The folks over at the Criminal Element are offering readers a chance to win a complete set of the Clare Fergusson and Russ Van Alstyne mysteries by Julia Spencer-Fleming.
The first book in the series, In the Bleak Midwinter, was the winner of the 2001 Best Traditional Mystery Novel Contest and went on to win the Agatha Award, Anthony Award, and Macavity Award — to name just a few — for Best First Novel.
The seventh and most recent book in the series, One Was a Soldier, was published last year.
The giveaway runs from today, January 16th, 2012 through January 30th, 2012. Visit the Criminal Element to register and to enter for a chance to win!
Monday, January 16, 2012
Win a Set of Clare Fergusson and Russ Van Alstyne Mysteries by Julia Spencer-Fleming from the Criminal Element
Winners of the 2012 German Crime Novel Prizes Announced
The Deutscher Krimi Preis (German Crime Novel Prize) winners for 2012 have been announced. (We haven't yet added this prize to our website, but will be doing so soon.)
The winner of the German-language crime novel is Wer das Schweigen bricht by Mechtild Borrmann. Second place went to Friedrich Ani for Süden with third place going to Elisabeth Herrmann for Zeugin der Toten.
The winner of the international crime novel is Truth by Peter Temple. Second and third places were awarded to, respectively, Savages (published as Zeit des Zorns) by Don Winslow and Started Early, Took My Dog (published as Das vergessene Kind) by Kate Atkinson.
(Source: Press release.)
Telemystery: Adam-12 and Waking the Dead, New on DVD; George Gently New on Blu-ray
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 series seasons being released this week together with one newly available on Blu-ray disc.
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Martin Milner and Kent McCord star as LAPD officers Pete Malloy and Jim Reed in Adam-12, with stories based on real police cases in and around the city of Los Angeles.
This season finds the officers in helicopters, on horseback and on airport patrol in locations ranging from the foothills to Venice Beach. The boys in blue have their work cut out for them when they face teenage robbers, angry dogs, a drunken boat cook, bomb threats, armed carjackers and more.
Adam-12: Season Six is available on DVD and consists of episodes that originally aired on NBC from September 1973 through March 1974.
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Acorn Media has recently starting delivering Blu-ray versions of previously released series on DVD, with this week's entry being the first season of George Gently.
Martin Shaw stars as Scotland Yard's most incorruptible detective, an old-time copper in a rapidly changing world. Set in rural Northumberland during the mid-1960s, the series is based on a character created by crime novelist Alan Hunter, who wrote a great number of mysteries featuring Chief Superintendent Gently from 1955 through 1999.
George Gently: Series One is available on Blu-ray and consists of episodes that originally aired on BBC during 2007 and 2008.
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Recently concluding its ninth and final season, Waking the Dead is a police procedural centered on a cold case division of police officers.
The team is led by Detective Superintendent Peter Boyd (Trevor Eve). His partner is DI Spencer Jordan (Wil Johnson), with other members including a psychologist (Sue Johnston as Dr. Grace Foley) and forensic pathologist (Tara Fitzgerald as Dr. Eve Lockhart). This latter character will be featured in a spin-off series titled The Body Farm.
Waking the Dead: Season Six is available on DVD and consists of episodes that originally aired on BBC in early 2007.
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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.
Dying for You by Geraldine Evans is Today's Featured Free MystereBook
MystereBooks is pleased to feature Dying for You by Geraldine Evans as today's free mystery ebook.
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.
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Dying for You by Geraldine Evans
A Rafferty and Llewellyn Mystery
Publisher: Severn House
This is the sixth entry in this long-running series that currently numbers fourteen titles. Detectives Rafferty and Llewellyn are assigned to a police station in Essex, England.
About Dying for You (from the publisher): Lonely, DI Joe Rafferty signed up with a dating agency, using an assumed name. What he hadn't bargained on was that the first two women with whom he struck up a rapport should wind up murdered – and with himself, or rather his alter ego Nigel Blythe, in the frame for the crime.
Will the anonymity of the alias be enough to carry him through the investigation? And will it gain him sufficient time to find the women's real killer before the finger of suspicions is pointed at him?
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Money Shot by Christa Faust is Today's Barnes&Noble Nook Daily Find
MystereBooks is pleased to feature Money Shot by Christa Faust as today's Barnes&Noble Daily Find. The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Monday, January 16, 2012.
Note: Amazon.com is matching the deal price for this ebook for today only.
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Money Shot by Christa Faust
Publisher: Hard Case Crime
About Money Shot (from the publisher): It all began with the phone call asking former porn star Angel Dare to do one more movie. Before she knew it, she'd been shot and left for dead in the trunk of a car. But Angel is a survivor. And that means she'll get to the bottom of what's been done to her even if she has to leave a trail of bodies along the way …
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Morgue Drawer Four by Jutta Profijt is Today's Amazon Kindle Daily Deal
MystereBooks is pleased to feature Morgue Drawer Four by Jutta Profijt as today's Amazon Kindle Daily Deal. The deal price of $0.99 is valid only for today, Monday, January 16, 2012.
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Morgue Drawer Four by Jutta Profijt
A Martin Gänsewein Mystery
Publisher: AmazonCrossing
Originally published in Germany in 2009 under the title Kühlfach 4, this mystery introduces Cologne (Köln) coroner Dr. Martin Gänsewein.
About Morgue Drawer Four (from the publisher): Coroner is the perfect job for Dr. Martin Gänsewein, who spends his days in peace and quiet autopsying dead bodies for the city of Cologne. Shy, but scrupulous, Martin appreciates his taciturn clients—until the day one of them starts talking to him. It seems the ghost of a recently deceased (and surprisingly chatty) small-time car thief named Pascha is lingering near his lifeless body in drawer number four of Martin’s morgue. He remains for one reason: his “accidental” death was, in fact, murder.
Pascha is furious his case will go unsolved—to say nothing of his body’s dissection upon Martin’s autopsy table. But since Martin is the only person Pascha can communicate with, the ghost settles in with the good pathologist, determined to bring the truth of his death to light.
Now Martin’s staid life is rudely upended as he finds himself navigating Cologne’s red-light district and the dark world of German car smuggling. Unless Pascha can come up with a plan—and fast—Martin will soon be joining him in the spirit world.
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Mystery Godoku Puzzle for January 16, 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 G H N O R T
Holly Baxter's debut cozy featuring Elodie Browne has the tears of this creature 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 15, 2012
IDW Announces Publication Date of Third Parker Graphic Novel, The Score
What kind of man tries to knock off a whole town? Parker, of course.
Earlier this month IDW Publishing's editor-in-chief Chris Ryall announced that the third volume in Darwyn Cooke's "Parker" graphic novels would be published this May. He also posted this image (right; click for larger version).
Based on a character created by Richard Stark — a pseudonym used by Donald E. Westlake — The Score is the third book in this graphic novel series by Darwyn Cooke, following 2009's The Hunter and 2010's The Outfit.
Parker is a professional thief. He appeared in over 20 books by Stark/Westlake, several of which — most notably The Hunter, which also served as the basis for the first graphic novel in this series — were made into films.
Though we know nothing about the storyline in The Score other than what's depicted in the image above, we expect it will include elements of the plot in the 1964 novel of the same title.
(Related article: RyallTime Blog.)
Mr. E. Reviews The Debt
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Though the overall plot will likely offer few surprises to the viewer — it is not unlike a fictional film based on a historical event; you know how it ends but the journey is still worth taking — there is plenty of suspense to keep one interested. Also contributing to my admiration of the film are the uniformly outstanding performances by the principals of the cast.
Read the full text of our review at Mr. E. Reviews The Debt.
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Telemystery: Alcatraz Premieres Monday, January 16th on Fox
The mystery/thriller television drama Alcatraz premieres tomorrow, Monday January 16th at 8 PM (ET/PT) on Fox.
The series stars Sarah Jones as SFPD detective Rebecca Madsen, and in the 2-hour pilot is assigned to a grisly homicide case. A fingerprint found at the scene leads her to a seemingly impossible suspect: Jack Sylvane, an inmate at Alcatraz, who died over 30 years ago. Her interest piqued, she begins an investigation, only to have an enigmatic government agent, Emerson Hauser (Sam Neill), impede her every step of the way.
She soon finds herself working with an unlikely partner, Alcatraz expert and comic book enthusiast Diego "Doc" Soto (Jorge Garcia). Together they uncover what seems to be impossible: Sylvane is not only alive, but he's loose on the streets of San Francisco, exacting decades-old revenge and leaving bodies in his wake.
As they work to stop Sylvane's killing spree, they discover that he is only a small part of a much larger, more sinister present-day threat. Because even though he may be the first, it quickly becomes clear that Sylvane won’t be the last to reappear from Alcatraz.
Watch a promo for Doc Soto's book Inmates of Alcatraz and a first look featurette below.
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