Mysteries
Monday’s Mystery eBooks
Two Wicked Desserts
by Lynn Cahoon
Rating: 4.5 #ad
Magic Springs, Idaho, may be a small town, but Mia Malone is living an enchanted life running her own catering business and cooking school. And while she’s teaching the locals culinary craft, her grandmother is teaching her witchcraft for the day she inherits the family magical spells that have been passed down for generations. Unfortunately, all that knowledge is not helping Mia or her grandmother in removing the spirit of warlock Dorian Alexander from Mia’s cat Mr. Darcy.
But even though Dorian hasn’t yet left this earthly plane, his spells have already been transferred to his daughter Cindy’s grimoire. An actress looking for her big Hollywood break, Cindy is hoping there’s something in her father’s bag of tricks to make her a star.
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(Kitchen Witch Mysteries)
The Deep Blue Good-by
by John D. MacDonald, Lee Child
Rating: 4.3 #ad
Travis McGee is a self-described beach bum who won his houseboat in a card game. He’s also a knight-errant who’s wary of credit cards, retirement benefits, political parties, mortgages, and television. He only works when his cash runs out, and his rule is simple: He’ll help you find whatever was taken from you, as long as he can keep half.
“John D. MacDonald was the great entertainer of our age, and a mesmerizing storyteller.”—Stephen King
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(Kitchen Witch Mysteries)
Sea of Shadows
by Amy Maroney
Rating: 4.8 #ad
1459. A gifted woman artist. A ruthless Scottish privateer. And an audacious plan that throws them together—with dangerous consequences.
No one on the Greek island of Rhodes suspects Anica is responsible for her Venetian father’s exquisite portraits, least of all her wealthy fiancé. But her father’s vision is failing, and with every passing day it’s more difficult to conceal the truth.
When their secret is discovered by a powerful knight of the Order of St. John, Anica must act quickly to salvage her father’s honor and her own future. Desperate, she enlists the help of a fierce Scottish privateer named Drummond. Together, they craft a daring plan to restore her father’s sight.
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(Island of Gold)
Triumph of the Mountain Man
by William W. Johnstone
Rating: 4.4 #ad
Robber baron Clifton Satterlee is in greedy pursuit of a coveted piece of land in the New Mexico Territory. He plans to wrest the timber-rich hills of Tua Pueblo and then populate the town with his own subservient labor force. Many will suffer as his thirst for blood equals his lust for wealth and power.
But Saterlee has overlooked one mighty obstacle—the iron justice and deadly aim of the legendary mountain man Smoke Jensen. In triumph blood will be spilled . . .
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(Mountain Man Mysteries)
Lady
by Thomas Tryon
Rating: 4.4 #ad
In Pequot Landing, there are two sights to see: the largest elm in America, which dominates the stately old village green, and the house of Lady Harleigh. When the Great War ended, she was the most beautiful bride in the village, and though she was widowed soon after, mourning dampened neither her beauty nor her spirits. By the time the Great Depression rolls around, she is the unchallenged center of Pequot society—lovely and energetic, but subject to bouts of grim melancholy that hint at something dark beneath her surface.
Woody is eight years old when he first notices the Lady, and her glittering elegance captures his heart. He spends his boyhood deeply in love with the mysterious widow, obsessed with the sadness that lies at her core. As he gets closer to her, he finds that Lady Harleigh is haunted—not just by grief, but by a scandalous secret that, if revealed, could change Pequot Landing forever.
Fear Thy Neighbor
by Fern Michaels
Rating: 4.4 #ad
BRAND NEW RELEASE at Regular Price. At twenty-nine, Alison Marshall is ready to find a place to call home. With no family and no ties, she’s drifted from one small Florida town to another since high school, working odd jobs, saving hard, and building a nest egg. Once she finds the right place to settle down, she’ll know. And when she reaches beautiful Palmetto Island, she thinks she may have found it.
The small, close-knit island community seems to have everything Alison needs. On a hunch, she contacts the island’s only realtor, and learns that an old beach house is on the market. Miraculously, it’s in her budget, and Alison takes it as another sign that she’s in the right place.
The Stranger at the Door
by Lorhainne Eckhart
Rating: 4.7 #ad
She knocked on his door. He never should have answered. As newly appointed chief of police, Mark Friessen is settling into his small-town role when he uncovers the twisted tale of a woman forced to marry the man who killed her family.
When the woman goes looking for help, knocking on his door, Mark and Billy Jo are thrust into a web of lies that tests their own complex relationship, as they discover secrets in the couple’s shadowy past that could drive a wedge between them for good.
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(Billy Jo McCabe Mysteries)
Magical New Beginnings
by Brenda Trim
Rating: 4.3 #ad
When life goes sideways, embracing the adventure is the fastest way to set things right.
One day I was just a widow facing the prospect of an empty nest, living a life that was anything but enchanted. The next, I had discovered my magical roots, and my rightful place as the Guardian of the portal between the Faery and Earth.
There was shock. And there was fear. After all, no one plans to start over at forty-five. I intended to grow old with my husband. I thought we’d live an ordinary life. So I’ll be damned if I’m going to waste this opportunity to live in a world I always thought was imaginary.
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(Midlife Witchery Mysteries)
Haunted A Love Story
by Emmaline Givens
Rating: 4.5 #ad
A not so typical love story. A story that will make you laugh, cry, and laugh again. A story of family, loss, laughter and moving forward. My hope is that each reader takes away something from the story that they didn’t expect to find.
Kate and Matthew Chapman have spent their entire life together, and just celebrated their thirty-seventh wedding anniversary. High school sweethearts who raised a family and grew a business together… it was finally their time to relax and reconnect. Although their four children have left the nest, between running their hardware store and Matthew’s volunteer work at the local fire house, their days had been full. But when tragedy strikes, Kate finds herself suddenly with too much time on her hands and too many opinions about what she should do next.
Malachi’s Mystic Assignment
by Jen Talty
Rating: 4.8 #ad
Malachi Bale, a Liaison Army Intelligence Officer for Homeland Security is sent to the scenic town of Mystic, Connecticut on a temporary assignment with the Defense Investigative Service to gather and analyze intel on a possible terrorist attack. Malachi is looking forward to the trip. Not just because he’s excited about the task at hand, but because growing up, his family vacation every summer in Mystic. It’s been a good ten years since he spent a summer eating the best pizza on the planet and taking a late-night stroll on the sandy beach with the cutest girl in town. He’d never forgotten Winona, but he never expected to see her again, or that she’d land herself right smack dab in the middle of his investigation.
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(Mystic Mysteries)
Sunday’s Mystery eBooks
Dyeing Season
by Karen MacInerney
Rating: 4.6 #ad
It’s springtime on Dewberry Farm, and homesteader Lucy Resnick is busy putting together her wares for the Easter Market. She’s just finished potting the last of her herb starts when a tornado rips through her farm, destroying her crops, scattering her livestock and tearing up the barn. As Lucy searches for two kids lost in the storm, she makes a grisly discovery: her neighbor’s home health aide, Eva, strangled with a hand-knitted scarf.
While investigating the young woman’s death, Lucy discovers that blood isn’t always thicker than water… and that somebody may be taking advantage of the town’s more vulnerable citizens. When a second body turns up, drowned in a vat of dye, the whole town is walking on eggshells. Will Lucy find the killer in time?
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(Dewberry Farm Mysteries)
Black Magic Woman
by Eric Wilder
Rating: 4.5 #ad
There’s a voodoo woman in New Orleans who knows your darkest secrets
French Quarter paranormal investigator Wyatt Thomas learns he’s permanently linked to the spirit of a man with whom he’d fought a duel during another lifetime. The only person who can free Wyatt from his curse is long-dead voodoo queen Marie Laveaux. To seek her help, he must travel back to Antebellum New Orleans, succeed in his endeavor, or be trapped in the past forever. When Wyatt meets his former lover at the Mulatto Ball, he doesn’t know if he wants to return.
While Wyatt is time traveling, detective Tony Nicosia and U.S. Attorney Eddie Toledo are working for mob boss Frankie Castellano to try and retrieve a stolen cornet given to him by jazz legend Louis Armstrong. Their failure could result in having their throats cut and bodies thrown in the bayou for the gators to eat.
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(French Quarter Mysteries)
Diablo Mesa
by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
Rating: 4.4 #ad
Lucas Tappan, a wealthy and eccentric billionaire and founder of Icarus Space Systems, approaches the Santa Fe Archaeological Institute with an outlandish proposal—to finance a careful, scientific excavation of the Roswell Incident site, where a UFO is alleged to have crashed in 1947. A skeptical Nora Kelly, to her great annoyance, is tasked with the job.
Nora’s excavation immediately uncovers two murder victims buried at the site, faces and hands obliterated with acid to erase their identities. Special Agent Corrie Swanson is assigned to the case.
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(Nora Kelly Mysteries)
Ordinance 7304
by Jessica Lynch
Rating: 4.3 #ad
In a world where paranormals live side by side with humans, everybody knows about Ordinance 7304: the Bond Laws. Or, as the Paras snidely whisper to each other, the Claws Clause—a long and detailed set of laws that bonded couples must obey if they want their union to be recognized.
Because it wasn’t already damn near impossible to find a fated mate in the first place. Now the government just has to get involved…
Ordinance 7304 is a collection that features the first three full-length novels in the Claws Clause series:
Hungry Like a Wolf
Season of the Witch
Sunglasses at Night
Hope Callaghan Garden Girls &
Cruise Ship Mystery Series
by Hope Callaghan
Rating: 4.3 #ad
Grab this collection of 12 Best-Selling Mysteries from two of Hope Callaghan’s most popular series at this bargain price or read FREE in Kindle Unlimited!
Hope Callaghan writes stories the whole family can enjoy, with no swearing, violence, gore, or sex scenes. They won’t give you nightmares after reading them.
If you like clean, small town mysteries with a touch of humor, you’ll love the Garden Girls!
In the first 6 books, you’ll get to know and love Gloria Rutherford, a lonely widow who finds new purpose in life when she and her senior friends, the “Garden Girls,” help solve a murder in the small Midwestern town of Belhaven.
The Horsewoman
by James Patterson, Mike Lupica
Rating: 4.3 #ad
Emotions rule us all—and turn two women’s lives into a ride they can barely control in this “hugely entertaining, riveting page-turner.” – #1 bestselling author Louise Penny
Maggie Atwood and Becky McCabe, mother and daughter, both champion riders, vowed to never, ever, go up against one another.
Until the tense, harrowing competitions leading to the Paris Olympics. Mother and daughter share a dream: to be the best horsewoman in the world. Coronado is Maggie’s horse. An absolutely top-tier Belgian warmblood. Sky is Becky’s horse. A small, speedy Dutch warmblood.
Except the Dying
by Maureen Jennings
Rating: 4.3 #ad
In the cold Toronto winter of 1895, the naked body of a servant girl is found frozen in a deserted laneway. The young victim was pregnant when she died. Detective William Murdoch soon discovers that many of those connected with the girl’s life have secrets to hide. Was her death on attempt to cover up a scandal in one of the city’s influential families?
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(Murdoch Mysteries)
Space Village One
by Bob Price
Rating: 5.0 #ad
Escaping an abusive partner is as tough in 2060 as it was in 2020. You just have further to run. Running as far away as possible was top of Melissa’s list especially as her husband was President of an authoritarian regime the British Democratic Republic. Finding a neutral haven close enough to reach quickly key to her escape plan. Hence she chose Space Village One a neutral colony of settlers orbiting two hundred and fifty miles above the Earth.
These days the only safe haven for anyone not wanting to be included in a future war was to leave the planet. Space Village One offered much for those able to reach it including fortifications made from minerals found on Mars and Venus that made it stronger than anything built on Earth.
The Sound and the Furry
by Spencer Quinn
Rating: 4.7 #ad
In the sixth installment in the New York Times bestselling mystery series that the Los Angeles Times called “nothing short of masterful,” Chet and Bernie are handed a hard case in the Big Easy.
Chet and Bernie, the best canine/human P.I. team in the business, encounter a prison work crew that includes Frenchie Boutette, an old pal they sent up the river. Frenchie begs Bernie to go find his brother Ralph, a reclusive inventor who has disappeared—along with his houseboat—from the bayou. Not long after, Bernie fends off a deadly attack from a member of a shadowy gang called the Q’s. The attacker dies without revealing anything.
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(The Chet and Bernie Mysteries)
Wine Valley Mystery Books 1-4
by Sandra Woffington
Rating: 4.4 #ad
Wine Valley Mystery Series pairs just the right wine with just the right murder!
Sandra Woffington is a USA Today and Amazon bestselling author.
BURGUNDY AND BODIES, Book 1: The cuts nobody sees bleed a person to death.
PINOT NOIR AND POISON, Book 2: Pushed past a threshold, anyone can kill.
GAMAY AND GAMES, Book 3: Dr. Draven Blackmore is as brilliant. He’s also obsessed with Joy. But is he a killer?
ROSÉ AND ROCKS, Book 4: Diamonds cut glass. Some shred lives.
Nuclear Winter Devil Storm
by Bobby Akart
Rating: 4.6 #ad
Nuclear fallout wrapped the planet in a blanket of soot, blocking the sun’s rays, wreaking havoc on the atmosphere. The planet was plunged into a deep chill that would last for years. Plants withered. Animals died. Famine exacted its toll on the human population. From the initial firestorm and the spread of smoke to the destruction of the Earth’s ecosystem. Nuclear winter took no prisoners.
International bestselling author, Bobby Akart, one of America’s favorite storytellers, delivers up-all-night thrillers to readers in 245 countries and territories worldwide.
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(Nuclear Winter Mysteries)
Saturday’s Mystery eBooks
The Whole Enchilada
by Diane Mott Davidson
Rating: 4.4 #ad
Amateur sleuth and caterer extraordinaire Goldy Schulz has overcome her share of culinary disasters, not to mention a taste (or two) of death. But all that experience is little preparation when one of Goldy’s best friends collapses and dies at a birthday party.
The autopsy reveals that the death wasn’t a heart attack as everyone presumed. It was something far more nefarious. Someone added a sprinkle of poison to the victim’s plate. Suddenly, suspicion falls on the caterer who provided the party’s food: Goldy herself!
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(Goldy Schulz Mysteries)
Ice Cold Murder
by Michele PW
Rating: 4.7 #ad
When Charlie agrees to accompany her friend Claire to her late grandmother’s reading of the will, she assumes she is simply there for moral support. She doesn’t expect things to get so … strange. It’s odd enough that it takes place over a weekend, but that’s just the beginning … They also need to stay in Claire’s grandma’s supposedly haunted house with Claire’s estranged family.
Things get even worse when a huge storm snows them in. No electricity, no phone, and no way out. Throw a dead body into the mix, and there’s no question it’s now the world’s worst family gathering. Ever.
At least Charlie brought lots of tea, which she’s going to need as she races to solve this closed-circle mystery before her friend’s dysfunctional family get-together results in anyone else being murdered.
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(Charlie Kingsley Mysteries)
The Prisoner of Paradise
by Rob Samborn
Rating: 4.7 #ad
A present-day wife. A soul mate murdered in 1589. An ancient order that will kill to silence the truth.
AMERICAN WRITING AWARDS FINALIST (THRILLERS/ADVENTURES)
Nick and Julia O’Connor’s dream trip to Venice collapses when a haunting voice reaches out to Nick from Tintoretto’s Paradise, the world’s largest oil painting.
Though Julia worries her husband suffers from a delusion, Nick is adamant the voice belongs to a woman from the 16th century—his soul mate from a previous life. He discovers an ancient order that has developed a method of extracting people’s souls, which they imprison in Paradise. Over the centuries, they’ve judged thousands of souls and sentenced them to eternal purgatory…
The Forever Stone
by Gloria Repp
Rating: 4.5 #ad
The paperweight – a summons to courage… A new home, new love, new fears… and a mystery. How will she face the challenge? And what does God have in mind? Madeleine, a young widow, is determined to break free from her paralyzing memories and controlling family. The paperweight, a gift from her father, spurs her to declare independence, and she joins her aunt’s house-restoration project in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey. Two men enter her life, bringing joy, conflict, and danger. She’ll need courage to fight the treachery she discovers, and faith to step into a new life of promise. Can she do it?
Certain Dumont women led adventurous lives, and they held in common the gifts of artistry, courage, and a growing faith in God. Madeleine Dumont Burke is one of them.
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(The Dumont Chronicles)
The Midwife’s Confession
by Diane Chamberlain
Rating: 4.5 #ad
Dear Anna, What I have to tell you is difficult to write, but I know it will be far more difficult for you to hear, and I’m so sorry…
The unfinished letter is the only clue Tara and Emerson have to the reason behind their close friend Noelle’s suicide. Everything they knew about Noelle—her calling as a midwife, her passion for causes, her love for her friends and family—described a woman who embraced life.
Yet there was so much they didn’t know.
Heaven Came Down
by Bryan Davis
Rating: 4.5 #ad
Heavenly messengers, or deadly parasites?
In the chaotic aftermath of apocalyptic war, the strange lights in the sky heralding the coming of unearthly beings seemed like an answer to prayer. When the heavenly visitors entered selected people and transformed them into angels who demanded obedience in exchange for the restoration of order, the majority accepted their new rulers.
But Ben Garrison and his siblings, Jack and Trudy, have seen a dark side to these so-called angels. They join a rebel faction with one goal: destroy the invaders and free the world from their tyranny…
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(The Oculus Gate Mysteries)
Devious
by Lisa Jackson
Rating: 4.5 #ad
When New Orleans detective Reuben Montoya is called to investigate the murder of a nun, he’s shocked to recognize the victim. Sister Camille was his high school girlfriend. And she’s just been found on the altar of St. Marguerite’s cathedral…viciously garroted.
Before devoting herself to god, Camille had a knack for making bad choices. She joined the convent after falling for her sister Valerie’s soon-to-be ex-husband. But as Val—a former Texas cop—digs into Camille’s murder, she realizes how little she really knew about her sister and their shared past.
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(A Rick Bentz/Reuben Montoya Mysteries)
The Prediction
by Jean Rezab
Rating: 4.0 #ad
Ever since Thea was a girl, her father has told her to keep her visions a secret. When she envisions his being murdered, she tries to save him. The truth her father has hidden for years is exposed and changes her understanding of his past.
Thea’s new boyfriend suffers from depression, and her handsome private investigator is enigmatic with secrets of his own. Can she save her father with their help?
Are visions a gift from God or a burden, as she believes? Thea gets the answer from a fascinating source.
Friday’s Mystery eBooks
Kappy King and the Pickle Kaper
by Amy Lillard
Rating: 4.8 #ad
Kathryn “Kappy” King is happy being a plain-spoken unmarried odd-woman-out in her Pennsylvania Amish hometown. Her talent is making the special kapps local women use to cover their hair. But her skill at uncovering trouble in this quiet valley is about to be truly tested…
At first, young Sally June Esh’s tragic death doesn’t look like murder. Even in peaceful Blue Sky, collisions between buggies and Englisch cars aren’t unheard of. Still, the Eshes are skilled drivers used to delivering their popular pickles for miles around. And after Kappy notices Sally’s buggy was deliberately run off the road, her ex-Amish friend Edie gets strange texts saying the crash was no accident . . .
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(An Amish Mysteries)
Dark Witch
by Nora Roberts
Rating: 4.6 #ad
Ireland. County Mayo, to be exact. Where her ancestors’ blood and magic have flowed through generations—and where her destiny awaits.
Iona arrives in Ireland with nothing but her Nan’s directions, an unfailingly optimistic attitude, and an innate talent with horses. Not far from the luxurious castle where she is spending a week, she finds her cousins, Branna and Connor O’Dwyer. And since family is family, they invite her into their home and their lives. When Iona lands a job at the local stables, she meets the owner, Boyle McGrath. Cowboy, pirate, wild tribal horsemen, he’s three of her biggest fantasy weaknesses all in one big, bold package.
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(The Cousins O’Dwyer Trilogy)
Courage on the Run
by J. Carol Nemeth
Rating: 5.0 #ad
Casey Hartman checks handsome Will Kerns into Belmont Inn, her family home passed down through generations. He claims to be on vacation, but when Casey witnesses a murder, Will flashes his DEA badge and takes her on the run. His real mission is to seize a drug operation in the historical town of Belmont. Casey can’t believe this is happening in her little town, much less that she witnessed a murder.
Will is determined to take down the drug ring and the man leading the operation, but can he do that while running with Casey?
However, no amount of love will prevent a determined killer from finding them, no matter where they hide.
The Magic Circle
by Katherine Neville
Rating: 4.0 #ad
In the last week of Jesus’s life, the Emperor Augustus orders the purge of all prophecies that question his divine power. Thus, in the crater of a dormant volcano, the books of the Sibylline oracle are sealed—lost to the world until the nineteenth century when Clio, a brilliant archaeologist, discovers them. The Sibyl’s words remain as potent as ever, having the ability to change the destiny of mankind. But who will be bold enough to harness their power?
More than a century after their discovery, some of the secret prophecies fall into the hands of nuclear scientist Ariel Behn when her beloved cousin is assassinated…
Dragon’s Daughter Complete Series Omnibus
by Multiple Authors
Rating: 5.0 #ad
Dragons used to rule the world; those days are over. But humans, mages, and dragons have just begun learning to co-exist without conflict.
Kylara Diamantine is a young dragon with a lot to learn. When her mother goes missing during an attack, Kylara is sent to a school where she will be learning about magic and draconic powers alongside dragons and mages. She will need to master her dragon powers to save herself and find her missing mother. Will she be prepared for what’s to come?
Grab the complete 6 book set in this omnibus to find out!
The Eighth Commandment
by Lawrence Sanders
Rating: 4.4 #ad
Appraising rare coins for Grandby & Sons, a venerable Madison Avenue auction house, is a dream come true for Mary Lou Bateson. She even gets a chance to inspect the Havistock Collection of priceless coins, which includes the Demaretion, a rare, ancient Greek silver piece. But when the Demaretion disappears just after her assessment, the young numismatist becomes the number-one suspect. Placed on indefinite leave, Bateson enlists the help of a New York Police Department cop and an insurance detective to go behind the closed doors of one of New York’s most powerful and untouchable families.
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(The Commandment Mysteries)
Bridge Home
by Stephanie Parker McKean
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Following the tragic death of Egan Firewalker Quartz after only a short marriage, Texas Miz Mike’s stepdaughter, Flame, blindsides her with a vacation in Scotland—as well as an extremely unexpected boyfriend! The vacation turns chaotic when Mike finds a body while out walking – and minding her own business, of course!
Mike discovers the victim is connected to her former fiancé, Reverend Alan Evan Kirkland. An eyewitness claims to have seen Evan running from the murder scene. Evan is arrested for murder, partly because he had refused to hold a same-sex marriage ceremony in his church. That action created an uproar in his parish after the murder victim fought her case in the newspapers. While Mike attempts to prove his innocence, she’s arrested on a false charge…
Carnal Innocence
by Nora Roberts
Rating: 4.6 #ad
Turned out and still reeling from a love affair gone bad, world-class violinist Caroline Waverly goes to her grandparents’ home in Innocence, Mississippi, for some much-needed rest and relaxation. Instead she finds herself overwhelmed all over again—first by Tucker Longstreet, a charming local with a sideline in no-strings-attached relationships, and then by a deadlier, more disturbing development.
For Innocence is being stalked by its very own serial killer, whose brutal knife blows have pierced the veil of tranquillity in this sleepy Southern town and left a trail of mutilated female corpses in their wake.