Saturday’s Mystery eBooks
Best In Show
by Laurien Berenson
Rating: 4.6 #ad
There are dog shows. And then there’s The Poodle Club of America National Specialty Dog Show. For poodle purists, it’s the pinnacle of the season, drawing competitors and spectators from all over the world.
Once in Maryland, Melanie Travis is put to work selling raffle tickets by the co-chairs of the raffle committee, Betty Jean and Edith Jean Boone. Sixtyish steel magnolias from the South, the reclusive sisters make few appearances. But this year, they have a silver Toy puppy that has already caused quite a buzz on the show circuit.
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(A Melanie Travis Mysteries)
The Vanishing Point
by Val McDermid
Rating: 4.0 #ad
From one of the finest crime writers we have, The Vanishing Point kicks off with a nightmare scenario—the abduction of a child in an international airport. Stephanie Harker is in the screening booth at airport security, separated from Jimmy Higgins, the five-year-old boy she’s in the process of adopting, when a man in a TSA uniform leads the boy away. The more Stephanie sounds the alarm, the more the security agents suspect her, and the further away the kidnapper gets.
It soon becomes apparent that nothing in this situation is clear-cut. For starters, Jimmy’s birth mother was a celebrity—living in a world where conspiracy and obfuscation are excused for the sake of column inches…
The Strangers on Montagu Street
by Karen White
Rating: 4.7 #ad
With her relationship with writer Jack Treholm as shaky as the foundation of her family home, Melanie’s juggling a number of problems. Like restoring her Tradd Street house…and resisting her mother’s pressure to ‘go public’ with her talent—a sixth sense that unites them to the lost souls of the dead. But Melanie never anticipated her new problem.
Her name is Nola, Jack’s estranged young daughter who appears on their doorstep, damaged, lonely and defiantly immune to her father’s attempts to reconnect. Melanie understands the emotional chasm all too well.
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(Tradd Street Mysteries)
Cold Snap
by Marc Cameron
Rating: 4.7 #ad
In the remote northern town of Deadhorse, Alaska, Supervisory Deputy US Marshal Arliss Cutter escorts four very dangerous handcuffed prisoners onto a small bush plane en route to Fairbanks. Cutter’s expecting a routine mission and a nonstop flight—or so he thinks. When the plane goes down in the wilderness, all hell breaks loose. The prisoners murder the pilot and a guard and torch the plane. But their nightmare’s just beginning. Back in Anchorage, deputy Lola Teariki has traced the dismembered foot to a missing girl—and the serial psychopath who slaughtered her.
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(An Arliss Cutter Mysteries)
The Island
by Amy Cross
Rating: 4.4 #ad
In the near future, everyone’s a criminal. Every lie, every minor mistake, is monitored and logged. No-one, no matter how hard they might try, can ever be perfect. And if you build up enough points, you’ll be hauled off to work for the government.
Unless you decide that enough’s enough, in which case you can choose to go to the island. But if you take that option, you can never come back.
Arrested for a crime she didn’t commit, Iris Bloom soon discovers that she has a long criminal record that she knew nothing about. Invoking her right to go to the island, she quickly discovers that she’s merely swapped one hell for another. On the island, anything goes.
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(Island Mysteries)
The Last Time We Met
by Trisha Ridinger McKee
Rating: 5,0 #ad
As a member of the richest family in town, Willow understands the importance of reputation. Her stern grandmother has taught her that family secrets are to be buried, and as the most popular girl in school, Willow follows that lesson with a smile covering up the darkness.
But when Walden, the new guy from the wrong side of town comes to her school, Willow finds her image slipping and the secrets of her homelife in danger of being exposed. As a scandal tears the couple apart and throws Willow into a new, unfamiliar life, she must choose between saving Walden’s future or risking it all for love.
Defiance of the Fall
by TheFirstDefier, JF Brink
Rating: 4.7 #ad
Just as a threat is dealt with, an opportunity presents itself.
After searching for months, Zac’s forces have finally discovered the elusive Underworld that’s both teeming with riches and dangers. Meanwhile, the armies of the Undead Empire advances on all fronts while the Dominators scheme in the dark.
Having endured the Integration in the punishing environment of the subterranean cave system, the trapped warriors of the Underworld could become the key in surviving the incursions aboveground.
But first, Zac has to deal with the golems intent on digging to the center of the plane
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(Defiance of the Fall Mysteries)
Friday’s Mystery eBooks
Howloween Murder
by Laurien Berenson
Rating: 4.7 #ad
With just a few days left before Halloween, everyone at Howard Academy is anticipating the guaranteed sugar high they’ll experience from gorging on Harriet Bloom’s famous marshmallow puffs. The school’s annual costume party revolves around the headmaster’s assistant and her seemingly supernatural batches of gooey goodies. So, it’s a shock when Harriet’s elderly neighbor is suddenly found dead with the beloved dessert in his hand.
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(A Webb’s Glass Shop Mysteries)
Parallel Roads
by Dennis Higgins
Rating: 4.4 #ad
Time Travel the Mother Road.
When the spring of 1946 comes, Katherine Callahan decides to leave her loving husband and newborn baby so that she may embark upon an unknowingly tragic journey across the famous American highway from Chicago to her sister’s home in Burbank. She never does arrive.
Fast forward into the present, Kevin Callahan, Katherine’s grandson, along with his best friend Cheryl Bachman, traces his grandmother’s steps along the now decommissioned road to uncover the mystery surrounding her disappearance. They are armed with only a handful of postcards from Katherine and a Victorian secret code involving postage stamps surrounding a mysterious man from her past.
A Great Reckoning
by Louise Penny
Rating: 4.4 #ad
When an intricate old map is found stuffed into the walls of the bistro in Three Pines, it at first seems no more than a curiosity. But the closer the villagers look, the stranger it becomes.
Given to Armand Gamache as a gift the first day of his new job, the map eventually leads him to shattering secrets. To an old friend and older adversary. It leads the former Chief of Homicide for the Sûreté du Québec to places even he is afraid to go. But must.
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(Chief Inspector Gamache Mysteries)
Within and Without Time
by D. I. Hennessey
Rating: 4.8 #ad
Be prepared to laugh and cry, to be inspired, and find your heart rejoicing!
Experience the Origin of a Prophet …
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.
The Last Night in London
by Karen White
Rating: 4.6 #ad
Be prepared to laugh and cry, to be inspired, and find your heart rejoicing!
Experience the Origin of a Prophet …
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.
X
by Sue Grafton
Rating: 4.5 #ad
X: The number ten. An unknown quantity. A mistake. A cross. A kiss…
Perhaps Sue Grafton’s darkest and most chilling novel, X features a remorseless serial killer who leaves no trace of his crimes. Once again breaking the rules and establishing new paths, Grafton wastes little time identifying this deadly sociopath. The test is whether private investigator Kinsey Millhone can prove her case against him—before she becomes his next victim.
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(Kinsey Millhone Mysteries)
Let Me Take You
by Marshall Armstrong
Rating: 5.0 #ad
Fantasy. Heart. Mind. Touch. Lips. These are the areas explored in this wonderful book of love and romance poetry written by Marshall Armstrong. Enjoy the many Haikus, free verse, and other poetry styles that Marshall uses artfully to paint gorgeous pictures of love and romance. Let the poems take you to a place of warm affection, and catch all the “feels” of belonging, delight, and passion.
Marshall began the journey of romantic poetry in his first book “Timeless Poetry” and he continues to traverse the vast territory of those heart-felt feelings on every page of this new book.
Thursday’s Mystery eBooks
Temptation, Trouble & Murder
by Christa Nardi
Rating: 4.6 #ad
Caffeine à la corpse, anyone? The last thing Stacie Maroni expected to find in the break room was a dead guy. And even worse, a dead guy with her name, phone number, and office location in his pocket. If that’s not bad enough, a fellow member of the foundation she spearheads seems to be missing in action. Although these events don’t seem to be linked, Stacie is in the thick of things and sleuthing for her life. At least the two mysteries distract her from the attention of, and her attraction to, the handsome detective.
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(A Stacie Maroni Mysteries)
The Haunting of White Haven Manor
by Clay Wise
Rating: 4.4 #ad
With things finally back on track after the death of her husband, Ally is ready for a break and to settle down to a quiet, conventional life with her new boyfriend…
But those hopes are shattered with the appearance of a new ghost… begging for her help with a cryptic message about some place called White Haven Manor, a stately home from the early 1800s but now a long-abandoned ruin with a terrifying reputation.
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(A Riveting Haunted House Mysteries)
The Heist
by Janet Evanovich, Lee Goldberg
Rating: 4.4 #ad
Nicolas Fox is an international con man, famous for running elaborate scams on very rich and powerful people. He knows that the FBI has been hot on his trail for years—particularly FBI Special Agent Kate O’Hare. But just when it seems that Fox has been captured for good, he pulls off his greatest con of all: He convinces the FBI to offer him a job, working side by side with O’Hare.
Their first assignment takes them to the side streets of Berlin, the California desert, and remote Indonesian islands as they team up to catch Derek Griffin, a corrupt investment banker charged with stealing millions from his clients.
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(Fox and O’Hare Mysteries)
Yule Log Murder
by Multiple Authors
Rating: 4.4 #ad
Fresh-baked desserts can warm even the frostiest Christmas in coastal Maine. But there’s little room for holiday cheer when murder is the new seasonal tradition . . .
YULE LOG MURDER by LESLIE MEIER
DEATH BY YULE LOG by LEE HOLLIS
LOGGED ON by BARBARA ROSS
“A real treat to read by these three wonderful authors! Each story was a fun filled adventure. I’m a huge fan of these three and read each of their series.” by Amazon Customer
The Edge of the Blade
by Jeffe Kennedy
Rating: 4.4 #ad
Jepp has been the heart of the queen’s elite guard, her Hawks, since long before war split her homeland. But the ease and grace that come to her naturally in fighting leathers disappears when battles turn to politics. When a scouting party arrives from far-away Dasnaria, bearing veiled threats and subtle bluffs, Jepp is happy to let her queen puzzle them out while she samples the pleasures of their prince’s bed.
But the cultural norms allow that a Dasnarian woman may be wife or bed-slave, never her own leader—and Jepp’s light use of Prince Kral has sparked a diplomatic crisis.
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(The Uncharted Realms Mysteries)
Time After Tyme
by Kay DiBianca
Rating: 4.5 #ad
WITH TIME ALL THINGS ARE REVEALED
Nancy Drew meets Tom Sawyer in this delightful and thought-provoking romp through the third book in The Watch Series of clean mysteries. Secret codes and university intrigue combine to give Kathryn Frasier and Cece Goldman 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.
Can Kathryn and Cece decipher the codes and protect the youngsters before the killer strikes again?
Royal Romance Superbundle Boxed Set
by Blair Babylon
Rating: 4.5 #ad
12 Books. 3 Complete series. 3 Hot-as-heck royal billionaires to knock your socks off.
Do you dream about meeting a mysterious man with singular tastes? Or a rising star who will give you the world? How about a man who says he’s just an idle rich nobody, but his alter ego is famous?
How about all three of those guys, and their stories are interconnected, richly woven, and just more than your average romance novel?
The Worst Case Survival Book for Disaster Preparedness
by Small Footprint Press
Rating: 4.6 #ad
The Unconventional Preppers Guide to Bug in for the Coming Societal Breakdown & Power Grid Collapse in as Little as 30 Days
Are you ready for the impending Doomsday? Fully prepare yourself in less than 4 weeks using new, tested methods that’ll leave your neighbors in the dust…
Did you know that there were 980 global natural catastrophes in 2020, with three of the costliest events happening in the US?
Hurricane Laura and the California wildfires are just two examples of the devastation that can occur naturally.
Even if you feel confident in yourself right now, there’s no room for mishaps when it truly matters. Remember, there is so much more to prepping than just owning a gun and having a larder full of food.
Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
Engaged in Death
by Stephanie Blackmoore
Rating: 4.5 #ad
All appears peaceful in sleepy Port Quincy, Pennsylvania–but in this small town, old grudges die hard. . .
After dumping her cheating fiancé and cancelling the wedding, Mallory Shepard can’t bear another disaster. So when the former bride-to-be unexpectedly inherits Thistle Park, a ramshackle mansion in her ex’s hometown of Port Quincy, it’s a problem she can’t afford–literally. Abound with stray cats, peeling wallpaper, and nosy neighbors, Mallory is dying to sell it off–once she finally fixes up both the place and her messy life. . .
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(A Wedding Planner Mysteries)
Ties That Bind
by Sarah A. Denzil
Rating: 5.0 #ad
A collection of addictive, emotional thrillers exploring the dark side of motherhood.
In My Perfect Daughter, Zoe didn’t meet her daughter the way most mothers do. She finds five-year-old Maddie alone and dirty on a countryside road. Frightened for Maddie’s safety, she picks her up and takes her back to her father, not knowing what she’s about to step into. Because Maddie wasn’t just lost, she was there to lure her serial killer dad’s new victim.
In Little One, Fran reunites a lost child with her family. But why does little Esther keep running away? Fran worries for the girl’s safety and not long later, the entire family disappears…
In Silent Child, Emma watched helplessly as her six-year-old son’s red coat was fished out of the River Ouse. But Aiden’s body was never recovered. Ten years later, he stumbles out of the woods alone… and silent…
Devolution
by Max Brooks
Rating: 4.4 #ad
As the ash and chaos from Mount Rainier’s eruption swirled and finally settled, the story of the Greenloop massacre has passed unnoticed, unexamined . . . until now. The journals of resident Kate Holland, recovered from the town’s bloody wreckage, capture a tale too harrowing – and too earth-shattering in its implications – to be forgotten. In these pages, Max Brooks brings Kate’s extraordinary account to light for the first time, faithfully reproducing her words alongside his own extensive investigations into the massacre and the legendary beasts behind it. Kate’s is a tale of unexpected strength and resilience, of humanity’s defiance in the face of a terrible predator’s gaze, and, inevitably, of savagery and death.
Metropolis
by Philip Kerr
Rating: 4.5 #ad
Summer, 1928. Berlin, a city where nothing is verboten.
In the night streets, political gangs wander, looking for fights. Daylight reveals a beleaguered populace barely recovering from the postwar inflation, often jobless, reeling from the reparations imposed by the victors. At central police HQ, the Murder Commission has its hands full. A killer is on the loose and though he scatters many clues, each is a dead end. It’s almost as if he is taunting the cops. Meanwhile, the press is having a field day.
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(A Bernie Gunther Mysteries)
Perish
by Lisa Black
Rating: 4.3 #ad
Forensic investigator Maggie Gardiner always follows the rules. Detective Jack Renner doesn’t believe in them . . .
In a mansion on the outskirts of Cleveland, a woman’s body lies in a pool of blood. The victim is Joanna Moorehouse, founder of Sterling Financial. To crack the case, Maggie and Jack will have to infiltrate the cutthroat world of high-stakes finance. But every employee at Sterling Financial is hellbent on making a killing.
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(A Gardiner and Renner Mysteries)
Korian: The Manian’s Spear
by Giorgio Garofalo
Rating: 4.3 #ad
A stunning blend of mysticism, myth, nature, and adventure.
We all have a dark side. His destroys worlds.
Endura is a wondrous world full of mystery and magic. Its citizens – humans and firstlings, a docile humanoid species – are just as wondrous, having no propensity in their nature for hatred, malice, and wrath. In the early new age, a human boy is drawn to a mysterious eight-foot, rectangular-shaped metal object in the desert.
Centuries later, an ancient evil emerges from Endura’s underbelly, unleashing a sea of animated corpses, slaves to a shadowy dark figure wielding power over darkness. Two events separated temporally and spatially, but linked, plunge Endura into a dark fate. The vulnerable races, with no capacity for conflict and violence, have no way to resist such wickedness.
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(Korian: Ark of the Fallen King Mysteries)
The Reef
by Nora Roberts
Rating: 4.3 #ad
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.
As the Beaumonts and Lassiters pool their resources to locate Angelique’s Curse, the Caribbean waters darken with shadowy deceptions and hidden threats. Their partnership is placed in jeopardy when Matthew refuses to share information – including the truth behind his father’s mysterious death.
Reprisal
by James Leonard
Rating: 5.0 #ad
Samuel stood and left the chapel, pushing the door open as another bleeding outlaw was dragged inside.
Samuel Lake isn’t much of a people person. A reformed outlaw, he’d rather leave his guns and his past behind him. Nowadays he’s happy just minding his saloon and keeping out of trouble. Until he meets Elizabeth.
Elizabeth Stanford was left for dead when rustler William Decker attacked her ranch. She survived … barely. Now, she wants justice and she’s finally found the man who can get it for her.