Mysteries
Friday’s Mystery eBooks
Banana Slit
by Angela K. Ryan
Rating: 4.3 #ad
The grand opening of Anna McBride’s seaside ice cream shop is anything but sweet.
After the tragic death of her Irish twin sister, Bella, Anna needed a radical change. So, she closed her counseling practice in Boston to embark on a new adventure as an ice cream shop owner.
Now all she wants is to settle into her new town, attempt to turn her black thumb green, and build her ice cream shop into a community hub that hosts quality entertainment and group gatherings – just like Bella had often fantasized about doing before her fateful boating accident.
And what better location than Seagull Cove, the small Massachusetts coastal town where Anna and Bella created their best memories?
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(A Seaside Ice Cream Shop Mysteries)
Anonymous
by Aaron Smith
Rating: 3.8 #ad
There’s a dangerous secret lurking just beneath the surface.
Zendae Saxe is a highly successful publicist. She’s good at her job and well-respected, taking on A-list celebrities, government officials, and millionaire business tycoons like it’s her second nature.
She’s never refused a client, but when her boss asks her to take on chart topping R&B artist, Miki Day, she’s faced with a dilemma: she has a history with Miki, and he has his own history she’d rather keep at arm’s length.
But her boss is insistent, and Zendae has to wonder why. With the help of her best friend, Carter, an IT ninja, she sets about investigating what’s really going on.
The Girl You Killed
by Leslie Wolfe
Rating: 4.4 #ad
Andrea Brafford’s life is nearly perfect. A passionate marine biologist, happily married to Craig, the man she loves, recently moved into a home commensurate with their success to enjoy a life many others only dream about, in one of Houston’s most desirable suburbs. But only a few months later, a trial that dramatically polarizes their town names Craig Brafford as a defendant in the murder of his young wife, shattering the serenity of the peaceful community.
Andi’s name is on everyone’s lips, her relationships exposed and torn to shreds in a highly publicized case that has everyone’s eyes glued to the internet. Andrea’s life remains a mystery that investigators and public opinion equally fail to solve. Was she the happy, devoted wife she’d made everyone believe she was?
Apple Turnover Murder
by Joanne Fluke
Rating: 4.6 #ad
Early summer brings plenty of work for baker Hannah Swensen, even before Mayor Bascomb’s wife drops by The Cookie Jar to place an order for her charity event…for eleven hundred cookies! And Hannah almost flips when her business partner, Lisa, suggests setting up an apple turnover stand. But she places her faith in Lisa, and even agrees to be a magician’s assistant in the fundraiser’s talent show.
The only snag is the show’s host, college professor Bradford Ramsey. Hannah and her sister, Michelle, each had unfortunate romances with Ramsey, and when the cad comes sniffing around between acts, Hannah tells him off.
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(Hannah Swensen Mysteries)
Solomon’s Compass
by Carol Kilgore
Rating: 4.6 #ad
When Coast Guard Commander Taylor Campbell returns to Rock Harbor, Texas, to tend to her uncle’s estate, she meets a veteran Navy SEAL, Jake Solomon, and learns her uncle didn’t drown accidentally. His murder was one in a string of murders of a group of Vietnam veterans who called themselves the Compass Points.
Before her uncle died, he sent Taylor a message with the location of his buried treasure. Unearthing it will place her squarely in the killer’s crosshairs, but she’s determined to fulfill her uncle’s last wish.
Violent Graduation
by John Hindmarsh
Rating: 4.5 #ad
The scar across the side of Jack’s head is the visible price. The risk to his friends at the academy is the hidden price. His challenge is how to balance the risks.
The final stage of his training is a shakedown cruise on an old minesweeper, barely able to achieve FTL entry and exit. Midway through their cruise, the minesweeper collides with an ancient alien wreck, ripping the sides off the starship. Jack’s team of bots help seal the combined wreck to prevent air loss. Ghost, a nanolife form from the alien wreck, provides assistance.
Unconventional
by Jamie Andrea Garzot
Rating: 5.0 #ad
An inspirational story about taking a chance, following your vision, and thriving in one of the US’s wildest emerging industries, 2022 Independent Press Award Distinguished Favorite Unconventional profiles Jamie Andrea Garzot’s journey as one of California’s legal cannabis industry pioneers.
Jamie Andrea Garzot was one of the least likely people to become a cannabis entrepreneur, advocate, and industry pioneer. She had no business background. She was not involved in politics. She had only a four-figure capital investment to start with. And, surprisingly, she had very limited experience with cannabis products. So how did Garzot find herself at the forefront of California’s cannabis movement?
The Between
by Ryan Leslie
Rating: 4.2 #ad
While landscaping his backyard, ever-conscientious Paul Prentice discovers an iron door buried in the soil. His childhood friend and perpetual source of mischief, Jay Lightsey, pushes them to explore what’s beneath.
When the door slams shut above them, Paul and Jay are trapped in a between-worlds place of Escher-like rooms and horror story monsters, all with a mysterious connection to a command-line, dungeon explorer computer game from the early ’80s called The Between. Unlike their childhood gaming, these men are facing life-and-death challenges; tensions rise between Jay and Paul as they encounter stranger things in each room, and their experience in arcade games and role-playing aren’t enough to keep their partnership intact.
Thursday’s Mystery eBooks
Murder at an Irish Wedding
by Carlene O’Connor
Rating: 4.3 #ad
A celebrity wedding in a small Irish village goes from festive to funerary when the best man is murdered in this cozy mystery novel.
Any wedding is a big deal in the County Cork village of Kilbane, but with a local lad marrying a famous fashion model at Kilbane Castle, there’s no talk of anything but the upcoming nuptials. Siobhán O’Sullivan and her five siblings have their plates full catering the three-day affair from their bistro. But the celebratory mood suddenly turns sober when the best man is found murdered in the woods.
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(An Irish Village Mysteries)
The Girl and the Deadly Express
by A.J. Rivers
Rating: 4.4 #ad
On board an unstoppable train the truth of the past finally unfolds, but will it be at the expense of everyone’s life on board the deadly express? FBI agent Emma Griffin is starting to get her life back on track. But as she gets used to the changes in her career and settling into her personal life, questions about her past continue to haunt her.
When a mysterious letter appears from Feathered Nest asking Emma to help, suspicion arises. She’s being lured onto the train and she doesn’t know why. But she can’t ignore it. This is her fight, and she won’t back down.
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(Emma Griffin FBI Mysteries)
Pretty Things
by Janelle Brown
Rating: 4.3 #ad
Nina once bought into the idea that her fancy liberal arts degree would lead to a fulfilling career. When that dream crashed, she turned to stealing from rich kids in L.A. alongside her wily Irish boyfriend, Lachlan. Nina learned from the best: Her mother was the original con artist, hustling to give her daughter a decent childhood despite their wayward life. But when her mom gets sick, Nina puts everything on the line to help her, even if it means running her most audacious, dangerous scam yet.
Vanessa is a privileged young heiress who wanted to make her mark in the world. Instead she becomes an Instagram influencer—traveling the globe, receiving free clothes and products, and posing for pictures in exotic locales…
The Mormon Murders
by Steven W. Naifeh
Rating: 4.4 #ad
On October 15, 1985, two pipe bombs shook the calm of Salt Lake City, Utah, killing two people. The only link-both victims belonged to the Mormon Church. The next day, a third bomb was detonated in the parked car of church-going family man, Mark Hoffman. Incredibly, he survived. It wasn’t until authorities questioned the strangely evasive Hoffman that another, more shocking link between the victims emerged…
It was the appearance of an alleged historic document that challenged the very bedrock of Mormon teaching, questioned the legitimacy of its founder, and threatened to disillusion millions of its faithful-unless the Mormon hierarchy buried the evidence.
Licensed to Thrill Collection
by Diane Capri
Rating: 4.1 #ad
“Intricate and Ingenious. Make some coffee. You’ll read all night.” — Lee ChildSPECIAL PRICE on Licensed to Thrill 1 contains the first 3 Hunt for Jack Reacher thrillers from award-winning USA Today and New York Times Bestselling Author Diane Capri!
THIS COLLECTION CONTAINS 3 #1 Bestselling Titles and Bonuses:
Don’t Know Jack
Jack in a Box
Jack and Kill
Max Wilkins
by Jesse Storm
Rating: 4.0 #ad
A young man, Max Wilkins at just 18 years old, lost both of his parents when an outlaw ruthlessly murdered them in broad daylight.
Max knows the outlaw to be Shane Richards, who is part of a villainous gang that the law has not yet managed to subdue. Max has no other choice but to take matters into his own hands and hunt for his parents’ killer without the help of the law.
As he journeys across Oregon state and arrives in the town of Granite, Max is sweep off his feet by a local nurse, Alice. The widow is concerned for Max and thinks he is in danger to go after Shane.
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(Western Frontier Justice War)
The Perfect Suitor
by Cole Baxter
Rating: 4.0 #ad
Will he mend her broken heart? Or does he have a darker plan? Three years after the tragic death of her wonderful husband, Charlene continues to mourn.
As she struggles to pick up the pieces of her shattered life, she meets Samuel. Handsome and educated, this charming man is the perfect suitor, and Charlene slowly lets her guard down and opens her heart to him.
But Samuel is not the man he appears to be. He has a dark compulsion. And an even darker secret.
Heaven’s Reach
by David Brin
Rating: 4.3 #ad
Prepare for a harrowing ride through the universe by the New York Times–bestselling author of Startide Rising and The Postman.
The peaceful existence of six outcast races on Jijo has ended. Ancient enemies, the Jophur, have discovered them, preparing to subject the refugees to their dark, perverted plans.
The Jijoans’ only hope is the same ship that accidently led their foes to the planet. The Earthship Streaker, with its crew of uplifted dolphins and a human commander, must somehow lure the Jophur into a chase through space . . . into the unknown. And then into the weird.
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(The Uplift Mysteries)
Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
No Cats Allowed
by Miranda James
Rating: 4.7 #ad
Mississippi librarian Charlie Harris and his Maine Coon cat Diesel are on their guard. Oscar Reilly, the new director at the Athena College library, is on a mission to cut costs and has set his sights on the archive and rare book collection. Reilly’s also out to replace Charlie’s fiery friend Melba with someone younger, but his biggest offense is declaring all four-legged creatures banned from the stacks.
With enemies aplenty, the suspect list is long when Reilly’s body is discovered in the library, but incriminating evidence throws suspicion on Melba…
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(Cat in the Stacks Mysteries)
Body from the Sky Murder
by Stephanie Parker McKean
Rating: 4.7 #ad
This mystery is funny, lighthearted, and intense, as sixty-something Rik Patience – who has no patience – is pressed into solving the mystery of why a body fell out of an ultra light plane and crashed into her friend’s house awning.
When she discovers the accident victim was the father of the man who helped her and her friends solve their last mystery, she is even more resolute in her quest for truth. Comedy tags along behind tragedy as she visits a hot air balloon business to plan her wedding to her fiancée – and returns home engaged to someone else.
Something like that could only happen to Rik, who keeps wild animals as roommates and who never wants anyone to get hurt—which means taking the blows herself. But this time, some of the injuries she sustains through her kindness could be fatal.
Hidden Company
by Sarah England
Rating: 4.3 #ad
An eerie, supernatural thriller set in a Victorian asylum in the heart of Wales. Warning – contains highly disturbing material!
‘1893, and nineteen year old Flora George is admitted to a remote asylum with no idea why she is there, what happened to her child, or how her wealthy family could have abandoned her to such a fate. However, within a short space of time it becomes apparent she must save herself from something far worse than that of a harsh regime. 2018, and forty-one year old Isobel Lee moves into the gatehouse of what was once the old asylum.
Fragments of Fear
by Carrie Stuart Parks
Rating: 4.6 #ad
Evelyn McTavish’s world came crashing down with the suicide of her fiancé. As she struggles to put her life back together and make a living from her art, she receives a call that her dog is about to be destroyed at the pound. Except she doesn’t own a dog. The shelter is adamant that the microchip embedded in the canine with her name and address makes it hers.
Evelyn recognizes the dog as one owned by archaeologist John Coyote because she was commissioned to draw the two of them. The simple solution is to return the dog to his owner—but she arrives only to discover John’s murdered body.
Osprey Chronicles Complete Boxed Set
by Ramy Vance, Michael Anderle
Rating: 5.0 #ad
From the twisted minds of Michael Anderle and Ramy Vance comes a new epic science fiction adventure unlike anything seen before.
What do you do if you wake up hundreds of light-years from home in a strange ship and someone is trying to eat you?
Jaeger can’t remember who she is or anything about her life, but she knows that’s just wrong. Join Jaeger as she tries to remember her dangerous mission as she fights to save humanity. Pick up this 5-book boxed set today!
Land of Wolves
by Craig Johnson
Rating: 4.7 #ad
Recovering from his harrowing experiences in Mexico, Sheriff Walt Longmire returns to Absaroka County, Wyoming, to lick his wounds and try once again to maintain justice in a place with grudges that go back generations. When a shepherd is found dead, Longmire suspects it could be suicide. But the shepherd’s connection to the Extepares, a powerful family of Basque ranchers with a history of violence, leads the sheriff into an intricate investigation of a possible murder.
As Walt searches for information about the shepherd, he comes across strange carvings on trees, as well as play money coupons from inside Mallo Cup candies, which he interprets as messages from his spiritual guide, Virgil White Buffalo.
The Rose Rent
by Ellis Peters
Rating: 4.6 #ad
A late spring in 1142 brings dismay to the Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, for there may be no roses by June 22. On that day the young widow Perle must receive one white rose as rent for the house she has given to benefit the abbey, or the contract is void. When nature finally complies, a pious monk is sent to pay the rent—and is found murdered beside the hacked rosebush.
The abbey’s wise herbalist, Brother Cadfael, follows the trail of bloodied petals. He knows the lovely widow’s dowry is far greater with her house included, and she will likely wed again…
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(The Chronicles of Brother Cadfael)
Billionaire Undercover ~ Hudson
by J. S. Scott
Rating: 4.6 #ad
Just when I thought I was destined to die in a foreign country after being kidnapped while doing a geological exploration, a mysterious rescuer shows up just in time to save my life. Unfortunately, my liberator also happens to be the co-CEO of Montgomery Mining, my employer, and a billionaire with an attitude. At first glance, Hudson Montgomery seems like the quintessential gorgeous billionaire with plenty of money to burn, and no concern for anyone but himself. The arrogant billionaire I could handle, but I wasn’t quite so sure how to deal with the amazing guy I discovered once I looked past the superficial exterior. The one who stayed by my side as I recovered mentally and physically from the trauma of being a hostage.
Tuesday’s Mystery eBooks
Entitled To Kill
by ACF Bookens
Rating: 4.5 #ad
Mother-daughter bonding time shouldn’t involve running from a big tractor.
When Harvey Beckett stumbles upon the body of the community’s most reviled dairy farmer, she, her friends, and her parents are launched into an investigation that reveals a family secret that wasn’t really that secret after all. Soon, Harvey’s curiosity lands her and her mother in a heap of danger that may mark the end of her sleuthing
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(St. Marin’s Cozy Mysteries)
Vortex
by Catherine Coulter
Rating: 4.7 #ad
Catherine Coulter returns with a brilliant new novel in her FBI thriller series, in which agents Sherlock and Savich find themselves dealing with very powerful figures from the past who could wreak havoc in the present.
Seven years ago, Mia Briscoe was at a college frat rave with her best friend, Serena, when a fire broke out. Everyone was accounted for except Serena, who was never seen nor heard from again. Now an investigative journalist covering the political scene in New York City, Mia discovers old photos taken the night of Serena’s disappearance and begins to uncover a sinister string of events going all the way back to that disastrous party. Working with Sherlock, the secrets begin to unravel. But some very powerful—and very dangerous—people will do anything to keep them from learning the truth.
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(An FBI Thriller)
Vigilante
by Rob Sinclair
Rating: 4.2 #ad
James Ryker thought he’d gotten the gangsters out of the Norwegian town of Blodstein, so when he hears of a wave of murders, it gets his attention. Then he discovers that an unidentified teenager has been found dead in Crete, and the description of the victim raises an alarm – could the boy be Henrik Svenson, who Ryker had once rescued in Blodstein?
To get some answers, Ryker heads for Athens – and meets the seductive but duplicitous Eleni. Soon the search begins for a known associate of the elusive Eastern European drug kingpin known only as Jesper. But just as it looks like he’s about to get a break in the case, Ryker finds himself in jail for murder.
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(The Ryker Returns Mysteries)
The Village
by Caroline Mitchell
Rating: 4.2 #ad
From the bestselling author of the DI Amy Winter series comes a thriller about a shocking disappearance—and the village that has conspired to keep the truth buried.
Ten years ago, the Harper family disappeared. Their deserted cottage was left with the water running, the television playing cartoons, the oven ready for baking. The doors were locked from the inside.
Overnight, the sleepy village of Nighbrook became notorious as the scene of the unsolved mystery of the decade, an epicentre for ghoulish media speculation.
Deadly Diagnosis
by Mairi Chong
Rating: 4.1 #ad
A dying patient’s mysterious warning sends a doctor to follow a trail of murder in a new novel by the author of Death by Appointment.
As Betty Scott is dying, she warns Dr. Cathy Moreland that danger lurks at the charity shop where she volunteers. But the only clue she provides is a reference to the now-derelict psychiatric hospital called Fernibanks. Then Betty is found dead—but not from natural causes—and Cathy is compelled to investigate.
At the charity shop, Cathy encounters several workers, some of whom raise her suspicions.
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(The Dr. Cathy Moreland Mysteries)
The Great Witch of Brittany
by Louisa Morgan
Rating: 4.7 #ad
There hasn’t been a witch born in the Orchière clan for generations. According to the elders, that line is dead, leaving the clan vulnerable to the whims of superstitious villagers and the prejudices of fearmongering bishops.
Ursule Orchière has been raised on stories of the great witches of the past. But the only magic she knows is the false spells her mother weaves over the gullible women who visit their fortune-telling caravan. Everything changes when Ursule comes of age and a spark of power flares to life. Thrilled to be chosen, she has no idea how magic will twist and shape her future.
Oh, Fudge!
by Nancy Coco
Rating: 4.6
After Allie inherited her family’s McMurphy Hotel and Fudge Shop, cousin Tori moved off to California in a bitter huff, and the two haven’t spoken since. So to have her cousin reappear on Mackinac Island without warning is a big surprise – but not as surprising as finding her standing over a dead woman impaled with a garden spade in the Mackinac Butterfly House. Butterflies may be free, but Tori won’t be for much longer—unless the cousins can bury the hatchet and work together to catch a killer who’s taken flight. Because when it comes to family, blood is thicker than fudge . . .
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(A Candy-coated Mysteries)