Take a Number by Janet Dawson is Today's Third Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Take a Number by Janet Dawson as today's third free mystery ebook.

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Take a Number by Janet Dawson
A Jeri Howard Mystery
Publisher: Fawcett/Janet Dawson

This is the second mystery (of ten to date) in this series featuring the Oakland (CA) private investigator.

About Take a Number (from the publisher): In Alameda County, east of San Francisco, the all-American pastimes of adultery, divorce, and mindless violence prosper — and Petty Officer First Class Sam Raynor, USN, fits right in. PI Jeri Howard is working for Raynor's battered wife, who wants not only a divorce but half of everything Raynor's got. It turns out Raynor's hidden some big bucks from Uncle Sam.

And that's not all he's hidden. Barely concealed behind his blond and muscled good looks is a vicious psychopath, whose wife-battering episodes are only the tip of an ugly iceberg. It seems Petty Officer Raynor's been getting away with murder … or close to it. And now that Jeri is on his trail, can murder be far behind?

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Cross Current by Christine Kling is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Cross Current by Christine Kling as today's second free mystery ebook.

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Cross Current by Christine Kling
A Seychelle Sulllivan Mystery
Publisher: Ballantine

About Cross Current (from the publisher): Seychelle is proud to follow in her father’s footsteps and work the waters on a tugboat. She remembers Florida before it fractured between rich and poor, white and black, Cuban and Haitian. For Seychelle, life is all about making a living, making love, and keeping her eye on the beauty that still remains in an ever-changing community. Then her life takes a turn when her tug intercepts with a swamped fishing boat in the Gulf Stream. Inside the boat are a murdered woman and a little girl in a white dress.

When Seychelle returns to shore with a traumatized Haitian girl named Solange in her cabin, she is faced with the border patrol, the police, and an unraveling love affair. Determined to protect Solange, and somehow keep her from being sent back to Haiti, Seychelle becomes obsessed with the forces that nearly killed the girl — and left her speechless with terror. All Seychelle knows for sure is that Solange’s father was an American … and that somehow she slipped through a murderer’s hands.

Exploring the hidden world of Florida’s Haitian community, Seychelle realizes that Solange is still in great danger — and that one killer has claimed dozens of lives. With a murderer stalking the child, Seychelle is racing to unravel dangerous truths. But to get the answers she needs, she must return to where it all started: in the waters of the Gulf Stream, where people died for a hope and prayer– and a man with a machete did the work of the devil himself.

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A Grave Breach by James Macomber is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature A Grave Breach by James Macomber as today's free mystery ebook.

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A Grave Breach by James Macomber
A John Cann Mystery
Publisher: Oceanview Publishing

We called this third book (and most recent) in the series a "first-rate thriller".

About A Grave Breach (from the publisher): International lawyer John Cann would never defend a war criminal - particularly the Serb accused of horrific acts during the Bosnian War of the 1990s. But when his friend, mentor and Senior Partner Arthur Matsen needs his help, John has to make a tough decision.

Struggling with legal issues and ethical dilemmas in Europe, John's past is close behind. Never far from his mind is Janie Reston, the young college student viciously abused and left for dead by terrorists.

As John uncovers what lies deep in Matsen's past, Janie is in increasing peril. Will past, present and future intersect or will time run out?

Read our review of A Grave Breach by James Macomber.

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Disney Options Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book

Disney has optioned the film rights to Neil Gaiman's middle-grade novel The Graveyard Book, the winner in 2009 of the prestigious children's literary award, the Newbery Medal.

The book's premise: It takes a graveyard to raise a child.

Nobody Owens — known as Bod — is a normal boy. He would be completely normal if he didn't live in a graveyard, being raised by ghosts, werewolves, and other cemetery denizens, with a guardian who belongs to neither the world of the living nor the dead. There are adventures in the graveyard for a boy — an ancient Indigo Man, a gateway to the abandoned city of ghouls, the strange and terrible Sleer. But if Bod leaves the graveyard, he will be in danger from the man Jack — who has already killed Bod's family.

(Related article: The Hollywood Reporter.)

Watch a Dark Shadows Vampire History Featurette

"The legend of the vampire has been told for centuries, capturing the dark shadows of our imagination and inspiring filmmakers and actors to breathe new life into the undead."

So begins a new featurette by the producers of Dark Shadows, starring Johnny Depp as Barnabas Collins, and based on the Gothic television soap opera of the late 1960s. We've embedded the video below.

Directed by Tim Burton from an original screenplay by Seth Grahame-Smith, Dark Shadows opens in theaters May 11th, 2012.

Snow White & the Huntsman: Poster and Song

Snow White & the Huntsman is one of the few movies we're looking forward to seeing this year … and somehow we missed this poster when it was first released by the studio (right; click for larger version).

We also have a song from the soundtrack to the film, "Breath of Life" by Florence and the Machine, which was published by the studio today (embedded below). You can purchase the single via iTunes. The full film soundtrack will be available on May 29th, 2012.

Snow White & the Huntsman, starring Kristen Stewart as Snow White, Chris Hemsworth at the huntsman, and Charlize Theron as the evil queen Ravenna, will open in theaters on June 1st, 2012.

Hammer Films Options Story Behind the Winchester Mystery House

Exclusive Media, parent company of Hammer Films, announced today that the production company has optioned the rights to the story behind the Winchester Mystery House, the "house built by the spirits" and constructed, remodeled, and otherwise altered over the course of nearly 38 years, from 1884 until the death of its owner in 1922.

According to legend, Sarah Winchester — heiress to the Winchester Rifle fortune — enacted a nightly séance to help with her building plans and for protection from "bad" spirits. With her financial freedom, she was content to honor whatever whims came from her imagination and from the spirits she believed were guiding her. It is estimated that 500 to 600 rooms were built in the house, but because so many were redone, only 160 remain.

Hammer Films most recently released the horror film The Woman in Black, adapted from the novel of the same title by Susan Hill.

(Source: Exclusive Media.)

The Glades to Return, Longmire to Premiere, on June 3rd on A&E

A&E announced today that June 3rd, 2012 will mark the return The Glades for its third season (at 9 PM ET/PT) and the premiere of Longmire (at 10 PM ET/PT).

The Glades stars Matt Passmore as Jim Longworth, a detective with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. During the season, Jim's relationship with Callie (Kiele Sanchez) is put to the test when she considers relocating out of Palm Glade to find work. Meanwhile, the FDLE sends Jennifer Starke (Taylor Cole) to evaluate Palm Glade's successful track record in closing cases, only to discover that it is Longworth's unorthodox style that may be key. In the season opener, Jim and Carlos (Carlos Gomez) investigate the death of a millionaire, who bequeathed all his wealth to an organization of UFO enthusiasts.

Longmire is based on a character created by crime novelist Craig Johnson, and stars Robert Taylor as Walt Longmire, the sheriff of Absoroka County, Wyoming. In the series premiere, Longmire decides to run for re-election when an ambitious young deputy decides to oppose him. Longmire feels betrayed, but remains steadfast in his dedication to the community.

(Source: Press release.)

Review: Fifteen Digits by Nick Santora

We've just published our Review of Fifteen Digits by Nick Santora. Mulholland Books Hardcover, April 2012.

Our rating:

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More Prime Time Crime for Sweden's TV4

Sweden's TV4 is planning a new slate of prime time crime.

Six episodes of Annika Bengtzon, based on a character created by crime novelist Liza Marklund, are being produced. (It isn't clear if these are based on any of the author's novels or not.) In the books, Annika Bengtzon is an investigative journalist in Stockholm.

Another crime novelist, Dagmar Lange, is having her books adapted in a series titled Maria Lang, which is the pen name she used. Quite honestly, we know little about this author, who died in 1991, and don't even know if her mysteries include a series character. Six episodes have been ordered.

Two of romantic suspense author Viveca Sten's books are being adapted for two 3-part episodes of The Sandhamn Murders, Sandhamn being a resort community on island of Sandön off Sweden's east coast. We don't believe any of this author's books have been translated into English — from her website, we can see that four have been published between 2008 and 2011 — and can't determine which of them are being adapted for this series.

Finally, TV4 has commissioned six new episodes of Wallander, which will begin filming this summer. Based on a character created by Henning Mankell, the series stars Krister Henriksson as police Inspector Kurt Wallander. This will be the last season for the series. (These episodes are not to be confused with from those produced in the UK for BBC, which star Kenneth Branagh in the title role.)