Thursday’s Mystery eBooks
The OC
by D. P. Lyle
Rating: 4.3 #ad
Thrill-a-minute crime fiction—infused with wry humor
Restaurant owner and former professional baseball player Jake Longly is hoping for a few weeks of fun with Nicole Jamison in the warm Orange County, CA sun—The OC, baby. After that, they’ll be on their way to LA for the filming of Nicole’s sure-to-be-a-hit screenplay.
On arrival, they discover that Nicole’s friend Megan Weatherly, a local TV reporter, has picked up an anonymous stalker. Megan downplays any real danger, but her new intern Abby, as well as Jake and Nicole, don’t agree.
The Warrior Omnibus #1: Books 1-6
by Martha Carr, Michael Anderle
Rating: 5.0 #ad
It’s been so long, Warrior… I can feel you… Is Idina Moorfield going crazy or has an ancient magic found its source?
A new Warrior is about to find out the true roots of the Moorfield name. Nothing will ever be the same.
Her calling is the one thing they are the most against. She joins the military just like Uncle Rick. The other family outcast.
W is for Wasted
by Sue Grafton
Rating: 4.4 #ad
The first victim is a local PI of suspect reputation, gunned down near the beach at Santa Teresa. The second is a John Doe found on the beach six weeks later with a slip of paper with private detective Kinsey Millhone’s name and number in his pocket.
Two seemingly unrelated deaths: one man murdered, the other apparently dead of natural causes.
Weapons of Opportunity
by Dale Brown, Patrick Larkin
Rating: 4.4 #ad
Fresh off his success in the New York Times bestselling Countdown to Midnight, Nick Flynn finds himself once again facing a vicious enemy—one determined to destroy the United States.
When Nick Flynn left the US Air Force to join the Quartet Directorate, he did so with the full knowledge that no one could ever know. This covert private force—called Four by its members—promised him the chance to lead his own missions and make his own decisions, though the risks are high. When a former senior CIA executive goes dark, Flynn and his team—including the daring Laura Van Horn—are ready to step in. What begins as a quiet check on his home turns into a firefight against a familiar enemy who is more dangerous than ever.
Dan “Three Hands” Roberts
by William Black
Rating: 4.4 #ad
Solitary and legendary shooter Dan “Three Hands” Roberts learns about a tragedy on a wanted poster – the Barber Boys are wanted for the deaths of two men and a house burned to ashes.
The victims? Dan’s father and brother. It was a twisted revenge served cold by the Barber Boys after Dan killed Wes Barber, one of the gang members, in a fair duel.
But Dan’s mother and sister have managed to flee, and it is up to Dan to protect his surviving kin.
The Legend of the Crossley Stag
by Amy Cross
Rating: 4.4 #ad
The year is 1939, and the Second World War has broken out. After her father goes off to fight, young Katie is left living with her mother in a rundown pub on the outskirts of Crowford. Terrified that her father won’t come back, Katie tries to hide from reality by venturing into the nearby forest.
Katie soon discovers that something dangerous is lurking in the forest. Meanwhile, strange noises ring out in the pub at night, hinting at another mysterious presence. Katie and her mother both notice the noises, but they react in very different ways. And as the war continues, they each have to find ways of coping. But is another dark force hiding in the pub, waiting for its chance to strike?
A Going Concern
by Catherine Aird
Rating: 4.2 #ad
Eight people. One weekend. Eight lives forever changed.
In the mid-1960s, at an elite college in the quaint town of Barrie Hill, Connecticut, a group of literary-minded students met regularly off-campus at the Vanessa Grand Hotel. Often late into the night, they would discuss the day’s news, analyze literature, philosophize, trade barbs, and socialize.
Twenty years after graduation, in 1986, the group’s founder, Clare Dreyser, organizes a weekend reunion. Seven former Barrie Hillers and one guest get together, eager to re-create an extraordinary time in their lives and reunite with old friends.
Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
Hypnosis Is for Hacks
by Tamara Berry
Rating: 4.5 #ad
Eleanor Wilde has traded a career as a sham medium for a (relatively) respectable life in a small English town, providing the locals with herbal remedies and elixirs. But on a trip to the seaside town of Brighton, her past comes calling—and so does a killer . . .
Though Eleanor is delighted that her brother, Liam, is visiting her in England, she must reluctantly agree that her quiet village lacks something when it comes to sightseeing—namely: sights. True, there’s nearby Castle Hartford, belonging to the family of Ellie’s boyfriend, Nicholas. But even Nicholas’s mother is eager to ditch sleepy, sweltering Sussex for a vacation in Brighton, taking Ellie and a relieved Liam with her. Yet hopes of a breezy seaside holiday quickly turn stormy, in every sense . . .
Beauty and the Scalpel
by Peter Ralph
Rating: 4.4 #ad
When young, New York plastic surgeon, Jack Donahue’s reputation is destroyed, he changes his name and makes a fresh start in Sydney.
Blessed with unique surgical skills and driven by greed and lust, it’s not long before Donahue is a multimillionaire, but he wants more – much more.
Handsome, narcissistic and cruel, when Donahue sees the opportunity to become super-wealthy, he seizes it. Will greed be his downfall?
Dark Water Rising
by Sharon Sala
Rating: 4.5 #ad
Sam and Haley Quaid buried their ten-year-old son and then ended their marriage, all in one week. It wasn’t a volatile divorce, but three years later, except for trading Christmas cards, Sam and Haley have completely lost touch . . . until a dramatic weather report sets their paths on a collision course once more.
Tropical Storm Gladys is heading straight toward coastal Texas, and locals are anxious as they prepare for potential devastation. Haley, a Realtor, has an appointment to show a property and is determined to keep it, but a hurricane isn’t the only looming danger: news reports talk of two prisoners who’ve escaped from a nearby penitentiary only a few miles from the house Haley’s headed for.
Chronicles of a Supernatural Bounty Hunter: Books 1-4
by Alex Fox
Rating: 5.0 #ad
I hunt bad guys. I don’t work for them. Ready for a fast, fun urban fantasy adventure with a snarky heroine who doesn’t pull punches? This one’s for you.
My talent for tracking has made me a damn good bounty hunter for the past decade, but it’s also gotten me solidly on the sh*t list of some seriously heavy hitters. When a dangerous con artist escapes to Louisiana, I find myself face-to-face with his boss―the Vampire Master of New Orleans.
It’s one hell of a leap to go from bail bonds and bounties to dragging supernaturals back to Texas on the back of a chain, but I’m up for it. My back may be against the wall, but I’m the kind of girl who comes out swinging.
The Ghostway
by Tony Hillerman
Rating: 4.6 #ad
Old Joseph Joe sees it all. Two strangers spill blood at the Shiprock Wash-O-Mat. One dies. The other drives off into the dry lands of the Big Reservation, but not before he shows the old Navajo a photo of the man he seeks.
This is all Tribal Policeman Jim Chee needs to set him off on an odyssey that moves from a trapped ghost in an Indian hogan to the seedy underbelly of L.A. to an ancient healing ceremony where death is the cure, and into the dark heart of murder and revenge.
999: New Stories Of Horror And Suspense
by Multiple Authors
Rating: 4.6 #ad
Winner of the Bram Stoker Award for Best Anthology
“One of the best anthologies of horror and suspense of all time.”—Rocky Mountain News
From award-winning author and “master anthologist”* Al Sarrantonio, 999: Twenty-Nine Original Tales of Horror and Suspense is a specially curated collection of evocative fiction that probes the depth of human fears and frailties. From otherworldly entities stalking prey to psychological terrors borne of trauma, these stories exemplify the limitless possibilities inherent in the genre, revealing that darkness can be found anywhere the imagination dares to look for it.
Her Brand of Justice
by B.J. Daniels
Rating: 4.7 #ad
Exploring her hidden past. May rob her of her future
Ansley Brookshire’s search for her birth mother takes her from the gated estate where she grew up to Lonesome, Montana. This is where she meets Buck Crawford. Determined to help, the gorgeous rancher introduces her to Colt Brothers Investigations. But someone wants the secrets surrounding her adoption to stay buried—and they’ll do anything to keep her from uncovering the truth…
The Blacksmith Queen
by G.A. Aiken
Rating: 4.6 #ad
When a prophecy brings war to the Hill Lands, Keeley Smythe must join forces with a clan of mountain warriors in a thrilling new fantasy romance series from New York Times bestselling author G.A. Aiken.
The Old King Is Dead
With the demise of the Old King, there’s a prophecy that a queen will ascend to the throne of the Hill Lands. Bad news for the king’s sons, who are prepared to defend their birthright against all comers.