Tuesday’s Mystery eBooks
Murder in First Class
by Helena Dixon
Rating: 4.4 #ad
All aboard a train bound for… murder.
Kitty Underhay is looking forward to a week of long lunches and wedding planning with her husband-to-be, Captain Matthew Bryant. But the plan is derailed when he is called on to collect a former comrade-in-arms, arriving on the 15:50 from Bakerloo. As the train bearing Simon Travers pulls up to the platform, a piercing scream rises over the screech of its brakes. Travers is dead in his seat, a dagger in his heart.
Who gave this defenceless man a one-way ticket to the next life? And why? And could Matt’s close connection put him at risk? Only a few individuals had access to Travers’s compartment, and Kitty must find out which of these seemingly benign passengers is in fact a cross-country killer.
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(A Miss Underhay Mysteries)
The Resentment
by T. O. Paine
Rating: 4.4 #ad
An Emotional Thriller With a Shocking Twist
“An energetic, enthralling tale of dangerous family secrets.” – Kirkus Reviews
Lauren Kaine has everything she ever wanted — a fabulous home, a shiny Lexus, a bright sixteen-year-old son, and a loving husband with a lucrative internet career. Tonight, she walks hand-in-hand with William beneath the lustrous Seattle sky, celebrating twenty-two years of marriage.
But they’re not alone.
A mysterious black Audi comes out of nowhere and chases William onto a bridge. He shouts, “They’re here for the card,” and falls to his death. Enraged, Lauren attacks the car, but the tinted windows hide the driver’s face, and it speeds away.
Running with the Enemy
by Lloyd Lofthouse
Rating: 4.2 #ad
While serving in Vietnam, Ethan Card, a loyal U.S. Marine, is framed for a crime he didn’t commit. Labeled a traitor, he’s on the run, desperate to prove his innocence, or he’ll never go home again. Ethan has a choice to make, save the Vietnamese woman he loves from two murdering psychopaths, or prove his innocence. He can’t have both.
“Ethan Card, a Marine fighting in Vietnam, is about to become a patsy for a cruel, power hungry rogue CIA agent who only wants to cover up his own crimes…” by Amazon Customer
Dragon Teeth
by Michael Crichton
Rating: 4.2 #ad
The year is 1876. Warring Indian tribes still populate America’s western territories even as lawless gold-rush towns begin to mark the landscape. In much of the country it is still illegal to espouse evolution. Against this backdrop two monomaniacal paleontologists pillage the Wild West, hunting for dinosaur fossils, while surveilling, deceiving and sabotaging each other in a rivalry that will come to be known as the Bone Wars.
Into this treacherous territory plunges the arrogant and entitled William Johnson, a Yale student with more privilege than sense. Determined to survive a summer in the west to win a bet against his arch-rival, William has joined world-renowned paleontologist Othniel Charles Marsh on his latest expedition…
Escape from Yokai Land
by Stross Charles
Rating: 4.0 #ad
Escape from Yokai Land explains what he was doing there.
Bob’s been assigned to work with the Miyamoto Group, checking the wards that lock down Japan’s warded sites—a task previously handled by his predecessor Dr. Angleton, the Eater of Souls. This mostly involves policing yokai: traditional magical beings, increasingly grown more annoying and energetic.
But then Bob’s simple trip turns into a deadly confrontation with the ultimate yokai. It’s massively powerful. It’s pink. And it says “Hello.”
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(Laundry Files Mysteries)
Servant of The Skull
by Edita A. Petrick
Rating: 4.0 #ad
History at your fingertips can be a dangerous thing…
Gia was sixteen years old when a terrifying jumble of images invaded her head. The swirl of lives lived was horrifying and fascinating at once. The former made her conceal her gift with education. She became a student of history—forensic reconstructive specialist. It was the only way she could let her talent drive her hands—to recreate images of those who lived, loved and lost their lives thousands of years ago. The latter made her accept a dangerous consulting job in Greece.
It sounded simple: Reconstruct skulls of three plane crash victims. Positive identification was needed for insurance purposes. A tragic, but seemingly routine job of identification. Except her extraordinary abilities show her it’s anything but…
Untamed
by James Leonard
Rating: 4.4 #ad
Lawman Nathan Pace was looking forward to retirement. Until the Thrasher brothers forced him back into action.
One minute, Nathan was talking to a pretty girl on the train. The next, they were off the tracks and surrounded by Brent Thrasher’s men. Or is it?
When the smoke cleared, Nathan’s mother and brother were dead…
By the time they run into each other again, Nathan’s not alone. He’s joined by Sarah Meade, a beautiful woman intent on seeking revenge against Brent Thrasher. Together, they chase the brothers down. But getting to the outlaws isn’t as easy or as straightforward as they’d hoped. The Thrashers have a gang of men ready to do their bidding.
Real Murders
by Charlaine Harris
Rating: 4.4 #ad
Author of the books that inspired True Blood on HBO and Midnight, Texas on NBC
Aurora Teagarden, small town librarian and true crime buff, is looking forward to the monthly meeting of the Real Murders Society, a group of fellow crime enthusiasts who share a unique interest in historical murders. The Society meetings are the highlight of Roe’s social life in sleepy Lawrenceville, Georgia, and she’s ready for a quiet night of discussion, coffee, and cookies. But after she finds the body of a Society member in a staged crime scene eerily similar to the one the group was supposed to discuss that very night, Roe finds herself at the center of a murderous story of her own.
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(An Aurora Teagarden Mysteries)
Monday’s Mystery eBooks
Wedding Bell Blues
by Lynn Cahoon
Rating: 4.6 #ad
In the California coastal town of South Cove, Jill Gardner, owner of Coffee, Books, and More, becomes more engaged in sleuthing than wedding preparations when there’s a murder in a dress shop . . .
Jill couldn’t love police chief Greg King more—so why does that engagement ring still feel funny on her finger? At least she’ll have a chance to show it off this Saturday at their engagement party. Just in time for the event, a new dress shop has opened in town, Exquisite Gowns for You, specializing in designer wedding gowns and other custom-fit dresses.
But Jill’s excitement turns to shock when she comes by to pick up her dress for the party and discovers a dead body in the shop.
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(A Tourist Trap Mysteries)
Vendetta in Death
by J. D. Robb
Rating: 4.8 #ad
She calls herself Lady Justice. And once she has chosen a man as her target, she turns herself into a tall blonde or a curvaceous redhead, makes herself as alluring and seductive as possible to them. Once they are in her grasp, they are powerless.
The first victim is wealthy businessman Nigel McEnroy. His company’s human resources department has already paid out settlements to a couple of his young victims—but they don’t know that his crimes go far beyond workplace harassment. Lady Justice knows. And in one shocking night of brutality, she makes him pay a much steeper price.
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(In Death Mysteries)
Dragons and Magic
by Blair Babylon
Rating: 4.3 #ad
Mathonwy, Duke Draco, absolutely, positively, definitely isn’t falling into a mating fever for the new little witch, Bethany Aura, whom his company just hired to whip a new Las Vegas casino into shape. The casino is behind schedule, over budget, and a shambling mess of construction debris and dirt. Angel investors are arriving in a month, and someone in the finance department is embezzling money.
But his eyes are changing color to flowing, molten gold, he keeps showing up to hang around Bethany, and he obsesses with buying diamonds and gold to drape all over her, as if she had been dipped in his hoard.
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(Dragon’s Den Casino)
Truth and Justice
by Fern Michaels
Rating: 4.7 #ad
The Sisterhood: a group of women from all walks of life bound by friendship and a quest for justice. Armed with vast resources, top-notch expertise, and a loyal network of allies around the globe, the Sisterhood will not rest until every wrong is made right.
When Alexis Thorn and Joe Esposito encounter a young woman sobbing alone in a restaurant, they step into action and offer their comfort and sympathy. They soon learn that the woman’s husband was recently killed in action in Afghanistan. Before he reported for duty, they took steps to preserve their chances of having children. But when Bella visits the fertility clinic, she discovers her eggs are no longer there—and the circumstances are beyond suspicious.
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(Sisterhood Series)
The Break
by Daniel Hurst
Rating: 4.1 #ad
It seems like a lovely little house. But it has dark secrets…
Karen is a busy wife and mother. Between work, her husband Peter, and their two children, Oscar and Noah, she doesn’t have a minute to herself.
So when it all begins to feel too much, Karen knows just what she needs – to get away for a little while. Nothing big. Just a short break.
Her friend, Eve, tells her about a quaint little holiday home, and Karen books herself a short stay. She’ll have time to read, take bubble baths, unwind. Perfect.
Silverhills
by Sandra Cox
Rating: 4.7 #ad
In the 1870s Brandon Wade is driving a herd of longhorns over the Chisholm Trail when a youth appears out of nowhere riding a magnificent black stallion and packing a deadly looking six-gun. In need of trail hands, Brandon hires the young man. Not until weeks later, during the middle of a terrible stampede, does Brandon learn that his young sharpshooter is a beautiful woman.
A woman full of fire and passion who he burns to possess. A woman steeped in mystery who refuses to disclose her past. Alexandria O’Malley is on the run and must be able to disappear at a moment’s notice. When she hires on to the cattle drive, she doesn’t expect the powerful attraction between herself and her trail boss or the response of her treacherous body.
Dead Silence
by S.A. Barnes
Rating: 4.2 #ad
Titanic meets The Shining in this SF horror novel in which a woman and her crew board a decades-lost luxury cruiser and find the wreckage of a nightmare that hasn’t yet ended.
Claire Kovalik is days away from being unemployed—made obsolete—when her beacon repair crew picks up a strange distress signal. With nothing to lose and no desire to return to Earth, Claire and her team decide to investigate.
What they find is shocking: the Aurora, a famous luxury spaceliner that vanished on its maiden tour of the solar system more than twenty years ago. A salvage claim like this could set Claire and her crew up for life. But a quick search of the ship reveals something isn’t right.
Love Potions
by Multiple Authors
Rating: 4.5 #ad
“Love potion is a collection of 6 stories with magic, romance, and conflicts. The books are firsts in the series to introduce you to the author and the series. Just a teaser to get you started. I enjoyed this collection, I only found one of the stories to be a slow starter but it picked up after the back story was established. This collection of stories has a bit of everything. From time travel to towns full of supernaturals and so much more. It gave me a chance to read from some new authors and a few of my favorites. I love these types of collaborations because it gives you a chance to find new authors to follow. I highly recommend this collection of stories. I found them to be entertaining and well worth reading it has something for everyone.” by Amazon Customer