Mysteries
Thursday’s Mystery eBooks
Doyle Witch Mysteries 1-3
by Kirsten Weiss
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The Witches of Doyle Trilogy Boxed Set – Including the novels Bound, Ground and Down.
Three sisters. Three mysteries. Three love affairs.
The Bonheim triplets live seemingly ordinary lives, hiding their magic from their neighbors in the small, mountain town of Doyle, California. But they’re caught in a web of love, magic, and murders, and if they don’t unpuzzle these crimes and the curse that holds their family and small town in thrall.
Windwalker
by Sharon Sala
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A beautiful red feather warrior must save her people from destruction in this Native American paranormal romance by the New York Times–bestselling author.
Layla Birdsong first meets the Windwalker on the streets of contemporary New Orleans—and her life is forever changed. She is a red feather warrior and he, a spirit of immense wisdom and power. Their love burns with the intensity of a thousand suns and their lust is unquenchable. Together they must save their people from extinction and fulfill an ancient prophecy.
Machine
by Elizabeth Bear
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Meet Doctor Jens.
She hasn’t had a decent cup of coffee in fifteen years. Her workday begins when she jumps out of perfectly good space ships and continues with developing treatments for sick alien species she’s never seen before. She loves her life. Even without the coffee.
But Dr. Jens is about to discover an astonishing mystery: two ships, one ancient and one new, locked in a deadly embrace. The crew is suffering from an unknown ailment and the shipmind is trapped in an inadequate body, much of her memory pared away.
Night of the Vampires
by Heather Graham
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This fan-favorite novel from #1 New York Times bestselling Heather Graham introduces an unlikely couple working to hide from both their enemies and their growing attraction to one another in a vampire-filled 1860s America.
As a soldier, Cole Granger fights to restore peace to a world divided by war and evil. His extraordinary talents are enlisted to prevent the president’s horrific premonition from becoming reality. Nothing—and no one—will stop him from fulfilling his duty. Especially the mysterious young woman who claims to be his comrade’s sister. Enemy or ally, he can’t yet determine. But one thing he knows for certain is that he must keep her close. Very close.
Skin Flicks
by Duncan Ralston
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 3.8 #ad
A Brand-New Extreme Horror Collection From the Twisted Mind That Brought You WOOM.
In Skin, former Golden Era-porn star Larry Walker gets a shot at the role of a lifetime…
Old friends reconnect over a dead body and a peculiar infection in “Bait,” one that makes Alexa crave sex with strangers which usually ends fatally for her partners.
“Peg” isn’t a exactly a unicorn, and she isn’t exactly a “pegasus,” like the daughter of Peg’s owner calls her.
The Skin Collector
by Jeffery Deaver
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Now, a new killer is on the loose: a criminal inspired by the Bone Collector. And Rhyme must untangle the twisted web of clues before the killer targets more victims-or Rhyme himself.
The killer’s methods are terrifying. He stalks the basements and underground passageways of New York City. He tattoos his victims’ flesh with cryptic messages, using a tattoo gun loaded with poison, resulting in an agonizing, painful death.
Shane
by Frank Wheeler
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A classic western novel from Frank Wheeler with non-stop epic adventure and a blend of western romance
Ranch life is the only life for Shane Palmer. He finds solace amidst the whispering winds and golden sunsets. But tranquility turns to turmoil when tragedy strikes.
He and his beloved Myla return home to find her brother dead, and her father missing. The corrupt sheriff pins it all on her, then shoots Shane and leaves him for dead. But Shane survived.
Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
A Six Letter Word for Death
by Patricia Moyes
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It’s a slow day at Scotland Yard, so Inspector Henry Tibbett takes a busman’s holiday, immersing himself in the world of puzzling puzzlers. The hijinks kick off with an amusing gift: Someone unnamed has sent Henry the beginnings of a crossword puzzle. Even more mysterious: The clues point to the group of mystery writers to whom Henry has pledged to give a presentation. Most mysterious of all: None of the writers are who they claim to be, and one is a murderer. Which one? For that you’ll need to solve the puzzle. Six across and then down, down, down.
The Final Detail
by Harlan Coben
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Myron Bolitar’s colleague at MB SportsReps, Esperanza, has been arrested for the murder of a client, a fallen baseball star attempting a comeback. Myron is determined to prove Esperanza’s innocence—even if she won’t speak to him on the advice of her lawyer, who warns Myron to keep away from both the case and his client. But Myron is already too close, too involved, and has too much at stake. And the closer Myron gets to the truth, the more the evidence points to the only viable suspect besides Esperanza: Myron himself.
Rewrite: Loops in the Timescape
by Gregory Benford
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It’s 2002, and Charlie, in his late forties, is a bit of a sad-sack professor of history going through an unpleasant divorce. While flipping the cassette of an audiobook he gets into a car accident with a truck, and wakes up, fully aware as his adult mind, in his sixteen-year-old body in 1968.
Charlie does the thing we all imagine: he takes what he remembers of the future and uses it for himself in his present, the past. He becomes a screenwriter, anticipating the careers of Francis Ford Coppola and Steven Spielberg, and then, in a 1980s life of excess, he dies, and wakes up again in his bedroom at sixteen in 1968.
The Night Creature at Storne Hope
by Catherine Coulter
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Thomas Oliver Maxwell Strickland (Max), the newly minted 6th Earl of Storne, wakes in his London apartment to find a young child hiding in his armoire. The child, who calls herself Crispin, is a runaway, but refuses to tell him any more of her story. Max, hopeful to help the child, invites her to stay at his new home, Storne Hope castle.
At Belhaven, Grayson Sherbrooke and Pip are expecting a visit from P.C., Miranda, and Barnaby, who now goes by Brady since being reunited with their family. Grayson learns that Max is with them, and will be taking up residence at Storne Hope castle, which is nearby at Piper’s Hill. Grayson tells the tragic history of Storne Hope and the ghost of Lady Hilda who still roams the rooms and halls of the residence.
The Blessing Giver Complete Series
by Cindy Gunderson
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Venture into the Passage Realm and discover four stories where nothing is as it seems and love is stronger than the problems that face the protagonists.
If you enjoy romantasy, you’ll enjoy this complete series boxed set! The Blessing Giver series delivers an irresistible blend of passion and adventure that will keep you turning pages long into the night.
On the day of their birth, everyone receives two blessings and a curse…
Last Girl Ghosted
by Lisa Unger
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Secrets, obsession and vengeance converge in this riveting thriller about an online dating match turned deadly cat-and-mouse game, from the New York Times bestselling author of Confessions on the 7:45
She met him through a dating app. An intriguing picture on a screen, a date at a downtown bar. What she thought might be just a quick hookup quickly became much more. She fell for him—hard. It happens sometimes, a powerful connection with a perfect stranger takes you by surprise. Could it be love?
But then, just as things were getting real, he stood her up. Then he disappeared—profiles deleted, phone disconnected. She was ghosted.
The Orphan Chronicles
by Nita DeBorde
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In a secret research facility 200 feet below the ocean’s surface, an extraordinary experiment is taking place…
Ananya Patel is one of twelve orphans who have been raised at The Institute—a secret, underwater research facility funded and operated by billionaire philanthropist Gregory Cornelius.
While at The Institute, Ananya and the other orphans have been given regular doses of a formula that exponentially enhances a person’s natural skills and abilities. Cornelius’s vision is for the ability-enhanced orphans to be educated and trained at the Institute so they can one day “exert a virtuous and constructive influence on the world around them.”
Tuesday’s Mystery eBooks
The Body in the Bookcase
by Katherine Hall Page
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Stretched almost to the limit by the capricious demands of a Boston Brahmin bride-to-be, caterer and minister’s wife Faith Fairchild faces real tragedy when she discovers the body of an elderly friend. Sarah Winslow had apparently surprised burglars ransacking her Aleford, Massachusetts, house. No sooner has Sarah been laid to rest than the Fairchilds find themselves the next target—the parsonage is stripped of all their most precious possessions. Devastated and furious, Faith takes action, scouring pawnshops, antique marts, and auctions. As she turns up some of their stolen property, she is drawn onto a dangerous path of larceny and corruption in New England’s venerable antique business—a path that soon leads Faith straight to a killer . . .
The Crow’s Call
by Wanda E. Brunstetter
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Mysterious Events Plague a Greenhouse in Pennsylvania’s Amish Country
When Vernon King, his son, and son-in-law are involved in a terrible accident, three women are left to cope with their deaths, as they become the sole providers of the family they have left. The women’s only income must come from the family greenhouse, but someone seems to be trying to force them out of business.
Amy King has just lost her father and brother, and her mother needs her to help run the family’s greenhouse. It doesn’t seem fair to ask her to leave a job she loves, when there is still a sister and brother to help…
Dale Brown’s Dreamland
by Dale Brown, Jim DeFelice
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New York Times–Bestselling Authors: When terrorists take to the sea, America attacks from the air . . .
In the Nevada desert, the high-tech future of warfare is being built at a top-secret military facility called Dreamland . . .
As extremist Islamic pirates, armed and supported by a powerful Saudi terrorist, prey on civilian vessels in the Gulf of Aden, America aggressively answers with serious muscle—a next-generation littoral warship with a full range of automated weapons systems that the enemy has dubbed “Satan’s Tail.”
Cold Judgment
by Joanne Fluke
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A dying doctor believes he must kill eight dangerous patients in this psychological thriller by the New York Times–bestselling author of Winter Chill.
The Perfect Cure
On the surface they are beautiful and talented. But few know of the harrowing darkness inside each of them, how close they are to losing their tenuous grip on sanity. Dr. Elias is their only hope. But he’s dying. And he’s made his cold, final judgment: those he can’t cure, he must kill.
For The Perfect Crime
2024 Before Democracy
by Tyler True
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Anthropologist Theodore Hansen discovers a magical plant in the Amazon Rainforest that has the potential to both heal and destroy society. He steals a cutting from the indigenous guardians of the plant and clones enough of it to sell to the world, becoming one of the richest humans alive.
After witnessing the corruption and greed from the most powerful governments and pharmaceutical companies on earth, he decides to use his vast fortune to start a political revolution that truly gives the power to the people…despite the danger to himself and his family.
The Vacation House
by Jane Shemilt
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PAXOS, GREECE
The vacation house is a luxurious getaway for a wealthy English family, windows open to sun and the sea, a sparkling swimming pool, and a verdant garden. One hot summer night, while the parents and their friends drink wine and amuse themselves, a young woman—the teenage daughter of the Greek caretaker—ventures for a walk on their private beach. Her life will never be the same again.
LONDON, ENGLAND, TEN YEARS LATER
Snuff
by Terry Pratchett
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It is a truth universally acknowledged that a policeman taking a holiday would barely have had time to open his suitcase before he finds his first corpse.
At long last, Lady Sybil has lured her husband, Sam Vimes, on a well-deserved and long-overdue holiday. But for the commander of the City Watch, a vacation in the country is anything but relaxing. The balls, the teas, the muck—not to mention all that fresh air and birdsong—are more than a bit taxing on a cynical city-born and -bred copper.
When I Was Your Mother
by Liora Carmeli
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A mother never forgets. Maya and Gil are the picture-perfect couple: high school sweethearts with three beautiful children, a small house in the country, and seven years of blissful marriage. They really could not ask for more. But then Maya sees a report about a car crash, and a ten-year-old orphaned boy, and everything changes.
Because underneath the beautiful love story lies a secret. A ten-year-old secret that Maya had kept hidden since she was eighteen, when she decided to put her first child up for adoption. Now, a decade later, she is certain – the child in the report is her son.
Flow
by Fred Hilgenfeldt
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Achieving a State of Flow in a World full of Walls
How can we learn to deal with our experiences?
How does our past influence us?
Who are we, at our core?
What is our purpose?
This book seeks to answer these questions, illustrating the research conducted with the author’s personal experiences. Amazingly, all answers seem to be connected to one principle: the ancient Greek saying of ‘Panta Rhei’ – that life is ever-flowing and ever-changing. Divided into four parts, ‘Flow’ is both a theoretical framework and a practical approach to understanding and embracing life’s challenges, from dealing with past traumas to finding one’s true purpose and identity.
Monday’s Mystery eBooks
A Trace of Hares
by Sarah Yarwood-Lovett
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A family wedding. An unsolved murder. Til death us do part?
Dr Nell Ward is in the lush, emerald-green hills of Ireland to attend the wedding of two dear friends at a picture-perfect farmhouse.
But family tensions are running high in the days before the happy couple tie the knot. And when Nell hears a fox kill a hare in the early morning, the bad omen sends shivers down her spine. Almost like it is a sign of something to come…
The Woman In The Woods
by Emmaline Givens
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Fleeing from a man who has cursed her with the same unexplained affliction that has doomed him to immortality, Alex must abandon those closest to her in order to keep them safe.
After taking refuge in a small, abandoned farmhouse, she encounters another stranger who claims he can help. But can she trust him?
Damaged
by Lisa Scottoline
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One boy. One lawyer. One chance for justice.
Ten-year-old Patrick O’Brien is a natural target at school. Shy, dyslexic, and small for his age, he tries to hide his first-grade reading level from everyone: from his classmates, from the grandfather who cares for him, and from the teachers who are supposed to help him. But the real trouble begins when Patrick is accused of attacking a school aide. The aide promptly quits and sues the boy, his family, and the school district…
West of the Pecos
by Zane Grey
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Templeton Lambeth had so desperately wanted a son an heir to ride by his side through the vast, wild ranges just west of the Pecos River. But to his disappointment, his wife bore a girl. His hopes crushed and in denial, he decides to raise his daughter as if she were a boy. In honor of Lambeth’s more successful brother, they named her: Terrill.
Upon the arrival of the Civil War, Lambeth enlists in Lee’s army, leaving behind his wife and tomboy daughter, with hopes to reconcile living in the shadow of his brother…
The Riverman
by Multiple AUthors
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After a search of over twenty years, one of America’s most elusive serial killers was finally apprehended. Now, read the true story of one man’s attempt to get inside the mind of the Green River Killer
July 15, 1982: a woman’s strangled body was found, caught on the pilings of Washington state’s Green River. Before long, the “Green River Killer” would be suspected in at least forty-nine more homicides, with no end in sight. Then the authorities received an unbelievable letter from the infamous serial killer Ted Bundy—then on Florida’s death row—offering to help catch the Green River Killer. But he would only talk to one man: Robert Keppel, the former homicide detective who had helped track Bundy’s cross-county killing spree.
The Caveman Conspiracy
by Bret Hurst
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Eddie Mason is done with the CIA, and he thought he’d made it clear that he never wants to work with them again.
So, when his former boss, Craig Black, shows up out of nowhere with a story about Senator Sam Hawthorne’s suspicious meeting with a shadowy underworld figure, he wants no part of it. It’s only when he’s told that the job involves Loren Malen, another former agent, that he reluctantly agrees to help.
After years of wondering where she’d ended up and if the spark between them was real or just the result of dangerous circumstances, he hopes this job just might give him the opportunity to find out…
After Death
by Dean Koontz
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Michael Mace, head of security at a top-secret research facility, opens his eyes in a makeshift morgue twenty-four hours following an event in which everyone perished—including him and his best friend, Shelby Shrewsberry.
Having awakened with an extraordinary ability unlike anything he—or anyone else—has ever imagined, Michael is capable of being as elusive as a ghost. He sets out to honor his late friend by helping Nina Dozier and her son, John, whom Shelby greatly admired. Although what Michael does for Nina is life changing, his actions also evoke the wrath of John’s father, a member of one of the most violent street gangs in Los Angeles.
Deception
by Jonathan Kellerman
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Her name is Elise Freeman, and her chilling cry for help comes too late to save her. On a DVD found near her lifeless body, the emotionally and physically battered woman chronicles a long ordeal of abuse at the hands of three sadistic tormentors. But even more shocking is the revelation that the offenders, like their victim, are teachers at one of L.A.’s most prestigious prep schools. Homicide detective Milo Sturgis is assigned to probe the hallowed halls of Windsor Prep Academy, and if ever he could use Dr. Alex Delaware’s psychological prowess, it’s now.