Thursday’s Mystery eBooks
The Forgiving Quilt
by Ann Hazelwood
Rating: 4.7 #ad
Meet widowed Missouri transplant Kate Meyr in the first East Perry County mystery from the author of the Colebridge Community series.
Ann Hazelwood makes her return with The Forgiving Quilt, the first novel in the East Perry County Series. After the death of her husband brings out hurtful secrets, Kate Meyr strikes out to cleave her life from his. She vows to restore the property he left her in Borna, Missouri, and sell it, but the longer Kate stays in town, the harder she finds it to leave. Her life becomes even more embroiled in Borna when she discovers a mysterious quilt in her new home. Haunted by the quilt’s past, Kate is also troubled by several terrifying occurrences.
Book of the Dead
by Patricia Cornwell
Rating: 4.1 #ad
The Book of the Dead is the morgue log, the ledger in which all cases are entered by hand. For Kay Scarpetta, however, it is about to acquire a new meaning.
A sixteen-year-old tennis star, fresh from a tournament win Charleston, is found nude and mutilated near Piazza Navona in Rome. The body of an abused young boy is dumped in a desolate marsh. A woman is ritualistically murdered in her multimillion-dollar beach home. Meanwhile, in New England, problems with a prominent patient at a Harvard-affiliated psychiatric hospital begin to hint at interconnections among the deaths that are as hard to imagine as they are horrible.
Don’t You Dare
by Adam Nicholls
Rating: 4.3 #ad
The case looked easy. Until it changed his life forever.
Morgan Young thought it would be a quick job – an easy paycheck – but when he digs deeper into the facts, he finds he’s bitten off more than he can chew. A man is missing, and the trail is going cold.
Refusing to let down his client, Morgan dives head-first into his work and discovers there’s more than meets the eye. A woman on the brink of insanity knows something, but there’s no getting past her defenses. This leaves only one choice: pursuit.
The Bone Jar
by Candace Robb
Rating: 4.0 #ad
A mystery story about the danger of false miracles and the treachery of true believers, part of the “pleasing medieval series” (Library Journal).
Magda the Riverwoman has called Owen Archer to her island hut in the middle of the River Ouse with a special favor—to guard a jar of human bones. No one in York is greedier than the relic dealers, the insatiable charlatans who sell flesh and bone as miracle cures, but Magda will not sell the remains at any price. Instead, she asks Owen to protect the jar and keep one eye out for the dark figure who’s been watching the island, waiting patiently for the right moment to strike…
Jace Mitchell & Michael Anderle Complete Library
by Jace Mitchell, Michael Anderle
Rating: 5.0 #ad
Two complete series
Get to know Claire and Riley respectively in the Paranormal University series and the Hand of Justice Series. They are heroes you can cheer for and the action never stops!
Paranormal University: At the University of Paranormal Studies, class is starting.
Claire just received her letter of acceptance despite the fact that she didn’t apply. Why does the university want her?
She swore to protect her kingdom… And he swore to destroy it. Riley is lithe and fast, her tongue every bit as sharp as her sword. She’s a new-age knight pledged to keep her King and countrymen safe.
Storm clouds are circling on the horizon.
The Gallows
by Frank Wheeler
Rating: 5.0 #ad
Johnny Price lost his badge. He lost his bride. He lost the future he’d envisioned for himself. After six years, he’s taking it all back.
It started out like any other day. Sheriff Johnny Price was carrying out his duties when he learned the Gallow brothers had escaped from prison. The Gallows were born killers. They have no heart, no scruples, and no conscience. Since it was Johnny who put them in jail, it was Johnny they wanted dead.
His fiancé, Brenda, was just a victim of circumstance. They left her alive, but she was forever changed that night.
Mostly Perilous
by Kimberley Montpetit
Rating: 4.7 #ad
Emma Ambrose purposely stays away from her family’s Texas oil estate, throwing herself into her work as an archeologist in the tombs of Egypt. Ancient mummies are infinitely safer than the family curse that follows the Ambrose Estate heiress. A curse that dooms her to never finding love – because it means certain death for any man who falls in love with her.
At night, Ian Phelps is a man drowning in grief after losing his wife in a tragedy. By day, he’s the county coroner, tagging dead people while mourning with those who have lost loved ones. But meeting Emma Ambrose – under the most unusual circumstances – shows him that life isn’t over yet. Her wild auburn hair, sexy curves, and whip-smart brains may be just what he needs to come alive again.