Mysteries
Monday’s Mystery eBooks
Snuffed Out
by Valona Jones
Rating: 3.7 #ad
30-year-old fraternal twins Tabby and Sage Winslow own The Book and Candle Shop in Savannah. Sage is hot-headed and impulsive while Tabby is calm and collected, making them the perfect partnership. When one of their customers is found murdered, from a blow to the head, that partnership is put to the test.
Blithe McAdam had been seen in a heated argument with shop clerk Gerard, which immediately makes him suspect number one. The twins are convinced of Gerard’s innocence and start digging into Blithe’s past. But no one is cooperating.
Homicide Trinity
by Rex Stout
Rating: 3.7 #ad
It’s a wily killer who dares to strike on Nero Wolfe’s hallowed turf—and leave a corpse strangled with Wolfe’s own soup-stained tie. But no sooner does the gourmandizing sleuth clean up this first course of murder than he faces a gun-toting wife who serves up a confession of homicidal intent—only to become the sole suspect when the corpus delicti is found. It’s murder à la carte when the third course is served: a cop-hating landlady brings Wolfe counterfeit cash—that leads to genuine murder. It’s up to Wolfe to see that the malefactors get their just deserts.
Myth of the Dragon Boxed Set
by Michael Anderle
Rating: 5.0 #ad
Why is it that thieves and mages never mix? Probably because thieves remind mages too much of themselves.
A young female thief is working to help her crew stay alive in Waypoint, a city that exists on the precipice of humanity to one side and in the shadows of Ziammotienth on the other.
Also called Tolan’s Doom, the mountain torn asunder by a dragon—if you believe in myths.
Many an adventurer calls Waypoint the only bastion of civilization before returning to the remains of the once-great half-elven city’s remains from which to strike into the darkness underground.
The Guardian
by Peter Ralph
Rating: 4.5 #ad
Do you believe prisoners on death row in the U.S. have more rights than the elderly?
Josh Kennelly didn’t. Vietnam veteran, Joe Brock, didn’t … that was until he was dragged from his home, sedated, and imprisoned in a nursing home.
When Josh starts rattling cages, he unearths crooked judges, lawyers, guardians, cops, and doctors, colluding in a massive guardianship racket.
Beastly Things
by Donna Leon
Rating: 4.4 #ad
When the body of man is found in a canal, damaged by the tides, carrying no wallet, and wearing only one shoe, Guido Brunetti has little to work with. No local has filed a missing-person report, and no hotel guests have disappeared.
The autopsy shows he had suffered from a rare, disfiguring disease. A shopkeeper tells Brunetti that the man had a kindly way with animals. Finally, the victim is identified as a much-loved veterinarian—and Brunetti’s quest to find the killer will take him on a harrowing journey . . .
Rapture in Death
by J. D. Robb
Rating: 4.6 #ad
They died with smiles on their faces. Three apparent suicides: a brilliant engineer, an infamous lawyer, and a controversial politician. Three strangers with nothing in common—and no obvious reasons for killing themselves. Police lieutenant Eve Dallas finds the deaths suspicious. And her instincts pay off when autopsies reveal small burns on the brains of the victims.
Was it a genetic abnormality or a high-tech method of murder? Eve’s investigation turns to the provocative world of virtual reality games—where the same techniques used to create joy and desire can also prompt the mind to become the weapon of its own destruction…
The House at the End of the World
by Dean Koontz
Rating: 4.4 #ad
In retreat from a devastating loss and crushing injustice, Katie lives alone in a fortresslike stone house on Jacob’s Ladder island. Once a rising star in the art world, she finds refuge in her painting.
The neighboring island of Ringrock houses a secret: a government research facility. And now two agents have arrived on Jacob’s Ladder in search of someone—or something—they refuse to identify. Although an air of menace hangs over these men, an infinitely greater threat has arrived, one so strange even the island animals are in a state of high alarm.
One Second After
by Multiple Authors
Rating: 4.4 #ad
Months before publication, One Second After has already been cited on the floor of Congress as a book all Americans should read, a book already being discussed in the corridors of the Pentagon as a truly realistic look at a weapon and its awesome power to destroy the entire United States, literally within one second. It is a weapon that the Wall Street Journal warns could shatter America. In the tradition of On the Beach, Fail Safe and Testament, this book, set in a typical American town, is a dire warning of what might be our future…and our end.
Sunday’s Mystery eBooks
Silver Hollow Paranormal Boxed Set
by Leighann Dobbs
Rating: 4.4 #ad
Save on the first 3 novels in the USA Today Bestselling Silver Hollow Paranormal Cozy Mystery Series in this box set.
Humorous. Heartwarming. Magical Whodunits.
Welcome to the small town of Silver Hollow with its bewitching magic and twisty mysteries. Follow the Quinn cousins, Issy, Gray, Ember and Raine and their quirky familiars as they become embroiled in one paranormal mystery after another. If you like enchanting witches, snarky familiars and hard-to-solve mysteries in a quaint small town setting, then this box-set is a must read.
I Will Find You
by Harlan Coben
Rating: 4.5 #ad
David Burroughs was once a devoted father to his three-year-old son Matthew, living a dream life just a short drive away from the working-class suburb where he and his wife, Cheryl, first fell in love–until one fateful night when David woke suddenly to discover Matthew had been murdered while David was asleep just down the hall.
Half a decade later, David’s been wrongly accused and convicted of the murder, left to serve out his time in a maximum-security prison—a fate which, grieving and wracked with guilt, David didn’t have the will to fight. The world has moved on without him…
Verity
by Colleen Hoover
Rating: 4.6 #ad
USA Today Bestseller. The Globe and Mail Bestseller. Publishers Weekly Bestseller
Whose truth is the lie? Stay up all night reading the sensational psychological thriller that has readers obsessed, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of It Ends With Us.
Lowen Ashleigh is a struggling writer on the brink of financial ruin when she accepts the job offer of a lifetime. Jeremy Crawford, husband of bestselling author Verity Crawford, has hired Lowen to complete the remaining books in a successful series his injured wife is unable to finish…
Wicked Dreams
by Lisa Jackson, Nancy Bush
Rating: 4.3 #ad
The New York Times bestselling authors return with a chilling new thriller set on an isolated island off the Oregon coast. A group of women with extraordinary gifts will need to face evil…before it returns to burn their refuge to the ground.
The note pinned to the dead body found on the remote beach has no name, just Ravinia Rutledge’s phone number and the words “Next of Kin.” Ravinia insists she doesn’t recognize the man on the mortuary slab, but she suspects Detective Nev Rhodes doesn’t believe her. He can tell that she’s one of them—the Siren Song women.
Five years after moving away from The Colony, Ravinia has carved out a life as a private investigator whose specialty is helping others locate their missing loved ones…
Hi Five
by Joe Ide
Rating: 4.1 #ad
One woman. Five personalities. Private investigator IQ is back to piece together a Newport Beach murder with an eyewitness who gives “people person” a whole new meaning.
Christiana is the daughter of the biggest arms dealer on the West Coast, Angus Byrne. She’s also the sole witness and number one suspect in the murder of her boyfriend, found dead in her Newport Beach boutique. Isaiah Quintabe is coerced into taking the case to prove her innocence. If he can’t, Angus will harm the brilliant PI’s new girlfriend, ending her career.
The catch: Christiana has multiple personalities. Among them, a naïve, beautiful shopkeeper, an obnoxious drummer in a rock band, and a wanton seductress.
The Family Cabin
by James Caine
Rating: 4.3 #ad
There’s a young woman tied up in the basement of our cabin.
It was supposed to be a fun weekend at our family cabin. I was going to surprise my husband, Mike, with a small get together for his 40th birthday.
Something is wrong though. Mike isn’t himself lately. He goes out often, and by himself, leaving me and our young son. Our happy marriage is fading away and I don’t know why.
This weekend is just what’s needed to cheer him up. It’s what we need for us.
Modern Conversations of a Slave Mother
by Mitchelle Harvey
Rating: 5.0 #ad
There are always two sides of a coin. Are you ready to see the unseen?
If you have faced challenges as a mother, or single mother, this book will show you that you are not alone in the struggle and give you examples of how to cope in some situations. Focused on empowering you to be creative in your search for solutions, this book will share insights gained from multi-generational experiences causing self-reflection and affirm that you are invaluable. If you have ever wondered what African-Americans really go through and had no one to ask, this book will: Allow you to eavesdrop on serious and inspiring situations. Learn through tough conversations teaching children to navigate systems that do not support their success and provide insight into the hidden reality of the OTHER American life.
Lifetimes & Life’s Lines
by Kevin Heaton
Rating: 5.0 #ad
“Lifetimes & Life’s Lines” is a delightfully wordy, profoundly bodacious YAWP about all things living. Within its pages, you will venture “off a country road into dense deliverance, away from all things carnal, where mildewed wood chip paths meander through firefly ambiance and unseen moth kisses to a shadow eating burn pit with still moods.”
There’s much to embrace here about awesome, average people, places, and the great out-of-doors. At the same time, this work reminds us that there are many challenges to which we can agree to unite, then work together in a common bond towards changing, such as: mental and physical abuse, prejudice, conflict, and mental illness. So, let’s you and me turn that first page, together, and many thanks in advance for the privilege.
Saturday’s Mystery eBooks
Dash For Cash
by Hope Callaghan
Rating: 4.6 #ad
After Ruth becomes a contestant on television’s hottest new game show, “Dash For Cash,” she enlists the help of her friends to make it to the show’s finale for a chance to win some serious cash.
Between one of Rose’s “special elixir” concoctions and some boot camp style physical fitness training from a coworker, Ruth is feeling more and more confident she’ll make the cut and asks Gloria to accompany her to the final elimination rounds.
BONUS – RECIPE INCLUDED!
Into the Stars
by James Rosone
Rating: 4.4 #ad
The stars are within mankind’s reach…
…But what awaits in the void may end humanity…
Mars and the Moon have been colonized, piracy runs rampant in the asteroid belts, and a thriving society grows in the depths of space. Humanity prepares to embark upon its greatest journey—the colonization of Alpha Centauri. Then everything changes…
A deep space reconnaissance probe discovers a new Earth-like planet twelve light-years from Earth’s sun. The probe also finds something unusual, something…unnerving. A new mission is created, a space fleet is formed, and humanity embarks on unraveling the greatest mystery of all—the origins of life itself.
The Good Father
by Diane Chamberlain
Rating: 4.4 #adRating: 4.4 #ad
From a New York Times–bestselling author, “a surprisingly thoughtful and compelling tale” about the decision a single father makes to protect his child (Publishers Weekly).
Four years ago, nineteen-year-old Travis Brown made a choice: to raise his newborn daughter on his own. While most of his friends were out partying and meeting girls, Travis was at home, changing diapers and worrying about keeping food on the table. But he’s never regretted his decision. Bella is the light of his life. The reason behind every move he makes. And so far, she is fed. Cared for. Safe.
But when Travis loses his construction job and his home, the security he’s worked so hard to create for Bella begins to crumble. . . .
Mary’s Mosaic
by Peter Janney
Rating: 4.5 #adRating: 4.5 #ad
Explores the murder of Mary Pinchot Meyer and her connected to President Kennedy
Ideal book for fans of The Devil’s Chessboard by David Talbot, The Reporter Who Knew Too Much by Dorothy Kilgallen, Dr. Mary’s Monkey by Edward T. Haslam, and other JFK conspiracy books
Updated edition of the true crime expose, including new evidence and government documents corroborating the conspiracy to assassinate JFK’s trusted ally and final true love
The death of Mary Meyer left many Americans with questions. Who really killed her? Why did CIA counterintelligence chief James Angleton rush to find and confiscate her diary? Had she discovered the plan to assassinate her lover, President Kennedy, with the trail of information ending at the steps of the CIA? Was it only coincidence that she was killed less than three weeks after the release of the Warren Commission Report?
A Perfect Obsession
by Heather Graham
Rating: 4.3 #adRating: 4.3 #ad
Someone is murdering beautiful young women in the New York area and displaying them in mausoleums and underground tombs. The FBI is handling the case, with Special Agent Craig Frasier as lead.
Kieran Finnegan, forensic psychologist and part owner of Finnegan’s, her family’s pub, is consulting on the case. Craig and Kieran are a couple who’ve worked together on more than one occasion. On this occasion, though, Craig fears for the safety of the woman he loves. Because the killer is too close. The body of a young model is found in a catacomb under a two-hundred-year-old church, now deconsecrated and turned into a nightclub. A church directly behind Finnegan’s in lower Manhattan.
Immortality
by Anna Faversham
Rating: 4.5 #ad
Are we alone in the Universe? If a stranger said to you, “Let me take you to the world’s best kept secret,” would you go? Chester was given no choice. He’d rather be with Kate, the woman he loves and has left behind. In fear of his life, he is hiding in a remote cabin in New Zealand, so who is this person and what is this secret? Kate’s love for Chester conquers her doubts and she becomes his lifeline, helping him to understand that he must warn others of the danger, just as a lighthouse does. You are invited into a mystery: intriguing, exciting and deadly.
“The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” – Mark Twain
The Quest for Saint Camber
by Katherine Kurtz
Rating: 4.6 #ad
A medieval kingdom is thrown into chaos by rumors of the death of its liege in the final volume of the Histories of King Kelson
King Kelson Haldane of Gwnyedd knows he owes much to the legendary Camber of Culdi, the most revered of the magical Deryni race. Having suppressed the rebellion that threatened to tear his realm to pieces, Kelson, himself a possessor of Deryni magic, is now dedicated to exploring the history and legacy of the man who returned the Haldane line to the throne two centuries before. But word reaches the royal court that, while on their noble quest to help restore Camber to the sainthood he was stripped of by a virulently anti-Deryni church, King Kelson and his blood brother, Dhugal, have perished.
How to Talk to Anyone at Work
by Carl Wolfe
Rating: 4.8 #ad
No matter how under-confident you feel right now, there are a few simple strategies you can employ that will change the flavor of your entire experience.
Have you ever had that sinking feeling that your career’s going nowhere and that if you could only find half the confidence your colleagues seem to have, you could find the success and fulfillment you crave?
You’re certainly not alone… One study found that 62% of men and 79% of women regularly feel unconfident in the workplace.
But these startling figures, while they may make you feel less alone, don’t help you to improve the situation…
Friday’s Mystery eBooks
The Frosty Taste of Scandal
by CeeCee James
Rating: 4.3 #ad
Elise Pepper has had her share of bad dates, but she’s never had a dead body crash one before. Mr. Hamilton, the renowned Ice-man, purveyor of shady mortgages does just that when Elise finds him dead at the ice-rink. The scene of the crime is no coincidence, either. The Ice-man meets an icy end. And a freak power outage is only impeding the police.
When Elise’s coworker, Sue, begs for help, Elise is surprised to discover Sue was related to the man. And her family is fighting over his will and the appearance of an illegitimate son. It doesn’t take long to discover everyone in town had reason to benefit from the banker’s death.
The Secrets We Bury
by Debra Webb
Rating: 4.4 #ad
In this thriller series opener, a doctor returns to her hometown to take over her family’s funeral home and examine unsolved mysteries from her past.
Doctor Rowan Dupont knows death. She grew up surrounded by it in her family’s Victorian funeral home, and it’s haunted her since the day her twin sister drowned years ago. Between her mother’s subsequent suicide and the recent murder of her father, coming home to run the funeral home feels fitting—even if it leaves her vulnerable to an obsessive serial killer.
OCELLICON
by A.G. Russo
Rating: 5.0 #ad
OCELLICON is a military science fiction story with elements of legal/detective/mystery/feminist/noir sci-fi.
Earth barely survived nuclear battles until the militaries of the world took over from authoritarians. But rebellion was agitating from within. Prosecutor Major Annalisa Farrell, Military Academy honors graduate, war hero, wounded warrior, and child abuse survivor fought to champion justice. An unexpected adversary turned out to be Judge Bennett McCrae, the “Judge Prince.” In his courtroom, the Military, and the general population, he was as popular as Annalisa was hated. Before appearing before Judge McCrae, Annalisa Farrell fought in numerous conflicts, was special ops, and had missions in space where she worked side by side with aliens.
As a “wild child of the tunnels” her extraordinary journey to a position of power was unparalleled. Adoption by General Farrell saved her life and gave her the loving family she never had and a mission as a daughter to be proud of.
The Silent Child
by MJ White
Rating: 4.3 #ad
A murdered schoolteacher. A police force under attack. A teen hiding secrets beneath silence.
When a body is discovered at an abandoned Suffolk farm, DS Rob Minshull and the squad believes it’s the latest casualty of the drugs war terrorising rural communities. But when the victim is identified as a well-respected local teacher, the case is thrown wide open.
While they hunt the murderer, the South Suffolk CID team face a new threat. A brutal vigilante group dispensing their own twisted justice puts the investigation in grave danger, as well as the detectives.
Shortcut
by Arnold Eslava-Grünwaldt
Rating: 4.4 #ad
It all started with a shortcut. Murder followed. Then an accidental death. Or so it seemed. But then again, nothing is as quite as it seems. Enter Detective Sergeant Hamilcar “Ham” Hitchcock and his General Assignment Squad. Fresh off the Keim case – and recovering from the loss of several key members – the Yonkers, New York-based team reinvents itself and dives headfirst into the latest investigation. And, it’s a doozy. Is the murderer a jealous high school student? A greedy caregiver? An angry homeless man? Or, someone else?
As the detectives work to unmask the killer, a bizarre, unrelated death draws their attention—and holds it. Unfortunately, the evidence in both cases is frustratingly scant.
The House at Phantom Park
by Graham Masterton
Rating: 4.1 #ad
Disturbing. Original. Terrifying. The ‘master of horror’ is back with the chilling tale of what lurks in the walls of an abandoned hospital.
In this abandoned hospital, pain lives on… and it wants revenge.
St Philomena’s military hospital has been abandoned for over three years. Now Lilian Chesterfield, who works for one of the most successful building companies in England, is in charge of developing it into a luxury housing complex.
The Bourne Objective
by Eric Van Lustbader
Rating: 4.2 #ad
New York Times bestselling author, Eric Van Lustbader, returns with another Jason Bourne thriller as he spars off against another deadly agent–and he might be the perfect match for Bourne.
Facing down mercenaries in Africa, Jason Bourne witnesses the death of an art dealer named Tracy Atherton. Her killing dredges up snatches of Bourne’s impaired memory, in particular the murder of a young woman on Bali who entrusted him with a strangely engraved ring-an artifact of such powerful significance that people have killed to obtain it. Now he’s determined to find the ring’s owner and purpose. But Bourne never knows what terrible acts he’ll discover he committed when he digs into the past…
The Pelican Trees
by Patrick Higgins
Rating: 4.6 #ad
When was the last time you went on a great and daring adventure? Chock full of mystery, suspense and intrigue, The Pelican Trees allows each reader to do just that, each step carefully orchestrated by a loving grandfather (already in Heaven) trying to rescue his precious granddaughter and the rest of his family from eternal condemnation.
Shocking… Left out of her grandfather’s will for no apparent reason, Shelby McKinney mysteriously receives a post-dated letter a few days later, stating that he hadn’t forgotten about her after all. But if she wants her inheritance, she must find it buried six-feet beneath the sand somewhere in the state of Florida.
Exciting… The only available clues—limited as they are—were stored in a bank safe-deposit box somewhere in the Sunshine State. Shelby is given 90 days to locate the bank, decipher all clues and find her buried inheritance. If she doesn’t find it within the 90-day time frame, she’ll be forced to forfeit it altogether.
Riveting…