Sunday’s Mystery eBooks
Broadmoor Revealed
by Mark Stevens
Rating: 4.4 #ad
On 27 May 1863, three coaches pulled up at the gates of a new asylum, built amongst the tall, dense pines of Windsor Forest. Broadmoor’s first patients had arrived.
In Broadmoor Revealed, Mark Stevens writes about what life was like for the criminally insane, over one hundred years ago. From fresh research into the Broadmoor archives, Mark has uncovered the lost lives of patients whose mental illnesses led them to become involved in crime.
Discover the five women who went on to become mothers in Broadmoor, giving birth to new life when three of them had previously taken it…
The Stranger in Our House
by Sarah A. Denzil
Rating: 4.0 #ad
What would you do if your son became a stranger overnight?
Tired of their cramped London apartment, Aaron and Meera relocate to the idyllic village of Little Crake along with their two children, Noah and Uma. The new cottage looks out over the many miles of woodland beyond. It’s a far cry from their tiny flat and the perfect fresh start.
Until fifteen-year-old Noah wanders alone into the forest. For three days, a search party combs the woods. Aaron braces himself for the worst, convinced his son is lost forever. Until he finds Noah alive, hiding in the hollow of a tree. It feels like a second chance.
But why doesn’t Noah remember those three days in the woods?
Three Weeks in Washington
by Luana Ehrlich
Rating: 4.7 #ad
Titus uncovers a plot to attack the nation’s capital with chemical weapons.
Can he convince a Syrian asset to help him stop the deadly attack?
Encountering a Shooter . . . CIA intelligence operative, Titus Ray, arrives in Washington, D.C. on the day a terrorist enters the Washington Navy Yard and murders five people. Convinced the incident is connected to a Hezbollah plot to use chemical weapons on an American city, Titus jeopardizes his own career to interrogate the killer and learn the truth.
Exposing a General . . . After the shooter reveals the identity of an Iranian deep-cover operative living in Washington, D.C., Titus embarks on an intelligence operation spanning two continents and exposing an Iranian general obsessed with destroying America.
Engaging an Enemy . . .
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(Titus Ray Thrillers)
V2
by Robert Harris
Rating: 4.2 #ad
From the bestselling author of Fatherland and Munich comes a WWII thriller about a German rocket engineer, a former actress turned British spy, and the Nazi rocket program.
The first rocket will take five minutes to hit London. You have six minutes to stop the second.
Rudi Graf is an engineer who always dreamed of sending rockets to the moon. But instead, he finds himself working alongside Wernher von Braun, launching V2 rockets at London for the Nazis from a bleak seaside town in occupied Holland. As the SS increases its scrutiny on the project, Graf, an engineer more than a soldier, has to muster all of his willpower to toe the party line. And when rumors of a defector circulate through the German ranks, Graf becomes a prime suspect.
One Fine Mess
by Mark Petersen
Rating: 3.7 #ad
All Jules Nichols wants is to off her abusive hubby. But soon the baddies are popping up everywhere, the staties are suspicious, and her wacko sister won’t go away. There’s also that darn head in a box. It’s no time to lose her own head. But who could’ve known it’d be so hard to commit one little murder?
“Petersen’s novel, a cross between a breathless adventure and a slapstick farce, is action-driven from start to finish.” — Kirkus Reviews
OFF GRID
by J. P. Redding
Rating: 4.5 #ad
From the halls of D.C. to the remote shores of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, OFF GRID is a wild ride through a dystopian near future of mass surveillance.
In the wake of a global calamity, the economy collapses. The Feds respond by wielding every power of the Welfare State to control the populace. A key tool is PivPal, an indispensable smartphone used to track citizens. As civil liberties crumble, resistance is relegated to flyover country whose residents—derided as off-gridders—cling to the time-honored virtues of freedom, self-reliance, and charity. Against this backdrop, Jenny Hernandez struggles to keep her rural church community nourished and safe. Hiding from the Feds, a team of inventors, and Jenny’s ex, arrive to complete the amazing plasma drive. They bring hope, but also the watchful eye of Big Brother. With the authorities closing in, local law enforcement must choose sides.
Mr. Nightmare
by Joe Scipione
Rating: 4.2 #ad
Bored in the middle of another summer vacation, Anna, her brother Chuck, and their friends John, Merrie and Marcus plan to meet in the woods at midnight every Saturday to tell scary stories. They call their group The Nightmare Club and they get together to see who tells the scariest stories throughout summer and into the fall when they head back to school. The group becomes inseparable, looking forward to the meetings every week as they try to outdo each other. But, their late-night fun turns to terror when they learn an other-worldy being – known to them as Mr. Nightmare – has taken an interest in them and has been feeding on their dreams.
Academy of Necessary Magic Starter Pack
by Martha Carr, Michael Anderle
Rating: 5.0 #ad
For the criminally insane, there are only a few type of days: they have their bad days, their worse days, and then they have the kind of day when they wake up covered in someone else’s congealed blood, with a bloody knife tucked under their pillow like a gift from the murder fairy.
Eight-year-old Jillybean was having that kind of day. To make matters worse, she couldn’t remember who she had killed or why? The previous night was a complete blank. A normal person might have embarked on an investigation to clear their name – the thought never occurred to Jillybean.
I’ll Always Love You
by Lorhainne Eckhart
Rating: 4.6 #ad
When a one-night stand from years ago comes back to town, Jeremy meets the son he never knew he had…
“One night of passion with lifelong consequences. A rollercoaster of emotions and riveting love story.” (C. Wendt, Reviewer)
He’s attractive and arrogant. She’s his best friend’s sister. After one night together Tiffy Cahill up and leaves town only to return three years later with a secret that could have Jeremy Friessen wishing she had never returned.
Saturday’s Mystery eBooks
Cook the Books
by Jessica Conant-Park
Rating: 4.2 #ad
If you can’t take the heat . . .
Gourmet girl Chloe Carter is keeping busy with grad school and spoiling her best friend’s three-month-old son. Now, courtesy of Craigslist, she has a new job as assistant to cookbook author Kyle Boucher—a job that stirs up painful memories of her ex-boyfriend Josh, who chose the shimmering beaches of Hawaii over a life with her on the mean streets of Boston. The gig heats up when Boucher asks her to compile a book of recipes from Boston’s top chefs. Chloe leaps from the frying pan into the fire when she arrives for a meeting with Digger, one of Josh’s friends and a rival chef, and discovers a dead body instead.
The Great Wall of Ven-Us
by Terry Toler
Rating: 4.6 #ad
IS FORGIVENESS REALLY POSSIBLE?
That’s what this deeply moving book explores. In the ancient days of Ven-Us, a mother steals the birthright from her husband’s mistress. What ensues are generations of endless wars between the descendants of the two half-brothers. A great wall is built to divide the Naryans from the Christians.
Thousands of years later, the wife and daughter of Row Church-well, the head of the theological seminary, were murdered by a Naryan named Qary. Row learns that Qary has found the original site of the Garden of Eden and intends to launch missiles across the wall to kill every Christian on the other side. Row must find the site before it’s too late.
Rooted in Evil
by Ann Granger
Rating: 4.3 #ad
A team of police detectives investigate the murder of man with a complicated family history in the English countryside.
When the body of a man killed by a point blank shot to the head is found in Crooked Man Woods, it appears to be a suicide. But when Inspector Jess Campbell and Superintendent Ian Carter begin to investigate, it soon becomes clear that not all is as it seems.
The victim, Carl Finch, had been causing quite a stir in the small-town community. With rising debts and complicated relationships, the suspects are beginning to mount up . . .
Founders’ Effect
by Thomas Watson
Rating: 4.3 #ad
While Robert and Alicia MacGregor, survivors of the ill-fated probeship William Bartram, work to rebuild their lives, the Commonwealth seeks a way to end the long, bitter conflict between the Republic and the Leyra’an. But the leaders of the Republic, suspicious of the motives that drive their long-sundered kin and faced with unrest among their own people, resist the changes that must come for peace to exist. And all the while, forces unseen by either side are at work, determined to force Humanity and the Leyra’an to walk the path of war.
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(War of the Second Iteration Mysteries)
The Bastard Prince
by Katherine Kurtz
Rating: 4.6 #ad
A young king manipulated by evil hands becomes a champion of justice when a magical pretender to the throne challenges his sovereignty
For six years, forces of evil and repression have ruled medieval Gwynedd after eliminating two rightful kings of the Haldane line. Keeping the current young liege, King Rhys Michael, weak with wine, the council of regents and its fanatical allies in the church have been virtually unstoppable in their quest to dominate and destroy the mystical Deryni who share their land. But now a credible threat has arisen: A Deryni claimant to the throne has taken up arms against the cruel oppressors of his magical race…
Sweet Baby
by Sharon Sala
Rating: 4.6 #ad
A woman confronts her past with the help of the man she loves in this emotional mystery from the New York Times–bestselling author.
Abandoned as a little girl and bounced from foster home to foster home, photojournalist Tory Lancaster has finally found someone to love in Brett Hooker, an investigator for the Oklahoma County District Attorney’s Office.
Then Tory takes a photo that triggers memories she didn’t know she had. The old man she spots standing in the crowd, with his distinctive tattoo, sets off nightmares and glimpses of a past she refused to remember…
The Silver Earth Seed
by Grant Morris
Rating: 4.6 #ad
Twelve-year-old Arnold Cook has lost his memory. His only clues are the strange clothing he’s wearing and the mysterious lights that appeared in the night sky above where he was found, unconscious, in the small town of Seaburgh.
Arnold soon discovers he isn’t an ordinary boy. An ordinary boy couldn’t atomize the school bully, reducing him to a pile of dust. Or make an out of this world pool shot that would baffle the pros. With the help of a determined social worker and a zany vice-principal, Arnold learns his true identity and the vital role he plays in safeguarding the welfare of all dimensions.
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(The Tusks of Odoben)
Evidence of Things Seen
by Elizabeth Daly
Rating: 4.5 #ad
In the sticky summer of 1943, a secluded cottage in the Berkshires sounds just the ticket to the newly married Clara Gamadge. The resident ghost, a slender woman in a sunbonnet who died just one year ago in the cottage Clara is now renting, merely adds to the local color. It’s all nothing more than a spooky game, until the woman’s sister is strangled while Clara dozes in a chair by her bed. The only clue: Clara’s panicked memory of a woman in a sunbonnet standing at the door. Happily, Henry Gamadge arrives in time to calm his wife and solve the mystery (though not without some stellar help from Clara!).
My Splendid Concubine
by Lloyd Lofthouse
Rating: 4.4 #ad
An outcast foreigner. A quiet lover. The fate of the Far East.
China, 1854. Robert Hart is on the run. Fleeing Ireland to escape a promiscuity scandal, the syphilitic nineteen-year-old arrives in the Middle Kingdom at the height of the Qing Dynasty. And though he buys a woman to share his bed, the libidinous Westerner has no idea she will help him shape the course of a nation.
With the insight into the culture and language his beautiful concubine provides, Hart helps the emperor put down the bloody Taiping Rebellion. And as he fights against scheming Brits and Americans during the Opium Wars, the courageous preacher’s son rises to an unprecedented level of trust within the Chinese royal family.
DBT Workbook For PTSD
by Barrett Huang
Rating: 5.0 #ad
Transform your mind and manage your PTSD with a proven path toward emotional healing and psychological well-being.
Do you struggle with anxiety, flashbacks, nightmares, or persistent feelings of fear? Are you searching for practical tools to help you manage post-traumatic stress disorder and work through buried trauma? Or do you need a safe place to process your emotions and learn valuable daily tools for managing your symptoms? Then this book is for you.
Packed with authentic advice, powerful anecdotes, and practical strategies designed to help readers work through the trauma and emotional turmoil associated with PTSD, this groundbreaking DBT workbook shares an actionable path for working through PTSD and reclaiming your life. Inside, you’ll join Amazon bestselling author of multiple DBT workbooks Barrett Huang as he provides readers with the guidance and support they need to come to terms with post-traumatic stress disorder, express their emotions, and manage its symptoms.