Tuesday’s Mystery eBooks
The Couch Carnival Caper
by G.G. Morris
Rating: 5.0 #ad
The Two Fellows Carnival has rolled into town! Residents of Portland’s charming Alphabet District are flocking to Couch Park to enjoy the funfair’s electrifying performances. But on opening night spectators get more bang for their buck when a carnie performer bites the big one in a spectacular way. Was it an unfortunate accident? Or is something more sinister afoot?
Soon, more performers are taking their final curtain calls. Something must be done before the gig is permanently up. Enter amateur sleuth, Wanda Whipple! Navigating a cast of whacky suspects with more motives than you can shake a cinnamon churro at, Wanda must get to the bottom of the Couch Carnival Capers before she ends up with her ticket permanently punched.
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(The Alphabet District Mysteries)
The Labyrinth of the Spirits
by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Rating: 4.7 #ad
In this unforgettable final volume of Ruiz Zafón’s cycle of novels set in the universe of the Cemetery of Forgotten Books, beautiful and enigmatic Alicia Gris, with the help of the Sempere family, uncovers one of the most shocking conspiracies in all Spanish history.
Nine-year-old Alicia lost her parents during the Spanish Civil War when the Nacionales (the fascists) savagely bombed Barcelona in 1938. Twenty years later, she still carries the emotional and physical scars of that violent and terrifying time. Weary of her work as an investigator for Spain’s secret police in Madrid, a job she has held for more than a decade, the twenty-nine-year old plans to move on. At the insistence of her boss, Leandro Montalvo, she remains to solve one last case: the mysterious disappearance of Spain’s Minister of Culture, Mauricio Valls.
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(The Cemetery of Forgotten Mysteries)
Heir of Koradin
by Lisa Dunn
Rating: 4.3 #ad
Dagger of Willow and Strike has waited a lifetime to return to the village of his birth. He’s been promised the throne of Koradin, but getting captured by his treacherous sire wasn’t part of the plan. Dagger needs a miracle to turn his childhood dreams into reality—And Grit of Berth and Stone might be that miracle.
Unfortunately for him, Grit’s stuck in the rival village of Thresh, and she’s in way over her head. Having bluffed her way into commanding an army of incompetents, she’s useless to Dagger if her new recruits don’t learn the right end of a sword. To make matters worse, Dagger’s sire seeks Grit’s life, and there’s no telling when he’ll return to Thresh to finish what he started when he killed her dame.
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(The Chasmaria Chronicles)
Adventure’s Invitation
by Cheri Swalwell
Rating: 4.9 #ad
Families stick together. That’s what they do.
It’s no secret that Holly has a crush on Mitch, her older brother’s best friend. A church mission trip offers the chance to add adventure to summer vacation, and the added bonus to finally date the young man of her dreams.
But early into the mission, a senseless tragedy rocks Holly’s carefully laid plans. Now she faces a future that’s bleaker than she ever could have imagined. Although members of her community blame her for the incident, it’s the support of her family that helps her through the rough times.
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(The Redemption of Green Pines Mysteries)
More Shocking Celebrity Murders
by Jack Smith
Rating: 3.6 #ad
Have you ever heard the phrase “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous”? Well—here’s a new twist for you: what about “Deathstyles of the Rich and Famous”? Because here in this book we go down the list of some of the most notorious murders of the fabulously wealthy, famous, or just downright infamous individuals that you’ll likely ever hear of.
Here in this book, we ask a lot of questions. We ask—for example—What really happened to a famous rapper, entrepreneur extraordinaire, Nipsey Hussle? Was he killed at random? Or was his death part of a larger conspiracy? One could ask the very same question about the odd execution-style hit that was made on British journalist Jill Dando. How come this beloved TV personality was gunned down on her doorstep for no apparent reason?
Rituals & Runes Collection
by Multiple Authors
Rating: 5.0 #ad
The runes are cast, the rituals prepared. Now it’s time to break the rules…
Fall under the spell of swoon-worthy supernatural heroes and magical heroines in fantastical worlds filled with dangerous adventures and epic romances.
Witches, Wizards, Shifters, Vampires, Demons, Devils, and other mythical creatures prowl the pages of this limited edition collection of paranormal romance and urban fantasy tales.
A DEATH TO RECORD
by REBECCA TOPE
Rating: 4.4 #ad
A sleepy village, a dead body and a policeman with a broken heart.
One cold winter morning, the body of herdsman Sean O’Farrell is discovered lying crumpled on the ground. His clothes are streaked with fresh blood, his face strangely expressionless.
The prime suspect is farmer Gordon Hillcock. It’s well-known that there was little love lost between them. Gordon had engaged in a very public affair with Sean’s wife.
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(West Country Murder Mysteries)
Reckonings
by Karen E. Osborne
Rating: 4.8 #ad
“With its fast pace, well-developed characters and plot twists and turns, Reckonings is a story you won’t soon forget.” Gail Olmstead, author of Landscape of a Marriage
For all her adult life, Roxy suppressed the impact of two traumatic events—being abandoned by her mother at the age of twelve and being raped by her boyfriend, Spider, at eighteen. She never told anyone but her best friend about the rape. Though happily married to Carl, they both long to be out from under the thumb of Carl’s domineering father, for whom they both work. And she’s convinced that her first play—being staged at the community theater with her movie-star friend from high school in the lead role—is the ticket to that better life.
Monday’s Mystery eBooks
Grilled for Murder
by Maddie Day
Rating: 4.6 #ad
In the charming small town of South Lick, Indiana, Robbie has transformed a rundown country store into the runaway hit Pans ’N Pancakes. But the most popular destination for miles around can also invite trouble. Erica Shermer may be the widow of handsome local lawyer Jim Shermer’s brother, but she doesn’t appear to be in mourning. At a homecoming party held in Robbie’s store, Erica is alternately obnoxious and flirtatious—even batting her eyelashes at Jim. When Erica turns up dead in the store the next morning, apparently clobbered with cookware, the police suspect Robbie’s friend Phil, who closed up after the party.
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(A Country Store Mysteries)
The Prediction
by Jean Rezab
Rating: 4.0 #ad
Ever since Thea was a girl, her father has told her to keep her visions a secret. When she envisions his being murdered, she tries to save him. The truth her father has hidden for years is exposed and changes her understanding of his past.
Thea’s new boyfriend suffers from depression, and her handsome private investigator is enigmatic with secrets of his own. Can she save her father with their help?
Girls of Brackenhill
by Kate Moretti
Rating: 4.1 #ad
When Hannah Maloney’s aunt dies in a car accident, she returns to her family’s castle in the Catskills and the epicenter of a childhood trauma: her sister’s unsolved disappearance. It’s been seventeen years, and though desperate to start a new life with her fiancé, Hannah is compelled to question the events of her last summer at Brackenhill.
When a human bone is found near the estate, Hannah is convinced it belongs to her long-lost sister. She launches her own investigation into that magical summer that ended in a nightmare. As strange happenings plague the castle, Hannah uncovers disturbing details about the past and startling realizations about her own repressed childhood memories…
Forbidden Magic
by Barbara Ferrier
Rating: 4.2 #ad
A kingdom in danger, a great betrayal and a boy seeking to redeem the magical world. Will he succeed in overcoming the long, shadowy reach of the King and his Vizier?
Kai lives in terror under constant surveillance and suspicion in a land where magic is forbidden. He’s afraid he’ll meet the same fate as his parents. The King’s shadow is spreading across the land as he seeks to kill all who have the gift. But in his effort to create a modern world, fissures are exposed.
Kai must hide his budding powers and escape from the King’s world. While on the run, desperate to save his life, he discovers a crack in time, an ancient passage to the Academy of Moon Magic. He is determined to return and repair his world.
A Dark and Secret Place
by Jen Williams
Rating: 3.9 #ad
When prodigal daughter Heather Evans returns to her family home after her mother’s baffling suicide, she makes an alarming discovery–stacks and stacks of carefully preserved letters from notorious serial killer Michael Reave. The “Red Wolf,” as he was dubbed by the press, has been in prison for over twenty years, serving a life sentence for the gruesome and ritualistic murders of several women across the country, although he has always protested his innocence. The police have had no reason to listen, yet Heather isn’t the only one to have cause to re-examine the murders. The body of a young woman has just been found, dismembered and placed inside a tree, the corpse planted with flowers. Just as the Red Wolf once did.
Coal River
by Ellen Marie Wiseman
Rating: 4.4 #ad
As a child, Emma Malloy left isolated Coal River, Pennsylvania, vowing never to return. Now, orphaned and penniless at nineteen, she accepts a train ticket from her aunt and uncle and travels back to the rough-hewn community. Treated like a servant by her relatives, Emma works for free in the company store. There, miners and their impoverished families must pay inflated prices for food, clothing, and tools, while those who owe money are turned away to starve.
Most heartrending of all are the breaker boys Emma sees around the village—young children who toil all day sorting coal amid treacherous machinery. Their soot-stained faces remind Emma of the little brother she lost long ago, and she begins leaving stolen food on families’ doorsteps, and marking the miners’ bills as paid.
A Justified Murder
by Jude Deveraux
Rating: 4.4 #ad
The small town of Lachlan, Florida, was rocked last year when two bodies were uncovered in the roots of a fallen tree. Despite their lack of investigative experience, Sara Medlar; her niece, Kate; and Jack Wyatt found themselves at the center of the mystery, working together to reveal the truth behind a decades-old secret in the sleepy town. After a narrow escape, they vowed to never again involve themselves in something so dangerous—until Janet Beeson is murdered.
When Janet’s body is discovered, everyone is shocked by the violence of the attack. The sweet little old woman has been shot, stabbed and poisoned, but no one can imagine who would want to harm one of the town’s kindest, most helpful residents.
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(A Medlar Mysteries)
Snowstorm in August
by Marshall Karp
Rating: 4.4 #ad
The riveting new thriller from Marshall Karp, cocreator and coauthor, with James Patterson, of the #1 New York Times bestselling NYPD Red series
The most powerful drug lord on the planet, Joaquín Alboroto, has a gift for New York City—four thousand pounds of uncut cocaine burying Central Park and raining death upon hundreds of innocent people enjoying a summer afternoon. The only NYPD unit trained to go up against this level of terrorism has been disbanded, so the task falls to former NYPD captain Danny Corcoran. In this heart-stopping, unflinching, and highly entertaining thriller of life and death, drugs and heroism, Corcoran leads a team of retired top cops, funded by four anonymous billionaires, on a mission to stop Alboroto before it’s too late.
A Panther Crosses Over
by Sam Foster
Rating: 4.5 #ad
A clash of civilizations, two powerful leaders, and a dramatic outcome that ripples through generations.
Following the French and Indian War, white settlers pour over the Appalachians and down the Ohio River. But native tribes of the Northwest Territory have long inhabited this land—and they are willing to fight to remain. Leading the Shawnee is Tecumseh—courageous, discerning, and capable of assembling fifty thousand warriors to rise together to chase the white settlers back east when he commands. How will warriors from Florida to Canada know when the command has come? For twenty years his answer has been the same: “I will stomp my foot.”