Friday’s Mystery eBooks
The Frosty Taste of Scandal
by CeeCee James
Rating: 4.3 #ad
Elise Pepper has had her share of bad dates, but she’s never had a dead body crash one before. Mr. Hamilton, the renowned Ice-man, purveyor of shady mortgages does just that when Elise finds him dead at the ice-rink. The scene of the crime is no coincidence, either. The Ice-man meets an icy end. And a freak power outage is only impeding the police.
When Elise’s coworker, Sue, begs for help, Elise is surprised to discover Sue was related to the man. And her family is fighting over his will and the appearance of an illegitimate son. It doesn’t take long to discover everyone in town had reason to benefit from the banker’s death.
The Secrets We Bury
by Debra Webb
Rating: 4.4 #ad
In this thriller series opener, a doctor returns to her hometown to take over her family’s funeral home and examine unsolved mysteries from her past.
Doctor Rowan Dupont knows death. She grew up surrounded by it in her family’s Victorian funeral home, and it’s haunted her since the day her twin sister drowned years ago. Between her mother’s subsequent suicide and the recent murder of her father, coming home to run the funeral home feels fitting—even if it leaves her vulnerable to an obsessive serial killer.
OCELLICON
by A.G. Russo
Rating: 5.0 #ad
OCELLICON is a military science fiction story with elements of legal/detective/mystery/feminist/noir sci-fi.
Earth barely survived nuclear battles until the militaries of the world took over from authoritarians. But rebellion was agitating from within. Prosecutor Major Annalisa Farrell, Military Academy honors graduate, war hero, wounded warrior, and child abuse survivor fought to champion justice. An unexpected adversary turned out to be Judge Bennett McCrae, the “Judge Prince.” In his courtroom, the Military, and the general population, he was as popular as Annalisa was hated. Before appearing before Judge McCrae, Annalisa Farrell fought in numerous conflicts, was special ops, and had missions in space where she worked side by side with aliens.
As a “wild child of the tunnels” her extraordinary journey to a position of power was unparalleled. Adoption by General Farrell saved her life and gave her the loving family she never had and a mission as a daughter to be proud of.
The Silent Child
by MJ White
Rating: 4.3 #ad
A murdered schoolteacher. A police force under attack. A teen hiding secrets beneath silence.
When a body is discovered at an abandoned Suffolk farm, DS Rob Minshull and the squad believes it’s the latest casualty of the drugs war terrorising rural communities. But when the victim is identified as a well-respected local teacher, the case is thrown wide open.
While they hunt the murderer, the South Suffolk CID team face a new threat. A brutal vigilante group dispensing their own twisted justice puts the investigation in grave danger, as well as the detectives.
Shortcut
by Arnold Eslava-Grünwaldt
Rating: 4.4 #ad
It all started with a shortcut. Murder followed. Then an accidental death. Or so it seemed. But then again, nothing is as quite as it seems. Enter Detective Sergeant Hamilcar “Ham” Hitchcock and his General Assignment Squad. Fresh off the Keim case – and recovering from the loss of several key members – the Yonkers, New York-based team reinvents itself and dives headfirst into the latest investigation. And, it’s a doozy. Is the murderer a jealous high school student? A greedy caregiver? An angry homeless man? Or, someone else?
As the detectives work to unmask the killer, a bizarre, unrelated death draws their attention—and holds it. Unfortunately, the evidence in both cases is frustratingly scant.
The House at Phantom Park
by Graham Masterton
Rating: 4.1 #ad
Disturbing. Original. Terrifying. The ‘master of horror’ is back with the chilling tale of what lurks in the walls of an abandoned hospital.
In this abandoned hospital, pain lives on… and it wants revenge.
St Philomena’s military hospital has been abandoned for over three years. Now Lilian Chesterfield, who works for one of the most successful building companies in England, is in charge of developing it into a luxury housing complex.
The Bourne Objective
by Eric Van Lustbader
Rating: 4.2 #ad
New York Times bestselling author, Eric Van Lustbader, returns with another Jason Bourne thriller as he spars off against another deadly agent–and he might be the perfect match for Bourne.
Facing down mercenaries in Africa, Jason Bourne witnesses the death of an art dealer named Tracy Atherton. Her killing dredges up snatches of Bourne’s impaired memory, in particular the murder of a young woman on Bali who entrusted him with a strangely engraved ring-an artifact of such powerful significance that people have killed to obtain it. Now he’s determined to find the ring’s owner and purpose. But Bourne never knows what terrible acts he’ll discover he committed when he digs into the past…
The Pelican Trees
by Patrick Higgins
Rating: 4.6 #ad
When was the last time you went on a great and daring adventure? Chock full of mystery, suspense and intrigue, The Pelican Trees allows each reader to do just that, each step carefully orchestrated by a loving grandfather (already in Heaven) trying to rescue his precious granddaughter and the rest of his family from eternal condemnation.
Shocking… Left out of her grandfather’s will for no apparent reason, Shelby McKinney mysteriously receives a post-dated letter a few days later, stating that he hadn’t forgotten about her after all. But if she wants her inheritance, she must find it buried six-feet beneath the sand somewhere in the state of Florida.
Exciting… The only available clues—limited as they are—were stored in a bank safe-deposit box somewhere in the Sunshine State. Shelby is given 90 days to locate the bank, decipher all clues and find her buried inheritance. If she doesn’t find it within the 90-day time frame, she’ll be forced to forfeit it altogether.
Riveting…
Thursday’s Mystery eBooks
A Mischief of Rats
by Sarah Yarwood-Lovett
Rating: 4.1 #ad
When a driver dies during a glamourous classic car event at her family’s estate, Dr Nell Ward is in a race against time to uncover the truth and prevent the killer from making a speedy getaway…
Back in her natural habitat, Dr Nell Ward heads to a woodland pond to survey local newt populations. She’s shocked to discover a car submerged in the water – with the driver dead behind the wheel.
Nell recognises the dead man as professional racing driver, and tabloid love rat, Jack Rafferty, whose performance on (and off) Finchmere’s racetrack had earned him enemies.
Angel
by Amy Cross
Rating: 4.1 #ad
When he learns that his estranged father has committed a terrible murder, Ash Doggett knows that he has to try to set things right. He volunteers to accompany the dead woman’s body home, but he soon learns that he’s made a terrible mistake.
After getting to know the woman’s family and agreeing to stay for the funeral, Ash discovers that powerful local superstitions might be based on truth. Something in the city’s medieval area is stalking him, pursuing him down the narrow cobbled streets. Finally the dead woman’s sister issues an ominous warning: in the time between death and burial, the spirits of the dead must make a terrifying choice.
The Heart of a Hussar
by Griffin Brady
Rating: 4.4 #ad
He’s determined to protect his country. But can he defend himself against the ultimate betrayal?
Muscovy, 1610. Jacek Dąbrowski yearns to be recognized for his valor. Hoping his recent promotion to lieutenant will help secure the lands he desires, the twenty-two-year-old Polish cavalry officer earns instead the enmity of his captain. And his out-of-character rescue of two innocents from slaughter sets in motion a chain of grave consequences.
Discovering the young woman and her brother are not Russian enemies and have no kin, Dąbrowski escorts them back to the castle in his homeland. But as the rivalry with his superior grows and the blossoming beauty sparks a fire in his heart, the brave horseman may find his dreams of glory lying in tatters.
Sentenced to Prism
by Alan Dean Foster
Rating: 4.6 #ad
One man struggles to survive on a hostile alien world in this thrilling adventure from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Madrenga.
Some people are convinced they can do anything; Evan Orgell is one of them. So when his company president sends him off-world to investigate a breakdown in communications from a small research station on a newly discovered planet, he’s all in. The planet’s resources could mean massive profits for the company—and a successful mission could mean massive advancement for Evan. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Marked At Birth
by Frank Wheeler
Rating: 5.0 #ad
A father will do anything to protect his son. Run, hide… kill. Clarence Starr grew up with nothing. When he became a sheriff’s deputy, he thought he’d struck gold. He had a badge, a gun, and the respect of his peers. Until he learned that corruption came first in Sheriff Gatlin’s unit.
Everything else, including justice, was a distant second.
And then he met Robbie. Eight years old. Scared. Alone. Another orphan looking for a home. To save Robbie the first time, Clarence had to quit his job. To save him the second time, he has to hunt down criminal mastermind Zane Loomis, Robbie’s biological father.
What He Saw
by Stacy M. Jones
Rating: 4.6 #ad
Two cases with unreliable witnesses. One cold case in a sleepy college town. The other the victims have a strange carving on their backs.
Eyewitness testimony is often unreliable. PI Riley Sullivan knows this and when she’s asked to investigate the case of her murdered college roommate and the only witness is the man convicted of the crime, she doesn’t have a lot to go on. She is drawn back to her college days and must for the first time confront the murder and all the people she once called friends. Along the way, she wonders if she knew them at all. Can she uncover long-buried secrets to find the killer?
Dragons in the Dungeon
by Diane McGyver
Rating: 5.0 #ad
Goats have proven the grass is greener on the other side of the fence even if it is barren ground and they stand in lush pasture. Humans have a similar mentality. So, it is no surprise when Ryan McCormac, long-time player of Mediaeval Dungeon Adventures, stumbles upon a spell that transports him into a campaign that he believes life will be better.
Any guesses on how it turns out? You’re right. He discovers life is no better in the fantasy realm. Sure, the ex-girlfriend isn’t there, but neither are the friends he gamed with every Friday night. He quickly learns the world is horrible. Every day he fears for his life. The people are soulless, the landscape is colourless and the magic is nowhere to be found. The only way home is to find another like him and sacrifice them.
Breaking Point
by John Rhodes
Rating: 4.5 #ad
1940, World War II. The Nazis have crushed Europe, and Hitler launches a massive aerial assault with the Luftwaffe against the heavily outnumbered British RAF. The fate of civilization teeters in the balance.
Johnnie Shaux, a Spitfire fighter pilot, must summon up the fortitude to fly into a battle where death is all but inevitable, and continue to do so until the inevitable occurs…
Eleanor Rand, a brilliant Fighter Command mathematician, studies the control room map constantly tracking the ebbs and flows of the conflict, and sees the glimmerings of a radical breakthrough…
Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
A New Place, Another Murder
by Christa Nardi
Rating: 4.4 #ad
Starting over in a new town has its challenges, even murder.
A murder isn’t the best way for Sheridan Hendley to start her new life as wife and step-mom. When her step-daughter and friend are framed for theft and murder, Sheridan is determined to prove the teens’ innocence. New to the community, she’s at a disadvantage as she learns about the powerful Buchanan family. Sheridan must uncover the truth before the person calling the shots takes her and her step-daughter out of the picture. Only Sheridan asks too many questions and is in danger.
Laser Trap
by Frank DiBianca
Rating: 4.3 #ad
If you can’t invent it, steal it!
Engineering grad student Dan Butler discovers an unorthodox way to produce lasers of unprecedented power. When the malevolent bosses at StarWay Labs, who sell weapons to the international underworld, discover this, they kidnap Dan and demand he replicate his work in their secret lab.
Dan’s fellow grad student, Lana Madison, who Dan had hired to help him find a girlfriend, is alarmed at his disappearance. She forms a high-tech team with four of their friends to help the authorities rescue Dan.
The Witch Elm
by Tana French
Rating: 4.0 #ad
From the writer who “inspires cultic devotion in readers” (The New Yorker) and has been called “incandescent” by Stephen King, “absolutely mesmerizing” by Gillian Flynn, and “unputdownable” (People) comes a gripping new novel that turns a crime story inside out.
Toby is a happy-go-lucky charmer who’s dodged a scrape at work and is celebrating with friends when the night takes a turn that will change his life—he surprises two burglars who beat him and leave him for dead. Struggling to recover from his injuries, beginning to understand that he might never be the same man again, he takes refuge at his family’s ancestral home to care for his dying uncle Hugo. Then a skull is found in the trunk of an elm tree in the garden—and as detectives close in, Toby is forced to face the possibility that his past may not be what he has always believed.
Small Town Danger Collection
by Multiple Authors
Rating: 4.7 #ad
More than lives are in danger when small town tranquility meets heart pounding suspense in this collection of ten brand-new novels from some of the genre’s most explosive romantic suspense authors!
Join Mary Alford, Liz Bradford, June Foster, Therese Heckenkamp, Cynthia Hickey, Gina Holder, Edie James, Ann Malley, Carol Nemeth and Colleen Snyder as mystery, suspense, and faith combine to keep you on the edge of your seat until the very end
The Black Cabinet
by Patricia Wentworth
Rating: 4.0 #ad
When Chloe begins to uncover Mitchell Dane’s true motives for bequeathing her the centuries-old manse, she has a very real reason to be afraid: The truth about what’s hidden in the black cabinet will soon threaten her life.
“A well-researched, urgent, and necessary history of black folks during the New Deal that excavates the too often ignored history of black female genius behind racial progress.” – Michael Eric Dyson, New York Times bestselling author
Levi Clay
by William Black
Rating: 5.0 #ad
After an attempted theft of one of his ranch’s horses, Levi Clay finds himself with blood on his hands and renewed questions about his father’s mysterious death…
As he searches for answers in the neighboring town of Masonville, he uncovers a world that’s been warped to serve a brutal gang of outlaws led by one man – Pete Ramsey.
Murder. Raids. Corruption. Pete has done it all.
But nobody dares to point out the injustices that they have suffered. Speaking up only puts their lives in danger, because…
Realms of Power and Fury Complete Series
by Kevin McLaughlin, Michael Anderle
Rating: 5.0 #ad
Some days just don’t go as planned. Eric’s day couldn’t get any worse… so he thought. Then he was kicked through a gateway into a world filled with magic and monsters. Monsters that wanted to kill him or eat him. Nothing prepared him for this.
Grab this complete litRPG series and find out if Eric can survive his date with destiny!
The worst day of Eric’s life was capped off by him being kicked through a gateway into a universe filled with magic and monsters.
To make matters worse, he had to fight for his life the moment he arrived. Nothing could have prepared him for a world where everything either wants to kill him or eat him.
DBT Workbook for BPD
by Barrett Huang
Rating: 4.8 #ad
Conquer borderline personality disorder and heal your mind with this powerful guided action plan for men and women.
Do you often struggle to regulate your emotions and build strong interpersonal relationships? Have you recently received a diagnosis of BPD, and you’re left feeling overwhelmed and stuck? Or are you searching for a practical resource to help you practice essential emotional self-care strategies? Then this book is for you.
Tuesday’s Mystery eBooks
Pineapple Valentine Mystery
by Amy Vansant
Rating: 4.6 #ad
USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Amy Vansant finds romance deadly in the latest installment of the fun, thrilling, twisty Pineapple Port Mysteries!
When Matchmaker Lady Venus drops dead on the Pineapple Port community center’s stage during a Valentine’s event, Charlotte and the new detective agency she’s started with her fiance Declan are called to the scene.
As danger mounts, she’ll need everyone’s help to keep Venus’ family safe, which means tapping into Declan’s giant, former employee salesman and his crazy Uncle Seamus—both of whom are falling for the ladies in their lives.
The Librarian Spy
by Madeline Martin
Rating: 4.5 #ad
Ava thought her job as a librarian at the Library of Congress would mean a quiet, routine existence. But an unexpected offer from the US military has brought her to Lisbon with a new mission: posing as a librarian while working undercover as a spy gathering intelligence.
Meanwhile, in occupied France, Elaine has begun an apprenticeship at a printing press run by members of the Resistance. It’s a job usually reserved for men, but in the war, those rules have been forgotten. Yet she knows that the Nazis are searching for the press and its printer in order to silence them.
S is for Silence
by Sue Grafton
Rating: 4.4 #ad
Cases don’t get much colder than that of Violet Sullivan, who disappeared from her rural California town in 1953, leaving behind an abusive husband and a seven-year-old named Daisy. But PI Kinsey Millhone has promised the now adult Daisy she’ll try her best to locate Violet, dead or alive. All signs point to a runaway wife—the clothes that disappeared; the secret stash of money Violet bragged about; the brazen flirtations she indulged in with local men, including some married ones.
Kinsey tries to pick up a trail by speaking to those who remember Violet—and perhaps were more involved in her life than they let on…
Inside the Devil’s Nest
by John Durgin
Rating: 4.4 #ad
Real estate agent Anthony Graham has his family on the run after witnessing a murder at the hands of the powerful Costello crime family. They’re forced to hide at one of Anthony’s properties: a deserted campground with a sinister
past. No one is safe from the men that hunt them or the terrors that await them inside The Devil’s
Nest.
“A taut, nerve-jangling novel that puts Durgin’s skills as an author on full display. Highly recommended.”
–Ronald Malfi, bestselling author of Come with Me
Breakneck
by Marc Cameron
Rating: 4.5 #ad
BRAND NEW RELEASE at REGULAR PRICE
A train ride through the austere beauty of Alaska’s icy wilderness becomes a harrowing fight for survival at the Gateway to the Arctic in the thrilling new Arliss Cutter adventure from the New York Times bestselling author of TOM CLANCY POWER AND EMPIRE.
Off the northeast coast of Russia, the captain and crew of a small crabbing vessel are brutally murdered by members of Bratva, the Russian mafia—their bodies stuffed into crab pots and thrown overboard. The killers scuttle the vessel off the coast of Alaska and slip ashore.
In Washington, DC, Supreme Court Justice Charlotte Morehouse prepares for a trip to Alaska, unaware that a killer is waiting to take his revenge—by livestreaming her death to the world.
Siege of Darkness
by R.A. Salvatore
Rating: 4.7 #ad
The conflict between the drow of the Underdark and the dwarves of Mithral Hall comes to a head – and Drizzt Do’Urden and Bruenor find themselves on the frontlines.
While Mithral Hall teems with whispers of the war to come, chaos erupts both above and below ground. On the surface of Faerûn, the first signs of the Time of Troubles make themselves known, forcing deities to assume their mortal forms. Beneath them in the Underdark, all but one drow house has lost their magical powers, and Lolth has handed the reins of leadership over to the demon Errtu.
Beyond the Pale
by Matthew Turner
Rating: 4.5 #ad
That time has passed. You now desire greater balance, freedom, and peace. You have a huge vision for your business, but don’t want it to come at the expense of your health… mental wellbeing… relationships… and Personal Transformation.
But can you have both? Is it even possible in this fast-paced world? YES… and it isn’t nearly as difficult as you imagine.
Beyond The Pale shows you how: a fable for today’s overworked and overwhelmed entrepreneur, influencer, and executive. It follows Ferdinand Foy, a successful Silicon Valley CEO that on the outside seems to have it all.