Mysteries

By Bill Myers (Howard Books)

A cranky, atheistic philosophy professor loves to shred the faith of incoming freshmen. He is chosen by a group of scientists to create a philosophy for a computer-generated world exactly like ours. Much to his frustration every model he introduces—from Darwinism, to Existentialism, to Relativism, to Buddhism—fails. The only way to preserve the computer world is to introduce laws from outside their system through a Law Giver. Of course this goes against everything he’s ever believed, and he hates it.

By Lisa J. Lickel (Barbour Publishing, Inc)

JUST HOW HIGH A PRICE DOES EARTHLY TREASURE COMMAND? School teacher Judy Winters sets out to solve the mystery surrounding her only living relative’s murder back on the farm where Aunt Louise grew up. She encounters Hart Wingate, a young man renting the adjoining farm who had helped Aunt Louise with farm chores. When Judy learns that her boyfriend, Graham, has been secretly visiting Louise, Judy takes the opportunity to move away from him for the summer and think over the situation.  Judy loves her teaching job, but is intrigued by her heritage in the farmstead and particularly the old house. She stays on the farm and renovates the house, but whether to sell or stay, she has yet to decide.

By Martin Edwards (HarperCollins)

Winner of the 2016 EDGAR, AGATHA, MACAVITY and H. R. F. KEATING crime writing awards, this real-life detective story investigates how Agatha Christie and colleagues in a mysterious literary club transformed crime fiction. Detective stories of the Twenties and Thirties have long been stereotyped as cosily conventional.

By Christy Barritt (WhiteFire Publishing)

Tara Lancaster can sing Amazing Grace in three harmonies, two languages, and interpret it for the hearing impaired. She can list the Bible canon backward, forward, and alphabetized. And the only time she ever missed church was at seventeen because she had pneumonia and her mom made her stay home. But when her life shatters around her and her reputation is left in ruins, Tara decides escape is the only option. She flees halfway across the country to dog-sit, but the quiet anonymity she needs isn t waiting in her sister s house.

By Sharon Mignerey (Love Inspired Suspense)

Detective Wade Prescott knows he has his prime suspect: Megan Burke. He found her in the yard beside the body of her neighbor’s grandson. With a victim and a motive, it should be simple to connect the dots. Yet Megan’s sweet demeanor has Wade believing in her innocence. And if she is innocent, a murderer is still at large.

By Sarah E. Ladd (Thomas Nelson)

Rich with family secrets, lingering danger, and the captivating allure of new love, this Regency romance introduces us to the Twethewey family and their search for peace, justice, and love on the Cornish coast. Cornwall, England, 1811—Blamed for her husband’s death, Cordelia Greythorne fled Cornwall and accepted a governess position to begin a new life. Years later her employer’s unexpected death and his last request for her to watch over his five children force her to reevaluate. She can’t abandon the children now that they’ve lost both parents, but their new guardian lives at the timeworn Penwythe Hall.

By Candace Calvert (Tyndale House Publishers)

This collection bundles all three novels from author Candace Calvert’s exciting Grace Medical series into one e-book for a great value!Trauma PlanSidelined by injuries from a vicious assault, chaplain Riley Hale is determined to return to her former duties as an ER nurse. But how can she show she’s competent when the hospital won’t let her attempt even simple tasks? Determined to prove herself, Riley volunteers at a controversial urban free clinic despite her fears about the maverick doctor in charge. Dr. Jack Travis defends his clinic like he’s commander of the Alamo. He’ll fight the community’s efforts to shut its doors, even if he must use Riley Hale’s influential family name to make it happen.

By Kathy Herman (Multnomah)

Envy is a deadly poison. Faith is the antidote. Things couldn’t be better for Rue Kessler. He just married the mother of his eight-year-old son, Montana, and finally has the family he’s always dreamed of. Not only that, his father-in-law hired him to be the new construction supervisor on a big condo project.

By Robbie Cheuvront, William Erik Reed (Barbour Books)

Plunge into the world of seen and unseen forces in The Guardian. Anna Riley has just come into possession of a two-thousand-year old scroll that God gave to John the Disciple. Her mission?to guard the scroll and unlock its secret. Jason Lang, her protector, has his work cut out for him as they begin their journey around the world, facing corruption and dodging bullets?all the while trying to keep his attraction to Anna at bay. Will he succeed in defending the woman he?s vowed to protect? Will Anna, forced to trust other people to stay alive, fulfill the challenge that she?s accepted?

By Dee Henderson (Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.)

A federal judge has been murdered. There is only one witness, and an assassin wants her dead. U. S. Marshall Marcus O’Malley thought he knew the risks of the assignment.