Mostly Murders

In recognition of the fact that I have way too many ebooks just sitting around, doing whatever the digital equivalent to gathering dust on the shelf is, I’ve decided to introduce Sunday Shelf Exploration, which is what I plan to call it when I take a look at my ebook collection through a scavenger hunt, and hopefully get inspired to actually read something from my digital library! A lot of these are from my unread folder, so please let me know what you thought if you’ve read any of these. 

This week’s prompts: 

1. A book with an animal that isn’t a cat or a dog on the cover: Unnatural Causes by T. E. Harkins

From Goodreads: Madeline Delarouse always thought growing old would take a lot longer. But when her adult kids move her into an upscale retirement community on the west coast of Florida, she fears her best days are behind her. That is, until her new neighbor is found dead – a golf club lodged in her head.

2. A book with footprints on the cover: The Unlikely Murder Club by Gina X. Grant

From Goodreads: Ex-con Agatha Shadewell spent decades outwitting the law until…she sacrificed her freedom to save a life. Now, at sixty-five, she’s traded prison walls for a court-ordered stay in Unlikely, New York, under the watchful eye of the FBI agent who brought her down.

3. A book with a train on the cover: Chantecoq and the Mystery of the Blue Train by Arthur Bernède, translated by Andrew K. Lawston

From Goodreads: Murder! When the Count de Roscanvel’s body is found on the railway tracks, shot through the heart then hit by the Blue Train from Paris to Marseille, police charge France’s top young novelist with his killing, and the Count’s beautiful wife is suspected of complicity.

4. A book with a watch on the cover: Magical Midlife Survival Guide by Larissa Emerald

From Goodreads: Lainie Cassidy is done trying to be good enough in someone else’s eyes. With the unbreakable spirit of a warrior, strong and brave and deserving of happiness, Lainie is more than ready to call on the magic she hadn’t known she’d inherited.

5. A book with leaves on the cover: On a Dark Evening by Sarah Woodthorpe

From Goodreads: London, 1935. On a stormy October night, artist Felicia Adams disturbs an unusual burglar, intent on stealing from her kitchen pantry. He seems vaguely familiar to her, but before the police can investigate the quiet suburb of Green Hill is shaken by another, more vicious crime. Felicia’s neighbour and eminent Harley Street physician Dr Langley lies murdered, poisoned whilst hosting a dinner party for his closest friends and family.

6. A book with flowers on the cover: Elegy of Ash and Spring Vol. 1 by Qiu Yao Nan Zhi

From Goodreads: Murdered by the man he loved, Lin Rui wakes in the body of a poisoned cultivator. In Los Angeles, he was a private investigator with one last case and six months to live. In the Aethelian Realm, he’s eighteen again, trapped in a cultivation clan that wrote the original Lin Rui off as useless. Except the boy was murdered too.