Friday’s Mystery eBooks
Candy Slain Murder
by Maddie Day
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As December sweeps through South Lick, Indiana, Robbie’s life seems merry and bright like the string lights glistening around town. But strange happenings signal a bumpy ride into the holidays. First a man raises eyebrows at Pans ‘N Pancakes when he claiming to be the long-lost half-brother of Robbie’s assistant. Then a fire destroys the home of a controversial anesthesiologist, exposing skeletal remains in his attic. Helplessly intrigued, all Robbie wants for Christmas is to stop her winter wonderland from becoming a real nightmare. With a decades-old mystery taking shape, can she run as fast as she can in pursuit of a killer who’s harder to crack than a stale gingerbread man?
Hunter’s Quest
by Lynnea Lee
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MORGAN There’s a Xarc’n warrior stalking my land. Rhaz’k claims I’m “his,” but I belong to no one, especially not to a bossy purple alien with massive horns, sharp fangs, and huge muscles. But when the deadly space bugs invading Earth start showing up around my home, the overprotective warrior tosses me over his shoulder and carries me to his shuttle. Who does he think he is?
RHAZ’K Morgan calls me bossy, but her body scents of lust every time I’m near. I’ve been patient all season, giving her time to accept that she’s mine. She might scream at me now, but soon she’ll be screaming my name. Nothing will stop me from claiming my mate.
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Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2021
by Lee Child, Otto Penzler
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
A Wall Street Journal holiday 2021 pick A Suspense Magazine Best Book of the Year
Lee Child selects the twenty best mystery short stories of the year, including tales by Stephen King, Sara Paretsky, and many more.
Under the auspices of New York City’s legendary mystery fiction specialty bookstore, The Mysterious Bookshop, and aided by Edgar Award-winning anthologist Otto Penzler, international bestseller Lee Child has selected the twenty most suspenseful, most confounding, and most mysterious short stories from the past year, collected now in one entertaining volume.
Within and Without Time
by D. I. Hennessey
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When a sixteen-year-old boy is suddenly caught up in a series of miraculous encounters, it heralds an adventure that will transform his life, rock his town, and trigger events that will ultimately change the world!
Befriended by a powerful angelic warrior, Jimmy finds himself in the center of God’s plan for Earth’s final Great Revival. The beginning of God’s amazing harvest at the End of the Age. Like an intense roller coaster, the journey he experiences is exciting and unpredictable. Heartwarming, as well as heart-rending. God prepares him for a mission more extraordinary than anything he could have imagined, placing him in the rare company of ancient prophets and apostles alike.
Harvest Island
by Lissa Raines
Kindle $3.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
An Anguished Daughter and a Determined Police Detective Must Unravel the Secrets of Her Father’s Disappearance or Suffer the Deadly Consequences
In a quaint coastal town, John Garcia disappears under suspicious circumstances. Fifteen years later Samantha Anderson, John’s daughter, receives a cryptic message. Wondering if her father sent it, Samantha and the handsome police detective, Spencer McKenna, embark on a perilous journey to find him. Spencer is drawn to Samantha, pledging to protect her, but at what cost?
Someone is determined to stop Samantha, but her dreams with baffling clues drive her on in a frantic search. Tormenting questions consume Samantha. Was her father’s disappearance staged? Or has he died a grisly death at the hands of an unknown assailant?
Timeless
by R. A. Salvatore
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R. A. Salvatore returns with one of fantasy’s most beloved and enduring icons, the dark elf Drizzt Do’Urden, in an all-new trilogy full of swordplay, danger, and imaginative thrills.
Centuries ago, in the city of Menzoberranzan, a young weapon master earned a reputation far above his station or that of his poor house.
Zaknafein. The greater nobles watched him, and one powerful matron—Malice—decided to take him as her own. She connived with rival houses to secure her prize, but it was ultimately the roguish mercenary Jarlaxle who caught him.
A World of Curiosities
by Louise Penny
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Chief Inspector Armand Gamache returns in the eighteenth book in #1 New York Times bestseller Louise Penny’s beloved series.
It’s spring and Three Pines is reemerging after the harsh winter. But not everything buried should come alive again. Not everything lying dormant should reemerge.
But something has.
Fragile Designs
by Colleen Coble
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There’s only one thing more dangerous than family secrets.
Since her police-officer husband Eric’s mysterious murder, Carly Harris has been struggling to support herself and their infant son. Her career as an antique dealer isn’t sustainable, nor is her dream of becoming a novelist. So when her grandmother proposes she and her two sisters restore the family’s large Beaufort home and turn it into a bed-and-breakfast, she immediately gets to work clearing out the house. In the process, she uncovers a family secret that Eric kept hidden. And an heirloom that the wrong person wouldn’t hesitate to kill for.
DEATH IN A SKIP
by P.F. FORD
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Meet ex-detectives Slater and Norman, an unlikely crime-solving duo. They might seem like they have nothing in common, except a love of doughnuts and banter. But they never give up on a case, no matter how tough things get . . .
Please note, this book was previously published as The Kidney Donor. Two old soldiers, down on their luck. Bound by one dark secret. And it might be worth killing for . . .
Dave Slater returns home from Thailand, jetlagged, jaded — and dying for a night in his own bed. Too bad Norman has moved someone else into Slater’s cozy little cottage! A troubled homeless veteran named Ryan.
Rage and Ruin
by Jennifer L. Armentrout
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From Jennifer L. Armentrout, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of From Blood and Ash, comes a heartstopping romantic fantasy series about angels, demons and gargoyles where dangerous secrets and forbidden desires lead to shocking consequences…
Half-angel Trinity and her bonded gargoyle protector, Zayne, have been working with demons to stop the apocalypse while avoiding falling in love. The Harbinger is coming, but who…or what…is it? All of humankind may fall if Trinity and Zayne can’t win the race against time as sinister forces gather.
Solomon’s Compass
by Carol Kilgore
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One USCG Commander + One Veteran Navy SEAL = Fireworks from Stem to Stern
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.
Thursday’s Mystery eBooks
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The Madness of Crowds
by Louise Penny
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You’re a coward. Time and again, as the New Year approaches, that charge is leveled against Armand Gamache. It starts innocently enough.
While the residents of the Québec village of Three Pines take advantage of the deep snow to ski and toboggan, to drink hot chocolate in the bistro and share meals together, the Chief Inspector finds his holiday with his family interrupted by a simple request.
Calculated Risk
by Lynn Shannon
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He carries the burden of his mistakes. The wounds on Jason Gonzalez’s body are nothing compared to the ones on his heart. The former Marine avoids getting close to anyone new, especially his gorgeous next-door neighbor. Until he hears a scream coming from her house in the middle of the night.
Her enemies are too numerous to count. Addison Foster escaped an abusive marriage and has become an advocate for others. When an intruder breaks into her home and nearly kills her, Addison is rescued by an unlikely protector. But the threats against her aren’t over and she needs help.
She’s My Sister Complete Series Box Set
by Jacie Middlemann
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The Hendricks family has long known that it’s wise to be careful what you wish for…dark family secrets have a way of finding their way to the light. Unfortunately, enemies usually aren’t too far behind.
Grace had never been more terrified…the pain was relentless. Nothing in her life prepared her for this. She desperately needed somewhere safe…someplace she could hide. Someone she could trust with her life. It was dark…and getting darker.
Ronan Hendricks didn’t recognize her voice. Not family…not friends. Probably not an enemy. But he didn’t need the years he’d spent as a detective to recognize what he did hear… Fear.
Fatal Flaw
by E L Bartol
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Unravel the dark secrets of a marriage strewn with danger, fear, and the haunting echoes of a malevolent past.
Maggie Wallis, a determined woman from an era where vows were sacred and divorce was a scarlet letter, resolves to give her tumultuous marriage one final chance. However, when her eight-year-old daughter, Piper, refuses to board the school bus, Maggie is thrust into a heart-wrenching dilemma where she must choose between saving her marriage and saving her daughter.
As she sets herself upon a path of liberation, the discovery of two missing women threatens to derail all of Maggie’s efforts. The police are desperate for any leads, and Maggie finds herself entangled in a web of lies and deceit that threatens to consume her.
Stargazer
by Anne Hillerman
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Murder, deception, Navajo tradition, and the stars collide in this enthralling entry in New York Times bestselling author Anne Hillerman’s Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito series, set amid the beautiful landscape of the American Southwest.
What begins as a typical day for Officer Bernadette Manuelito—serving a bench warrant, dealing with a herd of cattle obstructing traffic, and stumbling across a crime scene—takes an unexpected twist when she’s called to help find an old friend. Years ago, Bernie and Maya were roommates, but time and Maya’s struggles with addiction drove them apart. Now Maya’s brother asks Bernie to find out what happened to his sister.
Perelandra
by C. S. Lewis
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Perelandra, the second novel in Lewis’s science fiction trilogy, tells of Dr. Ransom’s voyage to the paradise planet of Perelandra, or Venus, which turns out to be a beautiful Eden-like world. He is horrified to find that his old enemy, Dr. Weston, has also arrived and is putting him in grave peril once more. As the mad Weston’s body is taken over by the forces of evil, Ransom engages in a desperate struggle to save the innocence of Perelandra!
The Lightning Rod
by Brad Meltzer
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Zig and Nola are back—in the hugely entertaining, highly anticipated follow-up to Brad Meltzer’s #1 New York Times bestselling thriller The Escape Artist.
What’s the one secret no one knows about you? Archie Mint has a secret. He’s led a charmed life—he’s got a beautiful wife, two impressive kids, and a successful military career. But when he’s killed while trying to stop a robbery in his own home, his family is shattered—and then shocked when the other shoe drops. Mint’s been hiding criminal secrets none of them could have imagined.
The Hedge Knight
by George R. R. Martin, Ben Avery
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Set one hundred years before the events in George R.R. Martin’s epic fantasy series, A Song of Ice and Fire, The Hedge Knight chronicles a young squire as he travels the cruel and complex path to knighthood in the Seven Kingdoms.
Shouldering his fallen master’s sword and shield, Duncan (or “Dunk”) is determined to reinvent himself as a knight in a nearby tournament. But first Dunk needs a sponsor, and that requirement sends him down a road studded with friends, foes, adventure, and hidden agendas. One such friend is Egg, who becomes Dunk’s squire, yet even he may hold secret motivations of his own.
Kill The Goblins
by Miranda K
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Tools to quiet a noisy mind
Miranda K, a veteran of trauma recovery, provides in-the-moment practical strategies to combat unwanted, destructive thoughts.
Are you aware of the things you say to yourself? Are they friendly or mean? Do you have a busy head, full of lots of thoughts that leave you confused or overwhelmed? Do you find yourself arguing with the thoughts in your head, trying to get them to stop?
Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
Maui Murder
by Jasmine Webb
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Charlie finally feels like she’s got a bit of breathing room. She’s flush with cash, she and Zoe are moving into a snazzy new apartment, and she’s riding the wave of having solved a murder a few weeks earlier. But when a local woman is murdered and her family hires Charlie to find the killer, she finds herself embroiled in yet another investigation.
However, what Charlie initially thinks might be an easy solve quickly finds her mired in Maui’s seedy underworld, with a victim who led a double life. Finding herself dealing with a suspect list longer than a CVS receipt, Charlie enlists the help of Dot and Rosie to narrow down that list and get a lead on the real killer…
Ghost Agents
by Nita DeBorde
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The award-winning 1st installment of the Ghost Agents Trilogy
An organization that has operated in secret for centuries… a mystery that threatens to burn it all to the ground… and she’s the only agent who can stop it…
To the residents and tourists of Galveston Island, Claire Abelard is the friendly young woman who works at the local candy store by day and leads ghost tours of the island’s haunted locations by night. They don’t realize this persona is a cover for Claire’s real job as an agent of the Bureau for Historical Preservation, a clandestine organization that monitors and assists energy projections, or the entities more commonly known as “ghosts.”
Spearthrower
by D. BRAISTED
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Kim has always had food and shelter; she grew up in a comfortable world. But she is wild. After graduating from high school, she enters The Branch and becomes a highly trained astronaut. Kim accepts a classified mission and is launched deep. However, she is not just the test pilot, she is also the test. And then there is Kala. She grew up in the open grass plain with a spear in hand, but she is not wild. Her adventure will violently choose her.
This is a playful and sometimes poetic story that is a view of us. But there is hope.
A Taste of Blood
by Lynda La Plante
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The gripping new Detective Jane Tennison thriller from the Queen of Crime Drama, Lynda La Plante. Detective Jane Tennison made a bad choice.
She was the one who put in a transfer to the quiet, local police station in Bromley, keen to escape the relentless pressure of her former West End department.
Now she regrets her decision. The tedium of petty crime investigations even makes her question remaining in the force…
Tom Clancy Power and Empire
by Marc Cameron
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As mounting tensions between China and the United States push the world’s two great powers to the brink of war, it falls to President Jack Ryan to identify the lethal chess master behind the scenes in this thriller in Tom Clancy’s #1 New York Times bestselling series.
Jack Ryan is dealing with an aggresive challenge from the Chinese government as the G20 Summit approaches. Pawns are being moved around a global chessboard: an attack on an oil platform in Africa, a terrorist strike on an American destroyer and a storm tossed American spy ship that may fall into Chinese hands. It seems that Premier Zhao is determined to limit Ryan’s choices in the upcoming negotiations.
Call After Midnight
by Tess Gerritsen
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Rediscover the thrills of this classic romantic suspense from New York Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen!
Newlywed Sarah Fontaine has just received the news that every wife fears: her husband of two months has died abroad in a hotel fire. Yet convinced he’s still alive, Sarah forges an alliance with Nick O’Hara from the U.S. State Department that has the two of them crisscrossing Europe on a desperate search for signs of life. As Sarah and Nick become quarry in the secret world of international espionage, they must risk everything for answers that may prove fatal.
Inspector French and the Sea Mystery
by Freeman Wills Crofts
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When a dead body is found at sea, the case can only be solved by the astute Inspector French, and his most discerning readers, in this Golden Age mystery.
A mysterious shipping crate is hauled ashore off the coast of Burry Port in South Wales by two fishermen, who find a brutally murdered, decaying corpse inside. Stumped by the lack of clues, the local police call in Inspector French of Scotland Yard, one of the Criminal Investigation Department’s finest detectives. With his meticulous pursuit of leads, it’s only a matter of time until Inspector French finds the killer.
Devil’s Gate
by David Roberts
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The little-known story of a deadly 1,300-mile trek by Mormon converts in 1856: “This compelling account of a major frontier catastrophe is hard to put down.” —Booklist
In 1856, led by the church’s second Prophet and new leader, Brigham Young, the Mormon faithful headed west to escape persecution. They arrived in what is now Utah the following year and established a new Zion in the wilderness. Nine years later, fearing a federal invasion, Young and other Mormon leaders debated how to bring thousands of impoverished European converts, mostly British and Scandinavian, from the Old World to Zion. Young conceived of a plan in which the European Mormons would travel by ship to New York City and by train to Iowa City. From there, instead of crossing the plains by covered wagon, they would push and pull wooden handcarts all the way to Salt Lake.
Sky Ice: A Dark Fantasy Romance
by E. G. Sparks
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A determined survivor. A terrifying creature of shadow. A society of protectors that could bring her a found family or an early grave.
Arien Blair yearns to belong. Aged out of the foster system and living on the streets, the desperate eighteen-year-old works odd jobs just to put a roof over her head. But when she’s attacked by a hooded and faceless being, she’s stunned when a brooding warrior steps in and promptly declares he’s duty-bound to protect.
Tuesday’s Mystery eBooks
The Mockingbird’s Song
by Wanda E. Brunstetter
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Where Is the Hope in Grief for a Young Amish Widow?
Sylvia has been nearly paralyzed with grief and anxiety since the tragic death of her husband, father, and brother in a traffic accident. She tries to help in the family’s greenhouse while caring for her two young children, but she prefers not to have to deal with customers. Her mother’s own grief causes her to hover over her children and grandchildren, and Sylvia seeks a diversion…
Master of the Revels
by Nicole Galland
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An epic adventure awaits in this page-turning sci-fi read!
In this brilliant sequel to The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.—an enthralling, history-bending adventure traversing time and space, fact and fiction, magic and science co-written with #1 New York Times bestselling author Neal Stephenson—a daring young time traveler must return to Jacobean England to save the modern world.
This fast-paced sequel to the New York Times bestselling near-future adventure The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. picks up where the original left off, as Tristan Lyons, Mel Stokes, and their fellow outcasts from the Department of Diachronic Operations (D.O.D.O.) fight to stop the powerful Irish witch Gráinne from using time travel to reverse the evolution of all modern technology.
To Cut a Long Story Short
by Jeffrey Archer
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From the master storyteller comes a compelling collection of fourteen riveting tales of elaborate confidence tricks, political chicanery, immoral behavior, and dangerously illicit affairs, rendered with the breathtaking narrative twists that have become the Jeffrey Archer hallmark.
Here are stories that will engross and astonish, peopled with a rich assortment of truly memorable characters: the intoxicating woman who appears to her lover only once every six years; the British diplomat who employs his rather creative—if not entirely ethical—financial talents for a greater good; the millionaire who declares himself bankrupt to test the love and loyalties of those closest to him.
Hidden
by Fern Michaels
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A page-turning new story from the bestselling author of No Way Out, perfect for fans of Nora Roberts and Danielle Steel! Meet a brother and sister who are drawn into a treacherous mystery through an antique with a dark past, as they race against time to help a single mother and take down a ruthless couple bent on taking control of their family’s legacy…
At first glance, few would guess that Luna and Cullen Bodman are siblings. Cullen is efficient and serious while his younger sister Luna is a free spirit. When the two launch their furniture restoration shop/café—an offshoot of the family’s longtime antique business—in an up-and-coming arts center, little do they know their unique talents may be their only defense against a dangerous betrayal.
The Fall of Númenor
by J. R. R. Tolkien
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It was not until Christopher Tolkien published The Silmarillion after his father’s death that a fuller story could be told. Although much of the book’s content concerned the First Age of Middle-earth, there were at its close two key works that revealed the tumultuous events concerning the rise and fall of the island of Númenor. Raised out of the Great Sea and gifted to the Men of Middle-earth as a reward for aiding the angelic Valar and the Elves in the defeat and capture of the Dark Lord Morgoth, the kingdom became a seat of influence and wealth; but as the Númenóreans’ power increased, the seed of their downfall would inevitably be sown, culminating in the Last Alliance of Elves and Men.
Bride of the Night
by Heather Graham
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This fan-favorite novel from #1 New York Times bestselling Heather Graham brings readers into an American Civil War replete with vampires, political intrigue, and romance.
She’s the vampire that could destroy a nation.
At least, that’s what Pinkerton detective Finn Dunne thinks of Tara Fox. Capturing her aboard a ship sneaking its way northward, he’s convinced she’s been sent to take out President Lincoln. While she’s certainly the most attractive assassin he’s ever faced, that won’t keep him from his duty.
The Helen Trilogy
by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
Kindle $4.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Now, available for the first time together in a single volume: a digital-only, value-priced omnibus edition of the Helen Trilogy: Fever Dream, Cold Vengeance, and Two Graves-featuring Special Agent Pendergast–by #1 New York Times bestselling authors Preston & Child.
FEVER DREAM
COLD VENGEANCE
TWO GRAVES
Think Twice
by Harlan Coben
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A man presumed dead is suddenly wanted for murder in this thriller of secrets, lies, and dangerous conspiracies that threaten to cover up the truth.
Three years ago, sports agent Myron Bolitar gave a eulogy at the funeral of his client, renowned basketball coach Greg Downing. Myron and Greg had history: initially as deeply personal rivals, and later as unexpected business associates. Myron made peace and moved on – until now, when twofederal agents walked into his office, demanding to know where Greg Downing is…