Friday’s Mystery eBooks
Dead Man Series Collection
by T. M. Simmons
Rating: 4.7 #ad
Cozy mystery fans and readers who enjoy amateur sleuths, ghosts and a supernatural twist will enjoy this fun series of mysteries with its cast of colorful characters.
Novella: Dead Man Love (Series Prequel – Bonus Content)
Book 1: Dead Man Talking
Book 2: Dead Man Haunt
Book 3: Dead Man Hand
Nine Lives
by Sharon Sala
Rating: 4.6 #ad
Cat’s a bounty hunter with a score to settle—and she’s about to meet her match. A gripping series kick-off from the New York Times–bestselling author.
Bounty hunter Cat Dupree first cheated death when she was thirteen. The second time left her orphaned and scarred. And the only thing that will diminish her lust for revenge is finding the man who left her for dead as she watched him murder her father. Every job she takes is an opportunity to invade the criminal world that hides the tattooed man who ruined her life. And she hopes to hunt him down on her current mission into the rugged deserts of Mexico, where there is no law to watch her back.
Dragons on the Sea of Night
by Eric Van Lustbader
Rating: 4.4 #ad
In the continuation of the epic Sunset Warrior fantasy series, a man-god rises once more to confront a fearsome and unstoppable evil in a savage world where nothing is as it seems
Once he was but a man named Ronin. Trained as a swordsman, endowed with breathtaking skill, he was not destined merely to live and then die in a doomed city beneath a frozen world. Many years have passed since he first ventured into the void. Now he possesses powers beyond all imagining – godlike abilities both marvelous and terrible. Now he is revered and feared as savior and avenger, the tamer of monstrous beasts, the destroyer of the dark angel of Chaos – and dearly loved by his devoted bond-brother, Moichi Annai-Nin, and the beautiful, enigmatic, and lethal Chiisai.
Lost and Found
by Lorhainne Eckhart
Rating: 4.1 #ad
A hit and run. A deserted country road. A parents worst nightmare.
On a warm fall morning in Gardiner, Washington, Richard and Maggie celebrate happy couple Sam and Marcie’s return. What happens next changes their lives forever. A hit and run driver on a deserted country road, and Richard and Maggie suffer a parents worst nightmare.
Now a year later Maggie McCafferty struggles to put her life back together…hiding her pain with outrageous behavior and her own secret she’s unwilling to share. Until her friends step in and her strong willed soon to be ex-husband sets out to bring Maggie home– the only way he knows. Just as Maggie begins to trust again, Dan McKenzie calls after disappearing for over a year.
Don’t Mess with Gracie
by Carol Kilgore
Rating: 4.6 #ad
Ghosts never lie.
The mysterious Mr. Ott is trying to intimidate Gracie Hofner into being his internal spy at The Bastion Group. She’s learned a lot about him through several sources, even using information provided by the pair of ghosts trying to save their granddaughter. But it isn’t enough. Mr. Ott is an expert in hiding his true identity.
Gracie isn’t as worried for herself as she is for her family, her friends, and her new tenant, Milo Porter. Her feelings for him have grown, but she can’t show them. Mr. Ott’s threats involve those she loves, and one friend has already been killed.
The Pelican Trees
by Patrick Higgins
Rating: 4.6 #ad
After reading “The Pelican Trees”, Frances H. Nolting called Patrick Higgins another Frank Peretti. Having read several of Peretti’s books, she always wondered if there were any other authors like him. Upon finishing this book, the answer to her question was a resounding yes! Read it and see for yourself.
When was the last time you went on a great and daring adventure? Chock full of mystery, suspense and intrigue, The Pelican Trees will allow each reader to do just that, with each step of the buried treasure hunt carefully orchestrated by a loving grandfather (already in Heaven) trying to rescue his precious granddaughter and the rest of his family from eternal condemnation.
Cage
by Lilja Sigurdardottir
Rating: 4.1 #ad
The prison doors slam shut behind Agla, when her sentence ends, but her lover Sonja is not there to meet her.
As a group of foreign businessmen tries to draw Agla into an ingenious fraud that stretches from Iceland around the world, Agla and her former nemesis, MarÍa find the stakes being raised at a terrifying speed.
Ruthless drug baron Ingimar will stop at nothing to protect his empire, but he has no idea about the powder keg he is sitting on in his own home.
The Sixth Wicked Child
by J.D. Barker
Rating: 4.7 #ad
In the riveting conclusion of the 4MK trilogy, NY Times Bestseller Barker takes the thriller to an entirely new level. Don’t miss a single word of the series James Patterson called “ingenious.” Hear No Evil For Detective Sam Porter, the words “Father, forgive me” conjure memories long forgotten; a past intentionally buried. For Anson Bishop, these three words connect a childhood to the present as he unleashes a truth concealed for decades. See No Evil Found written on cardboard near each body, these words link multiple victims to a single killer – discovered within minutes of each other in both Chicago and South Carolina – clearly connected yet separated by impossible miles. Speak No Evil Chicago Metro and the FBI find themselves caught in chaos – a hospital on lockdown, a rogue officer, and corruption at the highest levels.
An Alpha’s Mate
by Bree Westland
Rating: 4.7 #ad
Her protection is his solemn duty… But at what cost?
Blake Beckett was coasting along just fine. Solo. Until a portal accident during a routine mission to Earth left him stranded with no memory. Where he meets… His mate?
Blake gave up on love after his first mate died, leaving him a barren wasteland on the inside. But as his memory returns, the reason for his trip, his sacred duty to his dragon clan, comes rushing back. To deliver the newest human offering, to his Alpha and brother.
Thursday’s Mystery eBooks
The Bistro at Holiday Bay
by Kathi Daley
Rating: 4.4 #ad
Spend Halloween witch hunting with the gang in quaint and cozy Holiday Bay.
Shelby Morris decided to come to Holiday Bay after receiving a huge inheritance from a woman she’d never met.
The Bistro, which consists of a restaurant, bar, and live music platform, was exactly the sort of project Shelby needed to find her footing in the new life she was still trying to fit into. She knows she’ll need help, so she enlists the help of new chef and frequent guest to The Inn at Holiday Bay, Amy Hogan, as well as parttime waitress and longtime local Nikki Peyton. Together with the staff and regular customers that seemed to have come with the place, Shelby is certain she’ll be able to create something special.
Marmalade and Magic Complete Series
by Michael Anderle
Rating: 5.0 #ad
Ms. Brickellwood, or Mama B to those who know her, is a fixture of Kalhoun County. But is she more than just a venerable town elder?
The strange, sometimes sinister events that gather around her are just coincidences, aren’t they?
Jemma Nox is going to find out and possibly get more answers than she could ever want.
Grab this cozy urban fantasy to join Jemma for a tale of homespun secrets, ancient knowledge, and mysteries as old as these here hills.
After Jemma Nox’s mother left, what was left of her family’s world fell apart. Jemma knew she and her dad needed a change, but really?
Fever Pitch
by Biba Pearce, Without Warrant
Rating: 4.6 #ad
A dead journalist… A ruthless predator… A dark secret that could get them killed.
Kenzie is covering a high society wedding in New York when she learns her investigative reporter friend, Liesl, has been murdered. The last time she spoke to Liesl, Kenzie asked her to look into a cold case – a man who drugged and raped young women.
Did Liesl discover something that got her killed?
The Murderer’s Apprentice
by Ann Granger
Rating: 4.6 #ad
It is March 1870. London is in the grip of fog and ice. But Scotland Yard’s Inspector Ben Ross has more than the weather to worry about when the body of a young woman is found in a dustbin at the back of a Piccadilly restaurant.
Ben must establish who the victim is before he can find out how and why she came to be there. His enquiries lead him first to a bootmaker in Salisbury and then to a landowner in Yorkshire. Meanwhile, Ben’s wife, Lizzie, aided by their eagle-eyed maid, Bessie, is investigating the mystery of a girl who is apparently being kept a prisoner in her own home.
Liberty or Death
by Kate Flora
Rating: 4.5 #ad
Thea Kozak’s sometimes rocky relationship with Maine state police detective Andre Lemieux has flourished. Now, on the day of their wedding, Thea receives awful news: Andre has been taken hostage by a militant militia group. Their terms: release one of their members from jail.
The State of Maine isn’t interested in co-operating. Neither is the prisoner.
Monster Planet
by David Wellington
Rating: 4.2 #ad
Surviving the end of the world was the easy part? It’s twelve years since the dead came back. Ravening, mindless zombies have devoured almost every living thing on the planet. The few, scattered survivors are surviving on canned goods and a refusal to give in and die. They are lead by Ayaan, a former child soldier turned brilliant strategist. She’s twenty-eight years old, in a world where the average life expectancy is twenty-five. Together with her adopted ward Sarah, who has the psychic ability to see the life-force of the undead, she’s gathered a few hundred survivors in Africa and given them safety, something to eat, and the possibility of a future. It would be a lot easier if the zombies weren’t so well organized. Out of the east a dead prince has risen.
The Family Trap
by Lorna Dounaeva
Rating: 4.1 #ad
Prudence welcomed Zoe into her home. Now she’s fighting to survive.
Two simple words shatter Prudence Ahern’s world – “I’m pregnant.”
Her son Nathan is only eighteen when his new girlfriend Zoe drops that little bombshell. Prudence feels she has to support her son and asks Zoe to move in with them.
Right from the start, Prudence knows something isn’t right. When Nathan is around, Zoe is sweet and funny but as soon as it’s just the two of them, she becomes menacing and sullen.
We Were Never Here
by Andrea Bartz
Rating: 4.0 #ad
Emily is having the time of her life – she’s in the mountains of Chile with her best friend, Kristen, on their annual reunion trip, and the women are feeling closer than ever. But on the last night of the trip, Emily enters their hotel suite to find blood and broken glass on the floor. Kristen says the cute backpacker she brought back to their room attacked her, and she had no choice but to kill him in self-defense. Even more shocking: The scene is horrifyingly similar to last year’s trip, when another backpacker wound up dead. Emily can’t believe it’s happened again—can lightning really strike twice?
Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
Dead Cat, Run
by Annabelle Lewis
Rating: 4.3 #ad
You’re where you’re meant to be. Run, if you can.
High school senior Jenny Gallagher’s psychic abilities have made life in her small New England town rocky. Her premonitions and déjà vu have given her a reputation, one she’s not happy with. Tragedy is about to strike, however, and oddly, this time, she doesn’t see it coming. Is her gift betraying her?
Not far from Jenny, Wellesley Professor Maximus Dyer also has a gift—a painful and useless one. His ability to see the past has brought him insight into history, but otherwise, he’s never known what to make of it…
Accidental Magic
by Iris Beaglehole
Rating: 4.2 #ad
Welcome to Myrtlewood, a quirky town, steeped in magic, tea, and mystery…
Life’s a struggle for Rosemary Thorn and her teen daughter, Athena. But their regular troubles are turned upside down after Granny Thorn’s mysterious death.
Despite her cousin’s sinister manoeuvrings, Rosemary returns to Myrtlewood and the sprawling, dilapidated Thorn Manor. But there’s more to the old house than meets the eye, as Rosemary and Athena soon find out — in a whirlwind of magic, adventure, mystical creatures, and endless cups of tea.
South of Justice
by Joni M Fisher
Rating: 4.6 #ad
Marriage and crime don’t mix. A newlywed’s vows are tested after her husband’s arrest. She searches to discover if he’s her happily ever after or a killer.
South of Justice is the first book in the suspenseful Compass Crimes series. Set in North Carolina, a break in a cold case crime happens during the wedding of Terri Pinehurst, a veterinarian and private pilot, and FBI Agent Blake Clayton. When evidence points to Blake, Terri launches her own investigation, risking it all, to discover the truth.
Dark Rhapsody
by Helaine Mario
Rating: 4.3 #ad
Perfect for fans of Sandra Brown and Iris Johannsen.
In 1945, an Austrian girl discovers a priceless Nazi treasure near a remote alpine lake and sets in motion a decades-old secret that will change lives for generations to come.
Many years later, classical pianist Maggie O’Shea is preparing her return to the world of music. Instead, a nightmare of a haunting rhapsody and hundreds of roses from a deranged stalker propel her into a world of terror. Forces drive her to revisit the mystery of her mother’s death, her father’s startling disappearance, and a terrible secret from World War II.
The Neglected
by James Leonard
Rating: 5.0 #ad
Petal is fed up with her abusive husband Ryder Thomas. When she finally gathers up the courage to leave him, she finds herself working at a place she least expected.
Wild Roses — the best brothel in the West. But Ryder isn’t the only man who likes to mistreat women. The Holloway brothers have killed at least two of Wild Roses’ own. The law won’t help, so they’re taking the law into their own hands by hiring the bounty hunter.
Sully Worth. His job is to track down the criminals and bring them to justice. But the job has one condition – they’re going with him.
Citadel
by Kate Mosse
Rating: 4.3 #ad
Combining the rugged action of Labyrinth with the haunting mystery of Sepulchre, #1 bestselling author Kate Mosse’s eagerly awaited Citadel is a mesmerizing World War II story of daring and courage, in which a group of determined women fighting for the French Resistance risk their lives to save their homeland . . . and protect astonishing secrets buried in time.
France, 1942. In Carcassonne, a colorful historic village nestled deep in the Pyrenees, a group of courageous women are engaged in a lethal battle. Like their ancestors who fought to protect their land from Northern invaders seven hundred years before, these members of the resistance—codenamed Citadel—fight to liberate their home from the Nazis.
The Heavens Rise
by Christopher Rice
Rating: 4.2 #ad
New York Times bestselling author Christopher Rice brilliantly conjures the shadowed terrors of the Louisiana bayou – where three friends confront a deadly, ancient evil rising to the surface – in this intense and atmospheric new supernatural thriller.
It’s been a decade since the Delongpre family vanished near Bayou Rabineaux, and still no one can explain the events of that dark and sweltering night. No one except Niquette Delongpre, the survivor who ran away from the mangled stretch of guardrail on Highway 22 where the impossible occurred…and kept on running. Who left behind her best friends, Ben and Anthem, to save them from her newfound capacity for destruction…and who alone knows the source of her very bizarre – and very deadly – abilities: an isolated strip of swampland called Elysium.
Tuesday’s Mystery eBooks
Cats and Other Calamities
by Alex Wagner
Rating: 4.5 #ad
Dive into the gripping murder cases of sled dog Athos and cheeky kitten Pearl and help them bring dangerous two-leggeds to justice.
Victoria Adler, successful psychotherapist, has fallen into a deep midlife crisis. Her beloved father has died, her faithless husband has left her for some floozy, and Victoria has long since had enough of her neurotic patients, too.
Fortunately she has taken in Athos, her father’s dog. Or was it the other way around? Has she been adopted by the clever and compassionate four-legged?
People Behaving Badly Collection
by John D. Ottini
Rating: 4.5 #ad
Semi-Finalist in the 2015 Royal Palm Literary Award Competition. (Florida Writers Association)
People Behaving Badly is a collection of thirteen short mystery stories exploring the folly of criminal behavior. Welcome to a world filled with strange and quirky characters where murder, vigilantism, jealousy, infidelity, sex, violence and people behaving badly are the norm.
These short mysteries were written as individual bite-size stories that can be devoured in one sitting. Perfect reading for your bus, train or subway commute to work, while you’re waiting at the doctor’s or dentist’s office, having your car serviced, enjoying a latte at your favorite coffee shop, or whenever you have a few minutes of free time.
Murder On The Guadalupe
by Bruce Hammack
Rating: 5.0 #ad
Mirror image victims… Two murders, one trail of blood.
Private Investigator Fen Maguire is called in to assist a new police chief solve a woman’s murder on the Guadalupe River. All evidence points to a long-time homeless person, prompting a quick arrest – but Fen has a feeling they missed something.
When a second body washes up, Fen’s suspicions are confirmed, and the case takes a complex turn. Not only is the latest victim a prominent socialite, she’s a twin look-alike to the first victim. Is this a case of mistaken identity or is a serial killer on the loose?
A Solitude of Wolverines
by Alice Henderson
Rating: 4.3 #ad
While studying wolverines on a wildlife sanctuary in Montana, biologist Alex Carter is run off the road and threatened by locals determined to force her off the land.
Undeterred in her mission to help save this threatened species, Alex tracks wolverines on foot and by cameras positioned in remote regions of the preserve. But when she reviews the photos, she discovers disturbing images of an animal of a different kind: a severely injured man seemingly lost and wandering in the wilds.
Something in the Water
by Catherine Steadman
Rating: 4.0 #ad
A shocking discovery on a honeymoon in paradise changes the lives of a picture-perfect couple in this taut psychological thriller from the author of Mr. Nobody and The Disappearing Act.
If you could make one simple choice that would change your life forever, would you?
Erin is a documentary filmmaker on the brink of a professional breakthrough, Mark a handsome investment banker with big plans. Passionately in love, they embark on a dream honeymoon to the tropical island of Bora Bora, where they enjoy the sun, the sand, and each other. Then, while scuba diving in the crystal blue sea, they find something in the water. . . .
Could the life of your dreams be the stuff of nightmares?
Fire Games
by Lorana Hoopes
Rating: 4.4 #ad
What happens when you fall in love with the woman you’re supposed to be protecting?
Fire Beach is like most other towns. There are detectives, firefighters, doctors, and quirky characters. But unlike most towns, Fire Beach seems to have more than its share of romance and danger.
Firefighter Cassidy Marcel went on The Cowboy’s Reality Bride to find love, but she quickly realized the show wasn’t for her. She returns to her job to find a pile of fan mail waiting for her and while most of it is lighthearted and fun, one piece of mail sends chills racing down her spine.
Started Early, Took My Dog
by Kate Atkinson
Rating: 4.2 #ad
Tracy Waterhouse leads a quiet, ordered life as a retired police detective — a life that takes a surprising turn when she encounters Kelly Cross, a habitual offender, dragging a young child through town. Both appear miserable and better off without each other — or so decides Tracy, in a snap decision that surprises herself as much as Kelly. Suddenly burdened with a small child, Tracy soon learns her parental inexperience is actually the least of her problems, as much larger ones loom for her and her young charge.
The Queen of Springtime
by Robert Silverberg
Rating: 4.3 #ad
As Earth thaws after the Long Winter, the remaining human tribes journey from beneath the continent to the fertile land above. But the hjjk, an ancient insectlike race that remained on Earth’s surface throughout the frozen eons, stand in their way. Keeping a tight grip on their power, the hjjks are the chief barrier to the people’s further expansion in the New Springtime. When Kundalimon, a human who has lived with the hjjk for seventeen years, arrives as an emissary of peace, the tribes are wary. They rely on Nialli Apuilana, who had been stolen at thirteen by the hjjk and released months later, to ascertain his true mission. But in this new world, it’s hard to know whom to trust.
Icebound
by Dean Koontz
Rating: 4.3 #ad
The arctic night is endless. The fear is numbing. Screams freeze in the throat. Death arrives in shades of white. And cold-blooded murder seems right at home.
Conducting a strange and urgent experiment on the Arctic icefield, a team of scientists has planted sixty powerful explosive charges that will detonate at midnight. Before they can withdraw to the safety of their base camp, a shattering tidal wave breaks loose the ice on which they are working. Now they are hopelessly marooned on an iceberg during a violent winter storm.
The Deep Blue Crush
by Clint Hollingsworth
Rating: 4.5 #ad
ACTION THRILLER. Forest fires, deep-sea diving, exploding buildings, and a crazy government operative. No refunds on this tropical vacation!
I never thought I would die by fire.
It’s strange, the things that go through your mind, when a massive wall of flame is coming toward you, faster than most people can run. The little girl I was carrying wasn’t so philosophical about it, she was just terrified.
I could hear her father crashing through the brush beside me, and I knew he was just as burdened carrying the small boy who was the girl’s brother. It didn’t look like it was going to be a good day for any of us.