Mysteries
Monday’s Mystery eBooks
THE CHRISTMAS MARKET MURDER
by PETER BOLAND
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A dead body. A locked Christmas stall with no way in or out.
A cunning killer who’s gone before the tea’s gone cold.
Christmas in Southbourne should be all twinkly lights and festive cheer, but Fiona, Daisy, and Partial Sue — the retired trio who run Dogs Need Nice Homes charity shop — have little to celebrate. What with the elusive ‘Southbourne Stalker’ prowling the streets of their sleepy seaside town, they’re in need of a little seasonal magic.
Winter’s Malice
by Belinda G. Buchanan
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Three bodies in the span of twenty-four hours…
It’s the dead of winter, and in Weeping Rock, South Dakota—a small town crippled by racism, drugs, and violence—Sheriff’s Deputy Liam Matthews has his work cut out for him when he steps in to take over the duties of sheriff from his father, who for far too long has turned a blind eye to certain crimes for what he says is the overall good of the town…
With two seemingly unrelated murders, Liam is judged at every turn of his investigation by the local population, Hector’s reality TV star wife Kiki Grey, and his own father. Upon uncovering a tangled web of desperation, lies, and greed, the mounting pressure inside Liam to do the right thing becomes jaded when the skeletal remains of a third victim is found in a submerged car, bringing to the forefront a long-buried secret of his own—and threatening his already troubled marriage to his wife—as his past and present collide.
Watching You
by Helen Fields
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On the dark streets of Edinburgh, a killer is waiting.
When a body is found, it is only the beginning. Soon there will be seven more.
In the city’s hospital, renowned surgeon Beth Waterfall is grieving.
Her beloved only daughter fell prey to a vicious stalker a year previously – and now he’s coming for her too.
Murder Machine
by Gene Mustain, Jerry Capeci
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They were the DeMeo gang – the most deadly hit men in organized crime. Their Mafia higher-ups came to know, use, and ultimately fear them as the Murder Machine. They killed for profit and for pleasure, following cold-blooded plans and wild whims, from the mean streets of New York to the Florida Gold Coast, and from coast to coast.
Now complete with personal revelations of one of the key players, this is the savage story that leaves no corpse unturned in its terrifying telling.
Hour of the Witch
by Chris Bohjalian
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A young Puritan woman—faithful, resourceful, but afraid of the demons that dog her soul—plots her escape from a violent marriage in this riveting and propulsive novel of historical suspense.
Boston, 1662. Mary Deerfield is twenty-four-years-old. Her skin is porcelain, her eyes delft blue, and in England she might have had many suitors. But here in the New World, amid this community of saints, Mary is the second wife of Thomas Deerfield, a man as cruel as he is powerful. When Thomas, prone to drunken rage, drives a three-tined fork into the back of Mary’s hand, she resolves that she must divorce him to save her life.
Murder on a Lonely Road
by Beth Hundsdorfer, George Pawlaczyk
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A brutal murder that shocked residents of Missouri – and a killer it took 25 years to bring to justice…
On June 17, 1985, twenty-year-old beauty pageant winner Jackie Johns’s car was found abandoned, the interior drenched in blood. Four days later, her bludgeoned, nude body was found floating in a nearby lake. Sheriff Dwight McNiel vowed to catch Jackie’s killer, however long it took. His prime suspect: local rich kid Gerald Carnahan. But despite suspicions, the evidence never managed to add up, and Carnahan slipped away again and again.
Double Take
by Catherine Coulter
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FBI agents Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock are joined by one of their own and a Virginia sheriff in an extraordinary case that immerses them in the world of psychic visions, mind benders, and communications with the dead
It’s been more than six months since her husband’s brutal death, and Julia Ransom is just beginning to breathe again. She loved her husband, renowned psychic August Ransom, but the media frenzy that followed his murder sapped what little strength she had left. Now, after dinner with friends, strolling along San Francisco’s Pier 39, she realizes that she’s happy. Standing at the railing, she savors the sounds around her-tourists, seals on a barge-and for a moment enjoys the sheer normalcy of it all. And then it comes to an end.
THE WAITING HOUSE
by Lisette Brodey
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From the author of Hotel Obscure…
Once an opulent hotel for lovers of the Hollywood lifestyle, today the imposing building survives, somewhere, as an apartment house for those who wait. Not all know what they’re waiting for, but the residents live in flawed concert with those of undetermined existence, among relics of the past, as they wait for answers, for lost loved ones, and for purpose.
While the stories feature different characters, many of whom are recurring, each tale couples with its own unique reality … and is narrated by Conrad, the “grand master.” There is an overall story arc: part literary fiction, part Twilight Zone … both with a healthy dose of dark humor.
Sunday’s Mystery eBooks
The Secrets Between Us
by Cyan Michaels
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Amy is married to her dream man. She’s about to wake up.
Amy Taylor thought she knew her husband Craig. A quiet tech expert, devoted father, reliable partner in their suburban life.
But then she finds the photo that changes everything. The image shows a boy identical to their son – but taken at a school he doesn’t attend. Is it possible Craig has another child?
Craig is away on business for the weekend. So Amy has 72 hours to figure out who she’s living with. And it’s so much worse than anything she could ever have imagined…
Secrets in the Cauldron
by Alexandria Clarke
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A witch, a ghost, and a very nosy town. Morgan Summers must uncover the truth behind a chilling murder… or risk losing her freedom, her home, and her cozy life forever.
A young witch living in a quaint, magically infused small town. As she hones her craft, she stumbles upon a series of mysterious events tied to the town’s history and its hidden magical undercurrents. With the help of her quirky friends and her own spell-casting skills, she investigates strange occurrences, uncovering long-buried secrets that test her courage and wit.
Got You
by Erik Therme
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Sisterhood can be fatal.
Leah has never been close to her younger half-sister, but she’s not surprised to get a frantic phone call late at night, asking for a ride. Amanda’s life has always been a snarled mess of bad choices and boyfriends, and it’s common for her to resurface mid-crisis.
But this time is different. Amanda is adamant about getting to the neighboring town of Belmont but won’t say why—only that her five-year-old son is in danger. But Amanda doesn’t have any kids.
Before Leah can get answers, Amanda runs into the road and is killed by a passing car…
The Jefferson Key
by Steve Berry
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Bonus short story The Devil’s Gold
Four presidents of the United States have been assassinated—in 1865, 1881, 1901, and 1963—each murder seemingly unrelated. But what if those presidents were all killed for the shocking same reason: a clause contained in the United States Constitution? This is the question faced by former Justice Department operative Cotton Malone. When President Danny Daniels is nearly killed in the heart of Manhattan, Malone risks his life to foil the murder—only to find himself at odds with the Commonwealth, a secret society of pirates first assembled during the American Revolution. Racing across the nation and taking to the high seas, Malone and Cassiopeia Vitt must break a secret cipher originally possessed by Thomas Jefferson, unravel a mystery concocted by Andrew Jackson, and unearth a document forged by the Founding Fathers themselves—one powerful enough to make the Commonwealth unstoppable.
Edge of Eternity
by Ken Follett
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Ken Follett’s extraordinary historical epic, the Century Trilogy, reaches its sweeping, passionate conclusion.
In Fall of Giants and Winter of the World, Ken Follett followed the fortunes of five international families—American, German, Russian, English, and Welsh—as they made their way through the twentieth century. Now they come to one of the most tumultuous eras of all: the 1960s through the 1980s, from civil rights, assassinations, mass political movements, and Vietnam to the Berlin Wall, the Cuban Missile Crisis, presidential impeachment, revolution—and rock and roll.
Undercover Connection & Cowboy Accomplice
by Heather Graham, B.J. Daniels
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Undercover Connection by New York Times bestselling author Heather Graham: With desire igniting between them, can the two set aside their distrust and work together to bring down the brutal mobsters?
Cowboy Accomplice by New York Times bestselling author B.J. Daniels: Reliable cowboy J.T. McCall only cares about cattle. But when city girl Regina Holland is hired on the ranch and becomes the target of a murderer, it’s up to J.T. to keep his new employee safe. Of course, the pair never counted on falling for each other…
The House We Grew Up In
by Lisa Jewell
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From the New York Times bestselling author of None of This Is True and Then She Was Gone comes an unforgettable saga that follows the Bird family and how one tragedy ripples throughout their lives for years.
Meet the picture-perfect Bird family: pragmatic Meg, dreamy Beth, and towheaded twins Rory and Rhys, one an adventurous troublemaker, the other his slighter, more sensitive counterpart. Their father is a sweet, gangly man, but it’s their beautiful, free-spirited mother Lorelei who spins at the center. In those early years, Lorelei tries to freeze time by filling their simple brick house with precious mementos. Easter egg foils are her favorite. Craft supplies, too. She hangs all of the children’s art, to her husband’s chagrin.
Taken from Home
by Eric Francis
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The acclaimed true crime writer tears the mask off of the perfect father, who committed a grisly murder that Grand Junction, Colorado, will never forget.
Grand Junction, Colorado, 2001: When Michael Blagg’s adoring wife, Jennifer, and his six year-old-daughter, Abby, disappeared from their home, Michael led the charge to find them, even going so far as to make a nationwide appeal on Good Morning America for information. But seven months later, investigators found Jennifer’s remains in a Mesa County landfill, and things took a darker turn . . .