Mysteries
Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
Dead Cat, Run
by Annabelle Lewis
Rating: 4.3 #ad
You’re where you’re meant to be. Run, if you can.
High school senior Jenny Gallagher’s psychic abilities have made life in her small New England town rocky. Her premonitions and déjà vu have given her a reputation, one she’s not happy with. Tragedy is about to strike, however, and oddly, this time, she doesn’t see it coming. Is her gift betraying her?
Not far from Jenny, Wellesley Professor Maximus Dyer also has a gift—a painful and useless one. His ability to see the past has brought him insight into history, but otherwise, he’s never known what to make of it…
Accidental Magic
by Iris Beaglehole
Rating: 4.2 #ad
Welcome to Myrtlewood, a quirky town, steeped in magic, tea, and mystery…
Life’s a struggle for Rosemary Thorn and her teen daughter, Athena. But their regular troubles are turned upside down after Granny Thorn’s mysterious death.
Despite her cousin’s sinister manoeuvrings, Rosemary returns to Myrtlewood and the sprawling, dilapidated Thorn Manor. But there’s more to the old house than meets the eye, as Rosemary and Athena soon find out — in a whirlwind of magic, adventure, mystical creatures, and endless cups of tea.
South of Justice
by Joni M Fisher
Rating: 4.6 #ad
Marriage and crime don’t mix. A newlywed’s vows are tested after her husband’s arrest. She searches to discover if he’s her happily ever after or a killer.
South of Justice is the first book in the suspenseful Compass Crimes series. Set in North Carolina, a break in a cold case crime happens during the wedding of Terri Pinehurst, a veterinarian and private pilot, and FBI Agent Blake Clayton. When evidence points to Blake, Terri launches her own investigation, risking it all, to discover the truth.
Dark Rhapsody
by Helaine Mario
Rating: 4.3 #ad
Perfect for fans of Sandra Brown and Iris Johannsen.
In 1945, an Austrian girl discovers a priceless Nazi treasure near a remote alpine lake and sets in motion a decades-old secret that will change lives for generations to come.
Many years later, classical pianist Maggie O’Shea is preparing her return to the world of music. Instead, a nightmare of a haunting rhapsody and hundreds of roses from a deranged stalker propel her into a world of terror. Forces drive her to revisit the mystery of her mother’s death, her father’s startling disappearance, and a terrible secret from World War II.
The Neglected
by James Leonard
Rating: 5.0 #ad
Petal is fed up with her abusive husband Ryder Thomas. When she finally gathers up the courage to leave him, she finds herself working at a place she least expected.
Wild Roses — the best brothel in the West. But Ryder isn’t the only man who likes to mistreat women. The Holloway brothers have killed at least two of Wild Roses’ own. The law won’t help, so they’re taking the law into their own hands by hiring the bounty hunter.
Sully Worth. His job is to track down the criminals and bring them to justice. But the job has one condition – they’re going with him.
Citadel
by Kate Mosse
Rating: 4.3 #ad
Combining the rugged action of Labyrinth with the haunting mystery of Sepulchre, #1 bestselling author Kate Mosse’s eagerly awaited Citadel is a mesmerizing World War II story of daring and courage, in which a group of determined women fighting for the French Resistance risk their lives to save their homeland . . . and protect astonishing secrets buried in time.
France, 1942. In Carcassonne, a colorful historic village nestled deep in the Pyrenees, a group of courageous women are engaged in a lethal battle. Like their ancestors who fought to protect their land from Northern invaders seven hundred years before, these members of the resistance—codenamed Citadel—fight to liberate their home from the Nazis.
The Heavens Rise
by Christopher Rice
Rating: 4.2 #ad
New York Times bestselling author Christopher Rice brilliantly conjures the shadowed terrors of the Louisiana bayou – where three friends confront a deadly, ancient evil rising to the surface – in this intense and atmospheric new supernatural thriller.
It’s been a decade since the Delongpre family vanished near Bayou Rabineaux, and still no one can explain the events of that dark and sweltering night. No one except Niquette Delongpre, the survivor who ran away from the mangled stretch of guardrail on Highway 22 where the impossible occurred…and kept on running. Who left behind her best friends, Ben and Anthem, to save them from her newfound capacity for destruction…and who alone knows the source of her very bizarre – and very deadly – abilities: an isolated strip of swampland called Elysium.
Tuesday’s Mystery eBooks
Cats and Other Calamities
by Alex Wagner
Rating: 4.5 #ad
Dive into the gripping murder cases of sled dog Athos and cheeky kitten Pearl and help them bring dangerous two-leggeds to justice.
Victoria Adler, successful psychotherapist, has fallen into a deep midlife crisis. Her beloved father has died, her faithless husband has left her for some floozy, and Victoria has long since had enough of her neurotic patients, too.
Fortunately she has taken in Athos, her father’s dog. Or was it the other way around? Has she been adopted by the clever and compassionate four-legged?
People Behaving Badly Collection
by John D. Ottini
Rating: 4.5 #ad
Semi-Finalist in the 2015 Royal Palm Literary Award Competition. (Florida Writers Association)
People Behaving Badly is a collection of thirteen short mystery stories exploring the folly of criminal behavior. Welcome to a world filled with strange and quirky characters where murder, vigilantism, jealousy, infidelity, sex, violence and people behaving badly are the norm.
These short mysteries were written as individual bite-size stories that can be devoured in one sitting. Perfect reading for your bus, train or subway commute to work, while you’re waiting at the doctor’s or dentist’s office, having your car serviced, enjoying a latte at your favorite coffee shop, or whenever you have a few minutes of free time.
Murder On The Guadalupe
by Bruce Hammack
Rating: 5.0 #ad
Mirror image victims… Two murders, one trail of blood.
Private Investigator Fen Maguire is called in to assist a new police chief solve a woman’s murder on the Guadalupe River. All evidence points to a long-time homeless person, prompting a quick arrest – but Fen has a feeling they missed something.
When a second body washes up, Fen’s suspicions are confirmed, and the case takes a complex turn. Not only is the latest victim a prominent socialite, she’s a twin look-alike to the first victim. Is this a case of mistaken identity or is a serial killer on the loose?
A Solitude of Wolverines
by Alice Henderson
Rating: 4.3 #ad
While studying wolverines on a wildlife sanctuary in Montana, biologist Alex Carter is run off the road and threatened by locals determined to force her off the land.
Undeterred in her mission to help save this threatened species, Alex tracks wolverines on foot and by cameras positioned in remote regions of the preserve. But when she reviews the photos, she discovers disturbing images of an animal of a different kind: a severely injured man seemingly lost and wandering in the wilds.
Something in the Water
by Catherine Steadman
Rating: 4.0 #ad
A shocking discovery on a honeymoon in paradise changes the lives of a picture-perfect couple in this taut psychological thriller from the author of Mr. Nobody and The Disappearing Act.
If you could make one simple choice that would change your life forever, would you?
Erin is a documentary filmmaker on the brink of a professional breakthrough, Mark a handsome investment banker with big plans. Passionately in love, they embark on a dream honeymoon to the tropical island of Bora Bora, where they enjoy the sun, the sand, and each other. Then, while scuba diving in the crystal blue sea, they find something in the water. . . .
Could the life of your dreams be the stuff of nightmares?
Fire Games
by Lorana Hoopes
Rating: 4.4 #ad
What happens when you fall in love with the woman you’re supposed to be protecting?
Fire Beach is like most other towns. There are detectives, firefighters, doctors, and quirky characters. But unlike most towns, Fire Beach seems to have more than its share of romance and danger.
Firefighter Cassidy Marcel went on The Cowboy’s Reality Bride to find love, but she quickly realized the show wasn’t for her. She returns to her job to find a pile of fan mail waiting for her and while most of it is lighthearted and fun, one piece of mail sends chills racing down her spine.
Started Early, Took My Dog
by Kate Atkinson
Rating: 4.2 #ad
Tracy Waterhouse leads a quiet, ordered life as a retired police detective — a life that takes a surprising turn when she encounters Kelly Cross, a habitual offender, dragging a young child through town. Both appear miserable and better off without each other — or so decides Tracy, in a snap decision that surprises herself as much as Kelly. Suddenly burdened with a small child, Tracy soon learns her parental inexperience is actually the least of her problems, as much larger ones loom for her and her young charge.
The Queen of Springtime
by Robert Silverberg
Rating: 4.3 #ad
As Earth thaws after the Long Winter, the remaining human tribes journey from beneath the continent to the fertile land above. But the hjjk, an ancient insectlike race that remained on Earth’s surface throughout the frozen eons, stand in their way. Keeping a tight grip on their power, the hjjks are the chief barrier to the people’s further expansion in the New Springtime. When Kundalimon, a human who has lived with the hjjk for seventeen years, arrives as an emissary of peace, the tribes are wary. They rely on Nialli Apuilana, who had been stolen at thirteen by the hjjk and released months later, to ascertain his true mission. But in this new world, it’s hard to know whom to trust.
Icebound
by Dean Koontz
Rating: 4.3 #ad
The arctic night is endless. The fear is numbing. Screams freeze in the throat. Death arrives in shades of white. And cold-blooded murder seems right at home.
Conducting a strange and urgent experiment on the Arctic icefield, a team of scientists has planted sixty powerful explosive charges that will detonate at midnight. Before they can withdraw to the safety of their base camp, a shattering tidal wave breaks loose the ice on which they are working. Now they are hopelessly marooned on an iceberg during a violent winter storm.
The Deep Blue Crush
by Clint Hollingsworth
Rating: 4.5 #ad
ACTION THRILLER. Forest fires, deep-sea diving, exploding buildings, and a crazy government operative. No refunds on this tropical vacation!
I never thought I would die by fire.
It’s strange, the things that go through your mind, when a massive wall of flame is coming toward you, faster than most people can run. The little girl I was carrying wasn’t so philosophical about it, she was just terrified.
I could hear her father crashing through the brush beside me, and I knew he was just as burdened carrying the small boy who was the girl’s brother. It didn’t look like it was going to be a good day for any of us.
Monday’s Mystery eBooks
Murder Next Door
by Michele PW
Rating: 4.4 #ad
So when Mildred Schmidt, one of Charlie’s customers, is convinced that her next-door neighbor’s house sitter is actually a vampire, Charlie of course has to step in to see what is really going on.
What she finds is … disturbing. The house sitter DOES have some peculiar habits—like digging holes in the backyard in the middle of the night. Surely, they aren’t … graves.
Wool: Book One of the Silo Series
by Hugh Howey
Rating: 4.5 #ad
But there are always those who hope, who dream. These are the dangerous people, the residents who infect others with their optimism. Their punishment is simple. They are given the very thing they want: They are allowed to go outside.
After the previous sheriff leaves the silo in a terrifying ritual, Juliette, a mechanic from the down deep, is suddenly and inexplicably promoted to the head of law enforcement. With newfound power and with little regard for the customs she is supposed to abide, Juliette uncovers hints of a sinister conspiracy. Tugging this thread may uncover the truth . . . or it could kill every last human alive.
Abandon
by Blake Crouch
Rating: 4.0 #ad
On Christmas Day in 1893, every man, woman, and child in a remote mining town disappeared, belongings forsaken, meals left to freeze in vacant cabins, and not a single bone found.
Now, journalist Abigail Foster and her historian father have set out to explore the long-abandoned town and learn what happened. With them are two backcountry guides—along with a psychic and a paranormal photographer who are there to investigate rumors that the town is haunted.
But Abigail and her companions are about to learn that the town’s ghosts are the least of their worries.
Many Rivers to Cross
by Peter Robinson
Rating: 4.2 #ad
In Eastvale, a young Middle Eastern boy is found dead, his body stuffed into a wheelie bin on the East Side Estate. Detective Superintendent Alan Banks and his team know they must tread carefully to solve this sensitive case, but tensions rise when they learn that the victim was stabbed somewhere else and dumped. Who is the boy, and where did he come from?
Then, in a decayed area of Eastvale scheduled for redevelopment, a heroin addict is found dead. Was this just another tragic overdose, or something darker?
Justice for Hattie Mayfair
by Irene Onorato
Rating: 4.6 #ad
Lexi Mallard saw what happened in the woods. But if she tells…
Ten years is a long time to keep a secret. Eat, sleep, work. Stay busy. A social life seems impossible until Corbin Taylor, Lexi’s policeman next-door-neighbor, reaches out in friendship that quickly becomes much more serious.
Lexi’s budding relationship with a cop doesn’t go unnoticed by her evil brother.
She quickly learns that putting the past behind is not always an option. Sometimes it will chase, overtake, and try to kill you.
Rainbow Six
by Tom Clancy
Rating: 4.5 #ad
In this #1 New York Times bestselling John Clark thriller, author Tom Clancy takes readers into the shadowy world of anti-terrorism and gets closer to reality than any government would care to admit…
Ex-Navy SEAL John Clark has been named the head of Rainbow, an international task force dedicated to combating terrorism. In a trial by fire, Clark is confronted with a violent chain of seemingly separate international incidents. But there is no way to predict the real threat: a group of terrorists like none the world has ever encountered, a band of men and women so extreme that their success could literally mean the end of life on earth as we know it.
Mystery Babylon: The Lion
by Jamie Lee Grey
Rating: 4.7 #ad
Who will live, and who will die?
In the aftermath of a global war, the survivors on an isolated Southeast Alaskan island struggle to cope. But as Sierra Forrester and Austin Martin piece their lives back together, a new danger sails into their harbor. Can the islanders defend themselves from well-armed, trained and hungry interlopers?
Meanwhile, Wu Ying runs into serious complications in his efforts to escape China with his new Christian friends. Will he be able to leave the war-torn country, or will his attempts be thwarted? Failure could leave him destitute and trapped in a dangerous, radioactive landscape.
Heart of the Canyon: Books 1 -3
by Jacie Middlemann
Rating: 4.5 #ad
The Heart of the Canyon series…stories about the strength of family, the endurance of friendship, and the unwavering and unconditional longing for home…and all it means.
This includes:
All We Keep – Book 1
Everything We Are – Book 2
Any One Moment – Book 3
Sunday’s Mystery eBooks
Collecting Can Be Murder
by Jennifer S. Alderson
Rating: 4.4 #ad
Coming out of retirement can be deadly…
After tragedy struck three years earlier, art sleuth Carmen De Luca vowed to never work in the field again. But fifty is too young to fill her days with water aerobics and bingo, so when her former partner calls and begs for her help, Carmen gladly agrees.
Yet after their first assignment – the recovery of a rare medieval prayer book from an eccentric collector living in rural France – goes horribly wrong, Carmen ends up in the crosshairs of both the local police and a murderer!
Two Believe
by Luana Ehrlich
Rating: 4.6 #ad
It was no ordinary robbery. The suspect is no ordinary thief. The investigator is no ordinary detective.
He’s Silas McKay, head of operations for Discreet Corporate Security Systems in Dallas, Texas.
Silas doesn’t usually investigate stolen merchandise, but when his boss asks him to look into a jewelry heist at Gadise Diamonds, a high-end store in the Dallas area, he makes an exception.
When Silas learns this was no ordinary robbery, and the suspect is no ordinary thief, he enlists the help of Ashley Davenport, who’s no ordinary woman.
It was no ordinary robbery . . .
The suspect is no ordinary thief . . .
Ashley is no ordinary woman . . .
2095
by Keith R. Rees
Rating: 3.4 #ad
Inspired by the 1981 concept album, Time by ELO, 2095 is an exhilarating time travel odyssey forty years in the making.
After receiving a mysterious message from beyond, Nick Devereaux is abruptly transported 114 years into the dazzling future of 2095. There he encounters an incredible society living on an enormous orbiting city circling the Earth, which itself has been ravaged by decades of plagues. When the source of the message is revealed, he has no choice but to assimilate with the new world in outer space and is soon thrust into a scintillating quest that takes him to the moon colonies and beyond.
The Midnight Conspiracy
by David Leadbeater
Rating: 4.3 #ad
When Joe Mason agrees to transport a priceless gold basin to its new owner, the ex-MI5 operative arrives only to find the recipient dead – brutally murdered in cold blood. To catch the killer, Mason must uncover the relic’s secrets.
But he’s not the only one with an interest. The Guild of Night, a dangerous and vengeful cult, is determined to bring the Church to its knees – and the basin holds the power to do just that.
The Visit
by Robert W. Kirby
Rating: 4.2 #ad
One mistake can ruin everything.
Vanessa and Curtis have just moved to an idyllic house in the seaside town of Whitstable. Their life there is wonderful, until Vanessa’s ex-boyfriend Hayden shows up out of the blue.
Hayden is not only brash and unpredictable with a warped sense of humour, he also seems intent on making life very difficult for Vanessa, who hasn’t seen him since she was sixteen.
As Hayden causes more and more disruption in their lives, Curtis begins to realise that he has some kind of bizarre hold on Vanessa.
Animosity
by James Newman
Rating: 4.3 #ad
A bestselling horror author discovers that nothing is more frightening than his own neighbors in this dark tale of psychological suspense.
After his wife leaves him for another man, Andrew Holland throws himself into his writing more vigorously than ever. He lives a quiet life in the town of Poinsettia Lane, where his neighbors are proud to know a celebrity author. But all that changes when Andy discovers a murdered child not far from his home.
Though the authorities clear Andy of any wrongdoing, the local media suggests eerie connections between his gruesome novels and his tragic discovery.