Mysteries
Saturday’s Mystery eBooks
Live, Local, and Dead
by Nikki Knight
Rating: 3.9 #ad
Death waits for snowman in Nikki Knight’s new Vermont-based cozy series, perfect for fans of Connie Archer and Mary Kennedy.
In a fit of anger, radio DJ Jaye Jordan blows a snowman’s head off with a Revolutionary War-style musket. But the corpse that tumbles out is all too human. Jaye thought life would be quieter when she left New York City and bought a tiny Vermont radio station. But now, Edwin Anger – the ranting and raving radio talk show host who Jaye recently fired – lies dead in the snow. And the Edwin Anger fans who protested his dismissal are sure she killed him.
Smoke and Mirrors
by Elizabeth Peters
Rating: 5.0 #ad
Praise for New York Times–bestseller Elizabeth Peters and Smoke and Mirrors
An idealistic young woman finds working a political campaign can be murder in this romantic suspense novel by “a master storyteller” (Mary Higgins Clark).
Young Erin Hartsock arrives in Washington, DC, with ambition – and little interest in politics. However, when she’s offered a position on a congresswoman’s campaign for the Senate, she’s more than happy to flee her dead-end job to take on what she expects will be boring administrative work . . .
But as the campaign heats up, disturbing events follow. There’s a string of dangerous fires, a violent attack, and a seemingly accidental death.
Oyster Bay Boogie
by Eric Wilder
Rating: 5.0 #ad
Oyster Bay Mystery Series set on a remote Louisiana Island about fifty miles from New Orleans.
A Cajun werewolf stalking Oyster Bay, a Prohibition-era resort in the Gulf of Mexico, leads to Jack Wiesinski and Grogan ‘Chief’ la Tortue’s discovery of a gold doubloon and case of rare Dominican rum. Dancer Odette Mouton hitchhikes to the secluded Louisiana island following Jack and Chief’s drunken celebration at a New Orleans Bourbon Street strip club. The three quickly learn the werewolf isn’t the island’s only paranormal entity.
Subversive
by Raena Rood
Rating: 4.6 #ad
Since the night of her parent’s arrest, Gemma Alcott has been hiding in an abandoned coal mine with a group of subversives. She’s found a home – and someone to love – but she’s never forgotten the love she left behind.
Taylor Nolan, a young Task Force officer, believes wholeheartedly in his mission and in the danger posed by subversives. But when his first love, Gemma, is captured by a rogue Task Force unit, his loyalties are put to the test.
Facing interrogation and possible death, Gemma must summon the strength—and faith—to protect her friends, no matter the cost.
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(Subversive Trilogy)
The Mirror Man
by Lars Kepler
Rating: 4.5#ad
Sixteen-year-old Jenny Lind is kidnapped in broad daylight on her way home from school and thrown into the back of a truck. She’s taken to a dilapidated house, where she and other girls face horrors far beyond their worst nightmares. Though they’re desperate to escape, their captor foils everyone of their attempts.
Five years later, Jenny’s body is found hanging in a playground, strung up with a winch on a rainy night. As the police are scrambling to find a lead in the scant evidence, Detective Joona Linna recognizes an eerie connection between Jenny’s murder and a death declared a suicide years before.
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(Killer Instinct Mysteries)
Daughter of the Twin Moons
by Holly Bargo
Rating: 4.2 #ad
He yanked me away from Death’s doorstep. And then he staked his claim on me.
Diagnosed with a terminal illness, I was ready to walk gently into that good night. After a long and content life, I thought my time had finally come.
Then he came for me. And nothing would ever be the same. Thelan, son of the Fae, Captain of the Seelie Palace Guard, spent many lifetimes searching for his destined mate. When the Oracle prophesied his fated beloved, he did not hesitate.
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(Twin Moons Saga)
Death on a Winter’s Day
by Verity Bright
Rating: 4.6 #ad
Winter, 1921. Lady Eleanor Swift, amateur sleuth and reluctant lady of the manor, has been invited to spend Christmas in Scotland, at the beautiful castle of her dear friends Baron and Baroness Ashley. Even her favourite companion, master of mischief Gladstone the bulldog, is coming along to share a slice of turkey. As snow begins to fall outside, the rather mismatched group are cozy by the roaring fire, sharing a tipple over a plate of Mrs Trotman’s famous mince pies.
But after what was supposed to be a fun party game, Mr Eugene Randall is found dead at the feast. A somewhat unpopular business associate of the Baron’s from across the pond, it seems Mr Randall has certainly upset somebody. Was it what he said about Scottish whisky?
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(A Lady Eleanor Swift Mysteries)
Agent Zero
by Janet Walden-West
Rating: 4.5 #ad
He owns the spotlight, she lives in the shadows.
VEE: My only purpose? Keep lethal cryptids in check, and our Company existence secret.
Sometimes a girl needs a night of karaoke and tequila though. Instead, after a vicious new cryptid species crashes the party, I end up saving and carting home a way arrogant, way hot chef. With Bruce Kantor now a temporary roommate it seems like the perfect time to indulge my forbidden civilian fascination—especially the friends-with-benefits part. But the feelings he ignites threaten my oath and mission.
BRUCE: Damn right I’m the bad boy of the culinary world.
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(Region Two Mysteries)
Friday’s Mystery eBooks
Murder with Cinnamon Scones
by Karen Rose Smith
Rating: 4.6 #ad
As local merchants unite to attract tourists for a much anticipated weekend quilting event, business is sure to spill over into eateries like Daisy’s Tea Garden. Gorgeous craftwork is hanging everywhere—but among the quilts, potholders, and placemats, one gallery owner is wrapped up in some dangerous affairs . . .
Reese Masemer had been dating one of Daisy’s employees, Tessa, an artist, though their last interaction was as strained as a cup of loose leaf tea. Now Reese has been found dead near a covered bridge where Tessa’s been practicing her sketches.
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(A Daisy’s Tea Garden Mysteries)
Death Speaks
by Stephanie Parker McKean
Rating: 4.8 #ad
Cordelia McNibbs leaves London, England, for the desert town of her childhood, Quartzsite, Arizona. She is prepared to make a decision about the future of the museum that her late aunt, Maybelle Peterson, left her. She is not prepared to solve the 30-year-old murder of Abel, her aunt’s best friend’s son, or to face Dorrie – a shrunken head in the museum that “speaks” and holds a clue to the murderer. She most definitely is not prepared to fall in love all over again with childhood friend Jacy Blackbird.
MB, as the town people affectionately called Cordy’s aunt, has left a directive: Cordy must solve the mystery of Abel’s death and she must not fall in love with Jacy – because he could be the killer.
Cordy is mocked for her quixotic quest. After 30 years, who cares what happened to Abel? But Cordy cares.
An Innocent Client
by Scott Pratt
Rating: 4.4 #ad
A preacher is found brutally murdered in a Tennessee motel room.A beautiful, mysterious young girl is accused.
In this bestselling debut, criminal defense lawyer Joe Dillard has become jaded over the years as he’s tried to balance his career against his conscience. Savvy but cynical, Dillard wants to quit doing criminal defense, but he can’t resist the chance to represent someone who might actually be innocent. His drug-addicted sister has just been released from prison and his mother is succumbing to Alzheimer’s, but Dillard’s commitment to the case never wavers despite the personal troubles and professional demands that threaten to destroy him.
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(Joe Dillard Mysteries)
Deity
by Matt Wesolowski
Rating: 4.4 #ad
A shamed pop star. A devastating fire. Six witnesses. Six stories. Which one is true?
When pop megastar Zach Crystal dies in a fire at his remote mansion, his mysterious demise rips open the bitter divide between those who adored his music and his endless charity work, and those who viewed him as a despicable predator, who manipulated and abused young and vulnerable girls.
Online journalist, Scott King, whose Six Stories podcasts have become an internet sensation, investigates the accusations of sexual abuse and murder that were levelled at Crystal before he died.
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(Six Stories Mysteries)
The Devil’s Code
by John Sandford
Rating: 4.3 #ad
When Kidd—artist, computer whiz, and professional criminal—learns of a colleague’s murder, he doesn’t buy the official story: that a jittery security guard caught the hacker raiding the files of a high-tech Texas corporation. It’s not what his friend was looking for that got him killed. It’s what he already knew. For Kidd and LuEllen, infiltrating the firm is the first move. Discovering the secrets of its devious entrepreneur is the next. But it’s more than a secret—it’s a conspiracy. And it’s landed Kidd and LuEllen in the cross-hairs of an unknown assassin hellbent on conning the life out of the ultimate con artists…
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(Kidd Mysteries)
Murder in Chianti
by Camilla Trinchieri
Rating: 4.3 #ad
Mourning the loss of his wife, Rita, former NYPD homicide detective Nico Doyle moves to her hometown of Gravigna in the winesoaked region of Chianti. Half Italian and half Irish, Nico finds himself able to get by in the region with the help of Rita’s relatives, but he still feels alone and out of place. He isn’t sure if it’s peace he’s seeking, but it isn’t what he finds. Early one morning, he hears a gunshot and a dog’s cries near his new home and walks out to discover a dead body in the woods, flashily dressed in gold tennis shoes. When the police arrive, Nico hastily adopts the fluffy white dog as his own and wants nothing more to do with the murder.
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(A Tuscan Mysteries)
Hope Landing Romantic Suspense Books 1-3
by Edie James
Rating: 4.3 #ad
Danger. Family. Faith. Meet the SEALs of Hope Landing. Born to protect. Destined for love. Dive into this Amazon Best Selling series now!
Welcome to Hope Landing, where the former SEALs of Knight Tactical Protection battle danger and tests of faith on the road to lasting love. A series of clean, inspirational action adventure romances, each guaranteed to lift your heart.
Hard Landing: Two wary souls get a second chance at love… If a killer doesn’t find them first.
Fast Landing: Old secrets, and a killer willing to do anything to keep them buried.
No Landing: She’s loved him forever, but will a determined killer destroy their chances for a happy ending?
Gone Missing
by Linda Castillo
Rating: 4.6 #ad
Rumspringa is the time when Amish teens are allowed to experience life without the rules. It’s an exciting time of personal discovery and growth before committing to the church. But when a young teen disappears without a trace, the carefree fun comes to an abrupt and sinister end, and fear spreads through the community like a contagion.
A missing child is a nightmare to all parents, and never more so than in the Amish community, where family ties run deep. When the search for the presumed runaway turns up a dead body, the case quickly becomes a murder investigation.
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(A Kate Burkholder Mysteries)
The Angelic Realm
by Dennis Macy
Rating: 4.5 #ad
Become inspired as this book reveals mystifying and unusual encounters outside the realm of normal existence. You will become fascinated by the way spirits try to make contact with their loved ones here on earth as I take you into the Angelic Realm with my visits, spiritual encounters, along with the messages and the signs that are being revealed to me to deliver to others. The stories and revelations are heartening and enlightening that will provide a sense of hope and healing of one’s heart, mind and soul. As my journey takes me to seek out and understand my enhanced abilities in this uplifting and powerful book that will bring joy, peace and comfort to those who seek it.
Thursday’s Mystery eBooks
Father’s Day Murder
by Leslie Meier
Rating: 4.6 #ad
When her part-time reporting gig gives Lucy the opportunity to attend a Boston newspaper conference, she looks forward to a vacation from domestic bliss. But upon leaving Tinker’s Cove, Maine, she quickly discovers that alone time can be kind of…lonely. And in between libel workshops and panel discussions, Lucy takes a guilt trip. She feels terrible that she won’t be home to help her husband celebrate Father’s Day.
But when Luther Read – head of a nearly bankrupt newspaper dynasty – suddenly drops dead, Lucy has other things to think about…
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(A Lucy Stone Mysteries)
Now We Are Animals
by R P Nathan
Rating: 4.6 #ad
A gripping, tension-filled survival saga with a Brave New World heroine you won’t be able to forget!
I was just a typical sixteen-year-old from North London, when The Colonists arrived and turned our world upside down. They were so beautiful to look at, but They killed all the adults and most of the boys, and farmed us girls like cattle. A year on, I’m being kept as a pet by my teenage Colonist owner, Aggie. I’m safe for the moment, but I’ve been torn from my friends and family and had horrific experiences along the way…
It’s enough to get anyone down. But even though I’m locked in a cage and treated like an animal, They haven’t broken me. Somehow, I’ll escape and turn this around: not just for me, but for all of us.
Saving Chase
by Irene Onorato
Rating: 4.6 #ad
Three lives on a collision course with destiny…
Logan Construction Services CEO Dan Logan desperately wants to get away and lick his wounds after being dumped by his fiancée and suffering through a devastating jobsite fatality on the same day. He retreats to a secluded island alone, but his vacation takes a dangerous turn when he rescues a teenage boy who shipwrecks on the rocky shore. A battle of wills ensues that threatens both their lives.
Dory Devereaux, a widow of six years, flees Massachusetts with her delinquent sixteen-year-old son, Chase, hoping to keep him from being placed in juvenile detention until he’s deemed an adult at eighteen. Her world crumbles when she finds Chase missing the morning after arriving at her former in-laws’ house in South Carolina.
Total Mayhem
by John Gilstrap
Rating: 4.6 #ad
In bestselling author John Gilstrap’s ticking time bomb of a thriller, freelance operative Jonathan Grave penetrates a terrorist cell to stop the detonation of total mayhem on home ground . . .
America is under fire. One by one, simultaneous terror attacks have left the country reeling. The perpetrators are former Special Forces operatives working for ISIS. Jonathan Grave and his team are called to go undercover and eliminate the traitors. No need to collect intel. No need for arrest. Wipe them out—and get out.
The assaults are rehearsals for extreme disaster. A plot codenamed Retribution. One terrorist is willing to talk – for a price.
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(A Jonathan Grave Mysteries)
Providence Paranormal College Complete Series
by D.R. Perry
Rating: 5.0 #ad
At Providence Paranormal College, class is about to start.
Who’s enrolled? Students who are a bit different: vampires, werewolves, changelings, shifters, psychics, and magi.
For one hundred years, the college has taught and trained only psychics or magi, and for the first time, it’s opening the doors to those not different: regular humans.
At this Ivy-League school, the students are expected to learn their powers and keep high grades.
Unfortunately, grades are slipping, but that’s what happens when a mysterious villain is hunting you down…
The Wedding
by Ruth Heald
Rating: 4.1 #ad
Just four words were printed in the card. He doesn’t love you.
I’ve been dreaming about this day – marrying Adam, my childhood sweetheart, who I’ve loved for eighteen years. I didn’t realise the perfect day would turn into the perfect nightmare.
I was so excited to send out the wedding invitations, carefully writing everyone’s names on thick cream paper in beautiful cursive script. I had no idea I was inviting someone to destroy our marriage. I couldn’t wait to say ‘I do’ surrounded by loved ones clinking champagne glasses. I couldn’t imagine that one of them would try to hurt me.
It was meant to be the first day of the rest of our lives. I never thought it would be the end of my life as I knew it.
That Darkness
by Lisa Black
Rating: 4.1 #ad
As a forensic investigator for the Cleveland Police Department, Maggie Gardiner has seen her share of Jane Does. The latest is an unidentified female in her early teens, discovered in a local cemetery. More shocking than the girl’s injuries—for Maggie at least—is the fact that no one has reported her missing. She and the detectives assigned to the case (including her cop ex-husband) are determined to follow every lead, run down every scrap of evidence. But the monster they seek is watching every move, closer to them than they could possibly imagine.
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(A Gardiner and Renner Mysteries)
Lumberjack Wolves Series
by Serena Meadows
Rating: 4.6 #ad
We’re raised to serve and defend our wolf shifter clans, and keep their secrets.
Relationships with humans are forbidden. Reproducing is forbidden.
And if we fail…we must choose between love and loyalty.
“Imagine a town without new growth, pushed by a greedy council seeking a stop to all progress through fear and intimidation. Five long time friends find the answer and bonded mates as well. New connections from this bond brings the clan back to life. Each character is part of each story. Loved it!” by Amazon Customer
Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
Slay in Character
by Lynn Cahoon
Rating: 4.5 #ad
Cat and the members of her writers’ retreat have just arrived in Outlaw, Colorado, an “Old West” tourist town complete with inhabitants dressed up as famous figures from history. But this authentic slice of Americana takes a murderous turn when a college student masquerading as a nineteenth-century saloon girl becomes history.
Was she the killer’s intended target? Or did she take a hit meant for someone else? With a colorful cast of suspects to choose from – including some notorious gunslingers and the sleazy town founders—Cat must unhorse the culprit before a real-life ghost story is given a killer twist.
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(A Cat Latimer Mysteries)
The Nidderdale Murders
by J. R. Ellis
Rating: 4.3 #ad
In a Yorkshire Dales village everyone has a motive for murder—except the killer.
A retired judge is shot dead outside the Dog and Gun inn in the remote Yorkshire village of Niddersgill. There’s a witness who saw everything, and the gunman’s on the run; the case should be open-and-shut for DCI Jim Oldroyd. But the murderer had no motive for wanting Sandy Fraser dead and, what’s more, no trace of him can be found.
As Oldroyd and his team cast the net wider, they discover that Fraser wasn’t without enemies in Niddersgill. As the wealthy owner of a grouse moor, he’d clashed with farmers, debtors, hunt saboteurs and blackmailers. But none of them were at the scene of the murder. And when a local shopkeeper is gunned down in a second senseless attack, it’s clear that these killings are anything but random.
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(A Yorkshire Murder Mysteries)
Flu
by Gina Kolata
Rating: 4.6 #ad
The fascinating, true story of the world’s deadliest disease.
In 1918, the Great Flu Epidemic felled the young and healthy virtually overnight. An estimated forty million people died as the epidemic raged. Children were left orphaned and families were devastated. As many American soldiers were killed by the 1918 flu as were killed in battle during World War I. And no area of the globe was safe. Eskimos living in remote outposts in the frozen tundra were sickened and killed by the flu in such numbers that entire villages were wiped out.
Scientists have recently rediscovered shards of the flu virus frozen in Alaska and preserved in scraps of tissue in a government warehouse…
The Night Swim
by Megan Goldin
Rating: 4.4 #ad
In The Night Swim, a new thriller from Megan Goldin, author of the “gripping and unforgettable” (Harlan Coben) The Escape Room, a true crime podcast host covering a controversial trial finds herself drawn deep into a small town’s dark past and a brutal crime that took place there years before.
Ever since her true-crime podcast became an overnight sensation and set an innocent man free, Rachel Krall has become a household name—and the last hope for people seeking justice. But she’s used to being recognized for her voice, not her face. Which makes it all the more unsettling when she finds a note on her car windshield, addressed to her, begging for help.
Evidence Not Seen
by Carlene Havel
Rating: 5.0 #ad
Love keeps no record of wrongs.
Jeff Galloway cannot forget how he and his mother were left to cope on their own when his father went to prison. Furthermore, he does not understand why his mother wants to welcome John Galloway home with open arms after almost thirty years. As a new romance begins to blossom with perky social worker Melanie Clark, she encourages Jeff to let go of the past.
Can a crotchety retired detective help Jeff unravel long-kept secrets in his attempt to accept his parents as they are?
The Girl They Took
by Leslie Wolfe
Rating: 4.4 #ad
Where her daughter had played Gretel in front of a cheering audience, only two faint stage lights remained. The theater was deserted and eerily silent; the only sound she could hear was her own heart, pounding in a frenzy against her chest. She rushed outside and stopped sharply at the top of the stairs, stunned, her blood turned to icicles. Darkness had fallen, thick and filled with ocean mist, lampposts like ghosts sprinkling yellow haloes in the sky.
After eight-year-old Paige disappears without a trace, FBI Special Agent Tess Winnett is called to investigate one of the boldest kidnappings the bureau has seen. The girl was taken from a theater filled with witnesses, in the middle of a children’s play. And no one saw anything.
Starting a frenzied search and following leads that seem to suggest a link to the girl’s father, the state district attorney, Tess is stunned to learn of a ransom call that points to an entirely different motive, old as time itself: money.
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(Tess Winnett Mysteries)
The Last Time We Met
by Trisha Ridinger McKee
Rating: 5.0 #ad
As a member of the richest family in town, Willow understands the importance of reputation. Her stern grandmother has taught her that family secrets are to be buried, and as the most popular girl in school, Willow follows that lesson with a smile covering up the darkness.
But when Walden, the new guy from the wrong side of town comes to her school, Willow finds her image slipping and the secrets of her homelife in danger of being exposed. As a scandal tears the couple apart and throws Willow into a new, unfamiliar life, she must choose between saving Walden’s future or risking it all for love.