Friday’s Mystery eBooks
The Penguin Pool Murder
by Stuart Palmer
Rating: 4.2 #ad
For the third graders at Jefferson School, a field trip is always a treat. But one day at the New York Aquarium, they get much more excitement than they bargained for. A pickpocket sprints past, stolen purse in hand, and is making his way to the exit when their teacher, the prim Hildegarde Withers, knocks him down with her umbrella. By the time the police and the security guards finish arguing about what to do with Chicago Lew, he has escaped, and Miss Withers has found something far more interesting: a murdered stockbroker floating in the penguin tank.
The Case of the German Doctor
by Tsuriel Sdomi
Rating: 4.5 #ad
He dedicated himself to the survival of his people. Then his family’s secret came out…
When William von Antrim decided to pursue a career as a doctor, working to help Jewish survivors recover from the horrors of World War II, he believed he was doing all in his power to help his people survive. A German refugee himself, William fled to America with his mother after she was accused of being of Jewish descent. William’s father left them with only his estate, his family name, and his legacy.
A legacy that proves to be William’s downfall.
The Portal of Chance: Complete Boxset
by J.L. Hendricks, Michael Anderle
Rating: 4.6 #ad
She may be a pretty schoolgirl, but she’s more dangerous than anyone can imagine.
Mia Jennings isn’t a normal girl. She knows there’s something different about her because she keeps seeing things. That would be fine but she just wants to be normal.
But what is normal?
Trying to learn more about her powers, she fights in a tournament. Some believe she’s an easy target, a nobody, someone who will just lay down and die. They couldn’t be more mistaken.
A Certain Darkness
by Anna Lee Huber
Rating: 4.4 #ad
March 1920: Life has turned unsettlingly quiet for former British Intelligence agent Verity Kent and her husband, Sidney. But even that false calm is about to end. As threats remain, the French authorities soon request Sidney’s help with a suspect who claims to have proof of treason—shortly before she is assassinated. And Verity, too, is called to investigate a mystery . . .
The murder of a Belgian lawyer aboard a train seems at first to be a simple case of revenge. But the victim was connected to British Intelligence, and possessed papers detailing the sinking of a gold-laden German ship during the war.
The Wolf of Oren-Yaro
by K. S. Villoso
Rating: 4.4 #ad
From “a powerful new voice in fantasy” (Kameron Hurley) comes the tale of a queen who must unite her divided land, even if she’s hated by the very people she’s trying to protect.
“They called me the Bitch Queen, the she-wolf, because I murdered a man and exiled my king the night before they crowned me.”
Born under the crumbling towers of her kingdom, Queen Talyien was the shining jewel and legacy of the bloody War of the Wolves. It nearly tore her nation apart. But her arranged marriage to the son of a rival clan heralds peace.
The Bones Will Speak
by Carrie Stuart Parks
Rating: 4.4 #ad
A killer with a penchant for torture has taken notice of forensic expert Gwen Marcey . . . and her daughter.
When Gwen Marcey’s dog comes home with a human skull and then leads her to a cabin in the woods near her Montana home, she realizes there’s a serial killer in her community. And when she finds a tortured young girl clinging to life on the cabin floor, she knows this killer is a lunatic.
Yet what unsettles Gwen most is that the victim looks uncannily like her daughter.
Scorpion Strike
by John J. Nance
Rating: 4.4 #ad
A scientist charged by Saddam Hussein with pioneering a horrific breakthrough in biological warfare, Shakir Abbas defects at the American embassy to warn the world of the new weapon. America’s worst nightmare has come true – and now US forces must scramble to put together a plan to destroy the weapon of mass destruction.
When the operation goes awry in Saudi Arabia, Col. Will Westerman commandeers a C-141 transport to get the Special Forces team into Iraq. With the help of air force buddy Col…
A Going Concern
by Catherine Aird
Rating: 4.2 #ad
The age-old German-chasing-the-Jew tale takes a different turn in this book as the conflicts of World War II are seen through the eyes of a Nazi’s young adolescent son.
To Alfonso, it’s confusing that while he gets in trouble for bullying at school, his father then turns around and becomes a hero for shooting a group of Jews. While General Adelric sits in the seat of respect, he sends his son to a boys’ boarding school that specializes in teaching morals. Knowing nothing besides walking in his father’s footsteps, Alfonso continues to be the school bully and gets into more trouble. Then one day, he meets someone who has many things he lacks-confidence, a joy in life, faith, and an incredible voice…
Thursday’s Mystery eBooks
Cold Cutting Murder
by Emma Ainsley
Rating: 4.4 #ad
Beauty may be skin deep… But murder is downright ugly.
Catering Manager and amateur sleuth, Carolina Hart, has her work cut out for her when she’s hired to cater a beauty pageant. Accustomed to providing buffet style meals, she’s going to have to get creative when the requested menu consists of charcuterie-type fare that includes fresh selections of finger foods.
Her stress level is also kicked up a notch when she discovers that a rival caterer happens to be one of the pageant’s judges. Determined to rise above it all, Carolina vows to do her best work.
The Camp
by Nancy Bush
Rating: 4.1 #ad
There are always stories told around the fire at summer camp—tall tales about gruesome murders and unhinged killers, concocted to scare new arrivals and lend an extra jolt of excitement to those hormone-charged nights. At Camp Luft-Shawk, nicknamed Camp Love Shack, there are stories about a creeping fog that brings death with it. But here, they’re not just campfire tales. Here, the stories are real.
Twenty years ago, a girl’s body was found on a ledge above the lake, arms crossed over her heart. Some said it was part of a suicide pact, connected to the nearby Haven Commune…
Zombie Fungus
by Bryan Dean
Rating: 4.3 #ad
Abe thought he was ready for this. He’d watched the movies, read the books, and prepared accordingly. But when the monsters arrived, he realized Hollywood didn’t get all the facts right. Some of these zombies are not your father’s zombies — not even close.
Maybe it’s because the source isn’t a virus, but a fungus? Or that it was synthesized in a laboratory? But who would attempt something so dastardly? How many lives will be lost when humans manipulate what they should have left alone?
But the real question, the one the world will desperately seek to answer: Who do you turn to when monsters are eating you alive? Well, unfortunately for you, it’s Abe and he really doesn’t care what your name is…
Witch of the Federation Boxed Set Two
by Michael Anderle
Rating: 4.8 #ad
The Telorans have arrived, and people in the Federation are going to die.
Vishlog is working to understand the Morgana group, and just what he has “volunteered” to be part of.
Hopefully, he won’t die before he learns.
The Witch of the Federation has matured, and she has learned how to be a bit more aggressive. She chooses to use this new strength…to go on a date.
Join her on the second half of her adventures with this 8-book boxed set!
Fear Thy Neighbor
by Fern Michaels
Rating: 4.2 #ad
At twenty-nine, Alison Marshall is ready to find a place to call home. She’s drifted from one small Florida town to another since high school, working odd jobs, saving hard, and building a nest egg. Once she finds the right place to settle down, she’ll know. And when she reaches beautiful Palmetto Island, she thinks she may have found it.
The small, close-knit island community seems to have everything Alison needs. On a hunch, she contacts the island’s only realtor, and learns that an old beach house is on the market. At first, home is everything she hoped it would be.
New Kingdom
by Mark Chadbourn
Rating: 4.4 #ad
An Ancient Egyptian novel from the master of adventure fiction and global number 1 bestselling author, Wilbur Smith.
In the heart of Egypt. Under the watchful eye of the gods. A new power is rising
In the city of Lahun, Hui lives an enchanted life. The favoured son of a doting father, and ruler-in-waiting of the great city, his fate is set. But behind the beautiful façades a sinister evil is plotting. Craving power and embittered by jealousy, Hui’s stepmother, the great sorceress Isetnofret, and Hui’s own brother Qen, orchestrate the downfall of Hui’s father, condemning Hui and seizing power in the city.
Body Double
by Tess Gerritsen
Rating: 4.5 #ad
Boston medical examiner Dr. Maura Isles is shocked to discover that the murdered woman looks exactly like her. For Maura, an only child, a DNA test confirms the startling fact: the mysterious doppelgänger is in fact her twin sister. Now an already bizarre homicide investigation becomes a disturbing excursion into a past full of dark secrets and twisted truths. It is a journey that leads Maura to the mother she never knew—an icy and cunning woman who gave Maura life . . . and who just might have a plan to take it away.