April's Hot Reads! #Zombie #Horror #Mystery

No April Fooling here! Pick up some great new and new-to-you books. Fill that Kindle!

* Also, see the Women in Horror Month List and the March Reading List.

HORROR:

Author Steve Sullivan (award-winning author of the Manos: Hands of Fate original book based on the movie!) has a cool monster serial going, Dr. Cushing's Chamber of Horrors! And he's planning  a possible Dracula vs. Frankenstein book sequel! 

Check out his patreon page for details! 

Tales of Horror on Halloween Night, compiled by Samie Sands - Who doesn't like spooky stories? Short Halloween tales by over 20 authors.

MYSTERY:

 Baker Street Irregulars: Thirteen Authors with New Takes on Sherlock Holmes,  Jonathan Maberry - The iconic detective is re-imagined in new ways and places, from appearing as a parrot? and a vampire? Or going to Russia in the near-future, to a reality show, and more. Stories:

 "Locked!" by Mike Strauss
"Identity (An Adventure of Shirley Holmes and Jack Watson)" by Keith R. A. DeCandido
"The Scent of Truth" by Jody Lynn Nye
"The Adventure of the Reluctant Detective" by Ryk Spoor
"A Scandal in the Bloodline" by Hildy Silverman
"The Fabulous Marble" by David Gerrold
"The Scarlet Study" by Jim Avelli
"Delta Phi" by Heidi McLaughlin
"Beethoven’s Baton" by Austin Farmer
"The Adventure of the Melted Saint" by Gail Z. Martin
"Automatic Sherlock" by Martin Rose
"The Hammer of God" by Jonathan Maberry
"Code Cracker" by Beth W. Patterson 

  Cat Got Your Cash: Kitty Couture Mystery #2, Julie Chase - NEW!   Pre-order, releases April 11.

    Lacy Marie Crocker’s whimsical pet couture has gained a following in New Orleans’s cozy Garden District, and word of mouth has traveled all the way to her favorite fashion designer, Annie Lane. Lacy’s thrilled when Annie schedules a private session at her home to discuss a companion line for her evening wear, but when Lacy arrives for the appointment, she enters the kitchen to two mewling Siamese cats--and one very dead Annie. 

 The Dead of Winter, (Piper Blackwell Mystery Book 1), Jean Rabe  

   In a deceptively peaceful county, a murderer hides in plain sight…

   Fifty-eight minutes into her first day on the job, twenty-three-year-old Sheriff Piper Blackwell is faced with a grisly murder—the victim artfully posed amid decorations on his lawn. Drawing on former military training, Piper must prove herself worthy of the sheriff’s badge, and that won’t be easy. Facing personal and professional threats, Piper has to weather a raging storm, keep the sheriff’s department from crumbling around her, and reel in a killer during the most brutal winter sleepy Spencer County, Indiana, has experienced. * Book 2, The Dead of Night, will be coming soon!

Sci-Fi - Adventure:

 Pulsating Liver and Other Stories (Pulsating Liver Trilogy Book 1), Bobby Hassall -    Alien landscapes, a grumpy rock and roll crew, and a hapless alcoholic hurtle through time and space, and get sucked up in a wormhole... and have to save the universe from complete annihilation. ( I just had to include this as it has to be one of the wildest titles I've seen, and the cover pic is great!)

ZOMBIE:

 Hell on Earth - Life of the Dead Book 1, Tony Urban - When civilization ends, when hundreds of the dead return to eat the living, how will the remaining humans survive? 

 New! Journey Across Zombie Texas (Living Dead Boy Book 3), Rhiannon Frater 
- Twelve-year-old Josh wants only two things in life: to guide his friends, both old and new, across the zombie-infested Texas countryside to the airlift in San Angelo, Texas using his knowledge of zombie lore, and to be reunited with his dad and baby brother at the FEMA camp.

Josh and the Zombie Hunters survived some of the worst situations the zombie apocalypse has to offer in The Living Dead Boy and Lost in Texas. Now they’ll have to make hard choices and risk their very lives to Journey Across Zombie Texas.

    (Start the series with The Living Dead Boy, free.)

 This year marks the 125th anniversary of the Borden murders...

 Lizzie Borden, Zombie Hunter, C.A. Verstraete  

Every family has its secrets…
One hot August morning in 1892, Lizzie Borden picked up an axe and murdered her father and stepmother. Newspapers claim she did it for the oldest of reasons: family conflicts, jealousy and greed. But what if her parents were already dead? What if Lizzie slaughtered them because they’d become zombies?
    Thrust into a horrific world where the walking dead are part of a shocking conspiracy to infect not only Fall River, Massachusetts, but also the world beyond, Lizzie battles to protect her sister, Emma, and her hometown from nightmarish ghouls and the evil forces controlling them.