Mysteries
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.
Thursday’s Mystery eBooks
Deception
by Timothy Glass
Rating: 4.5 #ad
The discovery of a young woman’s body in a ditch sets the town of Lakewood on edge. As more people go missing, the Lakewood Police suspect there is a serial killer targeting their city. Other than the motive appears to be money, there are few clues and little evidence to go on. As more bodies are found, tortured, and discarded like trash, Detectives Connor Maxwell, Kate Stroup, and K9 beagle, Sundae, feel the pressure to catch the dangerous criminal in their midst. Is the killer purposefully leaving misleading clues or just lucky?
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(Connor Maxwell Mysteries)
White Fox
by Owen Matthews
Rating: 4.2 #ad
A page-turning thriller about two competing KGB operatives on a race across Russia and against time to uncover the devastating truth behind the assassination of JFK.
1963. In a desolate Russian penal colony, the radio blares the news of President Kennedy’s death. Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vasin’s new post as director of a gulag camp in the middle of a frozen tundra is far from a promotion. This is where disgraced agents, like Vasin, are sent to disappear and die quietly. But when tensions in the camp mount and a violent revolt breaks out, Vasin finds himself on the run with a mysterious prisoner holding the most dangerous secret in the world: who ordered the murder of President Kennedy.
Grey for Murder
by Stephanie Parker McKean
Rating: 5.0 #ad
Zitter Wilson agrees to trade houses for the summer with a friend, which means traveling to Scotland. Scotland is strange to her, but she might enjoy the experience were it not for finding a dead man in the yard next to hers, meeting a rude neighbor, being falsely arrested on a drug charge and being adopted by a mischievous cat that likes to tangle her crochet basket and destroy her Create A Mate creations.
Once Zitter forgives neighbor Roper Nickles for his initial rudeness, their relationship quickly spirals into…love? That part is a bit confusing, because someone is determined to oust her from her borrowed house, and when Roper’s friend Scooter shows up to watch her back – she is inexplicably drawn to him.
The Pied Piper
by Ridley Pearson
Rating: 4.4 #ad
A wave of babynappings has terrified parents from San Diego to Portland. And when the Pied Piper — named for the penny flute he leaves in the cribs of his victims — claims his first Seattle infant, the investigation draws in homicide detective Lou Boldt. Assigned temporarily to Intelligence so he can spend more time with his kids while his wife is hospitalized for chemotherapy, Boldt’s role is to keep the FBI out of the Seattle Police Department’s way.
But FBI special agent Gary Flemming is a tough adversary — so tough it almost seems as if he’s intentionally sabotaging the SPD’s investigation. Then the Pied Piper snatches Boldt’s own daughter, promising that unless Boldt throws both the Feds and the SPD off his trail he’ll never see his child again.
By the Light of Dead Stars
by Andrew Van Wey
Rating: 4.5 #ad
On the Lost Coast, some things should never be found.
When tragedy shatters thirteen-year-old Zelda Ruiz’s adolescence, she retreats with her uncle Mark to the bucolic town of Greywood Bay. It’s a chance to heal, a chance to build a new life together.
But nothing can prepare them for the malignant terror that has long coveted these lands.
It looms over redwood groves and lurks in the foundations of homes. It festers in the dark hearts of the wounded. And now, this cosmic horror has found a new weapon: a means to worm its way into our world.
Bad Blood
by James Leonard
Rating: 5.0 #ad
Here comes another western adventure of relentless action, obstacles and a touch of western romance Sometimes good men do bad things.
Finch Collins grew up on the wrong side of the law, stealing from people who never did a thing to him. But when he had to choose between money or a boy’s life, he did what was right. And he’s been paying for it ever since.
When he left Pike Hudson’s gang, he left a lot of bad blood between them. Pike swore he’d find Finch wherever he went. But it’s been eight years, and Finch is starting to feel safe again.
Funny Meeting You Here
by Holly Schindler
Rating: 4.0 #ad
Cross paths. Bump into. Encounter. Come face-to-face. Three cheers for the happy accident!
Oftentimes, the very best part of a story is the section in which the characters meet. The initial spark. The twists of fate. The you’ll never believe what happened to me todays. That’s what you’ll find here: a delightful array of characters – young and old and in-between – meeting for the first time in the most unexpected ways. Six light, humorous, sweet tales of how they came into one another’s lives. When you’re through, you’ll find yourself feeling glad to have spent time with them. Yes, you’ll think, thumbing back through the pages, funny meeting them here.
Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
Farewell, My Lovely
by Raymond Chandler
Rating: 4.3 #ad
The renowned novel from crime fiction master Raymond Chandler, with the “quintessential urban private eye” (Los Angeles Times), Philip Marlowe • Featuring the iconic character that inspired the film Marlowe, starring Liam Neeson.
Philip Marlowe’s about to give up on a completely routine case when he finds himself in the wrong place at the right time to get caught up in a murder that leads to a ring of jewel thieves, another murder, a fortune-teller, a couple more murders, and more corruption than your average graveyard.
12 PILLS
by Kirk Burris
Rating: 4.7 #ad
If you like Michael Connelly or James Patterson, you’ll love Kirk Burris.
A maniacal serial killer is on the loose in Kansas City. And the calling card is an orange pill bottle shoved down the throats of the victims. Their caps are numbered in sharpie, announcing more to come. FBI Agent Whelan, traumatized from the loss of his former partner, is asked by The Bureau to join the manhunt. The murderer is targeting his childhood friends.
The fourth victim, discovered in Miami, whips the investigation across the country. Unsure who to trust, Whelan battles corruption inside the K.C. field office, and an interfering media, whose leaked video of one of the victims goes viral.
The Burning Hollow
by Ryan Schow
Rating: 4.5 #ad
A fourth-generation farm…
…tucked into the Tennessee holler.
Is this the Banks family’s best chance of surviving the EMP?
In the near future, in the picturesque town of Burning Hollow, Tennessee, a century-old squabble between two families is brewing. For four generations, blood has spilled between the patriarchs, shifting the tides of power. But after each significant change, a new war begins. It’s that time again…
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(Sunset on America Mysteries)
Beast
by Matt Wesolowski
Rating: 4.2 #ad
Elusive online journalist Scott King examines the chilling case of a young vlogger found frozen to death in the legendary local ‘vampire tower’, in another explosive episode of Six Stories…
‘Matt Wesolowski brilliantly depicts a desperate and disturbed corner of north-east England in which paranoia reigns and goodness is thwarted. It’s a big ask to come up with a new vampire tale, but Wesolowski achieves it magnificently. He is an exceptional storyteller’ Andrew Michael Hurley
Sunset in Old Savannah
by Mary Ellis
Rating: 4.6 #ad
When socialite Evelyn Doyle hires investigative partners and best friends Michael Preston and Elizabeth Kirby to do some routine surveillance on her wayward husband, the detective duo find themselves embroiled in a mystery with more suspects than there are shells on Tybee Island.
Evelyn’s husband turns up dead, leaving her as the police chief’s prime target. The investigation reveals a hodgepodge of potential murderers, including a scheming business partner, a resentful mistress, and a ne’er-do-well brother. It’s up to Mike and Beth to follow the trail of secrets that reaches further than the branches of the moss-draped oaks of Savannah.
The Silicon Mage
by Barbara Hambly
Rating: 4.5 #ad
A computer programmer must rescue an imprisoned wizard to save the universe in this sequel to The Silent Tower from the New York Times–bestselling author.
There was a time when Joanna Sheraton knew nothing of the Void. She was an ordinary computer programmer, toiling in a cubicle in air-conditioned Southern California comfort, unaware that sinister forces had penetrated her universe. But from across the interdimensional divide, an evil mage had put in motion a scheme for eternal life, by transferring himself into a computer that feeds on Earth’s life force. Called upon to help by the wizard Antryg, Joanna could do nothing more than delay. At the end of her first sojourn across the Void, Antryg was imprisoned and their task seemed hopeless. Now she must depart from Earth once more, to rescue Antryg and save humanity.
Pink Lemonade Cake Murder
by Joanne Fluke
Rating: 3.8 #ad
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The Tri-County Summer Solstice Celebration has come to town, and even among local artisans, athletes, and marching bands, Hannah attracts fans of her own while serving lip-smacking pink lemonade desserts. But the mood sours when a body turns up, leading revelers to wonder if the festivities mark both the longest day of the year and the deadliest . . .
A retired professional MLB player has met a terrifying end – and, considering the rumors swirling about his past, the list of suspects could fill a small stadium. Among them could soon be Delores, Hannah’s mother, who publicly held a grunge against the victim after he infamously dunked her in the tank at a previous county fair . . .
Tuesday’s Mystery eBooks
Prestige, Privilege & Murder
by Christa Nardi
Rating: 4.6 #ad
Stacie Maroni’s pending divorce comes to a screeching halt when her soon-to-be-ex is murdered.
Stacie Maroni is an HR specialist and trauma counselor, but she’s never been a suspect in a murder or dealt with police officers. As she deals with threats and break-ins, and her in-laws continue to foster the idea that she’s responsible. Stacie goes through her husband’s effects and discovers she didn’t know him very well, other than his passion for technology, his love of dogs, and his stance against domestic violence.
The Man in the Brown Suit
by Agatha Christie
Rating: 4.3 #ad
On a ship from London to South Africa, a young woman gets wrapped up in a deadly scheme, in this classic novel by the master of mystery.
New to London, Anne Beddingfeld is hungry for adventure, when she witnesses a shocking accident. At the Hyde Park tube station, a man named L. B. Carton falls onto the tracks, dying instantly. An address for Mill House is found on Carton’s person, but only Anne notices the slip of paper he dropped—with the name of a ship and an inscrutable series of numbers.
The Ghost in the Bakery
by Deb Graham
Rating: 4.5 #ad
After her controlling husband’s death, entrepreneur Kate Mills happily trades big city life for her dream, owning a small-town bakery, against her friend’s advice. The quiet life she envisioned is thwarted by a demanding mayor who hates progress, a sheriff with romance on his mind, and oh, yes, a couple of resident ghosts only her six-year-old son can see. If Kate can’t solve a murder—or two—with the help of a con man ghost in the house, she’ll have to admit her friends were right. Join Kate as she makes a new life (or does she?) and look for a few of her favorite recipes at the end.
Special Agent Jennie
by Mimi Barbour
Rating: 4.5 #ad
Agent Jennie hates only one man. The same guy who comes back into her and her daughter’s life and rips it apart. How can she allow him the power… how can she not?
Thank goodness for Agent Jennie Sarnoski’s baba. The grandmother who came from the old country as a child and steps in during Jennie’s time of need. Left by the boy she loves, alone, pregnant, and terrified, she survives because of the help from the old lady she adores.
Her daughter, Lisa, grows up searching for the man her mother refuses to discuss. Unwilling to stop, she finally gets her wish.
Dark Lord’s Commands Omnibus
by M.E. Thorne
Rating: 4.3 #ad
Let the world cower in fear, for the Dark Lord has returned!
My name is Robert Grailmont. Since I was young, I felt a call to serve, to be a respectable and dependable leader. But when my ambitions were derailed by corruption and greed, I found a new calling – one from another world. “Dark Lord, we need you!”
Now I must take up the crown. Duskhaven, the land of my ancestors, was conquered and enslaved by Alruna, Goddess of Light. With the blessing of the Goddess of Night, I shall retake our land and bring forth Ascendant Queens, my lovers and avatars of darkness’s might.
Question of Murder
by Cyril H. Wecht, Dawna Kaufmann
Rating: 4.0 #ad
No one has performed more autopsies in high-profile cases than Dr. Cyril Wecht. During the past four decades, he has dissected more than 16,000 bodies to determine how and why they died. He has testified in hundreds of trials and exhumed dozens of corpses. He’s investigated the deaths of presidents and princes, coal miners and Hollywood stars. From the tragic homicides of Laci Peterson and Nicole Brown Simpson to the mysteries that surround the deaths of JonBenet Ramsey and Natalee Hollaway, CNN, MSNBC, FOX News, the New York Times, and others, call upon Dr. Wecht to provide his expert analysis.
Zero Cool
by Michael Crichton
Rating: 4.0 #ad
From the creator of Jurassic Park and ER
For American radiologist Peter Ross, it sounded like the perfect vacation: deliver one study in Spain and then spend the rest of his time on a Mediterranean beach. But he wasn’t planning on meeting Angela Locke, a dark-haired beauty with a big problem—she’s on the run from two warring gangs, each dead set on finding a mysterious artifact, and they’ll kill anyone who stands in their way.