We don’t cover a lot of spy stories on Mom Reads and this is definitely the first set in The Roaring Twenties. It’s an unusual enough setting that Jason Overstreet really brings to life in the first book of The Renaissance Series – The Strivers’ Row Spy. It’s worth noting that this isn’t a mystery novel, so if that’s a deal breaker – look elsewhere. Sidney Temple finds his wonder years interrupted as he’s tapped up to join the FBI as one of the service’s first African-American agents. He …
Mystery & Thriller
Aunt Dimity’s Death (Aunt Dimity Mystery)
This is the first book of a 22 book series with a 23rd in the pipeline, so don’t expect to have an easy time of things if you fall in love with Aunt Dimity’s way of dealing with mysteries. Many nights of rollicking tales await the lucky reader. We start with Lori Shepherd who thought that Aunt Dimity was nothing but a myth. Then she learns in a reading of the lady’s will that she was very real, indeed. However, if Lori wants the cash that she’s been left – she needs to solve the last mystery …
Our House
Our House made so many “best books of the year” lists last year that it’s hard to believe that there are still people out there who haven’t head of Louise Candlish. It begins with a peculiar moment; “There's nothing unusual about a new family moving in at 91 Trinity Avenue. Except it's her house. And she didn't sell it.” Fiona Lawson comes home to find that her home is gone and that her arrangement with her ex-husband has put her and her children in terrible peril. She will come to discover …
What Came Before He Shot Her
Elizabeth George is a big star of the writing world and even bigger in England than here in America. Yet, she’s got a long list of New York Times Bestsellers to show off and this is one of them. It’s the 15th novel in the Inspector Lynley series and it follows a fairly dramatic moment in the Inspector’s life – the death of his wife in a brutal murder. Yet, we begin on the other side of London where a gang of feral children, the Campbells, are coming to terms with all the worst that life can …
Dig Two Graves
Are you looking for a good mystery yarn for an unbeatable price? Then Keith Nixon has you covered, at least for a little while, with today’s freebie. Detective Sergeant Solomon Grey is tasked with finding out whether a young man has been murdered or opted to take his own life. He wants to know; the boy is the same age as his son who has gone missing. Every single case that involves children has been personal since his son disappeared a decade ago. Yet, this one is more so. The dead boy had …
The Lost Key
Wow! We’ve often covered deals where you get two books for the price of one but this is the first time where you get two top authors for the price of one. Catherine Coulter and J T Ellison are both big names in their own right and this collaborative work sees them both at the top of their game. It’s also the second in the Special Agent Nicholas Drummond series. Drummond is now in the FBI and he has only one mission – to track down a ton of World War I gold and a secret weapon of the era that …
What Have You Done
Matthew Farrell is a rising star on the thriller scene. What Have You Done is already a Washington Post bestseller and an Amazon Charts smash hit. It seems likely that there’s going to be a point in the future where Matthew is one of the biggest names in the industry. More than 2,000 positive reviews on Amazon indicate that for many people – he already is. We begin in a motel room where the body of a woman has been discovered. It’s been mutilated and near destroyed. Liam Dyer, the local …
Jack Ryder Mysteries (Books 1 – 3)
I think it’s easy to forget that we live in a time of plenty. All the doom and gloom in the press makes people think they’re worse off but I reckon you can get pretty much everything you need for fun, for free, in life now and that’s amazing. Just like today’s freebie – Willow Rose’s Jack Ryder Mystery Series – the first 3 books. Yes, Willow Rose is giving up 3 whole books to keep you entertained. If you like taut, tense mystery/thrillers you’re going to love this. Jack Ryder is a father and …
Jammed (A Charlie Cooper Mystery)
Wherever Charlie goes, disaster follows. That’s the way life works for undercover policewomen on drug cases, apparently. Jammed is Deany Ray’s first book in the Charlie Cooper mystery series and it’s been a big hit with readers on Amazon where she’s collecting a lot of 5 star reviews. However, the undercover glamour is not supposed to lead to much for Charlie. It’s boring and routine and supposed to be a little harmless snooping on the periphery of things; yet, in reality, it’s going bad fast …