Thursday’s Mystery eBooks
Fowl Prey
by Mary Daheim
Rating: 4.3 #ad
Killers of a feather just might flock together in the second Bed-and-Breakfast mystery from the author of Just Desserts.
Leaving the Hillside Manor in capable hands, bed-and-breakfast hostess Judith McMonigle heads north to Vancouver’s Hotel Clovia with her irrepressibly voracious cousin Renie for a pre-Thanksgiving getaway. But when an addled and impoverished popcorn vendor is murdered—along with his foul-mouthed pet parakeet—a local copper’s suspicious gaze settles on the two visiting Americans.
The Prepper’s Cabin
by Vincent Valentean
Rating: 4.1 #ad
Daniel and Vic Vena weren’t content to sit around and wait for the world to end. Long ago, they swore that when the day came, they’d be ready for it. But when an EMP decimates the nation’s power grid, the brothers find themselves separated by many miles and even more threats. Vic must work to protect Daniel’s teenage son Anthony as they fight their way out of the chaos-filled streets of a powerless Manhattan. Daniel meanwhile travels from the family’s farm to battle his way into the city to ensure that his family can make it out alive.
Hunting Down Amanda
by Andrew Klavan
Rating: 4.4 #ad
A freak plane crash sets off a chase for a little girl with strange powers in this “stay-up-all-night” thriller from an Edgar Award–winning author (USA Today).
Amanda is playing in the backyard when the plane explodes overhead. As metal, fire, and bodies rain down on her small town, the little girl wanders off. Houses on either side explode as she toddles away from the carnage, across the park, and into the woods. When her mother finds her, Amanda is asleep in the arms of a mysterious man. Carol takes her daughter and flees for her life, afraid not of the hell their town has become, but of what might happen if her daughter is found.
Dress Gray
by Lucian K. Truscott
Rating: 4.4 #ad
Ry Slaight is a young cadet at the United States Military Academy, walking punishment tours in May 1968, when he hears that the body of a plebe has been found floating in Lake Popolopen. Supposedly, it was an accident—but it’s not long before Slaight learns details about the autopsy suggesting a much darker story.
Slaight’s personal quest to uncover the truth—and the authorities’ efforts to keep it from him—will reveal both heroes and villains within the Long Gray Line in this “frightening novel about ‘a secret cult headquartered on the Hudson behind a stone façade.’ . . . The author mounts an attack on his alma mater with brilliance and fury”
Case Files of an Urban Druid Complete Boxed Set
by Auburn Tempest, Michael Anderle
Rating: 5.0 #ad
Ye screw with this lass, ye get put on yer ass.
Welcome to the whacked and weird world of Fiona mac Cumhaill. If you’re new to Team Trouble, welcome. If you’re back for more—awesomesauce.
In her second series, Case Files of an Urban Druid, Fiona brings you more druid adventure, family shenanigans, and mythical tales of magic and mystery.
Grab this 7-book boxed set to join the new adventures today!
Gone Girl
by Gillian Flynn
Rating: 4.1 #ad
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The “mercilessly entertaining” (Vanity Fair) instant classic “about the nature of identity and the terrible secrets that can survive and thrive in even the most intimate relationships” (Lev Grossman, Time “One of the Best Books of the Decade”)—now featuring never-before-published deleted scenes
ONE OF TIME’S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME, ONE OF CNN’S MOST INFLUENTIAL BOOKS OF THE DECADE, AND ONE OF ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY’S BEST BOOKS OF THE DECADE
ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Janet Maslin, The New York Times, People, Entertainment Weekly, O: The Oprah Magazine, Slate, Kansas City Star, USA Today, Christian Science Monitor
Silent Night
by Robert B. Parker, Helen Brann
Rating: 4.3 #ad
It’s December in Boston, and Spenser is busy planning the menu for Christmas dinner when he’s confronted in his office by a young boy named Slide. Homeless and alone, Slide has found refuge with an organization named Street Business, which gives shelter and seeks job opportunities for the homeless and lost.
Slide’s mentor, Jackie Alvarez, is being threatened, and Street Business is in danger of losing its tenuous foothold in the community, turning Slide and many others like him back on the street.
Abandon
by Frank Wheeler
Rating: 4.0 #ad
A classic western novel from Frank Wheeler with non-stop epic adventure and a blend of western romance
The one person he thought he could trust turned out to be his greatest enemy.
Twelve-year-old Kaspar Dorn grew up the son of a rich plantation owner. It was a pleasant, cushy life… until he witnessed his mother’s murder. He knows the killer, but he also knows no one will believe him. The man is dependable. And wealthy. And beloved.
His name is Franklin Dorn.
Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
The Revenge Game
by BR Kingsolver
Rating: 4.6 #ad
Alice Henderson was a legend at Wicklow College long before she took a header three and a half stories from her apartment window to the sidewalk below.
Savanna Robinson has only been teaching at Wicklow College of the Arcane Arts for two months, and the body count is already alarming. Her friend, Kelly Grace, is ghost writing Alice’s memoir—filled with illicit affairs and covert espionage while working for the CIA. And upon her death, the CIA appears, demanding all of Alice’s papers and the half-written book. Then the International Council of Magical Practitioners gets involved. But Alice’s isn’t the last murder to cast its shadow on Wicklow.
The Hollow Husband
by Cole Baxter
Rating: 4.3 #ad
Stella has finally met her dream man. But is David too good to be true?
Stella Greene has finally met her dream man. David is wealthy, successful, polished, and seductive. He’s got her back when an angry ex comes to call. He shares her taste in everything from wine to music. Her parents love him.
The couple are thrilled when Stella falls pregnant. David has always been attentive, but now that Stella is carrying his child, he becomes downright controlling. He claims he’s only worried about her and the baby. But Stella becomes fearful. How well does she really know her husband?
Field of Bones
by J. A. Jance
Rating: 4.6 #ad
Sheriff Joanna Brady’s best intentions to stay on maternity leave take a hit when a serial homicide case rocks Cochise County, dragging her into a far-reaching investigation to bring down a relentless killer in this chilling tale of suspense from New York Times bestselling author J. A. Jance.
This time Sheriff Joanna Brady may expect to see her maternity leave through to completion, but the world has other plans when a serial homicide case surfaces in her beloved Cochise County. Rather than staying home with her newborn and losing herself in the cold cases to be found in her father’s long unread diaries, Joanna instead finds herself overseeing a complex investigation involving multiple jurisdictions.
The Search for Christmas
by Russ Scalzo
Rating: 5.0 #ad
A Christmas Adventure. Discover the true meaning of Christmas. including links to 13 original songs.
In a world without hope, people walk around with no real reason for living. Despair is evident in the faces of the people, and Christmas is a thing of the past. That is until a young girl named Mack invents a time machine, accidentally travels back in time and discovers the Christmas Spirit. She convinces a group of friends that this holiday cheer could make all the difference, and they set off on a journey through time in the search for Christmas.
Lacey’s Star
by Kay DiBianca
Rating: 5.0 #ad
Get in, sit down, buckle up, and hang on!
Private pilot Cassie Deakin lands in the middle of an unwanted adventure when she discovers her beloved Uncle Charlie has been attacked and seriously injured by thieves.
But Cassie has a problem. She doesn’t know who she can trust. Still, she’s determined to solve the mystery behind the assault on her uncle, so she reluctantly agrees to team up with Deputy Frank White, a man she definitely does not trust, to find the culprits.
Animal
by Munish K. Batra
Rating: 4.6 #ad
A suspense thriller about a murderer targeting perpetrators of animal cruelty who is pursued internationally by a team of criminal investigators. Do the most noble of intentions justify the most horrific acts?
Two grisly murders are committed at a meatpacking plant by a person wearing a cow mask . . . not long after the CEO of a water park is brutally killed by someone wearing an orca mask.
Interpol Agent An Chang believes these are the latest acts of a ruthless serial killer he has been chasing for more than twenty years . . . a killer who targets those who harm innocent animals.
Cowboy Caleb
by Jesse Storm
Rating: 5.0 #ad
Caleb McCallister does not have a normal childhood. His mother rejected him, and his father is an alcoholic.
Despite everything, Caleb sticks to his morals and becomes a respected citizen of his hometown. Everyone loves him because of his determination to uphold the law and protect the innocent. Due to his unyielding sense of justice, Sheriff Craig Dalton believes Caleb is the only person that possesses the right set of skills to go after a notorious outlaw by the name of Silas “Blackheart” Kane.
The outlaw has been wreaking havoc in Colorado for a while. Somebody needs to stop him…
Sweetpea
by C.J. Skuse
Rating: 4.1 #ad
Rhiannon is your average girl next door, settled with her boyfriend and little dog…but she’s got a killer secret.
Although her childhood was haunted by a famous crime, Rhinannon’s life is normal now that her celebrity has dwindled. By day her job as an editorial assistant is demeaning and unsatisfying. By evening she dutifully listens to her friend’s plans for marriage and babies whilst secretly making a list.
A kill list.
Tuesday’s Mystery eBooks
Cat Telling Tales
by Shirley Rousseau Murphy
Rating: 4.7 #ad
In this cozy mystery, a feline P.I. and his four-legged friends investigate a suspicious – and deadly – house fire in a California seaside town.
Even the bright seaside village of Molena Point has been hit hard by the economic downturn, and many residents are abandoning their pets. While feline P.I. Joe Grey’s human friends join together to care for their starving cats, a fire leaves a twelve-year-old boy homeless, the body of his alcoholic guardian discovered in the smoldering ruins.
Ben: Books 1-3
by Luana Ehrlich
Rating: 4.8 #ad
Enjoy this box set of three fast-paced, full-length Christian novels featuring Ben Mitchell, a CIA covert operative mentored by veteran intelligence officer, Titus Ray, who serves as the first-person narrator of this award-winning spy series.
Ben in Love – Book 1: Is Ben really in love with the daughter of a Turkish dissident?
Ben in Charge – Book 2: Can Ben handle his first assignment as a primary officer even when it turns deadly?
Ben in Trouble – Book 3: Will Ben’s scheme to impress the CIA director keep him out of a desk job?
To Tell You the Truth
by Gilly Macmillan
Rating: 4.0 #ad
The acclaimed author of The Nanny and What She Knew—hailed by stalwarts including Ruth Ware, Liane Moriarty, Tess Gerritsen, and Shari Lapena—returns with another serpentine thriller that cleverly blends atmosphere, tarnished memories, mystery, and twisty secrets from the past into a potent, intense read that will leave you questioning everything you believe.
To tell you the truth . . . everybody lies.
City of Last Chances
by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Rating: 4.4 #ad
WINNER OF THE 2022 BRITISH SCIENCE FICTION ASSOCIATION AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL
‘Endlessly creative… so much invention peeking around every corner’ Patrick Ness
Arthur C. Clarke winner and Sunday Times bestseller Adrian Tchaikovsky’s triumphant return to fantasy with a darkly inventive portrait of a city under occupation and on the verge of revolution.
There has always been a darkness to Ilmar, but never more so than now. The city chafes under the heavy hand of the Palleseen occupation, the choke-hold of its criminal underworld, the boot of its factory owners, the weight of its wretched poor and the burden of its ancient curse.
Christmas Returns to Pottersville
by Dennis Higgins
Rating: 4.6 #ad
Frank Capra’s, It’s a Wonderful Life was the ultimate parallel universe story. George Bailey was shown by an angel a world in which he had never been born. A world where the cute little town of Bedford Falls no longer existed and in its place was the seedy town of Pottersville.
But imagine if Pottersville still existed in the current age, along another path of existence. Welcome to Pottersville, a town owned and operated by Peter F. Potter. A sleazy, corrupt town where Christmas was discouraged and people were miserable. What if Potter was taken to this town, in a world in which he had never been born?
The Boat House
by Keri Beevis
Rating: 4.2 #ad
A dark secret. A deadly obsession. No place to hide. Max Hunter, my boyfriend, booked the beautiful boat house on the Norfolk Broads as a surprise autumn break
A week away to heal after a fraught few months following my father’s death. A chance to put the lies and secrets behind us and to start afresh. But in the silence it feels like someone is out there. Watching, waiting and taunting me.
When strange things begin to happen, I know this isn’t going to be the relaxing break it’s supposed to be.
The Hunger
by Alma Katsu
Rating: 4.1 #ad
That is the only way to explain the series of misfortunes that have plagued the wagon train known as the Donner Party. Depleted rations, bitter quarrels, and the mysterious death of a little boy have driven the isolated travelers to the brink of madness. Though they dream of what awaits them in the West, long-buried secrets begin to emerge, and dissent among them escalates to the point of murder and chaos. They cannot seem to escape tragedy…or the feelings that someone–or something–is stalking them. Whether it’s a curse from the beautiful Tamsen Donner (who some think might be a witch), their ill-advised choice of route through uncharted terrain, or just plain bad luck, the ninety men, women, and children of the Donner Party are heading into one of one of the deadliest and most disastrous Western adventures in American history.
The Book of Souls
by James Oswald
Rating: 4.2 #ad
For ten years, a gruesome Christmastime tradition terrorized Edinburgh. Each year as the holiday approached, a young woman’s body was found – naked, throat slit, body washed clean. The final victim, Kirsty Summers, was Detective Constable Tony McLean’s fiancée. But the Christmas Killer made a mistake, and McLean finally put an end to the horror.
Now, twelve years later, a fellow prisoner has just murdered the incarcerated Christmas Killer. But with the arrival of the festive season comes a body. A young woman: naked, washed, her throat cut…
The Remaining
by D. J. Molles
Rating: 4.5 #ad
The first volume in D.J. Molles’s bestselling series, now in a special edition with the bonus novella The Remaining: Faith.
In a steel-and-lead encased bunker a Special Forces soldier waits on his final orders. On the surface a bacterium has turned 90% of the population into hyper-aggressive predators.
Now Captain Lee Harden must leave the bunker and venture into the wasteland to rekindle a shattered America.
Monday’s Mystery eBooks
Who’s After Josie Malone?
by Deb Graham
Rating: 4.0 #ad
How can a metronome and a random explosion upset a ho-hum routine?
The orphaned only-child of only-child parents, Josie Malone works at the Department of Licensing, pets her cat, and eats frozen dinners most nights, never suspecting danger had been stalking her for years. In general, her life was like Groundhog Day, never varying, until the day her house blew up. With the help of Dan, the police chief (and de facto fire chief until the next election – Mayburn’s a small town), Josie embarks on a journey back into her childhood to find out what made her parents leave all they knew behind and, along the way, learn who she really is.
Her Mother’s Daughter
by Brian R. O’Rourke
Rating: 4.4 #ad
Amanda is a successful writer. But sometimes success comes at a terrible price. Amanda is enjoying her life – she’s a successful author who has finally managed to give up her day job.
But then an ex-colleague is murdered in an exact reenactment of a killing from one of Amanda’s books. Even worse, Amanda had publicly quarreled with the dead woman and now finds herself a person of interest to the police. Then it happens a second time. Another person with whom Amanda had publicly fought is murdered. And again, the method used to kill is lifted straight from the pages of one of her books.
Dead Man’s Hand
by B.J. Daniels
Rating: 4.6 #ad
If he wants her love…He might have to show his hand
DJ Diamond’s partnership with Sadie Montclair is purely professional. But when a high-stakes poker game DJ organized turns violent, Sadie refuses to leave his side. Hiding out in a snowbound cabin gives them a chance to explore the feelings they’ve kept from each other…and makes them an easy target for the gangsters who want them dead.
Christmas Captive
by Judah Knight
Rating: 4.7 #ad
Love is always willing to risk it all.
Jon and Meg Davenport return to Washington DC for a quiet Christmas celebration with the President and his family. Their time in the White House, however, is anything but quiet when they learn Jon’s niece, Kate, is missing. Kate’s parents shrug off the embarrassment because this isn’t Kate’s first time to disappear in DC. Jon and Meg aren’t convinced and decide to investigate.
Blood Red
by Wendy Corsi Staub
Rating: 4.2 #ad
The razor’s gleaming blade slices effortlessly through skin and tendon, and he relishes the final anguished moments of his prey. There’s only one thing he prizes more: their long, silken strands of red hair. But these women are merely stand-ins…a prelude to his ultimate victim.
Nestled in New York’s Hudson Valley, Mundy’s Landing is famous for its picturesque setting—and for a century-old string of gruesome unsolved murders. Rowan returned to her hometown years ago, fleeing a momentary mistake that could have destroyed her family. Life is good here. Peaceful. Until an anonymous gift brings Rowan’s fears to life again.
Mystere Parish
by Jana DeLeon
Rating: 4.6 #ad
From New York Times bestselling author Jana DeLeon, long-lost sisters return home to Mystere Parish to claim their inheritance…and need the help of three brave heroes to keep the bayou from also claiming their lives.
The Accused
The Betrayed
The Reunion
Waiting for Nick
by Nora Roberts
Rating: 4.4 #ad
Don’t miss the next book in the classic Stanislaskis series from #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts.
Frederica Kimball has three goals now that she’s moved to New York City: find her own place, become a Broadway lyricist and get Nick LeBeck to fall desperately in love with her. Though Nick has always treated Freddie like a little sister, he can’t help but notice the strong, passionate and head-to-toe-gorgeous woman now standing in her place. Perhaps everything he’s ever wanted is closer than he could have imagined…
Emotional Trauma No More
by Cara Bramlett
Rating: 5.0 #ad
Do you feel CRAZY? Feel like you are LOSING YOUR MIND?
Emotional trauma happens to everyone, especially those experiencing narcissistic abuse. The challenge is breaking free or keeping your sanity until you break free. Have you ever said “I love you I don’t trust you” or had a gnawing feeling in your stomach that something wasn’t right? Perhaps you have heard “It was just a joke” or “you are too sensitive” or “that never happened.”
This is your life when dealing with gaslighting. Abuse can leave you Feeling Hopeless about Life and question your sanity. You feel anxious, have difficulty making decisions, and simply don’t trust everything you think. Maybe you start to think you are the problem. Or you maybe you are a narcissist. Or worse, you are the reason things are happening.
Black Magic Woman
by Eric Wilder
Rating: 4.4 #ad
There’s a voodoo woman in New Orleans who knows your darkest secrets
French Quarter paranormal investigator Wyatt Thomas learns he’s permanently linked to the spirit of a man with whom he’d fought a duel during another lifetime. The only person who can free Wyatt from his curse is long-dead voodoo queen Marie Laveaux. To seek her help, he must travel back to Antebellum New Orleans, succeed in his endeavor, or be trapped in the past forever. When Wyatt meets his former lover at the Mulatto Ball, he doesn’t know if he wants to return.
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