Fans of White Collar will remember that the series ended its summer season last August with the kidnapping of Peter Burke's wife Elizabeth. New episodes of the series return on January 17th and with just two weeks to go, USA Networks has launched a new website, WhereIsElizabethBurke.com, where evidence gathered by crime scene technicians assigned to the case is being presented.
You can play a role in helping to find her by examining the evidence and proposing a theory as to her safety, her location, and the severity of her situation.
Here's today's clue from series creator Jeff Eastin: "Listen closely to the last conversation between Peter and Elizabeth [Evidence # 14]. Do you hear anything strange? I am positive there is an odd noise on Elizabeth's end."
Eastin will pick the top theories proposed by viewers and one lucky fan may be featured on the series!
Tuesday, January 03, 2012
USA Networks Enlists Viewers to Help in Finding White Collar's Elizabeth Burke
Telemystery: How Are Your Favorite Prime Time Crime Series Faring This Season?
Now that we've reached half-way point (or so) of the 2011/2012 television season, it's time to take a minute and look at what's working and what isn't. TV|Line has a list of all prime time television shows on the four networks, with their best guess as to whether they'll be renewed or not for next season. We've taken that list, extracted the really important series — i.e. Prime Time Crime shows — and condensed the 8 levels of their "reliable renewal index" to just four.
Sure or highly likely to be renewed:
Blue Bloods (CBS)
Bones (Fox)
Castle (ABC)
Criminal Minds (CBS)
CSI (CBS)
Grimm (NBC)
Hawaii Five-0 (CBS)
Law & Order: SVU (NBC)
The Mentalist (CBS)
NCIS (CBS)
NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS)
Once Upon a Time (ABC)
Revenge (ABC)
Unforgettable (CBS)
Could go either way:
Body of Proof (ABC)
CSI: Miami (CBS)
CSI: NY (CBS)
Harry’s Law (NBC)
Person of Interest (CBS)
Terra Nova (Fox)
Unlikely to be renewed or already canceled:
Charlie’s Angels (ABC)
Fringe (Fox)
Prime Suspect (NBC)
Three series have yet to premiere, so their fate remains to be determined:
Alcatraz (Fox; premieres January 16th)
The Finder (Fox; premieres January 12th)
The Firm (NBC; premieres January 8th)
Any surprises?
We'll be hearing more about renewals and cancelations in the months to come. May is typically the month when the networks make their fall schedules known.
(Related article: TV|Line.)
Netflix Announces Premiere Date for Lilyhammer
Netflix announced today that its original drama Lilyhammer will premiere on February 6th, 2012.
Steven Van Zandt (The Sopranos) stars as New York mobster Frank "The Fixer" Tagliano as he enters the federal witness protection program after ratting on his boss. A sports fan, Frank wants to make his new life in Lillehammer, the Norwegian town that hosted the 1994 Winter Olympics — or as he calls it "Lilyhammer." Frank has visions of a paradise of "clean air, fresh white snow and gorgeous broads" far away from the temptations of the Big Apple and from mob hit men. Reality, of course, turns out to be spectacularly different.
All eight episodes of the series (optimistically designated as its first season) will be available on the premiere date. Watch a trailer for the series below.
ION Acquires Renewed Fifth Season of Flashpoint
This past summer, the Canadian crime drama Flashpoint was renewed for a fifth season by CTV and now we're learning that ION Television has picked up the season as well to air in the US.
The series revolves around the fictional Strategic Response Unit (SRU), which is modeled after an elite tactital unit within the Toronto Police, and composed of highly specialized officers trained to use any means possible other than deadly force to resolve tense crime situations.
CBS aired the first few seasons of the series in the US before ION acquired the rights to the entire series. ION is currently airing episodes from the fourth season.
(Related article: Deadline.)
Sony Still Planning Film Sequels to The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
We still haven't seen the English-language film adaptation of the first in Stieg Larsson's "Millennium Trilogy", The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, life getting in the way, as it were. But we have been following news about the film, and are aware that it isn't doing nearly the box office business that had been expected (or had been hoped) given the broad and popular appeal of the source material and the star power of the actors in the lead roles.
Which, of course, leads one to question whether the studio is still planning on adapting the second and third books of the trilogy.
EW.com yesterday published an update from Sony on the prospects for the films. "[Dragon Tattoo] continues to do strong business and nothing has changed with respect to development of the next book," a Sony representative told EW. The screenplay adaptation is being written for The Girl Who Played with Fire and Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara are already locked into reprising their roles in the sequels (though no director has signed on yet).
We're hoping to see The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo this coming weekend. The trick for us will be to not compare it to the original Swedish-language adaptation, which we really enjoyed. As for the English-language sequels, we'll keep you posted on their progress.
(Related article: EW.com.)
Death Tidies Up by Barbara Colley is Today's Featured Free MystereBook
MystereBooks is pleased to feature Death Tidies Up by Barbara Colley as today's free mystery ebook. We don't know how long it will be offered at this special price (typically for a limited time only or until a certain number of downloads have been completed), so we urge you to download it while it is still available for free.
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Death Tidies Up by Barbara Colley
A Charlotte LaRue Mystery
Publisher: Kensington
This is the second title in this long-running series featuring New Orleans maid service owner Charlotte LaRue.
About Death Tidies Up (from the publisher): Between running Maid-for-a-Day and fretting about her upcoming birthday (the dreaded 6-0), Charlotte doesn't have much time for gossip. But New Orleans's latest dust-up is hard to ignore — especially since it involves Marian Hebert, one of Charlotte's new clients. It turns out that Marian's now-deceased husband once worked for his best friend Drew Bergeron's real-estate agency — and when the business deal soured, so did the friendship. The whole sordid affair came to an unfortunate end when Drew died in a plane crash — and Bill Hebert was killed in what some call an accident — and others call murder. Charlotte's happy to ignore the rumors — until she finds a barely-cold corpse in the closet of a soon-to-be renovated old mansion she's cleaning.
The police are sure the body is Drew Bergeron, which strikes Charlotte as funny, considering he's supposedly been dead for years. Now, all that gossip about the Heberts and Bergerons seems incredibly — and dangerously — timely. As old rivalries flare and past secrets suddenly come back in the present, Charlotte figures she'd better sort things out fast — before the situation gets too messy even for her.
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Monday, January 02, 2012
Telemystery: Justified and Man in a Suitcase, New This Week on DVD
Telemystery, your source for one of the most comprehensive listings of crime drama, amateur sleuth, private investigator, mystery and suspense television series, mini-series and made-for-television movies, now available on or coming soon to DVD or Blu-ray disc, is profiling two made-for-television movies and one series season being released this week.
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Timothy Olyphant stars as US Marshal Raylan Givens in Justified. The character is based on one created by crime novelist Elmore Leonard, who has a new book coming out this month simply titled Raylan.
Fresh off the epic gun battle that concluded Season One, Season Two finds Bo Crowder dead, and the Crowder criminal grip on Harlan County broken. Raylan Givens must now face off against the criminal organizations that are moving to fill the void, and finds himself entangled once again with the mercurial Boyd Crowder and the brutal Mags Bennett.
Justified: Season Two is available on DVD, Blu-ray disc, Amazon Instant, and iTunes, and consists of 13 episodes that originally aired on FX Networks during the Spring of 2011. The third season of the series begins January 17th, 2012.
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Richard Bradford stars as ex-spy "Mac" McGill in the Cold War drama Man in a Suitcase.
A rogue agent for hire, Mac has a murky past and an uncertain future. Wrongly accused of treason by his bosses in US intelligence, he freelances as a private detective based in London, colliding with British authorities, the Soviets, and his former American colleagues.
Man in a Suitcase: Set Two is available on DVD and consists of 15 episodes produced by ITV that originally aired on ABC during the late 1960s.
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Visit the Telemystery website to discover more television mystery series currently available on and coming soon to DVD, Blu-ray disc, or video on demand.
Mystery Godoku Puzzle for January 02, 2012
A new Mystery Godoku Puzzle has been created by the editors of the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books and is now available on our website.
Godoku is similar to Sudoku, but uses letters instead of numbers. To give you a headstart, we provide you a mystery clue to fill in a complete row or column (if you choose to use it!).
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This week's letters and mystery clue:
A D E H I K N R T
Elaine Coffman’s first novel of romantic suspense has her protagonist “alone” here in its title (9 letters).
We now have two weeks of our puzzles on one page in PDF format for easier printing. Print this week's puzzle here.
Previous puzzles are stored in the Mystery Godoku Archives.
Enjoy the weekly Mystery Godoku Puzzle from the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books, and Thanks for visiting our website!
Sunday, January 01, 2012
Harlequin Worldwide Mystery Titles for January 2012
Harlequin.com has released the list of January 2012 titles for its Worldwide Mystery imprint, your partner in crime. Amateur sleuths, traditional cozies, police procedurals and private-eye fiction, written by award-winning authors.
For more information about the book from Harlequin.com, click on the title or cover.
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When Death Intervenes
A Harry Bronson Mystery (4th in series)
Retired Dallas police detective Harry Bronson is touring South Dakota in his motor home. His cop instincts still strong, he spots a troubled woman, Linda Randig, who needs help. She's being stalked by a sadistic killer who masterminded the death of her parents and her husband. Now, he's threatening her son and baby grandson. He's watching her every move and calling every shot. She's been dispatched on a cross-country chase for a purpose unknown. And no police—or else.
Bronson intervenes and the killer quickly steps up his game, leaving dead bodies and taunting notes mocking his efforts. Still, their mysterious madman wants something, and Linda is the key. Harry enlists the help of his old partner to sort through the red herrings and critical clues to pinpoint the killer's next move. A move that seems to involve Harry, Linda—and a very dead end.
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Mrs. McGuire Is Missing
Non-Series
A bus tour of Yorkshire's quaint villages doesn't top Ben Hammond's list of great adventures for the newly retired. Especially with his wife, Rosa, and his ex-cop sister-in-law, Anna, leading the way. However, Ben's interest is piqued when he spots a familiar face on the coach: Miss McGuire, his former math teacher. But before he can reacquaint himself with the little old lady, she disappears.
Questioning reveals anomalies that don't add up, as the trio delve deeper into a mystery that quickly turns sinister. Retracing the coach route by car, they spot an elderly man being abducted from a similar tour bus. Add in some shady characters from a local pub and a string of suspicious deaths at a nearby nursing home, and you have a shocking tale of murder for profit.
Surrounded by danger, Ben's retirement looks like it may be very short lived …
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Monkey Man
Non-Series
Albuquerque private investigator Bubba Mabry finds his hapless career hitting a new low when a prospective client is shot by a man wearing a gorilla suit in a coffee shop. Luckily, Bubba doesn't take himself too seriously—neither does anyone else—and decides there's probably a high road to take here, somewhere. It turns out to be a fat retainer by the dead guy's fiancée, who wants Bubba to pursue a case involving some strange events at the Albuquerque zoo.
The dead man, an accountant at the zoo, was worried about the high mortality rate among the rare animals. Bubba, who is terrified of both snakes and monkeys, finds himself up close and personal with both. Way beyond his comfort zone, the P.I. manages to uncover a sinister plot, a ruthless money scheme—and a killer who puts Bubba on top of the endangered-species list.
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Blue as Blue Jeans
A Biscuit McKee Mystery (4th in series)
Weeks of rain in eastern Georgia bring a deluge of all sorts of things—the most shocking being a body found wedged in the docks of the swollen Metoochie River. Being married to the town cop has its advantages when it comes to sleuthing. Soon, town librarian Biscuit McGee is digging up another mystery in her sleepy Southern town of Martinsville.
Digging, as it turns out, is the operative word, when the skeletons of seven traveling salesmen are unearthed in her backyard. The mystery goes back twenty years, to secrets kept by the former owner of Biscuit's rambling house. But though the murders are in the past, the killer still lurks among them, desperate to keep it all buried. Biscuit's feline companion, Marmalade, has repeatedly warned her about curiosity and what it can do to a cat … and humans, too. Unfortunately for Biscuit, a desperate killer intends to make that lesson permanent.
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Harlequin Mira Mystery and Suspense Titles for January 2012
Harlequin.com has released the list of January 2012 titles for their Mira imprint, the brightest stars in women's fiction. From all titles available, we've only listed those that are mystery, thriller, or suspense on this page.
For more information about the book from Harlequin.com, click on the title or cover; other purchase options (see icons below cover) are also provided.
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The Burning Edge
A Jack Gannon Mystery (4th in series)
Lisa Palmer has barely recovered from the sudden death of her husband when she is drawn into a new nightmare. On her way home from upstate New York, Lisa stops at a service center minutes before an armored car heist. Four men are executed before her eyes—one, an off-duty FBI agent she tried to help. Now Lisa is the FBI's secret witness and the key to finding the fugitive killers.
FBI agent Frank Morrow leads the investigation of the high-profile case. Hiding a very personal secret, Frank knows this assignment will be like no other he's ever faced … and it could be his last.
Pressured to land an exclusive, journalist Jack Gannon chases the elusive thread of an anonymous tipster. With every instinct telling Jack the story is within his grasp, he risks everything to reveal the chilling truth … before the cold-blooded killers can take the next step in their vengeful mission.
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Ghost Walk
Non-Series
Nikki DuMonde's newest employee is standing at the end of her bed at four o'clock in the morning begging for help. It's a joke, right? Besides, as manager of a successful New Orleans haunted-tour company, Nikki doesn't scare easily. But in the light of day, harsh reality sets in as a police officer informs her that Andy was brutally murdered—at the exact time Nikki swears the distraught woman was in her room.
No one believes her except for Brent Blackhawk, a paranormal investigator desperately trying to forget his tragic past. Half Irish, half Lakota—and able to communicate with the dead—Brent is used to living in two worlds. But when he realizes the ghost of a slain government agent is also trying to reach out to Nikki, he knows that she, too, must listen to the dead … if she wants to keep living.
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The Witness by Dee Henderson is Today's Fifth Featured Free MystereBook
MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Witness by Dee Henderson as today's fifth free mystery ebook. We don't know how long it will be offered at this special price (typically for a limited time only or until a certain number of downloads have been completed), so we urge you to download it while it is still available for free.
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The Witness by Dee Henderson
Non-Series
Publisher: Tyndale House
About The Witness (from the publisher): Police Chief Luke Granger's witness to a murder, Amy Griffin, has been on the run for years. Her family thinks she was murdered eight years ago, but Amy chose to accept a life in the shadows in order to protect her sisters' lives. Now unveiled secrets about their father have thrust the sisters into the public spotlight. The man who wants Amy dead now sees her sisters as the way to locate her. Luke and two of his homicide detectives are determined to stand in the way. They are each falling in love with a different sister, and it's become a personal mission to keep them safe. But chances are that at least one of them will fail, and facing the future will take a faith deeper than any of them currently knows.
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Review: Slash and Burn by Colin Cotterill
Read the full text of our review at Mysterious Reviews: Slash and Burn by Colin Cotterill.
