Saturday’s Mystery eBooks
Murder in a Scottish Garden
by Traci Hall
Rating: 4.5 #ad
In the charming Scottish shire of Nairn,sweater shop owner Paislee Shaw must root out a garden variety killer. . .
Paislee’s custom sweater and yarn business, Cashmere Crush, is the sole support for not only the single mum and her ten-year-old son Brody, but also her eccentric Gramps and Wallace, their black Scottish terrier.So when her landlord, Shawn Marcus, serves her an eviction notice and then pulls a disappearing act, she’ll go to any lengths to find the man and reason with him.
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(A Scottish Shire Mysteries)
The Hangman’s Song
by James Oswald
Rating: 4.5 #ad
An Edinburgh detective suspects a rash of apparent suicides is something more sinister in this Scottish mystery thriller by the author of Book of Souls.
The body of a man is found hanging in an empty house. To the Edinburgh police force, this is a simple suicide case. But something about the scene strikes Detective Inspector Tony McLean as being off. Days later another body is found hanging from an identical rope, with a noose tied in the identical way. McLean is convinced that these people are either being murdered or somehow coerced into taking their own lives. Then a third body is found.
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(Inspector McLean Mysteries)
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd & The Hollow Bundle
by Agatha Christie
Rating: 5.0 #ad
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd: Roger Ackroyd knew too much. He knew that the woman he loved had poisoned her brutal first husband. He suspected also that someone had been blackmailing her. Then, tragically, came the news that she had taken her own life with an apparent drug overdose.
The Hollow: A far-from-warm welcome greets Hercule Poirot as he arrives for lunch at Lucy Angkatell’s country house. A man lies dying by the swimming pool, his blood dripping into the water. His wife stands over him, holding a revolver.
Garden of Forbidden Secrets
by Eric Wilder
Rating: 4.5 #ad
So you want to play with magic?
There’s trouble in the French Quarter when a professional basketball player hires Wyatt and voodoo mambo Mama Mulate to help him exorcise a supernatural demon. Wyatt is thrilled to have a paying client, Mama, over the moon in lust for the handsome athlete. Things look rosy for the pair of paranormal investigators until the assignment dictates Wyatt travel back in time to antebellum New Orleans. Thrust headfirst into the middle of a dangerous situation, Wyatt must deal with a red-haired Irish witch named Aisling and avoid becoming a haunted torture room victim in the courtyard of the forbidden Lalaurie mansion.
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(French Quarte Mysteries)
Spirit of Gettysburg
by S. Elizabeth Calvert
Rating: 4.1 #ad
Epic…Spellbinding…Thrilling Love Story Extraordinaire! Can ghosts die twice? Apparently so! “Reached #1 in Young Adult Historical Fiction on Amazon Kindle!” Perfect for fans of Paranormal Romance, YA, Sic-fi fantasy, Historical Fiction, Alternate History and Literature
Washington, D.C. psychic to the powerful elites headstrong, vulnerable Maureen McAlister flees a contemporary, shattered life into the ghostly, loving arms of Confederate soldier Major Clayton Fontaine Douglas, her former husband and one-true-soulmate. He is the only man she loves and trusts. Clayton, an unrepentant Rebel and proud, brave officer in General Robert E Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia, is now a ghost stuck in time in her inherited Gettysburg, Pennsylvania estate. He is furious at God for the loss of his Country and her. He is dying again because of her. Once more she must try to save him, change his fate and rewrite karma…
The Creed Boxed Set
by Carolina Mac
Rating: 5.0 #ad
The Creed is a select group of former military heroes proud of their service and their skills. Recruited and conditioned into a tight unit by Annie Powell, The Creed fights crime undercover for the top levels of government. Follow Annie and her men as they complete almost impossible missions all across the county.
This Boxed Set includes Book # 1 – Pride. Book # 2 – Greed. Book # 3 – Lust. Book # 4 Envy.
Storm’s Wrath
by Mary Stone
Rating: 4.6 #ad
Hell hath no wrath like a woman scorned…or determined to stop a killer.
Several weeks after being set up for a crime she didn’t commit and almost being killed by a fellow FBI agent in the process, Amelia Storm is ready for a new assignment. But nothing could have prepared her for what lies ahead—a spate of brutal killings so unusual the Organized Crime agent and her partner have no choice but to team up with members of Violent Crimes.
When three dismembered bodies are discovered, all evidence points to a madman…especially when a nineteen-year-old goes missing. There’s something more to the case, though. A father. A child. Scattered body parts.
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(Amelia Storm FBI Mysteries)
Friday’s Mystery eBooks
Christmas Dessert Murder
by Joanne Fluke
Rating: 4.2 #ad
CHRISTMAS CARAMEL MURDER Hannah and her good pal Lisa have agreed to provide all the goodies for the town’s annual production of A Christmas Carol. But before anyone can say “Bah, humbug!”
CHRISTMAS CAKE MURDER Hannah’s life matches the hectic December hustle and bustle of Lake Eden when she agrees to help recreate a spectacular Christmas Ball in honor of Essie Granger, an elderly local in hospice care…
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(A Hannah Swensen Mysteries)
Three Days Clueless
by Luana Ehrlich
Rating: 4.6 #ad
Mylas Grey is determined to find the person who shot a politician in broad daylight. There’s just one problem. The killer left no clues behind. Zip. Zilch. Nada.
Mylas gets involved in an intriguing case of MURDER . . . When Mylas arrives in his hometown to spend time with Whitney, he agrees to help his father, a local private detective, examine the files of a politician who was murdered in cold blood.
Mylas gets involved in an intriguing case of murder with NO CLUES . . . The wife of the slain politician believes her husband’s murder is connected to his duties as a state legislator, but the police find no clues to his murder and no evidence to support her claim.
Mylas gets involved in an intriguing case of murder with no clues BUT ONE . . .
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(Mylas Grey Mysteries)
Six Rooms
by Gemma Amor
Rating: 4.0 #ad
Welcome, all, to the Sunshire Chateau: Lestershire’s premier tourist attraction. It sits high on a hill overlooking town, shrouded by tall trees and rumors of murder, scandal and intrigue. Tickets are hard to come by, so hold yours close, else the Tour Guide may not let you in. And that would be a pity, for there are so many things to see within these walls–history, glamor, and riches beyond your wildest imagination. Just remember the following rules: don’t wander off alone, don’t be rude to the Guide, and don’t, whatever you do, touch the valuables.
Because the ghosts don’t like it when you touch their things…
Dream Shatter
by Ann Hunter
Rating: 4.0 #ad
The Circle is robbing the dreams of its citizens.
In Logan Kent’s world, disease, hunger, and war have all been resolved by the dreams of its citizens thanks to nanobots developed and implanted into everyone as newborns. At least, that’s how it seems…
Now The Circle wants Logan to join their fold and continue the utopia they’ve created. He has no reason to distrust his parents – high ranking members in The Circle – until he meets Reina, a girl from the exiled faction “Anyone,” who refuse to give up their free will…
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(Dream Runners Mysteries)
Quilting Calamity
by Kathryn Mykel
Rating: 4.0 #ad
A Quilting calamity and a string of clues. Can Alex untangle the knots before she’s keeled?
After the death of her beloved grandmother, Alex Baily’s life is left in tatters. As she struggles to stitch things back together, she takes solace in one final gift—a cruise— booked before the quilting matriarch’s death. To weave the quilting community back together, Alex convinces her friends on Spruce Street to join her on the cruise.
With all hands on deck, a mysterious quilt and an unknown destination, she must trust that everything will go according to the plan. Until a death onboard the Tranquility puts a wrinkle in Alex’s idyllic quilting vacation.
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(Quilting Cozy Mysteries)
Far Gone
by Danielle Girard
Rating: 4.6 #ad
From the USA Today bestselling author of White Out comes a story of two heroines with shattered pasts and a town with blood on its hands.
When a North Dakota couple is shot down in their home in cold blood, the sleepy town of Hagen wakes with a jolt. After all, it’s usually such a peaceful place. But Detective Kylie Milliard knows better.
Despite not handling a homicide investigation in years, Kylie is on the case. A drop of blood found at the scene at first blush promises to be her best evidence.
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(Badlands Thriller Mysteries)
The Three Kitties That Saved My Life
by Michael Meyer
Rating: 4.3 #ad
A true romance memoir. “This is like drinking tea and honey on a cold day.” When tragedy struck, I thought for sure that my own life was at an end. I was wrong. This is the true story of how two stray rescue cats and a woman named Kitty, whom I finally met after a wild ride of internet dating, brought love, romance, and laughter back into my life.
If you love reading feel-good memoirs, then don’t miss THE THREE KITTIES THAT SAVED MY LIFE, where “Mike Meyer pens a tender tale of love, loss, and renewal. The depth of emotion is palpable…The Three Kitties will tug at readers’ heartstrings, as they ride through the emotional highs and lows of Mike Meyer’s remarkable story.” – InD’tale Magazine
Dead Man’s Ransom
by Ellis Peters
Rating: 4.3 #ad
In February of 1141, men march home from war to Shrewsbury, but the captured sheriff Gilbert Prestcote is not among them. Elis, a young Welsh prisoner, is delivered to the Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul to begin a tale that will test Brother Cadfael’s sense of justice—and his heart.
By good fortune, it seems, the prisoner can be exchanged as Sheriff Prestcote’s ransom. What no one expects is that good-natured Elis will be struck down by cupid’s arrow.
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(The Chronicles of Brother Cadfael Mysteries)
Beware False Tigers
by Frank Forencich
Rating: 5.0 #ad
The world is full of tigers, but only some of them are real. Learn their ways and you’ll become stronger, wiser, and more resilient.
The standard narrative tells us that stress is an individual problem with individual solutions. It’s a lifestyle issue, a medical condition, and a challenge to our personal well-being. But the standard narrative gets it wrong. In fact, stress is a systemic, psychosocial problem and a global health issue. It’s a shared predicament that demands collective action. The good news is that stress can actually be the key to unlocking a more functional and fulfilling future for all of us.