Goddess of the Moon by Polly Iyer is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Goddess of the Moon by Polly Iyer as today's second free mystery ebook (A Diana Racine Novel of Psychic Suspense; Kindle format only).

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Goddess of the Moon
Polly Iyer
A Diana Racine Novel of Psychic Suspense
Publisher: Parkwood Press

A newborn is kidnapped from her home hours after being released from the birthing center, and psychic Diana Racine is asked by her lover, Lieutenant Ernie Lucier of the New Orleans Police Department, to act as a consultant on the case. Can she glean any vibes from where the baby slept?

Clutching the infant’s blanket in her hands, Diana envisions the abducted baby in the placidness of a sun-drenched pink room. She also senses a pervasive aura of evil, enough to send ominous chills up her spine. When a computer search results in more kidnapped babies in nearby states, a common thread develops.

But nothing prepares Diana and Lucier for the note that draws the psychic deeper into the investigation. Under a picture of a star and crescent moon are the words, "Diana, we await you."

  

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Mystral Murder by Lee Hanson is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Mystral Murder by Lee Hanson as today's free mystery ebook (A Julie O'Hara Mystery; Kindle format only).

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Mystral Murder
Lee Hanson
A Julie O'Hara Mystery
Publisher: Rook Books

For body language expert Julie O'Hara, writing a book called "Clues" had seemed like a logical next-step in her career, but she had never thought past the writing part. Catapulted into the spotlight by the book's success, Julie finds herself caught up in a whirlwind of publicity, the latest being a seminar aboard Holiday Cruise Lines gigantic ship, Mystral.

It's grin-and-bear-it time for Julie, until a woman she meets at the exclusive Captain's Dinner takes a header overboard. Julie thinks back and realizes there was a lot of motive for murder spread around the Captain's table …

  

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Telemystery: TNT Orders Murder Mystery Pilot from Steven Bochco

TNT has ordered a pilot for Murder in the First, a murder mystery series created by Steven Bochco (Hill Street Blues, NYPD Blue).

The storyline, set in the San Francisco area, is said to involve two seemingly unrelated murder investigations. If ordered to series, the episodes will follow two SFPD homicide detectives as they pursue leads in the cases, which may involve the CEO of a Silicon Valley technology company as a prime suspect. As the series unfolds, the investigations and prosecutions will "provide viewers with a window into the soul of modern justice in an increasingly complex world."

Review: Frame Up by James Phoenix

A Mysterious Review of …

Frame Up by James Phoenix. A Fenway Burke Mystery.

Review summary: The narrative in this debut mystery is crisply written, a little punchy even, which seems to fit well with the character of Boston PI Fenway Burke. There's a sense of familiarity to much of what happens, in part intentional, in part conventional, but overall this is a good introductory investigation. (Click here for text of full review.)

Our rating:

Frame Up
James Phoenix
A Fenway Burke Mystery
Grey Swan Press (September 2012)

Publisher synopsis: Fenway is living alone and nursing his wounds from his recent divorce. He's drinks too much and doesn't seem to know what to do with himself. A childhood friend with a shady background approaches him about clearing a man serving a life sentence for a crime his friend says he didn't commit.

Against his better judgment Fenway takes the case and soon finds himself in over his head … way over his head.

Almost right from the start Fenway doesn't like the smell of things and finds out very quickly that his client's a patsy who's been framed up to take a fall. But knowing it and proving it are two different things.

As he digs deeper, bodies start to pill up and he finds himself up against sinister forces far beyond his imagining, people with unlimited financial resources and International connections with some of the most violent and ruthless men on the planet. Nothing is as it seems. He's got to clear an innocent man, find the true culprit and somehow stay in one piece.

And the odds aren't good … Not good at all.

    

The Last Stand Opens in Theaters January 18th

The Last Stand. Opens in theaters January 18, 2013.

After leaving his LAPD narcotics post following a bungled operation that left him wracked with remorse and regret, Sheriff Ray Owens (Arnold Schwarzenegger) moved out of Los Angeles and settled into a life fighting what little crime takes place in sleepy border town Summerton Junction. But that peaceful existence is shattered when Gabriel Cortez (Eduardo Noriega), the most notorious, wanted drug kingpin in the western hemisphere, makes a deadly yet spectacular escape from an FBI prisoner convoy.

With the help of a fierce band of lawless mercenaries led by the icy Burrell (Peter Stormare), Cortez begins racing towards the US-Mexico border at 250 mph in a specially-outfitted Corvette ZR1 with a hostage in tow. Cortez' path: straight through Summerton Junction, where the whole of the U.S. law enforcement, including Agent John Bannister (Forest Whitaker) will have their final opportunity to intercept him before the violent fugitive slips across the border forever.

At first reluctant to become involved, and then counted out because of the perceived ineptitude of his small town force, Owens ultimately rallies his team and takes the matter into his own hands, setting the stage for a classic showdown.

Directed by Kim Jee-Woon from an original screenplay by Andrew Knauer.

Running time: 107 minutes. Rated R for strong bloody violence throughout, and language.

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Broken City Opens in Theaters Friday January 18th

Broken City. Opens in theaters January 18, 2013.

In a broken city rife with injustice, ex-cop Billy Taggart (Mark Wahlberg) seeks redemption — and revenge — after being double-crossed and then framed by its most powerful figure, the mayor (Russell Crowe). Billy's relentless pursuit of justice, matched only by his streetwise toughness, makes him an unstoppable force — and the mayor's worst nightmare.

Directed by Allen Hughes from an original screenplay by Brian Tucker.

Running time: 109 minutes. Rated R for pervasive language, some sexual content and violence.

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MystereBooks: Four Inspector Rebus Mysteries by Ian Rankin, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature four Detective Inspector John Rebus mysteries by Ian Rankin, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Simon & Schuster.

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Hide and Seek by Ian Rankin
A John Rebus Mystery (2nd)
Publisher: Simon & Schuster

A junkie, dead in an Edinburgh squat, the body laid out with ritual precision. A girl with a past, running wild and running scared.

But who cares? These are the dregs, a squalid society of addicts and derelicts, people long since disconnected from a society that is preoccupied with the new businesses and the new homes bringing prosperity to a city concentrating on advertising its quality of life.

Only Detective Inspector John Rebus senses something evil, something too dangerous to ignore that has to be investigated and brought up into the light. Something that may prove to be very closely connected indeed to the bright new world above. It is an investigation that will find him not just trying to solve a crime but fighting for his life.

      

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The Black Book by Ian Rankin
A John Rebus Mystery (5th)
Publisher: Simon & Schuster

When the Central Hotel, a place of decidedly unsavory reputation, burned to the ground in a mysterious fire, the Edinburgh police were unable to disguise their delight. That is, until a body was found in the still-smoldering ashes, charred beyond all identification but with a bullet lodged in its skull. Now it's five years later and Inspector John Rebus is following any leads in a vicious off-duty ambush that has put one of his favorite junior officers into a coma.

A cheap black notebook belonging to the wounded policeman contains a cryptic allusion to the almost-forgotten blaze, but crucial pieces of the puzzle obstinately refuse to fall into place. What could young Detective Sergeant Brian Holmes have learned to render him such a threat that he must be silenced at all costs? "The past is important," Rebus hardly needs to remind himself, yet the secrets he persists in uncovering are buried in layer upon layer of sordid and evil lies.

      

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Mortal Causes by Ian Rankin
A John Rebus Mystery (6th)
Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Inspector John Rebus hates the Edinburgh Festival. He especially hates that last Saturday night. He has spent years on the police force confronting it, avoiding it, and cursing it, but most of the time he still gets caught up in it. Nevertheless, this is an honored tradition of Scotland, and a happy one at that. But amid the blaring noise created by the music, laughter, and toasts of "Slainte" as glasses of whiskey are swilled, another tradition — one older than music, happiness, and drink itself — has traveled to Edinburgh and nested itself in the medieval quarter of Mary King's Close. There, beneath the streets of Edinburgh, Inspector Rebus finds the lifeless body of Billy Cunningham swinging from a butcher's hook and knows that his problems have only begun.

When Big Ger Cafferty, the ruthless gangster whose sphere of influence extends well beyond the bars that the Inspector himself put him behind, discovers that Bill, his only son, has been brutally murdered, Rebus finds himself with more motivation than his duty can provide to find Billy's killer. But when the police pathologist reports that the young man was killed by professional hands, Rebus finds himself up against a force that could frighten Big Ger himself.

      

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Let It Bleed by Ian Rankin
A John Rebus Mystery (7th)
Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Detective Inspector John Rebus understands that murder is usually very simple. Passion and greed are the most common motives, but when the bodies begin to pile up—two suicides, one murder, and the mysterious death of an inmate in one of Scotland's largest prisons — Rebus realizes that there's nothing simple about his latest case.

What Rebus knows is that it all began with a petty embezzlement scheme. What he discovers is that beneath the killings a conspiracy is hidden, one that runs all the way to the top of the political ladder. And the cost of unraveling this complex web could be horrifyingly high. Everything he holds dear — his job, his life, even his young daughter — is at stake.

Powerful men are telling Rebus to "let it take its course," but none of them will reveal just what it is. Rebus stubbornly decides to go forward with his investigation no matter what the cost may be. Men have died for whatever lies at the heart of this plot, and Rebus is determined that those who have set these events in motion will not escape the punishment they deserve.

      

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MystereBooks: Three Grant County Mysteries by Karin Slaughter, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature the first three mysteries in the "Grant County" series by Karin Slaughter, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, HarperCollins.

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Today's Bestselling Free Kindle MystereBooks (130116)

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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The MWA Announces the Nominees for the 2013 Edgar Awards

The nominees for the 2013 Edgar Awards have been announced by the Mystery Writers of America honoring the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction and television, published or produced in 2012.

The Edgar Awards will be presented to the winners at the 67th Gala Banquet, May 2nd, 2013 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York City.

Best Novel …
• The Lost Ones by Ace Atkins (Putnam)
• The Gods of Gotham by Lyndsay Faye (Putnam)
• Gone Girl: A Novel by Gillian Flynn (Crown)
• Potboiler by Jesse Kellerman (Putnam)
• Sunset by Al Lamanda (Five Star)
• Live by Night by Dennis Lehane (William Morrow)
• All I Did Was Shoot My Man by Walter Mosley (Riverhead Books)

Best First Novel by an American Author …
• The Map of Lost Memories by Kim Fay (Ballantine Books)
• Don't Ever Get Old by Daniel Friedman (Minotaur Books)
• Mr. Churchill's Secretary by Susan Elia MacNeal (Bantam Books)
• The Expats by Chris Pavone (Crown)
• The 500 by Matthew Quirk (Little, Brown)
• Black Fridays by Michael Sears (Putnam)

Best Paperback Original …
• Complication by Isaac Adamson (Soft Skull Press)
• Whiplash River by Lou Berney (William Morrow)
• Bloodland by Alan Glynn (Picador)
• Blessed are the Dead by Malla Nunn (Atria Books)
• The Last Policeman: A Novel by Ben H. Winters (Quirk Books)

Best Fact Crime …
• Midnight in Peking by Paul French (Penguin Books)
• Devil in the Grove by Gilbert King (Harper)
• More Forensics and Fiction by D. P. Lyle (Medallion Press)
• Double Cross by Ben Macintyre (Crown)
• The People Who Eat Darkness by Richard Lloyd Parry (FSG Originals)

Best Critical/Biographical …
• Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe by John Paul Athanasourelis (John McFarland)
• In Pursuit of Spenser by Otto Penzler, editor (Smart Pop)
• Books to Die For by John Connolly and Declan Burke, editors (Atria Books)
• The Scientific Sherlock Holmes by James O'Brien (Oxford University Press)

Best Short Story …
• "Iphigenia in Aulis" (An Apple for the Creature) by Mike Carey (Ace Books)
• "Hot Sugar Blues" (Mystery Writers of America Presents: Vengeance) by Steve Liskow (Mulholland Books)
• "The Void it Often Brings With It" (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine by Tom Piccirilli (Dell Magazines)
• "The Unremarkable Heart" (Mystery Writers of America Presents: Vengeance) by Karin Slaughter (Mulholland Books)
• "Still Life No. 41" (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine) by Teresa Solana (Dell Magazines)

Best Juvenile …
• Fake Mustache by Tom Angleberger (Amulet Books)
• 13 Hangmen by Art Corriveau (Amulet Books)
• The Quick Fix by Jack D. Ferraiolo (Amulet Books)
• Spy School by Stuart Gibbs (Simon & Schuster)
• Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage (Penguin Books)

Best Young Adult …
• Emily's Dress and Other Missing Things by Kathryn Burak (Roaring Book Press)
• The Edge of Nowhere by Elizabeth George (Viking)
• Crusher by Niall Leonard (Delacorte)
• Amelia Anne is Dead and Gone by Kat Rosenfield (Dutton)
• Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein (Hyperion)
• "Child Predator" (Elementary) by Peter Blake (CBS Productions)

Best Television Episode Teleplay …
• "Pilot" (Longmire) by Hunt Baldwin and John Coveny (A&E/Warner Horizon Television)
• "Slaughterhouse" (Justified) by Fred Golan (Sony Pictures Television/FX Productions)
• "A Scandal in Belgravia" (Sherlock) by Steven Moffat (BBC/Masterpiece)
• "New Car Smell" (Homeland) by Meredith Stiehm (Showtime/Fox21)

• Robert L. Fish Memorial Award: "When They Are Done With Us" (Staten Island Noir) by Patricia Smith (Akashic Books)

• Grand Masters: Ken Follett and Margaret Maron: by

• Raven Awards: Oline Cogdill; and Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore (San Diego CA): by

• Ellery Queen Award: Akashic Books

The Simon & Schuster — Mary Higgins Clark Award …
• Dead Scared by S. J. Bolton (Minotaur Books)
• A City of Broken Glass by Rebecca Cantrell (Forge Books)
• The Reckoning by Jane Casey (Minotaur Books)
• The Other Woman by Hank Phillippi Ryan (Forge Books)
• Sleepwalker by Wendy Corsi Staub (Harper)

Please Welcome Author and Attorney Alan Behr

by Alan Behr

We are delighted to welcome author and attorney Alan Behr as our guest.

Alan's new crime thriller is Price of Justice (CreateSpace November 2012, trade paperback and ebook formats), which he published under the pseudonym Alan Brenham.

Today Alan introduces us to one of the principal characters in his book, police analyst Dani Mueller, who has graciously agreed to an interview with the author.

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Brenham: Good afternoon, Dani. Forgive me, do you mind if I address you as Dani or would you prefer Ms. Mueller?

Dani: Dani ist in Ordnung.

Photo provided courtesy of
Alan Behr

Brenham: Umm, our readers are English-speakers and may not understand German. So, if you wouldn't mind.

Dani: I'm sorry. Dani is fine.

Brenham: You were born in Germany, right?

Dani: Yes, I lived in Garmisch-Partenkirchen until I married an American Air Force officer.

Brenham: Exactly where is Garmisch-Partenkirchen?

Dani: South of Munich right by the Germany-Austria border.

Brenham: Let's talk about you. How would you describe yourself in two words?

Dani: Resourceful and spirited. Except after Parnell …

Brenham: Okay, in Price of Justice, you had quite a rough time …

Dani: Yes, no thanks to you.

Brenham: Well, I had to create conflict and suspense so readers would find the book interesting.

Dani: I understand that but you didn't have to make it that rough. You did some pretty awful things to me. Taking my daughter, the Burtons stalking me, and …

Brenham: Wait, Dani. Let's not tell the readers the story or else they won't see the need to buy the book. I did do some really nice things to you too.

Dani: Yeah, well, you did introduce me to Jason and his little daughter, Shannon. I just love her. Thank you for that. But you …

Brenham: Now, now. Don't tell the story. Did you know a few readers posted reviews saying they really liked you in Price of Justice?

Dani: They actually said that? Aw, that was so sweet of them.

Brenham: So what did you think of Austin, Texas?

Dani: Next to Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Austin is a beautiful city except for the summer heat.

Brenham: Now, in Price of Justice, you moved to Austin from Sacramento, California?

Dani: Yes, to get away from the Burtons.

Brenham: See, another nice thing I did for you.

Dani: Oh really? Those nice things seemed to have had a way of turning into some really terrible things.

Brenham: Would you like to be a heroine in the sequel?

Dani; That depends. What are you going to do to me?

Brenham: Actually, at this point, I'm not sure. But if you don't want the job, I could team Jason and his daughter up with someone else.

Dani: Don't you dare. But I know you'll do whatever you want and I'll just have to endure it.

Brenham: Well, I'll try to be nicer to you in the next novel.

Dani: I'd appreciate it.

Brenham: What's one thing you'd like to have happen to you in the next novel?

Dani: Oh, that's easy. Become Jason's wife.

Brenham: Okay, our time is up. I want to thank you for stopping by. Is there anything you'd like to say to the readers?

Dani: Yes, except for the rough times, I really loved being a heroine in Price of Justice.

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Alan Brenham is the pseudonym of Alan Behr, an American author and attorney. He served as a law enforcement officer before earning a law degree from Baylor University and worked as a prosecutor and criminal defense attorney for twenty-two years. His travels took him to several European and Middle Eastern countries, Alaska and almost every island in the Caribbean. He resided in Germany for a few years. Alan and his wife, Lillian, currently live in the Austin, Texas area.

Learn more about the author and his current and future work by visiting his website at AlanBrenham.com.

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Price of Justice
Alan Brenham

When is the price too high?

When straight-arrow detective Jason Scarsdale unwittingly befriends a woman secretly bent on murderous revenge, he's drawn into a web of malice that teaches him the value of breaking the rules.

Scarsdale, a recent widower, struggles to put his life back together while raising a young daughter. Assigned to investigate the death of a man he had arrested, Scarsdale uncovers new evidence indicating the man was innocent.

But his investigation is hindered by a crooked police commander who aids the real killer and by a crime analyst who witnessed the slaying, yet conceals her involvement to hide a life-threatening secret. Just when Scarsdale thought things couldn't get any worse, the killer abducts his daughter and the analyst is kidnapped by a man from her past.
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Eternity's Sunrise by Richard Creasey is Today's Fourth Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Eternity's Sunrise by Richard Creasey as today's fourth free mystery ebook (A Doc Palfrey Thriller; Kindle format only).

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Eternity's Sunrise
Richard Creasey
A Doc Palfrey Thriller
Publisher: Endeavour Press

Doc Palfrey was one of the legendary heroes of British thrillers — a name that ranked alongside James Bond and The Saint on the best-seller lists. An all-action super-sleuth he saved the world on countless occasions. He was the creation of the legendary and prolific author John Creasey — and his adventures were lapped up by millions of fans around the world.

Now Doc Palfrey returns in this action-packed international adventure for a new generation of thriller readers. And who better to write it than the son of its creator — Richard Creasey.

After Doc Palfrey's leg is blown off by a suicide bomber in Afghanistan, his mother, Dame Marion, head of global secret service agency Z5, reluctantly agrees to take him on as a rookie agent.

Doc's first assignment leads inexorably to Jean-Pierre Durand — the world's most dangerous criminal and the ultimate suicide bomber. Durand's goal is to use the fortunes of the world's richest men to create a seismic catastrophe that will wipe mankind off the face of the Earth. Palfrey's mission to stop Durand puts him in the line of fire — and he's going to need everything in his high-tech arsenal just to stay alive.

  

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Half Life by Helen Cothran is Today's Third Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Half Life by Helen Cothran as today's third free mystery ebook (A Sam Larkin Mystery; Kindle format only).

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Half Life
Helen Cothran
A Sam Larkin Mystery
Publisher: Helen Cothran

When Desert Rock's mayor volunteers the town to be a radioactive waste dump, tempers ignite. Then protestor Pete Castillo disappears and his sister Gabby cries murder.

Writer and amateur sleuth Sam Larkin gets pulled into the turmoil by her best friend Eddie, who convinces her to investigate — on behalf of Gabby, who just happens to be his ex.

As Sam reluctantly works the case, she confronts suspects whose toxic relationships reveal dangerous ideas about love. Before long, Sam asks one too many questions and finds herself in the crosshairs.

  

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Grave Truths by Anne Morgellyn is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Grave Truths by Anne Morgellyn as today's second free mystery ebook (A Louise Moon Mystery; Kindle format only).

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Grave Truths
Anne Morgellyn
A Louise Moon Mystery
Publisher: Endeavour Press

Louise Moon is in the removal business. Removing bodies.

When Edith Mary is wheeled into her mortuary, she seems the most insignificant corpse Louise has ever seen. Old, impoverished, and seemingly without friends or family, she is as anonymous and insignificant in death as she was in life. Hurried off to an pauper's grave, there is no one to mourn her. Or to worry about why she died. Except Louise Moon. Because some truths, it seems, can't be taken to the grave.

Tracked by a psychotic stalker and ridiculed by her colleagues, Louise risks her career to discover if Edith Mary died of a simple stroke as claimed. Or was murdered?

Louise Moon is determined to find out — even if it costs her life.

  

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Mark of the Devil by William Kerr is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Mark of the Devil by William Kerr as today's free mystery ebook (A Matt Berkeley Mystery; Kindle format only).

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Mark of the Devil
William Kerr
A Matt Berkeley Mystery
Publisher: Medallion Press

Navy Special Warfare officer Matt Berkeley is on a new hunt. Under the seas off the coast of Florida, in a corpse-filled German U-boat, he finds a document lost for more than half a century, which leads him to the vaults of the German National Archives, an elderly widow and her horrifying memories of the Auschwitz death camp, and ultimately to the submarine's most guarded secret — a revelation that could forever disgrace the Catholic Church in the eyes of the world.

Each mind-shattering twist plunges Berkeley further into a conspiracy littered with lies, betrayal, death, and the discovery of a single gold ingot bearing the mark of the devil.

  

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