Thursday’s Mystery eBooks
Fowl Prey
by Mary Daheim
Rating: 4.3 #ad
Killers of a feather just might flock together in the second Bed-and-Breakfast mystery from the author of Just Desserts.
Leaving the Hillside Manor in capable hands, bed-and-breakfast hostess Judith McMonigle heads north to Vancouver’s Hotel Clovia with her irrepressibly voracious cousin Renie for a pre-Thanksgiving getaway. But when an addled and impoverished popcorn vendor is murdered—along with his foul-mouthed pet parakeet—a local copper’s suspicious gaze settles on the two visiting Americans.
The Prepper’s Cabin
by Vincent Valentean
Rating: 4.1 #ad
Daniel and Vic Vena weren’t content to sit around and wait for the world to end. Long ago, they swore that when the day came, they’d be ready for it. But when an EMP decimates the nation’s power grid, the brothers find themselves separated by many miles and even more threats. Vic must work to protect Daniel’s teenage son Anthony as they fight their way out of the chaos-filled streets of a powerless Manhattan. Daniel meanwhile travels from the family’s farm to battle his way into the city to ensure that his family can make it out alive.
Hunting Down Amanda
by Andrew Klavan
Rating: 4.4 #ad
A freak plane crash sets off a chase for a little girl with strange powers in this “stay-up-all-night” thriller from an Edgar Award–winning author (USA Today).
Amanda is playing in the backyard when the plane explodes overhead. As metal, fire, and bodies rain down on her small town, the little girl wanders off. Houses on either side explode as she toddles away from the carnage, across the park, and into the woods. When her mother finds her, Amanda is asleep in the arms of a mysterious man. Carol takes her daughter and flees for her life, afraid not of the hell their town has become, but of what might happen if her daughter is found.
Dress Gray
by Lucian K. Truscott
Rating: 4.4 #ad
Ry Slaight is a young cadet at the United States Military Academy, walking punishment tours in May 1968, when he hears that the body of a plebe has been found floating in Lake Popolopen. Supposedly, it was an accident—but it’s not long before Slaight learns details about the autopsy suggesting a much darker story.
Slaight’s personal quest to uncover the truth—and the authorities’ efforts to keep it from him—will reveal both heroes and villains within the Long Gray Line in this “frightening novel about ‘a secret cult headquartered on the Hudson behind a stone façade.’ . . . The author mounts an attack on his alma mater with brilliance and fury”
Case Files of an Urban Druid Complete Boxed Set
by Auburn Tempest, Michael Anderle
Rating: 5.0 #ad
Ye screw with this lass, ye get put on yer ass.
Welcome to the whacked and weird world of Fiona mac Cumhaill. If you’re new to Team Trouble, welcome. If you’re back for more—awesomesauce.
In her second series, Case Files of an Urban Druid, Fiona brings you more druid adventure, family shenanigans, and mythical tales of magic and mystery.
Grab this 7-book boxed set to join the new adventures today!
Gone Girl
by Gillian Flynn
Rating: 4.1 #ad
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The “mercilessly entertaining” (Vanity Fair) instant classic “about the nature of identity and the terrible secrets that can survive and thrive in even the most intimate relationships” (Lev Grossman, Time “One of the Best Books of the Decade”)—now featuring never-before-published deleted scenes
ONE OF TIME’S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME, ONE OF CNN’S MOST INFLUENTIAL BOOKS OF THE DECADE, AND ONE OF ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY’S BEST BOOKS OF THE DECADE
ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Janet Maslin, The New York Times, People, Entertainment Weekly, O: The Oprah Magazine, Slate, Kansas City Star, USA Today, Christian Science Monitor
Silent Night
by Robert B. Parker, Helen Brann
Rating: 4.3 #ad
It’s December in Boston, and Spenser is busy planning the menu for Christmas dinner when he’s confronted in his office by a young boy named Slide. Homeless and alone, Slide has found refuge with an organization named Street Business, which gives shelter and seeks job opportunities for the homeless and lost.
Slide’s mentor, Jackie Alvarez, is being threatened, and Street Business is in danger of losing its tenuous foothold in the community, turning Slide and many others like him back on the street.
Abandon
by Frank Wheeler
Rating: 4.0 #ad
A classic western novel from Frank Wheeler with non-stop epic adventure and a blend of western romance
The one person he thought he could trust turned out to be his greatest enemy.
Twelve-year-old Kaspar Dorn grew up the son of a rich plantation owner. It was a pleasant, cushy life… until he witnessed his mother’s murder. He knows the killer, but he also knows no one will believe him. The man is dependable. And wealthy. And beloved.
His name is Franklin Dorn.
Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
The Revenge Game
by BR Kingsolver
Rating: 4.6 #ad
Alice Henderson was a legend at Wicklow College long before she took a header three and a half stories from her apartment window to the sidewalk below.
Savanna Robinson has only been teaching at Wicklow College of the Arcane Arts for two months, and the body count is already alarming. Her friend, Kelly Grace, is ghost writing Alice’s memoir—filled with illicit affairs and covert espionage while working for the CIA. And upon her death, the CIA appears, demanding all of Alice’s papers and the half-written book. Then the International Council of Magical Practitioners gets involved. But Alice’s isn’t the last murder to cast its shadow on Wicklow.
The Hollow Husband
by Cole Baxter
Rating: 4.3 #ad
Stella has finally met her dream man. But is David too good to be true?
Stella Greene has finally met her dream man. David is wealthy, successful, polished, and seductive. He’s got her back when an angry ex comes to call. He shares her taste in everything from wine to music. Her parents love him.
The couple are thrilled when Stella falls pregnant. David has always been attentive, but now that Stella is carrying his child, he becomes downright controlling. He claims he’s only worried about her and the baby. But Stella becomes fearful. How well does she really know her husband?
Field of Bones
by J. A. Jance
Rating: 4.6 #ad
Sheriff Joanna Brady’s best intentions to stay on maternity leave take a hit when a serial homicide case rocks Cochise County, dragging her into a far-reaching investigation to bring down a relentless killer in this chilling tale of suspense from New York Times bestselling author J. A. Jance.
This time Sheriff Joanna Brady may expect to see her maternity leave through to completion, but the world has other plans when a serial homicide case surfaces in her beloved Cochise County. Rather than staying home with her newborn and losing herself in the cold cases to be found in her father’s long unread diaries, Joanna instead finds herself overseeing a complex investigation involving multiple jurisdictions.
The Search for Christmas
by Russ Scalzo
Rating: 5.0 #ad
A Christmas Adventure. Discover the true meaning of Christmas. including links to 13 original songs.
In a world without hope, people walk around with no real reason for living. Despair is evident in the faces of the people, and Christmas is a thing of the past. That is until a young girl named Mack invents a time machine, accidentally travels back in time and discovers the Christmas Spirit. She convinces a group of friends that this holiday cheer could make all the difference, and they set off on a journey through time in the search for Christmas.
Lacey’s Star
by Kay DiBianca
Rating: 5.0 #ad
Get in, sit down, buckle up, and hang on!
Private pilot Cassie Deakin lands in the middle of an unwanted adventure when she discovers her beloved Uncle Charlie has been attacked and seriously injured by thieves.
But Cassie has a problem. She doesn’t know who she can trust. Still, she’s determined to solve the mystery behind the assault on her uncle, so she reluctantly agrees to team up with Deputy Frank White, a man she definitely does not trust, to find the culprits.
Animal
by Munish K. Batra
Rating: 4.6 #ad
A suspense thriller about a murderer targeting perpetrators of animal cruelty who is pursued internationally by a team of criminal investigators. Do the most noble of intentions justify the most horrific acts?
Two grisly murders are committed at a meatpacking plant by a person wearing a cow mask . . . not long after the CEO of a water park is brutally killed by someone wearing an orca mask.
Interpol Agent An Chang believes these are the latest acts of a ruthless serial killer he has been chasing for more than twenty years . . . a killer who targets those who harm innocent animals.
Cowboy Caleb
by Jesse Storm
Rating: 5.0 #ad
Caleb McCallister does not have a normal childhood. His mother rejected him, and his father is an alcoholic.
Despite everything, Caleb sticks to his morals and becomes a respected citizen of his hometown. Everyone loves him because of his determination to uphold the law and protect the innocent. Due to his unyielding sense of justice, Sheriff Craig Dalton believes Caleb is the only person that possesses the right set of skills to go after a notorious outlaw by the name of Silas “Blackheart” Kane.
The outlaw has been wreaking havoc in Colorado for a while. Somebody needs to stop him…
Sweetpea
by C.J. Skuse
Rating: 4.1 #ad
Rhiannon is your average girl next door, settled with her boyfriend and little dog…but she’s got a killer secret.
Although her childhood was haunted by a famous crime, Rhinannon’s life is normal now that her celebrity has dwindled. By day her job as an editorial assistant is demeaning and unsatisfying. By evening she dutifully listens to her friend’s plans for marriage and babies whilst secretly making a list.
A kill list.