Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
The Sip & Save Club Murders
by Mary Maxwell
Rating: 4.4 #ad
Deliveries are a frequent occurrence at Sky High Pies in Crescent Creek, Colorado. The continuous flow of items includes fresh fruit and vegetables, meat and poultry, dairy products and paper goods. But when a mysterious package appears one morning at the bakery-café, it leads to questions, confusion and—within a matter of hours—a pair of homicides that confound the local authorities.
Since Sky High is her family’s business and Kate Reed is a former private investigator, the police recruit her to help find the killer. As she searches for evidence and suspects, Kate discovers that the strange delivery is connected to a long-ago financial scandal as well as allegations of bribery and judicial corruption.
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(Sky High Pies Cozy Mysteries)
Eight Miles High
by D. B. Borton
Rating: 4.6 #ad
World War II veteran pilot Toots Magruder survived sabotage, criminal negligence, slander, and friendly fire during the war before crash landing her plane in the middle of a suburban Fourth of July picnic. But two of her former WASP cohorts have recently died and now she appears to be next on the killer’s hit list.
Can detective Cat Caliban and her partner Moses Fogg catch the murderer before another plane goes down? Can Cat survive two plane rides, a parachute jump, and a round of golf?
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(The Cat Caliban Mysteries Mysteries)
Night Chills
by Dean Koontz
Rating: 4.3 #ad
“An early D. Koontz work. Listed as re-issued in the 80’s, the copyright is actually ©1976. Going back that far was very entertaining, since I had never read this one. The novel is clearly written in a different, more descriptive way, clearly showing his evolution in style. I miss the more basic style evident in this book.
The plot revolves around subliminal mind control, which has been done before. It hasn’t been done this well.
A bit of caution. There is graphic violence and language throughout. If you feel that a turnoff, you may want to pass on this; if you don’t mind it, the novel is an earlier written winner.” by Amazon Customer
Laser Trap
by Frank DiBianca
Rating: 4.7 #ad
If you can’t invent it, steal it!
Engineering grad student Dan Butler discovers an unorthodox way to produce lasers of unprecedented power. When the malevolent bosses at StarWay Labs, who sell weapons to the international underworld, discover this, they kidnap Dan and demand he replicate his work in their secret lab.
Dan’s fellow grad student, Lana Madison, who Dan had hired to help him find a girlfriend, is alarmed at his disappearance. She forms a high-tech team with four of their friends to help the authorities rescue Dan. They make remarkable breakthroughs in tracking down his whereabouts while the criminal cadre at StarWay pushes Dan close to his breaking point.
The Rogue Queen
by Emily R. King
Rating: 4.4 #ad
In the explosive third volume of The Hundredth Queen Series, the queen of fire faces off against a demon of ice.
Despite the odds, Kalinda has survived it all: Marriage to a tyrant. Tournaments to the death. The forbidden power to rule fire. The icy touch of a demon.
That same demon now disguises itself as Rajah Tarek, Kalinda’s late husband and a man who has never stopped haunting her. Upon taking control of the palace and the army, the demon brands Kalinda and her companions as traitors to the empire. They flee across the sea, seeking haven in the Southern Isles.
APOCALYPSE ONLINE
by Robyn Wideman
Rating: 4.5 #ad
At first everyone thought it was a game…
But aliens have arrived and they are turning people into fertilizer.
Brad and Sam are gamers and when they started playing the hot new game Apocalypse Online they had no idea that the game was a preview of reality! With the help of a benevolent alien AI and nanotechnology, our heroes will have a chance to survive the apocalypse. They just have to survive, level up and find other survivors.
Jake is no gamer. But when he finds out aliens have arrived, he’ll do anything to protect his little sister Sam.
Will they be able to grow strong enough for the second wave or will they become alien plant food?
Carrie
by David Culp
Rating: 5.0 #ad
Carrie Larsen spent the early ‘60s searching in the counterculture of the Great American West.
Until she got tired.
In the Spring of 1967 she came home to her parents’ now-empty nest in Ohio, maybe just for a visit. It was where she’d been raised by her loving family as a small-town girl.
She calls herself “a Buddhist, not a Romantic.”
Carrie loves her parents as long as they last, though she resists her mother’s hopes that she get married and have children, not necessarily in that order. When not busy at the Veterinary Clinic on Main Street, Carrie spends a lot of time balancing her enthusiasm for sex, drugs, and rock and roll with compassion, a sense of justice, and hours of playing J.S. Bach on her mother’s Concert Grand Piano.
Tuesday’s Mystery eBooks
Miss Julia Knows a Thing or Two
by Ann B. Ross
Rating: 4.5 #ad
Miss Julia has decided to turn over a new leaf. It’s time to stop meddling in other peoples’ lives, she thinks–but her hands are full before long! Her neighbor Mildred is sent into a tizzy when a grandchild she’s never met shows up on her doorstep. And Mildred’s husband keeps forgetting who she is, so she’s all on her own. Meanwhile, Etta Mae is worried about losing her job now that the Handy Home Helpers is up for sale. Luckily, Miss Julia has experience dealing
with children dropped on doorsteps, and sweeps in to lend a hand.
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(Miss Julia Mysteries)
Dark Greed
by Mary Stone
Rating: 4.4 #ad
Jealousy is evil. Greed is deadly.
When a young man is found hanging inside a barn, it seems like an open-and-shut suicide. But the boy in question is none other than Bryce Mowery, son and only heir of the richest family in Savannah, and Bryce’s father is claiming foul play. Much to her chagrin, Detective Charli Cross is sent to investigate and appease the farm and real estate magnate.
But soon, it’s no longer a question of if Bryce was killed, but by who. The Mowerys have made plenty of enemies in town, but why would anyone want to kill the happy-go-lucky playboy?
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(Charli Cross 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.
Age of Madness Collection
by Multiple Authors
Rating: 5.0 #ad
Three Complete Series
Two hundred years ago the earth was destroyed by the World’s Worst Day Ever and civilization has fallen.
Life on Earth will never be the same.
Who will guide them through this period of madness into a new world that unfolds after apocalypses?
Birth of Magic Series: In the brief pause between apocalypses, one woman standing for honor, courage, and commitment will bring the UnknownWorld back from the brink.
Live Free or Die Series: Ryder has been held against her will for twenty years … Now it’s time for some payback!
The Caitlin Chronicles: The Governor she trusted to protect her wants her dead. The target she was sent to capture wants to help her live.
Tom Clancy Under Fire
by Grant Blackwood
Rating: 4.0 #ad
On a mission in Tehran, Jack Ryan, Jr., meets his oldest friend, Seth Gregory. As they part, Seth slips Jack a key, along with a perplexing message. The next day Jack is summoned to an apartment where two men claim Seth has disappeared with funds for a vital intelligence operation. They say he’s turned and leave Jack with a warning: If you hear from Seth, call us. Do not get involved.
Jack soon finds himself lost in a maze of intrigue, lies, and betrayal where no one is who they seem to be—not even Seth, who’s harboring a secret that harkens back to the Cold War. A secret that is driving him to the brink of treason….
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(A Jack Ryan Jr. Mysteries)
Kindness Goes Unpunished
by Craig Johnson
Rating: 4.0 #ad
On a mission in Tehran, Jack Ryan, Jr., meets his oldest friend, Seth Gregory. As they part, Seth slips Jack a key, along with a perplexing message. The next day Jack is summoned to an apartment where two men claim Seth has disappeared with funds for a vital intelligence operation. They say he’s turned and leave Jack with a warning: If you hear from Seth, call us. Do not get involved.
Jack soon finds himself lost in a maze of intrigue, lies, and betrayal where no one is who they seem to be—not even Seth, who’s harboring a secret that harkens back to the Cold War. A secret that is driving him to the brink of treason….
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(Walt Longmire Mysteries)
I Don’t Know Why I Act Like This
by Carrie Vanderbilt
Rating: 4.8 #ad
Have you ever thought that you might be experiencing the world a little differently than everyone else?
For those of us living with various types of mental illness, the moods and emotions we have may not align with how other people around us act. We might fly into a rage when seemingly unprovoked or cry at the drop of the hat.
It may feel strange, but what’s happening could actually be completely normal, depending on your mental illness and your experiences with trauma and triggers.
Have you ever wished you could have the emotions of ‘normal’ people?