Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
Put Out to Pasture
by Amanda Flower
Rating: 4.6 #ad
There’s fowl play afoot on the farm
Shiloh Bellamy has saved her family’s farm from financial ruin—but now what? She’s barely scraping by on the farm’s new organic business model and the fall festival she organized to drum up business comes to a screeching halt when the body of a prominent townswoman is discovered underneath a scarecrow in a nearby field. Worst of all, the evidence points to Shiloh’s childhood best friend, Kristy, as the prime suspect.
Between cooking up delicious treats made with her farm’s produce, convincing her cantankerous father to let her do things her own way, and dealing with a newcomer in town who could be serious competition for her customers, Shiloh doesn’t have time to wade into a murder investigation.
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A Case of Conscience
by James Blish
Rating: 4.0 #ad
Father Ruiz-Sanchez is a dedicated man, a Jesuit priest who is also a scientist, and a scientist who is also a human being. He doesn’t feel any genuine conflicts in his belief system—until he is sent to Lithia.
The reptilian inhabitants of this distant world appear to be admirable in every way. Untroubled by greed or lust, they live in peace. But they have no concept of God, no literature, and no art. They rely purely on cold reason. But something darker lies beneath the surface: Do the Lithians pose a hidden threat? The answers that unfold could affect the fate of two worlds. Will Ruiz-Sanchez, a priest driven by his deeply human understanding of good and evil, do the right thing when confronted by a race that is alien to its core?
Kimchi
by Bonnie Turner
Rating: 3.7 #ad
Paul Angers—son of a Korean woman and a Black G.I.—arrives in the U.S. after the Korean conflict with foggy memories of the family he left behind. Adopted by an American couple as a young child, his past haunts him as scenes from his homeland invade his mind at odd times: his birth mother, his sibling, and himself barely old enough to walk with a group of refugees toward a mountain village where they hoped to find safety. Su Kimchi—Paul’s birth name—recalls hunger, danger, and fear were always present.
Eighteen years later, Paul is a paramedic at a Kansas City fire department with a racist Fire Chief who lost a buddy in the war and hates both Koreans and Blacks. Kimchi will entertain you with his knowledge of martial arts—he has a black belt in Judo!—and fire rescues, and will soothe the racist beast that may lurk unbidden inside of you. A gritty story of compassion and warm memories of his Korean mother, Cam, who abandoned him at an orphanage when he was four years old…
Elevated Madness and Other Stories
by John D. Ottini
Rating: 3.9 #ad
Semi-Finalist in the 2021 Royal Palm Literary Award Competition. (Florida Writers Association)
The real world is filled with people who live quiet, productive, uneventful lives. These are not the characters you’ll meet in author John D. Ottini’s world of twisted fiction.
Elevated Madness & Other Stories consists of 11 short stories that will amuse, shock, and enlighten you. The twists and turns in each story will keep you guessing until the conclusion, where you’ll be left shaking your head and wondering, “Why didn’t I see that coming?”
Old Samuel
by Frank Wheeler
Rating: 5.0 #ad
The day Wildfire Sargent killed outlaw Quick Draw Lynch was the defining moment in his career as a gunslinger. Until … Quick Draw’s sons picked up where their father left off.
Ransom Lynch never stopped wanting revenge, and he thought he got it. A little bullet, a big knife, and Wildfire’s life was turned upside down. But … it wasn’t the physical pain that bothered Wildfire the most, it was the guilt.
An innocent man had died while he got to live. It was Wildfire’s first and only mistake, and one he could never take back. He needed a way out, and he found it on the outskirts of Alaska. The Klondike is a desolate area where there are no laws. Perfect for a man who didn’t want to be found. But somehow, Ransom found him.
Opus X: Fleet of One Complete Series
by Michael Anderle
Rating: 5.0 #ad
Humanity is wounded and reeling. The elite pillars of society launched a brutal betrayal that almost doomed billions.
As humanity struggles to recover, the paranoid central government has risen and adopted policies that plunge the species into more risk than ever.
It’s up to two unlikely heroes to save humanity.
Grab this complete series boxed set and join Cyrus and Kat as they fight to prevent the downfall of humanity!
Scorpion Trail
by Geoffrey Archer
Rating: 4.0 #ad
Alex Crawford has been out of MI5 and the combat zone for twenty years, but now fate has thrust him back into the front line.
Though he is an aid worker, the secret service minders who have protected him for so long have reactivated him: they want information about the man who perpetrated a massacre in a Muslim village in Bosnia at the height of the Kosovo War.
His target is the most ruthless killer in the whole war zone: Milan Pravic, codename the Scorpion. And the only eyewitness to the massacre is a twelve-year-old girl whom Pravic will do anything to silence.
Paid For Murder
by Stephanie P McKean
Rating: 4.0 #ad
The Three Notes performers – Doe, Ray, Me and T – carry their performances to a Texas Hill Country dude ranch for a working vacation. They haven’t even given their first performance when the women find a dead man hidden in a cave. Before they can report the murder to the sheriff’s department, they are swept away in a flash flood. Miraculously, they all survive the flood.
They soon discover that love – and murder – are stalking the dude ranch. Will they survive the killer who is determined to hunt them down?
Niergel Chronicles – The Dragon’s Tail
by D. I. Hennessey
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Niergel Chronicles ~ The Dragon’s Tail is the exciting conclusion of the Niergel Chronicles series. It follows the fantastic adventures of Jeff Sutherland, a brilliant young scientist who encounters a closely guarded secret that topples everything he has believed about reality.
The urgency of Jeff’s Quest grows increasingly clear as formidable enemies regather strength and a new powerful evil threatens to destroy Jeff’s mission once and for all. Jeff faces risks of unspeakable loss in this journey of tragedy and triumph.
The Dragon’s Tail is book four in the Niergel Chronicles series, the story of Jeff’s soul-stirring pursuit of truth. While uncovering the truth about his lost family, he also discovers the most extraordinary reality of all. One that upends everything he ever believed and is the only defense against the dark forces who now threaten the entire world. Jeff’s most profound discovery is the one he least expects — the proof of God’s creative hand.
Tuesday’s Mystery eBooks
Magic, Lies, and Deadly Pies
by Misha Popp
Rating: 4.3 #ad
The first time Daisy Ellery killed a man with a pie, it was an accident. Now, it’s her calling. Daisy bakes sweet vengeance into her pastries, which she and her dog Zoe deliver to the men who’ve done dirty deeds to the town’s women. But if she can’t solve the one crime that’s not of her own baking, she’ll be out of the pie pan and into the oven.
Parking her Pies Before Guys mobile bakery van outside the local diner, Daisy is informed by Frank, the crusty diner owner, that someone’s been prowling around the van—and not just to inhale the delectable aroma. Already on thin icing with Frank, she finds a letter on her door, threatening to reveal her unsavory secret sideline of pie a la murder.
Mistaken Identity
by Lisa Scottoline
Rating: 4.4 #ad
With the spellbinding crime fiction masterwork, Mistaken Identity, Lisa Scottoline rocketed onto the New York Times bestseller list—and she’s remained there ever since! A stunning tale of mystery and suspense, this classic from the beloved, Edgar® Award-winning author once again leads readers down the gritty streets of Philadelphia and into the offices of the law firm of Rosato & Associates. When a new client who’s been accused of murder—and who bears an astonishing resemblance to Bennie Rosato—asks the crusading criminal defense attorney to take her case, Bennie finds herself entangled in a sticky web of murder, corruption, and violence that threatens to reveal the shocking truth about her own past.
The Last Goodnight
by Kat Martin
Rating: 4.4 #ad
When Kade Logan said goodbye to his estranged wife eight years ago, he never thought it would be the last time he saw her alive. Now her car has been hauled out of a nearby lake and Kade is determined to track down the man who murdered her. Enter Eleanor Bowman, a talented private investigator who’s about to stir up a hornet’s nest on his Colorado ranch.
With old scandals still buzzing about his late wife’s many affairs and new violence erupting, Kade is faced with the discovery of another beautiful woman’s body. Are the two killings linked? Who is the man who seduced, then murdered both victims? Ellie believes they are dangerously close to the truth.
The Warrior Boxed Set
by Martha Carr, Michael Anderle
Rating: 4.4 #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.
Is Idina Moorfield going crazy or has an ancient magic found its source? Her family says she’s not a true Moorfield and will never be good enough for the family business. Sometimes what looks like the worst day ever, is the beginning of our best adventure. Idina takes that first step into a new life and gets the hell away from them to forge her own future.
Expired Return
by Lisa Phillips
Rating: 4.7 #ad
She’ll give everything to protect her family. He always knew she was the one.
Veterinary tech Pepper Miller lives a quiet life in Last Chance County. She’s watching her niece until her sister shows up…if she ever does. When Victory’s father demands he take over her care, Pepper knows something has gone wrong. With a new drug in town, and her sister embroiled in a dangerous bargain, it’s up to Pepper to protect the people she loves.
Even if it costs every secret she’s ever kept.
Hid from Our Eyes
by Julia Spencer-Fleming
Rating: 4.5 #ad
1952. Millers Kill Police Chief Harry McNeil is called to a crime scene where a woman in a party dress has been murdered with no obvious cause of death.
1972. Millers Kill Police Chief Jack Liddle is called to a murder scene of a woman that’s very similar to one he worked as a trooper in the 50s. The only difference is this time, they have a suspect. Young Vietnam War veteran Russ van Alstyne found the body while riding his motorcycle and is quickly pegged as the prime focus of the investigation.
The Ugly Duckling
by Iris Johansen
Rating: 4.6 #ad
The brutal attack should have killed anybody, but Nell Calder did more than survive. She emerged a woman transformed, with an exquisite beauty found only in fairy tales. Nell Calder deserved a happy ending. Instead, her descent into terror has just begun.
Her attacker is still on the hunt, determined to finish what he’s started. And Nell, protected by a new face, is just as determined to fight back and take her revenge. But to catch her prey, she will have to expose herself—even if it makes her a killer’s prime target.