Mysteries
Monday’s Mystery eBooks
Claws of Action
by Linda Reilly
Rating: 4.6 #ad
Purr-suing a killer…
The only thing that could make the High Cliff Shelter for Cats even cozier is a reading room where kids can snuggle up with a furry feline and a book. But as Lara and Aunt Fran prepare for the reading nook’s official opening, the health inspector in their New Hampshire town, Evonda Fray, decrees that the shelter qualifies as a “cat café,” thanks to the free snacks it serves to visitors—and that it must be shut down.
The Summerhouse
by Patricia Wentworth
Rating: 4.4 #ad
Althea Graham might have had a life of her own, had it not been for her mother. But when her father died she inherited her bitter, temperamental parent along with the house, and she has borne that burden ever since. She nearly escaped once, but her engagement to Nicholas Carey caused her mother to fall into illness, convincing Althea to keep living with her until the sickness claimed her life. That was five years ago, and Mrs. Graham is as fit as ever. Althea’s gloom lifts when Nicholas returns, and it appears that love may bloom again. Mother clings as tightly as ever, of course, but Althea has hope once more.
King In Black
by Multiple Authors
Rating: 4.5 #ad
Collects King In Black: Gwenom vs. Carnage (2021) #1-3, King in Black: Scream (2021) #1, King in Black: Spider-Man (2021) #1. The King in Black invades Earth-65! Bonded to a synthetic symbiote from another reality, Ghost-Spider, A.K.A. Gwen Stacy, is unique among the web-slingers of the Multiverse! But when Knull descends on her adopted home, his gravity well of dark psychic energy unleashes unforeseen consequences on Gwen! And her bandmate Mary Jane Watson is about to be pulled into this ordeal with a symbiote of her own. The ensuing madness can only be described as Gwenom vs. Carnage!
Northern Lights
by Nora Roberts
Rating: 4.6 #ad
As a Baltimore cop, Nate Burke watched his partner die on the street—and the guilt still haunts him. With nowhere else to go, he accepted the job as Chief of Police in a tiny, remote Alaskan town with the hopes of starting over. Despite the name, Lunacy provides a balm for Nate’s shattered soul—and an unexpected affair with pilot Meg Galloway warms his nights…
But other things in Lunacy are heating up. Nate suspects the killer in an unsolved murder still walks the snowy streets. His investigation will unearth the secrets and suspicions that lurk beneath the placid surface, as well as bring out the big-city survival instincts that made him a cop in the first place.
The Lonely Lake Killings
by Wes Markin
Rating: 4.3 #ad
A lonely recluse. A missing girl and a community in fear.
When the body of a young local girl is found next to an isolated lake, the main suspect is the old recluse who has lived next to the lake for many years – especially when the young girl’s purse is found on the old man’s doorstep.
But DCI Emma Gardner and her partner DI Paul Riddick aren’t so sure. Why would the old hermit leave such an obvious clue? And who would want to set the old man up?
Twelve
by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Rating: 4.5 #ad
Dive back into the world of The Naturals in this e-novella from Jennifer Lynn Barnes, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Inheritance Games.
Cassie Hobbes has been working with the FBI since she was a teenager. Now twenty-three years old, she and her fellow Naturals have taken over running the program that taught them everything they know. As a unit, they’re responsible for identifying new Naturals — and solving particularly impossible cases. When their latest case brings back a ghost from their past, Cassie and the other Naturals find themselves racing against the clock — and reliving their own childhood traumas. In a small, coastal town in Maine, there has been a rash of teen suicides — or at least, that’s what the police believe.
Exits
by Stephen Pollock
Rating: 4.9 #ad
Stephen C. Pollock’s poetry collection Exits nods to the literary traditions of years past while simultaneously speaking to the present moment. Multilayered and musical, the poems in Exits have drawn comparisons to the work of Eavan Boland and Seamus Heaney. With bold imagery, attention to form, and a consistent through line rooted in the theme of mortality, Pollock’s collection responds to contemporary anxieties surrounding death and the universal search for meaning in life’s transience.
Chains of Time
by R.B. Woodstone
Rating: 4.5 #ad
Winner of the 2021 American Fiction Award for Historical Fantasy
Winner of the 2020 Chanticleer International Book Award for Paranormal Fiction
Finalist for the 2020 Readers’ Favorite Book Award for Paranormal Fiction
“An exceptional story that will place you in the heart and mind of each of the amazing characters. Prepare to be moved by a unique story that delves deep into the historical abuse of a people but has dynamic pockets of excitement, heartbreak, and the paranormal. Highly recommended.”
— Lesley Jones, international best-selling author
Sunday’s Mystery eBooks
Southern Fried
by Tonya Kappes
Rating: 4.6 #ad
After the dead body of a beloved Cottonwood resident is found tangled up in an electric fence, Sheriff Kenni Lowry has a hunch that somethin’ ain’t right. Her investigation heats up with a fierce cook-off competition, a euchre game where the intel is sweeter than the brownies, and a decades-old family recipe that may just be the proof in the pudding.
The icing on the cake is that Kenni is fighting an attraction to her recently sworn-in deputy sheriff, and election season is hot on her tail…
Drawing Fire
by Janice Cantore
Rating: 4.6 #ad
One case from her past defines homicide detective Abby Hart.
With a possible serial killer stalking elderly women in Long Beach, California, Abby’s best lead is Luke Murphy, an irritating private investigator who saw a suspect flee the scene of the latest homicide. When Abby discovers that the most recent victim is related to the governor, she’s anxious to talk to him about a cold case that’s personal to her—one Luke is interested in as well…
The Black-Eyed Blonde
by John Banville, Benjamin Black
Rating: 3.9 #ad
The streets of Bay City, California, in the early 1950s are as mean as they get. Marlowe is as restless and lonely as ever, and the private eye business is a little slow. Then a new client is shown in: blond, beautiful, and expensively dressed, she wants Marlowe to find her former lover.
Almost immediately, Marlowe discovers that the man’s disappearance is merely the first in a series of bewildering events. Soon he is tangling with one of Bay City’s richest and most ruthless families—and developing a singular appreciation for how far they will go to protect their fortune.
Kurtherian Gambit Boxed Set Two
by Michael Anderle
Rating: 4.8 #ad
What you thought you knew about Vampires and Werewolves is wrong…so very, very, wrong. From the LMBPN Vaults for a limited time. Get the first seven books in the Kurtherian Gambit series at a great boxed set price!
** AMAZON Top 100 Bestselling Author **
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(Kurtherian Gambit Boxed Sets Mysteries)
Half Past Midnight
by Eric Wilder
Rating: 4.7 #ad
Voodoo mambo Mama Mulate suffers a fate worse than death
A grieving couple hires paranormal investigator Wyatt Thomas to find the person who killed their son. But is it murder if the victim isn’t dead? Wyatt goes undercover to discover the answer and soon learns death isn’t always a person’s worst fate. Will Wyatt solve the sticky mystery or fall victim to the seemingly supernatural killer and suffer a fate worse than death?
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(French Quarter Mysteries)
The Night Agent
by Matthew Quirk
Rating: 4.4 #ad
No one is more surprised than FBI Agent Peter Sutherland when he’s tapped to work in the White House Situation Room. When Peter was a boy, his father was suspected of selling secrets to the Russians—a breach that cost him his career, his reputation, and eventually his life. Now Peter’s job is monitoring an emergency line for a call that has not—and might never—come.
Until tonight.
At 1:05 A.M. the phone rings. A terrified young woman named Rose tells Peter that two people have just been murdered and that the killer might still be in the house with her. One of the victims gave her this phone number with urgent instructions: “Tell them OSPREY was right. It’s happening…”
June ~ The Pianist
by Judy Ann Davis
Rating: 4.5 #ad
When concert pianist June Westberry inherits her late grandfather’s music shop, she returns to her small hometown in New York to renovate and manage it. But she never expects to clash with the town’s ornery old music teacher, Nettie Jones who demands she find a lost, fifty-year-old holiday musical score. Single parent and contractor, Leo Ciaffonni, enjoys restoring old buildings, and the A# Music Shop with its pretty new owner is no exception. When he’s injured, June finds herself caring for Leo and helping his little daughter bake cookies for her class. As the holidays close in and the shop’s renovations continue, the problems June tries hard to solve only seem to become more chaotic.
After Night Falls
by Jacie Middlemann
Rating: 4.1 #ad
Tragedy, secrets, and heartache. It’s been the story of her life for years. Abigail knew that she should be afraid of him…but she wasn’t. Not even when he told her who he was…and why he was there.
She’d taken a job on the cruise ship years ago with the thought that if she was never in any one place for very long she would be safe. No one would ever think to look for her here.
At least that’s what she believed.
Gabe had suspected for a couple of days that something wasn’t quite right. He’d taken this particular job thinking it would be a simple deal and tied up quickly and easily. Too bad the client had been less than forthcoming. That never worked well for anyone involved.
Saturday’s Mystery eBooks
Wrong Side of the Claw
by Leighann Dobbs
Rating: 4.5 #ad
Bookstore owner Willa Chance has no idea that things in Mystic Notch are about to take a turn for the worse.
When a string of robberies escalates to murder, Willa is baffled by the behavior of her sister, the county sheriff. Normally the gung-ho lawwoman would be all over the case, but she seems more interested in doing her nails and picking out jazz music instead.
Willa has no choice but to take it upon herself to investigate. After all, her sister’s reputation is at stake, and a killer is running loose around town. Plus she has a secret weapon—she can see ghosts. Talking to the spirit of a murder victim usually helps solve the case, but not this time.
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(Mystic Notch Cozy Mystery)
Episode Thirteen
by Craig DiLouie
Rating: 4.0 #ad
Fade to Black is the newest hit ghost hunting reality TV show. Led by husband and wife team Matt and Claire Kirklin, it delivers weekly hauntings investigated by a dedicated team of ghost hunting experts.
Episode Thirteen takes them to every ghost hunter’s holy grail: the Paranormal Research Foundation. This brooding, derelict mansion holds secrets and clues about bizarre experiments that took place there in the 1970s. It’s also famously haunted, and the team hopes their scientific techniques and high tech gear will prove it.
The Charlie Kingsley Mysteries Books 1-3
by Michele PW
Rating: 4.6 #ad
Meet Charlie Kingsley. Also known as “Aunt Charlie” from the award-winning Secrets of Redemption series. She’s back, making teas and solving cases in this funny, twisty, cozy mystery series set in the 1990s in Redemption, Wisconsin.
The Murder Before Christmas: A dead husband. A pregnant wife. A poisoned Christmas gift. Can Charlie discover the grinch who stole Christmas?
Ice Cold Murder: What do you get when you combine an estranged family, a blizzard, a haunted house … and murder? The world’s WORST family gathering. Ever.
Murder Next Door: Everyone knows vampires don’t exist. Which means the house sitter living next to Mildred, one of Charlie’s customers, can’t possibly be a vampire. Right?
The Misfit Soldier
by Michael Mammay
Rating: 4.4 #ad
Ocean’s Eleven meets John Scalzi in this funny, action-filled, stand-alone sci-fi adventure from the author of Planetside, in which a small team of misfit soldiers takes on a mission that could change the entire galaxy.
Sergeant Gastovsky—Gas to everyone but his superior officers—never wanted to be a soldier. Far from it. But when a con goes wrong and he needs a place to lay low for a while, he finds himself wearing the power armor of the augmented infantry.
After three years on a six-year contract, Gas has found his groove running low-level cons and various illegal activities that make him good money on the side. He’s the guy who can get you what you need. But he’s always had his eye out for a big score—the one that might set him up for life after the military.
Two Steps Forward
by Luana Ehrlich
Rating: 4.8 #ad
CIA operative Titus Ray expects the unexpected. Just not this time. Just not this way. Just not on his honeymoon.
An unexpected encounter in Morocco . . . Titus and Nikki begin their new life together in a church ceremony in Norman, Oklahoma and immediately fly to Marrakesh, Morocco for their honeymoon. Then, the unexpected happens, and Titus has an encounter with Jihadi terrorist Baran Asan.
An unexpected discovery in Israel . . . Cutting their honeymoon short, Titus and Nikki head over to Israel to search for their foster child’s grandmother, but then an unexpected discovery leads to a second sighting of Baran Asan and reveals disturbing news about a planned assassination in Iraq.
An unexpected assassination in Iraq . . .
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(Titus Ray Thrillers)
Behold a Fair Woman
by Francis Duncan
Rating: 4.3 #ad
Beware murder in paradise
Mordecai Tremaine’s hobby of choice –crime detection– has left him in need of a holiday. A break away from that gruesome business of murder will be just the ticket, and the picturesque island of Moulin d’Or seems to be just the destination.
Amid the sunshine and the sea air, Mordecai falls in with a band of fellow holidaymakers and tries to forget that such a thing as foul play exists. Before too long, however, villainy rears its ugly head and a dead body is discovered.
The Lucky Ones
by Tiffany Reisz
Rating: 4.4 #ad
They were seven children either orphaned or abandoned by their parents and chosen by legendary philanthropist and brain surgeon Dr. Vincent Capello to live in The Dragon, his almost magical beach house on the Oregon Coast. Allison was the youngest of the lucky ones living an idyllic life with her newfound family…until the night she almost died, and was then whisked away from the house and her adopted family forever.
Now, thirteen years later, Allison receives a letter from Roland, Dr. Capello’s oldest son, warning her that their father is ill and in his final days. Allison determines she must go home again and confront the ghosts of her past.
Friday’s Mystery eBooks
Martians in Maggody
by Joan Hess
Rating: 4.3 #ad
Police chief Arly Hanks tries to keep her head when the people of Maggody get UFO fever in this uproarious cozy mystery.
Life is so boring in Maggody, Arkansas, population 755, the locals have resorted to reading supermarket tabloids, gobbling up every rumor of wolf men, zombies, and creatures from outer space they can get their hands on. And as the only sane woman in town, Chief of Police Arly Hanks just smiles and nods whenever her neighbors rave about the latest conspiracy theories. But to Arly’s eternal horror, it looks like Maggody is about to become ground zero for an extraterrestrial invasion. The aliens will never know what hit ’em…
Deadly Bequests
by Peter Ralph
Rating: 4.4 #ad
When Josh Kennelly sees a scarred and mistreated dog named Satan facing death in an animal center, he saves him, and they become inseparable.
The pair face potent forces when they stumble across an evil scam to defraud and murder New Orleans’s elderly citizens.
Jack Fontaine calls himself a criminal lawyer when he’s really a criminal and a lawyer. Sandra Norton is your everyday banker, but Fontaine sucks her into his scam when her greed quashes her decency.
When a criminal lawyer and a corrupt banker get together, their clients stand to lose their lives and money.
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(Josh Kennelly Mysteries)
Briggleton’s Choir
by Kelsie Deschenes
Rating: 4.7 #ad
The age-old German-chasing-the-Jew tale takes a different turn in this book as the conflicts of World War II are seen through the eyes of a Nazi’s young adolescent son.
To Alfonso, it’s confusing that while he gets in trouble for bullying at school, his father then turns around and becomes a hero for shooting a group of Jews. While General Adelric sits in the seat of respect, he sends his son to a boys’ boarding school that specializes in teaching morals. Knowing nothing besides walking in his father’s footsteps, Alfonso continues to be the school bully and gets into more trouble. Then one day, he meets someone who has many things he lacks-confidence, a joy in life, faith, and an incredible voice.
Testimony
by Scott Turow
Rating: 4.0 #ad
At the age of fifty, former prosecutor Bill ten Boom has walked out on everything he thought was important to him: his law career, his wife, Kindle County, even his country. Still, when he is tapped by the International Criminal Court–an organization charged with prosecuting crimes against humanity–he feels drawn to what will become the most elusive case of his career. Over ten years ago, in the apocalyptic chaos following the Bosnian war, an entire Roma refugee camp vanished. Now for the first time, a witness has stepped forward: Ferko Rincic claims that armed men marched the camp’s Gypsy residents to a cave in the middle of the night–and then with a hand grenade set off an avalanche, burying 400 people alive. Only Ferko survived.
The Unbelievable Mr. Brownstone Omnibus Two
by Michael Anderle
Rating: 4.7 #ad
“I luv the books in this universe! It’s full of more twists and more mystery than you can keep up with! The Brownstone family is tough. What he is comes out in the last few pages of the final book in this box set. No I’m not going to lie to you, you already know he’s an alien, but what kind? Is he a good man or will he become a monster? No way, not our James! I refuse to believe that! He has to many people he cares about ( even a new dog) . Don’t miss this outstanding book set. Highly recommended!!!!!!” by Amazon Customer
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(The Unbelievable Mr. Brownstone Omnibus)
A Grave Mistake
by Ngaio Marsh
Rating: 4.6 #ad
Sybil Foster lives the sort of little English village that is home mostly to the very rich and the servants who make their lives delightful. But Sybil Foster’s life is not delightful, even if she does have an extremely talented gardener. Exhausted from her various family stresses—a daughter, for instance, who wants to marry a man without a title!—Sybil takes herself off to a local hotel that specializes in soothing shattered nerves. When she’s killed, Inspector Alleyn has a real puzzler on his hands: Yes, she was silly, snobbish, and irritating. But if that were enough motive for murder, half of England would be six feet under . . .
Voice of the Violin
by Andrea Camilleri
Rating: 4.4 #ad
Inspector Montalbano, praised as “a delightful creation” (USA Today), has been compared to the legendary detectives of Georges Simenon, Dashiell Hammett, and Raymond Chandler. As the fourth mystery in the internationally bestselling series opens, Montalbano’s gruesome discovery of a lovely, naked young woman suffocated in her bed immediately sets him on a search for her killer. Among the suspects are her aging husband, a famous doctor; a shy admirer, now disappeared; an antiques-dealing lover from Bologna; and the victim’s friend Anna, whose charms Montalbano cannot help but appreciate… But it is a mysterious, reclusive violinist who holds the key to the murder.
Her Forgotten Life
by Maggie K. Black
Rating: 4.8 #ad
To protect her baby she needs to remember who she is.
Gunshot victim Sara Kilpatrick has no memory of her life before she ended up in an Amish farmhouse—or why someone’s trying to kill her. But when clues lead to her own gravestone, Sara discovers a deadly conspiracy—and a husband and baby she doesn’t remember. And uncovering the truth could cost her everything…including the family she just found.
Her Shifter Fire Chief
by Serena Meadows
Rating: 4.6 #ad
He was supposed to save my bed and breakfast from burning down.
Instead… he accused me of starting the fire. Not only that… he then threw me over his shoulder and locked me in his truck. Let me get this straight. I’m not an arsonist.
My only wish is to keep my bed and breakfast running along with the seven women I grew up with.
That was until this fire chief came along. Now my goal is to keep my distance from him. He could be working for the clan of wolf shifters that tried to kill me when I was born.