Thursday’s Mystery eBooks
Picture Perfect Frame
by Lynn Cahoon
Rating: 4.6 #ad
As the owner of Coffee, Books, and More, Jill Gardner likes to support other Main Street businesses, so she attends a paint-and-sip event where, sadly, her brushstrokes look more like blobs. It’s still a fun night of DIY crafts and full glasses of wine though—except for a disruption by a couple doing more sipping than painting. Jill’s police-detective boyfriend is on alert, but when a designated driver volunteers to take the drunken pair back to their bed and breakfast, everything seems resolved. Until the wife’s body turns up the next morning back in the studio.
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(A Tourist Trap Mysteries)
The Secrets She Carried
by Barbara Davis
Rating: 4.6 #ad
When a young woman returns to North Carolina after a thirty-year absence, she finds that the once grand tobacco plantation she called home holds more secrets than she ever imagined.
Though Peak Plantation has been in her family for generations, Leslie Nichols can’t wait to rid herself of the farm left to her by her estranged grandmother Maggie – and with it the disturbing memories of her mother’s death, her father’s disgrace, and her unhappy childhood. But Leslie isn’t the only one with a claim to Peak…
Baggage Claim
by Cathe Swanson
Rating: 4.6 #ad
He’ll do anything to protect the family he recently discovered—and the woman charged with caring for them.
The last thing Jonah Campbell expected was a son and four grandkids to come out of the woodwork–the results of a teenage fling nearly thirty years ago. He lives isolated in the upper peninsula, and when his newly discovered son explains why his family needs to be hidden, Jonah is happy to open his home and get to know his grandkids.
Between college, his kids, and his job, Ben Taylor is already in way over his head. Piece by piece, his busy-but-comfortable life crumbles as he becomes caught up in a dangerous network of fraud and deception at his workplace…
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(Hope Again Mysteries)
Paper Money
by Ken Follett
Rating: 3.7 #ad
An explosive novel of high finance and underworld villainy from Ken Follett, the grand master of international action and suspense.
Crime, high finances, and journalism are interconnected in this early thriller by the author of On Wings of Eagles and Lie Down With Lions. In one suspenseful, action-packed day, fortunes change hands as an ambitious young reporter scrambles to crack the story. A suicidal junior minister, an avaricious tycoon, and a seasoned criminal with his team of tough guys all play their parts in a scheme that moves “paper money” around at a dizzying pace.
An Itch for Justice
by Christa Nardi
Rating: 4.4 #ad
Can a stalled murder investigation in Halcyon Springs pull Izzie Di Sante back into investigative journalism?
The mere thought of getting involved in the investigation shifts Izzie’s mind into overdrive. A former reporter turned restaurant owner, she’s determined to find out everything she can. Only the more she discovers about Drew Scanlon’s murder and his new wife’s hurried placement in a psychiatric facility, the more questions she has.
With the detective instructed to tread carefully given the social status of the family, the investigation of Drew’s murder stalls. His parents spin a story that casts his wife, Bethany, as the prime suspect.
The Last Days of Want
by Derek Shupert
Rating: 4.4 #ad
At the end of the world, who will survive the last days?
For ten years, war and famine ravaged the population. Lawlessness spread across the country. What was Dylan willing to do to keep his family together?
In Las Vegas, Nevada, Dylan, his family, and their loyal Australian Kelpie, Pepper, are like everyone else. They scrape for food and do whatever it takes, but at least they’re in one of the few remaining cities where they can keep the family together. It was hard, but everything changed the day Dylan’s daughter decided to leave.
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(Last Days Mysteries)
Loose Ends
by Amy Martinsen
Rating: 5.0 #ad
Who killed Nahla? This question haunts CIA Officer Kate Ross.
Even after collecting a box full of evidence in a secret, obsessive manhunt, Kate isn’t able to discover who killed the most valuable agent she’s ever handled. When the box goes missing, Kate must go against all her spy training to find Nahla’s killer, propelling John and the U-Tap team on a harrowing race against time.
Will Kate find the killer, or will she suffer the same fate as Nahla?
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(An Untapped Source Mysteries)
A Wicked Snow
by Gregg Olsen
Rating: 4.3 #ad
“Olsen will scare you – and you’ll love it.” – Lee Child
Hannah Griffin was a girl when tragedy struck. She still remembers the flames reflected against the newly fallen snow and the bodies the police dug up—one of them her mother’s. The killer was never found….
Twenty years later Hannah is a talented CSI investigating a case of child abuse when the past comes hurtling back. A killer with unfinished business is on the hunt.
The Funny Thing Is…
by Holly Schindler
Rating: 5.0 #ad
So a dog (part Irish Setter, part Snuffleupagus), a would-be gas station robber, and a girl with a plane ticket to the other side of grief (literally!) all walk into a bar…
Joking aside, these are characters in Holly Schindler’s funny shorts, compiled here into a single download of chuckles and smiles.
This compilation features all the short stories published in the following humorous collections: Funny Meeting You Here, Funny You Should Mention That, and Once Upon a Punchline.
Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
Up to No Gouda
by Linda Reilly
Rating: 4.6 #ad
Back in Balsam Dell to heal after the death of her husband, Carly Hale is finally pursuing her lifelong dream – opening Carly’s Grilled Cheese Eatery. After only five months, business is booming as Vermont vacationers and townspeople alike flock to lunch on her Party Havartis and other grilled cheese concoctions. All but Lyle Bagley, Carly’s one-time high school boyfriend and now town bully who just bought the building that houses her eatery and wants Carly out. After a muenster of a fight, Carly’s forced to put her nose to the rind and find a solution to keep her business afloat.
Red-Line: The Shift
by J. T. Bishop
Rating: 4.6 #ad
After a difficult year, Sarah Randolph is living a solitary life. But after meeting a handsome stranger, she’s hopeful her luck is about to change. When their first date turns dangerous though, she’ll discover that she’s the one about to change…in more ways than she can imagine.
After that frightening encounter, John Ramsey will be forced to remove Sarah from her quiet existence. He’ll risk everything, including himself and the lives of the group he’s assembled, to keep her alive and prevent an unexpected rival from using her for his own cruel desires.
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(Red-Line Mysteries)
Strawberry Shortcake Murder
by Joanne Fluke
Rating: 4.6 #ad
When the president of Hartland Flour chooses cozy Lake Eden, Minnesota, as the spot for their first annual Dessert Bake-Off, bakery owner Hannah Swensen is thrilled to serve as the head judge. But when a fellow judge, Coach Boyd Watson, is found stone-cold dead, facedown in Hannah’s celebrated strawberry shortcake, Lake Eden’s sweet ride to fame turns very sour indeed.
While perfecting her Cheddar Cheese Apple Pie and Chocolate Crunchies, Hannah’s also snooping into the coach’s private life, which yields plenty of suspects.
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(Hannah Swensen Mysteries)
In Blood and Duty Bound
by Erin S. Bales
Rating: 5.0 #ad
When there are several paths before you, which one will you choose? Princess Renn, the youngest of six and fourth in line for the throne, is a lost young woman searching for direction. Palace Guard Getha is on the road to joining the most elite fighting force in the country, but she must battle for every step.
Lady Helenia was forced to leave her homeland in disgrace, so she travels through the shadows in the hopes of emerging back into the light.
For four hundred years, the Fallen of Ombratos have lived in safety, secure behind the wall they call the Gift. However, there are few things in the world more fragile than peace. A single bloody event will shake a nation to its core and set these women on the paths leading to their destinies.
The Hidden
by Melanie Golding
Rating: 4.1 #ad
One dark December night, in a small seaside town, a little girl is found abandoned. When her mother finally arrives, authorities release the pair, believing it to be an innocent case of a toddler running off.
Gregor, a seemingly single man, is found bludgeoned and left for dead in his apartment, but the discovery of children’s toys raises more questions than answers.
Every night, Ruby gazes into Gregor’s apartment, leading to the discovery of his secret family: his unusually silent daughter and his mentally unstable wife, Constance, who insists that she is descended from the mythological Selkies. She begs Ruby to aid in finding the sealskin that Gregor has hidden from her, making it impossible to return to her people.
Not My Mother
by Miranda Smith
Rating: 4.3 #ad
What if the person you trust most in the world is lying to you?
I’d heard of the Baby Caroline case, of course. When a baby is snatched from her mother’s arms, the whole country knows about it. I knew about the parents left lying by the swimming pool, the open window in the nursery. But I never dreamed it had anything to do with me.
Today, my beautiful daughter turned one. We were unwrapping gifts and blowing out candles when the knock came at the door, and they took my mother away.
Return to Redemption
by Jack R. Stanley
Rating: 5.0 #ad
A brand new Western adventure from Jack R. Stanley!
A Confederate officer returned to his home and ranch in Texas. He discovered his whole world was in ruin. His ranch was falling down and his young bride had become a whore. Everyone he knew has been damaged by the war and he has scars from the conflict himself. He must find a way to survive – and if he can, help those around him who have been forever altered. Is that possible?
Night Broken
by Patricia Briggs
Rating: 4.8 #ad
When her mate’s ex-wife storms back into their lives, Mercy knows something isn’t right. Christy has the furthest thing from good intentions—she wants Adam back, and she’s willing to do whatever it takes to get him, including turning the pack against Mercy.
Mercy isn’t about to step down without a fight, but there’s a more dangerous threat circling. As the bodies start piling up, she must put her personal troubles aside to face a creature with the power to tear her whole world apart.
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(Mercy Thompson Mysteries)