Saturday’s Mystery eBooks
Live, Local, and Dead
by Nikki Knight
Rating: 3.9 #ad
Death waits for snowman in Nikki Knight’s new Vermont-based cozy series, perfect for fans of Connie Archer and Mary Kennedy.
In a fit of anger, radio DJ Jaye Jordan blows a snowman’s head off with a Revolutionary War-style musket. But the corpse that tumbles out is all too human. Jaye thought life would be quieter when she left New York City and bought a tiny Vermont radio station. But now, Edwin Anger – the ranting and raving radio talk show host who Jaye recently fired – lies dead in the snow. And the Edwin Anger fans who protested his dismissal are sure she killed him.
Smoke and Mirrors
by Elizabeth Peters
Rating: 5.0 #ad
Praise for New York Times–bestseller Elizabeth Peters and Smoke and Mirrors
An idealistic young woman finds working a political campaign can be murder in this romantic suspense novel by “a master storyteller” (Mary Higgins Clark).
Young Erin Hartsock arrives in Washington, DC, with ambition – and little interest in politics. However, when she’s offered a position on a congresswoman’s campaign for the Senate, she’s more than happy to flee her dead-end job to take on what she expects will be boring administrative work . . .
But as the campaign heats up, disturbing events follow. There’s a string of dangerous fires, a violent attack, and a seemingly accidental death.
Oyster Bay Boogie
by Eric Wilder
Rating: 5.0 #ad
Oyster Bay Mystery Series set on a remote Louisiana Island about fifty miles from New Orleans.
A Cajun werewolf stalking Oyster Bay, a Prohibition-era resort in the Gulf of Mexico, leads to Jack Wiesinski and Grogan ‘Chief’ la Tortue’s discovery of a gold doubloon and case of rare Dominican rum. Dancer Odette Mouton hitchhikes to the secluded Louisiana island following Jack and Chief’s drunken celebration at a New Orleans Bourbon Street strip club. The three quickly learn the werewolf isn’t the island’s only paranormal entity.
Subversive
by Raena Rood
Rating: 4.6 #ad
Since the night of her parent’s arrest, Gemma Alcott has been hiding in an abandoned coal mine with a group of subversives. She’s found a home – and someone to love – but she’s never forgotten the love she left behind.
Taylor Nolan, a young Task Force officer, believes wholeheartedly in his mission and in the danger posed by subversives. But when his first love, Gemma, is captured by a rogue Task Force unit, his loyalties are put to the test.
Facing interrogation and possible death, Gemma must summon the strength—and faith—to protect her friends, no matter the cost.
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(Subversive Trilogy)
The Mirror Man
by Lars Kepler
Rating: 4.5#ad
Sixteen-year-old Jenny Lind is kidnapped in broad daylight on her way home from school and thrown into the back of a truck. She’s taken to a dilapidated house, where she and other girls face horrors far beyond their worst nightmares. Though they’re desperate to escape, their captor foils everyone of their attempts.
Five years later, Jenny’s body is found hanging in a playground, strung up with a winch on a rainy night. As the police are scrambling to find a lead in the scant evidence, Detective Joona Linna recognizes an eerie connection between Jenny’s murder and a death declared a suicide years before.
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(Killer Instinct Mysteries)
Daughter of the Twin Moons
by Holly Bargo
Rating: 4.2 #ad
He yanked me away from Death’s doorstep. And then he staked his claim on me.
Diagnosed with a terminal illness, I was ready to walk gently into that good night. After a long and content life, I thought my time had finally come.
Then he came for me. And nothing would ever be the same. Thelan, son of the Fae, Captain of the Seelie Palace Guard, spent many lifetimes searching for his destined mate. When the Oracle prophesied his fated beloved, he did not hesitate.
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(Twin Moons Saga)
Death on a Winter’s Day
by Verity Bright
Rating: 4.6 #ad
Winter, 1921. Lady Eleanor Swift, amateur sleuth and reluctant lady of the manor, has been invited to spend Christmas in Scotland, at the beautiful castle of her dear friends Baron and Baroness Ashley. Even her favourite companion, master of mischief Gladstone the bulldog, is coming along to share a slice of turkey. As snow begins to fall outside, the rather mismatched group are cozy by the roaring fire, sharing a tipple over a plate of Mrs Trotman’s famous mince pies.
But after what was supposed to be a fun party game, Mr Eugene Randall is found dead at the feast. A somewhat unpopular business associate of the Baron’s from across the pond, it seems Mr Randall has certainly upset somebody. Was it what he said about Scottish whisky?
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(A Lady Eleanor Swift Mysteries)
Agent Zero
by Janet Walden-West
Rating: 4.5 #ad
He owns the spotlight, she lives in the shadows.
VEE: My only purpose? Keep lethal cryptids in check, and our Company existence secret.
Sometimes a girl needs a night of karaoke and tequila though. Instead, after a vicious new cryptid species crashes the party, I end up saving and carting home a way arrogant, way hot chef. With Bruce Kantor now a temporary roommate it seems like the perfect time to indulge my forbidden civilian fascination—especially the friends-with-benefits part. But the feelings he ignites threaten my oath and mission.
BRUCE: Damn right I’m the bad boy of the culinary world.
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(Region Two Mysteries)