Saturday’s Mystery eBooks
Night Ferry to Death
by Patricia Moyes
Rating: 4.5 #ad
Scotland Yard’s Henry Tibbett and his beloved Emmy have been traveling and are now headed back to England, where Henry is on the ferry out of Harwich. It’s a trip Emmy’s been looking forward to—but her excitement flags when it becomes clear that the cabins are all spoken for, and she and Henry will have to bed down in the “sleeping lounge” with a motley collection of their fellow travelers. By morning, one traveler has lost both his life and his fortune in Dutch diamonds. That’s bad enough, but a few days later, when Emmy’s unpacking at home, she makes a discovery that puts both Tibbetts in real danger.
Four Months in Cuba
by Luana Ehrlich
Rating: 4.8 #ad
Titus thought it would be a simple rescue mission. He was wrong.
CIA operative, Titus Ray, arrives in Cuba on a mission to rescue a fellow operative from the hands of the Los Zetas drug cartel. Sounds simple enough.
Except it wasn’t simple . . . An unconventional operative arrives to complicate the rescue.
Except it wasn’t a rescue . . . An unexpected situation turns the mission into an escape.
Except it wasn’t a mission . . . An unexpected discovery reveals a hidden assignment.
It wasn’t a simple rescue mission. It was much more . . . More about his survival. More about his faith. More about himself.
The Misery House
by David Kummer
Rating: 4.2 #ad
Sometimes the quietest little towns are haunted by the darkest secrets. A psychological thriller and a family you’ll never forget.
New Haven: This rural town has never seen a string of tragedies like this. A local store burns to the ground with two bodies inside. A newlywed couple goes missing, and all signs point to the abandoned house. With no answers, the townsfolk grow more and more worried.
The Woods family has lived here forever. But when their friends and their own children are put in danger, the threat hits home. This close-knit family must risk everything to find answers, but time is running out.
New Haven has secrets. And a haunted house like you’ve never seen before.
Siege of Darkness
by R.A. Salvatore
Rating: 4.7 #ad
The conflict between the drow of the Underdark and the dwarves of Mithral Hall comes to a head—and Drizzt Do’Urden and Bruenor find themselves on the frontlines.
While Mithral Hall teems with whispers of the war to come, chaos erupts both above and below ground. On the surface of Faerûn, the first signs of the Time of Troubles make themselves known, forcing deities to assume their mortal forms. Beneath them in the Underdark, all but one drow house has lost their magical powers, and Lolth has handed the reins of leadership over to the demon Errtu.
Oyster Bay Boogie
by Eric Wilder
Rating: 4.7 #ad
Visit Oyster Island and Leave Ordinary Behind
Escape to the Majestic Hotel & Casino, the Prohibition-era resort nestled on an island off the coast of Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico. It’s an island of mystery where bats and ghosts live in the old lighthouse, and a Cajun werewolf prowls under the moonlit sky. Join Jack Wiesinski and Grogan ‘Chief’ la Tortue on their thrilling hunt for a mysterious treasure that includes gold doubloons and unopened cases of decades-old bootleg Dominican Rum.
The adventure doesn’t end there. They embark on a perilous journey with the arrival of the stunning Odette Mouton, a talented dancer. As the island’s secrets unfold, they discover the werewolf isn’t the only otherworldly presence lurking in the shadows.
The Perfect Spy
by Amy Martinsen
Rating: 4.6 #ad
She’s got the best undercover crew. But will a sinister secret undo them?
Kate Ross has lost way too much in the last six months. With her mother’s death from breast cancer, an agent she handled killed on the job, and her career in jeopardy, the beleaguered CIA officer’s faith in God seems like another casualty. So she’s relieved to be offered a shot at redemption by managing an innovative team of “mom spies”… until they saddle her with a more experienced man as a babysitter.
Battling self-doubt and a loss of confidence in her espionage skills, Kate directs a smoothly successful first mission for the unit…
The Girl Who Survived
by Lisa Jackson
Rating: 4.3 #ad
In this deviously volatile, deliciously creepy thriller from the #1 New York Times bestseller, the lone survivor of a brutal family massacre must uncover the awful truth about the fateful night that left her forever marked…
Has she already had her last chance to be the final girl?
All her life, she’s been the girl who survived. Orphaned at age seven after a horrific killing spree at her family’s Oregon cabin, Kara McIntyre is still searching for some kind of normal. But now, twenty years later, the past has come thundering back. Her brother, Jonas, who was convicted of the murders has unexpectedly been released from prison.
The Last Time We Met
by Trisha Ridinger McKee
Rating: 4.3 #ad
As a member of the richest family in town, Willow understands the importance of reputation. Her stern grandmother has taught her that family secrets are to be buried, and as the most popular girl in school, Willow follows that lesson with a smile covering up the darkness.
But when Walden, the new guy from the wrong side of town comes to her school, Willow finds her image slipping and the secrets of her homelife in danger of being exposed. As a scandal tears the couple apart and throws Willow into a new, unfamiliar life, she must choose between saving Walden’s future or risking it all for love.