Tuesday’s Mystery eBooks
Plum Spooky
by Janet Evanovich
Rating: 4.5 #ad
Turn on all the lights and check under your bed. Things are about to get spooky in Trenton, New Jersey.
According to legend, the Jersey Devil prowls the Pine Barrens and soars above the treetops in the dark of night. As eerie as this might seem, there are things in the Barrens that are even more frightening and dangerous. And there are monkeys. Lots of monkeys.
Wulf Grimoire is a world wanderer and an opportunist who can kill without remorse and disappear like smoke. He’s chosen Martin Munch, boy genius, as his new business partner, and he’s chosen the Barrens as his new playground.
Grace for Murder
by Stephanie Parker McKean
Rating: 5.0 #ad
Pastor Paisley Yukon fought many hard battles to win acceptance and lead Ideal’s Grace Cowboy Church as a woman, but when a possible cult moves into town—her conflicts multiply along with unsolved murders.
A widow, who lost her husband and daughter in the same horrific traffic accident, Paisley could easily fall in love with Ideal’s Sheriff Kip Restwinder. However, when she befriends and hides a missing teen, the sheriff becomes inimical toward her, a fact that is only complicated by two murders and attempts on her own life…
Covert Dreams
by Michael Meyer
Rating: 3.3 #ad
What if the government said that your missing wife never existed? Intrigue and conspiracy from Munich to the burning sands of Saudi Arabia.
“As he sat there, he became one gigantic spasm. His body jerked involuntarily, without interruption, and he began to spin. The world was upside down, sideways—because what couldn’t possibly be, inexplicably was. Blobs of perspiration fell onto the book. B.J. slammed it shut. He pushed the terrible pages aside. He was in such a state that the librarian looked up at him from across the room, frowning disapproval his way as sharp as Arabian swords.
But B.J. didn’t notice. He couldn’t see. He was lost completely to the horror of his mind.”
What is real, and what is not? Who is really who, and why?
Mrs. Pollifax on the China Station
by Dorothy Gilman
Rating: 4.7 #ad
The cheerful Mrs. Virgil (Emily) Pollifax of New Brunswick, New Jersey, is once again plunged headfirst into a hair-raising CIA mission.
Posing as a tourist in China, Mrs. Pollifax meets the sinister challenges of the Orient to safeguard a treasure for the CIA . . . and all but loses her life in the bargain.
The Last Best Hope
by Ed McBain
Rating: 4.1 #ad
Leggy Jill Lawton sits in Matthew Hope’s law office, hoping he can help her acquire a divorce. There are just two problems: first, Hope is a criminal attorney, and second, Mr. Lawton has vanished. Jill wants Hope and his crew to track down her husband’s whereabouts so she can get on with her new life. But when a body washes up with a bullet hole for a face and Jack Lawton’s driver’s license in its pocket, it appears the case is closed…except the victim is not Jill Lawton’s missing husband.
Now Hope must team up with the 87th Precinct’s Detective Steve Carella to ID the dead man and hunt down a deadbeat. What the two discover is an underworld of theft, lies, murder, and kink—where all the players have something, or someone, to hide.
Search and Destroy
by Paul Heatley
Rating: 4.6 #ad
If you come to kill Tom Rollins, you better not miss.
Honduran cartel leader, Oscar Zavala, has escaped from the Mexican prison where he’s been serving a life sentence. And now he wants to take revenge on the men who put him there – Tom Rollins and his former black ops unit.
Oscar sends a team to the US. Their mission – to take Rollins alive and bring him back to Honduras where he can be tortured and killed.
Deadly Eyes
by Michael Meyer
Rating: 3.0 #ad
Cuff and Rosie are lovers on the small Caribbean island of St. Croix, where rum and Bob Marley reggae and calypso rule. The sky is as blue as Cuff’s eyes, the turquoise ocean as pretty as Rosie’s cheeks, where the gentle lapping of the waves is a lullaby, and the swaying of the palm trees is a dance. The sandy beaches are as white as sugar. It truly is paradise. Their life there is idyllic, except for one thing—the unknown killer stalking them.
Bones in the Wilderness
by George Bellairs
Rating: 4.3 #ad
The case of a missing antiques dealer brings Scotland Yard to France . . .
When Samuel Cheever, a shady dealer, goes to France to buy antiques and never returns, people begin to ask questions, and Superintendent Littlejohn is sent to uncover the mystery. Then, when Cheever’s bones are discovered in the wilderness of the Camargue, Littlejohn finds himself having to navigate the company of the French police.
While working the case, Littlejohn and his partner, Sergeant Cromwell, throw themselves into la vie française with gusto: the sunshine, the food and, of course, the wine…
Voice in the Storm
by Eric Thomas Ruthford
Rating: 4.2 #ad
Helene is ready for a perfect summer with her friends at church camp when a nearby forest fire threatens to force an evacuation. Camp is her only time to see her friends from before her family’s move in the middle of seventh grade, friends she knew before the bullies and the cliques of her new school made her go from shy to terrified. Helene puts her science skills to work to think of a way to escape the smoke. With the help of a meteorologist who has come to study the fire, she creates a plan, but first she must find her voice to convince the camp director that it could work.
Ned Bear and The Dirty Whiske
by A. B. Roveen
Rating: 5.0 #ad
In a world where magic is gone…
Ned is a grizzly bear trained for fighting wars. But he doesn’t want to fight anymore. He’d much rather live a life of exploration and leisure. So one day he ventures out beyond his village to the city of Wexlin.
The world is a wondrous place and he soon happens upon a group of pirates searching for a great treasure lost at sea. Maybe Ned can find fulfillment in joining them on their quest. It certainly sounds fun. The only problem is Ned is afraid of the ocean.
Monday’s Mystery eBooks
Send In The Tort Lawyer$
by T. C. Morrison
Rating: 5.0 #ad
Prepare to laugh until you cry as fearless tort lawyers Pap and Pup navigate uproarious lawsuits that are endemic of our time.
Patrick A. Peters (“Pap”) and his twin brother Prescott U. Peters (“Pup”), the fearless tort lawyers whose zany exploits delighted readers of Tort$ “R” Us and Please Pass The Tort$, return with yet another round of legal mayhem guaranteed to make you laugh until you cry.
Their latest antics include a lawsuit on behalf of consumers who bought what turned out to be worthless crypto currency from the now-bankrupt FTZ; lawsuits challenging the labeling of Godiva Belgian Chocolates and a Vermont company’s ice cream purportedly made from the milk of “happy cows”; and yet another lawsuit on behalf of the unforgettable Lydia Lowlace, who’s image from Playboy is now part of a collection of non-fungible tokens sold by an off-shore start-up.
The Thousand Faces of Night
by Jack Higgins
Rating: 4.1 #ad
Hugh Marlowe is a man with a plan. After spending five long years in prison thanks to partners who left him in the lurch with some stolen loot, he’s getting out—and he’s going to get his money. But his former friends want it too. And that means Marlowe must go on the run.
The small village of Litton seems like the perfect spot to lay low. And working for a local farm collective is the perfect job to hide his true identity. But trouble finds Marlowe anyway when his employer comes under pressure from a local big shot who doesn’t appreciate competition of any kind—and is willing to burn out whoever stands against him.
The Long Way Home
by Judah Knight
Rating: 4.1 #ad
He had a boat. She needed a ride. A simple lift became the adventure of a lifetime.
After being stranded in Nassau, Meg Freeman ran into Jon Davenport, an old friend from her past, who offered her a ride home on his yacht. Before making the trip, they decided to visit a deserted island and scuba dive a beautiful coral reef. While diving, they discovered evidence of an ancient shipwreck, but they weren’t the only ones looking for treasure in this tropical paradise. For some people, however, treasure didn’t mean lost gold, and who had to be hurt in the search for riches didn’t matter.
ALL THAT WAS TAKEN
by Lisette Brodey
Rating: 4.6 #ad
For eight years, John Hennessey has lived in near-solitude on Catalina Island. He keeps his world small, for every precious thing in his life has been taken from him. But when his peaceful existence is threatened, he buys a cottage farther up the California coast in the sleepy town of Teal Beach.
There he meets Sunny Harrison, owner of the Teal Beach Sundial Inn where he stays until his cottage is ready for move in. The connection between them is magical, though both are surviving painful pasts and are afraid to trust … especially as an undercurrent of darkness dwells in their midst.
The Other
by Troy Young
Rating: 4.2 #ad
It started as a typical day in a sleepy little coastal village. But little did they know everything was about to change forever.
Corporal Joe Mills of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police arrives at Gallou Cove, certain the reported ‘sea monster’ washed ashore would be nothing. What he found there on the beach chilled him to the core.
Dr. Adele Kramer, a marine biologist, shows up to categorize the find. The creature defies any known life found on Earth. At least, nothing originating on the planet…
Murder at Beacon Rock
by Alyssa Maxwell
Rating: 4.5 #ad
In June 1900, reporter Emma Cross discovers the body of a woman in the waters below the Morgans’ mansion, which threatens to send members of Newport’s high society floundering . . .
As a reporter, Emma is used to covering Newport’s social events. But this time she is appearing on the arm of her fiancé, Derrick Andrews, at a small but exclusive gathering of the New York Yacht Club at Beacon Rock, the Grecian-inspired summer “cottage” of Edwin and Elizabeth Morgan. The members—which include cousin and Yacht Club Commodore John Pierpoint Morgan and widow Lucy Carnegie, the first woman to be admitted to the Club—are there to discuss their strategy for the next America’s Cup Challenge, to be held in New York Harbor the following summer.
No, You Cannot JUST SNAP OUT OF IT!
by Evelyn Rodas
Rating: 4.5 #ad
Discover the Deeper Truth About Depression and Mental Health in “No, You Cannot JUST SNAP OUT OF IT!” A Memoir for People Dealing with Depression and Anxiety that Extend Beyond Mere Thoughts.
Are you tired of feeling judged and misunderstood in your struggle with depression and anxiety? Do you wish there was a resource that could provide you with real, tangible strategies for overcoming these debilitating conditions?
Viral
by Robin Cook
Rating: 4.0 #ad
In this electrifying medical thriller from New York Times bestselling author Robin Cook, a family’s exposure to a rare yet deadly virus ensnares them in a growing danger to mankind—and pulls back the curtain on a healthcare system powered by profit and greed.
Trying to find some normalcy during the Covid-19 pandemic, Brian Murphy and his family are on a summer excursion in Cape Cod when his wife, Emma, comes down with concerning flu-like symptoms. But their leisurely return home to New York City quickly becomes a race to the local hospital as she suddenly begins seizing in the car. At the ICU, she is diagnosed with eastern equine encephalitis, a rare and highly lethal mosquito-borne viral disease seemingly caught during one of their evening cookouts.