The Mystery Bookshelf: Flipping Out by Marshall Karp, A Lomax & Biggs Mystery

The Mystery Bookshelf, where you can discover a library of new mysteries, is pleased to feature a new mystery series title we recently received from the publisher.

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Flipping Out by Marshall Karp
A Lomax & Biggs Mystery (3rd in series)
St. Martin's Minotaur (Trade Paperback)
Publication Date: April 2010
ISBN-13: 978-0-312-37823-3

About Flipping Out (from the publisher): Nora Bannister writes murder mysteries with a twist – a very lucrative twist. She buys a run-down house in LA, and while her business partners turn it into a showpiece, Nora makes it the scene of a grisly murder and the star of the next book in her bestselling House To Die For series.

As soon as the book goes on sale, there’s a bidding frenzy for the house. It seems a lot of people are willing to pay a lot of money to live in a real house where a fictional character has died a violent death.

Just before Nora’s latest book hits the market, one of her house-flipping partners is murdered. LAPD Detectives Mike Lomax and Terry Biggs are assigned the case, but this one is a hot potato. The dead woman is also the wife of one of their fellow cops.

In fact, all of Nora’s partners are married to cops, so when the killer strikes again, Mike and Terry realize that somebody is out to murder the house flippers. And the next logical target is Marilyn Biggs – Terry’s wife.

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About Marshall Karp: An award-winning former advertising executive, Marshall Karp is a playwright, a screenwriter, and has written and produced numerous TV shows. Having paid his dues in Hollywood, he began killing the people he used to work with. His first novel, The Rabbit Factory, set in a Disneyesque studio, introduces LAPD Detectives Mike Lomax and Terry Biggs. In Bloodthirsty, they returned when some of the most powerful and hated men in show business turn up dead. Marshall is at work on the further adventures of Lomax & Biggs deep in the woods of New York’s Hudson Valley, where he subsists on nuts, berries, and reader feedback. Visit him at his website, LomaxAndBiggs.com.

Mysteries by Marshall Karp reviewed by Mysterious Reviews: Flipping Out (2009).

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Games of Mystery: Mind's Eye, Secrets of the Forgotten, New at Big Fish Games

Games of Mystery is pleased to announce the availability of a new mystery casual game from Big Fish Games released today and available to BFG Club members. You can find out more about these games by visiting our Mystery Games: Big Fish Download Games page or by clicking on the links provided below.

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The mayor is dead, having thrown himself out of the window of his office … or did he? Enterprising journalist Gabrielle Jennings is not convinced, sensing both murderous intent and the scoop of a lifetime. Her investigation leads her to the laboratory of a mysterious scientist, whose experiments enable her to enter other people’s minds to search for clues. Players help Gabrielle unravel the mystery by searching for hidden objects, solving puzzles and playing mini-games as her journey into mental labyrinths reveals a shocking secret about her own past that will change her life forever.

Set against the backdrop of a murder investigation in a gritty city, this game features a unique scrolling perspective that allows items along different depth planes to be linked into a single object.

Mind's Eye: Secrets of the Forgotten may be downloaded and purchased for $6.99 with a Big Fish Game Club membership. A demonstration version (168.76 MB) may be downloaded and played for free for one hour.

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Get any standard game for $6.99 with a Big Fish Game Club membership. Other benefits include the $2.99 Daily Deal, Tomorrow's Game Today, and special member rewards. And if you purchase any 6 games within a single month, you earn a free game with the Big Fish Game Club Monthly Punch Card! (Collector's Editions earn 3 punches each, half-way towards your free game!)

Read our new game reviews by Ms. Terri: Midnight Mysteries: The Edgar Allan Poe Conspiracy (Review), Nancy Drew Dossier: Lights, Camera, Curses! (Review), The Hardy Boys: The Perfect Crime (Review), Enlightenus (Review), and Nick Chase: A Detective Story (Review).

Big Fish Games: Bestsellers

Big Fish Games: New releases

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Mystery Book Review: April Adventure by Ron Roy

April Adventure
by Ron Roy
A Calendar Mystery

Random House (Paperback)
ISBN-10: 0-375-86116-5 (0375861165)
ISBN-13: 978-0-375-86116-1 (9780375861161)
Publication Date: February 2010
List Price: $4.99

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Review: Twins Bradley and Brian and their best friends Lucy and Nate are on the trail of some golden eggs that have vanished in April Adventure, the fourth early reader chapter book in the series of Calendar Mysteries by Ron Roy.

Bradley wakes up on the Saturday before Easter to discover a plastic egg near his head. Inside is a small piece of paper with a cryptic message, signed by The Shadow. Lucy and Nate are on a sleepover and they, together with Brian, all find similar eggs on their pillows. They combine all their messages, which tell them to go where a rose grows to find 12 more plastic eggs and 4 real golden eggs. If they do, they'll receive a treasure. The four friends head to a nearby park where they quickly find the 12 plastic eggs, but the 4 golden eggs remain elusive. Could they have been stolen? Or worse, eaten by one of the park's many native animals? And just who is the mysterious character, The Shadow, and what is the promised treasure?

April Adventure is a delightful book for kids. The story starts out as a scavenger hunt before quickly turning into a mystery. Most of the story takes place in Green Lawn's Center Park; a map of the park preceding the first chapter is helpful in visualizing the locations visited.

Just as an in adult mystery, the young sleuths eliminate some of the more obvious suspects before devising a scheme to identify the real culprit. It's a lot of fun and parents will enjoy reading the story with their children, helping them solve the mystery of the missing golden eggs.

Special thanks to Random House for providing a copy of April Adventure for this review.

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Synopsis (from the publisher): Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose have hidden Easter eggs for the younger kids to find. Bradley, Brian, Nate, and Lucy have no trouble finding the plastic eggs. But some of the golden eggs disappear! Can the four kids track down the thief?

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Bury the Dead, an Original Screenplay by Andrew Klavan, Optioned for Film

In a press release today, ShoulderHill Films announced it has optioned an original screenplay by bestselling mystery author Andrew Klavan. Titled Bury the Dead, the supernatural thriller/horror film tells the story of a young couple who wanders into a strange village where they witness a bizarre ritual killing and realize they may be next in line. The film is scheduled to begin production in late 2010.

Last month we reported that Klavan's Homelanders young adult thriller series had been optioned.

Two of Klavan's novels have previously been adapted into movies: True Crime starring Clint Eastwood, and Don't Say a Word starring Michael Douglas, as have two of his original screenplays, One Missed Call with Ed Burns and Shannyn Sossamon, and A Shock to the System with Michael Caine.

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The Mystery Bookshelf: Blood Moon by Garry Disher, an Inspector Hal Challis and Sergeant Ellen Destry Investigation

The Mystery Bookshelf, where you can discover a library of new mysteries, is pleased to feature a new mystery series title we recently received from the publisher.

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Blood Moon by Garry Disher
An Inspector Hal Challis and Sergeant Ellen Destry Investigation (5th in series)
Soho Crime (Trade Paperback)
Publication Date: April 2010
ISBN-13: 978-1-56947-631-4

About Blood Moon (from the publisher): Inspector Hal Challis and co-worker Sergeant Ellen Destry are enjoying their new romantic relationship when a call comes in to investigate the brutal beating of the chaplain of a prestigious school. The victim, it turns out, is not merely a chaplain, but also the head of a fundamentalist church, and his brother runs a racist blog. Before Challis can solve this case, more crimes come his way. A local woman turns up dead. Could her semmingly distressed husband actually be guilty, or was it the woman's job, punishing land use violations, that got her killed? And amid hordes of vacationing high school seniors, a young man is left drugged and naked on the beach. Could this be punishment for a previous crime? Challis and his team must juggle all these crimes and their own personal problems.

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About Garry Disher: The author of over forty books for adults and children, the first in his Detective Inspector Challis murder mystery series, The Dragon Man, won the German Crime Fiction Critics Prize in 2001. Chain of Evidence, another book in the series, won the Ned Kelly Award for best Australian crime novel.

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Mystery Book Review: Dishonored by J. R. Reardon

Dishonored
by J. R. Reardon
A Rebecca Tameron Mystery

Outskirts Press (Hardcover)
ISBN-10: 1-4327-5080-1 (1432750801)
ISBN-13: 978-1-4327-5080-0 (9781432750800)
Publication Date: January 2010
List Price: $32.95

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Review: Vermont Federal Court Judge Rebecca Tameron gets caught up in the mysterious circumstances surrounding the disappearance of a Supreme Court Justice in Dishonored, the second mystery in this series by J. R. Reardon.

Justice McNaught has vanished, but his credit card is being used to purchase expensive items from stores in England and Ireland. It seems as if his identity may have been stolen, but the whereabouts of the justice are unknown, as is whether this is a kidnapping or terrorist plot. Rebecca, a close friend of the McNaught family, travels with her husband Joshua to Washington DC to assist in the investigation. While there, Joshua arranges for them to sharpen their weapon handling skills at a private shooting range at the academy of the US Postal Inspection Service. Inspector Tristan Banda escorts them to the facility, but is later found shot, apparently with the gun used by Rebecca. In trying to clear her of the shooting, she subsequently falls under suspicion of being involved with McNaught's disappearance. Is someone trying to frame her? And if so, why?

Dishonored is a very twisty thriller, but solidly grounded by the character of Rebecca Tameron. She's not naive -- as a judge, she's seen her fair share of the anger, greed, jealousy and hatred in her courtroom -- but still tries to see the positive in both people and situations. This trait is sorely tested when she's the center of a criminal investigation, yet her support group, friends and family, remain true to her. The kidnapping / stolen identity plot is well developed and progresses at a consistently steady pace, with an outcome that most readers won't see coming. Appealing characters, an absorbing story, and an unexpected conclusion are all elements of this remarkable novel.

Special thanks to guest reviewer Betty of The Betz Review for contributing her review of Dishonored and to J. R. Reardon for providing a trade paperback edition (Outskirts Press, January 2010, 978-1-4327-5079-4) of the book for this review.

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Synopsis (from the publisher): Federal District Court Judge Rebecca Tameron seemed to have it all-a loving family, a prestigious career and the respect of her community ~ that is, until her world falls apart. Implicated in the disappearance of a Supreme Court Justice, and the shooting of a Federal agent, Tameron scrambles to uncover the truth. The problem is, each investigative leads she pursues only results in more questions, and every investigative avenue she takes leads back to her. How can she clear her name?

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Games of Mystery: I Spy Mystery, New at Big Fish Games

Games of Mystery is pleased to announce the availability of a new mystery casual game from Big Fish Games released today and available to BFG Club members. You can find out more about these games by visiting our Mystery Games: Big Fish Download Games page or by clicking on the links provided below.

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Discover a new way to play I Spy with 13 elusive mysteries that need your sleuth-finding skills. Choose a case file, then earn mystery clues by solving I Spy riddles and searching for carefully concealed objects. Use your problem-solving skills to follow the clues to solve the case of the Locked Gate, Midnight Mouse, Knight Fall, and many more clever mysteries! It’s time to put your awesome detective skills to the test!

See also another game in the series, I Spy Spooky Mansion.

I Spy Mystery may be downloaded and purchased for $6.99 with a Big Fish Game Club membership. A demonstration version (141.99 MB) may be downloaded and played for free for one hour. I Spy Mystery (Apple Mac version) is also available.

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Get any standard game for $6.99 with a Big Fish Game Club membership. Other benefits include the $2.99 Daily Deal, Tomorrow's Game Today, and special member rewards. And if you purchase any 6 games within a single month, you earn a free game with the Big Fish Game Club Monthly Punch Card! (Collector's Editions earn 3 punches each, half-way towards your free game!)

Read our new game reviews by Ms. Terri: Midnight Mysteries: The Edgar Allan Poe Conspiracy (Review), Nancy Drew Dossier: Lights, Camera, Curses! (Review), The Hardy Boys: The Perfect Crime (Review), Enlightenus (Review), and Nick Chase: A Detective Story (Review).

Big Fish Games: Bestsellers

Big Fish Games: New releases

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Disney To Adapt Young Adult Thriller Dark Life by Kat Falls

Variety is reporting that Robert Zemeckis (The Polar Express, Cast Away, What Lies Beneath) is attached to direct for Disney the film adaptation of the soon-to-be-published debut young adult novel Dark Falls by Kat Falls. Set to be released by Scholastic in May, the original two book order for the series may now be extended.

About Dark Life (from the publisher): Set in an apocalyptic future where rising oceans have swallowed up entire regions and people live packed like sardines on the dry land left, this is the harrowing tale of underwater pioneers who have carved out a life for themselves in the harsh deep-sea environment, farming the seafloor in exchange for the land deed.

The story follows Ty, who has lived his whole life on his family's homestead and has dreams of claiming his own stake when he turns eighteen. But when outlaws' attacks on government supply ships and settlements threaten to destroy the underwater territory, Ty finds himself in a fight to stop the outlaws and save the only home he has ever known.

Joined by a girl from the Topside who has come subsea to look for her prospector brother, Ty ventures into the frontier's rough underworld and begins to discover some dark secrets to. As Ty gets closer to the truth, he discovers that the outlaws may not be the bloodthirsty criminals the government has portrayed them as. And that the government abandoning the territory might be the best thing for everyone, especially for someone like Ty, someone with a dark gift.

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Winners of the 2009 Reader Views Literary Awards Announced

The Reader Views Literary Awards for 2009 have been announced, with winners selected in many genre categories. These awards were established to honor writers who self-published or had their books published by a subsidy publisher, small press, university press, or independent book publisher intended for the North American reading audience.

In the Mystery/Thriller/Suspense/Horror category, the winners are:

◊ First: The Black Minute by Christopher Valen (North Star Press of St. Cloud)
◊ Second: A Love That Kills by Robert Petrucelli (Nacoma Publishing)
◊ Honorable Mention: The Cobra Conspiracy by Roger A. Naylor (iUniverse)
◊ Honorable Mention: Tommy Gun Tango by Brant Randall and Bruce Cook (Capital Crime Press)

Separately, the Garcia Prize for Best Fiction Book of the Year was also awarded to a mystery: The Dawn of Saudi: In Search for Freedom by Homa Pourasgari. To request additional information about this book, or for a review copy, please contact Maryglenn McCombs at maryglenn@maryglenn.com.

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Memphis Beat (formerly Delta Blues) Premieres June 22, 2010, on TNT

TNT has a new splash page for its upcoming crime drama, Memphis Beat. Formerly titled Delta Blues, the series stars Jason Lee as Dwight Hendricks, a Elvis-loving Memphis police officer who lives with his mother (Celia Weston) and safeguards his musical Mecca with a brand of justice all his own.

The series also stars Alfre Woodard as his boss Lt. Tanya Rice, and Sam Hennings as his partner Charlie White.

Memphis Beat premieres Tuesday, June 22nd, at 10 PM (ET/PT) on TNT.

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Mysteries on TV: Blood Ties, Simon & Simon, and The Unusuals, New This Week on DVD

Mysteries on TV, your source for the most complete selection of detective, amateur sleuth, private investigator, and suspense television mystery series now available or coming soon to DVD or Blu-ray disc, is profiling three series being released this week.

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Based on the bestselling novels by Tanya Huff, Blood Ties stars Christina Cox as a former Toronto police detective Vicki Nelson, who left the force to become a private investigator. She witnesses a murder that may have otherworldy connections. Teaming up with the suave and alluring Henry Fitzroy (Kyle Schmid, playing a 470-year-old vampire), they embark on a series of paranormal investigations, with Vicki's former partner Detective Mike Celluci (Dylan Neal) never far away. Each episode is an unpredictable swirl of romance, action, and supernatural activity.

This Canadian series aired for two seasons on Lifetime in the US in 2007.

Previously available as separate seasons, the 22 episodes are now being released on DVD (7 discs) as Blood Ties: The Complete Series. Also available: Blood Ties: The Complete Series (Blu-ray).

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Brothers and private investigators A. J. Simon (Jameson Parker) and Rick Simon (Gerald McRaney) are Simon & Simon, who know nothing but trouble as they tackle a bevy of action-packed cases on the streets of beautiful San Diego (CA). In between tracking down kidnappers, jewel thieves and hit men, Rick gets accused of murder and A. J. gets slipped some angel dust on top of tangling with the Mob.

The series also stars Mary Carver as the Simon's mother Cecilia, and Tim Reid as San Diego Police Detective Marcel "Downtown" Brown.

The Simon and Simon: Season Four set of 6 DVD discs contain the 20 episodes (including the 2-hour season premiere, "C'est Simon", and the 2-part episode in which the brothers split up, "Simon Without Simon") that aired on CBS from September 1984 through March 1985.

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It helps if a cop has a twisted sense of humor, because every moment could be your last.

The Unusuals explores both the grounded drama and comic insanity of the world of New York City police detectives. Casey Shraeger (Amber Tamblyn), who started her day as an NYPD vice detective, is unexpectedly transferred to the homicide division. She quickly realizes that, not only does everyone in her new department have a distinct sense of humor, but also their own dirty little secrets ... which serves her well, since she's keeping a few of her own.

The ensemble cast also includes Jeremy Renner, who plays Casey's partner Detective Jason Walsh.

A mid-season replacement that lasted just one half-season, The Unusuals: The Complete Series set of 2 DVD discs contain the 10 episodes that aired during the spring of 2009 on ABC.

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Visit the Mysteries on TV website to discover more television mystery series currently available on DVD and Blu-ray disc.

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Mystery Godoku Puzzle for April 05, 2010

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!).

This week's letters and mystery clue:

A C E H K O S V W

This 1990 international thriller was the 7th in the Tweed & Co. series by Colin Forbes (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!

   

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New Mysteries: The Black Cat by Martha Grimes

It's been three long years between books in the series, but this week the 22nd Richard Jury mystery, The Black Cat by Martha Grimes, is published by Viking.

The series, the titles of which are taken from real pubs in England, dates back to 1981 when the Scotland Yard detective, initially a Chief Inspector and later a Superintendent, was introduced in The Man With a Load of Mischief. For years prior to its publication, Martha Grimes sent out manuscripts, unsolicited, to the major New York publishing houses, before the book was accepted by Little, Brown. That era is completely gone, as most publishers routinely throw out unsolicited manuscripts today.

The third book in the series, The Anodyne Necklace, won the prestigious Nero Award in 1983.

Martha Grimes is also the author of a series of mysteries featuring 12-year-old amateur sleuth Emma Graham as well as several non-series and stand-alone titles.

Watch Martha Grimes discuss her latest Richard Jury mystery, after which more information about the book can be found.

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The Black Cat by Martha Grimes
A Richard Jury Mystery (22nd in series)
Viking (Hardcover)
Publication Date: April 2010
ISBN-13: 978-0-670-02160-4

About The Black Cat (from the publisher): Three months have passed since Richard Jury was left bereft and guilt-ridden after his lover's tragic auto accident, and he is now more wary than ever. He is deeply suspicious when requested on a case far out of his jurisdiction in an outlying village where a young woman has been murdered behind the local pub. The only witness is the establishment's black cat, who gives neither crook nor clue as to the girl's identity or her killer's.

Identifying the girl becomes tricky when she's recognized as both the shy local librarian and a posh city escort, and Jury must use all his wits and intuition to determine the connection to subsequent escort murders. Meanwhile, Jury's nemesis, Harry Johnson, continues to goad Jury down a dangerous path. And Johnson, along with the imperturbable dog Mungo, just may be the key to it all.

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Mystery Book Review: The 24th Letter by Tom Lowe

The 24th Letter
by Tom Lowe
A Sean O'Brien Mystery

St. Martin's Minotaur (Hardcover)
ISBN-10: 0-312-37918-8 (0312379188)
ISBN-13: 978-0-312-37918-6 (9780312379186)
Publication Date: March 2010
List Price: $25.99

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Review: Former Miami homicide detective Sean O'Brien gets drawn back into what everyone considered to be a closed case when he learns a man on death row, his execution only days way, may be innocent in The 24th Letter, the second mystery in this series by Tom Lowe.

Career criminal Sam Spelling is on his way to a courthouse to testify against one of his own when he's shot by a sniper. Near death, he confesses to Father John Callahan that he knows Charlie Williams, a killer scheduled to be put to death by the state in less than 84 hours, is innocent, that he witnessed the real killer frame Williams for the crime. Father Callahan calls his old friend Sean O'Brien, the detective in charge of the investigation that ended in Williams' conviction, to give him the news. O'Brien rushes to meet with the priest, but between the time that Spelling delivers his signed statement to Father Callahan and before Callahan can give it to O'Brien, both men are killed, the confession disappearing. O'Brien can't convince the authorities to stop the execution without concrete proof ... something he must get before time runs out for an innocent man.

Despite the rather improbable premise of The 24th Letter, the story plays out reasonably well, due in no small part to the solidly developed, if somewhat derivative, character of Sean O'Brien. And though the plot moves along briskly, assisted by a nearly constant noting of the passage of time, the prose tends to be overly dramatic, at times clunky. Consider this typical passage:

The clouds parted and the three-quarter moon revealed itself. O'Brien could see it was slightly more rounded than yesterday. It would be a full moon this time next week. Unless O'Brien caught a killer, Charlie Williams would be executed before a full moon rose over the Atlantic.

A mysterious drawing in blood left by Father Callahan while he is dying gives the book its title, but the clues to its meaning seem almost unnecessary for O'Brien in tracking down the real killer. Still, in the end it confirms his suspicions and adds an interesting twist to the story.

There must be some rule in the manual to writing thrillers that states no chapter must be longer than three or four pages. Lowe has applied this rule fairly rigorously (averaging 3.5 pages per chapter in this book), but often in the most awkward manner. Chapters tend to end and new ones begin in the middle of scenes, sometimes even during a conversation between two characters. Most likely intended as mini-cliffhangers, while this technique may keep readers turning the pages, seeking a natural breaking point to pause, it also makes for a choppy ride.

Special thanks to St. Martin's Minotaur for providing a copy of The 24th Letter for this review.

Review Copyright © 2010 — Hidden Staircase Mystery Books — All Rights Reserved

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Synopsis (from the publisher): Father John Callahan hears the confession of a frightened prison inmate, and learns that a man facing lethal injection is innocent. The lead investigator on the case, his friend Sean O'Brien, is still haunted by the case. The 24th letter in the Greek alphabet -- Omega -- may provide the key to uncovering the killer's identity.

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Reviews of Mystery and Suspense Books for Kids, New This Week on Book Trends

Book Trends, a review site for young adult and children books, published several new book reviews this past week. We're presenting here a summary of those in the mystery / suspense category.

The Secret of the Braford House by Albert A. Bell. The 2nd mystery in the Steve and Kendra mystery series. Recommended for readers aged 10 to 12. Lexile measure: N/A. Reviewed by a 6th grade student who wrote, "This book is second in the marvelous series with a flaming hot plot, visualizing all the things you could think of that give people the creeps!"

For more reviews of children and young adult books, visit Book Trends; their reviews will amaze you!

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