Friday’s Mystery eBooks
Batter Off Dead
by Maddie Day
Rating: 4.6 #ad
Robbie and her new husband Abe O’Neill are enjoying a summer evening in the park with fellow townsfolk excited for some Friday night fireworks. In attendance are senior residents from Jupiter Springs Assisted Living including Roy Bird, father to South Lick’s very own Police Lieutenant Buck Bird. Despite his blindness, Roy is a member of his group home’s knitting circle, spending quality time with some lovely ladies.
But when the lightshow ends, one of the knitters who sat with Roy is found dead, a puncture wound in her neck. The poor woman’s death echoes that of Buck’s mother and Roy’s wife—an unsolved homicide.
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(A Country Store Mysteries)
The Last One Home
by Victoria Helen Stone
Rating: 4.1 #ad
Lauren Abrams wants nothing to do with her damaged mother, whose spurious testimony sent Lauren’s father to prison for murder years ago. After a serial killer’s confession to the crime restored justice, Lauren chose to live with her father and grandmother. Now an adult, Lauren has come home to the Sacramento family estate for good, her mother’s lies be damned…
It’s been decades since Donna made her cheating boyfriend pay, but she hasn’t forgotten the past. She knows her estranged daughter has made a terrible mistake by returning to the estate. There’s more to the story of the welcoming old homestead—and her childhood—than Lauren knows.
Northwest Counter: The Complete Series
by Lisa Phillips
Rating: 4.6 #ad
The complete series. All five books in one collection.
Book 1: First Wave: When a young woman’s body is discovered, everything points to a local militia…
Book 2: Second Chance: Niall’s case points to a research college hiding more secrets than the local police…
Book 3: Third Hour: Before anything can happen, the NSA analyst is implicated in a cyber-crime..
Book 4: Fourth Day: A dead woman returns. The trap is set…
Book 5: Final Stand: A vendetta. The biggest case of her life…
The Fourth Horseman
by Sarah Woodbury
Rating: 4.6 #ad
May 1144. Newly wedded, Gareth and Gwen travel across the border into England on a diplomatic mission with Prince Hywel of Wales. Within moments of their arrival, however, the mission goes awry and a murder case drops (literally) at their feet.
Hindered at every turn by a climate of civil war and constantly shifting political alliances, Gareth and Gwen race to solve the murder and expose a plot that threatens not only their lives, but the life of the future King of England himself.
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(The Gareth & Gwen Medieval Mysteries)
The Stranger Inside
by Lisa Unger
Rating: 4.3 #ad
When former journalist Rain Winter was twelve years old, she narrowly escaped an abduction while walking to a friend’s house. The abductor was eventually found and sent to prison, but years later was released. Then someone delivered real justice–and killed him in cold blood.
Now Rain is living the perfect suburban life, spending her days as a stay-at-home mom. But when another criminal who escaped justice is found dead, Rain is unexpectedly drawn into the case, forced to revisit memories she’s worked hard to leave behind. Is there a vigilante at work? Who is the next target? Why can’t Rain just let it go?
Shifters MateDate Agency
by Serena Meadows
Rating: 4.6 #ad
Get ready to lose yourself in these six steamy stories featuring irresistible shifters. Binge read and find out how they claim their mates and get their HEAs against all odds. Love isn’t easy, but these men will never back down.
Book 1: Wolf Daddy MateDate
Book 2: Hero Bear’s MateDate
Book 3: Dragon’s Fated MateDate
Book 4: Lion’s Second Chance MateDate
Book 5: Billionaire Wolf’s MateDate
Book 6: Wolf’s Fake Marriage MateDate
In Common
by Norma Watkins
Rating: 4.5 #ad
Lillian Creekmore grows up at her family’s popular rural spa. She successfully runs an entire hotel, yet longs for a husband. Then she meets Will Hughes.
Velma Vernon accepts life on a small, struggling farm until a boy she barely tolerates proposes marriage. To accept means duplicating her parents’ hard life. Alone, she leaves for the city and triumphs, not as a wife, but by being the best at her job. Velma is content until the most beautiful man she has ever seen walks into her office.
Thursday’s Mystery eBooks
Red Velvet Cupcake Murder
by Joanne Fluke
Rating: 4.6 #ad
This summer has been warmer than usual in Lake Eden, Minnesota, and Hannah Swensen is trying to beat the heat both in and out of her bakery kitchen. But she’s about to find out the hard way that nothing cools off a hot day like a cold-blooded murder. At the grand opening of a local hotel, a police department employee nearly dies falling from a penthouse—and then another woman, with whom Hannah has a less-than-friendly relationship, winds up dead. Hannah is the prime suspect – and to clear her own name, she’s got to find out who iced the victim…
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(Hannah Swensen Mysteries)
Day of the Dead
by Nicci French
Rating: 4.6 #ad
A decade ago, psychologist Frieda Klein was sucked into the orbit of Dean Reeve — a killer able to impersonate almost anyone, a man who can disappear without a trace, a psychopath obsessed with Frieda herself.
In the years since, Frieda has worked with — and sometimes against — the London police in solving their most baffling cases. But now she’s in hiding, driven to isolation by Reeve. When a series of murders announces his return, Frieda must emerge from the shadows to confront her nemesis. And it’s a showdown she might not survive.
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(A Frieda Klein Mysteries)
WarMage Redux Complete Boxed Set
by Martha Carr, Michael Anderle
Rating: 5.0 #ad
When one door closes for the young witch, Raven Alby, she’ll kick open another one.
Raven is graduating from Fowler Academy with her fierce red dragon, Leander by her side.
She is taking on the responsibilities of a WarMage – just like her late mother – and has joined the kingdom’s army corps and their fleet of dragons.
Time to get ready for whatever the world throws at Raven and her homeland, the kingdom of Lomberdoon.
Grab this complete series boxed set to join her adventures as an adult in Lomberdoon!
The Deadline Clock
by Jeffery Deaver
Rating: 4.4 #ad
A serial kidnapper is on the loose in a small town in Maine, targeting wealthy women and demanding a huge ransom in bitcoin for their safe return. When his latest victim’s husband claims that he can’t come up with the money, the word “deadline” takes on a disturbingly literal meaning. The local police are out of their depth, but Colter Shaw takes the lead in the investigation. Soon, he’s using his survivalist instincts to uncover clues and pursue suspects, putting his own life on the line to catch the would-be killer before the countdown hits zero.
Wicked Witch
by Megan Montero
Rating: 4.4 #ad
It’s time to claim my power…
All my life I’ve lived under lock and key, always following the strict rules my mother set for me. A week before my sixteenth birthday I sneak out of my house and discover why…turns out I am not just a normal teenager. I’m a witch blessed with a special gift someone wants to steal from me.
And not just anyone…the evil King Alataris.
“I love the start to this series. We get to see Zinnia learn about who she is and the responsibility her and the other queens have to save the world. She also has a love interest that is said to be forbidden. She just jumps right into her role as a witch.” by Amazon Customer
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(The Royals: Witch Court Mysteries)
A Suitable Vengeance
by Elizabeth George
Rating: 4.5 #ad
Award-winning author Elizabeth George gives us an early glimpse into the lives of Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley, forensic scientist Simon Allcourt-St. James, and Lady Helen Clyde in a superlative mystery that is also a fascinating inquiry into the crimes of the heart. Lynley, the eighth earl of Asherton, has brought to Howenstow, his family home, the young woman he has asked to be his bride. But the savage murder of a local journalist is the catalyst for a lethal series of events that shatters the calm of a picturesque Cornwall village and embroils Lynley and St. James in a case far outside their jurisdiction—and a little too close to home.
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(Inspector Lynley Mysteries)
Breaking News
by Fern Michaels
Rating: 4.6 #ad
Though the Charleston air is drenched with azalea and honeysuckle, and there’s always a pitcher of sweet tea close to hand, the ladies have little time for relaxing. Ida’s new line of cosmetics is about to launch, and Toots, Mavis, and Sophie are relishing new careers as models. And Abby, Toots’s daughter, is getting hitched. In the middle of so much change, Toots is almost too busy to notice her own unexpected romance. After eight husbands, she’s sworn never to get involved again. But fate – and her friends – may have other plans. And every godmother, fairy or otherwise, loves a story that ends with happily-ever-after . . .
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(Godmothers Series)