Doubleback by Libby Fischer Hellmann is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Doubleback by Libby Fischer Hellmann as today's second free mystery ebook.

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Doubleback
Libby Fischer Hellmann
A Georgia Davis Mystery
Publisher: Libby Fischer Hellmann

This second mystery in the series was first published by Bleak House Books in 2009.

Little Molly Messenger is kidnapped on a sunny June morning. Three days later she's returned, apparently unharmed. Molly's mother, Chris, is so grateful to have her daughter back that she's willing to overlook the odd circumstances.

A few days later, the brakes go out on Chris's car.

An accident? Maybe. Except that it turns out that Chris, the IT manager at a large Chicago bank, may have misappropriated three million dollars. Not convinced that his daughter is safe, Molly's father hires PI Georgia Davis to follow the money and investigate Chris's death.

Working with video producer Ellie Foreman, the two women track leads from Northern Wisconsin to an Arizona border town, where illegal immigrants, smuggled drugs, and an independent contractor called Delton Security come into play. Georgia and Ellie go to great lengths to find the truth, and Georgia discovers that you can cross a line, but sometimes you have to double back.

Read our review of Doubleback by Libby Fischer Hellmann.

  

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Blood Land by R. S. Guthrie is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Blood Land by R. S. Guthrie as today's free mystery ebook.

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Blood Land
R. S. Guthrie
A James Pruett Mystery
Publisher: Blu Pencil Publishing

Crime's an ugly constant in the big city. L.A. Chicago. New York. But when a savage murder brutalizes a small town and neighbor turns on neighbor, a tough-as-nails cop is essential to restoring order.

When billions of dollars in natural gas rights hang in the balance and the town's top law officer's wife is slain by her own blood, a reluctant hero is forced to battle his own demons and ultimately choose between justice, revenge, and duty.

  

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Naked Heat and Heat Rises by Richard Castle is Today's Kindle Daily Deal

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Naked Heat and Heat Rises by Richard Castle as today's Amazon Kindle Daily Deal.

The deal price of $1.99 each is valid only for today, Tuesday, September 25, 2012.

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Naked Heat
Richard Castle
A Nikki Heat Mystery
Hyperion

When New York’s most vicious gossip columnist, Cassidy Towne, is found dead, Heat uncovers a gallery of high profile suspects, all with compelling motives for killing the most feared muckraker in Manhattan.

Heat’s murder investigation is complicated by her surprise reunion with superstar magazine journalist Jameson Rook. In the wake of their recent breakup, Nikki would rather not deal with their raw emotional baggage. But the handsome, wise-cracking Pulitzer Prize-winning writer’s personal involvement in the case forces her to team up with Rook anyway. The residue of their unresolved romantic conflict and crackling sexual tension fills the air as Heat and Rook embark on a search for a killer among celebrities and mobsters, singers and hookers, pro athletes and shamed politicians.

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Heat Rises
Richard Castle
A Nikki Heat Mystery
Hyperion

The bizarre murder of a parish priest at a New York bondage club opens Nikki Heat’s most thrilling and dangerous case so far, pitting her against New York’s most vicious drug lord, an arrogant CIA contractor, and a shadowy death squad out to gun her down. And that is just the tip of an iceberg that leads to a dark conspiracy reaching all the way to the highest level of the NYPD.

But when she gets too close to the truth, Nikki finds herself disgraced, stripped of her badge, and out on her own as a target for killers, with nobody she can trust. Except maybe the one man in her life who’s not a cop: reporter Jameson Rook.

In the midst of New York’s coldest winter in a hundred years, there’s one thing Nikki is determined to prove: Heat Rises.

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Telemystery: ITV Renews Whitechapel for a Fourth Season

ITV has ordered a fourth season (series) of Whitechapel … which will air as the third season here in the US. (The first two seasons that aired in the UK, three episodes each, were combined into the first season here when it aired on BBC America.)

The crime drama stars Rupert Penry-Jones as Detective Inspector Joseph Chandler, Phil Davis as Detective Sergeant Ray Miles and Steve Pemberton as Edward Buchan, and is set in Victorian London's Whitechapel district.

"The first full series of Whitechapel was a huge hit with the ITV audience with its unique take on the crime genre and the brilliantly original combination of Chandler, Miles and Buchan," said Laura Mackie, Director of Drama for ITV. "I'm so pleased that they're coming back to solve more historically inspired crimes.

The fourth season is expected to air in 2013.

Telemystery: ABC Orders Pilot for Fashion Murder Mystery

Deadline is reporting that ABC has ordered a pilot for Dress To Kill from Imagine Television, a thriller/soap set in the New York City fashion world with a storyline involving a whodunit-style mystery. Jessica Sharzer (American Horror Story) will executive produce.

Telemystery: FX Developing Drama Project Adapted from Crime Thriller Fargo

FX Networks is developing a drama based on the 1996 crime thriller Fargo.

Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, who won an Academy Award for the film's screenplay, will executive produce the project. Noah Hawley (Bones, The Unusuals) will write the pilot script.

This is the fourth "prime time crime" project that FX has recently put into development. Just last we we reported on an adaptation of The Strain by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan, which joined The Bridge and Bronx Warrants as possible series for the network.

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Fargo (1996)
A Film by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen

Jerry Lundegaard (William H. Macy) is a car salesman in Minneapolis who has gotten himself into debt and is so desperate for money that he hires two thugs to kidnap his own wife. Jerry will collect the ransom from her wealthy father, paying the thugs a small portion and keeping the rest to satisfy his debts.

The scheme collapses when the thugs shoot a state trooper and two innocent bystanders in rural Minnesota, drawing local Police Chief Marge Gunderson (Frances McDormand) into her first homicide investigation.

At first unaware that the homicides are connected to a Minneapolis kidnapping, Chief Gunderson draws closer to Jerry Lundegaard as his situation further unravels.

    

Telemystery: Your Fall 2012 Schedule for Tuesday, September 25th

Here is your Telemystery Schedule for Tuesday, September 25th, 2012 (all times are ET/PT) …

Tonight is pretty easy: 8 PM to 11 PM on CBS.

The night opens with the 10th season premiere of NCIS and "Extreme Prejudice". After Harper Dearing's bomb destroyed the navy yard and NCIS headquarters, the emotionally and physically damaged NCIS team must pick up the pieces and continue the hunt for the elusive suspect.

Next is the fourth season premiere of NCIS: Los Angeles. Following Callen's public shooting of the Chameleon on last season's finale cliffhanger, all is not well with the NCIS: LA team, as Callen is placed on suspension and Hetty adjusts to retired life in "Endgame".

Finally, the pilot of a new series, Vegas, premieres at 10 PM. (Actually 10:01 PM.) We were torn about this series at first, going back and forth as to whether we should include it here or not. But once we saw the word "murder" in the pilot synopsis, that made the decision an easy one! Here's what to expect: When rancher Ralph Lamb (Dennis Quaid) reluctantly accepts the role of sheriff in 1960s Las Vegas, he now has the authority to take on the mobsters looking to cash in on the casinos. Chicago mobster Vincent Savino (Michael Chiklis) is the new general manager of the Savoy, the swankiest casino on the strip, and they instantly clash as Lamb investigates the murder of the governor's niece.

Poisoned Pen Press to Publish YA Mysteries under New Imprint, Poisoned Pencil

Publishers Weekly is reporting that Poisoned Pen Press has created a new young adult mystery imprint, Poisoned Pencil. The first titles are expected to be published in Fall 2013.

"Our experience shows that today's young adults are sophisticated and savvy readers who seek good stories well told," said Poisoned Pen Press publisher Jessica Tribble. "Filling this important niche through the Poisoned Pencil not only affords us the opportunity to introduce new works of mystery to the young adult audience, but also serves to ensure future generations of voracious mystery readers."

This Week's Bestselling Mystery and Suspense Audiobooks (120924)

Here is this week's list of the top ten bestselling mystery and suspense audiobooks (books on CD).

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Review: Father Night by Eric Van Lustbader

A Mysterious Review of …

Father Night by Eric Van Lustbader. A Jack McClure Mystery.

Review summary: Two terrifically drawn characters are at the center of this very complicated storyline that plays out in three places, each with their own separate subplots. The overall theme here is that things are rarely what they appear to be, which is a fine premise for a thriller; it's just that it's taken a little far in this one. (Click here for text of full review.)

Our rating:

Father Night
Eric Van Lustbader
A Jack McClure Mystery
Forge (September 2012)

Publisher synopsis: A tidal wave of reform is sweeping across the Middle East. Many lurk in the shadows, eager to seize power — giants of a vast criminal underworld, fueled by revenge and vengeance. Their wars know no end. Their power knows no bounds.

At the center of it all are two men who are inches away from holding the world in their hands: one is known as Dyadya Gourdjiev and the other is known only as the Syrian.

Department of Defense special agent Jack McClure has followed this trail of shadows and lies right into the arms of Gourdjiev’s alluring, powerful granddaughter, Annika Dementiev. The lovers are in Moscow when news of Dyadya’s failing health draws a slew of vultures — circling, anxious to seize the empire of secrets he spent a lifetime building. Jack and Annika find themselves locked in battle to ensure his safety … but when it comes to Dyadya, nothing is as it seems.

Alli Carson, the child of a dead US president, has become Jack’s surrogate daughter. While Jack is in Russia, Alli is targeted by a cyber-stalker who knows more about her than anyone should. With no one to trust but her friend, Vera Bard, Alli is determined to discover the truth, but her path forces her to come face-to-face with the nightmarish terror of her past.

As these two stories play out, Secretary of Defense Dennis Paull, with the help of detectives Nona Hendryx and Alan Frain, follows a trail of lies, corruption, and secret pacts that begins with Washington D.C.’s Head of Detectives.

All paths collide at the feet of one man, an old legend adapting to an ever-changing landscape … a man history might have forsaken, but whose heinous evil is still very much alive: Father Night.

      

Today's Bestselling Free Kindle MystereBooks (120924)

Here is today's list of the Bestselling Free Kindle Crime Fiction: the top nine mysteries, novels of suspense, and thrillers.

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Mystery and Suspense Films, New This Week on DVD (120925)

Checking through our list of films currently scheduled for release this week on DVD and/or Blu-ray disc, shown below are those that fall into the mystery, suspense, thriller and adventure categories.

See also a list of current mystery and suspense DVD, Blu-ray, or VOD deals on Amazon.com.

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The Letter (2012)

Written and directed by Jay Anania.

Film Synopsis (from the studio): Martine Jamison (Winona Ryder) is a New York theatre director beginning rehearsals for a new play starring her boyfriend Raymond (Josh Hamilton) opposite a young beauty. They are joined by an unknown newcomer, Tyrone (James Franco), who develops a peculiar fascination with Martine and is openly hostile to all others. As rehearsals continue, Martine has periods of disorientation that quickly deteriorate into vivid hallucinations as she becomes convinced someone is trying to poison her. As Martine's mental state devolves she begins to rewrite her play … and art and life become inseparable.

Running time: 92 minutes. Rating: R for sexuality and language.

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The Tall Man (2012)

Written and directed by Pascal Laugier.

Film Synopsis (from the studio): In an isolated, slowly dying mining town, children are vanishing without a trace – abducted, the townsfolk whisper, by a mysterious entity known locally as "The Tall Man." Town nurse Julia Denning (Jessica Biel) seems skeptical … until her young David disappears in the middle of night. Frantic to rescue the boy, Julia lives every parent's darkest nightmare.

Running time: 106 minutes. Rating: R for violence and terror, and for language.

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Telemystery: Beck, Midsomer Murders, Fog and Crimes, New Tricks, Special Branch, and Wallander, New This Week on DVD

Telemystery, your source for one of the most comprehensive listings of crime drama, amateur sleuth, private investigator, mystery and suspense television series, mini-series and made-for-television movies, now available on or coming soon to DVD or Blu-ray disc, is profiling eleven series being released this week.

We're splitting the list into two posts: this one covers international series; the previous one covers US series.

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Beck
Episodes 7-9

Hes' got no style, no flash and he's middle-aged. But Swedish detective Martin Beck (Peter Haber) is good at one thing: methodically catching criminals so they can be put away for a long time. His tightly-wound partner, Gunvald Larsson (Mikael Persbrandt), is the opposite: an impulsive man who cuts a dashing figure, is in no way politically-correct and who never met a boundary he didn't leap to cross. He'll do anything to get information from a suspect, including enhanced interrogation techniques.

It's classic good cop/bad cop, and together with their team they bring down dangerous criminals lurking in the seedy Stockholm underworld.

These feature-length episodes, which aired on an irregular basis from 1997 through 2001, are in Swedish with English subtitles.

  

Also being released this week on DVD: Beck Episodes 10-12.

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Midsomer Murders
Mayhem & Mystery Files

The "Mayhem & Mystery Files" are fifteen cases — previously released on Sets 13 through 16 — from this popular series set in fictional Midsomer County and based on characters created by crime novelist Caroline Graham.

  

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Nebbie e Delitti (Fog and Crimes)
Season Two

A passion for solving difficult cases makes Franco Soneri (Luca Barbareschi) Ferrara's best investigator but also its most difficult. At crime scenes he stands apart, inscrutable, chomping on a cigar and trying to see what others are missing. He's brusque and irascible but he and his team manage to discover what others would like to keep hidden: addictions, pedophilia, secret loves, and even old injustices left over from World War II. His skill at the job may help him get at the truth, but it takes its toll on his relationship with the beautiful Ukrainian lawyer, Angela Cornelio.

This Italian crime drama is based on characters created by novelist Valerio Varesi. The episodes, which originally aired in 2007, are in Italian with English subtitles.

  

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New Tricks
Season Eight

Detectives Jack Halford (James Bolam), Brian Lane (Alun Armstrong), and Gerry Standing (Dennis Waterman) retired years ago. Then sexy superintendent Sandra Pullman (Amanda Redman) talked them into joining her Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad. Ever since, they've been cracking cold cases, proving that old-school sleuthing skills are still the best way to solve a crime.

This eighth season of the popular series originally aired on BBC during Summer 2011. Two additional seasons have been commissioned by the network.

  

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Special Branch
Set One

This gritty, realistic police procedural focuses on the Special Branch of London's Metropolitan Police — a force dedicated to stopping terrorist activities and countering espionage in the nation's capital.

In the role of DCI Alan Craven, George Sewell provides a committed but world-weary epicenter to a dangerous, ever-shifting landscape of spies, assassins, surveillance, and sudden death. Working with a team of officers that includes the younger and brasher DCI Tom Haggerty (Patrick Mower), the veteran cop confronts explosive issues with life-or-death consequences.

Though designated as Set 1, the episodes included here are actually from the third season of the series, which originally aired on ITV in 1973.

  

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Wallander
Series Three

Three episodes of this English-language remake of the Swedish crime drama based on a character created by Henning Mankell are featured on this set.

In "An Event in Autumn" — based on a short story by the author — Wallander finds the remains of a young woman buried at the back of his garden. When another woman's body washes up on the shore, Wallander searches for the connection.

In "The Dogs of Riga" — adapted from a novel by the author — the corpses of two Latvian men, covered in mafia tattoos, are discovered in Ystad harbor. When Wallander travels to Riga in search of the killers, he becomes entangled in a web of corruption.

And in "Before the Frost" — adapted from a novel by the author — a childhood friend of Linda Wallander goes missing. Wallander and Linda worry for her safety when they find links between her and a murderer.

    

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