Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
30 Second Death
by Laura Bradford
Rating: 4.5 #ad
When Tobi Tobias opened her own advertising agency, Carter McDade was there for her every step of the way. A brilliant hairdresser, Carter has just landed his dream project: doing hair and makeup for a theatrical production of Rapunzel. But the dream turns into a nightmare when he runs into Fiona Renoir, a cruel, talentless starlet who won’t let Carter touch a hair on her head.
To get Fiona out of Carter’s hair, Tobi hires the difficult actress for a bit part in her latest commercial. But true to character, Fiona is a terror on set, and Tobi is starting to think she’s made the biggest mistake of her life…
ThunderTree
by S. Cox
Rating: 4.6 #ad
Ben Evers is a drifter that never stays in one place too long, always hankering to see what’s over the next horizon. His traveling companion—an eagle. He lives by two rules. Mind his own business and always treat women with respect. The first rule stands him in good stead until he meets former Texas Ranger John T. McAllen and his niece Kate Landon. The two are drawing him into their lives and Ben knows from personal experience no good ever comes from getting involved in other folks’ trouble. John T. and his neighbor are caught up in a feud over land and Clary’s daughter. When danger strikes, swift and hard, Ben has a decision to make. Turn his back and ride away from people he’s grown to care about or break his rule of minding his own business, and stay and fight.
Bone Deep
by Kendra Elliot
Rating: 4.5 #ad
When two men kidnap former FBI agent Cate Wilde’s fiancé, the boldness of the crime rattles the community. Desperate to find the man she loves, Cate joins forces with the FBI and the local sheriff’s department to launch an investigation and bring Dr. Henry Powers home.
Cate soon learns that a brotherhood of bank robbers abducted Henry in the hopes that he might be able to save their youngest brother, who had been shot during a robbery. But this man is beyond saving, which spells life-threatening danger for Henry.
Pigeon Tony’s Last Stand
by Lisa Scottoline
Rating: 4.7 #ad
In this emotional short story by number one bestselling author Lisa Scottoline, one man’s past drives him to take a stand against his neighborhood’s criminal underbelly, whatever the personal cost.
When amiable Italian immigrant Pigeon Tony discovers that local drug dealers are pressuring his young neighbor into joining their ranks, he resolves to put an end to the crime wave before it can take over the community. Pigeon Tony knows the law isn’t always on the right side, but it takes only one person to rally a revolution.
The Casino Murder Case
by S.S. Van Dine
Rating: 4.7 #ad
The “tremendous popularity” of the Philo Vance series stems in part from author S. S. Van Dine’s preference for ripping his plots from the headlines of the day (The New York Times). By the early ’30s, when Casino came around, those headlines included some creepy chemical discoveries and scandalous doings at secret Manhattan gambling dens, where rich folks knocked back cocktails and played roulette, snickering at both the Depression and the Volsted Act. Philo, of course, is no stranger to cocktails or to snickering, and he knows more about creepy chemicals than the management at Dow.
The Beautiful Mystery
by Louise Penny
Rating: 4.6 #ad
When the renowned choir director is murdered, the lock on the monastery’s massive wooden door is drawn back to admit Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and Jean-Guy Beauvoir of the Sûreté du Québec. There they discover disquiet beneath the silence, discord in the apparent harmony. One of the brothers, in this life of prayer and contemplation, has been contemplating murder. As the peace of the monastery crumbles, Gamache is forced to confront some of his own demons, as well as those roaming the remote corridors. Before finding the killer, before restoring peace, the Chief must first consider the divine, the human, and the cracks in between.
Into the Fire
by Rick Mofina
Rating: 4.5 #ad
INTO THE FIRE, introduces Ray Wyatt, a veteran reporter grappling with the tragic loss of his wife and son while searching for answers in the crime stories he covers.
Hikers find a traumatized boy wandering in a remote corner of New York’s Adirondack Mountains. Retracing his steps to a cabin, they make a terrifying discovery that leads to an investigation entangling crime reporter Ray Wyatt and FBI Special Agent Jill McDade.
Wyatt is dispatched to cover the disturbing case, while still haunted by the loss of his son and wife years earlier.
Written in Bone
by Simon Beckett
Rating: 4.5 #ad
A forensic pathologist discovers a vicious killer loose on a remote Scottish isle in this British thriller by “one of the country’s best crime writers” (Sunday Express).
Dr. David Hunter should be at home in London with the woman he loves. Instead, as a favor to a beleaguered colleague, he’s on the remote Hebridean island of Runa to inspect a grisly discovery. David is shocked by what he finds: a body almost totally incinerated except for the feet and a single hand. The local police are certain it’s an accidental death, but David is not convinced.
Tuesday’s Mystery eBooks
Murder at the Bookstore
by Sue Minix
Rating: 4.1 #ad
She can write the perfect murder mystery… But can she solve one in real life?Meet Jen Dawson, mystery writer, coffee lover, and amateur detective?
Crime writer Jen returns to her small hometown with a bestselling book behind her and a bad case of writer’s block. Finding sanctuary in the local bookstore, with an endless supply of coffee, Jen waits impatiently for inspiration to strike.
But when the owner of the bookstore dies suddenly in mysterious circumstances, Jen has a real-life murder to solve.
The Long Way Home
by Judah Knight
Rating: 4.1 #ad
He had a boat. She needed a ride. A simple lift became the adventure of a lifetime.
After being stranded in Nassau, Meg Freeman ran into Jon Davenport, an old friend from her past, who offered her a ride home on his yacht. Before making the trip, they decided to visit a deserted island and scuba dive a beautiful coral reef. While diving, they discovered evidence of an ancient shipwreck, but they weren’t the only ones looking for treasure in this tropical paradise. For some people, however, treasure didn’t mean lost gold, and who had to be hurt in the search for riches didn’t matter.
The Fall
by John Lescroart
Rating: 4.5 #ad
On a cool night in May, a teenage foster child named Anlya Paulson plummets to her death from a San Francisco overpass. But did she fall…or was she pushed?
Homicide inspectors focus their attention on a likeable but naïve middle school teacher and volunteer foster care advocate. At first, his only connection to Anlya’s death is the meal they shared earlier that night. But soon his story falls apart, and Rebecca Hardy, now an associate at her father’s law firm, is drawn into his defense.
Freak Bloodline
by Tamara Holub
Rating: 5.0 #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…
In Danger of Judgment
by David Rabin
Rating: 4.7 #ad
“A well-crafted gangland crime thriller with a fascinating military subplot and a deliciously mysterious villain.” -BestThrillers.com
When a covert operation during the Vietnam War ends in tragedy, one of its members resolves to kill the man who betrayed it to the enemy. Now, fifteen years later, he’ll finally get his chance.
Chicago, 1987. Home of mediocre baseball teams, gangs that rule the streets, and a Mexican drug cartel that supplies the city with heroin. Chicago Police Detective Marcelle DeSantis and her partner, Bernie Bernardelli, are working a series of heroin-related murders, and their job just got more complicated.
System Return
by Tom Larcombe
Rating: 4.6 #ad
After the discovery that the encampment outside of his Safe Zone is full of friendlies, Marc and his group finally have a chance to try to grow stronger again. The addition of an administrator for the Safe Zone as well as someone to coordinate its defenses finally allows Marc to feel like he can go out and do other things.
With the number of survivors they’re finding in the immediate area rapidly dwindling, they choose to go farther afield, working on gaining additional resources for the Safe Zone while searching out any remaining survivors they can find…
The Lost
by Simon Beckett
Rating: 4.2 #ad
A London detective makes a gruesome discovery that could solve the riddle of his son’s disappearance in this crime thriller series debut.
Det. Sgt. Jonah Colley of the Metropolitan firearms unit has been wracked with guilt for the past ten years, ever since his son went missing under his care. The tragedy broke up his marriage and left him estranged from his best friend, Det. Sgt. Gavin McKinney. But now Gavin calls him out of the blue. Desperate for help, he needs Jonah to meet him at Slaughter Quay.
Jonah arrives to a horrifying crime scene where Gavin was brutally attacked and left for dead. As the only survivor, he is also a person of interest.
The Little Woods
by A.G. Mock
Rating: 4.3 #ad
Something feels very wrong about the Little Woods—something chilling and unnatural—and Ian Cockerton is about to remember why in this sleep-destroying novel of horror and suspense by bestselling author, A.G. Mock!
Western Pennsylvania, 1977. It was meant to be a harmless game. But when their summertime rite of passage goes terribly wrong, not all the boys will make it back from the Little Woods. Something ancient and inhuman has been awakened, and it wields a fate more horrifying than death.
Western Pennsylvania, 1995. Plagued by a mix of nerve-shredding flashbacks and uncertain premonitions, Ian Cockerton has vowed he’ll never return to his childhood home…
Encore in Death
by J. D. Robb
Rating: 5.0 #ad
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It was a glittering event full of A-listers, hosted by Eliza Lane and Brant Fitzhugh, a celebrity couple who’d conquered both Hollywood and Broadway. And now Eve Dallas has made her entrance—but not as a guest. After raising a toast, Fitzhugh fell to the floor and died, with physical symptoms pointing to cyanide, and the police have crashed the party.
From all accounts, he wasn’t the kind of star who made enemies. Everyone loved him—even his ex-wife. And since the champagne cocktail that killed him was originally intended for Eliza, it’s possible she was the real target, with a recently fired assistant, a bitter rival, and an obsessed fan in the picture.
Monday’s Mystery eBooks
A Tale of Two Cookies
by Eve Calder
Rating: 4.6 #ad
Pastry chef Kate McGuire is loving life on the laid-back island of Coral Cay, Florida. As junior partner in a bakery renowned for luscious desserts—especially her cookies—life is pretty sweet. So when an old friend arrives and announces a spur-of-the-moment beach wedding, that’s just the icing on the wedding cake.
But the groom vanishes right as a television crew descends on the town to film a hot, new realty show. Is there a connection? Is her friend Desiree somehow involved? Or did groom Judson simply get cold feet? The bride and groom were paired better than warm cookies and cold milk, so Kate doesn’t buy it.
The Watch Mysteries: Books 1 – 3
by Kay DiBianca
Rating: 5.0 #ad
Three complete novels: The Watch on the Fencepost, Dead Man’s Watch, and Time After Tyme, from award-winning author Kay DiBianca.
In The Watch on the Fencepost, 27-year-old Kathryn Frasier is training for a marathon when she discovers a gold watch on a fencepost. Sensing that it was deliberately left for her to find, she sets out to solve the mystery behind the watch…
In Dead Man’s Watch, Kathryn and her half-sister, Cece Goldman, literally stumble into another mystery. When a former acquaintance of Kathryn’s is accused of murder, she and Cece go on a mission to prove his innocence by finding the real killer…
In Time After Tyme, secret codes and university intrigue combine to give Kathryn and Cece a new and puzzling mystery to solve. But things get dicey when two misguided young girls wander into the middle of the investigation and decide to solve it themselves…
False Scent
by Ngaio Marsh
Rating: 4.5 #ad
Mary Bellamy is the sweetheart of the London stage—everyone simply adores darling Mary. So her fans and friends are heartbroken when somehow Mary manages to spritz herself not with her favorite perfume but with a deadly insecticide meant to be sprayed on the azaleas. What Inspector Alleyn smells is something fishy, especially since everything he learns about lovely, fragile Mary suggests that in fact she was a rather vicious battleax. And with a bit more investigation, he quickly starts smelling something different: a rat . . .
In the Market for Murder
by T E Kinsey
Rating: 4.4 #ad
Spring, 1909, and Lady Hardcastle, amateur sleuth and all-round eccentric, is enjoying a well-deserved rest. But a week after a trip to the cattle market, Spencer Caradine, a local farmer, turns up dead in the pub, face-down in his beef and mushroom pie. Once again, it is up to Lady Hardcastle and her maid, Florence, to solve the case.
Armed with wit and whimsy, not to mention Florence’s mean right hook, the pair set out to discover what really happened and why. Was it poison or just ill luck?
The Ghost of Calico Acres
by Bonnie Turner
Rating: 4.4 #ad
A PSYCHOLOGICAL GHOST STORY, in which haunting memories lurk in the dark corners of a mysterious walk from the past!
When smoking-hot Dr. Marc St. Clair inherits his eccentric aunt Miriam’s old Victorian house at Calico Acres, in southwestern Wisconsin, her Last Will and Testament states that he and his invalid wife, Summer, must live there for one year before signing the deed. Despite the fact that the house is rumored to be haunted, Marc falls in love with it and accepts Miriam’s generous offer … against Summer’s wishes. But after a disastrous honeymoon and a riding accident that leaves his beautiful wife confined to a wheelchair – bitter and full of self-pity – he believes that for their marriage to work, they must move away from her meddling parents…
Trace Elements
by Donna Leon
Rating: 4.3 #ad
When a dying hospice patient gasps that her husband was murdered over “bad money,” Commissario Brunetti softly promises he and his colleague, Claudia Griffoni, will look into what initially appears to be a private family tragedy. They discover that the man had worked in the field, collecting samples of contamination for a company that measures the cleanliness of Venice’s water supply, and that he had recently died in a mysterious motorcycle accident. Piecing together the tangled threads, Brunetti comes to realize the perilous meaning in the woman’s accusation and the threat it reveals to the health of the entire region…
Witch in Retrograde
by Wendy Wang
Rating: 4.6 #ad
Hot flashes and serial killers and spirit guides, oh my!
For Sarah Jane Prentice, 49-year-old police detective and witch, this has been the year from hell. She’s lost her husband of 25 years, but after a few months everyone in her life is ready for her to move on and stop grieving. She’s also been saddled with a horrific murder case she hasn’t been able to solve. On top of everything else, every spell she casts these days seems to go wrong, and her quirky spirit guide is no help at all.
Not good news for a witch who uses her magic to catch criminals.
Charlie Parker
by John Connolly
Rating: 4.3 #ad
The New York Times–bestselling author tells the story behind private detective Charlie Parker, the haunted hero of John Connolly’s eerie supernatural crime thrillers.
Recounting his days as a journalist for the Irish Times and the Dublin murder that led him to question the ways we think about perpetrators and victims; discussing his crime-fiction idols; and reflecting on empathy and evil, John Connolly offers a short work that lets us learn more about his character Charlie Parker—a former NYPD detective who loses everything and struggles to remain human in the aftermath—and about the writer himself.
Bigalow
by Iris Blobel
Rating: 4.3 #ad
He came out of nowhere … encouraging her to ask the right questions.
Hannah believes her life in solitude is all she wants and all she needs. She’s settled in the small town of Fermosa Bay where she’s taken over a medical practice after leaving her husband. When the enigmatic Bigalow steps into her life, turning it upside-down, she can’t hide the growing irritation inside. Yet, slowly and steadily, he reminds her what life is all about and what she’s missing out on. Especially when she crosses paths with her neighbour, Gideon.
Sunday’s Mystery eBooks
One for the Money
by D. B. Borton
Rating: 4.3 #ad
Meet Cincinnati’s newest, oldest, funniest detective-in-training. After decades of marriage, motherhood, and grandmotherhood, Cat Caliban is looking for a new career. Detective work seems a logical choice. So, she sells her suburban house, buys an apartment building in a “transitional” neighborhood, and begins her training, only to discover a dead body in an upstairs apartment. What’s the connection between a murdered homeless woman and the Golden Age of Hollywood silent movies? Cat must discover it before the killer can strike again. In this first book of the popular Cat Caliban series, Cat assembles her colorful cast of helpers and neighborhood hangers-on.
The McCabe Brothers The Complete Collection
by Lorhainne Eckhart
Rating: 4.5 #ad
Now a USA Today bestseller
Join the five McCabe siblings on their journeys to the dark and dangerous side of love! An intense, exhilarating collection of romantic thrillers you won’t want to miss.
This collection includes all the books in this new spinoff series. Don’t Stop Me, Don’t Catch Me, Don’t Run From Me, Don’t Hide From Me, Don’t Leave Me, and Out of Time
Murder by Mistake
by Lesley Cookman
Rating: 4.5 #ad
Super-sleuth Libby Sarjeant returns with a baffling new case . . . two people missing in a single week.
When a homeless man from the old-fashioned English seaside town of Nethergate appears to go missing – and the police are not available to investigate – amateur detective Libby Sarjeant and her psychic friend Fran are called in to search for him.
But it seems the case might be far more complex than they anticipated – and when a second person disappears without trace, Libby suspects there must be a sinister connection between the two.
The Dark Room
by Lisa Gray
Rating: 4.2 #ad
All’s fair in love and revenge in this taut thriller from bestselling author Lisa Gray.
Ex–crime reporter Leonard Blaylock spends his days on an unusual hobby, developing strangers’ forgotten and discarded rolls of film. He loves the small mysteries the photographs reveal to him. Then Leonard finds something no one would ever expect, or want, to see captured on film—the murder of a young woman.
But that’s impossible, because the woman is already dead. Leonard was there when it happened five years earlier.
The Searching Dead
by Ramsey Campbell
Rating: 4.1 #ad
Featured in Library Journal’s Top 20 Horror Bestseller List
1952. On a school trip to France teenager Dominic Sheldrake begins to suspect his teacher Christian Noble has reasons to be there as secret as they’re strange. Meanwhile a widowed neighbour joins a church that puts you in touch with your dead relatives, who prove much harder to get rid of. As Dominic and his friends Roberta and Jim investigate, they can’t suspect how much larger and more terrible the link between these mysteries will become. A monstrous discovery beneath a church only hints at terrors that are poised to engulf the world as the trilogy brings us to the present day…
Upgrade
by Blake Crouch
Rating: 4.2 #ad
At first, Logan Ramsay isn’t sure if anything’s different. He just feels a little . . . sharper. Better able to concentrate. Better at multitasking. Reading a bit faster, memorizing better, needing less sleep.
But before long, he can’t deny it: Something’s happening to his brain. To his body. He’s starting to see the world, and those around him – even those he loves most – in whole new ways.
The truth is, Logan’s genome has been hacked. And there’s a reason he’s been targeted for this upgrade. A reason that goes back decades to the darkest part of his past, and a horrific family legacy.
Conviction
by Denise Mina
Rating: 4.1 #ad
A true crime podcast sets a trophy wife’s present life on a collision course with her secret past in this “blazingly intense” Reese Witherspoon book club pick and New York Times Best Crime Novel of the Year (A. J. Finn).
The day Anna McDonald’s quiet, respectable life exploded started off like all the days before: Packing up the kids for school, making breakfast, listening to yet another true crime podcast. Then her husband comes downstairs with an announcement, and Anna is suddenly, shockingly alone.
Reeling, desperate for distraction, Anna returns to the podcast. Other people’s problems are much better than one’s own — a sunken yacht, a murdered family, a hint of international conspiracy…