Shimura Trouble by Sujata Massey is Today's Third Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Shimura Trouble by Sujata Massey 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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Shimura Trouble by Sujata Massey
A Rei Shimura Mystery
Original Publisher: Severn House

This is the 10th (and most recent) mystery to feature the antiques dealer and undercover spy.

About Shimura Trouble (from the publisher): During a family reunion on the island of Oahu, Japanese-American Rei Shimura is roped into helping the Hawaiian branch of her family regain land stolen from them during World War II. But when fire sweeps the island and her young cousin is accused of arson, Rei, with the assistance of both her boyfriend Michael and her ex-lover Hugh, must discover the truth that is linked to the Shimura family history.

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East of A by Russell Atwood is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature East of A by Russell Atwood 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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East of A by Russell Atwood
A Payton Sherwood Mystery
Original Publisher: Ballantine

About East of A (from the publisher): Private eye Payton Sherwood, returning late one night to his East Village office after an upstate case, runs into trouble in the form of three bull-necked heavies and a tough 16-year-old runaway named Glory. After taking a beating and losing his gold wristwatch, Payton is left bleeding on the sidewalk.

Tracking after Glory and his stolen watch, Payton winds his way through Alphabet City — in and out of trendy after-hours dives, across vacant lots and occupied squats and into barrio tenements. Here the shadows that frighten aren't those that shade the street but rather the soul. Payton's dusk-to-dawn nightmare on the wide side is about to begin — and nothing will stop it but death …

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Trouble in Mudbug by Jana DeLeon is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Trouble in Mudbug by Jana DeLeon 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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Trouble in Mudbug by Jana DeLeon
A Maryse Robicheaux Mystery
Original Publisher: Love Spell

This is the first mystery (of three to date) to feature this amateur sleuth.

About Trouble in Mudbug (from the publisher): Scientist Maryse Robicheaux thought that a lot of her problems had gone away with her mother-in-law’s death. The woman was rude, pushy, manipulative and used her considerable wealth to run herd over the entire town of Mudbug, Louisiana.

Unfortunately, death doesn’t slow down Helena one bit.

DEA Agent Luc LeJeune is wondering what his undercover assignment investigating the sexy scientist has gotten him into – especially as it seems someone wants her dead. Keeping his secrets while protecting Maryse proves to be easier than fighting his attraction for the brainy beauty.

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Blood Work by Michael Connelly is Today's Barnes&Noble Nook Daily Find

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Blood Work by Michael Connelly as today's Barnes&Noble Nook Daily Find. The deal price of $2.99 is valid only for today, Wednesday, April 25, 2012.

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Blood Work by Michael Connelly
Publisher: Little, Brown

This stand-alone was the winner of the 1999 Macavity Award for Best Mystery Novel and the winner of the 1999 Anthony Award for Best Novel. It was later adapted into the 2002 film Blood Work starring Clint Eastwood.

About Blood Work (from the publisher): Thanks to a heart transplant, former FBI agent Terril McCaleb is enjoying a quiet retirement, renovating the fishing boat he lives on in Los Angeles Harbor. But McCaleb's calm seas turn choppy when a story in the "What Happened To?" column of the LA Times brings him face-to-face with the sister of the woman whose heart now beats in his chest. From her, McCaleb learns a terrible truth: that the donor of his heart was not killed in an accident, as he'd been told, but was murdered.

Wracked with guilt over the fact that he's alive because another human being was killed, McCaleb embarks on a private investigation of his donor's murder -- a crime as horrific as anything he ever encountered as a serial killer investigator for the FBI.

Important Note: Barnes&Noble updates its Nook Daily Find every day at approximately midnight PT. The title referenced above is available at a discounted price for Wednesday, April 25, 2012 only.

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Shell Games by Kirk Russell is Today's Amazon Kindle Daily Deal

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Shell Games by Kirk Russell as today's Amazon Kindle Daily Deal. The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Wednesday, April 25, 2012.

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Shell Games by Kirk Russell
A John Marquez Mystery
Publisher: Chronicle Books

This is the first mystery to feature the California Fish & Game warden.

About Shell Games (from the publisher): The discovery of thousands of empty abalone shells and two murdered divers sends John Marquez's poaching investigation in a new and very risky direction.

A former DEA agent and now head of a special operations unit of the California Department of Fish and Game, Marquez learns he himself has been targeted as the next victim. Stalking him is Kline, a vicious drug smuggler turned abalone poacher who has a vendetta against Marquez. John Marquez is supposed to protect wildlife, not solve murders, but the only way he can break the multi-million-dollar abalone-smuggling ring, as well as save his own life, is to find and stop Kline.

Important Note: Amazon.com updates its Kindle book deal every day at approximately midnight PT. The title referenced above is available at a discounted price for Wednesday, April 25, 2012 only.

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TV Spots for Snow White and the Huntsman, Dark Shadows

We have two TV spots for upcoming films embedded below.

First up: Snow White and the Huntsman, a film we're really looking forward to seeing. It opens in theaters June 1st, 2012.

Next up: Dark Shadows, a film that looks like a lot of fun but one we'll almost certainly wait to see On Demand or on DVD. It hits theaters on May 11th, 2012.

Which of these two films are you most eager to see?

First Trailer for Lawless, Adapted from the the Novel The Wettest County in the World by Matt Bondurant

The first trailer for Lawless, a film adaptation of Matt Bondurant's 2008 true-story based novel The Wettest County in the World, has been released by the studio; we've embedded it below.

Directed by John Hillcoat from a screenplay by Nick Cave, the film stars Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy, and Gary Oldman in a Depression-era story of brotherhood, greed, and murder.

The Bondurant Boys were a notorious gang of roughnecks and moonshiners who ran liquor through Franklin County, Virginia, during Prohibition and in the years after. Howard (played by Jason Clarke), the eldest brother, is an ox of a man besieged by the horrors he witnessed in the Great War; Forrest (Tom Hardy), the middle brother, is fierce, mythically indestructible, and the consummate businessman; and Jack (Shia LaBeouf), the youngest, has a taste for luxury and a dream to get out of Franklin. Driven and haunted, these men forge a business, fall in love, and struggle to stay afloat as they watch their family die, their father's business fail, and the world they know crumble beneath the Depression and drought.

Lawless is currently scheduled to be in theaters August 31st, 2012.

Fox to Adapt Comic Axe Cop for Late Saturday Night Animated Series

Fox has optioned the comic Axe Cop to be one of its recently announced late-Saturday night animated series. Six quarter-hour episodes have been ordered to premiere on the network early next year. The comic has its own website, AxeCop.com, which has chapters and episodes available to view.

Bad guys beware! Evil aliens, run for your lives! Axe Cop is here, and he's going to chop your head off! We live in a strange world, and our strange problems call for strange heroes. That's why Axe Cop — along with his partner Flute Cop and their pet T-Rex Wexter — is holding try-outs to build the greatest team of heroes ever assembled.

Created by five year-old Malachai Nicolle and illustrated by his older brother, the cartoonist Ethan Nicolle, Axe Cop Volume One collects the entire original run of the hit webcomic that has captured the world's attention with its insanely imaginative adventures. Whether he's fighting gun-toting dinosaurs, teaming up with Ninja Moon Warriors, or answering readers' questions via his insightful advice column, "Ask Axe Cop," the adventures of Axe Cop and his incomparable team of crime fighters will delight and perplex even the most stoic of readers.

ABC Family Renews The Lying Game for a Second Season

ABC Family has renewed its teen mystery drama The Lying Game for a second season.

Adapted from the young adult thriller of the same title by Sara Shepard, The Lying Game stars Alexandra Chando as Emma Becker, a foster kid who learns she has an identical twin sister, Sutton Mercer (also played by Chandro), leading to stories featuring secrets and lies.

Production is expected to start this summer with a season premiere this winter.

Review: Rebel Fire by Andrew Lane

We've just published our Review of Rebel Fire by Andrew Lane. A Young Sherlock Holmes Adventure. Farrar, Straus and Giroux Hardcover, April 2012.

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