Mysteries
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…
Thursday’s Mystery eBooks
A Mischief of Rats
by Sarah Yarwood-Lovett
Rating: 4.1 #ad
When a driver dies during a glamourous classic car event at her family’s estate, Dr Nell Ward is in a race against time to uncover the truth and prevent the killer from making a speedy getaway…
Back in her natural habitat, Dr Nell Ward heads to a woodland pond to survey local newt populations. She’s shocked to discover a car submerged in the water – with the driver dead behind the wheel.
Nell recognises the dead man as professional racing driver, and tabloid love rat, Jack Rafferty, whose performance on (and off) Finchmere’s racetrack had earned him enemies.
Angel
by Amy Cross
Rating: 4.1 #ad
When he learns that his estranged father has committed a terrible murder, Ash Doggett knows that he has to try to set things right. He volunteers to accompany the dead woman’s body home, but he soon learns that he’s made a terrible mistake.
After getting to know the woman’s family and agreeing to stay for the funeral, Ash discovers that powerful local superstitions might be based on truth. Something in the city’s medieval area is stalking him, pursuing him down the narrow cobbled streets. Finally the dead woman’s sister issues an ominous warning: in the time between death and burial, the spirits of the dead must make a terrifying choice.
The Heart of a Hussar
by Griffin Brady
Rating: 4.4 #ad
He’s determined to protect his country. But can he defend himself against the ultimate betrayal?
Muscovy, 1610. Jacek Dąbrowski yearns to be recognized for his valor. Hoping his recent promotion to lieutenant will help secure the lands he desires, the twenty-two-year-old Polish cavalry officer earns instead the enmity of his captain. And his out-of-character rescue of two innocents from slaughter sets in motion a chain of grave consequences.
Discovering the young woman and her brother are not Russian enemies and have no kin, Dąbrowski escorts them back to the castle in his homeland. But as the rivalry with his superior grows and the blossoming beauty sparks a fire in his heart, the brave horseman may find his dreams of glory lying in tatters.
Sentenced to Prism
by Alan Dean Foster
Rating: 4.6 #ad
One man struggles to survive on a hostile alien world in this thrilling adventure from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Madrenga.
Some people are convinced they can do anything; Evan Orgell is one of them. So when his company president sends him off-world to investigate a breakdown in communications from a small research station on a newly discovered planet, he’s all in. The planet’s resources could mean massive profits for the company—and a successful mission could mean massive advancement for Evan. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Marked At Birth
by Frank Wheeler
Rating: 5.0 #ad
A father will do anything to protect his son. Run, hide… kill. Clarence Starr grew up with nothing. When he became a sheriff’s deputy, he thought he’d struck gold. He had a badge, a gun, and the respect of his peers. Until he learned that corruption came first in Sheriff Gatlin’s unit.
Everything else, including justice, was a distant second.
And then he met Robbie. Eight years old. Scared. Alone. Another orphan looking for a home. To save Robbie the first time, Clarence had to quit his job. To save him the second time, he has to hunt down criminal mastermind Zane Loomis, Robbie’s biological father.
What He Saw
by Stacy M. Jones
Rating: 4.6 #ad
Two cases with unreliable witnesses. One cold case in a sleepy college town. The other the victims have a strange carving on their backs.
Eyewitness testimony is often unreliable. PI Riley Sullivan knows this and when she’s asked to investigate the case of her murdered college roommate and the only witness is the man convicted of the crime, she doesn’t have a lot to go on. She is drawn back to her college days and must for the first time confront the murder and all the people she once called friends. Along the way, she wonders if she knew them at all. Can she uncover long-buried secrets to find the killer?
Dragons in the Dungeon
by Diane McGyver
Rating: 5.0 #ad
Goats have proven the grass is greener on the other side of the fence even if it is barren ground and they stand in lush pasture. Humans have a similar mentality. So, it is no surprise when Ryan McCormac, long-time player of Mediaeval Dungeon Adventures, stumbles upon a spell that transports him into a campaign that he believes life will be better.
Any guesses on how it turns out? You’re right. He discovers life is no better in the fantasy realm. Sure, the ex-girlfriend isn’t there, but neither are the friends he gamed with every Friday night. He quickly learns the world is horrible. Every day he fears for his life. The people are soulless, the landscape is colourless and the magic is nowhere to be found. The only way home is to find another like him and sacrifice them.
Breaking Point
by John Rhodes
Rating: 4.5 #ad
1940, World War II. The Nazis have crushed Europe, and Hitler launches a massive aerial assault with the Luftwaffe against the heavily outnumbered British RAF. The fate of civilization teeters in the balance.
Johnnie Shaux, a Spitfire fighter pilot, must summon up the fortitude to fly into a battle where death is all but inevitable, and continue to do so until the inevitable occurs…
Eleanor Rand, a brilliant Fighter Command mathematician, studies the control room map constantly tracking the ebbs and flows of the conflict, and sees the glimmerings of a radical breakthrough…