed to his emotional limit, Los Angeles County Sheriff Deputy Bruno Johnson struggles to hold his family together while immersed in his unrelenting career. His daughter, Olivia, is a teen mom to twin toddlers; her common-law husband, Derek Sams, is a thug; and one of their little boys has disappeared under his care.
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(A Bruno Johnson Thriller)
The Dead of Winter
by P.C. James
Rating: 4.7 #ad
She’s used to solving crimes, not becoming the prime suspect. Can this amateur sleuth clear her name when a work retreat turns deadly?
Canada, 1986. Miss Riddell is ready for a break. Grateful to be invited to her boss’s lodge for a ski getaway, her chance to bond with colleagues takes a hit when an ice storm severs the remote town’s power. And after one of the guests is found dead in the snow, Miss Riddell rolls up her sleeves to find the cold-blooded killer… until she’s accused of being the murderer.
Confined to her quarters as suspicion runs high, the sharp investigator gets creative to prove her innocence before police arrive. But with no obvious culprits to interrogate and all fingers pointing at Miss Riddell, she fears she’ll end up locked inside four walls forever.
Rough Justice
by Lisa Scottoline
Rating: 4.7 #ad
Criminal lawyer Marta Richter is hours away from winning an acquittal for her client, millionaire businessman Elliot Steere. Elliot is on trial for the murder of a homeless man who had tried to carjack him. But as the jury begins deliberations, Marta discovers the chilling truth about her client’s innocence.
Taking justice into her own hands, she sets out to prove the truth, with the help of two young associates. In an excruciating game of beat-the-clock with both the jury and the worst blizzard to hit Philadelphia in decades, Marta will learn that the search for justice isn’t only rough—it can also be deadly.
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(A Rosato & Associates)
Special Agent Murphy
by Mimi Barbour
Rating: 4.4 #ad
Agent Shane Murphy has a hard time believing his life could get so crazy. Because of a choice – one he’d make again – he loses his superiority in the FBI. Now he’s forced to work surveillance with a rookie female yapper. And… gets caught up in the kidnapping of a sixteen-year-old that pulls at the heartstrings he keeps hidden.
Fighting the budding attraction for his new partner, he stresses his way through an escalating nightmare. How can he be so infatuated with a trouble-magnet female who drives like a granny and isn’t able to hide her sensitive reactions when on the job?
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(Undercover FBI Mysteries)
The DragonClaw Sword Complete Series Omnibus
by Kevin McLaughlin, Michael Anderle
Rating: 5.0 #ad
What do a dragon and a dwarf have in common? Sometimes, all you need is one thing to bind you together. And when that one thing is fighting to survive…
Alone, Galen Stormwing and Vala don’t stand a chance. Together, they might be able to save each other!
Get The DragonClaw Sword Complete Series to find out how far they’re willing to go to survive and save themslves.
Cast out by dragonkind, threatened by his own family… A dragon with nothing left to lose can be a dangerous thing.
Kingdom of Bones
by James Rollins
Rating: 4.2 #ad
Brand New Release at REGULAR PRICE. It begins in Africa . . .
A United Nations relief team in a small village in the Congo makes an alarming discovery. An unknown force is leveling the evolutionary playing field. Men, women, and children have been reduced to a dull, catatonic state. The environment surrounding them—plants and animals—has grown more cunning and predatory, evolving at an exponential pace. The insidious phenomenon is spreading from a cursed site in the jungle — known to locals as the Kingdom of Bones – and sweeping across Africa, threatening the rest of the world.
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(Sigma Force Novels)