The Sand Trap by D. G. Marshall is Today's Fourth Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Sand Trap by D. G. Marshall as today's fourth free mystery ebook (A Melanie McDougal Mystery; Kindle, Kobo, and iTunes formats).

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.

Smart Shield by Dane Zeller is Today's Third Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Smart Shield by Dane Zeller as today's third free mystery ebook (A Don Milkey Mystery; 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.

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Unintended Consequences by Marti Green is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Unintended Consequences by Marti Green as today's second free mystery ebook (A 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.

Irrefutable by Dale Roberts is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Irrefutable by Dale Roberts as today's free mystery ebook (A Crime 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.

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Mystery Bestsellers for the Week Ending December 07, 2012

A list of the top 15 Mystery Hardcover Bestsellers for the week ending December 6th, 2012 has been posted by the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books.

The Racketeer by John Grisham and Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn have again swapped places at the top of the list, this week with the latter reclaiming first position this week.

One new title debuts this week (position in parentheses).

Skeleton Detective Gideon Oliver is Retiring, says author Aaron Elkins

This month Dying on the Vine, the 17th Gideon Oliver "Skeleton Detective" mystery by Aaron Elkins is published, and the author says it is the last in the series.

"I love the guy," Elkins said this week. "[But] I'm running out of things to say without repeating myself."

Though Gideon may be retiring, the author is not, having just finished the second in mystery in the "Alix London" series that he co-writes with his wife, Charlotte.

Dying on the Vine — more details below — is set in Tuscany, where Gideon is visiting friends. For Elkins, Tuscany was, of course, a lovely place to conduct a couple of weeks of research.

"Your notebook and camera are never out of your hands, and you're jotting, jotting, jotting endlessly," he said. "Still, for me, the best part of Dying on the Vine was the same as it's been for every other book: the writing. [L]ike every other novelist I've ever met, there's nothing I'd rather be doing. I guess it's because every now and then, you do get it right, and what a pleasure that is."

(Related article: PeninsulaDailyNews.com, which states the book is the 18th in the series, but we're reasonably sure it is the 17th!)

Today's Bestselling Free Kindle MystereBooks (121206)

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.

Review: Whiskey Island by Les Roberts

A Mysterious Review of …

Whiskey Island by Les Roberts. A Milan Jacovich Mystery.

Review summary: This is a solid entry in this series featuring the Cleveland PI, probably not so much for its plot — which takes quite a long time to develop as a murder mystery — but for the characters that are introduced, notably new assistant Kevin "K.O." O'Bannion. (Click here for text of full review.)

Winners of the National (UK) Book Awards Announced

The winners of the National (UK) Book Awards have been posted to the organization's website.

Several categories are represented, including Crime & Thriller of the Year … which was won by Lee Child for his "Jack Reacher" novel A Wanted Man.

The National Book Awards showcases the best of British writing and publishing with the winners chosen by votes from the National Book Awards Academy.

Darkness Before the Dawn by Anne Stuart is Today's Fifth Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Darkness Before the Dawn by Anne Stuart as today's fifth free mystery ebook (A Maggie Bennett Romantic 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.

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Blackman's Coffin by Mark de Castrique is Today's Fourth Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Blackman's Coffin by Mark de Castrique as today's fourth free mystery ebook (A Sam Blackman 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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Till the Cows Come Home by Judy Clemens is Today's Third Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Till the Cows Come Home by Judy Clemens as today's third free mystery ebook (A Stella Crown 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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Family Ties by Jamie Hill is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Family Ties by Jamie Hill as today's second free mystery ebook (A Cop in the Family 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.

Black Jasmine by Toby Neal is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Black Jasmine by Toby Neal as today's free mystery ebook (A Lei Texeira, "Lei Crime" Mystery; 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.

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Black Diamond by John F. Dobbyn is Today's Kindle Daily Deal

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Black Diamond by John F. Dobbyn as today's Amazon Kindle Daily Deal.

The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Thursday, December 06, 2012.