We've just published our Review of Mix-Up in Miniature by Margaret Grace. A Geraldine Porter Mystery. Perseverance Press Trade Paperback, April 2012.
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Sunday, April 22, 2012
Poisoned Pairings by Lesley A. Diehl is Today's Third Featured Free MystereBook
MystereBooks is pleased to feature Poisoned Pairings by Lesley A. Diehl as today's third 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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Poisoned Pairings by Lesley A. Diehl
A Hera Knightsbridge Mystery
Publisher: Mainly Murder
This is the second mystery to feature the master beer microbrewer.
About Poisoned Pairings (from the publisher): The threat of hydraulic fracturing, an environmentally controversial technique to extract gas from shale, invades Butternut Valley. Hera Knightsbridge and her fellow microbrewers fear it will pollute the water, their most precious ingredient, as well as destroy the beauty of the valley. Then murder visits Hera’s brewery. When investigator and love interest Jake is called away, Hera is on her own and must confront a murderer as well as ghosts from her past.
Important Note: This book was listed for free on the date and time of this post. Prices can and do change without prior notice. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your purchase.
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Patron of Terror by Adimchinma Ibe is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook
MystereBooks is pleased to feature Patron of Terror by Adimchinma Ibe as today's second 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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Patron of Terror by Adimchinma Ibe
A Tamunoemi "Tammy" Peterside Mystery
Publisher: CreateSpace
This is the second mystery to feature the Nigerian homicide detective.
About Patron of Terror (from the publisher): Tammy Peterside, on suspension from events in the previous book, is brought back to work to solve the murders of the candidate and his wife and their driver. Tammy soon discovers that the secret to the killings may lie in the Niger Delta, source of both Nigeria's wealth and its many problems. Terrorists appear to be operating out of the Delta, orchestrating political assassinations and sabotage of oil company property. It soon comes down to Tammy Peterside solving the mystery of both the killings and of what the terrorists in the Delta are really after.
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Dead Air Can Kill You by Phil Edwards is Today's Featured Free MystereBook
MystereBooks is pleased to feature Dead Air Can Kill You by Phil Edwards 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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Dead Air Can Kill You by Phil Edwards
A Jake Russo Mystery
Publisher: CreateSpace
This is the second (of four to date) mystery to feature the roving reporter.
About Dead Air Can Kill You (from the publisher): Jake Russo thought he was going on vacation. When he took a break from reporting to visit Wisconsin, he and his girlfriend expected hot chocolate and hot tubs. Their only plan was to watch the taping of an old time radio show.
But plans change when a blizzard leaves them marooned in the estate of the show's host — along with a dead body. Jake has to discover the show's secrets, interrogate the bickering suspects, and defend his girlfriend from a potential suitor. Jake's octogenarian photographer and his wife help in their own unique ways as the bodies pile up.
As Jake and his friends try to crack the case, they'll face near starvation, bumbling police, and a bad vaudeville act trying to make it big. It will take all of Jake's wits to escape the estate with his relationships — and life — intact.
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Saturday, April 21, 2012
Today's Bestselling Free Kindle MystereBooks (120421)
Here is today's list of the top bestselling free Kindle mysteries, suspense novels and thrillers.
We're using a script to embed an RSS feed from Amazon.com, which is updated hourly, but if you cannot see the box below — or have scripts blocked — you can use this link to see the relevant page on Amazon.com.
Review: The Girl Next Door by Brad Parks
We've just published our Review of The Girl Next Door by Brad Parks. A Carter Ross Mystery. Minotaur Books Hardcover, March 2012.
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MystereBooks: This Week's Update of Kindle Books Priced $2.99 or Less (120421)
Every month Amazon publishes a list of 100 Kindle books priced $3.99 or less. We thought we'd take that idea and improve on it, publishing a list of 100 Kindle mystery books priced $2.99 or less and updating it every week!
Here is our general criteria for selecting titles to include: books from major or specialty publishers of crime fiction and those written by authors familiar to us. There's far more than 100 to choose from, so we use our best judgment to narrow it down.
Shown below are some of the new titles we added today. We also added a number of mysteries (not listed below) from Mainly Murder Press; you can see a list of these books by following this link.
Important Note: Prices can and do change without prior notice! We strongly urge you to confirm the price of the book before completing your purchase. The price displayed on the vendor website at the time of purchase is the price of the book.
The Goliath Bone by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins.
A Mike Hammer Mystery.
The Good Thief's Guide to Amsterdam by Chris Ewan.
A Good Thief's Guide Mystery (1st).
Blood Count by Reggie Nadelson.
An Artie Cohen Mystery (9th).
Strip by Thomas Perry.
A Bitter Truth by Charles Todd.
A Bess Crawford Mystery (3rd).
This is actually a pre-release and includes an excerpt from the fourth Bess Crawford novel, An Unmarked Grave, which is published on June 5th, 2012.
The Calling by Inger Ash Wolfe.
A Hazel Micallef Mystery (1st).
The Taken by Inger Ash Wolfe.
A Hazel Micallef Mystery (2nd).
Winners Announced for the 2011 Los Angeles Times Book Prizes
The 2011 Los Angeles Times Book Prizes were handed out this evening at a ceremony preceding the annual Festival of Books at the University of Southern California this weekend.
Several categories were honored, but the one award we're most interested in — Mystery / Thriller — was presented by Gar Anthony Haywood to Stephen King for 11/22/63.
Friday, April 20, 2012
Nominees for the 2012 Arthur Ellis Awards Announced
The Crime Writers of Canada have announced the shortlists for the 2012 Arthur Ellis Awards, which recognize excellence in Canadian crime writing.
The winners will be announced on May 31st, 2012 at the Arthur Ellis Awards Banquet in Toronto.
Best Crime Novel …
• I Am Half-Sick of Shadows by Alan Bradley (Doubleday Canada)
• I'll See you in My Dreams by William Deverell (McClelland and Stewart)
• A Trick of the Light by Louise Penny (St. Martin’s Press)
• Before the Poison by Peter Robinson (McClelland and Stewart)
• The Guilty Plea by Robert Rotenberg (Simon & Schuster)
Best First Crime Novel …
• Watching Jeopardy by Norm Foster (XLibris)
• The Water Rat of Wanchai by Ian Hamilton (House of Anansi Press)
• The Man Who Killed by Fraser Nixon (Douglas & McIntrye)
• The Survivor by Sean Slater (Simon & Schuster)
• Tight Corner by Roger White (BPS Books)
Best Crime Novel in French …
• Pour Ne Pas Mourir ce soir by Guillaume Lapierre-Desnoyers (Lévesque Éditeur)
• La chorale du diable by Martin Michaud (Les Editions Guélette)
• Pwazon by Diane Vincent (Editors Triptyque)
Best Crime Non-Fiction …
• The Pirates of Somalia by Jay Bahader (HarperCollins )
• A Season in Hell by Robert Fowler (Harper Collins )
• The Weasel: A Double Life in the Mob by Adrian Humphreys (Wiley)
• Hot Art: Chasing Thieves and Detectives Through the Secret World of Stolen Art by Joshua Knelman (Douglas & McIntyre)
• The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea by Steven Laffoley (Pottersfield)
Best Juvenile/Young Adult Crime Book …
• Missing by Becky Citra (Orca Book Publishers)
• Charlie's Key by Rob Mills (Orca Book Publishers)
• Held by Edeet Ravel (Annick Press)
• Empire of Ruins by Arthur Slade (HarperCollins)
• Blink & Caution by Tim Wynne-Jones (Candlewick Press)
Best Crime Short Story …
• What Kelly Did by Catherine Astolfo (North Word Magazine)
• The Perfect Mark by Melodie Campbell (Flash Fiction Magazine)
• The Girl with the Golden Hair by Scott Mackay (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)
• Beer Money by Shane Nelson (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)
• A New Pair of Pants by Jas. R. Petrin (Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine)
Best Unpublished First Novel ("Unhanged Arthur") …
• Snake in the Snow by William Bonnell
• The Rhymester by Valerie A. Drego
• Gunning for Bear by Madeleine Harris-Callway
• Too Far to Fall by Shane Sawyer
• Last of the Independents by Sam Wiebe
Hat tip to Janet Rudolph for alerting us to this list.
Nine P. D. James Mysteries Now Available as eBooks
Earlier this week, Touchstone, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, released nine mysteries by crime novelist P. D. James as ebooks, the first time these titles have been available in this format.
Six are Adam Dalgliesh novels — the first six in the series — the others being the author's only two Cordelia Gray novels and a stand-alone.
We've listed them below with a link to the Kindle version, but other popular formats are available including Nook, iBook (Apple), Kobo and Google Play.
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Cover Her Face
Headstrong and beautiful, the young housemaid Sally Jupp is put rudely in her place, strangled in her bed behind a bolted door. Coolly brilliant policeman Adam Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard must find her killer among a houseful of suspects, most of whom had very good reason to wish her ill.
The first Adam Dalgliesh mystery, originally published in 1962.
A Mind to Murder
When the administrative head of the Steen Psychiatric Clinic is found dead with a chisel in her heart, Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard is called in to investigate. Dalgliesh must analyze the deep-seated anxieties and thwarted desires of patients and staff alike to determine which of their unresolved conflicts resulted in murder.
Unnatural Causes
A famous mystery writer is found dead at the bottom of a dinghy, with both hands chopped off at the wrists. Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh, with help from his remarkable Aunt Jane, must discover who typed the writer's death sentence before the plot takes another murderous turn.
A Shroud for a Nightingale
The young women of Nightingale House are there to learn to nurse and comfort the suffering. But when one of the students plays patient in a demonstration of nursing skills, she is horribly, brutally killed. Another student dies equally mysteriously, and it is up to Adam Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard to unmask a killer who has decided to prescribe murder as the cure for all ills.
The Black Tower
Just recovered from a grave illness, Commander Adam Dalgliesh is called to the bedside of an elderly priest. When Dalgliesh arrives, Father Baddeley is dead. Is it merely his own brush with mortality that causes Dalgliesh to sense the shadow of death about to fall once more?
Death of an Expert Witness
An evil-tempered forensic scientist is put to death, putting many of his colleagues out of misery. Commander Adam Dalgliesh must exhume the secrets of Dr. Lorrimer's laboratory in order to lay bare the murderous motive hidden in one human heart.
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
Handsome Cambridge dropout Mark Callender died hanging by the neck with a faint trace of lipstick on his mouth. When the official verdict is suicide, his wealthy father hires fledgling private investigator Cordelia Gray to find out what led him to self-destruction. What she discovers instead is a twisting trail of secrets and sins, and the strong scent of murder.
The first Cordelia Gray mystery, originally published in 1972.
The Skull Beneath the Skin
Private detective Cordelia Gray is invited to the sunlit island of Courcy to protect the vainly beautiful actress Clarissa Lisle from veiled threats on her life. Within the rose red walls of a fairy-tale castle, she finds the stage is set for death.
Innocent Blood
Adopted as a child into a privileged family, Philippa Palfrey fantasizes that she is the daughter of an aristocrat and a parlor maid. The terrifying truth about her parents and a long-ago murder is only the first in a series of shocking betrayals. Philippa quickly learns that those who delve into the secrets of the past must be on guard when long-buried horrors begin to stir.
A stand-alone thriller, originally published in 1980.
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