Monday’s Mystery eBooks
Premeditated Mortar
by Kate Carlisle
Rating: 4.7 #ad
Shannon Hammer is about to embark on one of the biggest projects of her career. Her best friend Jane Hennessey has purchased one wing of the Gables, formerly the old state insane asylum, located on a bucolic hillside two miles northeast of Lighthouse Cove. Jane plans to turn her section into a small luxury hotel complete with twenty ocean-view rooms, a spa, and a restaurant.
Shannon is raring to get started on the enormous project and is shocked when a group of unruly protesters shows up at the groundbreaking ceremony and wreaks havoc.
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(A Fixer-Upper Mysteries)
The Taking
by Michele PW
Rating: 4.6 #ad
Twenty-four years ago, five-year-old Tori walked into her newborn brother’s room in the middle of the night to see a shadowy figure abducting him.
The next morning, her baby brother’s lifeless body was found in the crib.
No one believes what she saw that night. Not her father. Not her mentally unstable mother. Not the police. In fact, there’s even some suspicion that Tori is somehow involved.
Years later, Tori is stuck in a job she hates, hiding from her past, afraid to let people get too close. Until her childhood friend is found with her dead newborn, claiming her “real” baby was taken by a shadowy figure.
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(The Riverview Mysteries)
Wolves in the Dark
by Gunnar Staalesen
Rating: 4.1 #ad
Reeling from the death of his great love, Karin, Varg Veum’s life has descended into a self-destructive spiral of alcohol, lust, grief and blackouts.
When traces of child pornography are found on his computer, he’s accused of being part of a paedophile ring and thrown into a prison cell. There, he struggles to sift through his past to work out who is responsible for planting the material … and who is seeking the ultimate revenge.
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(Varg Veum Mysteries)
The Great Silence
by Doug Johnstone
Rating: 4.2 #ad
Keeping on top of the family funeral directors’ and private-investigation businesses is no easy task for the Skelf women, and when matriarch Dorothy discovers a human foot while walking the dog, a perplexing case presents itself … with potentially deadly results.
Daughter Jenny and grand-daughter Hannah have their hands full too: The mysterious circumstances of a dying woman lead them into an unexpected family drama, Hannah’s new astrophysicist colleague claims he’s receiving messages from outer space, and the Skelfs’ teenaged lodger has yet another devastating experience.
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(The Skelfs Mysteries)
Stranded
by Sarah Goodwin
Rating: 4.4 #ad
You’ll want to stay. Until you can’t leave…
A group of strangers arrive on a beautiful but remote island, ready for the challenge of a lifetime: to live there for one year, without contact with the outside world.
But twelve months later, on the day when the boat is due to return for them, no one arrives.
Eight people stepped foot on the island. How many will make it off alive?
How Not to Be My Patient
by Edward T. Creagan MD, Sandra Wendel
Rating: 5.0 #ad
Dr. Edward Creagan treated very sick patients for more than 40 winters at the renowned Mayo Clinic. This book is not just about lifestyle choices, although these are important aspects of Dr. Creagan’s healthy living plan. It is about using your precious minutes in the exam room (the average doctor visit is about 16 minutes), forging the right kind of relationship with your care providers (because that world is changing quickly), and understanding and using the healthcare system—instead of having the system use (and often abuse) you.
Robert B. Parker’s Debt to Pay
by Reed Farrel Coleman
Rating: 4.4 #ad
In this brilliant novel in Robert B. Parker’s New York Times bestselling series, police chief Jesse Stone faces a ruthless hit man.
All is quiet in Paradise, except for a spate of innocuous vandalism. Good thing, too, because Jesse Stone is preoccupied with the women in his life, both past and present. As his ex-wife Jenn is about to marry a Dallas real-estate tycoon, Jesse isn’t too sure his relationship with former FBI agent Diana Evans is built to last. But those concerns get put on the back burner when a major Boston crime boss is brutally murdered. Despite all evidence to the contrary, Jesse suspects it’s the work of Mr. Peepers, a psychotic assassin who has caused trouble for Jesse in the past.
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(A Jesse Stone Mysteries)
Dragons in the Barn
by Ennes Higgins
Rating: 5.0
Lola is the smartest eight-year-old she herself has ever met. With her sharp mind, she approaches every situation logically and analyses the facts before making any decisions. Sometimes, she gets upset because some of the other kids make fun of her for being smart. Obviously, they’re just jealous. But it still hurts. Because Lola is so smart, she often finds it difficult to bond with children her own age as she finds it difficult to engage in creative play.
When Nana asks Lola and her siblings to tidy up the barn, they soon find themselves cornered by three ferocious dragons. While Lola´s siblings quickly slip into this imaginary world and attempt to outsmart the dragons, Lola struggles to immerse herself in the game.
Sunday’s Mystery eBooks
Ready to Die
by Lisa Jackson
Rating: 4.5 #ad
Sheriff Dan Grayson lies near death after a shooting, and the police department of Grizzly Falls, Montana, is in shock. Detective Selena Alvarez, torn between a new relationship and her loyalty to Grayson, works with Detective Regan Pescoli to whittle down the list of suspects. The deeper they go, the more personal and dangerous the case becomes. Then a prominent judge’s body is found and the killer sends a sinister warning to the press: “Who’s Next?”
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(An Alvarez & Pescoli Mysteries)
Blink of an Eye
by Eric Wilder
Rating: 4.8 #ad
Paranormal investigator Buck McDivit deals with murder, creatures of darkness, and romance with an American Indian archaeologist who likes cowboys and fast ponies
Buck visits Oklahoma’s remote Kiamichi Mountains, searching for an archaeological relic once used in religious ceremonies. The Black Cup of Oklahoma has gone missing, and Buck must travel back 1000 years to retrieve it.
Buck’s trek leads him into a forbidden canyon where he discovers a lost civilization, Oklahoma’s elusive Bigfoot, and a psychotic killer who likes to scalp his victims after killing them. To succeed, he seeks the help of a mysterious spiritualist and the dark magic of an immortal mountain fairy.
Will Buck survive and retrieve the stolen relic, or die a gory death and his scalp added to the killer’s trophy belt?
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(Ghost of a Chance)
Murder at Queen’s Landing
by Andrea Penrose
Rating: 4.6 #ad
The many strands of a dark mystery entangle Lady Charlotte Sloane and the Earl of Wrexford in a dangerous web of secrets and lies that will call into question how much they really know about the people they hold dear—and about each other . . .
When Lady Cordelia, a brilliant mathematician, and her brother, Lord Woodbridge, disappear from London, rumors swirl concerning fraudulent bank loans and a secret consortium engaged in an illicit—and highly profitable—trading scheme that threatens the entire British economy. The incriminating evidence mounts, but for Charlotte and Wrexford, it’s a question of loyalty and friendship. And so they begin a new investigation to clear the siblings’ names, uncover their whereabouts, and unravel the truth behind the whispers.
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(A Wrexford & Sloane Mysteries)
TRIBES
by Mia Frances
Rating: 4.1 #ad
A dark, gritty post-apocalyptic tale of love, loathing, & survival!
Alex, her sisters, and their kids are on their way to her camp in the Adirondack Mountains for the Columbus Day weekend when the unthinkable happens. A voice on the radio warns the country is under attack! Greeted by guns and bullets when they try to seek shelter, they’re forced to hide in a cave to wait out the fallout. After two weeks in their dank hole, Alex wakes up one morning to discover her sisters gone. They’ve taken the rented minibus and returned to the city to search for their husbands, leaving Alex to care for her 7 nieces and nephews. It’s an arduous 35-mile hike through the mountains to her camp…a journey through hell! Society is devolving. The strong: looters, murderers, and rapists; preying on the weak. The small hamlets and villages they pass through have become killing fields, as survivors battle each other for the few remaining supplies.
Three Days Clueless
by Luana Ehrlich
Rating: 4.6 #ad
Mylas Grey is determined to find the person who shot a politician in broad daylight.
There’s just one problem. The killer left no clues behind. Zip. Zilch. Nada.
Mylas gets involved in an intriguing case of MURDER . . . When Mylas arrives in his hometown to spend time with Whitney, he agrees to help his father, a local private detective, examine the files of a politician who was murdered in cold blood.
Mylas gets involved in an intriguing case of murder with NO CLUES . . . The wife of the slain politician believes her husband’s murder is connected to his duties as a state legislator, but the police find no clues to his murder and no evidence to support her claim.
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(Mylas Grey Mysteries)
The Village
by Caroline Mitchell
Rating: 4.2 #ad
Ten years ago, the Harper family disappeared. Their deserted cottage was left with the water running, the television playing cartoons, the oven ready for baking. The doors were locked from the inside.
Overnight, the sleepy village of Nighbrook became notorious as the scene of the unsolved mystery of the decade, an epicentre for ghoulish media speculation.
For crime journalist Naomi, solving the case has turned into an obsession. So now, with Ivy Cottage finally listed for sale, it’s her chance to mount an investigation like no other. And her husband and stepdaughter don’t really need to know what happened in their new home… do they?
Bachelor Secret Wolf
by Serena Meadows
Rating: 4.6 #ad
Dominic is a wolf shifter. That was one of the reasons we could never be together. But I desperately wanted to. Dominic protected me with everything he had. Even while I was looking him in the eye and lying to him. Even when I was hiding a secret he could never find out.
But Dominic was anything but naïve. It was only a matter of time until he figured out that I was deceiving him. That day would ruin me. It would break my heart… and potentially end my brother’s life along with my own. If I knew anything about Dominic, he would never let that happen. Even if he had to risk his own life to save mine.
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(Shifter Wolves of Pleasant Valley)
The Girl in the Woods
by A.J. Rivers
Rating: 4.5 #ad
I’m all alone now… But I just have to make it there. I need to keep going… Keep…
A beautiful woman’s body is found frozen on the ground. And many questions that no one can answer arises.
When Emma Griffin joined the FBI, she had hopes that she could find out the truth about her own past. But over time she realized that it was more than just herself. She wanted to be a voice for the victims. To bring justice for those that are no longer with us. To rid this world of evil doers, hunt down those who destroyed lives, and be the voice for the voiceless.
But what happens when she’s asked to help someone who not only inflicted unbearable pain to her life, but to the lives of many?
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(Emma Griffin FBI Mystery Mysteries)
Saturday’s Mystery eBooks
Cruising Family Style
by Hope Callaghan
Rating: 4.8 #ad
The Garlucci family’s epic cruise vacation onboard the Siren of the Seas is smooth sailing until Carlita’s son becomes a prime suspect after his boss…the head of the “mafia family” is found dead. Can she, along with Assistant Cruise Director, Millie Armati – super sleuth extraordinaire, solve the murder before it’s too late?
BONUS: RECIPE INCLUDED!
The first few hours of the cruise are everything Carlita envisioned, but things quickly change when someone in the Garlucci family’s party is found dead. And it’s not just anyone, but the head of the “mafia family.”
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(Made in Savannah Mysteries)
The Forever Stone
by Gloria Repp
Rating: 4.5 #ad
The paperweight – a summons to courage . . . A new home, new love, new fears . . . and a mystery. How will she face the challenge? And what does God have in mind?
Madeleine, a young widow, is determined to break free from her paralyzing memories and controlling family. The paperweight, a gift from her father, spurs her to declare independence, and she joins her aunt’s house-restoration project in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey. Two men enter her life, bringing joy, conflict, and danger. She’ll need courage to fight the treachery she discovers, and faith to step into a new life of promise. Can she do it?
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(The Dumont Chronicles)
Semiautomatic Sorceress Complete Series
by Kal Aaron, Michael Anderle
Rating: 5.0 #ad
Five years ago, everyone knew sorcery and magic were nothing but myths. One spectacular incident proved them wrong. Now men and women of power flaunt their supernatural abilities openly, using them for both good and evil.
Sorceress Lyssa likes her reality TV and strawberry ice cream, but her day job of hunting down rogues and criminals doesn’t leave her much time for either. And that’s when she’s not worrying about containing a powerful and dangerous spirit forced on her.
Paranoia is her other hobby, and it’s hard to burn away all evil in the world when she’s not sure if she’s working for the good guys. There’s also the small problem of people from her past popping up and trying to kill her.
A Deal for Zeylum
by Lynnea Lee
Rating: 4.3 #ad
Ashe is in trouble with a capital T.
As merchandise heading to an intergalactic auction, Ashe’s future looks grim. So when a too-sexy-for-his-own-good alien outlaw solicits her help to break them out of lockup, she jumps on the chance. Ashe only needs to survive long enough with the known criminal to get her end of the bargain: freedom. She trusts the clawed and fanged Tallean warrior to keep her safe, but who will keep her safe from him?
A Tallean mercenary claims what he wants, and he wants her!
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(Tallean Mercenaries)
A Lady’s Guide to Mischief and Mayhem
by Manda Collins
Rating: 4.0 #ad
England, 1865: Newspaper columnist Lady Katherine Bascomb finds herself the subject of speculation when her latest article leads to an arrest in the murders plaguing London. The English believe women ought not to write about such vulgar things as crime, and a particularly attractive detective inspector is incensed that she’s interfered with his investigation. To escape her sudden notoriety, Katherine heads to the country-only to witness a murder upon her arrival.
Detective Inspector Andrew Eversham is appalled when Lady Katherine entangles herself in one of his cases-again. Her sensationalist reporting already nearly got him kicked off the police force, and he’ll be damned if he permits her to meddle a second time.
A Haunting in Rose Grove
by Rockwell Scott
Rating: 4.2 #ad
A malevolent entity. A violent haunting. A house with a bloody history. Jake Nolan left it all behind, but now he must return.
Jake has it all — a new home, an amazing girlfriend, and nearing a promotion at work. Best of all, he feels he’s finally moved on from the horrors of his traumatic past. But when he learns that his estranged brother, Trevor, has moved back into their haunted childhood home, Jake knows his past is not quite finished with him yet.
Jake rushes to the old house in Rose Grove — a small town with a tragic history — to pull his brother from that dangerous place. But it’s too late. There, he finds Trevor trying to make contact with the spirit that tormented them years ago.
Your Best You!: Live with Joy, Passion, and Purpose
by Lisa Pevateaux
Rating: 5.0 #ad
Need help discovering a life of passion, happiness, and purpose? Look no further than entrepreneur and mentor Lisa Pevateaux’s Your Best YOU! to begin your own journey to self-fulfillment.
Want to wake up every day knowing what you desire and how to get it? Ready to unlock your passion, start putting your needs first, and find true happiness and purpose? A mentor and champion for women everywhere, Lisa Pevateaux is on a mission to help women live incredible lives—and she’s got the tools to get you there.
After years of research and work at a deep, personal level, Pevateaux successfully navigated the distance between a life defined by other people’s ideas and a life filled with her own goals and ultimate happiness. Now she wants to guide women everywhere to find the same heart-pounding joy in their daily lives.
Hold My Hand
by M.J. Ford
Rating: 4.4 #ad
How long do you hunt for the missing? A horrible vanishing act…
When a young Josie Masters sees a boy wearing a red football shirt, Dylan Jones, being taken by a clown at a carnival, she tries to alert the crowds. But it’s too late. Dylan has disappeared…
Thirty years later, Josie is working as a police officer in Bath. The remains of the body of a child have been found – complete with tatters of a torn red football shirt. Is it the boy she saw vanish in the clutches of the clown? Or is it someone else altogether?
Robert B. Parker’s Colorblind
by Reed Farrel Coleman
Rating: 4.5 #ad
Police chief Jesse Stone returns in the newest novel in Robert B. Parker’s New York Times–bestselling series, and his newest case hits right at the heart of the Paradise police force.
Jesse Stone is back on the job after a stint in rehab, and the road to recovery is immediately made bumpy by a series of disturbing and apparently racially motivated crimes, beginning with the murder of an African American woman. Then, Jesse’s own deputy Alisha–the first black woman hired by the Paradise police force–becomes the target of a sophisticated frame-up. As he and his team work tirelessly to unravel the truth, he has to wonder if this is just one part of an even grander plot, one with an end game more destructive than any of them can imagine.
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(A Jesse Stone Mysteries)
Friday’s Mystery eBooks
Murder, She Meowed
by Liz Mugavero
Rating: 4.7 #ad
Stan and Jake’s wedding will soon take place on the town green in Frog Ledge, Connecticut, followed by a reception at their beloved Irish pub filled with friends, family, and their four favorite canine companions. Stan just has to endure the traditional girls’ night out first. Male strippers jumping out of gigantic cakes aren’t her preferred entertainment. But the hired hottie never gets around to taking it all off…because someone takes him out first with one of Stan’s kitchen knives. A heartbroken Stan recognizes the victim as one of the deliverymen from the local farm—who must have been moonlighting for some extra cash. Now the guest list has turned into a suspect list—and Stan’s making a vow to find the killer . . .
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(A Pawsitively Organic Mysteries)
Crown of Bones
by A.K. Wilder
Rating: 4.4 #ad
Raise. Your. Phantom.
In a world on the brink of the next Great Dying, no amount of training can prepare us for what is to come…
A young heir will raise the most powerful phantom in all of Baiseen.
A dangerous High Savant will do anything to control the nine realms.
A mysterious and deadly Mar race will steal children into the sea.
And a handsome guide with far too many secrets will make me fall in love.
My name is Ash. A lowly scribe meant to observe and record. And yet I think I’m destined to surprise us all.
The Practical Navigator
by Chris Crowley
Rating: 4.4 #ad
Perfect for fans of Scott Turow and John Lescroart, The Practical Navigator is a smart, fast-moving legal thriller where everyone’s motives—and desires—are in question.
Membership in the Great Arcadia, an exclusive East Coast yacht club, is pretty much limited to the rich and powerful in 1980s business, finance, and politics. But the sexually charged murder of Greek billionaire George Minot during their annual regatta off the coast of Maine opens a door into a secret world of addictive sexuality and excess beneath the starched sheets of the East Coast establishment.
Tim Bigelow is looking forward to spending a week at sea with the magical Cassie Sears, who has suddenly appeared in his life. He’s also there to celebrate his older brother, Harry—the retiring commodore of the Great Arcadia who’s on course for a major role in the White House…
The Nameless Ones
by John Connolly
Rating: 4.4 #ad
In Amsterdam, four bodies, violently butchered, are discovered in a canal house, the remains of friends and confidantes of the assassin known only as Louis.
The men responsible for the murders are Serbian war criminals. They believe they can escape retribution by retreating to their homeland. They are wrong.
For Louis has come to Europe to hunt them down: five killers to be found and punished before they can vanish into thin air. There is just one problem.
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(Charlie Parker Mysteries)
Once You Go This Far
by Kristen Lepionka
Rating: 4.4 #ad
Once You Go This Far is the fourth thrilling mystery from Shamus Award-winning and Anthony and Macavity Award-nominated author Kristen Lepionka.
Junior-high school nurse Rebecca Newsome was an experienced hiker—until she plummeted to her death at the bottom of a ravine in a Columbus metro park. Her daughter, Maggie, doesn’t believe it was an accident, and Rebecca’s ex-husband is her prime suspect. But he’s a well-connected ex-cop and Maggie is certain that’s the reason no one will listen to her. PI Roxane Weary quickly uncovers that the dead woman’s ex is definitely a jerk, but is he a murderer?
The Memory Wood
by Sam Lloyd
Rating: 4.4 #ad
Elijah has lived in the Memory Wood for as long as he can remember. It’s the only home he’s ever known.
Elissa has only just arrived. And she’ll do everything she can to escape.
When Elijah stumbles across thirteen-year-old Elissa, in the woods where her abductor is hiding her, he refuses to alert the police. Because in his twelve years, Elijah has never had a proper friend. And he doesn’t want Elissa to leave.
Not only that, Elijah knows how this can end. After all, Elissa isn’t the first girl he’s found inside the Memory Wood.