Granny Heist by Juliet Dillon Clark is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Granny Heist by Juliet Dillon Clark as today's second free mystery ebook.

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Granny Heist by Juliet Dillon Clark
A Lindsay Carter Mystery
Publisher: Winsome Entertainment

About Granny Heist (from the publisher): Grandma Switzer was not your typical sweet old granny. Cold and remote, she'd been a hoarder who had collected and stored years of rotting garbage, old food and junk in her cramped house. As Lindsay Carter and her sister Shelly sorted through junk and treasures in their dead grandma's house, they discovered far more than expected.

From boxes piled to the ceiling to mysterious little baggies stacked neatly in the freezer, the sisters would unearth clues to heinous crimes; one of which would not only change their lives, but also bring into question the identity of their unsuspecting mother. Death, diamonds and deceit would set off a chain reaction of crime and murder two thousand miles away and clues to unsolved mysteries would bubble up from decades past. Could tales told by elderly partners-in-crime be believed or trusted?

As Lindsay Carter unravels their stories, a vicious killer begins to kill them one by one, leaving her to wonder if she will have a chance to prove their accounts of the villainous deeds.

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Foreclosed by Traci Tyne Hilton is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Foreclosed by Traci Tyne Hilton as today's fifth free mystery ebook.

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Foreclosed by Traci Tyne Hilton
A Mitzy Neuhaus Mystery
Publisher: CreateSpace

This is the first mystery (of three to date) in this series.

About Foreclosed (from the publisher): Mitzy Neuhaus is the top selling Realtor in Portland, but even her office is dead in this economy. Foreclosed is the word no homeowner wants to hear and Mitzy is determined to save the incredible mansion on her street from that fate.

But with the homeowner desperate to keep Mitzy away from his property and Alonzo, the dangerously hot rival investor trying to snatch it out from under her, Mitzy knows she has to work fast, or the economy won’t be the only thing dead …

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Macbeth by A. J. Hartley and David Hewson is Today's Amazon Kindle Daily Deal

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Macbeth by A. J. Hartley and David Hewson as today's Amazon Kindle Daily Deal. The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Friday, July 06, 2012.

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Macbeth by A. J. Hartley and David Hewson
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer

About Macbeth (from the publisher): Set in eleventh-century Scotland, this interpretation of Shakespeare's tale is rich with ancient clans battling fiercely against one another and against the foreign marauders raiding their borders.

Macbeth, Lord of Moray, and his wife, Skena, are loyal patriots, willing to kill or be killed to protect the Scottish kingdom. Yet the greatest danger to their beloved homeland is proving to be the king himself, Duncan, whose corrupt, bloody reign threatens to destroy the country.

After Macbeth meets a trio of witches, the frustrated hero begins to think that perhaps Scotland needs a new king — him. But what begins as a plan fueled by the best of intentions soon spirals into murder, treachery, and personal collapse.

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Mystery Bestsellers for the Week Ending July 06, 2012

A list of the top 15 mystery hardcover bestsellers for the week ending July 6th, 2012 has been posted by the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books.

No change at the top this week with the stand-alone thriller Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn remaining number 1.

Two new titles debut this week.

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Coming in at number 9 is the latest "Will Trent" mystery, Criminal by Karin Slaughter.

Newly in love, George Bureau of Investigation agent Will Trent is beginning to put a difficult past behind him. Then a local college student goes missing, and Will is inexplicably kept off the case by his supervisor and mentor, deputy director Amanda Wagner. Will cannot fathom Amanda's motivation until the two of them literally collide in an abandoned orphanage they have both been drawn to for different reasons. Decades before — when Will's father was imprisoned for murder — this was his home …

Flash back nearly forty years. In the summer Will Trent was born, Amanda Wagner is going to college, making Sunday dinners for her father, taking her first steps in the boys' club that is the Atlanta Police Department. One of her first cases is to investigate a brutal crime in one of the city's worst neighborhoods. Amanda and her partner, Evelyn, are the only ones who seem to care if an arrest is ever made.

Now the case that launched Amanda's career has suddenly come back to life, intertwined with the long-held mystery of Will's birth and parentage. And these two dauntless investigators will each need to face down demons from the past if they are to prevent an even greater terror from being unleashed.

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Just making the list at number fifteen is the 9th "Alex McKnight" mystery, Die a Stranger by Steve Hamilton.

Late one night, a plane lands on a deserted airstrip. Five dead bodies are found there the next morning. And now Vinnie LeBlanc is missing.

Vinnie is an Ojibwa tribal member, a blackjack dealer at the Bay Mills Casino, and he just might be Alex McKnight's best friend. He's come through for Alex more than once in the past, and he never ever misses a day of work. So Alex can't help but be worried.

There's a deadly crime war creeping into Michigan's Upper Peninsula, leaving bodies in its wake, and Alex wouldn't think for a minute that his friend could be involved. But when an unexpected and unwelcome stranger arrives in town, Alex will soon find out that the stakes are higher than he ever could have imagined.

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Winners of the CWA Summer 2012 Daggers Announced

The winners of the CWA International, Non-Fiction, Library, Short Story, Debut and Ellis Peters Historical Daggers were announced this evening by the Crime Writers' Association at an Awards Ceremony in the Library at One Birdcage Walk in London. These are the first "daggers" of the year, with the winners of the remaining awards — Gold, Ian Fleming Steel, and John Creasey (New Blood); links are to the longlists — being announced later this year.

In addition to the winners (below), thriller novelist Frederick Forsyth was recognized with the CWA Diamond Dagger for his life-long contributions to crime fiction.

• International: The Potter’s Field by Andrea Camilleri, translated by Stephen Sartarelli (Mantle)

• Non-Fiction: The Eleventh Day by Anthony Summers and Robbyn Swan (Doubleday)

• Library: Steve Mosby

• Short Story (tie): "Laptop" (Best Eaten Cold and other stories) by Cath Staincliffe (The History Press) and "The Message" (also Best Eaten Cold and other stories) by Margaret Murphy (The History Press)

• Debut: Beached by Sandy Gingras

• Ellis Peters Historical: Icelight by Aly Monroe (John Murray)

This Week's Bestselling Mystery and Suspense Television and Film Blu-ray Discs (120705)

Here is this week's list of the top bestselling mystery and suspense television and film Blu-ray discs available from Amazon.com.

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Review: The Wowzer by Frank Wheeler Jr.

We've just published our Review of The Wowzer by Frank Wheeler Jr.. Thomas & Mercer Trade Paperback, May 2012.

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Today's Bestselling Free Kindle MystereBooks (120705)

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

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Peter Leonard: All He Saw Was The Girl (excerpt)

We are delighted to feature crime novelist Peter Leonard as our guest blogger today with an excerpt from his new thriller All He Saw Was The Girl (The Story Plant, May 2012 trade paperback and ebook editions).

Peter is visiting with us courtesy of Partners in Crime Tours. We encourage you to take a look at the other participating sites; you can see his complete tour schedule here.

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Peter Leonard

Excerpt from All He Saw Was The Girl …

  Sharon was thinking, who was this guy lived in a five-thousand-square-foot house — not that his taste was any good — on Lake St. Clair, had nothing but leisure time or so it seemed?
  He called her four, five times a day, said, "How you doing?"
  And Sharon would say, "Same as I was when you called fifteen minutes ago."
  "Baby, I miss you. Tell them you're sick, we'll go to the casino." Or he'd be at the track or a Tigers day game, he'd say, "I gotta see you. Take the afternoon off, I'll send a car."
  She'd been going out with him for three weeks and it was getting serious. They'd meet at noon, check into a hotel a couple times a week and spend two hours in bed, screwing and drinking champagne. It was something, best sex she'd ever had in her life. He did things to her nobody had ever done before. She'd say, where'd you learn that? And he'd say, you inspire me, beautiful. The only bad thing, he called her Sharona, or my Sharona. Everything else was great so she let it go.
  They'd take his boat out on Lake St. Clair and she'd sunbathe topless. Something she'd never done in her life and never imagined herself doing. She felt invigorated, liberated. He always told her she looked good, complimented her outfit. Showered her with gifts, bought her clothes and jewelry. She felt like a teenager again. They'd meet and talk and touch each other and kiss. She was happy for the first time in years. She had to be careful. Ray, the next time he came home, might notice something and get suspicious.Why're you so happy? she could hear him saying — like there was something wrong with it.
  But this relationship with Joey also made her nervous. Things were happening too fast. She was falling for him and she barely knew him, and she was married.

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Peter Leonard has published four novels: Quiver, Trust Me, All He Saw Was The Girl, and Voices of the Dead. He lives in Birmingham, Michigan. For more information about the author and his books, visit his website at PeterLeonardBooks.com.

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About All He Saw Was The Girl:

Rome: McCabe and Chip, two American exchange students, are about to become embroiled with a violent street gang, a beautiful Italian girl and a flawed kidnapping plan.

Detroit: Sharon Vanelli's affair with Joey Palermo, a Mafia enforcer, is about to be discovered by her husband, Ray, a secret service agent.

As these two narratives converge, the reader is taken on a thrilling ride through the backstreets of Italy's oldest city.

Epiphany by David Hewson is Today's Fifth Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Epiphany by David Hewson as today's fifth free mystery ebook.

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Epiphany by David Hewson
Publisher: HarperCollins

Originally published in 1996, this is the author's second stand-alone. He also writes the "Nic Costa" mystery series.

About Epiphany (from the publisher): A group of Californian students frequent a remote old house to experiment with LSD. One of them, Michael Quinn, is both highly intelligent and truly evil. The search for pleasure turns to nightmare when a child is killed. Quinn is responsible for this and other crimes, but implicates the others who include the gentle Paul Dunsany and the pragmatic Hal Jamieson. As the police net begins to close, it is Jamieson who leads the search for an escape.

Twenty years later, just as Quinn is unexpectedly released from jail, a mysterious young Englishwoman named Joni Lascelles begins to ask question that will unravel the past. She seeks out Dunsany. Does he want to get involved again in this dangerous business? In the end, he has no choice. Because as the trail leads back into the closed world of software mogul Hal Jamieson, it becomes apparent that the horror of the past is poised to engulf the present, leaving no one untouched by its power.

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The Forgotten Mission by Gus Leodas is Today's Fourth Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Forgotten Mission by Gus Leodas as today's fourth free mystery ebook.

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The Forgotten Mission by Gus Leodas
A World War II Cold Case Mystery
Publisher: Kensington

About The Forgotten Mission (from the publisher): What was the deadly secret of Shuller's Land? The last crop on the Long Island farm was planted in 1942, the year the land died from the horror of that one long night. Decades later, the abandoned weathered barn that leaned precariously from old age still waited for a strong wind to complete the collapse before someone discovered its horrible secret.

Investigator Mitchell Pappas found artifacts at the farm belonging to World War II German spies. So began his mission to unravel the mystery of the forgotten farm and the disappearance of the spies and the farmer's teenage daughter, Melissa.

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An Eye for Murder by Libby Fischer Hellmann is Today's Third Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature An Eye for Murder by Libby Fischer Hellmann as today's third free mystery ebook.

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An Eye for Murder by Libby Fischer Hellmann
An Ellie Foreman Mystery
Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press

This is the first full-length mystery with this character. Ellie Foreman was introduced in the short-story, "The Day Miriam Hirsch Disappeared".

About An Eye for Murder (from the publisher): August, 1944, Prague is where the story begins with a seemingly casual exchange of information. But in wartime, is any act, any one thing, trivial? Decades later, in contemporary Chicago, the consequences emerge through the medium of television. Documentary filmmaker Ellie Foreman gets a letter prompted by the success of her show "Celebrate Chicago". One viewer was the elderly Ben Sinclair. When he suddenly dies, his landlady Mrs. Fleischman finds Ellie's name among his effects and writes to her. Ellie, who hasn't a clue about a connection to Ben, is curious. And she agrees to help dispose of Ben Sinclair's possessions. She became a filmmaker to help people tell their stories. The books and wartime relics Ben left behind — will they be enough to tell his?

All too soon, Mrs. Fleischman dies. Then Ben's things are stolen from Ellie's suburban home. The single mom, working to move past her ex, doesn't know what to think. But she has to scramble for work and is soon embroiled in producing a campaign video for a steel magnate running for a Republican seat in the Illinois Senate. Despite these distractions, Ellie stays focused on her odd link to the dead man and turns to her father, a retired lawyer with deep roots in Chicago's Jewish community, for insights into the mystery of Ben Sinclair. In time, a terrifying scenario develops that reaches back into several pasts. From the political present of the North Shore to the buried memories of the city's ethnic neighborhoods, the components of Ben's story eventually merge into an explosive climax.

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The Kill by Jonas Saul is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Kill by Jonas Saul as today's second free mystery ebook.

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The Kill by Jonas Saul
Publisher: Imagine Press

About The Kill (from the publisher): The son of the most ruthless Mafia boss in eastern Canada is killed, and the father wants revenge.

Darwin Kostas is a law-abiding Canadian, a writer with a new bride and a long list of phobias. His fear of the dark keeps him inside after the sun goes down. He also suffers from aichmophobia, an irrational fear of sharp and pointed objects. If confronted with a knife or a needle, his fear manifests as an out-of-control rage.

He's also the man who accidentally killed the heir to the Fuccini syndicate.

When the newlyweds honeymoon in Rome, a hit team follows. They keep waving things at Darwin — pointy things, like knives. He just can't control himself when that happens, and accidentally kills a few more "made men". The Mafia believes Darwin is a trained killer, hired to take them out, and declare all-out war on the neurotic novelist.

Darwin returns to Toronto, but the hits keep coming, the FBI closes in, and a local biker gang offers Darwin their help.

Darwin just wants to be left alone with a light on.

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