Thursday’s Mystery eBooks
Hooks Can Be Deceiving
by Betty Hechtman
Rating: 4.6 #ad
Molly Pink’s excitement level is off the hook: The Craftee Channel’s new cable talk show “Creating with Crochet” has scheduled an upcoming taping at the bookstore. While she’s there, TV host Rory Graham is to work with the Tarzana Hookers on a Make and Take bracelet project to draw bookstore customers to the yarn section. It’s a win-win…or so it “seams.”
The situation gets a bit knotted when channel producer Michael Kostner confides to Molly his concern that Rory may have oversold her ability as a crocheter. When the producer’s worst fears are realized, it’s up to Molly to make sure Rory comes through.
Rejectors
by Kyle Watson
Rating: 4.6 #ad
What would you do as last of the Rejectors? They are coming. Run.
Rejecting the system has a price, and the last rejectors are on the run and must outpace the evil forces that are hunting them. Vowing to never bend to the will of evil leader, will the rejectors be able to escape capture and avoid the delusion that overtakes those who are forced to accept the system?
Wrestling with the reality that the battle is taking place in both the seen and unseen realms, the rejectors will stop at nothing to fight for their souls and lives.
The Exchange
by Nadija Mujagic
Rating: 4.1 #ad
Sam has always dreamed of becoming an actress. But when she arrives in L.A., she quickly discovers that the path to fame and fortune is paved with danger and deception. With a dark secret in her past, Sam is desperate to escape her town and will do anything to make her dreams a reality.
When she meets Corey, a mysterious and charismatic man who promises to help her, Sam thinks she’s finally found the break she’s been looking for. But as events unfold, she realizes that Corey is not who he seems, and his true intentions are far more sinister than she could have ever imagined.
Glass Houses
by Louise Penny
Rating: 4.7 #ad
When a mysterious figure appears in Three Pines one cold November day, Armand Gamache and the rest of the villagers are at first curious. Then wary. Through rain and sleet, the figure stands unmoving, staring ahead.
From the moment its shadow falls over the village, Gamache, now Chief Superintendent of the Sûreté du Québec, suspects the creature has deep roots and a dark purpose. Yet he does nothing. What can he do? Only watch and wait. And hope his mounting fears are not realized.
The Fiercest Heart
by Sharon Sala
Rating: 4.5 #ad
Torn apart years ago by a family feud and a deadly accident, high school sweethearts Haley and Mack reunite when Haley returns to town. But someone doesn’t want them together and will do anything to keep them apart. Anything…
“This is reminiscent of Romeo and Juliet with a modern twist; two families who didn’t like each other, who had a son and daughter who fell in love. Of course something traumatic happens and they are separated, Haley Shore and Mack Brolin had plans, he was going to play college football then move straight to the NFL, Haley would stay home, go to a local college and wait for two years, so they could be together. Fate had other plans.” by Amazon Customer
The Case of the Missing Servant
by Tarquin Hall
Rating: 4.2 #ad
In hot and dusty Delhi, where call centers and malls are changing the ancient fabric of Indian life, Puri’s main work comes from screening prospective marriage partners, a job once the preserve of aunties and family priests. But when an honest public litigator is accused of murdering his maidservant, it takes all of Puri’s resources to investigate. With his team of undercover operatives—Tubelight, Flush, and Facecream – Puri combines modern techniques with principles of detection established in India more than two thousand years ago, and reveals modern India in all its seething complexity.
Warrior Saints – Creator
by Carla Thorne
Rating: 4.8 #ad
In the supernatural battle of good vs. evil, whose side are you on?
Strange days have come to the halls of Stonehaven Academy. From brutal fights in the supernatural realm with a demon-like presence, to battling obstacles in the halls at school, Mary knows she’s different. She just doesn’t understand why. Then it gets even weirder.
As her supernatural battles increase, she is drawn into friendships with others who seem to be as confused about their bizarre abilities and encounters as she is.
Now that Mary, Deacon, Scout, and Ivy have found each other, what is their purpose and why?
Alone at Dawn
by Dan Schilling
Rating: 4.8 #ad
The New York Times bestselling true account of John Chapman, Medal of Honor recipient and Special Ops Combat Controller, and his heroic one-man stand during the Afghan War, as he sacrificed his life to save the lives of twenty-three comrades-in-arms.
In the predawn hours of March 4, 2002, just below the 10,469-foot peak of a mountain in eastern Afghanistan, a fierce battle raged. Outnumbered by Al Qaeda fighters, Air Force Combat Controller John Chapman and a handful of Navy SEALs struggled to take the summit in a desperate bid to find a lost teammate.
Chapman, leading the charge, was gravely wounded in the initial assault. Believing he was dead, his SEAL leader ordered a retreat. Chapman regained consciousness alone, with the enemy closing in on three sides.
Taming a Seahorse
by Robert B. Parker
Rating: 4.3 #ad
A high-class New York madam hires Spenser to find a missing hooker, But when Spenser tracks down April Kyle, he uncovers the murder of yet another prostitute. Now Spenser is searching through a world of sex for sale. Because somewhere between Boston and a kinky Caribbean club, someone has a taste for young women, big money, and murder. . . .
The Good Guy
by James Leonard
Rating: 4.5 #ad
After returning home from the war, Porter Grayson and his wife had five beautiful weeks together before sickness took her.
Now all he wants is to be left alone. He’s happiest with his whiskey bottle.
When James Beaumont hires him to protect his sister and niece, Porter figures it’s an easy job for quick cash. He didn’t realize the Beaumonts were in a war all their own.
Stubbs McGee is the most infamous outlaw in the North. When he comes after the Beaumont girls, it’s a bloody battle that ends in the tragic kidnapping of nine-year-old Chrissy.