Here is today's list of the top bestselling free Kindle mysteries, suspense novels and thrillers.
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Sunday, May 27, 2012
Today's Bestselling Free Kindle MystereBooks (120527)
Review: Partners in Crime by Kim Harrington
We've just published our Review of Partners in Crime by Kim Harrington. A Sleuth or Dare Mystery. Scholastic Trade Paperback, May 2012.
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Unfaithful Wives by Orrie Hitt is Today's Fourth Featured Free MystereBook
MystereBooks is pleased to feature Unfaithful Wives by Orrie Hitt as today's fourth 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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Unfaithful Wives by Orrie Hitt
Publisher: Prologue Books
This noir pulp novel, originally published in 1956, was subtitled by its publisher Beacon Books as "A sultry novel of unbridled lust".
About Unfaithful Wives (from the publisher): While her husband was away, Rita Sharpe would play. Sometimes with her stupid but strong gardener. More often with slick Norman Williams. Yet she was no worse than bosomy Sandra Thomas! Sandra slyly cheated with practically every man who came along … not excepting Rita’s own rugged spouse …
His name was Fred, and he was perfectly willing to make the most of a wife—anybody’s wife. He could not foresee that thanks to smooth Norman, the cozy situation would explode into a frenzy of hate and wild brutality. In the end Fred was forced to deny both Rita and Sandra—and gamble his life on the sinful need of still another unfaithful woman!
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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Top Ten by Ryne Douglas Pearson is Today's Third Featured Free MystereBook
MystereBooks is pleased to feature Top Ten by Ryne Douglas Pearson 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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Top Ten by Ryne Douglas Pearson
Publisher: Schmuck & Underwood
About Top Ten (from the publisher): A killer who believes himself an artist of unmatched talent is incensed when he is placed last on the FBI's most wanted list, and begins killing off those fugitives above him, each in a twisted manner that serves his creative vision.
Or die trying.
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Serial Killers Incorporated by Andy Remic is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook
MystereBooks is pleased to feature Serial Killers Incorporated by Andy Remic 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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Serial Killers Incorporated by Andy Remic
Publisher: Anarchy Books
About Serial Killers Incorporated (from the publisher): Meet Callaghan, a hard-drinking, drug-fuelled, womanizing no-good son-of-a-bitch. He's the amoral hardcore photographer for Black & White, the tabloid rag that tells it as it is. Or at least, how it should be.
Callaghan's in way too deep with Mia, his Mexican stripper girlfriend … and even deeper with Sophie, estranged wife to Vladimir "Vodka" Katchevsy, infamous Romanian gun-runner and self-eulogising expert at human problem solving. People start to die. And Callaghan's caught in the middle. A situation even his Porsche GT3, Canary Wharf Penthouse suite and corrupt politician contacts can't solve.
At the nadir of his downward spiral, Callaghan is approached by a man: a serial killer who brings him a very unique and dangerous proposition …
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Loco Moco by Ty Hutchinson is Today's Featured Free MystereBook
MystereBooks is pleased to feature Loco Moco by Ty Hutchinson 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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Loco Moco by Ty Hutchinson
A Darby Stansfield Mystery
Publisher: CreateSpace
This is the third, and most recently published, mystery in this series featuring the telecommunication consultant to the criminal underworld.
About Loco Moco (from the publisher): In need of some serious soul searching, Darby Stansfield and his girlfriend, Izzy Weber, set off for a summer surfing adventure in Hawaii. But what the land of Aloha offers instead, is the same temptations he’s eager to escape—one in particular, the North Beach Boys. Hoping to resist the lure of the local gang, Darby focuses on improving his relationship with Izzy. All is fun in the sun until their beach house is broken into.
From there, the mysterious threats begin to escalate, forcing Darby and Izzy to hire a local private detective. Between the PI working the case and the security improvements made around their place, the ideal summer appears to be back on track. Wrong.
What they don’t realize is that a stranger is watching them and someone is going to die.
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Forbidden by Ted Dekker and Tosca Lee is Today's Barnes&Noble Nook Daily Find
MystereBooks is pleased to feature Forbidden by Ted Dekker and Tosca Lee as today's Barnes&Noble Nook Daily Find. The deal price of $2.99 is valid only for today, Sunday, May 27, 2012.
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Forbidden by Ted Dekker and Tosca Lee
Publisher: Center Street
About Forbidden (from the publisher): Many years have passed since civilization's brush with apocalypse. The world's greatest threats have all been silenced. There is no anger, no hatred, no war. There is only perfect peace … and fear. But a terrible secret has been closely guarded for centuries: Every single soul walking the earth, though in appearance totally normal, is actually dead, long ago genetically stripped of true humanity.
,br>Fleeing pursuit, with only moments to live, a young man named Rom stumbles into possession of a vial of blood and a piece of cryptic writing. When consumed, the blood will bring him back to life. When decoded, the message will lead him on a perilous journey that will require him to abandon everything he has ever known and awaken humanity to the transforming power of true life and love.
But the blood will also resurrect hatred, ambition, and greed.
Set in a terrifying, medieval future, where grim pageantry masks death, this tale of dark desires and staggering stakes peels back the layers of the heart for all who dare to take the ride.
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 Sunday, May 27, 2012 only.
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Seven "Inspector Konrad Sejer" Crime Novels by Karin Fossum is Today's Amazon Kindle Daily Deal
MystereBooks is pleased to feature Seven "Inspector Konrad Sejer" Crime Novels by Karin Fossum as today's Amazon Kindle Daily Deal. The deal price of $1.99 each is valid only for today, Sunday, May 27, 2012.
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Seven "Inspector Konrad Sejer" Crime Novels by Karin Fossum
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
About Seven "Inspector Konrad Sejer" Crime Novels (from the publisher): The following mysteries are included in this promotion: Don't Look Back (2nd in series), He Who Fears the Wolf (3rd), When the Devil Holds the Candle (4th), The Indian Bride (5th), Black Seconds (6th), The Water's Edge (8th), and Bad Intentions (9th). (In case you're wondering why the 1st and 7th in the series are not included: they have not yet been translated into English.)
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 Sunday, May 27, 2012 only.
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Saturday, May 26, 2012
Winners of the 2012 CrimeFest Awards Announced
The winners of the 2012 CrimeFest Awards were announced earlier this evening by the organizers of the annual CrimeFest convention in Bristol, and are listed below …
• Last Laugh (Best Humorous Crime Novel): Absolute Zero Cool by Declan Burke
• Sounds of Crime — Abridged (Audio Crime Novel): The Affair by Lee Child (read by Kerry Shale)
• Sounds of Crime — Unabridged (Audio Crime Novel): Before I Go To Sleep by S. J. Watson (read by Susannah Harker)
• e-Dunnit (Best Crime Fiction eBook Published in the UK): The End of the Wasp Season by Denise Mina
Four Banner Posters for Snow White & the Huntsman
With less than a week to go until the opening of Snow White & the Huntsman in theaters, the studio is still turning out posters. Or banners in this case. Three character, one combined banners are shown below; click for larger versions. (The latter formed the opening background for the interactive trailer we posted earlier this week.)
Snow White & the Huntsman is a new take on the classic fairy tale which features an expanded role for the Huntsman. In the fairy tale, he is ordered to take Snow White into the woods and kill her, but instead lets her go. In the new take, the Huntsman is not a love interest but acts more as a mentor, teaching Snow White to fight and survive.
Starring Charlize Theron, Kristen Stewart, and Chris Hemsworth, the film opens June 1st, 2012.
Today's Bestselling Free Kindle MystereBooks (120526)
Here is today's list of the top bestselling free Kindle mysteries, suspense novels and thrillers.
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Special Offer: Save 50% on All Big Fish Games this Memorial Day Weekend
This Memorial Day Weekend, through Monday, May 28th, 2012, you can save 50% off the retail price on all games at Big Fish Games, standard and collector's editions.
For standard edition games, use coupon code FOREVER at checkout; for collector's edition games, use coupon code HONOR at checkout.
We haven't posted recently about mystery games, in part because we're restructuring our Mystery Games website, but intend to start posting again soon! In the meantime, check out the selection of games available to download — here's a "mysterious" place to start! — and enjoy half off this weekend only!
CBS Will No Longer Air Jesse Stone Movies
In disappointing, but not entirely unexpected, news, CBS has notified the producers of the "Jesse Stone" made-for-television films that the most recent, "Benefit of the Doubt", will be the last for the network.
Though the movie was the most watched program last Sunday night, it had the lowest ratings among 18-49 year-olds so highly prized by advertisers.
Michael Brandman, who co-executive produces the films with star Tom Selleck, said, "'Both of us are surprised CBS was so wedded to those [younger] demographics. ... It's really hard for us to grasp."
Earlier this year Selleck predicted "Benefit of the Doubt" would be the last for CBS, though he went on to say, "That being said, that's not the end of Jesse, or at least I don't think so. There are a lot of other entities, whether cable or even feature films … I'm not done with the character, though."
We enjoyed "Benefit of the Doubt" quite a bit, probably more than the last couple that preceded it, though we have to admit we didn't quite understand the ending, which had a rushed, incomplete feel to it.
Let's hope Tom Selleck and Michael Brandman, who took over writing the "Jesse Stone" mysteries following the death of creator Robert B. Parker, can come up with an alternate way of continuing the series.
(Related article: Variety.)
MystereBooks: This Week's Update of Kindle Books Priced $2.99 or Less (120526)
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 are far more than 100 to choose from, so we use our best judgment to narrow it down.
A few notes about today's update.
• Earlier this week we mentioned the first three "Taylor Jackson" mysteries by J. T. Ellison are available from Mira Books for just $1.99 each. They're still available at this price and we've included them on the list below.
• Also new this week are five "Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James" mysteries by Deborah Crombie — the 9th through 13th — available from HarperCollins for just $2.99 each.
• And we discovered a new publisher, Cozy Cat Press, that prices many of its titles at $2.99 or less. We haven't included any of their titles on our list this week, but intend to do so over the coming weeks.
Shown below are some of the new titles we added today; click on the cover or title to purchase the Kindle edition.
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.
Blood Ties by Jane A. Adams.
A Naomi Blake Mystery (6th).
Now May You Weep by Deborah Crombie.
A Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James Mystery (9th).
In a Dark House by Deborah Crombie.
A Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James Mystery (10th).
Water Like a Stone by Deborah Crombie.
A Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James Mystery (11th).
Where Memories Lie by Deborah Crombie.
A Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James Mystery (12th).
Necessary as Blood by Deborah Crombie.
A Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James Mystery (13th).
All the Pretty Girls by J. T. Ellison.
A Taylor Jackson Mystery (1st).
14 by J. T. Ellison.
A Taylor Jackson Mystery (2nd).
Judas Kiss by J. T. Ellison.
A Taylor Jackson Mystery (3rd).
Up Jumped the Devil by Blair S. Walker.
A Darryl Billups Mystery (1st).
Shortlists Announced for Mid-Year 2012 CWA Dagger Awards
The Crime Writers' Association announced yesterday the shortlists for six mid-year 2012 CWA Daggers, awards which celebrate the best in contemporaty crime writing. The winners of these Daggers including the CWA Diamond Dagger — which was previously announced to be Frederick Forsyth — will be announced at a black tie dinner on July 5th, when the longlists for the second set of Daggers — the Gold, Steel, and John Creasey — will also be announced. The winners of this second set will be revealed later in the year.
International Dagger …
• I will have Vengeance by Maurizio de Giovanni, translated by Anne Milano Appel (Hersilia Press)
• Phantom by Jo Nesbø, translated by Don Bartlett (Harvill Secker)
• The Dark Valley by Valerio Varesi, translated by Joseph Farrell (Quercus/Maclehose)
• The Potter’s Field by Andrea Camilleri, translated by Stephen Sartarelli (Mantle)
• Trackers by Deon Meyer, translated by T K L Seegers (Hodder & Stoughton)
• Until Thy Wrath Be Past by Åsa Larsson, translated by Laurie Thompson (Quercus/Maclehose)
Ellis Peters Historical Dagger …
• The Crown by Nancy Bilyeau (Orion)
• Bitter Water by Gordon Ferris (Corvus)
• I Will Have Vengeance by Maurizio de Giovanni (Hersilia Press)
• Prague Fatale by Philip Kerr (Quercus)
• Icelight by Aly Monroe (John Murray)
• Sacrilege by SJ Parris (HarperCollins)
• A Willing Victim by Laura Wilson (Quercus)
Non-Fiction Dagger …
• To Live Outside the Law by Leaf Fielding (Serpent’s Tail)
• Dark Market by Misha Glenny (Vintage)
• Hood Rat by Gavin Knight (Pan Macmillan)
• Witness by David Smith with Carol Ann Lee (Mainstream)
• The Negotiator by Ben Lopez (Little, Brown)
• The Eleventh Day by Anthony Summers and Robbyn Swan (Doubleday)
Short Story Dagger …
• "A Long Time Dead" (The Best American Mystery Stories 2011) by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins
• "The Golden Hour" (Guilty Consciences) by Bernie Crossthwaite
• "Hixton" (Crimes by Moonlight) by William Kent Krueger
• "The Message" (Best Eaten Cold) by Margaret Murphy
• "He Did Not Always See Her" (Guilty Consciences) by Claire Seeber
• "Laptop" (Best Eaten Cold) by Cath Staincliffe
Debut Dagger …
• Death by Glasgow by Jon Breakfield
• Easy to Die by Sean Carpenter
• The Watchers by Karen Catalona
• One Man Army by Bram E. Gieben
• Beached by Sandy Gingras
• Trick by Sean Hancock
• Broken-Winged Bird by Renata Hill
• Death Knell by Rob Lowe
• Chasing Shadows by Lesley McLaren
• The Wrong Domino by Simon Miller
• Message from Panama by Britt Vasarhelyi
• Port of Spain by Elizabeth Wells
The Dagger in the Library, given to an author for a body of work, not a specific title …
• Belinda Bauer
• S. J. Bolton
• Susan Hill
• Peter May
• Steve Mosby
• Imogen Robertson
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