Tuesday’s Mystery eBooks
Sassy Senior Sleuths
by P.C. James
Rating: 4.7 #ad
Travel can be murder. Can Miss Riddell and Nona catch the villains before they become victims?
Travel forward from the Miss Riddell series to the twenty-first century with the demure Miss Pauline Riddell as she befriends a strangely lovable, fly by the seat of her pants amateur sleuth, named Gretta Galia aka Nona. The two sixty-five year-old travel companions visit tourist traps around the United States.
This story moves forward about twenty years from the Miss Riddell Series by P.C. James and back in time about twenty years from the Quilting Cozy Mystery series by Kathryn Mykel. Approximating the setting of these stories to be during the turn of the 21st century, between 2000-2005.
Magic Transformed
by D. J. Dalton
Rating: 5.0 #ad
When life twists out of control, can an elemental sorceress re-balance the universe before it spins into destruction?
Keren Stewart’s guilt is crushing. After accidentally unleashing a plague among the fox shifters, the young mage is willing to take deadly risks to right the wrong. With her black mood worsening under pressure from an increasingly impatient elf princess, she’s devastated when her beloved sister is kidnapped by a powerful evil.
Convinced that giving in to the royal’s demands could buy her enough breathing room to save the world, Keren struggles to deal with the mounting magical emergencies. But with foes circling, her perilous path to victory may depend on forming a dangerous pact with unlikely allies.
Close to Home
by Lisa Jackson
Rating: 4.4 #ad
Home. Along the shores of Oregon’s wild Columbia River, the Victorian mansion where Sarah McAdams grew up is as foreboding as she remembers. The moment she and her two daughters, Jade and Gracie, pull up the isolated drive, Sarah is beset by uneasy memories—of her cold, distant mother, of the half-sister who vanished without a trace, and of a long-ago night when Sarah was found on the widow’s walk, feverish and delirious.
Is Where. But Sarah has vowed to make a fresh start and renovate the old place. Between tending to her girls and the rundown property, she has little time to dwell on the past . . . Until a new, more urgent menace enters the picture.
The Fear Is
A Noise Downstairs
by Linwood Barclay
Rating: 4.3 #ad
College professor Paul Davis is a normal guy with a normal life. Until, driving along a deserted road late one night, he surprises a murderer disposing of a couple of bodies. That’s when Paul’s “normal” existence is turned upside down. After nearly losing his own life in that encounter, he finds himself battling PTSD, depression, and severe problems at work. His wife, Charlotte, desperate to cheer him up, brings home a vintage typewriter—complete with ink ribbons and heavy round keys—to encourage him to get started on that novel he’s always intended to write.
However, the typewriter itself is a problem. Paul swears it’s possessed and types by itself at night. But only Paul can hear the noise coming from downstairs; Charlotte doesn’t hear a thing. And she worries he’s going off the rails.
To Catch a Spy
by R.J. Patterson
Rating: 4.2 #ad
Maddux, the CIA’s freshly-minted civilian agent, is called upon to capture a former Nazi scientist who has gone missing in allied territory. However, when Maddux nears his target, the new operative learns that the stakes are far higher than anyone ever imagined. He also discovers that the scientist knows something about the disappearance of Maddux’s father.
With the clock ticking and the scientist scrambling to avoid capture, Maddux must slip behind enemy lines and stop powerful forces intent on reigniting a world war.
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(An Ed Maddux Cold War Spy Thriller)
An Heiress’s Guide to Deception and Desire
by Manda Collins
Rating: 4.1 #ad
England, 1867: As half of the writing duo behind England’s most infamous crime column, Miss Caroline Hardcastle has quite the scandalous reputation. It may have cost her a fiancé, but she would much rather bring attention to crimes against those ignored by society than worry about what the ton thinks of her.
After Caro’s dear friend is kidnapped, however, she has no choice but to work with Lord Valentine Thorn, the same man who broke her heart. Worse, when her actions put her father’s business at risk, a marriage of convenience may be her only solution . . . but can she trust Val to stand by her? Or will their past repeat itself?
Hidden Bones
by Vivian Barz
Rating: 4.3 #ad
Two months have passed, and the horrors of Death Farm still torment police officer Susan Marlan and college professor Eric Evans. Susan struggles to regain her zeal for fighting crime, while Eric is slowly coming to terms with his newfound “gift” of seeing the dead.
Seeking much-needed rest, Susan and Eric follow their musician friend Jake and his band to Washington State. But once they reach the cheerless town of Clancy, Eric’s murderous visions start again. Something seems wrong about the town and its aloof citizens—and suspicions turn to dread when members of Jake’s band go missing.
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(Dead Remaining Mysteries)