Thursday, February 27, 2014

A New MystereBook: Hidden Lake by T. J. MacGregor

New MystereBooks (Mystery eBooks)

Here is a mystery, suspense, or thriller ebook that we recently found by sleuthing (as it were) through new or recently reissued titles from independent publishers during February 2014 priced $4.99 or less …

Hidden Lake by T. J. MacGregor is a paranormal mystery, originally published by Ballantine Books in 1987 as written by Trish Janeshutz. This is its first appearance as an ebook.

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Hidden Lake by T. J. MacGregor

Hidden Lake by T. J. MacGregor
A Paranormal Mystery
Publisher: Crossroad Press
Publication Date: February 26, 2014
Price: $3.99 (as of 02/27/14 01:00 PM ET)

Detective Deirdre O'Malley thinks she's got the best of both worlds in Hidden Lake. An old-fashioned, no-crime small town set right in the middle of busy Fort Lauderdale. But then there's a murder. Anna Lemont is the first victim — a friend to most of Hidden Lake's psychic community. Who's the killer?

Deirdre is wondering about a very competitive TV talk-show psychic. She is zeroing in on Anna's philandering lover, a man with his own secrets. She is backing away from her former lover, a lieutenant on the police force. And Deirdre is talking, repeatedly, to Gary Lukas, Anna's best friend, a psychic whose scientifically monitored out-of-body travels on the night of the murder landed him, almost indisputably, in the killer's mind.

Deirdre is a rational woman, but no one, not even a straight-thinking cop, can afford to doubt the validity of certain psychic phenomena. Not in Hidden Lake. Not when the killing continues.

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New from Witness Impulse: The Queen's Man by Rory Clements

Witness Impulse, Original Suspense the Thriller eBooks

Every week, Witness Impulse — an imprint of William Morrow — releases new suspense and thriller digital originals, typically priced at just $2.99 each.

MystereBooks is pleased to present you with one of this week's titles …

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The Queen's Man by Rory Clements

The Queen's Man by Rory Clements
A John Shakespeare Mystery
Publisher: Witness Impulse
Price: $2.99 (as of 02/27/14 12:30 PM ET)

England is a viper's nest of conspiracy …

It is 1852, and the conflict between Protestants and Catholics threatens to tear the country in two. While Queen Elizabeth I holds the reins of power, there are those whose loyalty lies with her imprisoned cousin — Mary, Queen of Scots.

On his first major mission for Sir Francis Walsingham, the young John Shakespeare is ordered to untangle a conspiracy to free the Stuart queen from Sheffield Castle. All too soon, he realizes that the tentacles of the plot reach deep into his native Warwickshire and threaten his own friends and family. His duty lies with Elizabeth … but how far will he go to protect those he loves?

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Telemystery: Teaser Trailer for Fargo on FX Networks

Fargo (FX Networks, April 2014)

FX Networks has now premiered two teaser trailers for its upcoming series, Fargo. (The second, which is the better of the two to date, is embedded below.)

An original adaptation of the Academy Award-winning feature film, Fargo features an all-new "true crime" story and follows a new case and new characters, all entrenched in the trademark humor, murder and "Minnesota nice". Billy Bob Thornton stars as Lorne Malvo, a rootless, manipulative man who meets and forever changes the life of small town insurance salesman Lester Nygaard, played by Martin Freeman. Colin Hanks plays Duluth Police Deputy Gus Grimly, a single dad who must choose between his own personal safety and his duty as a policeman when he comes face-to-face with a killer. Allison Tolman also stars as Molly Solverson, an ambitious Bemidji (MN) deputy.

A 10-episode limited series, Fargo is written by Noah Hawley. Adam Bernstein directed the premiere episode, which airs on Tuesday, April 15th at 10 PM (ET/PT).

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Please Welcome Ilsa Evans, Author of the Nell Forrest Mysteries

Omnimystery News: Guest Post by Ilsa Evans
with Ilsa Evans

We are delighted to welcome author Ilsa Evans to Omnimystery News today.

Ilsa introduces columnist and amateur sleuth Nell Forrest in her first murder mystery, Nefarious Doings (Momentum; August 2013 trade paperback and ebook formats).

We asked Ilsa to tell us more about how, after writing nine books in other genres, she decided to start a murder mystery series.

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Ilsa Evans
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Ilsa Evans

My decision to try writing murder mystery arrived on a bit of a whim, on the back of three-quarters of a bottle of champagne. Those with whom I had been sharing (some of) the champagne had just departed and I plonked myself in front of my computer to stare at the screen. I needed inspiration for this, my tenth book. I swivelled my chair, fuzzily perusing the bookshelves. Then it hit me —murder mysteries. They were among my very favourite things to read so it followed, naturally, that they should be also terrific fun to write.

Inspired by this dubious logic (in retrospect, I can now identify at least three things where being the recipient is vastly more enjoyable than being the donor), within minutes I was typing furiously. A floodgate had been opened and the words flowed through, over a thousand of them that very first night. Unfortunately, as I discovered the following morning, they were also codswallop. An orgy of adjectives and adverbs that did not so much frame a narrative as masticate it into a molten mess. From memory there was a multi-dimensional dream sequence that featured a gargoyle and a ménage a trios. Selective amnesia means that I can no longer recall whether the latter included the former. Regardless, it was tripe. But while those floodgates were rapidly closed (and bolted), the idea germinated into a challenge. Over the next few weeks I came up with a (decent) plot and characters, without a gargoyle in sight, and then all I needed was somewhere to put them.

The country town of Majic was born during that time and has grown exponentially ever since. I have a map on my study wall showing the main street, from the bookshop Renaissance to Svetlana's Haberdashery to the Majic Art Gallery, now under new management. I have a file-box full of residents, and local clubs, and the layout of the three floors that make up the local community centre. It has been amazing fun, this complicated little town and all these personalities who are totally unaware that they are being manipulated by yours truly. Mwa ha ha ha (cue Machiavellian look and steepled fingers). The sense of power is heady.

That sense of power extends to the mysteries themselves. With the first book, and again with the third now under construction, I've changed my mind about the murderer halfway through. With just a bit of backtracking, altering a slice here and a sliver there, I can change guilt to innocence or even raise the dead. In my real life, I have to juggle bills and appointments and offspring and variables like internet connections and my uncanny ability to always join the slowest queue in the supermarket. I have little control over any of it even, seemingly, the last. But here, in Majic, I have total control. I am a megalomaniac. Drunk on power instead of champagne.

I now know more about police procedures, and decomposition, and poison, and facial contortions during strangulation, than is strictly necessary for a suburban life. Certainly it hasn't proved useful apart from writing the books — and probably just as well. But while the little town of Majic and the murder mysteries that happen in and around that part of the world may have been born from a slightly sodden whim, about one thing I was right — it's all been terrific fun.

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Ilsa Evans was born in the Dandenongs, east of Melbourne, in 1960 and enjoyed a blissful childhood that has provided absolutely no material for writing purposes. Fortunately adulthood served her better in this regard. After spending time in an eclectic range of employment, from the military to health promotion to seaside libraries, she returned to tertiary studies and completed a doctorate on the long-term effects of domestic violence in 2005. She has now settled into an occasionally balanced blend of teaching, public speaking and writing and lives in a perpetually partially renovated house, not far from where she was born, that is held upright by a labyrinth of bookshelves.

Ilsa is the author of eleven books in a variety of genres, including two murder mysteries in the Nell Forrest Mystery series. She also contributes to several newspapers and online journals on social issues and won the Eliminating Violence Against Women (EVA) Award for online journalism in 2011. For more information about the author and her work, please visit her website at IlsaEvans.com or find her on Facebook and Twitter.

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Nefarious Doings by Ilsa Evans

Nefarious Doings
Ilsa Evans
A Nell Forrest Mystery

Welcome to the sleepy town of Majic, where neighbourhood watch is a killer …

For Nell Forrest, life in the little town of Majic is not going smoothly. One of her five daughters has just swapped university for fruit-picking, another is about to hit puberty, while a third keeps leaving aggrieved messages on the answering machine. On top of all this, her mother is infuriating and it's only been a matter of months since Nell lost her husband of twenty-five years. It's no surprise, then, that she is even struggling to write her weekly column.

But the floodgates of inspiration are about to swing open, almost knocking her out in the process. Murder and mayhem, arson and adultery, dungeons, death threats and disappearances are just around the corner. Despite Nell's abysmal aptitude for investigative work, she manages to shine the light on the local Richard III Society and that's when things really start to heat up. Throw in some suspicious widows, nosy neighbours, a canine witness, plus a detective who is getting a little closer than he should, and it's clear that nefarious doings are well and truly afoot.

Nefarious Doings is available directly from the publisher in Australia or from these vendors (buttons, below).

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Let Us Prey by Jamie Lee Scott is Today's Fifth Featured Free MystereBook

Let Us Prey by Jamie Lee Scott

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Let Us Prey by Jamie Lee Scott as today's fifth free mystery ebook (A Gotcha Detective Agency Mystery; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, February 27, 2014 at 7:30 AM ET. 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.

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Let Us Prey by Jamie Lee Scott

Let Us Prey
Jamie Lee Scott
A Gotcha Detective Agency Mystery
Publisher: Jamie Lee Scott

Mimi Capurro, owner of Gotcha Detective Agency, has been hired to protect New York Times bestselling author, Lauren Silke, who was recently assaulted in the bathroom at a paranormal conference. Though Mimi is hired to act as bodyguard for Lauren's upcoming book tour, plans change when Lauren's assistant is murdered and the slaying is a replica of a scene from Lauren's newest novel. A novel that hit bookstores the same day as the killing.

Now instead of playing bodyguard, Mimi is cracking computer code, and chasing down vampires. These vampires come alive on the streets of Santa Cruz, as part of a live-role-playing game. Mimi must find the connection between the vampires and the author to track down the killer.

This would be much easier if Detective Nick Christianson wanted her investigating the case. Nick, Mimi's old college fling, is the lead homicide investigator. Though he wants her off the case, he also wants to pump her for information. Nick may have used her in the past, but this time she'll use him to try to catch the murderer first.

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The Jack Hammer by Derek Ciccone is Today's Fourth Featured Free MystereBook

The Jack Hammer by Derek Ciccone

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Jack Hammer by Derek Ciccone as today's fourth free mystery ebook (A Suspense Thriller; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, February 27, 2014 at 7:15 AM ET. 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.

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The Jack Hammer by Derek Ciccone

The Jack Hammer
Derek Ciccone
A Suspense Thriller
Publisher: Derek Ciccone

It was the height of the Cold War and America was in need of a distraction. And it came in the form of Jack Myles, who burst on the scene hitting home runs with such repetitive force that he became known as the Jack Hammer.

27 years after Myles' tragic death, Anna Stepania walks into the office of PI Tim O'Connell, and makes the crazy claim that Jack Myles is her father … and that he's still alive. A search takes them from New York to Russia to Sedona, Arizona, all leading to a deadly showdown between the Jack Hammer and the family he left behind.

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Killer Cupcakes by Leighann Dobbs is Today's Third Featured Free MystereBook

Killer Cupcakes by Leighann Dobbs

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Killer Cupcakes by Leighann Dobbs as today's third free mystery ebook (A Lexy Baker Bakery Mystery; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, February 27, 2014 at 7:00 AM ET. 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.

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Killer Cupcakes by Leighann Dobbs

Killer Cupcakes
Leighann Dobbs
A Lexy Baker Bakery Mystery
Publisher: Leighann Dobbs

Things are going great for Lexy Baker. She's finally opened her dream bakery, gotten rid of her cheating boyfriend and settled into her grandmothers house with her perky dog Sprinkles at her side.

But her blissful life doesn't last long. When her ex boyfriend is found poisoned with cupcakes from her bakery, Lexy finds herself in the middle of a murder investigation headed up by her hunky neighbor detective Jack Perillo.

With the help of a gang of iPad toting, would-be detective grandmothers, Lexy decides to take it upon herself to find the real murderer in order to clear her name and get her bakery back in business.

As things heat up on the murder trail, in the kitchen and between Lexy and the hunky detective, it's a race against time to put the real murderer behind bars and get back to baking.

Will Lexy get her man?

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The Enemy We Know by Donna White Glaser is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

The Enemy We Know by Donna White Glaser

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Enemy We Know by Donna White Glaser as today's second free mystery ebook (A Letty Whittaker, 12 Step Mystery; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, February 27, 2014 at 6:45 AM ET. 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.

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The Enemy We Know by Donna White Glaser

The Enemy We Know
Donna White Glaser
A Letty Whittaker, 12 Step Mystery
Publisher: DanDon Books

Psychotherapist Letty Whittaker, a professional secret keeper, has a secret of her own. When one of her clients slips free from an abusive boyfriend, Letty becomes the target of his violent rage. Wayne invades Letty's life, slithering his way past the barriers erected between her personal and professional lives, leaving gifts of dead rats, mutilated dolls, and freaky Shakespearian sonnets. Worst of all, Wayne uncovers Letty's deepest shame, infiltrating her AA group and threatening to expose her to the state licensing board.

And then — good news — Wayne is murdered. The bad news? The police suspect Letty. Worse yet, the sonnets and bloody souvenirs keep coming. Someone else has been watching Letty. Someone eager to drop bodies at her feet like a cat offering dead mole trophies to his mistress.

Someone willing to kill again.

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The Lady Who Cried Murder by Lauren Carr is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

The Lady Who Cried Murder by Lauren Carr

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Lady Who Cried Murder by Lauren Carr as today's free mystery ebook (A Mac Faraday Mystery; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, February 27, 2014 at 6:30 AM ET. 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.

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The Lady Who Cried Murder by Lauren Carr

The Lady Who Cried Murder
Lauren Carr
A Mac Faraday Mystery
Publisher: Acorn Book Services

Fame comes at a price. Some pay with their privacy. Others pay with their pride. Khloe Everest paid with her life.

Determined to get her pretty face in front of the cameras, Khloe Everest fakes an abduction only to make a grand entrance in the midst of a press conference held by Spencer's Police Chief David O'Callaghan.

Three years later, after failing to catapult her notoriety into a long-lasting celebrity, Khloe Everest returns to Spencer upon her mother's sudden death and seemingly finds another weapon to propel herself into the spotlight. Unfortunately, someone kills her before she can make this entrance.

Mac and his friends come up against reality stars, politicians, has-beens, and wannabes. Mac also finds himself face-to-face with an old foe from his past who had managed to escape arrest during their last encounter. Now, Mac sees that his adversary has only become more powerful, and dangerous, with the passage of time.

Intent to not let this killer escape again, Mac and his friends need to put all of their talents together to put a stop to a cold blooded lady killer.

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The Sound of Broken Glass by Deborah Crombie is Today's Kindle Daily Deal

Kindle Daily Deal

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Sound of Broken Glass by Deborah Crombie as today's Kindle Daily Deal.

The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Thursday, February 27, 2014.

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The Sound of Broken Glass by Deborah Crombie

The Sound of Broken Glass
Deborah Crombie
A Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James Mystery
William Morrow

In the past … On a blisteringly hot August afternoon in Crystal Palace, once home to the tragically destroyed Great Exhibition, a solitary 13-year-old boy meets his next-door neighbor, a recently widowed young teacher hoping to make a new start in the tight-knit South London community. Drawn together by loneliness, the unlikely pair forms a deep connection that ends in a shattering act of betrayal.

In the present … On a cold January morning in London, Detective Inspector Gemma James is back on the job now that her husband, Detective Superintendent Duncan Kincaid, is at home to care for their three-year-old foster daughter. Assigned to lead a murder-investigation team in South London, she's assisted by her trusted colleague, newly promoted Detective Sergeant Melody Talbot. Their first case: a crime scene at a seedy hotel in Crystal Palace. The victim: a well-respected barrister, found naked, trussed, and apparently strangled. Is it an unsavory accident or murder? In either case, he was not alone, and Gemma's team must find his companion — a search that takes them into unexpected corners and forces them to contemplate unsettling truths about the weaknesses and passions that lead to murder. Ultimately, they will begin to question everything they think they know about their world and those they trust most.

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Today's Mystery and Suspense Update from Big Fish Games (140227)

Big Fish Games

Here is today's mystery and suspense update from Big Fish Games …

• Our Featured Title is Profiler: The Hopscotch Killer.

• The current Catch of the Week is Zodiac Prophecies: The Serpent Bearer, just $2.99 through Sunday, March 02, 2014 only.

Visit the Omnimystery Entertainment Network for more games of mystery and suspense!

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Profiler: The Hopscotch Killer

Our Featured Title today is Profiler: The Hopscotch Killer

Take the role of Miss Black, a whip-smart policewoman who's out to make a name for herself. With the help of a grizzled veteran detective, you must find the clues that lead to the guilty parties in several horrific murders. Use your Hidden Object skills to catch the crook and climb the ranks! Bring the terrifying killer to justice!

A sample version is available to download and play for free for one hour.

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Zodiac Prophecies: The Serpent Bearer

The current Catch of the Week is Zodiac Prophecies: The Serpent Bearer

Born under the rare 13th zodiac sign, Ophiuchus, Amy had no idea she was destined to save a magical world. Having already trapped children of the other 12 zodiac signs, the Dark Lord now has his sights on conquering our world as well. Amy must gather her courage to free the children's souls and finally bring the Dark Lord's tyranny to an end.

A sample version is available to download and play for free for one hour. You can purchase this game at the special price of $2.99 through Sunday, March 02, 2014.

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Crime Czar, A Tubby Dubonnet Legal Thriller by Tony Dunbar, Now at a Special Price

Crime Czar by Tony Dunbar

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Crime Czar by Tony Dunbar, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, booksBnimble.

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 (02/26/2014 at 6:30 PM ET). 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.

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Crime Czar by Tony Dunbar

Crime Czar by Tony Dunbar
A Tubby Dubonnet Legal Thriller (5th in series)
Publisher: booksBnimble

A New Orleans lawyer who'd rather eat, drink, and swap stories than get caught in court, Tubby Dubonnet can't forget the last words that escaped an old friend's lips, and he can't get out of the way of a political campaign that's turning rough. Obsessed with the idea that a shadowy crime boss may be pulling the strings that have cost good people their lives, Tubby is entering into a test of courage with the most violent men in New Orleans.

And if that weren't dangerous enough, he's just picked up the worst ally he could ever find: a beautiful prostitute gunning for revenge.

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A New MystereBook: Death by Accident by Bill Crider

New MystereBooks (Mystery eBooks)

Here is a mystery, suspense, or thriller ebook that we recently found by sleuthing (as it were) through new or recently reissued titles from independent publishers during February 2014 priced $4.99 or less …

Bill Crider continues reissuing his older mysteries as ebooks with Death by Accident, the 9th mystery in this series, first published in hardcover by St. Martin's Press in 1998.

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Death by Accident by Bill Crider

Death by Accident by Bill Crider
A Dan Rhodes Mystery
Publisher: Crossroad Press
Publication Date: February 24, 2014
Price: $3.99 (as of 02/26/14 06:00 PM ET)

Texas Sheriff Dan Rhodes' cases usually concern the bad boys of rural Blacklin County, or the slightly wacky citizens who are causing trouble that tends to be funny rather than criminal. But although at first the dead man floating in the old swimming pool at the edge of town seems to have been an accident victim — a staggering drunk tumbling into the water — Rhodes and his small but colorful staff soon uncover murder.

It's the second strange death in two weeks (the other was that of John West, killed when he blew up carrying a gasoline can across a field). But where was the Cherokee wagon John was carrying the gas to? And why is his widow so jaunty?

West was a solid citizen; Pep Yeldell, the swimming pool decedent, was a man with many enemies. In his quiet way, Rhodes goes about looking for a connection and a killer — a quest that takes Rhodes, no athlete now in spite of his wife's efforts to keep him on a diet of little meat and lots of greens, up a tree and puts him at the mercy of a vicious killer.

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Review: The Missing Marlin by David A. Kelly

Mysterious Reviews: Reviews of New Mysteries, Novels of Suspense, and Thrillers

A Mysterious Review of The Missing Marlin by David A. Kelly. The Ballpark Mysteries.

Review summary: With its solid storyline, a cast of engaging characters, and a trip outside the Miami Marlins' stadium to a reserve for animals rescued from poachers and smugglers, which ties cleverly into the main mystery at the ballpark, this is one of the better books in this entertaining series for kids. (Click here for text of full review.)

Our rating: 4 of 5 stars

The Missing Marlin David A. Kelly

The Missing Marlin
David A. Kelly
The Ballpark Mysteries
Random House (February 2014)

Publisher synopsis: Mike and Kate are in Miami visiting Kate's Uncle Oliver — and the Miami Marlins ballpark, of course! Uncle Oliver is in charge of keeping the new fish tanks at the ballpark fully stocked, but strange things keep happening. Kate swears she saw an endangered sea turtle in one of the tanks. Then some of Uncle Oliver's rare fish go missing, including his favorite, Marlin.

Something fishy is going on in Miami!

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