Sunday’s Mystery eBooks
To Fetch a Felon
by Jennifer Hawkins
Rating: 4.3 #ad
Emma Reed and her beloved Corgi move from London to Cornwall with the dream of opening a tea shop—but first they’ll have to collar a criminal in the first book in a charming new series.
Emma leaves London and her life in high finance behind her and moves to an idyllic village in Cornwall, with its cobblestone streets and twisting byways. She plans to open a village tea shop and bake the recipes handed down to her from her beloved grandmother, and of course there’ll be plenty of space for her talking corgi, Oliver, to explore. Yes…talking. Emma has always been able to understand Oliver, even though no one else can.
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(A Chatty Corgi Mysteries)
The Extinction Trials
by A.G. Riddle
Rating: 4.2 #ad
From A.G. Riddle, the worldwide bestselling author of The Atlantis Gene, Departure, and Winter World, comes an epic standalone novel with a twist you’ll never forget.
After a mysterious global event known only as “The Change,” six strangers wake up in an underground research facility. They soon learn that they’re part of the Extinction Trials—a scientific experiment to restart the human race. But the Extinction Trials hides a very big secret.
The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side
by Agatha Christie
Rating: 4.6 #ad
The quaint village of St Mary Mead has been glamourized by the presence of screen queen Marina Gregg, who has taken up residence in preparation for her comeback. But when a local fan is poisoned, Marina finds herself starring in a real-life mystery—supported with scene-stealing aplomb by Jane Marple, who suspects that the lethal cocktail was intended for someone else. But who? If it was meant for Marina, then why? And before the final fade-out, who else from St Mary Mead’s cast of seemingly innocent characters is going to be eliminated?
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(Miss Marple Mysteries)
The Astral Wanderer Boxed Set
by D’Artagnan Rey, Michael Anderle
Rating: 5.0 #ad
Inside each fighter are three types of magic. With magical weapons, they can best those more powerful than themselves. Unless the weapons eat their soul.
Get the complete three-book series to discover a new adventure that is part anime, part steampunk, and all action!
Can teenage fighter Devol and his sword Achroma locate the storied group known as the Templars? If he does, he isn’t sure if the Templars will take him. And if they take him, will he succeed?
The Moonlight Child
by Karen McQuestion
Rating: 4.4 #ad
A gripping and emotional novel that will leave you wondering about the neighbors next door…
On a cold January night, Sharon Lemke heads outside to see a lunar eclipse when she notices something odd at the house behind her backyard. Through her neighbor’s kitchen window, she sees what appears to be a little girl washing dishes late at night. But the Fleming family doesn’t have a child that age, and even if they did, why would she be doing housework at this late hour?
Sisters of the Mist
by Eric Wilder
Rating: 4.5 #ad
Paranormal investigator Wyatt Thomas treks into the dangerous Honey Island Swamp in search of a forbidden convent where all the sisters are vampires
When French Quarter detective Wyatt Thomas is awakened from a dark dream by his cat Kisses, he witnesses an eerie funeral procession from the balcony of his Chartres Street apartment. Riding in the limousine ahead of a hearse is his former lover, Desire Vallee – the first time he’s seen her since she became a nun and entered a convent. Desire’s skin is ashen, her once dark hair now ghostly white. He’s left with a single clue.
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(French Quarter Mysteries)
The Last Goodnight
by Kat Martin
Rating: 4.4 #ad
A thrilling new suspense novel from the bestselling author of The Perfect Murder that fans of Jayne Ann Krentz and Laura Griffin won’t want to miss! A cold case is heating up, and with another body turning up, one woman is hot on the trail of a killer…with the help of the rancher who hired her to deliver justice.
When Kade Logan said goodbye to his estranged wife eight years ago, he never thought it would be the last time he saw her alive. Now her car has been hauled out of a nearby lake and Kade is determined to track down the man who murdered her. Enter Eleanor Bowman, a talented private investigator who’s about to stir up a hornet’s nest on his Colorado ranch.
The Match
by Harlan Coben
Rating: 4.5 #ad
A shocking genetic match exposes a family’s darkest secret in this gripping new thriller from the creator of the #1 hit Netflix series Stay Close.
After months away, Wilde has returned to the Ramapo Mountains in the wake of a failed bid at domesticity that confirms what he’s known all along: He belongs on his own, free from the comforts and constraints of modern life.
Suddenly, a DNA match on an online ancestry database brings Wilde closer to his past than he’s ever dreamed, and finally gives Wilde the opening he needs to track down his father…
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(The Boy from the Woods)
Saturday’s Mystery eBooks
Artifact
by Gigi Pandian
Rating: 4.2 #ad
When historian Jaya Jones receives a mysterious package containing a jewel-encrusted artifact sent by a murdered man, she discovers the secrets of a lost Indian treasure may be hidden in a Scottish legend. Can Jaya figure out which of the scholars vying for her affections might be the love of her life—and which one is a killer?
From San Francisco to the Highlands of Scotland, Jaya must evade a shadowy stalker as she follows hints from the hastily scrawled note to a remote archaeological dig. Helping her decipher the cryptic clues are her stage magician best friend, a devastatingly handsome art historian with something to hide, and a charming archaeologist running for his life. Jaya must figure out who to trust if she wants to solve the riddle, find the treasure, and make it out of Scotland alive.
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(A Jaya Jones Treasure Hunt Mysteries)
Love in The Wild
by Jackie Beloto
Rating: 4.8 #ad
“This is the first novel that I have read by Jackie Beloto and I was very impressed. The novel flowed effortlessly, characters were sound and well developed. The story line was solid, and flows smoothly. This is the first novel and I hope the author will continue to develop this novel into a series.. I had not read any of her work previously, which I recommend, but I was able to read it as a stand alone novel without any problems. I am pleased I found this author and I plan to read more of her work.” by Amazon Customer
Voices in the Wind
by Stephanie Parker McKean
Rating: 4.8 #ad
Two accusations of murder against her, a lack of belief in God and a loveless marriage cause Rhoda to label herself as “unlucky,” so when she hears voices in the wind, she follows them.
Rhoda finds herself in a land that exceeds all her dreams and expectations, as do the two men vying for her love—rain man Tal and sun man Victor. She could have it all, but Treasury is God’s secret holding place for rain and wind. Rhoda must prove herself worthy to the Protectors who guard Treasury.
To prove her worthiness, Rhoda must ascend dangerous Verboten Mountain to bring back a jar of dry dirt. Verboten is as forbidden as its name and to succeed in her quest, Rhoda faces warlike cave men, dinosaur birds, enormous serpents and an army of Great Dane-sized Bullet Train Ants.
Even deadlier, Rhoda faces the truth about her past and the age old question: is God real?
Christmas Cookie Murder
by Leslie Meier
Rating: 4.5 #ad
For Lucy Stone, the best thing about Christmas in Tinker’s Cove, Maine, has always been the annual Cookie Exchange. But the usual generosity and goodwill is missing from this year’s event, which turns out to be a complete disaster. Petty rivalries and feuds that have long been simmering finally come to a boil, leaving a bad taste in the mouths of many guests, including Lee Cummings—who accuses Tucker Whitney of stealing her recipe for low-fat, sugar-free cookies. But the icing on the cake is when Tucker is found strangled in her apartment the following morning.
Who could’ve wanted Tucker dead badly enough to kill her?
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(A Lucy Stone Mysteries)
Please Look After Mom
by Kyung-Sook Shin
Rating: 4.4 #ad
When sixty-nine-year-old So-nyo is separated from her husband among the crowds of the Seoul subway station, her family begins a desperate search to find her. Yet as long-held secrets and private sorrows begin to reveal themselves, they are forced to wonder: how well did they actually know the woman they called Mom?
Told through the piercing voices and urgent perspectives of a daughter, son, husband, and mother, Please Look After Mom is at once an authentic picture of contemporary life in Korea and a universal story of family love…
Charlie
by Gayle Katz
Rating: 4.1 #ad
A snarky teenager. A new school to navigate. Can Charlie stop a zombie apocalypse in time for finals?
After she moves across the country and out of the hot zone, Charlie hopes to leave hunting behind. She’s ready to make some friends at her new high school. But the past she hoped to bury rises again with a fresh, city-wide outbreak.
So much for settling into a normal life…
Desperate to stop the walking dead, Charlie enlists the help of some classmates to find patient zero. But as the scourge spreads, her talents may not be enough to keep them alive. Will Charlie discover the source of the infection, or will she meet a gruesome end?
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(Zombie Slayer Mysteries)
A Stranger’s Game
by Colleen Coble
Rating: 4.6 #ad
Even though Torie Bergstrom hasn’t been back to Georgia since she was ten, she was happy to arrange a job for her best friend at one of the family properties on Jekyll Island. But when Torie learns that Lisbeth has drowned, she knows it is more than a tragic accident: Lisbeth was terrified of water and wouldn’t have gone swimming by choice.
Torie goes to the hotel under an alias, desperate to find answers. When she meets Joe Abbott and his daughter while they are rescuing baby sea turtles, she can only hope they are as trustworthy as they seem. And when someone begins to play mind games with her, proving they know her real identity, Torie couldn’t be more grateful to have an ally.
Friday’s Mystery eBooks
Vistas, Vices, & Valentines
by Tonya Kappes
Rating: 4.6 #ad
Join Mae West and the Laundry Club Ladies as they cha cha and twirl their way around Happy Trails Campground as they put on some sleuthing dance shoes to bring closure to this southern and fun cozy Valentine’s mystery.
When I begged Hank Sharp to take dance lessons to celebrate Valentine’s Day, I knew I was getting more than I had bargained for. But when a dancer’s dead body shows up at the height of the competition and Hank is hired to investigate the murder, I had no idea what we were in store for when he had Dottie Swaggert and Henry Bryant go undercover as a dance competition couple to get insider information…
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(A Camper & Criminals Cozy Mysteries)
Come Back To Me
by Melissa Foster
Rating: 4.2 #ad
Tess Johnson has it all: her handsome photographer husband Beau, a thriving business, and a newly discovered pregnancy. When Beau accepts an overseas photography assignment, Tess decides to wait to reveal her secret–only she’s never given the chance. Beau’s helicopter crashes in the desert.
Tess struggles with the news of Beau’s death and tries to put her life back together. Alone and dealing with a pregnancy that only reminds her of what she has lost, Tess is adrift in a world of failed plans and fallen expectations. When a new client appears offering more than just a new project, Tess must confront the circumstances of her life head on.
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(Melissa Foster Stand-Alone Women’s Fiction Novels)
Monk’s Hood
by Ellis Peters
Rating: 4.6 #ad
Silver Dagger Award Winner: In this medieval mystery, Brother Cadfael faces suspicion when one of his herbal ingredients is used to kill a man.
Gervase Bonel is a guest of Shrewsbury Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul when he suddenly takes ill. Luckily, the abbey boasts the services of the clever and kindly Brother Cadfael, a skilled herbalist. Cadfael hurries to the man’s bedside, only to be confronted with two surprises: In Master Bonel’s wife, the good monk recognizes Richildis, whom he loved before he took his vows – and Master Bonel has been fatally poisoned by monk’s-hood oil from Cadfael’s stores.
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(The Chronicles of Brother Cadfael Mysteries)
The Drowning Pool
by Syd Moore
Rating: 4.3 #ad
After her world is shaken by a series of unexplained events, young widow Sarah Grey soon comes to realise that she is the victim of a terrifying haunting by her 19th century namesake … A classic ghost story with a modern twist by a talented new writer in the genre.
Relocated to a coastal town, widowed teacher Sarah Grey is slowly rebuilding her life, along with her young son Alfie. But after an inadvertent séance one drunken night, her world is shaken when she starts to experience frightening visions. She tries to explain them as But Alfie sees them too and Sarah believes that they have become the targets of a terrifying haunting.
Valeron’s Range
by Terrell L. Bowers
Rating: 4.1 #ad
Revisit a Western classic from Terrell L. Bowers! This is “Valeron’s Range” the first book in the tremendously popular “Valeron” series!
When Scarlet Valeron, poised to be married in Pueblo, Colorado, is kidnapped and her betrothed killed, a desperate call goes out to the Valeron family. Brothers, cousins, and hired help unite in an effort to find her and bring her back. They learn Scarlet is on her way to Brimstone, a bandit stronghold of over a hundred outlaws. Most would look at the incredible odds and figure Scarlet was lost forever. The Valerons, however, see it as a matter of family honour to get their kin back and settle the score!
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(The Valeron Western Adventure Mysteries)
My MacArthur
by Cindy Fazzi
Rating: 4.2 #ad
… When MacArthur is appointed the U.S. Army chief of staff, he becomes the youngest four-star general and one of America’s most powerful men. Out of hubris, he takes Isabel with him to America without marrying her.
Amid the backdrop of the Great Depression, MacArthur and Isabel’s relationship persists like “a perilous voyage on turbulent waters,” as she describes it. In 1934, after four years of relationship, MacArthur leaves Isabel for fear of a political scandal.
The general goes on to become the iconic hero of World War II, liberating the Philippines and rebuilding Japan. Isabel drifts in Los Angeles unable to muster the courage to return to Manila.
Gothikana
by RuNyx
Rating: 4.4 #ad
An unusual girl. An enigmatic man. An ancient castle. What could go wrong?
An outcast her entire life, Corvina Clemm is left adrift after losing her mother. When she receives the admission letter from the mysterious University of Verenmore, she accepts it as a sign from the universe. The last thing she expects though is an olden, secluded castle on top of a mountain riddled with secrets, deceit, and death.
An enigma his entire life, Vad Deverell likes being a closed book but knowing exactly everything that happens in the university. A part-time professor working on his thesis, Vad has been around long enough to know the dangers the castle possesses.
Thursday’s Mystery eBooks
The Lover’s Portrait
by Jennifer S. Alderson
Rating: 4.3 #ad
A portrait holds the key to recovering a cache of looted artwork, secreted away during World War II, in this captivating historical art thriller set in the 1940s and present-day Amsterdam.
When a Dutch art dealer hides the stock from his gallery – rather than turn it over to his Nazi blackmailer – he pays with his life, leaving a treasure trove of modern masterpieces buried somewhere in Amsterdam, presumably lost forever. That is, until American art history student Zelda Richardson sticks her nose in.
After studying for a year in the Netherlands, Zelda scores an internship at the prestigious Amsterdam Museum, where she works on an exhibition of paintings and sculptures once stolen by the Nazis, lying unclaimed in Dutch museum depots almost seventy years later.
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(Zelda Richardson Mysteries)
Once Upon A Crime
by Nolon King
Rating: 4.3 #ad
Once upon a time, the Grimms’ fairy tales taught lessons. Now, the Grimm Reaper does.
New detective Chelsea Sullivan is partnered with a maverick famous for closing cases and infamous for how he does it. He has a target on his back and a chip on his shoulder. Not exactly how she hoped to kick off her first homicide case.
Jim McPherson doesn’t mind showing an up-and-comer the ropes, but he does mind when she keeps putting herself in harm’s way. Especially since her innocence is exactly the trait the serial killer seems to be targeting. Unless they’re missing a crucial detail. And he can’t help but think his new partner knows what it is.
The Little Ranch in Texas
by Gene Turney
Rating: 4.2 #ad
Charlie Taylor had no idea what he would find when he came to Texas. He did know that he wanted to learn to be a rancher. Charlie encounters the very crust of the earth when his horse makes the first stop in Live Oak Springs, Texas. Of all things, it was the fellow Charlie had bought a ranch from through the mail, sight unseen. It became obvious to everyone that Charlie was going to need a lot of help to become a rancher. Even the woman who melted his heart could shoot better than Charlie. But Charlie had some strong attributes and a good moral compass. People began to learn Charlie was as good as his word, and he had a mission in life to help people and things grow.
Relieve Pain Without Side Effects
by Terry Lemerond, Jan McBarron M.D.
Rating: 4.4 #ad
How are you dealing with acute pain? Pain has a purpose; it alerts us to a problem that may need serious attention. But once we’re aware of pain, how do we respond? Until now, we’ve addressed acute pain – the type of pain that comes from a headache, an injury, or back pain, for example – with over-the-counter prescription pain relievers.
Unfortunately, many of those medications cause unwanted side effects and sometimes, life-threatening consequences. Now, there’s a better way to stop acute pain! Research has uncovered a powerful combination of nutrients that addresses acute pain, safely and effectively. This solution from nature tackles acute pain and helps prevent it from morphing into long-term chronic pain. Discover for yourself how this fact-acting breakthrough in pain relief can be your answer to living life to the fullest – pain free!
Ice and Stone
by Marcia Muller
Rating: 4.3 #ad
When the bodies of two Indigenous women are found in the wilderness of northern California, it is only the latest horrific development in a string of similar crimes in the area. Despite all evidence to the contrary, officials rule the deaths isolated incidents, which soon join the ranks of countless other unsolved cases quickly dismissed by law enforcement.
In a town where too many injustices are tolerated or brushed under the rug, only a few people remain who refuse to let a killer walk free. But Private Investigator Sharon McCone is one of those few.
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(A Sharon McCone Mysteries)
Looking for Jake
by China Miéville
Rating: 4.1 #ad
“Miéville moves effortlessly into the first division of those who use the tools and weapons of the fantastic to define and create the fiction of the coming century.” – Neil Gaiman
What William Gibson did for science fiction, China Miéville has done for fantasy, shattering old paradigms with fiercely imaginative works of startling, often shocking, intensity. Now from this brilliant young writer comes a groundbreaking collection of stories, many of them previously unavailable in the United States, including four never-before-published tales—one set in Miéville’s signature fantasy world of New Crobuzon.
Cold Fire
by Dean Koontz
Rating: 4.4 #ad
In Portland, he saved a young boy from a drunk driver. In Boston, he rescued a child from an underground explosion. In Houston, he disarmed a man who was trying to shoot his own wife. Reporter Holly Thorne was intrigued by this strange quiet savior named Jim Ironheart. She was even falling in love with him. But what power compelled an ordinary man to save twelve lives in three months? What visions haunted his dreams? And why did he whisper in his sleep: There is an Enemy. It is coming. It’ll kill us all…?
Bristlecone Magic
by DENNIS DE ROSE
Rating: 5.0 #ad
Bristlecone Magic is a dialogue-driven novel about the magic within all of us. It’s there but do we take the time to let it out and actually see what it can do. It’s the magic of a hello to a stranger or a thank you when we need it the most. It’s the magic of what can be accomplished when a close-knit community comes together in a time of tragedy.
There is more than one kind of magic. There’s real magic, if we believe in it and in our friends. Today is Jimmy and Johnny Honeycutt’s twentieth birthday and everything is right with the world. What could go wrong? As fate would have it, the worst thing happened.