Saturday’s Mystery eBooks
Lamps of Doom
by Stephanie Parker McKean
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Texas landscape artist Nicky Randall arrives in Scotland to get the historic stone mansion she inherited from her grandparents ready to sell. Miserable childhood memories of vacation time in Scotland already plague Nic, and when she meets the couple who were supposed to introduce her to her home already leaving, the Scotland trip is off to a wobbly start.
Although Nicky inherited the house and garden, her cousin, Sheena McAlpine, inherited the antique furnishings, including her grandmother’s extensive collection of valuable, historical lamps. When Nicky first sees the lamp collection, the odd phrase, “Lamps of Doom,” pops into her mind. It proves an apt phrase when the lamps start vanishing. Nicky fears that Sheena will blame her. Who else could steal lamps from a locked house?
A Game of Fear
by Charles Todd
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In this newest installment of the acclaimed New York Times bestselling series, Scotland Yard’s Ian Rutledge is faced with his most perplexing case yet: a murder with no body, and a killer who can only be a ghost.
Spring, 1921. Scotland Yard sends Inspector Ian Rutledge to the sea-battered village of Walmer on the coast of Essex, where amongst the salt flats and a military airfield lies Benton Abbey, a grand manor with a storied past. The lady of the house may prove his most bewildering witness yet. She claims she saw a violent murder—but there is no body, no blood. She also insists she recognized the killer: Captain Nelson. Only it could not have been Nelson because he died during the war.
Night Moves
by Nora Roberts
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When her husband died, Maggie Fitzgerald abandoned her career and place among the wealthy elite for a small town existence where she could grieve in peace and quiet. Her broken heart finds solace in the company of her landscaper, Cliff Delaney.
But Cliff has a temperamental side, and when human bones are found on Maggie’s property, he becomes the police’s number one suspect. Obsessed with learning if the man she’s grown to love is capable of murder, Maggie puts her own life in a killer’s crosshairs…
Scarlet
by Kari Trumbo
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Scarlet’s first mission as a Northern Guardian might be her last.
She’s trained for years, determined to live safe and free after her own brush with trafficking. But her first assignment is far from simple—it requires carrying the gun she hates and protecting people who don’t trust her.
Wes has spent his adult life building a security business to provide for his son. When a disgruntled employee turns dangerous, Wes and his son are at risk. Spirit, his twin, begs him to give in to their demands, but surrendering would cost him everything he built for Griffen.
Tales From the Crossroad Collection
by Multiple Authors
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Crossroad Volume 1 brings together ten short stories and five novel excerpts from a talented group of Crossroad Press authors. Consisting of obscure reprints and one original short story, plus chosen excerpts from the authors’ novels, this is a great introduction to their work, as well as a valuable resource for locating their books. Each author’s complete Crossroad Press catalog is linked in the book for your convenience.
Singularity Point
by Mark Hacker
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When a sentient AI becomes a ghost in the machine, only the man who can think like the monsters can stop it.
THE THREAT: An AI experiment gone wrong created Charlie Moore—part human genius, part self-improving artificial intelligence, all monster. Before he was stopped, Austin burned and global markets collapsed. Humanity’s worst nightmare: an AI enhanced genius with unlimited intelligence and zero empathy.
THE HUNTER: Zach Axton stopped Charlie Moore by becoming what he hunted. The mission cost him everything: his team, his sanity, his future. Now he lives in isolation, miles from civilization, trying to silence the artificial whispers in his own mind.
Charlie Moore is dead. Axton made sure of it.
THE FOREVER COTTAGE
by Nan Adel
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First in a continuing series. Have you ever thought it would be fun to travel back in time, temporarily or even permanently? How would it feel to meet and get to know your long-gone ancestors? What if you found out that people you thought you knew were not who you thought they were at all?.
That happened to co-workers Brian and Lisa after a party. During the night of September 9, 1999, in separate rooms in Brian’s condo, they both had a dream about falling. In the morning, they woke up in the year 1865. They were now in a tavern that was torn down in the 1920s to build The Westlake, the condo Brian lives in. Was it destiny, a miracle, an accident, or a curse?
The Name of the Game
by Nora Roberts
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Television producer Johanna Patterson forged her career through talent and tenacity, avoiding the egos and libidos of her male counterparts who dominate the industry. So when movie star Sam Weaver sets his sights on her, she knows better than to trust his words and actions.
But as Sam reveals more of his true self, Johanna finds herself falling for a man completely different from his celebrity persona.
The Crossroads
by C.J. Box
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Marybeth Pickett gets the call she has always dreaded: her husband Joe is in critical condition with a gunshot wound to the head.
Joe was found in his pickup at Antler Creek Junction, a crossroads connecting three ranches. Each road leading to a dangerous family. Each family with a different bone to pick with the local game warden. Marybeth and the new sheriff assume that Joe was ambushed by one of the families, but they have no idea which one since Joe didn’t say where he was going or why…
Friday’s Mystery eBooks
The Associate
by Phillip Margolin
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A poster boy for the American Dream, former blue-collar kid turned high-powered lawyer Daniel Ames is on easy street as an associate at Reed, Briggs, Portland’s most prestigious law firm—until one man . . . and one case . . . change everything.
When a charismatic lawyer sues the firm’s biggest client, a pharmaceutical company, for manufacturing a drug that causes unspeakable birth defects, Daniel believes the case has no merit. But when information implicating company malfeasance surfaces, the intrepid lawyer doggedly scrambles to find the truth—an investigation that leads him into a vortex of greed, corruption, deceit, and murder…
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Leave Murder to the Professionals
by A.G. Russo
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The homefront, spring 1944, Brooklyn, New York is the neo-noir setting for the final installment of Maeve O’Shaughnessy and Vic Marino’s journey since becoming partners in the O’Shaughnessy Investigations detective agency.
After being drawn into World War II with the attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, the United States wholeheartedly united to fight Hitler and Fascism overseas. No one could have foreseen the tragedies and sacrifices everyone would endure. From that date on, Americans dedicated themselves to victory with a shared purpose at home and abroad. Many paid the ultimate price for freedom. Those at home did everything they could to provide support and ensure victory while living lives they never expected.
Titus Ray Thrillers Books 1, 2, & 3
by Luana Ehrlich
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Get acquainted with CIA covert operative Titus Ray in this three-volume set from the highly acclaimed Titus Ray Thriller Series by award-winning author, Luana Ehrlich.
From One Night in Tehran, through Two Days in Caracas, to Three Weeks in Washington, these thrillers are full of non-stop action, page-turning suspense, and touches of humor, romance, and faith. Together these novels have over 950 five-star reviews.
Book I, One Night in Tehran: When he starts searching for answers, an assassin begins his own search—for him.
Book II, Two Days in Caracas: On the hunt for an assassin, Titus Ray faces a threat he never imagined. Can he overcome the obstacles and capture Ahmed Al-Amin before it’s too late?
Book III, Three Weeks In Washington: Titus exposes a plot to attack the nation’s capital with chemical weapons.
Don’t Believe It
by Charlie Donlea
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From the acclaimed author of Twenty Years Later comes a twisting, impossible-to-put-down novel of suspense in which a filmmaker helps clear a woman convicted of murder—only to find she may be a puppet in a sinister game. Fans of Freida McFadden and Alice Feeney will be left breathless by this unforgettable thriller that builds to a shocking conclusion…
The Girl of Sugar Beach is the most watched documentary in television history—a riveting, true-life mystery that unfolds over twelve weeks and centers on a fascinating question: Did Grace Sebold murder her boyfriend, Julian, while on a Spring Break vacation, or is she a victim of circumstance and poor police work?
Enough Rope
by Barbara Nadel
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Private investigator and ex-soldier Lee Arnold and police superintendent Paul Venus are by no means friends, but when Venus’ son Harry is kidnapped and ransom demands arrive from an address in Arnold’s patch in east London, the superintendent doesn’t know who else to turn to.
Arnold and his Muslim assistant Mumtaz Hakim soon find themselves chasing leads into several of the East End’s uneasily coexisting communities. Mumtaz uncovers a link to one of the area’s powerful Bangladeshi families, whose property empire has always seemed suspicious, while Arnold suspects the involvement of more old-fashioned East End gangsters, and wonders if some of the nastier rumours about Venus himself might be true.
Sharpened Blade
by Joseph J. Swope
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Based on one woman’s incredible real life.
Born an indentured servant and bound by slavery for the first twenty-one years of her life, Dinah Clark ultimately earned her freedom, married, had children, bought a house, and mastered the arduous work of a sawyer. Her profession—unusual for a woman at the time—sustained her following the early death of her husband. Her outgoing nature and skill as a woodcutter made her one of the most famous African American women in Reading, Pennsylvania, in the 19th century.
The Day After Always
by Charles Earl Harrel
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Heaven is not exactly what Jesse Walt expected. After his arrival, he wonders about the purpose for redemption and what individuals are supposed to do for all of eternity. He meets other forever residents with similar concerns.
Following a rally at Patriarch Plaza, Jesse and four advocates embrace a clarion call to leave the familiar behind, much like Abraham did, and sojourn to a new land. The Eskaonites, who dwell in this mysterious place, face an unknown wickedness but lack the spiritual discernment to perceive its danger. Without divine intervention, their societies will likely perish. Some inhabitants accept the newcomers and join their undertaking; others thwart their efforts. Only time will tell if the group succeeds in their mission.
Lawless
by Nora Roberts
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A historical romance set in America’s Old West, Lawless is “a novel by Jackie MacNamara,” the book written by the character in #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts’ Loving Jack.
In the late 1800s, the Arizona Territory was an unsettled, wild frontier traversed by the likes of Jake Redman. Prejudiced against for his partial Apache parentage, the gunslinger had little patience for the civility practiced by Sarah Conway. Yet she brought more than polite manners from her east coast city society, possessing a strength of character needed to make the western town of Lone Bluff her home—and an enticing, fiery passion as dangerous to Jake as anything he ever faced with a six-gun.
Through the Window
by Diane Fanning
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Diane Fanning’s Through The Window is more than an investigation into a crime spree that stunned a nation. It’s an utterly terrifying plunge into the unfathomable dark mind of a serial killer, and the heart-wrenching story of the brave child who finally brought him to justice.
Ten-year-old Krystal Surles watched in horror as her best friend was murdered at the hands of an intruder.
Then with cold-blooded precision he brought a twelve-inch boning knife to Krystal’s throat. With a single, violent slash, he severed her windpipe and left her for dead. Miraculously, she survived and would lead authorities to the arrest of 35-year-old Tommy Lynn Sells, a former truck driver, carnival worker, and cross-country drifter…
Scorched Earth
by John Gilstrap
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Vengeance, murder, and violent political games are on a collision course in a propulsive Jonathan Grave thriller by New York Times bestselling author John Gilstrap.
Disgraced U.S. President Darmond has been ousted from office, but his minions have taken aim at everyone they perceive to be enemies. Off-the-record contractors on a secret list are being eliminated, one by one.