Guilty or Else by Jeff Sherratt is Today's Sixth Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Guilty or Else by Jeff Sherratt as today's sixth free mystery ebook.

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Guilty or Else by Jeff Sherratt
A Jimmy O'Brien Mystery
Publisher: Innova Press

This is the fifth mystery in this series featuring the Southern California attorney.

About Guilty or Else (from the publisher): When Ernesto Rodriguez, a blue collar gardener is arrested for the savage murder of a senator's beautiful secretary, ex-cop turned lawyer Jimmy O'Brien is brought in. But Jimmy isn't asked to defend the man. The judge wants Rodriguez put away fast. No trial, cut a deal with the D.A. Guilty: twenty-five to life.

Launching his own investigation, Jimmy must navigate a labyrinthine course of corruption and conspiracy with danger lurking at every turn. From the suburbs of Los Angeles to Sacramento to Las Vegas, the trail runs boiling hot with greed and violence. With help from his PI friend Sol Silverman, Jimmy tries to find the answers to questions that may save his life and free an innocent man. Was the senator having an affair with his secretary and did he kill her to keep it quiet? Why is the local mob having Jimmy followed?

And why has the judge told Jimmy to plead Rodriguez guilty … or else?

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Wyatt's Revenge by H. Terrell Griffin is Today's Fifth Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Wyatt's Revenge by H. Terrell Griffin as today's fifth free mystery ebook.

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Wyatt's Revenge by H. Terrell Griffin
A Matt Royal Mystery
Publisher: Oceanview Publishing

This is the fourth thriller to feature the retired Florida attorney, which we called "a rousing adventure, filled with international intrigue and feats of derring-do."

About Wyatt's Revenge (from the publisher): On balance, retired trial lawyer turned-beach bum Matt Royal is a pretty laid-back fellow. But when Laurence Wyatt, one of Matt's best friends, is murdered, Matt trades in his easygoing ways for a hard-hitting quest for revenge.

Matt knows the Longboat Key police will do their job in investigating. But for Matt, finding Wyatt's killer isn't a job; it's personal.

Determined to do whatever it takes to solve Wyatt's murder, Matt takes matters into his own hands and embarks on a clandestine investigation. Soon, Matt finds himself in hot pursuit of a cadre of remorseless criminals and trained killers, but the tables turn and Matt becomes the pursued. Faced with mounting danger, Matt calls for backup from his buddies Jock Algren and Logan Hamilton.

Matt Royal would go to the ends of the earth to exact revenge for Wyatt's murder, but will he go outside the law?

Expect the unexpected in this wild and dangerous ride from Longboat Key, Florida, to Frankfurt, Germany, because hell hath no fury like Matt Royal scorned.

Read our review of Wyatt's Revenge by H. Terrell Griffin.

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The Venus Fix by M. J. Rose is Today's Fourth Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Venus Fix by M. J. Rose as today's fourth free mystery ebook.

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The Venus Fix by M. J. Rose
A Butterfield Institute Thriller
Publisher: Mira Books

This is the third (and presumably final) book in this series.

About The Venus Fix (from the publisher): As one of New York's top sex therapists, Dr. Morgan Snow sees everything from the abused to the depraved. From high-profile clients with twisted obsessions to courageous survivors, the Butterfield Institute is the sanctuary to heal battered souls.

Morgan Snow's newest patient is a powerful, influential man — secretly addicted to watching Internet Web cam pornography. He's not alone in his desires. She's also working with a group of high school teenagers equally and dangerously obsessed with these real-time fantasies.

Fantasies that are all too accessible.

Then the women start dying online, right in front of their eyes.

Now it's all about murder.

Read our review of The Venus Fix by M. J. Rose.

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Ghost a la Mode by Sue Jaffarian is Today's Third Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Ghost a la Mode by Sue Jaffarian as today's third free mystery ebook.

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Ghost a la Mode by Sue Jaffarian
A Ghost of Granny Apples Mystery
Publisher: Midnight Ink

Turn-of-the-20th century pie maker Ish Reynolds and great-great-great-granddaughter Emma Whitecastle are featured in these mysteries. In our review we called this first book "a strong introduction in what promises to be a delightfully (forgive the pun) spirited series."

About Ghost a la Mode (from the publisher): Granny was famous for her award-winning apple pies-and notorious for murdering her husband Jacob at their homestead in Julian, California. The only trouble is, Granny was framed, then murdered. For more than one hundred years, Granny's spirit has been searching for someone to help her see that justice is served—and she hits pay dirt when she pops in to a séance attended by her great-great-great-granddaughter, modern-day divorced mom Emma Whitecastle. Together, Emma and Granny Apples solve mysteries of the past—starting with Granny's own unjust murder rap in the final days of the California Gold Rush.

Read our review of Ghost a la Mode by Sue Jaffarian.

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The Prairie Chicken Kill by Bill Crider is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Prairie Chicken Kill by Bill Crider as today's second free mystery ebook.

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The Prairie Chicken Kill by Bill Crider
A Truman Smith Mystery
Publisher: Walker/Crossroad Press

This is the fourth book (of five) to feature the Galveston private investigator.

About The Prairie Chicken Kill (from the publisher): It wasn't all that surprising that someone wanted Truman Smith to investigate the killing of a prairie chicken in Picketville, Texas. After all, he had successfully solved the murder of an alligator. Will Truman's sleuthing put him on the killer's endangered species list?

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Fast Lane by Dave Zeltserman is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Fast Lane by Dave Zeltserman as today's free mystery ebook.

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Fast Lane by Dave Zeltserman
Publisher: Point Blank/Top Suspense

This is the author's first crime novel.

About Fast Lane (from the publisher): When a young woman approaches Denver private eye Johnny Lane to find her birth parents, the last thing he expects is the path the case leads him down.

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Detective Inspector Huss by Helene Tursten is Today's Barnes&Noble Nook Daily Find

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Detective Inspector Huss by Helene Tursten as today's Barnes&Noble Daily Find. The deal price of $3.49 is valid only for today, Wednesday, February 01, 2012.

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Detective Inspector Huss by Helene Tursten
An Irene Huss Mystery
Publisher: Soho Crime

This first book in the series, originally published in Sweden in 2002 as Den krossade tanghästen, introduces the Göteborg police officer.

About Detective Inspector Huss (from the publisher): Inspector Huss is called through the rain-drenched wintry streets to the scene of an apparent suicide. The dead man landed on the sidewalk in front of his luxurious duplex apartment. He was a wealthy financier connected, through an old-boys’ network, with the first families of Sweden. But the "Society Suicide" turns out to have been a carefully plotted murder. As more murders ensue, she tangles with street gang members, skinheads, immigrants and neo-Nazis — a cross-section of Sweden’s disaffected — in order to catch the killer.

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Review: Mr. Kill by Martin Limón

Read the full text of our review at Mysterious Reviews: Mr. Kill by Martin Limón.

The Big Kindle Boogie, Reminder and Update

A quick reminder and update for the Big Kindle Boogie.

Bestselling thriller writers J. A. Konrath, Blake Crouch, J. Carson Black, Lee Goldberg, and Scott Nicholson have teamed up to give away 10 Kindle Fires, 75 ebooks, and a $500 library donation. The update: They're randomly selecting fifteen $20 gift card winners from people who enter the giveaway.

Visit the Big Kindle Boogie website for details on how to enter to win one of ten Kindle Fires. And mark your calendars to return to the site on February 1st or 2nd to download your free ebooks.

Winners of the Kindle Fires will be selected on February 7th and announced on the Big Kindle Boogie blog and Facebook event page.

Review: Guilt by Ferdinand von Schirach

Read the full text of our review at Mysterious Reviews: Guilt by Ferdinand von Schirach.

When Nothing Else Was Right by Carol Costa is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature When Nothing Else Was Right by Carol Costa as today's free mystery ebook.

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When Nothing Else Was Right by Carol Costa
A Dana Sloan Mystery
Publisher: Open Books Press

This is the third mystery to feature investigative reporter Dana Sloan.

About When Nothing Else Was Right (from the publisher): Dana Sloan's investigation into the disappearance of a talented singer, who has run off with money belonging to the mob, is sidetracked when the girl's husband confesses to killing her. The confession is a lie and the case quickly becomes a dangerous web of deceptions and related crimes. Identity theft, murder, and an attempt on Dana's life send her across the country to find the missing girl before the mob catches up with her. For once, investigative reporter Sloan and her boyfriend, Detective Al Bruno, are working a case together, and uncover new evidence that heals a family torn apart by tragedy nineteen years earlier.

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County Line by Bill Cameron is Today's Barnes&Noble Nook Daily Find

MystereBooks is pleased to feature County Line by Bill Cameron as today's Barnes&Noble Daily Find. The deal price of $3.99 is valid only for today, Tuesday, January 31, 2012.

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County Line by Bill Cameron
Publisher: Tyrus Books

About County Line (from the publisher): When the steadfast Ruby Jane Whittaker drops out of sight, dogged ex-cop Skin Kadash sets out to discover what drove the woman he loves to leave her life behind so suddenly and without explanation.

The discovery of a dead man in Ruby Jane's apartment and an attack by a mysterious stalker send Skin from Portland to California — and into a charged encounter with her one-time love Peter McKrall.

As questions mount and answers grow increasingly out of reach, Skin and Peter cross the country on a desperate journey deep into Ruby Jane's haunted past — and toward an explosive confrontation which will decide their future.

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The Best American Noir of the Century edited by James Ellroy and Otto Penzler is Today's Amazon Kindle Daily Deal

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Best American Noir of the Century by James Ellroy and Otto Penzler, editors as today's Amazon Kindle Daily Deal. The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Tuesday, January 31, 2012.

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The Best American Noir of the Century by James Ellroy and Otto Penzler, editors
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

About The Best American Noir of the Century (from the publisher): James Ellroy and Otto Penzler mined the past century to find this treasure trove of thirty-nine stories. From noir’s twenties-era infancy come gems like James M. Cain’s "Pastorale," and its postwar heyday boasts giants like Mickey Spillane and Evan Hunter. Packing an undeniable punch, diverse contemporary incarnations include Elmore Leonard, Patricia Highsmith, Joyce Carol Oates, Dennis Lehane, and William Gay, with many page-turners appearing from the past decade.

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BBC Cancels The Body Farm

After just one season, the BBC has apparently canceled The Body Farm, a spin-off from its long-running — 9 seasons — crime drama Waking the Dead.

Tara FitzGerald reprised her role as forensic pathologist Dr. Eve Lockhart in The Body Farm, where she conducts conducts research on behalf of police forces around the world into the many ways in which murders can be committed and sometimes disguised. The season (series) aired six episodes, from September 13th through October 18th, 2011. (We haven't seen any of these episodes, but expect they'll turn up on BBC America at some point.)

Today, the BBC confirmed to RadioTimes.com that The Body Farm "will not return for a second series."

(Related article: RadioTimes.com.)

First Trailer for The Cold Light of Day

A new trailer for the action-thriller The Cold Light of Day has been released (via Yahoo! movies).

When Will Shaw (Henry Cavill) arrives in Spain for a weeklong sailing vacation with his family, the stressed young business man is not in a holiday mood. His startup company just went under and his tense relationship with his disciplinarian father Martin (Bruce Willis) only makes matters worse. But when the family is kidnapped by what turns out to be intelligence agents hell-bent on recovering a mysterious suitcase, Will suddenly finds himself on the run. His whole world turns upside down when Martin reappears, revealing he is an undercover agent tangled in an intergovernmental web of lies and secrets. During a clandestine rendezvous, Martin is killed by a sniper, and Will must find a way to get the rest of his family back alive.

With the kidnappers counting down the hours, the Spanish police breathing down his neck for a murder he didn't commit and a cadre of U.S. assassins on his trail, Will flees through Madrid, racing to piece together a conspiracy as labyrinthine as the city's ancient streets. Who can he trust? Who killed his father? And where is the mysterious suitcase that seems to the key to getting his family come safely? In his quest for answers, Will finds Lucia (Veronica Echegui) — a half-sister he never knew he had, who is determined to help him. Bound by their shared kiss, the siblings are a force to be reckoned with, but can they overcome the massive odds against them before it's too late?

A Cold Light of Day opens in US theaters April 6th, 2012.