Sunday’s Mystery eBooks
Saks and Violins
by Mary Daheim
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Life has hit some sour notes as of late for B&B hostess Judith McMonigle Flynn and her cousin Renie. Graphic design guru Renie’s up to her eyebrows in debt after some seriously overzealous spending sprees. Meanwhile, Judith’s got her hands full with her wacky new neighbor, Rudi, a virtuoso violinist whose daily—and usually unclothed—practices are unhinging her and other neighbors in the cul-de-sac.
But, though they’d all love to kill nude, rude Rudi, it’s his larger-than-life mentor, Dolph Kluger, who takes his final bow after ingesting some ruthlessly poisoned rhubarb…
Stilettos and Sniper Rifles
by Gail Koger
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I’ve been a Maricopa County Sheriff’s deputy for four years. Most folks don’t have a clue about what a cop deals with every day. Like a pack of attack chihuahuas, a monkey with a bad case of diarrhea, a hungry python, a Brahma bull named Bodacious and a six-foot iguana.
And that is just the critters. Now let me tell you about the two-legged varmints. Such as a three-hundred-pound biker who got a bit irate when I zapped him with a stun gun, or a murderous nun, and let’s not forget the senior citizens having an orgy. Ugh…
The First Eagle
by Tony Hillerman
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Don’t miss the TV series, Dark Winds, based on the Leaphorn, Chee, & Manuelito novels, now on AMC and AMC+!
From a brilliant new voice comes a brilliant new epic fantasy saga of war, prophecy, betrayal, history, and destiny.
When Acting Lt. Jim Chee catches a Hopi poacher huddled over a butchered Navajo Tribal police officer, he has an open-and-shut case—until his former boss, Joe Leaphorn, blows it wide open. Now retired from the Navajo Tribal Police, Leaphorn has been hired to find a hotheaded female biologist hunting for the key to a virulent plague lurking in the Southwest…
SWANWAKE: Echoes of Future Battles
by Juan Carlos Toral Dueñas
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In a hyper-advanced future, technology is king. Survival, a luxury. And Artificial Intelligence? The ultimate weapon.
When a catastrophic blackout cripples Veridia—Kaledon Republic’s shining beacon of progress—Elena’s world shatters. Pregnant and alone, she’s thrust into a desperate fight for survival as rival powers declare all-out futuristic war, an age dominated by devastating cyberattacks and swarms of autonomous drones.
Yet, the overt warfare is merely a smokescreen. Beneath it lies a covert struggle for global dominance: a high-stakes war for AI supremacy, a race to control an artificial intelligence that could seal humanity’s fate. Shadowy conspiracies ignite, internal betrayals unleash terrifying new weapons, and shifting alliances rewrite the rules of engagement.
We Are Watching
by Alison Gaylin
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From USA Today bestselling and Edgar and Shamus Award–winning author Alison Gaylin comes a riveting tale of psychological suspense and family bonds, in which a mother and daughter are desperate to protect one another as they become targets of a group of violent conspiracy theorists.
Sometimes the world is out to get you.
Meg Russo was behind the wheel when it happened. She and her husband Justin were driving their daughter Lily to Ithaca College, the family celebrating the eighteen-year-old music prodigy’s future.
Closing Time
by Lacey Fosburgh
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.1 #ad
The real story behind the murder of a Manhattan schoolteacher that became a symbol of the dangers of casual sex: “A first-rate achievement” (Truman Capote).
In 1973, Roseann Quinn, an Irish-Catholic teacher at a school for deaf children, was killed in New York City after bringing a man home to her apartment from an Upper West Side pub. The crime made headlines and the ensuing case quickly evolved into a cultural phenomenon, spawning both a #1 New York Times–bestselling novel and a film adaptation starring Diane Keaton and Richard Gere, and sparking debates about the sexual revolution and the perils of the “pickup scene” at what were popularly known as singles bars.
Portrait of a Spy
by Daniel Silva
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Portrait of a Spy is Silva’s eleventh thriller to feature art restorer and master spy Gabriel Allon as he races from Great Britain to Washington to New York to the Middle East on the trail of a deadly and elusive terrorist network responsible for massacres in Paris, Copenhagen, and at London’s Covent Garden.
Gabriel Allon, master art restorer and spy,returns in a spellbinding new novel from#1 New York Times bestselling author Daniel Silva.
For Gabriel and his wife, Chiara, it was supposed to be the start of a pleasant weekend in London—a visit to a gallery in St. James’s to authenticate a newly discovered painting by Titian, followed by a quiet lunch. But a pair of deadly bombings in Paris and Copenhagen has already marred this autumn day. And while walking toward Covent Garden, Gabriel notices a man he believes is about to carry out a third attack. Before Gabriel can draw his weapon, he is knocked to the pavement and can only watch as the nightmare unfolds.
Wicked Tongue
by C. L. Schneider
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Discovering the wicked thing inside him was only the beginning.
A typical night of partying leaves Daniel Blair with far more than a hangover. His myriad of strange symptoms defies explanation, as does the blood on his pillow. And something is very wrong with his tongue.
Afraid he contracted a terrible unknown illness, Daniel seeks help. But his frantic search for answers takes a horrifying turn. Struck by violent impulses, and compelled by a cryptic voice in his head, he commits unspeakable acts. He struggles to fight back, but something is growing inside him, changing him, breaking his mind.
Four Doubt
by Luana Ehrlich
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A cybersecurity executive is murdered. Was it a random shooting, or a targeted killing? It’s up to Silas McKay, chief investigator for Discreet Corporate Security Services, to find out.
When Silas is asked to investigate the murder of Sherwood Fenton, he discovers there are already two suspects.
The widow believes the owner of a rival software company killed her husband . . . She claims he threatened to get revenge on Sherwood during a heated argument.
The police believe Sherwood’s murder was a gang-related shooting . . . The homicide detectives are focused on a teenager with a facial tattoo who was seen running from the scene.
Love on the Merchain Express Complete Series
by River Tatum, Michael Anderle
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A princess in disguise. A merchant with secrets. A love worth fighting for.
Princess Julie will do anything to avoid an arranged marriage – even pose as a merchant on the legendary MerChain Express caravan.
Her mission: prove she can secure profitable trade deals without sacrificing her independence.
Alex Kraft has his own demons to battle. Shunned by his family for his lack of magical ability, he sees the MerChain as his chance to prove his worth through cleverness and determination alone…
Treasure in a Field
by Sharon K Connell
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Who is responsible for all the strange events happening on the MacKennas’ 1800s ancestral farm outside North Bend, Nebraska? Could someone have caused the deaths of Haley’s parents? Does the legend of the MacKenna family treasure have anything to do with these events?
Haley’s life is complicated by the man whom she’s known all her life. Her brother’s best friend. A grudge against him for something he did in high school has been festering for too long. Can she forgive him? Attention from the new man in town stirs the pot. She wonders if either of them could be responsible for the trouble on the farm. And what about their trusted farmhand, Drago?
Whispers of the Dead
by Simon Beckett
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While visiting his mentor in Tennessee, a forensics expert matches wits with a killer of terrifying skill in this acclaimed crime series.
To escape the violence that nearly killed him, forensic pathologist Dr. David Hunter leaves the United Kingdom for America, returning to the Body Farm—the Tennessee research center where he once trained. David is there to find out if he’s still up to the job of confronting death in all its strange and terrible forms. So when his former mentor asks David to accompany him to a crime scene, he agrees. But even David is unprepared for what awaits them in a remote cabin.