El Gavilan by Craig McDonald is Today's Sixth Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature El Gavilan by Craig McDonald as today's sixth free mystery ebook.

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El Gavilan by Craig McDonald
Publisher: Tyrus Books

About El Gavilan (from the publisher): The news is full of it: escalating tensions from illegal immigration; headless bodies hanging off bridges and bounties placed on lawmen on both sides of the border. New Austin, Ohio, is a town grappling with waves of undocumented workers who exert tremendous pressure on schools, police and city services. In the midst of the turmoil, three very different kinds of cops scramble to maintain control and impose order.

But the rape-murder of a Mexican-American woman triggers a brutal chain of events that threatens to leave no survivors.

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Mr. E. Reviews Tower Heist

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The premise of this crime comedy is fine here — if remarkably similar to Ocean's Eleven, a much, much better film — yet is very poorly paced and plays out in an exceptionally leaden manner. What's probably most disappointing, however, is that the actors act as if they're being directed, none of them really assuming the roles of the characters they are playing.

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

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First Poster for Savages, Adapted from Don Winslow's Crime Thriller

The first poster for the crime thriller Savages, adapted from the novel by Don Winslow, has been released by the studio (right; click for larger version).

Directed by Oliver Stone from a screenplay co-written by Stone, Winslow, and Shane Salerno, the film features an all-star ensemble cast of Taylor Kitsch, Blake Lively, Aaron Johnson, John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Benicio Del Toro, Salma Hayek, Emile Hirsch and Demian Bichir.

Laguna Beach entrepreneurs Ben (Johnson), a peaceful and charitable Buddhist, and his closest friend Chon (Kitsch), a former Navy SEAL and ex-mercenary, run a lucrative, homegrown industry — raising some of the best marijuana ever developed. They also share a one-of-a-kind love with the extraordinary beauty Ophelia (Lively). Life is idyllic in their Southern California town … until the Mexican Baja Cartel decides to move in and demands that the trio partners with them.

When the merciless head of the cartel, Elena (Hayek), and her brutal enforcer, Lado (Del Toro), underestimate the unbreakable bond among these three friends, Ben and Chon — with the reluctant, slippery assistance of a dirty DEA agent (Travolta) — wage a seemingly unwinnable war against the cartel.

And so begins a series of increasingly vicious ploys and maneuvers in a high stakes, savage battle of wills.

Savages opens in theaters July 6th, 2012.

Review: Cops, Crooks & Other Stories in 100 Words by Mark S. Bacon

We've just published our Review of Cops, Crooks & Other Stories in 100 Words by Mark S. Bacon. A Collection of Flash Fiction. Archer & Clark Ebook, March 2012.

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Telemystery: The Commander, New This Week on DVD

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 one series being released this week.

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Amanda Burton stars as a female cop who crosses the line The Commander, a British crime drama created by crime novelist Lynda La Plante.

Clare Blake is New Scotland Yard's highest-ranking woman officer. Icy-cool, ambitious but reckless, she lets her personal life bleed into her career, defying convention and risking her reputation.

The Commander: Set Two is available on DVD and consists of four multi-part episodes that originally aired on ITV as the third and fourth "seasons" of the series during the Summer of 2007 and in the Fall of 2008.

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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.

Promotional Poster for Copper, a New Historical Crime Drama on BBC America

It's not an official poster from the studio, but the promotional image for the upcoming BBC America historical crime drama Copper conveys a sense of what it's about. The tagline: "Justice is brutal."

Copper is described as a gripping crime series set in 1860s New York City, and centers on Kevin Corcoran (Tom Weston-Jones), an intense, rugged Irish-immigrant cop working the city’s notorious Five Points neighborhood and struggling to maintain his moral compass in a turbulent world. He returns from the Civil War to discover his daughter is dead and his wife has disappeared, a storyline that will be explored during the series. His friendship with two war compatriots — the wayward son of a wealthy industrialist and a physician who secretly assists Corcoran with his work — takes him to the contrasting worlds of elegant Fifth Avenue and rural Harlem. The three men share a secret from their experience on the battlefield that inextricably links their lives forever.

"I love the part because of the moral conundrums he comes up with day to day," says Weston-Jones. "Through his eyes you get a real sense of how uncertain everything was back then. I love that nothing is predetermined, no one following a plot, everyone just coping and living in the moment, just trying to survive."

Ten one-hour episodes have been ordered for the series, which is expected to premiere on August 19th, 2012.

(Related article: The Hollywood Reporter.)

True Blood Season 5 Clip Trailer Released

HBO has released a clip trailer for the fifth season of True Blood (embedded below).

Based on characters created by crime novelist Charlaine Harris for her Southern Vampire series of mysteries, True Blood stars Anna Paquin as telepathic bar maid Sookie Stackhouse.

The fifth season of True Blood will premiere on Sunday, June 24th, 2012.

Sequel to The Woman in Black in Development

Susan Hill, the author of The Woman in Black, which was recently adapted into a film starring Daniel Radcliffe, has written an original story for a screenplay set 40 years after the events in her book. Title The Woman in Black: Angels of Death, the storyline centers on a young couple and the experiences they have in Eel Marsh House. (We haven't yet seen the movie, but from those who have we've heard the house is the real star of the show.)

Co-produced by Exclusive Media, the studio CEO Simon Oakes said, "We are proud and honoured to be working with Susan again on The Woman in Black: Angels of Death, a wonderful new tale every bit as atmospheric and terrifying as its predecessor The Woman in Black."

(Related article: The Hollywood Reporter.)

Wearing the Spider by Susan Schaab is Today's Fifth Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Wearing the Spider by Susan Schaab as today's fifth free mystery ebook.

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Wearing the Spider by Susan Schaab
Publisher: Galavant Press

We called this cleverly titled debut novel "a very good suspense thriller that keeps the reader's attention and the pages turning."

About Wearing the Spider (from the publisher): A female lawyer's identity is hijacked and misused by a ruthless partner of her Manhattan law firm who engages in email impersonation, political gamesmanship and electronic forgery to set her up in a scheme that ultimately leads to murder. She embarks on a clandestine investigation while dodging the FBI, risking her life as well as her career.

Read our review of Wearing the Spider by Susan Schaab.

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The Harrowing by Alexandra Sokoloff is Today's Fourth Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Harrowing by Alexandra Sokoloff as today's fourth free mystery ebook.

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The Harrowing by Alexandra Sokoloff
Publisher: Minotaur Books

This debut supernatural thriller was nominated for both a Bram Stoker Award and an Anthony Award.

About The Harrowing (from the publisher): Baird College's Mendenhall echoes with the footsteps of the last home-bound students heading off for Thanksgiving break, and Robin Stone swears she can feel the creepy, hundred-year-old residence hall breathe a sigh of relief for its long-awaited solitude. Or perhaps it's only gathering itself for the coming weekend.

As a massive storm dumps rain on the isolated campus, four other lonely students reveal themselves: Patrick, a handsome jock; Lisa, a manipulative tease; Cain, a brooding musician; and finally Martin, a scholarly eccentric. Each has forsaken a long weekend at home for their own secret reasons.

The five unlikely companions establish a tentative rapport, but they soon become aware of a sixth presence disturbing the ominous silence that pervades the building. Are they the victims of a simple college prank taken way too far, or is the unusual energy evidence of something genuine — and intent on using the five students for its own terrifying ends? It's only Thursday afternoon, and they have three long days and dark nights before the rest of the world returns to find out what's become of them. But for now it's just the darkness keeping company with five students nobody wants and no one will miss.

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