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It's probably better if you're already a fan of Liam Neeson to enjoy this action thriller. The plot has numerous holes, rarely makes sense, and the screenplay seems to exist merely as a means of getting Neeson's character from one scene to the next with a minimum of fuss and effort … and logic.
Read the full text of our review at Mr. E. Reviews Taken.
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Mr. E. Reviews is your source for mystery, suspense, thriller, and crime drama reviews of television and film.
Every month Amazon publishes a list of 100 Kindle books priced $3.99 or less. We thought we'd take that idea and improve on it, publishing a list of 100 Kindle mystery books priced $2.99 or less and updating it every week!
Here is our general criteria for selecting titles to include: books from major or specialty publishers of crime fiction and those written by authors familiar to us. There are far more than 100 to choose from, so we use our best judgment to narrow it down.
And just a reminder … as we add new titles, older ones are removed from the list. These books aren't likely to be repeated, so we encourage you to check in frequently!
Just a couple of notes before we get started …
• With the first of the month occurring during this past week, Amazon has updated its own monthly list. We haven't duplicated any of the featured mystery, suspense and thriller titles on our weekly list.
• Poisoned Pen Press has been busy adjusting prices on many of their titles over this past week or so. We think we've caught all the changes but just in case, it's always worthwhile checking out their list of mystery books.
• Two Sidney Sheldon books are included on our list, both of which are currently pre-order (but will be available this coming Tuesday for download).
That's all for now, so let's get to today's rather lengthy update!
MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Frankenstein Candidate by Vinay Kolhatkar as today's fourth free mystery ebook (A Near-Future Political Thriller; Kindle format only).
This title was listed as free as of the date and time of this post. Prices are subject to change without notice. The price displayed on the vendor website at the time of purchase will be the price paid for the book. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your transaction.
For a summary of all of today's featured titles, plus any that may have appeared before and are repeat freebies, visit our Free MystereBooks page. This page is updated daily, typically by 8 AM ET.
MystereBooks is pleased to feature Mass Murder by Lynn Bohart as today's third free mystery ebook (A Giorgio Salvatori Mystery; Kindle format only).
This title was listed as free as of the date and time of this post. Prices are subject to change without notice. The price displayed on the vendor website at the time of purchase will be the price paid for the book. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your transaction.
For a summary of all of today's featured titles, plus any that may have appeared before and are repeat freebies, visit our Free MystereBooks page. This page is updated daily, typically by 8 AM ET.
MystereBooks is pleased to feature 12.21.12 by Killian McRae as today's second free mystery ebook (A Sci-Fi Thriller; iTunes format only).
This title was listed as free as of the date and time of this post. Prices are subject to change without notice. The price displayed on the vendor website at the time of purchase will be the price paid for the book. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your transaction.
For a summary of all of today's featured titles, plus any that may have appeared before and are repeat freebies, visit our Free MystereBooks page. This page is updated daily, typically by 8 AM ET.
MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Shadow of Medea by James Flynn as today's free mystery ebook (A Luke Temple Thriller; Kobo format only).
This title was listed as free as of the date and time of this post. Prices are subject to change without notice. The price displayed on the vendor website at the time of purchase will be the price paid for the book. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your transaction.
For a summary of all of today's featured titles, plus any that may have appeared before and are repeat freebies, visit our Free MystereBooks page. This page is updated daily, typically by 8 AM ET.
A Mysterious Review of …
Skulduggery by Carolyn Hart.
Review summary: This relatively short, fast-reading, action-packed adventure mystery, a reissue of a book originally published in 1984, has a well-developed history-based storyline and is populated with an interesting cast of characters. An enjoyable book worthy of being rediscovered, as it were. (Click here for text of full review.)
Here is today's list of the Bestselling Free Kindle Crime Fiction: the top nine mysteries, novels of suspense, and thrillers.
We're using a script to embed an RSS feed from Amazon.com, which is updated hourly; as an alternative, you can click on the image to the right or use this link to see the relevant page on Amazon.com, which includes a list of both the Top 100 Paid and Top 100 Free Kindle Mysteries and Thrillers.
MystereBooks is pleased to feature Carnage on the Committee by Ruth Dudley Edwards, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Poisoned Pen Press.
The ebook format of this title was priced at $0.99 from the listed vendors (below) as of the date and time of this post. Prices are subject to change without notice. The price displayed on the vendor website at the time of purchase will be the price paid for the book. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your transaction.
MystereBooks is pleased to feature Big Wheat by Richard A. Thompson, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Poisoned Pen Press.
The ebook format of this title was priced at $0.99 from the listed vendors (below) as of the date and time of this post. Prices are subject to change without notice. The price displayed on the vendor website at the time of purchase will be the price paid for the book. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your transaction.
MystereBooks is pleased to feature A Rendezvous To Die For by Betty McMahon as today's seventh free mystery ebook (A Cassandra Cassidy Mystery; Kindle format only).
This title was listed as free as of the date and time of this post. Prices are subject to change without notice. The price displayed on the vendor website at the time of purchase will be the price paid for the book. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your transaction.
For a summary of all of today's featured titles, plus any that may have appeared before and are repeat freebies, visit our Free MystereBooks page. This page is updated daily, typically by 8 AM ET.
MystereBooks is pleased to feature Relative Danger by Charles Benoit as today's sixth free mystery ebook (An International Adventure Mystery; iTunes format only).
This title was listed as free as of the date and time of this post. Prices are subject to change without notice. The price displayed on the vendor website at the time of purchase will be the price paid for the book. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your transaction.
For a summary of all of today's featured titles, plus any that may have appeared before and are repeat freebies, visit our Free MystereBooks page. This page is updated daily, typically by 8 AM ET.
MystereBooks is pleased to feature Past Imperfect by Kathleen Hills as today's fifth free mystery ebook (A John McIntire Mystery; iTunes format only).
This title was listed as free as of the date and time of this post. Prices are subject to change without notice. The price displayed on the vendor website at the time of purchase will be the price paid for the book. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your transaction.
For a summary of all of today's featured titles, plus any that may have appeared before and are repeat freebies, visit our Free MystereBooks page. This page is updated daily, typically by 8 AM ET.
MystereBooks is pleased to feature Truly Mine by Marcia King-Gamble as today's fourth free mystery ebook (A Novel of Romantic Suspense; iTunes format only).
This title was listed as free as of the date and time of this post. Prices are subject to change without notice. The price displayed on the vendor website at the time of purchase will be the price paid for the book. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your transaction.
For a summary of all of today's featured titles, plus any that may have appeared before and are repeat freebies, visit our Free MystereBooks page. This page is updated daily, typically by 8 AM ET.
MystereBooks is pleased to feature Deadly Game by Kieron Dowling as today's third free mystery ebook (A Thriller Set in Africa; Kindle format only).
This title was listed as free as of the date and time of this post. Prices are subject to change without notice. The price displayed on the vendor website at the time of purchase will be the price paid for the book. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your transaction.
For a summary of all of today's featured titles, plus any that may have appeared before and are repeat freebies, visit our Free MystereBooks page. This page is updated daily, typically by 8 AM ET.
MystereBooks is pleased to feature Head Case by Jennifer Oko as today's second free mystery ebook (An Olivia Zack Mystery; Kindle format only).
This title was listed as free as of the date and time of this post. Prices are subject to change without notice. The price displayed on the vendor website at the time of purchase will be the price paid for the book. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your transaction.
For a summary of all of today's featured titles, plus any that may have appeared before and are repeat freebies, visit our Free MystereBooks page. This page is updated daily, typically by 8 AM ET.
MystereBooks is pleased to feature Murder Behind the Closet Door by Christopher Pinto as today's free mystery ebook (A Bill Riggins, Wildwood Paranormal Mystery; Kindle format only).
This title was listed as free as of the date and time of this post. Prices are subject to change without notice. The price displayed on the vendor website at the time of purchase will be the price paid for the book. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your transaction.
For a summary of all of today's featured titles, plus any that may have appeared before and are repeat freebies, visit our Free MystereBooks page. This page is updated daily, typically by 8 AM ET.
MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Devil's Waters by David L. Robbins as today's Amazon Kindle Daily Deal.
The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Friday, January 04, 2013.
A list of the top 15 Mystery Hardcover Bestsellers for the week ending January 4th, 2013 has been posted by the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books.
The new year begins with Gone Girl by Gilliam Flynn retaining the top spot on our list. January looks to be a busy month with many new titles scheduled for publication; one enters the list this week (position in parentheses).
A Mysterious Review of …
Big Maria by Johnny Shaw.
Review summary: The characters in this comic crime caper are vividly drawn and range from the barely tolerable to the almost endearing, the storyline exciting if often rather less than credible. Reading a preview is strongly recommended before committing to a purchase, as the style and tone are set early … and will likely determine whether or not one will enjoy what follows. (Click here for text of full review.)
MystereBooks is pleased to feature Dark Water Dive by Kathy Brandt, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Beyond the Page Publishing.
The ebook format of this title was priced at $2.99 from the listed vendors (below) as of the date and time of this post. Prices are subject to change without notice. The price displayed on the vendor website at the time of purchase will be the price paid for the book. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your transaction.
Here is today's list of the Bestselling Free Kindle Crime Fiction: the top nine mysteries, novels of suspense, and thrillers.
We're using a script to embed an RSS feed from Amazon.com, which is updated hourly; as an alternative, you can click on the image to the right or use this link to see the relevant page on Amazon.com, which includes a list of both the Top 100 Paid and Top 100 Free Kindle Mysteries and Thrillers.
Fans of Stephen King's Carrie will have to wait a little longer to see the film's remake: Sony has announced that the release date is being moved from this March 15th to October 18th, 2013. In one respect, this makes sense, to position the film as a Halloween-appropriate thriller. In another, well, let's just say it's rarely a positive move to delay a film's release date without a good explanation as to why.
In this reimagining of the classic horror tale, Carrie White (Chloe Grace Moretz), a shy girl outcast by her peers and sheltered by her deeply religious mother (Julianne Moore), unleashes telekinetic terror on her small town after being pushed too far at her senior prom. Based on the best-selling novel by Stephen King (more details below), Carrie is directed by Kimberly Peirce with a screenplay by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa.
A new poster for the crime thriller Parker has been released by the studio (right; click for larger version). The tagline: "To get away clean, you have to play dirty."
Jason Statham stars as Parker, a professional thief, who lives by a personal code of ethics: Don't steal from people who can't afford it and don't hurt people who don't deserve it. But on his latest heist, his crew double crosses him, steals his stash, and leaves him for dead.
Determined to make sure they regret it, Parker tracks them to Palm Beach, playground of the rich and famous, where the crew is planning their biggest heist ever. Donning the disguise of a rich Texan, Parker takes on an unlikely partner, Leslie (Jennifer Lopez), a savvy insider, who's short on cash, but big on looks, smarts and ambition. Together, they devise a plan to hijack the score, take everyone down and get away clean.
Directed by Taylor Hackford from an adapted screenplay by John J. MacLaughlin, and based on the novel Flashfire by Richard Stark — more details on the book, below — Parker opens in theaters January 25th, 2013.
MystereBooks is pleased to feature Murder in Montparnasse by Kerry Greenwood, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Poisoned Pen Press.
The ebook format of this title was priced at $0.99 from the listed vendors (below) as of the date and time of this post. Prices are subject to change without notice. The price displayed on the vendor website at the time of purchase will be the price paid for the book. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your transaction.
by Del Staecker
We are delighted to welcome novelist Del Staecker as our first guest of the new year.
Del's most recent book, Tales of Tomasewski (Musa Publishing, October 2012 ebook formats), is the first in a new series featuring Jake Thompson aka Jan Tomasewski, Chicago's best rogue cop.
Today Del tells us when short goes long, down becomes up, and characters come alive. And he is also giving one of our readers a chance to win a copy of Tales of Tomasewski (details below).
MystereBooks is pleased to feature 48 Hours by J. Jackson Bentley as today's fourth free mystery ebook (A City of London Thriller; iTunes format only).
This title was listed as free as of the date and time of this post. Prices are subject to change without notice. The price displayed on the vendor website at the time of purchase will be the price paid for the book. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your transaction.
For a summary of all of today's featured titles, plus any that may have appeared before and are repeat freebies, visit our Free MystereBooks page. This page is updated daily, typically by 8 AM ET.
MystereBooks is pleased to feature Snowfall by Jeffrey Parfitt as today's third free mystery ebook (A Maddox Thriller; Kindle format only).
This title was listed as free as of the date and time of this post. Prices are subject to change without notice. The price displayed on the vendor website at the time of purchase will be the price paid for the book. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your transaction.
For a summary of all of today's featured titles, plus any that may have appeared before and are repeat freebies, visit our Free MystereBooks page. This page is updated daily, typically by 8 AM ET.
MystereBooks is pleased to feature Bats and Bones by Karen Musser Nortman as today's second free mystery ebook (A Frannie Shoemaker, Campground Mystery; Kindle format only).
This title was listed as free as of the date and time of this post. Prices are subject to change without notice. The price displayed on the vendor website at the time of purchase will be the price paid for the book. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your transaction.
For a summary of all of today's featured titles, plus any that may have appeared before and are repeat freebies, visit our Free MystereBooks page. This page is updated daily, typically by 8 AM ET.
MystereBooks is pleased to feature Red Light by T. Jefferson Parker as today's free mystery ebook (A Merci Rayborn, California Crime Thriller; Kindle format only).
This title was listed as free as of the date and time of this post. Prices are subject to change without notice. The price displayed on the vendor website at the time of purchase will be the price paid for the book. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your transaction.
For a summary of all of today's featured titles, plus any that may have appeared before and are repeat freebies, visit our Free MystereBooks page. This page is updated daily, typically by 8 AM ET.
MystereBooks is pleased to feature Submerged by Dani Pettrey as today's Barnes & Noble Nook Daily Find.
The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Thursday, January 03, 2013.
Note: The price has been matched by Amazon.com for today only.
BBC America has released a new promotional video for its upcoming historical crime drama, Ripper Street.
History's most notorious serial killer Jack the Ripper tore through late 1880's London. Now, the detectives who were on the case have to pick up the pieces.
In the aftermath of the Jack the Ripper murders, can anyone keep order in the blood-stained London Streets?
Haunted by the failure to catch London's most evil killer, Inspector Edmund Reid (Matthew Macfadyen) now heads up the notorious H Division, the toughest district in London's East End. Charged with keeping order in the chaotic streets of Whitechapel, Inspector Reid is soon drawn deep into the seedy criminal underworld of Victorian London — where fear always lurks that each new murder could mark the return of The Ripper.
Ripper Street premieres on BBC America on Saturday, January 19th at 9 PM (ET/PT).
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MystereBooks is pleased to feature Drop Dead Divas by Virginia Brown, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Bell Bridge Books.
The ebook format of this title was priced at $1.99 from the listed vendors (below) as of the date and time of this post. Prices are subject to change without notice. The price displayed on the vendor website at the time of purchase will be the price paid for the book. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your transaction.
It's only a brief mention in a Los Angeles Times article on Ubisoft's game-to-film efforts, but it seems the popular Ghost Recon series of video games may be headed for a screen adaptation.
We've previously reported on Ubisoft's two other projects in development — Assassin's Creed starring Michael Fasbender and Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell starring Tom Hardy — both of which, in addition to having stars attached, have scripts written. These films aren't expected to hit theaters until late 2014 at the earliest.
Ghost Recon is centered on a squad of U.S. Army Special Forces operators, whose missions are highly classified, so much so that the members are often considered "ghosts". First released in 2001, there are numerous iterations of the game available for various platforms.
Though three tie-in books have been written — more information about the first of these, below — it is not known if any would serve as the basis for a film.
A Mysterious Review of …
Placebo by Steven James. A Jevin Banks Thriller.
Review summary: This is a pulse-pounding, continually driven medical techno-thriller that introduces a conflicted but very intriguing new series character. The storyline isn't overly complicated, with the science presented in a straight-forward, uncomplicated and credible manner. A series worth watching and following. (Click here for text of full review.)
Here is today's list of the Bestselling Free Kindle Crime Fiction: the top nine mysteries, novels of suspense, and thrillers.
We're using a script to embed an RSS feed from Amazon.com, which is updated hourly; as an alternative, you can click on the image to the right or use this link to see the relevant page on Amazon.com, which includes a list of both the Top 100 Paid and Top 100 Free Kindle Mysteries and Thrillers.
Every month Amazon releases a new selection of Kindle books priced $3.99 or less.
We've looked through the January 2013 books and listed below those in the "Mystery & Thrillers" category. We've added a couple more here: a title that is misfiled under "Kids & Teens" and another that is listed under "Literature & Fiction".
Click on the book cover or title for more information or to purchase from Amazon.
MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Payback Assignment by Austin S. Camacho as today's third free mystery ebook (A Stark and O'Brian Thriller; Kindle format only).
This title was listed as free as of the date and time of this post. Prices are subject to change without notice. The price displayed on the vendor website at the time of purchase will be the price paid for the book. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your transaction.
For a summary of all of today's featured titles, plus any that may have appeared before and are repeat freebies, visit our Free MystereBooks page. This page is updated daily, typically by 8 AM ET.
MystereBooks is pleased to feature Deadly Consequences by Jude Pittman as today's second free mystery ebook (A Kelly McWinter Mystery; Kindle format only).
This title was listed as free as of the date and time of this post. Prices are subject to change without notice. The price displayed on the vendor website at the time of purchase will be the price paid for the book. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your transaction.
For a summary of all of today's featured titles, plus any that may have appeared before and are repeat freebies, visit our Free MystereBooks page. This page is updated daily, typically by 8 AM ET.
MystereBooks is pleased to feature Where Serpents Lie by T. Jefferson Parker as today's free mystery ebook (A California Crime Thriller; Kindle format only).
This title was listed as free as of the date and time of this post. Prices are subject to change without notice. The price displayed on the vendor website at the time of purchase will be the price paid for the book. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your transaction.
For a summary of all of today's featured titles, plus any that may have appeared before and are repeat freebies, visit our Free MystereBooks page. This page is updated daily, typically by 8 AM ET.
Here is today's list of the Bestselling Free Kindle Crime Fiction: the top nine mysteries, novels of suspense, and thrillers.
We're using a script to embed an RSS feed from Amazon.com, which is updated hourly; as an alternative, you can click on the image to the right or use this link to see the relevant page on Amazon.com, which includes a list of both the Top 100 Paid and Top 100 Free Kindle Mysteries and Thrillers.
MystereBooks is pleased to feature two California Crime thrillers by T. Jefferson Parker, now available at a special price, courtesy of the author. One of these titles, Silent Joe, was the winner of the 2002 Edgar Award for Best Novel and the winner of the 2001 Los Angeles Times Book Prize.
The ebook format of these titles was priced at $0.99 as of the date and time of this post. (This appears to be a Kindle book promotion only.) Prices are subject to change without notice. The price displayed on the vendor website at the time of purchase will be the price paid for the book. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your transaction.
The Hidden Staircase Mystery Books recently updated its list of January 2013 hardcover mysteries as well as shelved new January paperbacks on The Mystery Bookshelf.
In this series of monthly posts, which we call Firsts on the 1st, we're introducing readers to new series characters who will make their mysterious American debut in print during January.
A Mysterious Review of …
The Slickrock Paradox by Stephen Legault. A Silas Pearson, Red Rock Canyon Mystery.
Review summary: This is a fine start to this series, with a strongly written, vividly descriptive first chapter, which sets the style and tone for the rest of the book. The murder mystery itself has a solid foundation, and keeps its focus on the whos and whys of what happened as the storyline develops. (Click here for text of full review.)
MystereBooks is pleased to feature No Place Like Home by Anne R. Allen as today's fourth free mystery ebook (A Camilla Randall Mystery; Kindle format only).
This title was listed as free as of the date and time of this post. Prices are subject to change without notice. The price displayed on the vendor website at the time of purchase will be the price paid for the book. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your transaction.
For a summary of all of today's featured titles, plus any that may have appeared before and are repeat freebies, visit our Free MystereBooks page. This page is updated daily, typically by 8 AM ET.
MystereBooks is pleased to feature Dying Breath by Robert W. Walker as today's third free mystery ebook (A Dean Grant Mystery; Kindle format only).
This title was listed as free as of the date and time of this post. Prices are subject to change without notice. The price displayed on the vendor website at the time of purchase will be the price paid for the book. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your transaction.
For a summary of all of today's featured titles, plus any that may have appeared before and are repeat freebies, visit our Free MystereBooks page. This page is updated daily, typically by 8 AM ET.
MystereBooks is pleased to feature Sugar & Spies by Rebekah Martin as today's second free mystery ebook (A Spy Sisters Mystery; Kindle format only).
This title was listed as free as of the date and time of this post. Prices are subject to change without notice. The price displayed on the vendor website at the time of purchase will be the price paid for the book. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your transaction.
For a summary of all of today's featured titles, plus any that may have appeared before and are repeat freebies, visit our Free MystereBooks page. This page is updated daily, typically by 8 AM ET.
MystereBooks is pleased to feature Bang: Memoirs of a Relationship Assassin by David Wailing as today's free mystery ebook (A Relationship Thriller; Kindle format only).
This title was listed as free as of the date and time of this post. Prices are subject to change without notice. The price displayed on the vendor website at the time of purchase will be the price paid for the book. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your transaction.
For a summary of all of today's featured titles, plus any that may have appeared before and are repeat freebies, visit our Free MystereBooks page. This page is updated daily, typically by 8 AM ET.
MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Maze Runner by James Dashner as today's Amazon Kindle Daily Deal for Teens.
The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Tuesday, January 01, 2013.
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