Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
Christmas Dessert Murder
by Joanne Fluke
Rating: 4.4 #ad
It’s Christmas in Lake Eden, Minnesota, and there’s no better way to enjoy the holidays than by cozying up to two Hannah Swensen yuletide mysteries with a plateful of goodies from The Cookie Jar bakery . . .
CHRISTMAS CARAMEL MURDER
CHRISTMAS CAKE MURDER
Features Over a Dozen Cookie and Dessert Recipes from The Cookie Jar!
Stranger Things: Suspicious Minds
by Gwenda Bond
Rating: 4.7 #ad
It’s the summer of 1969, and the shock of conflict reverberates through the youth of America. As a student at a quiet college campus in the heartland of Indiana, Terry Ives couldn’t be farther from the front lines of Vietnam or the protests in Washington.
But the world is changing, and Terry isn’t content to watch. When word gets around about an important government experiment in the small town of Hawkins, she signs on as a test subject for the project, code-named MKULTRA. The remote lab, deep in the woods, contains a mystery Terry is determined to uncover.
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(Stranger Things Mysteries)
High Bluffs
by Sally Royer-Derr
Rating: 4.2 #ad
“This quick, entertaining series opener is well paced, and the intriguing murder mystery is balanced with sexy encounters…” – Kirkus Reviews
“I’m the one who is supposed to have her…”
Joanna Dresden lives an idyllic life in High Bluffs, Maine, running her family inn with her husband and daughter. She’s devastated when her husband is killed in a car accident, leaving her emotionally shaken and vulnerable. The inn they have spent their lives tending no longer interests her, and some unusual occurrences are happening around town.
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(Stranger Things Mysteries)
Far From Home
by John Walker
Rating: 5.0 #ad
Seth thought he had his life all planned out. After retiring from the Marines, he sought a career in the private sector. Moving up the corporate ladder proved harder than he thought, and when he suddenly loses his job, he wonders if he might be wasting his life.
Until a car accident changes it forever. Finding himself marooned on an alien prison planet, he must team up with a rebel in order to survive. But the environment isn’t the only hazard to overcome with bloodthirsty genetic anomalies and dangerous inmates on the prowl. It seems the only way to survive is to escape the planet, if he can find the necessary allies and equipment to achieve the impossible.
Hidden Bones
by Rita Herron
Rating: 4.6 #ad
The girl trips over branches, losing her footing. The darkness swallows her and she grabs thin air as she falls, her scream piercing the night. When she slams into the bottom of the pit, her heart hammers. She can’t believe what she’s seeing—a pile of perfect white bones…
In the small town of Crooked Creek, where the Appalachian Mountains climb into the clouds, nineteen-year-old Mandy’s Spring Break takes a sinister turn. Detective Ellie Reeves races straight to the scene, driving through the winding roads to the abandoned orphanage…
The Final Equinox
by Andrew Mayne
Rating: 4.3 #ad
A signal is detected at the outer edge of the solar system. Computational biologist Dr. Theo Cray and magician-turned-FBI-agent Jessica Blackwood are looking – and listening – a little closer.
The man at the center of this cosmic mystery is billionaire Thomas T. Theismann. He’s spent a lifetime – and a fortune – trying to find out if we’re alone in the universe. Highly skeptical, Theo joins the effort to find the source of the signal, and he quickly enlists Jessica to look into the suspicious death of another academic at the lab. As their investigations converge, they uncover curious connections to the otherworldly contact, including a 1970s science-fiction writer and the body of an astronaut found buried in an ancient tomb.
The Man Who Died
by Antti Tuomainen
Rating: 4.3 #ad
A successful entrepreneur in the mushroom industry, Jaakko Kaunismaa is a man in his prime. At just thirty-seven years of age, he is shocked when his doctor tells him that he’s dying. What’s more, the cause is discovered to be prolonged exposure to toxins; in other words, someone has slowly but surely been poisoning him.
Determined to find out who wants him dead, Jaakko embarks on a suspenseful rollercoaster journey full of unusual characters, bizarre situations and unexpected twists.
The Hidden
by Heather Graham
Rating: 4.7 #ad
Can the same killer strike again – a hundred and fifty years later?
Estes Park, Colorado, is a place of serenity. But it wasn’t always so serene. Shortly after the Civil War, Nathan Kendall and his wife were murdered there, leaving behind a young son. The crime was never solved.
Now…historian Scarlet Barlow is working at a small museum attached to a B and B, the same building where that murder occurred. She recently came to Colorado, reeling after her divorce from FBI agent Diego McCullough. Diego – who’s just been asked to join the Krewe of Hunters, a unit dealing with “unusual” situations…
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(Krewe of Hunters Mysteries)
Chance
by Frank Wheeler
Rating: 5.0 #ad
The stranger shook Chance’s hand. “I’m Payne Ripley. And I daresay you look just like your father.” Chance felt Payne Ripley staring into him, like he was trying to see through him. It made him uncomfortable.
Standing here now, Chance thought the man resembled something of a rat.
Payne Ripley is a railroad tycoon who’s used to getting what he wants. Unfortunately, what he wants is his ex-wife and kids.
Frightened, she took the kids and ran. That was sixteen years ago. She’s been hiding ever since. And just when she’s finally starting to feel safe, Ripley finds her.
Tuesday’s Mystery eBooks
In The Beginning, There Was a Murder
by P.C. James
Rating: 4.3 #ad
A secret liaison. A baffling murder. Can one woman solve the crime without joining the body count?
Northern England, 1953. Pauline Riddell has grand ambitions for her future at the armament factory. So, when her closest workmate reveals a salacious affair with a married man, Pauline refuses to risk her career by listening to the scandal. But she’s shaken to her core when the police arrive with news of her best friend’s homicide.
Desperate for justice, Pauline’s insistent poking into the investigation only makes her the prime suspect. And now to clear her name, she must unravel a web of deadly clues entangling her in a sinister plot.
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(Miss Riddell Cozy Mysteries)
Brett Wilson and De Soto’s Cross
by John Suter
Rating: 5.0 #ad
The hunt for Cibola continues as Brett Wilson returns home from the canyons of New Mexico ready to locate her missing father. With the information from Dr. Mies, Brett ventures into the mountains of Tennessee in search of the mystical cross of de Soto.
If she can find the cross, the doorway to Cibola can be opened. Rock Wilson’s life hangs in the balance as Brett races across Tennessee with her best friend Natalie. They will use her dad’s field book once again to uncover the clues hidden inside. Unfortunately, she isn’t the only one looking for the relic and the door to Cibola.
Mercy Rising
by DC Little
Rating: 4.7 #ad
Their survival depends on Mercy rising.
At least, that is what Mercy has been told her entire life. It has been twenty years since she has been born. Twenty years since the World Before had gone dark from a strange natural disaster. Twenty years of her family, and their small community of Zion, living off the land in a hidden ravine far away from the chaos in the cities.
Mercy fights against the role she is told she plays in the coming storm they had been preparing for most of her life. Daily training, drills, and an entire lifestyle that built a warrior community, all for a possibility that has never come.
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(Mercy Rising Mysteries)
The Witch’s Handbook to Hunting Vampires
by Amy Boyles
Rating: 4.5 #ad
All Andie Taylor wants is a normal life… Andie Taylor is your average single mom. She’s got a beautiful toddler, a great job at the local preschool, a neurotic best friend and one huge secret—she used to hunt vampires. Now retired, Andie would much rather be wiping kid snot off her clothes than stalking the undead.
But after a meteor rips through her small town, strange things start happening—like the school janitor is found dead with fang marks in his neck. Andie’s retired, it’s not her problem.
A Conflict of Interests
by Claire Gradidge
Rating: 4.5 #ad
June 1944, Romsey, England. Josephine ‘Jo’ Fox is at an impasse since the unwelcome return of her wayward husband Richard. So, when he disappears again, she is neither concerned nor surprised – until a burning car is discovered with a body inside. And there are signs that Richard is somehow involved.
Jo is determined to find both her husband and answers, yet with her friend Bram Nash in hospital suffering an infection of his old war wound, she must do so alone…
Demon Codex Complete Series Boxed Set
by Lawrence M. Schoen, Brian Thorne
Rating: 5.0 #ad
Someone has been gathering up the scattered pieces of an ancient tome of magic. If the Codex is assembled, it will unleash the power to summon daemons.
Can Professor Derrick Watson track down the pieces of the Codex before more people fall victim to its power? Should he even try?
Grab this 3-book boxed set and join Watson as he contends with a danger best left in the shadows of the past.
The Awakening
by Lorhainne Eckhart
Rating: 4.1 #ad
Young, heartbroken, and cash-strapped, single mom Laura is struggling to survive. Can wealthy rancher Andy escape the grip of his family and help her find true happiness? A poignant, heartwarming tale.
“A story that is all too often right in front of our faces.” (Reviewer Grammy)
“Such an amazing story! The despair and the kindness from others gave this story a real meaning…” Down2earth Girl
In THE AWAKENING, Laura, a young single mother is barely making ends meet working as a maid at the Friessen mansion. Until one day she is fired, the next day she is evicted, and two days later her son is taken away.
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(The Outsider Series)
Cat And Mouse
by M. J. Arlidge
Rating: 4.5 #ad
IF YOU THINK YOU’RE ALONE: THINK AGAIN
A scratching at the window. A tap on the door. What if, this time, someone is out there? A silent killer stalks the city, targeting those home alone at night, playing a deadly game of cat and mouse with the victims.
As panic spreads, Detective Inspector Helen Grace leads the investigation, but is herself a hunted woman, her every step shadowed by a ruthless psychopath bent on revenge.
As she tracks the murderer, Grace begins to suspect there is a truly shocking home truth that connects these brutal crimes.
Secrets to Parenting Without Giving a F^ck
by Sue Donnellan
Rating: 4.7 #ad
Mom’s Choice Gold Award Winner for Parenting. Are you tired of yelling, punishing, and reminding, yet experiencing no change in your child’s behavior?
What if you could learn the transformative mindset that allows parents to get results without “fixing” their child’s bad behavior?
In Secrets to Parenting Without Giving a F^ck, Sue Donnellan, parent mentor, author, mom of four (including triplets), and entrepreneur shares 20+ years of experience cultivating the effective thought process for successful parenting. She delivers a proven playbook for turning misbehaving kids into happy, respectful, well-adjusted young adults.