Mysteries
Tuesday’s Mystery eBooks
A Very Furry Christmas
by John D. Ottini
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Finalist in the 2016 Royal Palm Literary Award Competition. (Florida Writers Association)
Dear Reader: Please be aware that this is not a children’s book.
Slipper’s Last Breath
For most people Christmas is a time for reflection, a time to share and celebrate with family and friends, but for some it is a time of sadness and quiet desperation. What if your soul mate, best friend and lover is no longer around to share in the season of joy and you are about to lose the last remaining link to a life you once knew and loved. Would you find the strength to survive?
Without Mercy
by Jefferson Bass
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In the most suspenseful installment of the New York Times nestselling Body Farm series to date, forensic anthropologist Dr. Bill Brockton investigates a bizarre murderand confronts a deadly enemy he thought hed put behind bars for good.
Forensic anthropologist Bill Brockton has spent twenty-five years solving brutal murdersbut none so bizarre and merciless as his latest case: A ravaged set of skeletal remains is found chained to a tree on a remote mountainside. As Brockton and his assistant Miranda dig deeper, they uncover warning signs of a deadly eruption of hatred and violence.
Queen of the Night
by J. A. Jance
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In Queen of the Night, New York Times bestselling author J.A. Jance brings back the Walker family—introduced in Hour of the Hunter, terrorized in Kiss of the Bees, and last seen in Day of the Dead.
A multilayered thriller, gripping and unforgettable—evocatively set in the breathtaking Arizona desert—Queen of the Night is a chilling tale of murder past and present that connects and devastates three separate families.
“I love JA Jance and I love all of her books. She has got quite an imagination. This one, in my opinion, is one of her most creative. There are so many facets to the storyline that one really has to be on their toes to follow the events. I went back in the story several times to refresh my memory. It is a great book, as all of her books have been for me. In my opinion she has not written a bad book.” by Amazon Customer
With a Mind to Kill
by Anthony Horowitz
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Internationally bestselling author Anthony Horowitz’s third James Bond novel, after Forever and a Day.
It is M’s funeral. One man is missing from the graveside: the traitor who pulled the trigger and who is now in custody, accused of M’s murder—James Bond.
Behind the Iron Curtain, a group of former Smersh agents want to use the British spy in an operation that will change the balance of world power. Bond is smuggled into the lion’s den—but whose orders is he following, and will he obey them when the moment of truth arrives?
Books & Buried Secrets
by Melissa Alyse
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
The last thing Ethel Sue expected to find inside a battered home repair manual was an unsent letter from decades ago.
No last name. No explanation. And no obvious reason it had been tucked away for all these years.
Naturally, Ethel Sue can’t leave it alone.
With her best friends—Lora, Nelda, and Glory, better known as the Bridge Ladies—she begins following a trail through old estate sales, faded obituaries, and stories Willow Creek has nearly forgotten.
Breathe for Me
by Donna B. Comeaux
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
At the edge of the raging Colorado River, Robert Jaeger stands ready to end his life. He is in mourning over his dead wife and having a hard time picking up the pieces to care for their four-year-old daughter.
Lilly Radford hasn’t been the same since her baby died. Unable to cope, she drives for days and ends up at the Colorado River and falls in.
Before Robert can execute his heinous act, he is catapulted into rescue mode to save another. In his zealous attempt, he soon realizes this stranger may have saved him.
The Final Storm
by Fern Michaels
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In an exciting and richly moving new standalone page-turner from New York Times bestselling author Fern Michaels, an acclaimed photographer who has overcome her difficult past is suddenly faced with a test of all her courage and resilience.
In her award-winning wildlife photographs, Charlotte Gray captures all the beauty and wonder of the natural world. Far better to focus on breathtaking landscapes than to turn the lens on her own painful childhood and the uncaring mother she left behind in Florida. Piece by piece, Charlotte has built a new, independent life, one she’s eager to protect.
Reckoning
by Sharon Sala
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Heart-pounding, brand-new romantic suspense from New York Times bestselling author Sharon Sala.
From the moment thirty years ago when Tate Bandy warned his classmates of the deadly tornado that destroyed their Ozark school, everyone knew he was different. Gifted—or cursed—with visions of what others couldn’t see, Tate saved lives, but the town branded him the devil’s child. Shunned by neighbors yet sought out in secret for his gift, Tate grows up carrying the burden of knowing too much.
Monday’s Mystery eBooks
Midnight Clear
by Mary Kay Andrews
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Ex-Atlanta cop-turned-house-cleaning entrepreneur Callahan Garrity doesn’t know what she is getting for Christmas, but she never expects the gift that arrives at her door: her estranged, ne’er-do-well brother, Brian, and his adorable three-year-old daughter, Maura. A rebel who’s been in and out of trouble most of his life, Brian’s deep in it now since he illegally abducted Maura from under the nose of his shrewish former wife.
When the beautiful child’s mother is found murdered, the police come looking for Brian. And now, to save her brother and her holiday, Callahan — along with her irascible mom, Edna…
It’s Not Her
by Mary Kubica
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
A scream shatters the silence… Courtney Gray’s peaceful vacation turns into a nightmare when she discovers her brother and sister-in-law dead in their lakeside cottage. Her niece Reese is missing. Her nephew Wyatt is asleep upstairs—unharmed.
A town full of secrets… As police swarm the quiet resort, dark truths about Courtney’s family—and the town itself—begin to surface. Is Reese a victim… or the killer?
A truth no one saw coming…
Fatal Friends, Deadly Neighbors
by Ann Rule
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
The New York Times bestselling True Crime Files series continues with this haunting collection of the dangers lurking among those we trust the most—from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Stranger Beside Me.
Doomed relationships and deadly betrayals are at the heart of this unputdownable collection of true cases from the personal files of Ann Rule, “America’s best true-crime writer” (Kirkus Reviews). First is one of the most tragic unsolved crimes of the last twenty years: the disappearance of Susan Powell and the murder of her two young sons. With in-depth research and clear-eyed compassion, Rule leaves no stone unturned as she searches for the truth in this shocking story.
Finders Keepers
by Brett Battles
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
In the latest thrilling adventure in the #1 New York Times bestselling series, Stone Barrington is caught in the lethal crossfire between a dear friend and a secret enemy from his past.
After attending an Arrington properties meeting at the group’s newest location, The Vineyard Arrington on Martha’s Vineyard, Stone Barrington returns to New York City to catch up with his old friend Jack Coulter. Over lunch, Jack requests Stone’s help in settling his niece Sara into city life post-divorce. Always one to please, Stone takes Sara under his wing.
The Thirteenth Count
by Paige Annabentleah
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Every ten years, the valley bleeds. Every ten years, the smoke rises red. Until hers.
Fern Grovekeeper has spent twenty years being no one – the Keeper’s daughter, raised on funeral rites in the lowest caste of a sealed valley where blood is currency and the Blackwells own the mountain that collects it.
Then the Thirteenth Count burns her blood white.
Torn from her family and taken to Blackwell Keep, Fern is given a new name, a new wardrobe, and a tutor: Cassius Blackwell, heir to the family that has ruled the valley for generations. He’s cold, exacting, and far too observant.
Dream Girl
by Laura Lippman
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Aubrey, the title character of Gerry Andersen’s most successful novel, Dream Girl, is so captivating that Gerry’s readers insist she’s real. Gerry knows she exists only in his imagination. So how can Aubrey be calling Gerry, bed-bound since a freak fall? A virtual prisoner in his penthouse, Gerry is dependent on two women he barely knows: his incurious young assistant, and a dull, slow-witted night nurse.
Could the cryptic caller be one of his three ex-wives playing a vindictive trick after all these years? Or is she Margot, an ex-girlfriend who keeps trying to insinuate her way back into Gerry’s life?
I Am Behind You
by John Ajvide Lindqvist
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.0 #ad
A compelling, eerie new novel from the internationally bestselling author of Let the Right One In.
Four families wake up one morning in their trailer on an ordinary campsite. However, during the night something strange has happened. Everything outside the camping grounds has disappeared, and the world has been transformed into an endless expanse of grass. The sky is blue, but there is no sign of the sun; there are no trees, no flowers, no birds. And every radio plays nothing but the songs of sixties pop icon Peter Himmelstrand…
Kingdom Come
by Daphne Simpkins
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Mildred Budge returns in Kingdom Come, a story about setbacks and how to face them.
The fourth novel in the series, Kingdom Come, continues with the stories of Mildred, Fran, Winston, Janie, and Chase.
In this story, Mildred’s Cloverdale bungalow is crowded.
Her best friend Fran observes, “For a single woman, Mildred, your quiver is getting very full.” And it is.