What’s your ideal vacation? Rock-climbing in Colorado? Skiing in the Alps? Scuba-diving in the Bahamas? Going on safari in Kenya?
Read your way into a weekend getaway this Memorial Day. No matter what you’re doing, these ebook collections make the perfect getaway for the thrill-seeker—whether you’re en route to your next adventure or gearing up for an expedition from the safety of your couch.
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The Holland Taylor Mysteries by David Housewright are an Edgar Award–winning trilogy about a Minneapolis P.I.
In Penance, Holland Taylor’s career with the Minneapolis police department ends after his wife and daughter are killed in a drunk-driving accident. But when the culprit is shot dead shortly after finishing his prison term, Taylor, now a private investigator, is called in as the obvious suspect. He didn’t kill Brown, but he will find out who did—even if it means tearing Minneapolis apart from the inside out. In Practice to Deceive, a real estate scam tips Taylor off to a widespread, deadly conspiracy with deep roots in city politics—and a vicious killer hired to protect the secret. In Dearly Departed, Taylor discovers a recording made by a woman named Alison Emerton explaining that if she is missing, it is because Raymond Fleck, a convicted rapist who lost his job after Alison accused him of sexual harassment, has killed her. But as Taylor digs into Alison’s past, he learns that Fleck was not the only person who wanted her dead.
The Jack LeVine Mysteries by Andrew Bergman are three devilishly witty and thrilling noir novels set in the 1940s
Stocky, sweaty, and bald, Jack LeVine is a Jewish private detective who makes his living by being polite. But underneath his smile lies a bulldog. In The Big Kiss-Off of 1944, fledgling actress Kerry Lane comes to LeVine when a blackmailer demands a payoff to keep a series of stag films from her past out of the public eye—but LeVine finds that the heart of this case is even uglier than greed, lust, or murder. It’s politics. In Hollywood and LeVine, Jack heads to the West Coast to investigate a tangled Hollywood murder and a shadowy Cold War conspiracy. In Tender Is LeVine, Jack investigates the kidnapping of the famous conductor of the NBC Symphony Orchestra. The deeper LeVine digs, the more obvious it becomes that organized crime is playing the tune.
The Tony Cassella Mysteries by Larry Beinhart feature a dogged New York P.I. with a dappled past
In No One Rides for Free, Tony Cassella is a private investigator whose past includes a year or so at Yale Law, a stint as a corrections officer, and a cocaine addiction. Though he’s recently gotten his life back on track, Cassella is drawn to trouble, and he can imagine no greater thrill than his latest case: tangling with the SEC in an investigation that leads deep into the federal government. In You Get What You Pay For and Foreign Exchange, Cassella’s unique talents land him in the crosshairs of the mob, the IRS, and a dangerous world of international intrigue.
The Pig Trilogy by Joseph Caldwell is a rollicking three-part contemporary tale of mystery and romance for an American in Ireland
Aaron McCloud has come to Ireland from New York City to walk the beach and pity himself for the cold indifference of the young lady in his writing class whom he chose to be his love. The pig will have none of that. What the pig eventually does is uproot in Aunt Kitty’s vegetable garden evidence of a possible transgression that each of the novel’s three Irish characters is convinced one of the others probably benefited from. The resolution of this hilarious mystery in The Pig Did It—the first entry in Mr. Caldwell’s Pig Trilogy—inspires both comic eloquence and a theatrically colorful canvas depicting the brooding Irish land and seascape. And in The Pig Comes to Dinner and The Pig Goes to Hog Heaven, all of the charming characters of the first book return for more tragicomedy and hijinks, told in Caldwell’s uniquely theatrical style.
The Aden Vanner Novels by Jeff Gulvin follow a detective in his investigations through London’s gritty underbelly
Sleep No More is an unflinching look at a detective’s fruitless search for answers. Despite all his years of experience, Detective Aden Vanner has never had a case that haunts him as much as the Watchman case. A creature of the alleyways and streets of London, unafraid to bend the law in order to get results, Vanner eventually snaps, violently beating a prisoner, and is suspended from the force. Now, in order to clear his name, Vanner must capture the elusive Watchman. In Sorted, Vanner investigates a group of violent thugs with connections to some very powerful people. In Close Quarters, a seemingly innocent young woman is murdered in a professional hit. Now the only question is, Why?