Thursday’s Mystery eBooks
Dogs and More Dogs, Another Murder
by Christa Nardi
Rating: 4.4 #ad
An abandoned house, an abundance of dogs. And a dead body or two. Sheridan Hendley’s volunteer position at Pets and Paws takes a new turn when more than twenty malnourished dogs are found at a rundown house on the outskirts of town. When the body of an elderly woman is found amidst mountains of clutter in the house, a search of the property leads to startling revelations. And another body. While Herman Stoneham’s death is deemed natural causes, his wife’s is not.
Where did all the dogs come from and who’s responsible for Justine’s untimely death? Are the two connected? With dogs and murder at stake, Sheridan can’t help but get involved in the investigation. If you love dogs and mysteries, this one is for you.
The Recruiter
by Ilan Arad
Rating: 4.8 #ad
He is a well-known director. She is an international model. Both are not who they seem to be.
For David, it was supposed to be just another commercial gig: pick up the talent, film the commercial, and get paid. Being a well-known film director and an infamous industry womanizer, David thought his only care in the world was his frequent vice of shadowy “massage parlors.” But that all changed when he met Isabella – a stunning model with secrets of her own.
Through Isabella, David becomes aware of the underbelly of the world he thought he knew: a world of sex work, human trafficking, violence, and questionable morality. As the tall, dark, and mysterious woman draws him closer, David must make a choice: He can walk away from all of it.
Monster
by Adam Nicholls
Rating: 4.4 #ad
Evil is best fought from within.
When Mason Black is first called out to investigate the disappearance of three teenagers, he never truly believed he would find their bodies. Especially not with human bite marks embedded in their remains.
While the police are breathing down his neck, Mason finds himself trapped in the deep underground world of a cannibalistic cult, working his way toward the truth from the inside. But then a shocking secret is revealed, and it will change his life forever.
We Ride the Storm
by Devin Madson
Rating: 4.2 #ad
War built the Kisian Empire. War will tear it down.
Seventeen years after rebels stormed the streets, factions divide Kisia. Only the firm hand of the god-emperor holds the empire together. But when an unexpected betrayal destroys a tense alliance with neighboring Chiltae, all that has been won comes crashing down.
In Kisia, Princess Miko Ts’ai is a prisoner in her own castle. She dreams of claiming her empire, but the path to power could rip it, and her family, asunder.
The Glass Ocean
by Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig
Rating: 4.4 #ad
From the New York Times bestselling authors of The Forgotten Room comes a captivating historical mystery, infused with romance, that links the lives of three women across a century – two deep in the past, one in the present – to the doomed passenger liner, RMS Lusitania.
May 2013
Her finances are in dire straits and bestselling author Sarah Blake is struggling to find a big idea for her next book. Desperate, she breaks the one promise she made to her Alzheimer’s-stricken mother and opens an old chest that belonged to her great-grandfather, who died when the RMS Lusitania was sunk by a German U-Boat in 1915. What she discovers there could change history. Sarah embarks on an ambitious journey to England to enlist the help of John Langford, a recently disgraced Member of Parliament whose family archives might contain the only key to the long-ago catastrophe. . . .
A Change of Circumstance
by Susan Hill
Rating: 4.3 #ad
Susan Hill’s acclaimed crime series featuring the enigmatic detective Simon Serrailler, Hill yet again raises the stakes.
Detective Chief Superintendent Simon Serrailler has long regarded drug ops in Lafferton as a waste of time. The small-time dealers picked up outside the local high school can’t or won’t turn in any valuable names, so they’re merely given a fine and the trail runs cold.
But when the body of a twenty-two-year-old is found in neighboring Starley, the case pulls DCS Simon Serrailler into the underbelly of an elaborate drug operation that moves narcotics from the cities into the suburbs and right down to villages. The foot soldiers?
A Widow’s Journey
by Jesse Storm
Rating: 4.6 #ad
Lottie Sinclair’s ordinary life takes a dramatic turn after one fateful night.
Her husband is walking home from his long shift in the town’s mines when he is attacked and killed by a masked gang. A few weeks later, more aggressors invade Lottie’s home and kidnap her two sons.
Suddenly, she is all alone. Her family is gone, and she doesn’t know why.
A couple of townsfolk claim they saw the Comanches riding through town last night. They are the ones that took Lottie’s sons.
Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
The Accurate Accounts of Agent Jinni the Cat
by Clara Szalai
Rating: 4.9 #ad
Don’t be fooled by her fluffy, lovable exterior – Jinni the Cat is far more interested in solving the mysteries of the universe than making nice or catching mice.
Jinni’s mission could not have been any simpler – study all she can about the human condition, and report back to her superiors so they can determine once and for all what is the state of human existence. But Jinni isn’t exactly the best agent Homeworld has to offer – she’s a wisecracking troublemaker, too smart for her own good. So, when she finally does reach Earth, she shapes into the most appropriate, elegant form imaginable.
Which is why she is currently stuck looking like a cat.
Dead Lions
by Mick Herron
Rating: 4.4 #ad
The CWA Gold Dagger Award-winning British espionage novel about disgraced MI5 agents who inadvertently uncover a deadly Cold War-era legacy of sleeper cells and mythic super spies.
The disgruntled agents of Slough House, the MI5 branch where washed-up spies are sent to finish their failed careers on desk duty, are called into action to protect a visiting Russian oligarch whom MI5 hopes to recruit to British intelligence. While two agents are dispatched on that babysitting job, though, an old Cold War-era spy named Dickie Bow is found dead, ostensibly of a heart attack, on a bus outside of Oxford, far from his usual haunts.
Berserker of Gambria
by pdmac
Rating: 5.0 #ad
With their spaceship destroyed, the remaining two survivors of a failed colonization mission jettison down to a planet with the hope they can survive. Duncan, a bookish linguist, and Alexis, a beautiful gladiator in the prime of her career, suddenly find themselves drawn into the struggles between two warring kingdoms. Their fortunes improve when Alexis’ combat skills are discovered, and she is challenged by the nation’s berserker who underestimates his opponent and pays dearly for it. Yet no sooner is she awarded his position, title, and wealth when she is called upon to lead the nation’s warriors in the first full scale battle she has ever experienced, against an enemy who take no prisoners.
With the very real possibility that Alexis might not survive the battle, Duncan is left alone to fend for himself. Calling himself a Wizard of the Universe, he is brought before the Council of Prelates to explain his obvious heresy.
Blackout
by Simon Scarrow
Rating: 4.5 #ad
As the Nazis tighten their chokehold on the capital, panic and paranoia fester as blackout is rigidly enforced. Every night the city is plunged into an oppressive, suffocating darkness—pitch-perfect conditions for unspeakable acts.
When a young woman is found brutally murdered, it’s up to Criminal Inspector Horst Schenke to solve the case quickly. His reputation is already on the line for his failure to join the Nazi Party. If he doesn’t solve the case, the consequences could be fatal.
The House of Thunder
by Dean Koontz
Rating: 4.1 #ad
Susan Thornton watched in terror as her lover died a brutal death in a college hazing. And in the four years that followed, the four young men who participated in that grim fraternity ritual also died violently – or so she thought.
Twelve years later, Susan wakes in a hospital bed. Apparently involved in a fatal accident, she can’t remember who she is or why she is there. All she knows is that her life is unfolding into a menacing nightmare – and that the faces that surround her, are those of the four men involved in that murder years ago.
The Messy Man Trilogy
by Chris Sorensen
Rating: 5.0 #ad
THE NIGHTMARE ROOM, THE HUNGRY ONES, and THE MESSY MAN…
From the bestselling author of SUCKERVILLE and BEE TORNADO comes the trilogy that started it all. Three unique haunted tales that intertwine in ways that will frighten and surprise you. With enough ghosts, demons, and hauntings to keep you up all night, THE MESSY MAN TRILOGY is filled with horror and heart. Originally released as three separate books, the entire ghostly tale is available for the first time as one haunted tome.
The Nature of Fragile Things
by Susan Meissner
Rating: 4.5 #ad
April 18, 1906: A massive earthquake rocks San Francisco just before daybreak, igniting a devouring inferno. Lives are lost, lives are shattered, but some rise from the ashes forever changed.
Sophie Whalen is a young Irish immigrant so desperate to get out of a New York tenement that she answers a mail-order bride ad and agrees to marry a man she knows nothing about. San Francisco widower Martin Hocking proves to be as aloof as he is mesmerizingly handsome. Sophie quickly develops deep affection for Kat, Martin’s silent five-year-old daughter, but Martin’s odd behavior leaves her with the uneasy feeling that something about her newfound situation isn’t right.
Redshirts
by John Scalzi
Rating: 4.2 #ad
Redshirts is John Scalzi’s Hugo Award-winning novel of the starship ensigns who were expendable…until they started comparing notes.
Tor Essentials presents new editions of science fiction and fantasy titles of proven merit and lasting value, each volume introduced by an appropriate literary figure.
Ensign Andrew Dahl has just been assigned to the Universal Union Capital Ship Intrepid, flagship of the Universal Union since the year 2456. It’s a prestige posting, with the chance to serve on “Away Missions” alongside the starship’s famous senior officers.
Tuesday’s Mystery eBooks
The Perfect Neighbors
by Sarah Pekkanen
Rating: 3.9 #ad
How well do you ever really know the family next door?
Bucolic Newport Cove, where spontaneous block parties occur on balmy nights and all of the streets are named for flowers, is proud of its distinction of being named one the top twenty safest neighborhoods in the US. It’s also one of the most secret-filled.
Kellie Scott has just returned to work after a decade of being a stay-at-home mom. She’s adjusting to high heels, scrambling to cook dinner for her family after a day at the office—and soaking in the dangerous attention of a very handsome, very married male colleague…
The Jealous Wife
by James Caine
Rating: 4.5 #ad
She wants my husband. She wants my life. She wants me- gone.
About to become parents, my husband and I decide to move to my small hometown to be closer to my family. Everything was perfect until I met our new neighbor- the reason I moved away to begin with.
Kelly Van Patten.
She’s the epitome of beauty. With her radiant blond hair, captivating blue eyes and a smile so warm and caring, it’s no wonder everyone adores her… except me.
A Mortal Mortgage
by Peter Ralph
Rating: 4.4 #ad
An innocent woman, Stella Tyson, is accused of the murder of her 62yo property entrepreneur husband, Jack. Borrowing via a reverse mortgage shouldn’t be mortal!
If Jack had had a crystal ball, he would never have borrowed and been more careful in his choice of partners. Josh and his faithful dog, Tsar, put their lives on the line when they dig into Jack’s background and confront the mob.
A wall of silence in the small town where Stella lives threatens to convict her. Only Josh and Tsar stand between her and thirty years in prison …
A House With Good Bones
by T. Kingfisher
Rating: 4.2 #ad
Her brother’s words echo in Sam Montgomery’s ear as she turns onto the quiet North Carolina street where their mother lives alone.
She brushes the thought away as she climbs the front steps. Sam’s excited for this rare extended visit, and looking forward to nights with just the two of them, drinking boxed wine, watching murder mystery shows, and guessing who the killer is long before the characters figure it out.
High Midnight
by Stuart M. Kaminsky
Rating: 4.3 #ad
A forties Hollywood PI does not forsake Gary Cooper: “Like all of Toby [Peters’s] adventures, High Midnight is high entertainment” (The Cincinnati Post).
When laconic leading man Gary Cooper needs a detective, he does the smart thing and hires Toby Peters, sleuth to the stars. But the man he finds in Peters’s office isn’t the famously discreet private eye—it’s the dentist who shares his office, who’s always had a fantasy of playing gumshoe, and happily agrees to take care of Cooper’s blackmail problem. Impersonating Peters, the dentist bungles the case disastrously, and setting it right will be like pulling teeth.
Into the Mist
by P. C. Cast
Rating: 4.5 #ad
Practical Magic meets Station Eleven in this gripping take on female power and the inevitable, destructive path of violent patriarchies.
As men fall to the mist, the age of womankind begins to rise.
The world as we know it ends when an attack on the U.S. unleashes bombs that deliver fire and biological destruction. Along with sonic detonations and devastating earthquakes, the bombs have also brought the green mist. If breathed in, it is deadly to all men—but alters the body chemistry of many women, imbuing them with superhuman abilities.
Freak Bloodline
by Tamara Holub
Rating: 4.8 #ad
At its heart, Freak Bloodline is an interstellar romance set in a hypnotic alien world. Three misfits—a psychic woman, an alien-human hybrid, and a cyborg—navigate a love triangle and the possibility of an interplanetary war.
Jaynie Parker, an artist and young entrepreneur by day, struggles to control her psychic ability. When her mind-blowing visions warn her about a dangerous hybrid, she begins to question her sanity. Follow her unforgettable journey as alien relationships transform her life, and she finds her true calling on a mystical rainforest planet.
On the faraway planet of Limaxia, Ethan lives alone with only his robots for company. A lonely and isolated scientist, he yearns for connection…
The Reef
by Nora Roberts
Rating: 4.5 #ad
A marine archaeologist and a salvager join forces to search for a legendary treasure in this novel that takes readers to the depths of the Caribbean and the heights of passion and suspense—from #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts.
Tate Beaumont has a passion for treasure-hunting. Over the years, she and her father have uncovered many fabulous riches, but one treasure has always eluded them: Angelique’s Curse—a jeweled amulet heavy with history, dark with legend, and tainted with blood. In order to find this precious artifact, the Beaumonts reluctantly form a partnership with salvagers Buck and Matthew Lassiter.
Monday’s Mystery eBooks
Have a Deadly New Year
by Lynn Cahoon
Rating: 4.3 #ad
It’s a rockin’ New Year for Angie and her crew as they cater a bash for a famous band—and as a bonus, they’ll get to stay at the singer’s Sun Valley house for a whole week once the party’s over. But there are hints of discord, and the event hits a sour note when one of the musicians is found with a drumstick in his chest.
Is this a case of creative differences turned lethal or is there another motive at play? Angie’s jumping out of the frying pan and into the fire as she and her fellow foodies try to solve the case before the killer comes out for an encore . . .
Into the Narrowdark
by Tad Williams
Rating: 4.7 #ad
The High Throne of Erkynland is tottering, its royal family divided and diminished. Queen Miriamele has been caught up in a brutal rebellion in the south and thought to have died in a fiery attack. Her grandson Morgan, heir to the throne, has been captured by one of Utuk’ku’s soldiers in the ruins of an abandoned city. Miriamele’s husband, King Simon, is overwhelmed by grief and hopelessness, unaware that many of these terrible things have been caused by Pasevalles, a murderous traitor inside Simon’s own court at the Hayholt.
Meanwhile, a deadly army of Norns led by the ageless, vengeful Queen Utuk’ku, has swept into Erkynland and thrown down the fortress of Naglimund, slaughtering the inhabitants and digging up the ancient grave of Ruyan the Navigator.
Daddy’s Girl
by Lisa Scottoline
Rating: 4.3 #ad
Law professor Natalie Greco’s life is going according to plan, with a boyfriend handpicked by her father and tenure status only a review board away. Then, during a visit to a prison with her colleague Angus, a riot explodes. Rushing to the aid of a fatally wounded prison guard, Nat is privy to his last words – words that, unknown to Nat, can unlock the key to a dangerous conspiracy.
Suddenly Nat, A Girl Who Always Plays By The Rules, finds threats around every curve: ruthless killers desperate to keep her from exposing their secret; police who are convinced she is responsible for a cold-blooded murder…
My MacArthur
by Cindy Fazzi
Rating: 4.1 #ad
The year is 1930. The place: Manila. Douglas MacArthur is the most powerful man in the Philippines, a United States colony. He’s fifty years old, divorced, and he falls in love at first sight with a ravishing young Filipino woman. He writes her a love note on the spot. Her name is Isabel Rosario Cooper, an aspiring movie actress. One glance at his note and she thinks of him as my MacArthur.
MacArthur pursues his romantic obsession even though he’s breaking numerous taboos. She reciprocates his affection because he could open doors for her financially struggling family. That MacArthur happens to be handsome compensates for the fact that he’s as old as her father.
Shatter the Roses
by Shawn Luther
Rating: 4.6 #ad
All day benders, promiscuous nights, and endless student loans: the world seems a strange and unusual place for both Tom and Erika, but then college makes everyone feel like a fish out of water. With their own unique brand of wit, they write the world around them in their own terms. But beneath the surface is a searing, truthful look at the lives of two college students way beyond their years, but still bound by the painful memories of the past. A poignant love story as well as an intimate coming-of-age drama, Shatter the Roses examines what it means to be drawn to other people, to search desperately for understanding, and to find company even in the most unlikely of places.
Don’t Close Your Eyes
by P S Cunliffe
Rating: 4.2 #ad
One missing person. Ten sleepless nights. Whatever happens, don’t close your eyes…
Catherine is frantic. It’s her husband Simon’s turn to take their son to nursery and he’s nowhere to be seen. He promised he’d be here. So, where is he? And why isn’t he taking her calls?
Her worst fears are soon realised when the police arrive at her door to tell her that Simon is missing, presumed dead. Refusing to accept that he’s gone, Catherine spends her days retracing his last steps, and her nights searching the streets in desperation.
She will not rest, she will not sleep, until she’s put her family back together.
The Twelve Bibles
by Chris Brown
Rating: 5.0 #ad
Brand New Release from Chris Brown
Dr. Brown won the 2020 Illumination Book Award Gold Medal
Mild-mannered Mia loves to cuddle up with a good book, but her best friend Amanda is about to introduce her to the action-packed world of the Secret Bible Society. Can she evade a teen motorcycle gang and hostile police officers to complete her first mission?
The Seer’s Awakening
by Oded Shefer
Rating: 4.5 #ad
Karma, divinity, love, and self-reflection combine in an extraordinarily inspiring tale of transformation.
Haunted by traumatic events from his past, secret service interrogator Moshik Azulai encounters a group of individuals known only as “The Seers” – an ancient society claiming to be in direct contact with the divine. Equal parts suspicious and intrigued, Moshik convinces the group’s leader to let him join their ranks.
Harboring fear, hate, and distrust, Moshik must learn to cleanse both his body and soul before he is introduced to the Seers’ way of life. His initiation and the wisdom it entails will change not only Moshik’s life but the lives of all those he touches. The outcome is an engaging personal journey of overcoming physical and mental hardships.
DBT Workbook For Emotional Eating
by Barrett Huang
Rating: 4.8 #ad
Quit your food addiction and uncover powerful emotional coping mechanisms with this complete Dialectical Behavior Therapy blueprint.
Do you struggle with emotional eating or binge eating? Are you worried that your overeating is damaging your health or stopping you from enjoying life? Do you want to heal from anxiety or depression, rediscover your self-confidence, and learn to love your body again? Then this book is for you.
Overeating is a harmful coping mechanism that can wreak havoc on your health. When faced with emotional distress, far too many people turn to food addiction for comfort. But how can you escape this self-sabotaging habit and start managing your deepest emotions in constructive, life-affirming new ways?