Deadlocked by Joel Goldman is Today's Third Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Deadlocked by Joel Goldman as today's third free mystery ebook.

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Deadlocked
Joel Goldman
A Lou Mason Thriller
Publisher: Joel Goldman

This is the fourth mystery in this series.

Ryan Kowalczyk denied slaughtering a young couple even after his best friend turned against him, sending him to death row. When Lou Mason is hired to prove Ryan's innocence, someone does whatever it takes to stop him. And the deeper Mason probes, the greater the danger … until the past and present collide in an explosion of fear, deceit, corruption and murder.

  

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The Color of Greed by Jack Thompson is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Color of Greed by Jack Thompson as today's second free mystery ebook.

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The Color of Greed
Jack Thompson
A Raja Williams Mystery
Publisher: Crackerjack Publishing

This is the first mystery in this series.

When the young husband of a wealthy heiress is found dead on his yacht floating off the California coastline, his death is ruled an accident and the case is closed. The grieving widow, certain her husband was murdered but getting no help from the police, turns to Raja Williams, a wealthy Oxford-educated private investigator, who has dedicated his resources to help those in need of justice. When Raja arrives in Los Angeles and more bodies begin to pile up, he suspects a coverup that may go as high up as the governor. With the help of his partner Vinny, a highly skilled hacker, Raja must unravel the case before everyone involved, including the two of them, winds up dead.

  

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Hush by Anne Frasier is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Hush by Anne Frasier as today's free mystery ebook.

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Hush
Anne Frasier
Publisher: CreateSpace

This psychological thriller was first published by Onyx in 2002.

It's criminal profiler Ivy Dunlap's job to unravel the psyches of the most dangerous men alive. None haunts her dreams more than the killer who took her son's life sixteen years ago, then silently disappeared into the dark. Now an urgent request for help from the Chicago police has reawakened Ivy's greatest nightmare. The Madonna Murderer has returned to fulfill his calling. This time Ivy understands the killer and will face her greatest fear to stop him from killing again.

  

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Telemystery: Hulu and BBC to Co-Produce Comedy/Conspirary Series

BBC and Hulu are teaming up to co-produce an original 6-episode conspiracy comedy/thriller series titled The Wrong Mans.

James Corden and Mathew Baynton star as two office co-workers, who "end up in the wrong place, at the wrong time, with the wrong skills — hence the title". Both actors are credited with creating and writing the series.

"We've written five [episodes] and we've got one more to do," says Corden. "The show is kind of a comedy … but it's a thriller, action and comedy. It's kind of high-end stuff with lots of twists and set in Berkshire. We will star in it and there's lots of other people in it too."

Filming is expected to begin on location in January, 2013. Hulu will be the exclusive source for the series in the US.

Black City YA Thrillers by Elizabeth Richards, Optioned for Film

Screen Gems announced in a press release today that it has optioned the film rights to the "Black City" young adult fantasy/thrillers by Elizabeth Richards.

The first book in the series, Black City, to be published by Putnam Juvenile next month, is set in a futuristic city in which humans and Darklings are separated by a wall. But, as in age-old fashion, two teenagers from opposite sides fall in love, causing all sorts of catastrophic problems for each of their peoples.

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Black City
Elizabeth Richards

In a city where humans and Darklings are now separated by a high wall and tensions between the two races still simmer after a terrible war, sixteen-year-olds Ash Fisher, a half-blood Darkling, and Natalie Buchanan, a human and the daughter of the Emissary, meet and do the unthinkable — they fall in love. Bonded by a mysterious connection that causes Ash's long-dormant heart to beat, Ash and Natalie first deny and then struggle to fight their forbidden feelings for each other, knowing if they're caught, they'll be executed — but their feelings are too strong.

When Ash and Natalie then find themselves at the center of a deadly conspiracy that threatens to pull the humans and Darklings back into war, they must make hard choices that could result in both their deaths.

  

New Featurette for Argo

"You want to set up a movie in a week. You want to lie to Hollywood, a town where everyone lies for a living. Then you're going to sneak 007 over here into a country that wants blood on their breakfast cereal, and you're going to walk the Brady Bunch out of the most watched city in the world. Right."

Such is the premise of Argo, for which the studio has released a featurette (embedded below).

Based on real events, the dramatic thriller chronicles the life-or-death covert operation to rescue six Americans, which unfolded behind the scenes of the Iran hostage crisis, focusing on the little-known role that the CIA and Hollywood played — information that was not declassified until many years after the event.

Ben Affleck — also directed the film — stars as a CIA "exfiltration" specialist, who comes up with the risky play to get the hostages out of the country. Argo opens in theaters this Friday, October 12th, 2012.

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New Poster for John Dies at the End

A new poster for the comedy/horror/thriller film John Dies at the End has surfaced (right; click for larger image). The tagline: "Just so you know … They're sorry for everything that's about to happen."

Adapted from the novel of the same name by John Wong (a pen named used by Jason Pargin), the film stars Rob Mayes as John and Chase Williamson as his best friend Dave, a pair of college dropouts who can barely hold down jobs. A drug that promises an out-of-body experience with each hit is on the street — they call it Soy Sauce. Users drift across time and dimensions. But some who come back are no longer human. Suddenly a silent otherworldly invasion is underway, and mankind needs a hero. What it gets instead is John and David. Can these two stop the oncoming horror in time to save humanity? No. No, they can't.

Written and directed by Don Cocarelli, John Dies at the End premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year; we are unaware of any planned theatrical release, limited or otherwise. Watch a trailer for the film below, together with more information about the book from which it was adapted.

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John Dies at the End
David Wong
A David and John Thriller (1st in series)

Stop. You should not have touched this flyer with your bare hands. No, don't put it down. It's too late. They're watching you. My name is David Wong. My best friend is John. Those names are fake. You might want to change yours. You may not want to know about the things you'll read on these pages, about the sauce, about Korrok, about the invasion, and the future. But it's too late. You touched the book. You're in the game. You're under the eye. The only defense is knowledge. You need to read this book, to the end. Even the part with the bratwurst. Why? You just have to trust me.

The important thing is this: The drug is called Soy Sauce and it gives users a window into another dimension. John and I never had the chance to say no. You still do. I'm sorry to have involved you in this, I really am. But as you read about these terrible events and the very dark epoch the world is about to enter as a result, it is crucial you keep one thing in mind: None of this was my fault.

      

New Poster for Hitchcock

A new poster for Hitchcock as been released by the studio (right; click for larger image); a trailer is promised for tomorrow.

Hitchcock is described by the studio as a love story about one of the most influential filmmakers of the last century, Alfred Hitchcock (Anthony Hopkins) and his wife and partner Alma Reville (Helen Mirren). The film takes place during the making of Hitchcock's seminal movie Psycho. Other cast: Scarlett Johansson as Janet Leigh, Jessica Biel at Vera Miles, and James D'Arcy as Anthony Perkins.

Directed by Sacha Gervasi from an screenplay written by John J. McLaughlin and based on a book Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho by Stephen Rebello, Hitchcock will premiere on November 1st at the AFI Festival and will be in limited release on November 23rd, 2012.

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Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho
Stephen Rebello

First released in June 1960, Psycho altered the landscape of horror films forever. But just as compelling as the movie itself is the story behind it.

Stephen Rebello brings to life the creation of one of Hollywood's most iconic films, from the story of Wisconsin murderer Ed Gein, the real-life inspiration for the character of Norman Bates, to Hitchcock's groundbreaking achievements in cinematography, sound, editing, and promotion. Packed with captivating insights from the film's stars, writers, and crewmembers, this book is a riveting and definitive history of a signature Hitchcock cinematic masterpiece.

      

Frostline by Justin Scott is Today's Sixth Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Frostline by Justin Scott as today's sixth free mystery ebook.

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Frostline
Justin Scott
A Ben Abbott Mystery
Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press

When Newbury's newest resident, ex-diplomat Harry King, the close confidant of Kissinger and reputed to have been heavily involved in the Vietnam War, summons real estate agent Ben Abbott to his new McMansion, Ben dreams of big dollar signs. The commission from selling the Fox Trot estate would be huge. But King doesn't want Ben's selling expertise, he wants him to act as a mediator in a dispute with his troublesome neighbor, surly Vietnam vet Richard Butler. A strip of Butler's land cuts straight into King's estate like a knife, acting as a red flag for two men who are as ornery and quarrelsome as a pair of rival bulls. In fact, the testoserone is flowing heavier than the waters in the stream King is damming up for a picturesque lake.

Before Ben can mediate, an explosion rocks a lavish party on the Fox Trot lawn. The blast blows up the dam — and Butler's ex-con son, Dickie, along with it. Butler, an army-trained sapper, is arrested for setting the dynamite. Ben, whose childhood friend Dickie had tried his patience and loyalty many times before, refuses to accept Butler's guilt. Besides, too many things don't add up. Could the destruction be the work of terrorists? Of one of the many groups holding a grudge against King? Or just someone with his own axe to grind?

With the Feds on the scene, caught between state and local law enforcement jockeying, Ben negotiates an unpopular course through the usual minefield of his various loyalties to friends, family and lovers, of whom there are plenty …

  

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Deal to Die For by Les Standiford is Today's Fifth Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Deal to Die For by Les Standiford as today's fifth free mystery ebook.

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Deal to Die For
Les Standiford
A John Deal Mystery
Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press

This suspenseful third in the series finds the Miami building contractor tangling with Chinese gangsters who are trying to move in on a scheme hatched by two Hollywood porno magnates to create X-rated films for the huge mainland Chinese market. Deal already has troubles enough — his wife, Janice, has sunk into a deep depression over the serious burns she suffered in Raw Deal, and a close friend has apparently committed suicide, shortly after she has told her film-star sister, Paige Nobleman, that Paige was adopted. Deal and his tenant/pal, ex-cop Vernon Driscoll, begin investigating Paige's birth and, eventually, the friend's death, following leads that take them directly into the porno scheme and the path of some deadly Chinese gang members.

  

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The Last Mountains by Rick Craig is Today's Fourth Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Last Mountains by Rick Craig as today's fourth free mystery ebook.

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The Last Mountains
Rick Craig
A Tom Hadley Mystery
Publisher: Geyser Books

When Park Service climbing ranger Tom Hadley finds a fallen climber's body on the Grand Teton, he believes his troubled eleven-year-old son has caused a terrible accident. But evidence of murder plunges the father and son into a mystery they must solve together to save their fragile relationship.

All Tom wants from the summer of 2002 is to become a better father and reassemble the life that fell apart when a brain injury ended his promising Himalayan mountaineering career. But the murder pulls him into a web of terrorists, American agents and political intrigue as the country moves toward war. Tom foils an apparent assassination attempt on the Vice President, but it may be his son the only one who can identify the killer from the mountain who is really in danger.

  

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City of Darkness by Kim Wright is Today's Third Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature City of Darkness by Kim Wright as today's third free mystery ebook.

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City of Darkness
Kim Wright
A City of Mystery Mystery
Publisher: Kim Wright

London, 1888. Jack the Ripper roams the streets with impunity and Scotland Yard seems helpless to stop him.

The science of forensics is in its infancy but a few detectives — Trevor Welles among them — recognize that they are dealing with a different sort of killer, a "modern criminal" who chooses his victims at random. If Jack is to be caught, he won't be caught with Scotland Yard's normal methods of deduction for there is no logic to this madness. The question is no longer "Why was the victim killed?" but rather "How was the victim killed?" For the first time in the history of detection, science is trumping deductive reasoning.

When a twist of fate puts Trevor in charge of the case, he hastily assembles Scotland Yard's first forensics team: Davy Mabrey, the first bobby on the scene of the grisliest of the murders, whose working class common sense proves an invaluable asset, Rayley Abrams, a cautious intellectual whose future at the Yard is marginalized due to his Jewish heritage, Tom Bainbridge, a medical student with aristocratic connections and a secret drinking problem, and Emma Kelly, sister of the Ripper's last victim who has a troubled past and a gift for linguistics. The team finds an unlikely ally in the form of Queen Victoria herself, who takes an unusual level of interest in the Ripper case and secretly funds the unit. But will they stop Jack in time to spare Leanna Bainbridge, the young heiress with whom Trevor has fallen in love?

  

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New Banner for The Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn Part 2

A few days ago we a new poster for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2. Today we have a new banner (below; click for larger image). Same tagline: "The epic finale that will live forever."

Directed by Bill Condon from an adapted screenplay by Melissa Rosenberg, Breaking Dawn Part 2 opens in theaters November 16th, 2012.

Today's Bestselling Free Kindle MystereBooks (121009)

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

We're using a script to embed an RSS feed from Amazon.com, which is updated hourly, but if you cannot see the box below — or have scripts blocked — you can click on the image to the right or use this link to see the relevant page on Amazon.com, which includes a list of both the Top 100 Paid and Top 100 Free Kindle Mysteries and Thrillers.

Three Sexy, Suspenseful and Seriously Funny eBooks by Christie Craig, Now at a Special Price

Sexy, suspenseful and seriously funny. That's how Christie Craig describes her books … and she's offering readers a special deal on three of them.

Love, Laughter and a Little Murder is a digital omnibus of three books by Craig, now available to purchase for just $1.99 (for a limited time only).

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Love, Laughter and a Little Murder
Christie Craig

Weddings Can Be Murder (2008)

Who knew getting married could get you murdered?

What happens when you realize you're about to marry a man you don't love — a man who doesn't love you? When accidentally flushing her $8,000 engagement ring down the toilet isn't enough of a sign for Katie Ray to call off the big day, fate gets busy. Will seeing her wedding planner murdered and getting herself locked in the dark with a sexy PI do the trick?

Hired by Houston's elite wedding planner to investigate some missing brides, the last thing bad-boy Carl Hades wants is to be shackled with another man's soon-to-be wife. Especially when the gorgeous redhead stirred emotions he'd avoided for years. Now, avoiding her sounds like a genius plan, especially when her future wedding goes the same the way as her engagement ring — down the toilet — making Katie available … and a hell of a lot more tempting. But when the missing brides come up dead, Carl suspects that Katie might be next, which makes avoiding her impossible and improbably, especially when being with her is a whole lot of fun.

Gotcha (2009)

Macy Tucker was five years old when her beloved grandfather dropped dead in his spaghetti. At twelve, her father left his family in the dust. At twenty-five, her husband gave his secretary a pre-Christmas bonus in bed, and Macy gave him the boot. To put things lightly, men have been undependable.

That's why dating's off the menu. Macy is focused on law school, and putting herself through — which means being the delivery girl for Papa's Pizza. But cheesier than her job is her pie-eyed brother, who just recently escaped from prison to protect his new girlfriend. And hotter than Texas toast is the investigating detective. Proud, sexy … inflexible — he's a man who would kiss her just to shut her up. But Jake Baldwin's a protector as much as a dish. And when he gets his man — or his woman — Macy knows it's for life.

Murder, Mayhem and Mama (2012)

Cali McKay's mama isn't ready to pass over to the "other side" yet. Her unlucky-in-love daughter needs her now more than ever. Before Mama can chain-smoke her way to heaven, she's gotta make sure Cali's ex deadbeat boyfriend doesn't get her daughter killed.

Cali lost her mom to cancer. Detective Brit Lowell, lost his partner to murder. Now he's in the mood to take down some dirtbags and Cali's ex just happens to be a dirtbag leaving a trail of dead bodies behind him. Can Brit trust this beautiful woman to help take down her ex? Can Cali look past this sexy cop's hard exterior to trust him with her heart? Can life get any crazier when Mama starts meddling from the grave? Only one thing is for sure — none of it will matter, unless they catch a killer before the killer catches them.

  

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