Double Exposure by Michael Lister is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Double Exposure by Michael Lister as today's free mystery ebook. We don't know how long it will be offered at this special price (typically only until a certain number of downloads have been completed), so we urge you to download it while it is still available for free.

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Double Exposure by Michael Lister
Non-Series
Tyrus Books

Michael Lister is the author of two mystery series, both set in Florida. This is his first stand-alone thriller.

About Double Exposure (from the publisher): One fateful fall evening, as the sun sinks and the darkness expands, wildlife photographer Remington James ventures deep into the river swamp to try out some new equipment and check his camera traps.

While checking his camera traps, scanning the eerie images of overexposed deer and bats and foxes, Remington comes across the most haunting images of his life — the frame-by-frame capture of a shocking crime. By exposing the criminal, Remington has exposed himself to danger, even possible extinction. Hunted like an animal by the predator and his psychotic friends, Remington must do two things: make it through the night and make it to the river — and the odds of doing either are slim to none.

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Scholastic Announces The Hunger Games Tribute Guide

Scholastic has announced that it will publish a new guide to The Hunger Games.

The Hunger Games Tribute Guide is a comprehensive guide to the 24 Tributes participating in Panem's 74th annual Hunger Games. Readers follow the Tributes' journey from the Reaping to the Games, with a look at all the highlights along the way — the Tribute Parade, the stations of the Training Center, the interviews, and more.

The book, which is scheduled to be published on March 23rd, 2012, will include exclusive information about the Tributes’ strengths and weaknesses, their weapons of choice, and their experience in the Capitol before entering the arena.

This is the fourth book associated with the film adaptation of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. The others are The Hunger Games: Movie Tie-In Edition (to be published February 7th, 2012), The Hunger Games: Official Illustrated Movie Companion (also February 7th, 2012) and The World of The Hunger Games (March 23rd, 2012, the same date as the film is released).

(Source: Press release.)

Mark Harmon Stars as Lucas Davenport in Certain Prey, This Sunday on USA

This Sunday, November 6th at 9 PM (ET/PT), USA Network premieres the made-for-television adaptation of John Sandford's Certain Prey.

Mark Harmon stars as Minneapolis Deputy Police Chief Lucas Davenport, who doesn't really need his job; he could have retired long ago with the money he made designing computer simulations. But Davenport loves what he does just as much as he loves nice suits, fast cars and women.

When a cop is shot after witnessing the murder of the wife of a local real estate lawyer, Davenport is called to the scene. The cops quickly zero in on the husband as the prime suspect until a team of FBI agents descends on Minneapolis with evidence linking the crime to elusive hit woman Clara Rinker (Tatiana Maslany).

Taking charge of the investigation, Davenport suspects that Clara is not working alone and sets his sights on Carmel Loan (Lola Glaudini), a high-powered attorney with an intense obsession for the real estate lawyer. As Carmel and Clara try to cover up their crimes, the body count grows and Davenport does what he does best — break all of the rules to nab this deadly duo.

Certain Prey, the 10th mystery in this long-running series by Sandford, was originally published in 1999.

New Blade Runner Film Likely to be a Sequel

Last August we reported that Ridley Scott would be directing a new "Blade Runner" film. Warner Bros. had acquired the rights to do anything but remake the 1982 original, and at the time it was not yet decided whether the new film would be a prequel or a sequel.

Now we're learning — from Ridley Scott himself — that it will likely be a sequel.

In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, the director says, "I think I'm close to finding a writer that might be able to help me deliver; we're quite a long way in, actually."

He also adds that there will be a new cast of characters, so don't expect to see Harrison Ford reprise his role as Rick Deckard.

Review: Murder in Burnt Orange by Jeanne M. Dams

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New Poster for Heist Thriller Now You See Me

We're fans of heist thrillers and Now You See Me from Summit Entertainment looks particularly exciting. A new poster — the first, we think, and more concept art than anything else — has just been released for the film (right; click for larger version) even though it doesn't hit theaters until January 2013. The film's tagline: "4 amazing magicians. 3 impossible heists. 1 billion dollars. This is no illusion."

Here's the film's premise: The Four Horsemen, a magic super-group led by the charismatic Atlas (Jesse Eisenberg), perform a pair of high-tech magic shows, first astonishing audiences by robbing a bank on another continent, and then exposing a white-collar criminal and funneling his millions into the audience members’ bank accounts.

FBI Special Agent Dylan (Mark Ruffalo) is determined to make the magicians pay for their crimes — and to stop them before they pull off what promises to be an even more audacious heist. But he’s forced to partner with Alma (Melanie Laurent), an Interpol detective about whom he is instantly suspicious. Out of desperation he turns to Thaddeus (Morgan Freeman), a famed magic debunker, who claims the bank heist was accomplished using disguises and video trickery. One thing Dylan and Alma agree on is that the Horsemen must have an outside point person, and that finding him (or her) is key to ending the magicians’ crime spree. Could it be Thaddeus? Or Alma? Or could it really be … magic?

As pressure mounts and the world awaits the Horsemen’s spectacular final trick, Dylan and Alma race to find an answer. But it soon becomes painfully clear that staying one step ahead of these masters of illusion is beyond the skills of any one man — or woman.

In addition to the actors mentioned above, Now You See Me also stars Dave Franco, Isla Fisher, Woody Harrelson, and Michael Caine.

Mystery Bestsellers for the Week Ending November 04, 2011

A list of the top 15 mystery hardcover bestsellers for the week ending November 4th, 2011 has been posted by the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books.

Last week's featured title, The Litigators by John Grisham, moves solidly into second place this week, but Lee Child's Jack Reacher thriller The Affair retains the top spot by a comfortable margin. One new title enters the list this week.

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David Baldacci introduces a potential new series character in Zero Day, which debuts in the 10th spot this week.

John Puller is a combat veteran and the best military investigator in the U.S. Army's Criminal Investigative Division. His father was an Army fighting legend, and his brother is serving a life sentence for treason in a federal military prison. Puller has an indomitable spirit and an unstoppable drive to find the truth.

Now, Puller is called out on a case in a remote, rural area in West Virginia coal country far from any military outpost. Someone has stumbled onto a brutal crime scene, a family slaughtered. The local homicide detective, a headstrong woman with personal demons of her own, joins forces with Puller in the investigation. As Puller digs through deception after deception, he realizes that absolutely nothing he's seen in this small town, and no one in it, are what they seem. Facing a potential conspiracy that reaches far beyond the hills of West Virginia, he is one man on the hunt for justice against an overwhelming force.

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Review: Darkness All Around by Doug Magee

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New Character Posters for Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

Four new character posters have been released (via Yahoo! Movies) for the new Sherlock Holmes movie, A Game of Shadows, which we're displaying below. Click on the image for a larger version.

The posters depict Robert Downey Jr. as Sherlock Holmes, Jude Law as Dr. John Watson, Noomi Rapace as Simza, and Jared Harris as Professor Moriarty.

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows opens in US theaters December 16th, 2011.

The Likeness by Tana French Optioned for Film

Tana French's second Cassie Maddox mystery, The Likeness, has been optioned for film. Stephanie Savage will write the adapted screenplay.

Six months after the events of In the Woods — the first book in the series, which has also been optioned for film — an urgent telephone call beckons Cassie to a grisly crime scene. The victim looks exactly like Cassie and carries ID identifying herself as Alexandra Madison, an alias Cassie once used. Suddenly, Cassie must discover not only who killed this girl, but more importantly, who is this girl?

(Source: Deadline|Hollywood.)

Authors of Supernatural Thriller Black Light Adapting their own Novel for Film

Two of the three co-authors of the recently published supernatural thriller Black Light — Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan — are adapting their own novel for film.

Black Light introduces private investigator Buck Carlsbad. Buck's got a way with spirits that no one else can match. He was normal, once. Until Something Horrible killed his parents and left him for dead.

Buck has spent years using his gift to trace his family. It's his only hope of finding out what happened to them — and what made him the way he is.

Now the voices say that something big is coming. Buck already knows what it is — a super high-tech bullet train running express across a stretch of unforgiving desert known for the most deadly paranormal events in history. A place where Buck almost died a few years ago, and where he swore he would never return.

But as the train prepares to rumble down the tracks, Buck knows it can only be the inevitable hand of fate pulling him back to the most harrowing unfinished case of his career at four hundred miles per hour.

(Source: Deadline|Hollywood.)

New Red Band Trailer for 21 Jump Street

Columbia Pictures has released a new red-band trailer for its theatrical film update of the late 1980s television crime drama 21 Jump Street. We've embedded it below.

Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill star as police officers who work undercover as high school students to control youth crime. And while this short synopsis is exactly what the TV series was about, we have to say this trailer looks absolutely nothing like the TV series we remember watching.

21 Jump Street opens in theaters March 16th, 2012.

November's Selection of Amazon Kindle Books Priced $3.99 or less

Every month, Amazon selects 100 Kindle books and prices them at $3.99 or less. We've scoured through the November selection and picked out the really important ones — mystery/suspense novels and thrillers — and listed them below. Click on the title for more information.

Important Note: The prices listed are only available through the month of November 2011 and may change without prior notice. Please confirm the price of book before completing your purchase.

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• Bangkok 8 by John Burdett. A Sonchai Jitpleecheep Mystery (1st in series). $1.99.
• Falling to Pieces by Vannetta Chapman. A Deborah and Callie Amish Mystery (1st in series). $3.99.
• Prey by Michael Crichton. $3.99.
• Don't Look Back by Lynette Eason. A Women of Justice Mystery (2nd in series). $2.99.
• Sugartown by Loren D. Estleman. An Amos Walker Mystery (5th in series). $1.99.
• Change-Up by John Feinstein. A Steve and Susan Sports Mystery (4th in series). $3.99.
• Under Cover of Daylight by James W. Hall. A Thorn Thriller (1st in series). $3.99.
• Stealing Trinity by Ward Larsen. $2.99.
• Wined and Died by Cricket McRae. A Sophie Mae Reynolds Homecrafting Mystery (4th in series). $1.99.
• A Question of Blood by Ian Rankin. An Inspector Rebus Mystery (15th in series). $1.99.
• The Absent Author by Ron Roy. An A-to-Z Mystery (1st in series). $2.99.
• The Sticking Place by T. B. Smith. A Luke Jones Mystery (1st in series). $2.99.
• The Valley of Shadows by Mark Terry. A Derek Stillwater Mystery (4th in series). $2.99.

OMN Welcomes Mystery Author Bobby Cole

Omnimystery News is pleased to welcome Bobby Cole, whose debut thriller is The Dummy Line (AmazonEncore, October 2011 Trade Paperback and ebook editions).

Today Bobby writes about two sides of a thrilling adventure: the hunter and the hunted. And he's also offering one of our readers a chance to win a copy of his book; see entry details below.

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Have you ever been in the later winter woods at night? The dark landscape has a way of soaking up every sound and leaving a hush of total silence. That is until a coyote howls, telling the world he is hunting and found a fresh scent. Even the smooth sound of a barred owl hooting can be unsettling. The woods at night are a totally different place than the woods in the daylight. A seasoned hunter, who knows the ways of the night woods, will pause and listen intently to confirm each sound.

Photo provided courtesy of
Bobby Cole

When you’re disoriented the vast woods can seem to go on forever. The huge trees are like giant skeletons and the only witnesses to whatever has occurred or is about to happen.

Running for your life the woods can offer a million places to hide and none of them will offer the comfort of safety. Each muddy foot print leaves a trail and a flashlight as comforting as it can be, is a visual locator beacon for anyone looking for you.

Having hunted and having been around various hunting camps all my life, I was able to pull from my experiences to add authenticity of this story. I know what the woods are like at night, I’ve lived being unnerved by sounds. This is my story. I’ve been preparing to write it all my life and didn’t know it.

Imagine being chased into a vast swamp by a gang of blood crazed rednecks at night. Then imagine having a nine year little girl totally depending on you to take care of her. Add a teenage girl who just witnessed the same rednecks beat her boyfriend senseless and you have the premise for my new suspense thriller, The Dummy Line.

Jake Crosby takes his small daughter on a weekend hunting trip to his remote camp in the vast swamp in rural Alabama. When some deeply disturbed redneck criminals arrive to rob the camp, Jake is forced to kill one in an effort to protect his daughter. With the only exit blocked Jake grabs Katy and they take off deeper into the darkness of the vast swamp, on a collision course with danger.

It’s here, while being chased by revenged crazed rednecks that Jake learns just how dark the woods are, how silent they can be and there is no place to hide. He also learns just how far a man will go to protect what he loves.

Life changing decisions begin happening in rapid fire causing readers to wonder “how would I have handled that situation.” As I wrote the story and heard Jakes voice in my mind I know I did. It’s easy to second guess from the comfort of a reading chair and the situations Jake finds himself in are certainly thought provoking.

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Bobby Cole is an avid wildlife manager, hunter, and supporter of the Catch-A-Dream Foundation, who loves writing suspenseful thrillers in his free time. He lives with his wife and daughter in West Point, Mississippi. For more information about the author and his book, including a sample chapter, visit ReadBobbyCole.com.

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About The Dummy Line:

Avid hunter Jake Crosby is thrilled that his nine-year-old daughter Katy shares his love of the outdoors. His wife, Morgan, on the other hand, does not, which means Jake and Katy enjoy an abundance of hunting, fishing, and camping trips together. So when they head off into the Alabama woods for a spring turkey hunt, Jake expects nothing out of the ordinary. But even his worst nightmares could not prepare him for what befalls them that evening, when a band of drug dealers attempts to break into their remote camp.

Desperate to protect his daughter and himself, Jake makes a gut-wrenching decision. His quick thinking enables him and Katy to escape … but brings the gang of vengeful criminals hot on their trail. Gambling on his knowledge of the land and hunting skills, he leads their bloodthirsty pursuers on a perilous cat-and-mouse game deep within the Noxubee River swamp. Jake knows they all won’t come out alive — but he will do whatever is necessary to make sure Katy does.

  

For a chance to win a copy of The Dummy Line, courtesy of Little Bird Publicity, visit Mystery Book Contests, click on the "Bobby Cole: The Dummy Line" contest link, enter your name, e-mail address, and this code (2972) for a chance to win! (One entry per person; contest ends 11/09/2011.)

Review: Skating Over the Line by Joelle Charbonneau

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