Death on a High Floor by Charles Rosenberg is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Death on a High Floor by Charles Rosenberg 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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Death on a High Floor by Charles Rosenberg
Publisher: Sliding Hill Press

About Death on a High Floor (from the publisher): When much-despised Marbury Marfan senior partner Simon Rafer turns up dead, with an ornate dagger buried between his shoulder blades, it comes as a surprise to no one. Rafer had recently been on the warpath, clearing out the "dead wood" partners from the firm, not to mention any associate who dared cross him. A thousand attorneys, scattered across four continents, had good reason to want Rafer in the ground, but homicide Detective Spritz has his eye trained on only one — senior partner Robert Tarza, with his shadowy connection to a rare and infamous ancient coin.

Robert and his friend and colleague —and maybe a bit more — Jenna are soon forced to play detective themselves, in a race to find the real killer or killers before Spritz assembles what looks to be an airtight case. But in the end, only Jenna's trial skills will stand between Robert and a free room at San Quentin.

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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Mystery Godoku Puzzle for June 18, 2012

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!).

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This week's letters and mystery clue:

A C E O P R S W Y

Susan Parry’s first "Yorkshire Dales" mystery has this title (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!

Today's Bestselling Free Kindle MystereBooks (120617)

Here is today's list of the top bestselling free Kindle mysteries, suspense novels and thrillers.

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Wasted Space by J. W. Metcalf is Today's Fifth Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Wasted Space by J. W. Metcalf as today's fifth 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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Wasted Space by J. W. Metcalf
Publisher: Jaime Metcalf

See also Jamie Metcalf's guest author post on Omnimystery News.

About Wasted Space (from the publisher): When a successful business man is found dead in his home, the police rule it a suicide. However, not everyone is convinced that a man who seemed to have it all would take his own life.

Private investigator, Tony Gavel, is hired to find out the truth of the matter. Tony's investigation leads him from the carefully manicured lawns of the suburbs to the seedy underbelly of the Big City. As he delves futher into the case , he uncovers secrets, lies, and danger at every turn. When an attempt is made on his own life, his friend and former partner, Officer Dwight O'Toole, gives Tony until the end of the week to solve the case before the police take over. Can Tony crack the case before the clock runs out, or will his unstoppable pursuit of justice land him in the morgue as the latest victim?

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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Killed in Kruger by Denise M. Hartman is Today's Fourth Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Killed in Kruger by Denise M. Hartman 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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Killed in Kruger by Denise M. Hartman
Publisher: Denise M. Hartman

About Killed in Kruger (from the publisher): Tabitha Krans arrives to discover the veldt of South Africa's Kruger Park seems to have swallowed up Uncle Phillip. Tabitha's afraid her writing career has disappeared along with him and dire things lie in wait for her as her mother had predicted. Uncle Phillip's connections are her only link to travel writing and his photos are crucial. When he turns up dead, she wants the truth.

Dead men don't speak but photos Phillip took evoke strange reactions in park authorities. Her nosing around turns up suspicions of human trafficking, poaching and covert investigations but not many answers.

South Africa holds dark secrets and deep beauty but it doesn't want to give Tabitha the truth. She keeps prying until someone believes she's a threat in need of elimination.

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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Chill Waters by Joan Hall Hovey is Today's Third Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Chill Waters by Joan Hall Hovey 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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Chill Waters by Joan Hall Hovey
Publisher: Books We Love

About Chill Waters (from the publisher): Following the breakup of her marriage, Rachael retreats to the old beachhouse in Jenny's Cove, where she once lived with her grandmother. It is the one place where she had always felt safe and loved. Devasted and lost, Rachael longs for the simplicity of her childhood.

But Jenny's Cove has changed. From the moment of Rachael's arrival, a man watches. He has already killed, and mercilessly will do so again. Soon Rachael becomes a target for a vicious predator whose own dark and twisted past forms a deadly bond between them.

And sets her on a collision course with a crazed killer.

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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Voodoo Daddy by Thomas L. Scott is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Voodoo Daddy by Thomas L. Scott 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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Voodoo Daddy by Thomas L. Scott
Publisher: Thomas L. Scott

About Voodoo Daddy (from the publisher): As lead investigator of the Indiana State Police Major Crimes Unit, Detective Virgil Jones tackles only the toughest cases in the state, and the one he faces this time has the city of Indianapolis on edge, near the brink of panic. A team of serial snipers are on the loose. Their killing ground is the city. Their victims chosen at random. Or are they?

With no witnesses and very little evidence, it's up to Virgil Jones and his team to find out who is behind the on-going massacre and stop them once and for all … if they can. But Virgil has his own problems, both personal and professional. Among them, a backlog of cases that require his attention, the sudden reappearance of his long lost friend who is a convicted felon, a downtown bar he co-owns with his father, and he is in love with Sandy Small, one of the investigators in his unit.

With the entire population of the city of Indianapolis at risk, it's up to Virgil and Sandy to explore the dark places of a past where nothing is quite as it seems. As the clues begin to fall in place they paint a portrait of betrayal, deceit, blood-lust, and greed, and in the midst of it all, Virgil and Sandy make a personal discovery so profound it will change their lives forever.

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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Chequered Justice by John Bartlett is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Chequered Justice by John Bartlett 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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Chequered Justice by John Bartlett
Publisher: Amazing Journeys

About Chequered Justice (from the publisher): Will Middleton lives for motor racing. More than just a sport, more than a hobby, it's his first love, his livelihood, and the centre of all his dreams. Thatcher's Britain is in meltdown, yet despite the deepening recession, Trans-Atlantic, his new racing team, has just pulled off a major coup — sponsors are queuing up, nothing can go wrong now, surely.

The police raid comes out of the blue. Will is questioned under caution and charged with fraud, and finds himself in a Kafkaesque world where his guilt appears to have been decided in advance. How could a riding accident, an insurance claim, a bounced cheque, and a brief moment of temptation all converge into such a nightmare?

Even as his legal team fights for his acquittal, Will knows in his heart that there is a conspiracy, and the roots of it lie deep in the ancient secret society of the Masons. Trans-Atlantic becomes a distant memory as Will encounters a much darker side of life and leaves the glamorous world of motor racing far behind.

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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Five Mystery Series are Today's Amazon Kindle Daily Deal

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Five Mystery Series as today's Amazon Kindle Daily Deal. The deal price of $0.99 each is valid only for today, Sunday, June 17, 2012.

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Five Mystery Series

Series mysteries and thrillers written by five popular crime novelists are today's Kindle Daily Deal.

Featured authors are D. M. Annechino (Sami Rizzo), Traci Hohenstein (Rachel Scott), Rex Kusler (Alice James and Jim Snow), Scott Nicholson ("Fear"), and Blair S. Walker (Darryl Billups).

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, June 17, 2012 only.

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Mr. E. Reviews Man on a Ledge

Purchase/Rental Option(s)

While it is easy to go on and list all the things that are wrong with this film — and it would be lengthy list indeed, starting with the whole premise behind the title — the bottom line is, it's rather entertaining. Go figure. And that's probably all that matters.

Read the full text of our review at Mr. E. Reviews Man on a Ledge.

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Mr. E. Reviews is your source for mystery, suspense, thriller, and crime drama reviews of television and film.

Special Offer: Kindle Fire Cases for $5

If you own a Kindle Fire, chances are you already have a case for it. And as an owner of a Kindle Fire ourselves, we too already have a case.

But we couldn't resist picking up a second one, especially when we noticed that YooMee was selling a selection of their cases for just $5 (as of the date and time of this post).

There appear to be two basic models, one that can convert to a stand — great for watching videos — and another with a suede interior. There are also a couple of different color combinations. Here's a list of what we found:

Black leather case cover with multi-angle stand and black interior (shown above, right) — also available as black leather with red interior);

Leather case cover with multi-angle stand, black interior and hand strap (black with black interior or red with red interior);

Textured black leather case cover with red interior (shown above, right).

Important Note: Prices can and do change without prior notice. Please confirm the price of the product before completing your purchase. The price displayed on the vendor website at the time of the sale is the price of the product.

Nominees for the 2012 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction Announced

The nominees for the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction have been announced by the University of Alabama School of Law and the ABA Journal. This award is new to us, though strictly speaking the winner doesn't have to be a novel of suspense or legal thriller. The inaugural award in 2011 went to John Grisham for his novel The Confession. This year's winner, selected from the finalists below, will be announced in August and honored at a ceremony in September. The selection committee includes: Novelist Linda Fairstein; Former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice; Novelist Lisa Scottoline; NPR Legal Affairs Correspondent Nina Totenberg; and FOX News Political Analyst Juan Williams.

• The Fifth Witness by Michael Connelly
• Murder One by Robert Dugoni
• Breach of Trust by David Ellis

(Hat tip to CrimeSpree Magazine — who heard about it from Once Upon a Crime — for alerting us to this award.)

Amazon's Big Deal, 400 Kindle Books $3.99 or Less, is Back!

Earlier today we provided an update to our Kindle Mysteries for $2.99 or less page, and noted at the time that there was an unusually large number of books that fit the parameters.

There is a good reason why; mystery solved, as it were!

The Big Deal is back, now through June 24th, 2012. 400 Kindle ebooks priced $3.99 or less.

Amazon has conveniently sorted the titles by price — $0.99, $1.99, $2.99, and $3.99 — but we've taken that a step further and added the "mystery" keyword to these links: $0.99 mysteries, $1.99 mysteries, $2.99 mysteries, and $3.99 mysteries.

Not unexpectedly, there is considerable overlap between what we posted earlier today and the books listed in The Big Deal. But there are some pleasant surprises as well, books we missed during our early morning scan. If you're looking to stock up on some summer reading at great prices, this is a terrific place to start.

Important Note: The books on these lists are only available at these special prices through June 24th, 2012.

Today's Bestselling Free Kindle MystereBooks (120616)

Here is today's list of the top bestselling free Kindle mysteries, suspense novels and thrillers.

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Forensic Firsts Premieres June 17th on Smithsonian Channel

Forensic Firsts, a new series on the Smithsonian Channel, premieres tomorrow, Sunday June 17th, 2012 at 9 PM (ET/PT). (It will repeat at midnight and again at 8 PM (ET/PT) on Monday.)

It's harder to get away with murder. Today, detectives are convicting more criminals than ever before, thanks to forensic science. Fingerprints, bones, even insects, are now forms of indisputable evidence … but that wasn't always the case. Revisit history's dramatic murder cases and see how forensic tools are changing crime solving.

Watch a sneak peak for the series below. And if you can't wait to watch it tomorrow, the entire first episode is available online at the Smithsonian Channel website.

But there's more! A game based on the series, The Deadeye Murders, is also available to play. A hiker shot dead in Colorado. A female jogger found dead in Utah. Then three more deaths: Montana, Oklahoma and Idaho. Each murder took place outdoors. Each victim was killed by a single bullet. It appears to be the work of a serial killer whom investigators have dubbed the Deadeye Killer. Those bullets are the case's only evidence. Until now …

The Bureau chief is demanding results by the end of the month. That give you 25 days. It's your move. Visit the game website to play.