Mysteries
Tuesday’s Mystery eBooks
Double Twist
by Stephanie Rowe
Rating: 4.6 #ad
A high-octane, feel-good romp starring women you’ll wish were your best friends, an inconveniently attractive cop, a posse of gray-haired quilters with a fondness for margaritas, and an eccentric town with more secrets than Mia’s con artist mom.
“An enjoyable and suspenseful whodunit with a smart, captivating hero.” ~Kirkus Reviews
All Mia Murphy wants is an ordinary, law-abiding life. Accidentally marrying a drug kingpin?
Magnify
by Stefanie Lozinski
Rating: 4.5 #ad
The dragons have fled the skies. A noble House is clinging to life. The God of gods is rising.
As the Envoy of the Four Kingdoms, Wes has had his purpose decided since birth: sacrifice the treasures of the people to the dragon gods, and they will keep Kaveryth safe.
For five years, he’s been forced to watch his Kingdom fall into ruin while carrying an unbearable grief of his own. The Elders insist that they must continue to be faithful to the Dracodei, but Wes is beginning to doubt that their protectors are holding up their end of the bargain.
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(Storm & Spire Mysteries)
The Undiscovered Deaths of Grace McGill
by C.S. Robertson
Rating: 4.1 #ad
‘A brilliantly original thriller, dark and brooding, with a real emotional punch’ DOUG JOHNSTONE
Death is not the end. For Grace McGill, it’s only the beginning.
When people die alone and undiscovered, it’s her job to clean up what’s left behind – whether it’s clutter, bodily remains or dark secrets.
When an old man lies undetected in his flat for months, it seems an unremarkable life and an unnoticed death. But Grace knows that everyone has a story and that all deaths mean something more.
Star-Crossed Dragons
by Chris Cannon
Rating: 4.4 #ad
Ice-princess, Sara Sinclair, is the most un-Blue Blue Dragon of her Clan. And now her parents signed a marriage contract to an absolute asshat. Sara has no interest in being one half of a snobby Blue power couple. In fact, all she can dream about is biting her obnoxious fiancé’s head off and burying him in the garden. Since that can’t happen, her future seems like a lost cause, until she meets Ian, a fire-breathing Red Dragon—who is everything her fiancé is not.
Now Sara’s jumped from the frying pan into the fire because dating outside of your Clan is against Directorate law. Ian could be thrown in jail or executed without a trial. But now that she knows what love feels like, she can’t imagine being with anyone else.
Dangerous Holidays
by Alexa Verde
Rating: 4.4 #ad
Three fast-paced Christmas romantic suspense novellas with a dash of mystery!
A celebrity in peril and the small-town boy who crushed her heart years ago get a second chance–before someone might kill her. A former thief is now a target–is it because of her secrets or her skills? Two dead bodies, one drive-by shooting, and a kidnaped pet later, a nurse and a PI with a soul wound need to solve the mystery who killed her neighbor—or die trying.
“A great Christmas collection… There is suspense and mystery in each story that will keep you hanging on.” Nanc VINE VOICE
Aura of Night
by Heather Graham
Rating: 4.7 #ad
True evil never dies. It only waits in the dark.
All book editor Megan Law wants is to bury the memory of her brutal kidnapping and move on with her life. So when her publisher asks her to spin her hellish experience into the next bestseller, Megan agrees only because it might help keep other women safe. Then a mysterious, gruesome package arrives in the mail—a reminder that the nightmare isn’t over just yet.
FBI investigator Ragnar Johnson is running out of time. He knows in his gut there’s more to the recent Embracer killings, and he needs Megan’s help.
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(Krewe of Hunters Mysteries)
Chronicles of an Urban Druid Omnibus (Books 1-8)
by Auburn Tempest, Michael Anderle
Rating: 5.0 #ad
Ye screw with this lass, ye get put on yer ass.
Meet Fionna mac Cumhaill an urban druid coming into her powers and trying to master them.
She has a family she didn’t know about, a magical heritage laying its claim, and a mystery she apparently needs to solve.
Grab this 8-book boxed set to dive into the first half of the exciting adventures of this red-haired lass from Toronto!
Phule’s Paradise
by Robert Asprin
Rating: 4.6 #ad
THE FEW. THE PROUD. THE STUPID. THE INEPT. It was the perfect solution, put highly connected Captain Willard Phule in charge of the worst dregs of the Space Force. Sure, Phule’s Company may be a band of rejects and misfits, but they did manage to save the day with their unorthodox methods. Embarrassed, the Space Force may have found the perfect equation for disaster: Assign Phule’s pack of oddballs to save the Fat Chance Casino from a criminal take over. Phule’s Company may stop the mob … but who will save the casino from them?
Total Control
by David Baldacci
Rating: 4.5 #ad
Sidney Archer has it all: a husband she loves, a job at which she excels, and a cherished young daughter. Then, as a plane plummets into the Virginia countryside, everything changes. And suddenly there is no one whom Sidney Archer can trust.
Jason Archer is a rising young executive at Triton Global, the world’s leading technology conglomerate. Determined to give his family the best of everything, Archer has secretly entered into a deadly game. He is about to disappear — leaving behind a wife who must sort out his lies from his truths, an accident team that wants to know why the plane he was ticketed on crashed, and a veteran FBI agent who wants to know it all.
Home Is Where the Heart Is
by Casey Dawes
Rating: 4.3 #ad
A photojournalist damaged by war. A web of family secrets. Can she untangle the past to save her future?
CJ Beck won’t let anything destroy her hard-earned career. So when the award she craves gets within reach, she refuses to back down even when her body and mind need healing. When her boss insists she bare her soul to a therapist, she’ll fake it until she gets the rubber stamp to get her back to the warfront.
She’s taken photographs of people in the most dangerous places on the earth. She isn’t afraid to face anything … except herself.
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(Beck Family Saga)
Monday’s Mystery eBooks
One Woman’s Junk
by JB Lynn
Rating: 4.4 #ad
When their beloved godmother dies suddenly, the Concordia sisters converge on the beach town of Sarasota, Florida to mourn the passing of the woman who raised them. While there, they must scatter her ashes as instructed and decide what to do with her consignment shop, One Woman’s Junk.
Navigating her relationships with her older sisters is hard enough for Beatrice, but after they’re all struck by lightning, things get more complicated in the land of sun and sand. With the power of a newly inherited crystal ring, Bea is suddenly assailed by psychic visions when she touches certain objects.
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(Psychic Consignment Mysteries)
The Other Wife
by Michael Robotham
Rating: 4.4 #ad
Childhood sweethearts William and Mary have been married for sixty years. William is a celebrated surgeon, Mary a devoted wife. Both have a strong sense of right and wrong.
This is what their son, Joe O’Loughlin, has always believed. But when Joe is summoned to the hospital with news that his father has been brutally attacked, his world is turned upside down. Who is the strange woman crying at William’s bedside, covered in his blood – a friend, a mistress, a fantasist or a killer?
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(Joe O’Loughlin Mysteries)
Winter Deceptions Collection
by Multiple Authors
Rating: 4.5 #ad
Nine riveting wintery suspense novellas. Ten-award winning Christian suspense authors.
“Wow! Each book is excellent in its own right! Some of these authors were familiar to me and some are new but this is one of the best collections of books I have read in a long time. And such a variety of stories. I would recommend this collection to anyone!” by Amazon Customer
Unlucky 13
by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro
Rating: 4.6 #ad
The Women’s Murder Club is stalked by a killer with nothing to lose.
San Francisco Detective Lindsay Boxer is loving her life as a new mother. With an attentive husband, a job she loves, plus best friends who can talk about anything from sex to murder, things couldn’t be better.
Then the FBI sends Lindsay a photo of a killer from her past, and her happy world is shattered. The picture captures a beautiful woman at a stoplight. But all Lindsay sees is the psychopath behind those seductive eyes: Mackie Morales, the most deranged and dangerous mind the Women’s Murder Club has ever encountered.
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(Women’s Murder Club Mysteries)
Entwined Fates
by D. J. Dalton
Rating: 4.6 #ad
Flames of revenge. Rediscovered pasts. Will her powerful gifts save her from the embers of history?
Keren Stewart feels a part of her is missing. Weakened after sending an ancient artifact into the elemental realm, she’s been putting off attempting magic for the sake of a moment’s rest. But she’s plunged into chaos when a sorcerer claims her actions have unleashed bloodthirsty dragons in Las Vegas.
Wary of the man’s intent and fearful of making another deadly error, her feeble attempts to control the creatures backfire when she accidentally summons the twin sister she’d thought was dead back from the elemental realm…
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(Twisted Curse Mysteries)
Careless Love
by Peter Robinson
Rating: 4.3 #ad
Two suspicious deaths challenge DS Alan Banks and his crack investigative team.
The body of an attractive young woman dressed in evening attire is found in an abandoned car on a country road. The death looks like suicide, but there are too many open questions for Banks and his team to rule out foul play. The car didn’t belong to her—it was badly damaged in an accident involving the vehicle’s owner a week earlier in the same spot. So how did the dead girl get inside the car? Did someone place her there, and if so, why? Where—and when—did she die?
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(Inspector Banks Mysteries)
Kingdom of Bones
by James Rollins
Rating: 4.6 #ad
A United Nations relief team in a small village in the Congo makes an alarming discovery. An unknown force is leveling the evolutionary playing field. Men, women, and children have been reduced to a dull, catatonic state. The environment surrounding them—plants and animals—has grown more cunning and predatory, evolving at an exponential pace. The insidious phenomenon is spreading from a cursed site in the jungle — known to locals as the Kingdom of Bones – and sweeping across Africa, threatening the rest of the world.
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(Sigma Force Novels)
The Body in the Garden
by Katharine Schellman
Rating: 4.3 #ad
Perfect for fans of Tasha Alexander and Rhys Bowen, Katharine Schellman’s debut novel is sure to delight.
London 1815. Though newly-widowed Lily Adler is returning to a society that frowns on independent women, she is determined to create a meaningful life for herself even without a husband. She’s no stranger to the glittering world of London’s upper crust. At a ball thrown by her oldest friend, Lady Walter, she expects the scandal, gossip, and secrets. What she doesn’t expect is the dead body in Lady Walter’s garden.
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(Lily Adler Mysteries)
First Survivor
by Mark Unger
Rating: 4.8 #ad
An inspirational real life cancer memoir of a family’s journey and the impossible miracle that led to their son’s becoming a childhood cancer survivor. This is a thriller about a family’s battle to save their toddler son from a “zero chance of survival” diagnosis. With the world’s best doctors and the advocacy of his parents, Louis Unger would fight a 5-year battle for his young life. His grit and incredible attitude led to a breakthrough that would change how cancer is treated today. This is not a medical journal or a how-to guide. It is a true page-turner that gives you a front row seat to a miraculous story of courage, inspiration and determination.
Sunday’s Mystery eBooks
SAY IT ISN’T SO
by WILLOW ROSE
Rating: 4.6 #ad
‘A psychological thriller with more twists and turns than a Gordian knot! This book will keep you on the edge of your seat until the shocking end!’ – GoodReads reviewer.
It is a dream come true for ten-year-old Becky when her parents take her and her younger sister on a cruise to the Bahamas.
But nothing is how it is supposed to be when her parents can’t stop fighting, and soon the trip turns out to be a true nightmare.
It becomes a puzzling mystery when she and her sister disappear as the ship is about to dock in Coco Cay. How do you disappear on a cruise ship? Why can’t they be found? Could they have fallen overboard?
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(Eva Rae Thomas Mysteries)
Dangerous Curves Boxed Set
by K.L. Montgomery
Rating: 4.5 #ad
Sunshine always manages to put the clues together just in time to avoid disaster!
This boxed set contains the first three books of the Dangerous Curves cozy Christian mystery series, set in the fictional small town of Bryce Beach. YA librarian and amateur sleuth Sunshine Baker, who hates her name and can’t even bake an edible muffin, always manages to put the clues together just in time to avoid disaster! Join this curvy redheaded librarian on her quest to keep Bryce Beach safe…and well-read, of course.
Book #1: Betrayal at the Beach
Book #2: Mystery at the Marina
Book #3: Shooting at the Shore
A Twist of the Blade
by S.M. Gaither
Rating: 4.4 #ad
Mercenary. Survivor. Queen. Who is Casia Greythorne?
Still reeling from an unimaginable loss and the revelation of an identity she isn’t sure she wants to embrace, Casia has one plan: Try to control something. Something like the strange magic awakening inside of her. Mastering that magic will take her and her friends on a quest through cursed lands, into the dwellings of old gods, and deep into a southern empire filled with deadly foes and unlikely allies.
Meanwhile, the foundations of the Kethran Empire continue to crumble. The king-emperor clings to his crown with increasingly bloodied hands.
The Last Flight
by Julie Clark
Rating: 4.4 #ad
Two women. Two flights. One last chance to disappear.
Claire Cook has a perfect life. Married to the scion of a political dynasty, with a Manhattan townhouse and a staff of ten, her surroundings are elegant, her days flawlessly choreographed, and her future auspicious. But behind closed doors, nothing is quite as it seems. That perfect husband has a temper that burns bright and he’s not above using his staff to track Claire’s every move.
What he doesn’t know is that Claire has worked for months on a plan to vanish. A plan that takes her to the airport, poised to run from it all. But a chance meeting in the airport bar brings her together with a woman whose circumstances seem equally dire. Together they make a last-minute decision…
Ropes, Riddles, & Robberies
by Tonya Kappes
Rating: 4.6 #ad
Solving murders come easy for Mae West and the Laundry Club Ladies. Trying to solve a cold case is proving a bit challenging. Mae has been having memories about the house fire that killed her family, leaving her orphaned. As a child she couldn’t do much to prove the fire wasn’t an accident, but as an adult and with a group of friends to help, Mae is on the case to put the clues of the past together to bring out the truth. Their investigation heats up making this cold case come to a rolling boil!
Casual Farming
by Wolfe Locke, Mike Caliban
Rating: 4.6 #ad
A quiet living, slice of life LitRPG about farming.
The chance of a lifetime started with a gift. The inheritance of an old farmstead outside of the town of Summer Shandy. A farm that’s overgrown, overrun, and filled with field monsters and in a bad need of a tilling. But it’s something. It’s a start, and for Jason Hunter, that’s all he needs.
And all his uncle wanted for him. A new start.
But farm life doesn’t come easy as Jason will learn. With a mountain of chores that range from monster extermination to watering crops, Jason will need to learn to manage his stamina, build up his endurance, and maintain a social life if he’s going to live the quiet life in the country.
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(Sowing Season Mysteries)
At Bertram’s Hotel
by Agatha Christie
Rating: 4.4 #ad
An old-fashioned London hotel is not quite as reputable as it makes out to be.…
When Miss Marple comes up from the country for a holiday in London, she finds what she’s looking for at Bertram’s Hotel: traditional decor, impeccable service, and an unmistakable atmosphere of danger behind the highly-polished veneer.
Yet, not even Miss Marple can foresee the violent chain of events set in motion when an eccentric guest makes his way to the airport on the wrong day.…
Ben in Trouble
by Luana Ehrlich
Rating: 4.8 #ad
CIA operative, Titus Ray, is used to helping his protégé, Ben Mitchell, stay out of trouble. This time, though, Ben’s trouble is brought on by his father, Senator Elijah Mitchell.
When a shakeup in the leadership at the CIA opens up the division head position at the Russian desk, Senator Mitchell uses his influence to recommend Ben for the job. The problem is, Ben doesn’t want a desk job. He’s content being a covert operative.
To thwart his father’s efforts, Ben plans to showcase his skills as an intelligence officer by volunteering for an upcoming mission to Venezuela.To do this, Ben needs Titus’s help, and although Titus agrees to be part of the operation, he discovers there’s a problem with Ben’s plan. Well, several problems…
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(Ben Mitchell/Titus Ray Thrillers)
Silverview
by John le Carré
Rating: 4.2 #ad
Julian Lawndsley has renounced his high-flying job in the city for a simpler life running a bookshop in a small English seaside town. But only a couple of months into his new career, Julian’s evening is disrupted by a visitor. Edward, a Polish émigré living in Silverview, the big house on the edge of town, seems to know a lot about Julian’s family and is rather too interested in the inner workings of his modest new enterprise.
When a letter turns up at the door of a spy chief in London warning him of a dangerous leak, the investigations lead him to this quiet town by the sea . . .
The Unseen
by Victor Methos
Rating: 4.3 #ad
The horrific murders of two prostitutes shock even the most hardened detectives of the Cheyenne Police Department. With the knowledge that karmic justice will eventually catch up to everyone, Detective Ethan Baudin and Kyle Dixon take the case.
Still reeling from the murder of his wife’s lover, Detective Dixon is descending into a world of alcoholism and depression. Baudin can do little to help him, and struggles to keep his partner on the straight path while pursuing the man he holds responsible for the darkness enveloping his city: the district attorney, Mike Sandoval.
Cowboy Dragons Inn
by Serena Meadows
Rating: 4.7 #ad
Get ready for eight books that will take you on a wild ride with dragon shifter protectors. These men are protective, adventurous, and more swoon worthy than you could imagine. From single dads to wealthy cowboys, this bundle will make you beg for more.
“I’ve read some of these stories in the past, but having them ALL together was much more captivating!! I will be looking forward to more of Serena Meadows stories. For readers who enjoy romance, shifters, cowboys & eternal happiness, Serena Meadows has it all!! Thank you, for writing such enjoyable & enthralling stories.” by Amazon Customer
Saturday’s Mystery eBooks
Feliz Navidead
by Ann Myers
Rating: 4.4 #ad
Holly, jolly, and downright deadly—the third Santa Fe Café mystery unwraps surprises both naughty and nice . . . It’s the most picturesque time of theyear in Santa Fe, and Chef Rita Lafitte of Tres Amigas Café hopes the twinkling lights and tasty holiday treats will charm her visiting mom. Rita is also planning fun activities, such as watching her teenage daughter, Celia, perform in an outdoor Christmas play.
What she doesn’t plan for is murder.
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(Santa Fe Café Mysteries)
Fringe Colonies Complete Boxed Set
by Talia Beckett, Jess Mountifield
Rating: 5.0 #ad
The fringe colonies. Where lives are made…Or broken. Get the complete series to start this action-packed Sci-Fi thrill ride!
Life in the fringe colonies is tough, but to Dante it’s home. Captain of the Xeartais crew, he leads a ragtag bunch of miscreants just trying to survive. But not everyone at the local space station plays fair. When Dante decides to unite several crews in an alliance it causes a ripple effect that will either tip the scales for good or end in ruin.
Kit is running from the stifling life others wanted her to lead. When she arrives on Ephren and runs into the Xeartais crew, she wonders if she’s finally found somewhere she belongs, but she brings her own issues with her, and life in the alliance isn’t exactly safe.
Thanksgiving
by Janet Evanovich
Rating: 4.2 #ad
When Megan Murphy discovered a floppy-eared rabbit gnawing on the hem of her skirt, she meant to give its careless owner a piece of her mind, but Dr. Patrick Hunter was too attractive to stay mad at for long. Soon the two are making Thanksgiving dinner for their families.
Into the Drowning Deep
by Mira Grant
Rating: 4.3 #ad
The ocean is home to many myths, But some are deadly. . .
Seven years ago the Atargatis set off on a voyage to the Mariana Trench to film a mockumentary bringing to life ancient sea creatures of legend. It was lost at sea with all hands. Some have called it a hoax; others have called it a tragedy.
Now a new crew has been assembled. But this time they’re not out to entertain. Some seek to validate their life’s work. Some seek the greatest hunt of all. Some seek the truth. But for the ambitious young scientist Victoria Stewart this is a voyage to uncover the fate of the sister she lost.
The Riddle of St. Leonard’s
by Candace Robb
Rating: 4.5 #ad
In the year of our Lord 1369, the much-loved Queen Phillippa lies dying in Windsor Castle, the harvest has failed, and the pestilence has returned. In York, the atmosphere of fear and superstition is heightened by a series of thefts and violent deaths at St. Leonard’s Hospital—as well as rumors that these crimes are connected to the hospital’s dwindling funds.
The Master of St. Leonard’s, Sir Richard de Ravenser, hurries north from the queen’s deathbed to summon Owen Archer, the soldier-spy, to investigate the scandal before it ruins him. Now, while Owen’s wife, Lucie, faces the plague-panicked townsfolk at the apothecary, he encounters a seemingly random series of clues
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(The Owen Archer Mysteries)
The Midwife’s Secret
by Emily Gunnis
Rating: 4.3 #ad
1969 On New Year’s Eve, while the Hiltons of Yew Tree Manor prepare to host the party of the season, their little girl disappears. Suspicion falls on Bobby James, a young farmhand and the last person to see Alice before she vanished. Bobby protests his innocence, but he is sent away. Alice is never found.
Present day Architect Willow James is working on a development at Yew Tree when she discovers the land holds a secret. As she begins to dig deep into the past, she uncovers a web of injustice. And when another child goes missing, Willow knows the only way to stop history repeating itself is to right a terrible wrong.
81 Days Below Zero
by Brian Murphy
Rating: 4.4 #ad
Shortly before Christmas in 1943, five Army aviators left Alaska’s Ladd Field on a routine flight to test their hastily retrofitted B-24 Liberator in harsh winter conditions. The mission ended in a crash that claimed all but one-Leon Crane, a city kid from Philadelphia with no wilderness experience. With little more than a parachute for cover and an old Boy Scout knife in his pocket, Crane now found himself alone in subzero temperatures. Crane knew, as did the Ladd Field crews who searched unsuccessfully for the crash site, that his chance of survival dropped swiftly with each passing day.
But Crane did find a way to stay alive in the grip of the Yukon winter for nearly twelve weeks and, amazingly, walked out of the ordeal intact.
Oyster Bay Tango
by Eric Wilder
Rating: 4.0 #ad
There are places in the Universe only accessible through the backdoor
A unicorn and a time-walking calico cat lead Odette through a time portal into a dystopian, post-apocalyptic world where she learns the universe is a twisted web of illusion and altered reality. Can Tesla’s ghost, a misplaced Viking warrior, and Einstein’s hologram save the world? Take the backdoor into the Nether World. You might decide to stay awhile