Friday’s Mystery eBooks
Southern Discomfort
by Caroline Fardig
Rating: 4.2 #ad
Southern hospitality meets deadly deception in the start of a charming new mystery series from the USA Today bestselling author of the Java Jive novels.
Quinn Bellandini loves her life in Savannah, Georgia, where she runs her grandfather’s B&B with her sister, Delilah. From baking fresh scones and serving up grits every morning to ensuring the guests see the best of their historic city, Quinn can’t imagine doing anything else—even if it means dealing with nuisances like the occasional malfunctioning commode. But when Quinn drops by the local restaurant owned by her friend Drew Green, and stumbles upon a murder, her whole world comes crashing down.
Buried Sins
by Marta Perry
Rating: 4.5 #ad
Wanted: Dead or Alive. Had her brand-new husband been involved in something criminal? Before Caroline Hampton could confront him, he was killed in a car crash . . . or so it was claimed.
Unsettling incidents – escalating in danger – warned her he could be very much alive. And so Caroline fled for the safety of her sisters’ Amish country inn. But someone who suspected her – handsome police chief Zachary Burkhalter – was waiting for Caroline. Waiting for her to slip up. And watching her every move. Daring her to trust him with all of the truth.
Broken Rhodes
by Kimber Silver
Rating: 4.7 #ad
Kinsley Rhodes blows into Harlow, Kansas like a tornado, twisting Sheriff Lincoln James’ life into knots. Her grandfather has been murdered and she wants answers.
As if the town’s first homicide in twenty years wasn’t enough, the beleaguered sheriff now has to deal with Henry Rhodes’ bobcat of a granddaughter, plunging his life deeper into chaos. As a dark storm threatens, long-held secrets are exposed, placing Kinsley directly in harm’s way.
In a race against time, Lincoln’s prime objective is to discover the killer’s identity before Miss Rhodes becomes the next victim…
Gunmetal Magic
by Ilona Andrews
Rating: 4.6 #ad
After being kicked out of the Order of the Knights of Merciful Aid, Andrea’s whole existence is in shambles. She tries to put herself back together by working for Cutting Edge, a small investigative firm owned by her best friend. When several shapeshifters working for Raphael Medrano—the male alpha of the Clan Bouda, and Andrea’s former lover—die unexpectedly at a dig site, Andrea is assigned to investigate. Now she must work with Raphael as her search for the killer leads into the secret underbelly of supernatural Atlanta. And dealing with her feelings for him might have to take a back seat to saving the world…
A Broken Bone
by Melinda Leigh
Rating: 4.5 #ad
The mysterious death of a local teen leads to a hunt for a killer in the sixth Widow’s Island novella by #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author Melinda Leigh.
On Widow’s Island, the secrets are dark…and everybody has one. So when Deputy Tessa Black responds to a call about an explosion in a quiet neighborhood, she gets more than she bargained for: the body of a teen who went missing weeks ago.
Until recently, Gavin was living in a reputable foster home. But now that he is found dead—Tessa can’t help but wonder if sinister forces are at play. Who would want to hurt him, and why?
The Shining
by Stephen King
Rating: 4.7 #ad
Jack Torrance’s new job at the Overlook Hotel is the perfect chance for a fresh start. As the off-season caretaker at the atmospheric old hotel, he’ll have plenty of time to spend reconnecting with his family and working on his writing. But as the harsh winter weather sets in, the idyllic location feels ever more remote . . . and more sinister. And the only one to notice the strange and terrible forces gathering around the Overlook is Danny Torrance, a uniquely gifted five-year-old.
The Crowded Cosmos
by Hagai Netzer, Ami Ben Bassat
Rating: 4.8 #ad
A comprehensive exploration of our search for life in the cosmos and its implications on understanding where we came from – and where we are headed.
Are we alone in the universe?
In mid-2021, the US Congress was presented with an unprecedented report on possible encounters with objects of unexplained origin, officially dubbed “Unidentified Arial Phenomena.”
With the official backing of scientific and defense communities, the possibility of a cosmos crowded with intelligent life grows ever more likely. But what would intelligent life beyond Earth look like? Could we even begin to comprehend it? How far are we from the definitive answer we’re looking for?
Thursday’s Mystery eBooks
Mayhem in the Mountains
by Kelly Oliver
Rating: 4.2 #ad
1918 Italy. When a deadly blizzard traps Fiona Figg and Kitty Lane in the Dolomite Mountains, it’s all downhill from here. Their hotel is snowed-in, and no one can get in or out. Then a man is found dead in his locked hotel room – and the killer is still on the premises. But with no murder weapon and too many suspects, their investigation is treading on thin ice.
The colder it gets outside, the hotter it gets inside as Fiona squares off with both her beloved
Archie and her nemesis Fredricks. With her love-life on a slippery-slope, Fiona risks everything in one bold move…
The Gringo
by Frank Wheeler
Rating: 5.0 #ad
Deputy Flint Stillwater spent months chasing the Black Knights, led by the infamous Ridley Morgenstern. Flint’s wife and seven-year-old son are supportive, until he decides to cross the border into Mexico.
If he could do it again, he would never leave them.
Ten years after being locked in a Mexican jail for a crime he did not commit, Flint finally returns home .
Flint smiled at his wife. “It’s me. I promised I’d come home. I’m just sorry it took me so long to get here.”
The Secret of Cold Hill
by Peter James
Rating: 4.1 #ad
The terrifying sequel to the bestselling The House on Cold Hill, from a master of spine-chilling horror.
The looming presence of Cold Hill House is now a distant memory. In its place stands a new development of modern homes, built after the devastating fire that burnt the house to the ground.
For the first two families to move into their new houses at Cold Hill Park, this is a fresh start. Jason and Emily Danes are thrilled to finally settle in to their family home, and for Maurice and Claudette Penze-Weedell, it’s a long-awaited retirement dream. Cold Hill Park appears to be the perfect place to live.
The Hollywood Spy
by Susan Elia MacNeal
Rating: 4.0 #ad
Los Angeles, 1943. As the Allies beat back the Nazis in the Mediterranean and the United States military slowly closes in on Tokyo, Walt Disney cranks out wartime propaganda and the Cocoanut Grove is alive with jazz and swing every night. But behind this sunny façade lies a darker reality. Up in the lush foothills of Hollywood, a woman floats lifeless in the pool of one of California’s trendiest hotels.
When American-born secret agent and British spy Maggie Hope learns that this woman was engaged to her former fiancée, John Sterling, and that he suspects her death was no accident, intuition tells her he’s right. Leaving London under siege is a lot to ask—but John was once the love of Maggie’s life . . . and she can’t say no.
PSYCHOLOGICAL SUSPENSE BOX SET
by CARLENE THOMPSON
Rating: 4.2 #ad
DISCOVER THREE NAIL-BITING PSYCHOLOGICAL SUSPENSE THRILLERS IN ONE GREAT-VALUE BOX SET.
“I enjoyed these three novels, because they were enthralling stories. Each one was a psychological thriller, but very different from each other. The characters were well rounded and fleshed out, meaning that they interacted well with each other.” by Amazon Customer
Come Dark
by Steven F. Havill
Rating: 4.6 #ad
Posadas County, New Mexico, is in the news.
NightZone, a mammoth astronomy theme park, is bringing in jobs, media, and much-needed new infrastructure. The property’s recently been vandalized, but that’s hardly a concern for the county. Plus, the Posadas High School girls’ volleyball team is on a hot winning streak, exciting everyone.
But more news, not good, breaks. Volleyball Coach Clint Scott has been found gunned-down by the high school, a bullet fired nearly point blank into his heart. A partially finished piece of graffiti outside the school implies that there is a witness, but law enforcement has no idea who it could be. And the next morning, a former volleyball star disappears without a trace—the two instances must be connected, but why?
The Other Place
by Nathan Hystad
Rating: 4.3 #ad
When a mysterious invisible barrier appears on a Montana ranch, no one knows what to think of it.
Drake, a retired police detective, receives a call in the dead of night from an alien-obsessed podcaster. He hastily departs for Montana the following morning. The phenomenon continues all over the globe. What are they? What do they mean?
Britt is on assignment for a digital magazine when she encounters one of the Glass in a tragic boating accident, leaving her no choice but to follow the lead. Panic ensues as mysterious creatures are sighted.
I Escaped from Auschwitz
by Multiple Authors
Rating: 4.7 #ad
Originally published in the early 1960s, I Escaped from Auschwitz is the striking autobiography of none other than Rudolf Vrba himself. Vrba details his life leading up to, during, and after his escape from his 21-month internment in Auschwitz. Vrba and Wetzler manage to evade Nazi authorities looking for them and make contact with the Jewish council in Zilina, Slovakia, informing them about the truth of the “unknown destination” of Jewish deportees all across Europe. This first-hand report alerted Western authorities, such as Pope Pius XII, Winston Churchill, and Franklin D. Roosevelt, to the reality of Nazi annihilation camps—information that until then had only been recognized as nasty rumors.