Thursday’s Mystery eBooks
Blackberry Burial
by Sharon Farrow
Rating: 4.6 #ad
Between a booming art scene and elaborate Independence Day festivities, July in lakeshore Oriole Point, Michigan, is always a blast. Especially when an explosive murder case crashes the fun . . .
As owner of The Berry Basket, Marlee Jacob has learned a thing or two about surviving the summer tourist season in Oriole Point. So she gladly agrees to help run the annual road rally in honor of the local Blackberry Art School’s centenary celebration. While alumni arrive from around the country, Marlee hopes the expansive Sanderling farm will make an appropriate starting point for the race—despite rumors that the land is cursed . . .
Splinter the Silence
by Val McDermid
Rating: 4.6 #ad
From the international bestselling author of The Mermaids Singing and The Wire in the Blood comes the ninth installment of her beloved series featuring psychologist Tony Hill and former DCI Carol Jordan . . .
Vicious online attacks seem to be driving outspoken women to silence themselves through suicide. Yet for profiler Tony Hill, who knows a thing or two about patterns in human behavior, something doesn’t add up.
Carol Jordan, meanwhile, is too busy tackling her own demons to think about a potential serial killer. But when she gets an opportunity for a second chance, it’s game on. This time around, though, the stakes have never been higher.
Slivering Curse
by D.D. Croix, DeAnna Cameron
Rating: 4.4 #ad
A Fayte Guardian with secrets. A dark fae craves her power. Only one will survive their battle of wits, wile, and magic.
After rescuing Queen Victoria from an otherworldly enemy, Jane has settled comfortably into her new life as a Fayte Guardian, working as a maid in the royal kitchen while standing ready to protect the sovereign from any worldly—and otherworldly—threats. She finally has friends, a purpose, and a promising romance. But when she visits Balmoral Castle in Scotland’s misty hills, she discovers the battle she thought she won isn’t over at all.
Something evil lurks in the heart of the Fayte stronghold, and when she investigates, she’s drawn into a conspiracy that threatens everyone and everything she holds dear…
Creeper
by Stuart James
Rating: 4.2 #ad
Do you believe in Creeper?
Keep telling yourself he’s not real. He’s not real. A story so terrifying, the locals won’t mention his name. It’s said that Creeper is an urban legend, a chilling, made-up character fabricated to scare children into behaving themselves. He’s known as Painswicks own Bogeyman. Parents tell their children that Creeper will come if they’re naughty. Adults continually look over their shoulders. It’s said that he hides out front late at night or crawls around in the basement. Others believe Creeper watches them as they sleep.
Bleed a River Deep
by Brian McGilloway
Rating: 4.2 #ad
When a controversial US diplomat is attacked during the opening of a Donegal gold mine, Garda Inspector Benedict Devlin is disciplined for the lapse in security. The gunman turns out to be a young environmentalist – related to an old friend of Devlin’s. Within days, the killing of an illegal immigrant near the Irish border leads Devlin to a vicious people-smuggling ring. Then Bradley himself is found dead near the mine and Devlin begins to suspect that the business is a front for something far more sinister than mere mining. Bleed a River Deep is the new novel from one of the most acclaimed young crime-writers around, a labyrinthine tale of big business, the new Europe, and the dispossessed.
The Bad Place
by Dean Koontz
Rating: 4.5 #ad
New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz delivers terrifying thrills in this novel about a man caught in a never-ending nightmare.
Frank Pollard is afraid to fall asleep. Every morning he awakes, he discovers something strange—like blood on his hands—a bizarre mystery that tortures his soul. Two investigators have been hired to follow the haunted man. But only one person—a young man with Down’s syndrome—can imagine where their journeys might end. That terrible place from which no one ever returns…
Midlife Magic Omnibus Books 1-3
by Carolina Mac
Rating: 5.0 #ad
When Martina Spencer hits the big 40 – she makes big changes in her life.
She retires from her job as homicide lieutenant on the Las Vegas Police Force, packs up her worldly goods, and hits the road with her K-9 partner, Backup.
Her adventures take her to Baton Rouge, Louisiana and her life changes in ways she never imagined possible. Follow Martina as her magical powers develop and she discovers she can handle anything that comes her way!
Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
Death at Crookham Hall
by Michelle Salter
Rating: 4.2 #ad
A fatal jump. A missing suffragette. An inexplicable murder.
London, 1920. For the first time ever, two women are competing against each other to become an MP. Reporter Iris Woodmore has a big story on her hands when she accompanies one of the candidates to the House of Commons. But it’s a place that holds painful memories. In 1914, her mother died there when she fell into the River Thames during a daring suffragette protest. Then, in the shadow of Big Ben, a waterman tells Iris her mother didn’t fall – she jumped.
Give unto Others
by Donna Leon
Rating: 4.4 #ad
Brunetti is forced to confront the price of loyalty, to his past and in his work, as a seemingly innocent request leads him into troubling waters.
Brunetti is approached for a favor by Elisabetta Foscarini, a woman he knows casually, but her mother was good to Brunetti’s mother, so he feels obliged to at least look into the matter privately, and not as official police business. Foscarini’s son-in-law, Enrico Fenzo, has alarmed his wife (her daughter) by confessing their family might be in danger because of something he’s involved with. Since Fenzo is an accountant, Brunetti logically suspects the cause of danger is related to the finances of a client.
Bluebonnet Ballerina
by Carol Kilgore
Rating: 4.4 #ad
Gracie Hofner returns, and chaos reigns—including a couple of ghosts trying to save their granddaughter.
As Gracie dances from problem to problem, she’s unaware the music has been orchestrated into a murderous symphony. When a different melody reaches Gracie’s ears from a guitar played by the new tenant living in her garage apartment, her tension vanishes. She listens unseen, cocooned in the shadows on her patio, and wonders who he’s longing for—and how it would feel for a man to crave her that much.
She can’t dwell on those thoughts, however. Problems of murder and missing prisoners abound. To say nothing of the ghosts. No one ever said being a law enforcement consultant would be easy.
The Garden of Evil
by Genoveva Ortiz
Rating: 4.7 #ad
The True Story of Herb Baumeister and The Disturbing Horror at The Fox Hollow Farm
Meet the I-70 Strangler who threw away eleven bodies like yesterday’s garbage in this chilling true crime expose.
Herb Baumeister – known by those closest to him as a successful businessman, family man, and later, one of America’s most notorious serial killers. But there must be a reason for such a transition, right?
While eleven murders are ultimately attributed to him, many believe he could be responsible for a lot more deaths.
Boys of Courage
by Amos Blas
Rating: 4.5 #ad
He’ll do anything to save his family… but what will he do when the time comes to save himself?
Poland, 1939. Kadish is barely more than a boy when war breaks out. Forced to grow up fast, he takes it upon himself to provide for his family in the ghetto – stealing through the sewers under the cover of darkness to smuggle food and supplies back to his helpless parents and younger cousin Robbie, who’s always looked up to him.
Until one night, Kadish disappears.
Years later, Robbie, who remembers his brave cousin Kadish as his savior, is now an old man. He’s never known what happened to his hero after that terrifying day – until a phone call startles him in the middle of the night.
The Oracle of Maracoor
by Gregory Maguire
Rating: 4.6 #ad
Multimillion-copy bestselling author Gregory Maguire brings us the enchanting second novel in the series Another Day, returning to the world he first created in Wicked.
That strange land, Maracoor – across the ocean from Oz—is beset by an invading army. In the mayhem, Rain and Cossy, a child felon, break out of prison. Helped by a few flying monkeys, they struggle to escape the city before it falls under siege. Their arresting officer, Lucikles, also retreats with his family to a highland redoubt. But safety eludes them all. Chaos thunders upon them in the form of warriors, refugees, and brigands. The very fabric of reality loosens, liberating creatures of myth and legend—huge blue wolves, harpies, and giants made of the very landscape.
Within and Without Time
by D. I. Hennessey
Rating: 4.8 #ad
Be prepared to laugh and cry, to be inspired, and find your heart rejoicing!
A powerful Christian revival …
When a sixteen-year-old boy is suddenly caught up in a series of miraculous encounters, it heralds an adventure that will transform his life, rock his town, and trigger events that will ultimately change the world!
Befriended by a powerful angelic warrior, Jimmy finds himself in the center of God’s plan for Earth’s final Great Revival. The beginning of God’s amazing harvest at the End of the Age. Like an intense roller coaster, the journey he experiences is exciting and unpredictable. Heartwarming, as well as heart-rending. God prepares him for a mission more extraordinary than anything he could have imagined, placing him in the rare company of ancient prophets and apostles alike…
Money Is Easy
by Angela Todd, Charles Todd
Rating: 4.5 #ad
“I’ll teach you that money is as easy as counting 1, 2, 3!” – Money Mike
Money is Easy is an empowering and beautifully illustrated rhyming book that teaches kids Christian values and important life lessons about saving money, tithing, working hard and staying out of debt. Money Mike, the friendly money tree takes toddlers, preschool, and early elementary school aged kids on a fun and educational look at why money is important and how
to start saving money from a young age!
Constellations for Kids
by Aniela Publications
Rating: 4.6 #ad
Are you ready to impress your friends & family with amazing knowledge & exciting tales of the constellations?! If so, keep reading…
Have you ever looked up at the night sky & imagined what might be out there? You’re not alone! People have been wondering that for thousands of years.
Technology like telescopes & space shuttles are quite new, so before we could really investigate space, people would make up stories about what they thought was up there. Some people saw heroes & monsters made out of stars & would tell stories about them.