Mysteries
Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
A New Place, Another Murder
by Christa Nardi
Rating: 4.4 #ad
Starting over in a new town has its challenges, even murder.
A murder isn’t the best way for Sheridan Hendley to start her new life as wife and step-mom. When her step-daughter and friend are framed for theft and murder, Sheridan is determined to prove the teens’ innocence. New to the community, she’s at a disadvantage as she learns about the powerful Buchanan family. Sheridan must uncover the truth before the person calling the shots takes her and her step-daughter out of the picture. Only Sheridan asks too many questions and is in danger.
Laser Trap
by Frank DiBianca
Rating: 4.3 #ad
If you can’t invent it, steal it!
Engineering grad student Dan Butler discovers an unorthodox way to produce lasers of unprecedented power. When the malevolent bosses at StarWay Labs, who sell weapons to the international underworld, discover this, they kidnap Dan and demand he replicate his work in their secret lab.
Dan’s fellow grad student, Lana Madison, who Dan had hired to help him find a girlfriend, is alarmed at his disappearance. She forms a high-tech team with four of their friends to help the authorities rescue Dan.
The Witch Elm
by Tana French
Rating: 4.0 #ad
From the writer who “inspires cultic devotion in readers” (The New Yorker) and has been called “incandescent” by Stephen King, “absolutely mesmerizing” by Gillian Flynn, and “unputdownable” (People) comes a gripping new novel that turns a crime story inside out.
Toby is a happy-go-lucky charmer who’s dodged a scrape at work and is celebrating with friends when the night takes a turn that will change his life—he surprises two burglars who beat him and leave him for dead. Struggling to recover from his injuries, beginning to understand that he might never be the same man again, he takes refuge at his family’s ancestral home to care for his dying uncle Hugo. Then a skull is found in the trunk of an elm tree in the garden—and as detectives close in, Toby is forced to face the possibility that his past may not be what he has always believed.
Small Town Danger Collection
by Multiple Authors
Rating: 4.7 #ad
More than lives are in danger when small town tranquility meets heart pounding suspense in this collection of ten brand-new novels from some of the genre’s most explosive romantic suspense authors!
Join Mary Alford, Liz Bradford, June Foster, Therese Heckenkamp, Cynthia Hickey, Gina Holder, Edie James, Ann Malley, Carol Nemeth and Colleen Snyder as mystery, suspense, and faith combine to keep you on the edge of your seat until the very end
The Black Cabinet
by Patricia Wentworth
Rating: 4.0 #ad
When Chloe begins to uncover Mitchell Dane’s true motives for bequeathing her the centuries-old manse, she has a very real reason to be afraid: The truth about what’s hidden in the black cabinet will soon threaten her life.
“A well-researched, urgent, and necessary history of black folks during the New Deal that excavates the too often ignored history of black female genius behind racial progress.” – Michael Eric Dyson, New York Times bestselling author
Levi Clay
by William Black
Rating: 5.0 #ad
After an attempted theft of one of his ranch’s horses, Levi Clay finds himself with blood on his hands and renewed questions about his father’s mysterious death…
As he searches for answers in the neighboring town of Masonville, he uncovers a world that’s been warped to serve a brutal gang of outlaws led by one man – Pete Ramsey.
Murder. Raids. Corruption. Pete has done it all.
But nobody dares to point out the injustices that they have suffered. Speaking up only puts their lives in danger, because…
Realms of Power and Fury Complete Series
by Kevin McLaughlin, Michael Anderle
Rating: 5.0 #ad
Some days just don’t go as planned. Eric’s day couldn’t get any worse… so he thought. Then he was kicked through a gateway into a world filled with magic and monsters. Monsters that wanted to kill him or eat him. Nothing prepared him for this.
Grab this complete litRPG series and find out if Eric can survive his date with destiny!
The worst day of Eric’s life was capped off by him being kicked through a gateway into a universe filled with magic and monsters.
To make matters worse, he had to fight for his life the moment he arrived. Nothing could have prepared him for a world where everything either wants to kill him or eat him.
DBT Workbook for BPD
by Barrett Huang
Rating: 4.8 #ad
Conquer borderline personality disorder and heal your mind with this powerful guided action plan for men and women.
Do you often struggle to regulate your emotions and build strong interpersonal relationships? Have you recently received a diagnosis of BPD, and you’re left feeling overwhelmed and stuck? Or are you searching for a practical resource to help you practice essential emotional self-care strategies? Then this book is for you.
Tuesday’s Mystery eBooks
Pineapple Valentine Mystery
by Amy Vansant
Rating: 4.6 #ad
USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Amy Vansant finds romance deadly in the latest installment of the fun, thrilling, twisty Pineapple Port Mysteries!
When Matchmaker Lady Venus drops dead on the Pineapple Port community center’s stage during a Valentine’s event, Charlotte and the new detective agency she’s started with her fiance Declan are called to the scene.
As danger mounts, she’ll need everyone’s help to keep Venus’ family safe, which means tapping into Declan’s giant, former employee salesman and his crazy Uncle Seamus—both of whom are falling for the ladies in their lives.
The Librarian Spy
by Madeline Martin
Rating: 4.5 #ad
Ava thought her job as a librarian at the Library of Congress would mean a quiet, routine existence. But an unexpected offer from the US military has brought her to Lisbon with a new mission: posing as a librarian while working undercover as a spy gathering intelligence.
Meanwhile, in occupied France, Elaine has begun an apprenticeship at a printing press run by members of the Resistance. It’s a job usually reserved for men, but in the war, those rules have been forgotten. Yet she knows that the Nazis are searching for the press and its printer in order to silence them.
S is for Silence
by Sue Grafton
Rating: 4.4 #ad
Cases don’t get much colder than that of Violet Sullivan, who disappeared from her rural California town in 1953, leaving behind an abusive husband and a seven-year-old named Daisy. But PI Kinsey Millhone has promised the now adult Daisy she’ll try her best to locate Violet, dead or alive. All signs point to a runaway wife—the clothes that disappeared; the secret stash of money Violet bragged about; the brazen flirtations she indulged in with local men, including some married ones.
Kinsey tries to pick up a trail by speaking to those who remember Violet—and perhaps were more involved in her life than they let on…
Inside the Devil’s Nest
by John Durgin
Rating: 4.4 #ad
Real estate agent Anthony Graham has his family on the run after witnessing a murder at the hands of the powerful Costello crime family. They’re forced to hide at one of Anthony’s properties: a deserted campground with a sinister
past. No one is safe from the men that hunt them or the terrors that await them inside The Devil’s
Nest.
“A taut, nerve-jangling novel that puts Durgin’s skills as an author on full display. Highly recommended.”
–Ronald Malfi, bestselling author of Come with Me
Breakneck
by Marc Cameron
Rating: 4.5 #ad
BRAND NEW RELEASE at REGULAR PRICE
A train ride through the austere beauty of Alaska’s icy wilderness becomes a harrowing fight for survival at the Gateway to the Arctic in the thrilling new Arliss Cutter adventure from the New York Times bestselling author of TOM CLANCY POWER AND EMPIRE.
Off the northeast coast of Russia, the captain and crew of a small crabbing vessel are brutally murdered by members of Bratva, the Russian mafia—their bodies stuffed into crab pots and thrown overboard. The killers scuttle the vessel off the coast of Alaska and slip ashore.
In Washington, DC, Supreme Court Justice Charlotte Morehouse prepares for a trip to Alaska, unaware that a killer is waiting to take his revenge—by livestreaming her death to the world.
Siege of Darkness
by R.A. Salvatore
Rating: 4.7 #ad
The conflict between the drow of the Underdark and the dwarves of Mithral Hall comes to a head – and Drizzt Do’Urden and Bruenor find themselves on the frontlines.
While Mithral Hall teems with whispers of the war to come, chaos erupts both above and below ground. On the surface of Faerûn, the first signs of the Time of Troubles make themselves known, forcing deities to assume their mortal forms. Beneath them in the Underdark, all but one drow house has lost their magical powers, and Lolth has handed the reins of leadership over to the demon Errtu.
Beyond the Pale
by Matthew Turner
Rating: 4.5 #ad
That time has passed. You now desire greater balance, freedom, and peace. You have a huge vision for your business, but don’t want it to come at the expense of your health… mental wellbeing… relationships… and Personal Transformation.
But can you have both? Is it even possible in this fast-paced world? YES… and it isn’t nearly as difficult as you imagine.
Beyond The Pale shows you how: a fable for today’s overworked and overwhelmed entrepreneur, influencer, and executive. It follows Ferdinand Foy, a successful Silicon Valley CEO that on the outside seems to have it all.
Monday’s Mystery eBooks
In the Market for Murder
by T E Kinsey
Rating: 4.3 #ad
Spring, 1909, and Lady Hardcastle, amateur sleuth and all-round eccentric, is enjoying a well-deserved rest. But a week after a trip to the cattle market, Spencer Caradine, a local farmer, turns up dead in the pub, face-down in his beef and mushroom pie. Once again, it is up to Lady Hardcastle and her maid, Florence, to solve the case.
Armed with wit and whimsy, not to mention Florence’s mean right hook, the pair set out to discover what really happened and why. Was it poison or just ill luck?
A Safe House
by Stuart Woods
Rating: 4.1 #ad
Stone Barrington is looking forward to some quiet time in New York City, until he is asked to transport precious, top-secret cargo across the Atlantic. Taking on the challenge, Stone flies off unaware of what—or who—he is bringing with him.
But his plans to lie low are quickly spoiled when a dangerous dispatcher tracks down Stone and his tantalizing mystery guest, intent on payback—and silencing anyone who poses a threat. From the English countryside to the balmy beaches of Key West, Stone is on an international mission to hide and protect those closest to him.
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…
Special Agent Murphy
by Mimi Barbour
Rating: 4.5 #ad
It’s Christmas in Washington, but not for one heartsick family. Agent Shane Murphy has a hard time believing his life could get so crazy. Because of a choice – one he’d make again – he loses his superiority in the FBI. Now he’s forced to work surveillance with a rookie female yapper. And… gets caught up in the kidnapping of a sixteen-year-old that pulls at the heartstrings he keeps hidden. Fighting the budding attraction for his new partner, he stresses his way through an escalating nightmare. How can he be so infatuated with a trouble-magnet female who drives like a granny and isn’t able to hide her sensitive reactions when on the job?
What Doesn’t Kill Her
by Christina Dodd
Rating: 4.6 #ad
One secret, one nightmare, one lie. You guess which is which.
I have the scar of a gunshot on my forehead. I have willfully misrepresented my identity to the US military. I’m the new mother of a seven-year-old girl.
Kellen Adams suffers from a year-long gap in her memory. A bullet to the brain will do that. But she’s discovering the truth, and what she learns changes her life, her confidence, her very self. She finds herself in the wilderness, on the run, unprepared, her enemies unknown—and she is carrying a priceless burden she must protect at all costs. The consequences of failure would break her. And Kellen Adams does not break. What doesn’t kill her . . . had better start running.
Advance to Contact: 1980
by James Rosone, Alex Aaronson
Rating: 4.2 #ad
The Cold War threatens to go hot…
…when American hostages are taken in Iran.
Where will this conflict lead? The Soviets invade Afghanistan, and the governments of Jimmy Carter and Leonid Brezhnev jockey for position on the international stage. CIA operative Fred Poole races against the clock to decode the pieces of a Soviet puzzle that could lead to war.
Will he be too late? US Marines and Soviet paratroopers advance to contact with the enemy on battlefields across the globe, from the jungles of Central America to the deserts of the Middle East.
Can Poole and his ragtag team untangle the Soviet plans? Or will skirmishes turn into a global nightmare?
Jack of Spades
by Diane Capri
Rating: 4.5 #ad
In Lee Child’s twenty-third Jack Reacher novel, Past Tense, Reacher found his roots and a heap of trouble in Laconia, New Hampshire.
A young Canadian couple took the spoils at the end of the war. Now, the real owner will stop at nothing to get back what belongs to him.
Agent Otto bets on Reacher and puts her life on the line to save his nephew, Jake. But she’s been wrong about Reacher before. Can she count on him now?
Sunday’s Mystery eBooks
Murder at Pawprint Creek
by Cindy Bell
Rating: 4.4 #ad
A dog-loving sleuth. A baffling murder. To catch the killer, she’ll have to follow her nose.
Nikki Green wouldn’t trade her job as a dog walker and pet sitter for anything. But even she needs an occasional break from the tangled leashes of her daily routes. When she’s asked to pet sit a pair of adorable pugs in a quaint farm town, she thinks she’s found her perfect vacation. But the grass isn’t greener in Pawprint Creek. The crops are as dead as one of the town’s residents.
Smoke Screen
by Jorn Lier Horst, Thomas Enger
Rating: 4.2 #ad
When the mother of a missing two-year-old girl is seriously injured in a suspected terrorist attack in Oslo, crime-fighting duo Blix and Ramm join forces to investigate the case, and things aren’t adding up … The second instalment in the addictive, atmospheric, award-winning Blix & Ramm series.
Oslo, New Year’s Eve. The annual firework celebration is rocked by an explosion, and the city is put on terrorist alert.
Police officer Alexander Blix and blogger Emma Ramm are on the scene, and when a severely injured survivor is pulled from the icy harbour, she is identified as the mother of two-year-old Patricia Semplass, who was kidnapped on her way home from kindergarten ten years earlier … and never found.
Macy
by Terry Toler
Rating: 4.8 #ad
A serial killer is on the loose in Chicago. It’s a race against time to find her.
Cliff must garner all of his abilities, with help from his wife, Julia. The FBI profiler says that the killer is hiding in plain sight. Is she closer than Cliff can ever imagine?
Best Selling Author, Terry Toler, has a way of writing mysteries that captivates the reader from the first chapter to the end.
Sometimes you know who the killer is from the beginning. Sometimes you think you know and are wrong. Other times you have no clue. Every mystery is different.
The Mechanical Devil
by Kate Ellis
Rating: 4.4 #ad
Secrets never stay buried for long . . .
When archaeologist Neil Watson unearths a long-buried mechanical figure in a Dartmoor field, he is determined to discover the truth behind the bizarre find.
Soon, however, the sleepy village becomes the focus of press attention for another reason when two people with no apparent connection to each other are found shot dead in nearby Manor Field, seemingly victims of an execution-style double murder.
Precious Little Things
by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Rating: 4.3 #ad
A prequel to the magical novella Made Things, Adrian Tchaikovsky’s “Precious Little Things” is a Tor.com Original short story offering a new perspective while set in the same action-packed gaslamp world.
“A world of fantasy, where magic rules and where those, unaware of the little made things, pay with their lives for their careless breaking into the realm of pure magic, beware for their size does not matter but the power of their magic and resolve does. This short story ties the lose ends in the sequel very nicely for those of us who have read it.” by Amazon Customer
The Victorious Redemption Boxed Set
by Michael Anderle
Rating: 5.0 #ad
Jasmine’s world should have ended when she tumbled from that 17th-story window…
Instead, she dug herself out of her own grave.
Now she’s on a search for answers about herself and her past.
Get this complete series boxed set and join Jasmine in her fight to discover the truth of her own origin!
Jasmine is coming back for the man who killed her.