Tuesday’s Mystery eBooks
One Fete in the Grave
by Vickie Fee
Rating: 4.7 #ad
Party planner Liv McKay has outdone herself this time. She’s put together an unforgettable Fourth of July celebration for the town of Dixie, Tennessee—including breathtaking fireworks and an exciting Miss Dixie Beauty Pageant. Maybe a little too exciting.
As the party is winding down, Liv’s sense of triumph fizzles when the body of town councilman Bubba Rowland is discovered on the festival grounds. And now the prime suspect in his murder is Liv’s mother’s fiancé, Earl, who had a flare-up recently with Bubba. To clear Earl’s name, Liv and her best friend Di burst into action to smoke out the real killer before another life is extinguished . . .
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(A Liv and Di in Dixie Mysteries)
Trace: Scarpetta
by Patricia Cornwell
Rating: 4.4 #ad
Now freelancing from south Florida, Dr. Kay Scarpetta returns to Richmond, Virginia, the city that turned its back on her five years ago. Investigating the death of a young girl, she must follow the twisting leads and track the strange details in order to make the dead speak-and to reveal the sad truth that may be more than even she can bear.
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(Kay Scarpetta Mysteries)
Connor Wilson
by D.C. Brockwell
Rating: 5.0 #ad
Before The Rubber Duck, before Philo Beddoe, and even before The Bandit, there was Trailblazer!
In April 1976, Denver, Colorado, ex-Rodeo rider-turned hit sensation country singer, Connor ‘Trailblazer’ Wilson is forced to go on a month-long tour of the Midwest to earn enough cash to pay off a huge debt owing to New York mob boss, Anthony Dellucci.
On the morning of the first tour date, Connor wakes up in his trailer next to a young woman. Connor’s troubles have only just begun, he realises, when he finds out the young woman, Darlene, is married to Deputy Sheriff Brad Morris, a relentless man-mountain, who has just arrived in the bar’s parking lot. With help from his band, Connor subdues Brad and orders him to relinquish his gun, badge, and clothes.
Bones To Pick
by Carolyn Haines
Rating: 4.7 #ad
Intrepid P.I. Sarah Booth Delaney has been known to single-handedly save her family’s Mississippi plantation, converse with Dahlia House’s ghost, and capture a killer or two. But when a local girl is found dead in a cotton field, it’s enough to make a lady toss back a Bloody Mary before noon on Sunday.
Someone held twenty-three-year-old Quentin McGee’s face down in the rich Southern soil until she suffocated. The lawmen think Quentin’s lover killed her. When the suspect’s brother hires Sarah to prove his sibling innocent, Sarah quickly learns that the victim had plenty of wealthy, powerful enemies.
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(Sarah Booth Delaney Mysteries)
A Split Worlds Omnibus
by Emma Newman
Rating: 4.3 #ad
Now in one volume: the first three novels in the urban fantasy series “that playfully mixes magic and interesting characters into an intriguing mystery” (Kirkus Reviews).
Between Mundanus, the world of humans, and Exilium, the world of the Fae, lies the Nether, a mirror-world where the social structure of 19th-century England is preserved by Fae-touched families who remain loyal to their ageless masters. Born into this world is Catherine Rhoeas-Papaver, who escapes it all to live a normal life in Mundanus, free from her parents and the strictures of Fae-touched society. But now she’s being dragged back to face an arranged marriage, along with all the high society trappings it entails.
Between Two Thorn
Any Other Name
All Is Fair
Love, Death, and the Art of Cooking
by Linda Griffin
Rating: 3.9 #ad
Software engineer Reid Lucas loves to cook and has a history of falling in love with married women. When he leaves his complicated past in Chicago for a job in California, he runs into trouble and must call a virtual stranger to bail him out of jail.
Alyssa Knight, a tough street cop waiting for a church annulment from her passive-aggressive husband, is the roommate of the woman Reid calls for help, and she reluctantly provides bail for Reid.
He falls for her immediately, and cooking for her is an act of love. She just wants to be friends, but they keep ending up in bed together. When his boss is murdered, Reid is a suspect…or is he the intended target?
Sand
by Hugh Howey
Rating: 4.3 #ad
The old world is buried. A new one has been forged atop the shifting dunes. Here in this land of howling wind and infernal sand, four siblings find themselves scattered and lost. Their father was a sand diver, one of the elite few who could travel deep beneath the desert floor and bring up the relics and scraps that keep their people alive. But their father is gone. And the world he left behind might be next.
Welcome to the world of Sand, a novel by New York Times best-selling author Hugh Howey. Sand is an exploration of lawlessness, the tale of a land ignored. Here is a people left to fend for themselves. Adjust your ker and take a last, deep breath before you enter.
My Chaotic Light
by L.E. Hallow
Rating: 4.1 #ad
Loren struggled to convince academics of her research to improve creativity through guided intuition. When she pushed that frustration into darkness, it took form. One frightful night, she was overwhelmed by a dark presence and called for help. After banishing that entity, the guide arranged a learning, intuitive path suited to her restless energy. She learnt much along the way, although her hasty actions sometimes came with a price. When it was time, ill-formed soul experiments resurfaced from an age long gone, created by her kind in a past life. Had she learnt enough to help them? Was she worthy?
Readers have described this book as realistic, relatable and insightful. It is a rare, enjoyable gem filled with surprises, support and understanding.