MystereBooks: The First Patient by Michael Palmer, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The First Patient by Michael Palmer, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, St. Martin's Press.

Michael Palmer trained in internal medicine at Boston City and Massachusetts General Hospitals, spent twenty years as a full-time practitioner of internal and emergency medicine. His first published medical thriller, The Sisterhood in 1994, was set inside a fictional Boston hospital and featured a secret society of nurses dedicated to mercy killing. He now spends his time split between writing and working 20 hours a week as an associate director of the Massachusetts Medical Society's physician health program.

The ebook format of The First Patient, the author's thirteenth thriller, was priced at $2.99 from the listed vendors (below) 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.

A Conversation with Screenwriter and YA Novelist Leigh Dunlap

with Leigh Dunlap

We are delighted to welcome screenwriter — and now young adult novelist — Leigh Dunlap to Omnimystery News today, courtesy of Kelley & Hall Book Publicity.

Leigh's debut novel is the alien thriller Halifax (Publish Green, August 2011 ebook format).

We recently had the opportunity to chat with her about the book, screenplays versus novels, and her love of baseball.

Telemystery: New Promo for NBC's Deception

NBC has released a short, teaser promo for its upcoming murder mystery drama Deception.

Meagan Good stars as Detective Joanna Locasto, who, as a young teenager, was best friends with Vivian Bowers, the heiress to a pharmaceutical empire … and now dead at the age of 32. Joanna returns for the funeral begins to uncover dark secrets and clues about why Vivian's life was very much in danger.

Deception — which was known as Infamous while in development — premieres on Monday, January 7th, 2013 at 10 PM ET.

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We Are the Hanged Man by Douglas Lindsay is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature We Are the Hanged Man by Douglas Lindsay as today's second free mystery ebook (A Robert Jericho Police Procedural; Kindle format only).

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.

For a summary of all of today's featured titles, plus any that may have appeared before and are repeat freebies, visit our Free MystereBooks page. This page is updated daily, typically by 8 AM ET.

Terminal Ambition by Kate McGuinness is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Terminal Ambition by Kate McGuinness as today's free mystery ebook (A Maggie Mahoney Thriller; Kindle format only).

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.

For a summary of all of today's featured titles, plus any that may have appeared before and are repeat freebies, visit our Free MystereBooks page. This page is updated daily, typically by 8 AM ET.

Telemystery: Burn Notice Renewed for a 7th Season

USA Network has renewed Burn Notice for a seventh season. The order of 13 episodes is smaller than in previous seasons, which numbered between 16 and 18 episodes each, though presumably we're not intended to read too much into that fact.

"Burn Notice is like a fine wine that gets better with age," said USA Network co-presidents Chris McCumber and Jeff Wachtel. "Delivering high-octane action, gripping drama and nearly 7 million viewers for the mid-season finale, this veteran series is a proven staple of our portfolio."

Jeffrey Donovan stars as Michael Westen, an international spy who suddenly finds himself blacklisted — "burned" in company-speak. Back in his hometown of Miami, Michael uses his skills to help people in need ... mostly people who can't get help from the police.

The seventh season will likely premiere in June 2013.

Keep up to date on the status of your favorite mystery and suspense television with our Telemystery Scoresheet. We've updated it with today's news.

First Teaser Poster for Jurassic Park 3D

The first teaser poster for Jurassic Park 3D was released today on the film's Facebook page (right; click for larger image).

Long-time readers of this site will start to wonder how many "top 10" films we can possibly have on our Top 10 list of favorite films but we can honestly say that Jurassic Park holds a firm spot on that list. It is almost the perfect thriller: compelling storyline, terrific casting, brilliant direction, amazing production. We're not altogether sold on the whole 3D idea, but that seems to be the re-release trend de jour so we'll go with it.

Here's the basic plotline: On a remote island, a wealthy entrepreneur (Richard Attenborough) secretly builds a theme park featuring live dinosaurs created from prehistoric DNA. Before opening the attraction to the public, he invites a top paleontologist (Sam Neill), a paleobotanist (Laura Dern), a mathematician/theorist (Jeff Goldblum), and his two eager grandchildren to experience the park — but their visit is anything but tranquil as the park's security system breaks down, the prehistoric creatures break out.

Directed by Steven Spielberg from a screenplay adapted from Michael Crichton's novel of the same title, Jurassic Park first opened in theaters June 11th, 1993. The 3D release opens in theaters April 5th, 2013.

Skyfall Opens in Theaters November 9th

Skyfall. Opens in US theaters November 09, 2012. And if international sales are any indication — it premiered in the UK on October 23rd and more widely internationally on October 26th — it will be a blockbuster here in the US.

James Bond's (Daniel Craig) loyalty to M (Judi Dench) is tested as her past comes back to haunt her. As MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost.

Directed by Sam Mendes from an original screenplay by Neal Purvis & Robert Wade and John Logan.

Running time: 143 minutes Rated PG-13 for intense violent sequences throughout, some sexuality, language and smoking.

Watch a trailer for the film below:

Nominees for the 2012 Reviewers' Choice Awards — Mystery Categories — Announced

The nominees in five mystery and suspense categories for the 2012 Reviewers' Choice Awards have been announced by RT Book Reviews. We're not exactly sure when the winners will be announced, but we believe it will be during the RT Booklovers Convention in May 2013.

Amateur Sleuth …

• Popped Off by Jeffrey Allen
• The Twelve Clues of Christmas by Rhys Bowen
• Postcards from the Dead by Laura Childs
• Bad Little Falls by Paul Doiron
• Gem of a Ghost by Sue Ann Jaffarian

Contemporary Mystery …

• Blood Bath & Beyond by Michelle Rowen
• Dead Scared by S. J. Bolton
• The Sleeping and the Dead by Jeff Crook
• Available Dark by Elizabeth Hand
• The House at Sea's End by Elly Griffiths
• Cop To Corpse by Peter Lovesey

First Mystery …

• Hush Money by Chuck Greaves
• Anatomist's Apprentice by Tessa Harris
• Into the Darkest Corner by Elizabeth Haynes
• Viral by James Lilliefors
• Deep Zone by James M. Tabor

Historical Mystery …

• A Dark Anatomy by Robin Blake
• The Yard by Alex Grecian
• When Maidens Mourn by C. S. Harris
• A Sunless Sea by Anne Perry
• The Incense Game by Laura Joh Rowland
• The Solitary House by Lynn Shepherd

Suspense / Thriller …

• A Deeper Darkness by J. T. Ellison
• Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
• Catch Me by Lisa Gardner
• And She Was by Alison Gaylin
• The Line Between Here and Gone by Andrea Kane
• The Other Woman by Hank Phillippi Ryan

Today's Bestselling Free Kindle MystereBooks (121107)

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; as an alternative, 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.

MystereBooks: Field of Blood by Denise Mina, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Field of Blood by Denise Mina, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Little, Brown.

Set in Glasgow in 1981, a time shaped by betrayal and conflict, when hunger strikes, riots and unemployment decimated the old industrial heartlands, Field of Blood is the first in this series of crime novels that traces the life and career of Paddy Meehan as she moves through the newspaper industry during the momentous events of the nineteen eighties, nineties and beyond.

The title comes from the field that Judas Iscariot bought with the thirty pieces of silver he won by betraying Jesus. Paddy's whole career and ambitions are a betrayal of her family and everyone she loves and her independence is built on that betrayal and the dilemma all woman feel, whether to be true to themselves or those people they love.

The ebook format of Field of Blood was priced at $2.99 from the listed vendors (below) 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.

Four for a Boy by Mary Reed and Eric Mayer is Today's Fifth Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Four for a Boy by Mary Reed and Eric Mayer as today's fifth free mystery ebook (A John the Eunuch Mystery; iTunes format only).

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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Cruel Music by Beverle Graves Myers is Today's Fourth Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Cruel Music by Beverle Graves Myers as today's fourth free mystery ebook (A Tito Amato Mystery; iTunes format only).

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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How To Get a Literary Agent in Two Murders or Less by Ellie Burmeister is Today's Third Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature How To Get a Literary Agent in Two Murders or Less by Ellie Burmeister as today's third free mystery ebook (A Comic Novel of Romantic Suspense; Kindle format only).

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.

For a summary of all of today's featured titles, plus any that may have appeared before and are repeat freebies, visit our Free MystereBooks page. This page is updated daily, typically by 8 AM ET.

Motion To Kill by Joel Goldman is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Motion To Kill by Joel Goldman as today's second free mystery ebook (A Lou Mason Legal Thriller; Kindle format only).

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.

For a summary of all of today's featured titles, plus any that may have appeared before and are repeat freebies, visit our Free MystereBooks page. This page is updated daily, typically by 8 AM ET.