Tuesday, September 07, 2010

Today's Featured Free Kindle Mystery: Outta the Bag by MaryJanice Davidson

Kindle Mysteries: Mystery Books Available on the Amazon Kindle

Kindle Mysteries is pleased to feature a mystery title that is currently available in Kindle eBook format for free from Amazon.com. We don't know how long it will be offered at this special price (typically only until a certain number of downloads have been completed), so download it today!

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Outta the Bag by MaryJanice Davidson
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Outta the Bag by MaryJanice Davidson
A Cadence Jones Prequel Story
Macmillan (Kindle eBook)
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About Outta the Bag (from the publisher): No synopsis available. This short story is a prequel to a new series by Davidson featuring FBI agent Cadence Jones, who suffers from multiple personality disorder. The first book in the series, Me, Myself and Why?, is published later this month.

Monday, September 06, 2010

Mr. E. Reviews Prime Suspect: The Complete Collection

Mr. E. reviews mystery, suspense, thriller, and crime drama television and film for Omnimystery

Review of Prime Suspect: The Complete Collection.

For over a period of 15 years, Helen Mirren starred as Detective Chief Inspector, later Detective Superintendent Jane Tennison, in the crime drama Prime Suspect.

Individual seasons (series) have previously been available on DVD, but now the entire series has been brought together into one collection. If you, like me, are one of the few that hadn't seen any episodes of the series, or haven't yet added any of the series to your collection, this is an opportunity to acquire what may be one of the finest crime dramas ever filmed.

Read the full text of our review at Mr. E. Reviews.

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Mr. E. Reviews is your source for mystery, suspense, thriller, and crime drama reviews of television and film.

New Carina eBook Mysteries for August and September 2010

Carina Press: Your next great read!

Each month, MBN is pleased to list new mystery and suspense titles from Carina Press, an ebook only publisher. Links on this page are for the Kindle edition of the book; click on the banner to the right to be taken to CarinaPress.com to purchase other ebook formats.

New mysteries for August/September 2010 from Carina include:

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Fair Game by Josh Lanyon
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Fair Game by Josh Lanyon
Non-series

A crippling knee injury forced Elliot Mills to trade in his FBI badge for dusty chalkboards and bored college students. Now a history professor at Puget Sound university, the former agent has put his old life behind him—but it seems his old life isn't finished with him.

A young man has gone missing from campus—and as a favor to a family friend, Elliot agrees to do a little sniffing around. His investigations bring him face-to-face with his former lover, Tucker Lance, the special agent handling the case.

Things ended badly with Tucker, and neither man is ready to back down on the fight that drove them apart. But they have to figure out a way to move beyond their past and work together as more men go missing and Elliot becomes the target in a killer's obsessive game ...

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Desperate Choices by Kathy Ivan
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Desperate Choices by Kathy Ivan
Non-series

When psychic Theresa Crawford's former beau walks into her New Orleans New Age shop, she senses trouble. Big trouble. Max Lamoreaux hasn't come to discuss their relationship—the private investigator is on a case, and he needs Theresa's help.

Max's godson is missing. The police have declared Tommy a runaway, but Max's gut tells him otherwise. While he's highly skeptical of Theresa's abilities, her visions provide the only clue as to who's taken Tommy. The longer Max works with Theresa, the harder it is to resist his desire for the sexy woman.

As they inch closer to finding Tommy, Max and Theresa also discover that time hasn't diminished their powerful attraction. But Theresa harbors her own dark secrets from her past. Secrets that broke them up before—and could drive them apart again, unless Theresa can learn to trust Max with everything ...

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The Spurned Viscountess by Shelley Munro
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The Spurned Viscountess by Shelley Munro
Non-series

Cursed with the sight and rumors of witchcraft, Rosalind's only chance at an ordinary life is marriage to Lucien, Viscount Hastings. She doesn't expect love, only security and children of her own. Determined to go through with the wedding, she allows nothing she encounters at the gloomy Castle St. Clare to dissuade her.

Recently returned from the Continent, Lucien has no time for the English mouse his family has arranged for him to marry—not when he's plotting to avenge the murder of his beloved Francesca. He has no intention of bedding Rosalind, not even to sire an heir.

Though spurned by her bridegroom, Rosalind turns to him for protection when she is plagued by a series of mysterious accidents and haunted by terrifying visions. Forced to keep Rosalind close—and tempted into passionate kisses—Lucien soon finds himself in grave danger of falling in love with his own wife ...

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Carina Press, a division of Harlequin, is a digital-first publisher offering ebooks in a variety of genres, including mystery. eBooks from Carina can be read on the Apple iPad, Amazon Kindle, Sony Reader, B&N nook, Borders Kobo, BlackBerry and mobile phone.

Criminal Minds, Pie in the Sky, and Prime Suspect, New This Week on DVD

Telemystery, the most complete selection of detective, amateur sleuth, private investigator, and suspense television mystery series now available or coming soon to DVD

Telemystery, your source for one of the most comprehensive selections of detective, amateur sleuth, private investigator, and suspense television mystery series, mini-series and made-for-television movies, now available or coming soon to DVD or Blu-ray disc, is profiling three series being released this week.

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Criminal Minds: Season Five, a Mystery TV Series
Information on Criminal Minds: Season Five

Criminal Minds revolves around an elite team of FBI profilers who analyze the country's most twisted criminal minds, anticipating their next moves before they strike again.

The Behavioral Analysis Unit's most prominent agent is David Rossi (Joe Mantegna), a founding member of the BAU, who returns to help the team solve new cases, while pursuing some unfinished business of his own. Each member brings his or her own area of expertise to the table as they pinpoint predators' motivations and identify their emotional triggers in the attempt to stop them.

The Criminal Minds: Season Five DVD set of 6 discs contain the 23 episodes that aired on CBS from September 2009 through May 2010.

Also available: Criminal Minds: Season 1 through 5 DVD collection.

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Pie in the Sky: Series 3, a Mystery TV Series
Information on Pie in the Sky: Series 3

Henry Crabbe (Richard Griffiths) continues to balance life as a part-time Detective Inspector with his duties as a part-time chef, in Pie in the Sky.

Having opened a restaurant with his accountant wife (Maggie Steed), he hopes his days as a detective are numbered. But the early retirement he craves never seems to come, thanks to the machinations of his self-serving boss, Assistant Chief Constable Fisher (Malcolm Sinclair), who knows Crabbe is too good a cop to let go.

The Pie in the Sky: Series 3 DVD set of 2 discs contain the 6 episodes that originally aired on BBC from December 1995 through February 1996.

Mr. E. Reviews Read our review of Pie in the Sky: Series 3 on Mr. E. Reviews.

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Prime Suspect: The Complete Collection, a Mystery TV Series
Information on Prime Suspect: The Complete Collection

Helen Mirren stars as Detective Chief Inspector, later Detective Superintendent Jane Tennison in Prime Suspect, a series created by crime novelist Lynda La Plante, who also wrote several episodes.

Tenacious, driven, and deeply flawed, Tennison rises through the ranks of Britain’s Metropolitan Police, solving horrific crimes while battling office sexism and her own demons.

The Prime Suspect: The Complete Collection DVD set of 9 discs includes all seven seasons of the multiple award-winning series. Extra features include a 50-minute behind-the-scenes special, a 23 minute behind-the-scenes featurette, and more.

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Visit the Telemystery website to discover more television mystery series currently available on DVD and Blu-ray disc.

Dominic Crane 2: Dark Mystery Revealed, a Mysterious Game Sequel, New at BFG

Games of Mystery

Games of Mystery is pleased to announce the availability of a new mystery casual game from Big Fish Games released today and available to BFG Club members. You can find out more about these games by visiting our Mystery Games: Big Fish Download Games page or by clicking on the links provided below.

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Dominic Crane 2: Dark Mystery Revealed
Dominic Crane 2: Dark Mystery Revealed

Dominic Crane's been dreaming about mysterious places he's never been to. He visits a shrink, who helps him uncover a dark mystery from his childhood! Buried deep in his subconscious is an eerie message someone is trying to communicate. Unravel the hidden message in this spooky hidden object adventure game! Uncover the sinister meaning behind Dominic's dreams today!

See also the first game in this series, Dominic Crane's Dreamscape Mystery.

Also available: Dominic Crane 2: Dark Mystery Revealed Game Walkthrough.

Dominic Crane 2: Dark Mystery Revealed may be downloaded and purchased for $6.99 with a Big Fish Game Club membership. A demonstration version (129.63 MB) may be downloaded and played for free for one hour.

Watch a preview video below:

Get any standard game for $6.99 with a Big Fish Game Club membership. Other benefits include the $2.99 Daily Deal, Tomorrow's Game Today, and special member rewards. And if you purchase any 6 games within a single month, you earn a free game with the Big Fish Game Club Monthly Punch Card! (Collector's Editions earn 3 punches each, half-way towards your free game!)

Read Ms. Terri's reviews of the adventure and casual mystery games featured on this site, including Midnight Mysteries: The Edgar Allan Poe Conspiracy, Nancy Drew Dossier: Lights, Camera, Curses!, Enlightenus, and many more!

Big Fish Games: Bestsellers

Big Fish Games: New releases

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Games of Mystery is your source for mystery-themed video, electronic, and board games, parties for kids and adults, and murder mystery weekends and mystery getaway vacations!

Mystery Godoku Puzzle for September 06, 2010

A new 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!).

Mystery Godoku Puzzle for September 06, 2010

This week's letters and mystery clue:

A D E H N O P R T

This mystery by James Grippando introduced Miami lawyer Jack Swyteck (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, September 05, 2010

Ice Cold by Tess Gerritsen (Book Review)

Mysterious Reviews: Mystery, Suspense, Thriller and Crime Novel Reviews, edited by the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books

Ice Cold by Tess Gerritsen. A Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles Mystery. Ballantine Hardcover, July 2010.

When Boston medical examiner Maura Isles goes missing after attending a conference in Wyoming, and is later reported having died in a car accident, her friend and frequent crime solving partner Detective Jane Rizzoli travels to the scene to discover how it all came about, in Ice Cold, the eighth mystery in this series by Tess Gerritsen.

Read the full text of our review at Mysterious Reviews: Ice Cold by Tess Gerritsen.

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Mysterious Reviews is your source for the latest mystery, suspense, thriller, and crime novel reviews, edited by the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books.

Mr. E. Reviews Pie in the Sky Series 3

Mr. E. reviews mystery, suspense, thriller, and crime drama television and film for Omnimystery

Review of Pie in the Sky Series 3.

Fans of cozy-style British mysteries will be thrilled with the six episodes that comprise the third series of Pie in the Sky.

The series features DCI Henry Crabbe, who is also a gourmet chef and runs the kitchen of a small restaurant called Pie in the Sky, owned by his wife Margaret. A running gag through the series is that Margaret can barely toast a slice of bread let alone cook a meal, and whose palate is so unrefined that she cannot discern between salmon pie and chicken casserole.

Read the full text of our review at Mr. E. Reviews.

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Mr. E. Reviews is your source for mystery, suspense, thriller, and crime drama reviews of television and film.

Reviews of Mystery and Suspense Books for Kids, New This Week on Book Trends (100904)

Book Trends: Reviews of Young Adult and Children Books

Book Trends, a review site for young adult and children books, published several new book reviews this past week. We're presenting here a summary of those in the mystery/suspense/thriller category.

Double Cross by Norah McClintock. The second mystery in the Chloe & Levesque series, recommended for readers aged 10 and older. Lexile measure: N/A. Reviewed by a 7th grade student, who writes, "I really liked the book, it was very concentrated, and I think my heart skipped a beat when I found out what really happened! ... I can’t wait for Norah McClintock to write a 3rd book in the series, I know for sure that it will have even more action, and plot. And of course, Chloe, with the help of her friends, will be able to solve the mystery once and for all!"

The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan. The first thriller in The Kane Chronicles, recommended for readers aged 10 to 12. Lexile measure: N/A. Reviewed by a 7th grade student, who calls the book "awesome", adding, "The Red Pyramid lives up to Rick Riordan’s usual excitement and adventure –- making him one of my favorite authors! ... I just can’t wait until the second book in the series comes out."

For more reviews of children and young adult books of all genres, visit Book Trends; their reviews will amaze you!

Nightmare Adventures: The Witch's Prison, a New Game of Mystery from BFG

Games of Mystery

Games of Mystery is pleased to announce the availability of a new mystery casual game from Big Fish Games released today and available to BFG Club members. You can find out more about these games by visiting our Mystery Games: Big Fish Download Games page or by clicking on the links provided below.

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Nightmare Adventures: The Witch's Prison
Nightmare Adventures: The Witch's Prison

Help Kiera Vale discover her ancestor’s history as she explores Blackwater Asylum. After receiving a mysterious letter from Alton Quinn, Kiera sets off to find out about her birth parents. Finding Blackwater Asylum to be in a state of disarray, Kiera begins exploring the grounds looking for information about her family, and Alton’s mysterious secret. Help her discover the truth in this hidden object adventure game!

Also available: Nightmare Adventures: The Witch's Prison Strategy Guide and a Nightmare Adventures: The Witch's Prison Game Walkthrough.

Nightmare Adventures: The Witch's Prison may be downloaded and purchased for $6.99 with a Big Fish Game Club membership. A demonstration version (215.72 MB) may be downloaded and played for free for one hour.

Watch a preview video below:

Get any standard game for $6.99 with a Big Fish Game Club membership. Other benefits include the $2.99 Daily Deal, Tomorrow's Game Today, and special member rewards. And if you purchase any 6 games within a single month, you earn a free game with the Big Fish Game Club Monthly Punch Card! (Collector's Editions earn 3 punches each, half-way towards your free game!)

Read Ms. Terri's reviews of the adventure and casual mystery games featured on this site, including Midnight Mysteries: The Edgar Allan Poe Conspiracy, Nancy Drew Dossier: Lights, Camera, Curses!, Enlightenus, and many more!

Big Fish Games: Bestsellers

Big Fish Games: New releases

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Games of Mystery is your source for mystery-themed video, electronic, and board games, parties for kids and adults, and murder mystery weekends and mystery getaway vacations!

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