Billionaires, Bullets, Exploding Monkeys by Mike Attebery is Today's Third Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Billionaires, Bullets, Exploding Monkeys by Mike Attebery as today's third free mystery ebook (A Brick Ransom Mystery; Kindle format only).

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Billionaires, Bullets, Exploding Monkeys
Mike Attebery
A Brick Ransom Mystery
Publisher: Cryptic Bindings

Seattle billionaire and software titan Jeff Pepper couldn't have chosen a worse day to check up on the research project he's been funding at the university for more than a decade. When gunmen move in, seizing control of the building in their search for a previously unknown weapon, Jeff is caught in the middle of a nerve-wracking hostage situation, one in which he is an all-too-valuable pawn.

As tensions mount and the body count rises, his only hopes for survival include Nick, a disillusioned office worker trapped in another part of the building, and Brick Ransom, a crack shot SWAT team member with an inconvenient trigger finger and a wry sense of humor.

Working with Brick and other law-enforcement officials outside, Nick must guide a special team through the locked-down facility and help them save as many lives as possible, while Jeff Pepper uses every negotiating trick up his sleeve to see that he and his fellow captives make it out alive.

  

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At Large by Lynne Murray is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature At Large by Lynne Murray as today's second free mystery ebook (A Josephine Fuller Mystery; Kindle format only).

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At Large
Lynne Murray
A Josephine Fuller Mystery
Publisher: Pearlsong Press

A king-sized case — just the right proportions for a queen-sized sleuth.

Jo is working undercover at a women's skills center when she spots an old acquaintance. Jo last saw Teddy in Kathmandu when her photographer husband ran off with Teddy's mountain-climbing wife, leaving the spouses to commiserate. Now Teddy has a new problem — his latest girlfriend is missing.

Jo agrees to track her down, and the trail leads straight to his estranged wife, murdered with a climbing axe. Jo suddenly finds herself a major suspect in the death of the woman who broke up her marriage. Add to that Jo's already muddled love life, an apartment filled with haunting memories, and suspects ranging from the victim's lesbian vegetarian sister to her fading film star mother, her politician stepfather and her mooching father, and Jo's got her hands full.

  

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Mortal Choices by D. E. Newcomb is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Mortal Choices by D. E. Newcomb as today's free mystery ebook (The Mortal Series; Kindle format only).

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Mortal Choices
D. E. Newcomb
The Mortal Series
Publisher: Lakehouse Publishing

Amanda Miller, an inquisitive journalist, is looking for distraction from a troubled home life when she crosses paths with Detective Terry Walkingstick, newly promoted and eager to prove himself.

Local police have just linked the disappearance of several area residents. A task force is created to investigate, but no one yet realizes a killer is hunting on the quiet suburban streets, snatching his victims without witnesses and seemingly at random.

When Terry and Amanda join forces, following the scant leads available, they discover what may be the elusive link between the missing people. Can a decades-old fire really be the connection? And why do so many trails lead back to a local funeral home? Was a cunning serial killer forged in that fire?

The couple's independent investigation uncovers leads and evidence, landing them in the middle of the case and in a killer's crosshairs.

  

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Red Flags by Juris Jurjevics is Today's Kindle Daily Deal

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Red Flags by Juris Jurjevics as today's Amazon Kindle Daily Deal.

The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Tuesday, January 22, 2013.

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Red Flags
Juris Jurjevics
An Espionage Thriller
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Army cop Erik Rider prefers to fight his war in the saloons and streets of Saigon. When he is sent to disrupt a Vietcong opium operation deep in the jungle, he could not be less interested. But when Rider lands in Cheo Reo, things get complicated. The American outpost is home to battle-hardened soldiers, intelligence operatives, and profiteers of all stripes. Meanwhile, Vietcong battalions are massing in the hills, and sixty thousand Montagnard tribespeople are advancing with the goal of reclaiming their mountain homeland.

With a bounty on his head, Rider must hunt for the opium smugglers, avoid enemy patrols, and defend the undermanned U.S. base. As he closes in on the smuggling operation, he discovers that someone inside the base has a stake in it, and is willing to kill to protect that stake.

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Telemystery: White Collar Returns Tuesday January 22nd

Tomorrow, Tuesday January 22nd, White Collar continues its fourth season on USA Network.

In an episode titled "Family Business", Peter (Tim DeKay) and Neal (Matt Bomer) attempt to find the truth behind Neal's father's (Treat Williams) crime. In doing so, Neal must go undercover into the world of counterfeit whiskey to take down a high level member of the Irish Mob.

Catch White Collar on USA on Tuesdays at 10 PM (ET/PT). Watch a preview below.

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Mystery and Suspense Films: End of Watch and The Paperboy, New This Week on DVD

Checking through our list of films currently scheduled for release this week on DVD and/or Blu-ray disc, we are pleased to feature two that fall into the mystery, suspense, thriller and/or adventure category …

• End of Watch starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña; and

• The Paperboy starring John Cusack, Matthew McConaughey, Nicole Kidman, and Zac Efron.

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

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End of Watch (2012)

Written and directed by David Ayer.

Watch a trailer for the film below.

Film Synopsis (from the studio): Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña star as two young LA police officers, who discover a secret that makes them the target of the country's most dangerous drug cartel.

Running time: 109 minutes. Rating: R for strong violence, some disturbing images, pervasive language including sexual references, and some drug use.

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The Paperboy (2012)

Directed by Lee Daniels from an adapted screenplay co-written with Peter Dexter, and based on Dexter's novel of the same title (more information below).

Watch a trailer for the film below.

Film Synopsis (from the studio): It all begins in the steamy rural backwater of Moat County, Florida, where things have been done the same way for decades, yet change is bubbling beneath the surface. Boyish Jack Jansen (Zac Efron), son of the local newspaper publisher, has just returned home after being kicked out of college, only to take the lowly job of paperboy. But that too changes when his idolized journalist brother Ward (Matthew McConaughey) comes to town from Miami on the trail of a story that could make his career. Bringing in tow his hotshot writing partner Yardley (David Oyelowo) and the alluring death-row groupie Charlotte Bless (Nicole Kidman), Ward plans to prove that an innocent man has been railroaded on his way to the electric chair.

With Jack as their driver, the quartet arranges to meet Hillary Van Wetter (John Cusack), the seedy alligator hunter hastily convicted of killing the local sheriff, at the prison. But what erupts between them all is a tangled web of sexual tension, mixed motives and shadowy facts that will set off not only a search for the truth but a chain reaction of passion and violence. Observing it all is Jack's only real confidante — the disregarded family maid Anita — who watches in dismay as his innocence is turned inside out.

Running time: 107 minutes. Rating: Rated R for strong sexual content, violence and language.

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The Paperboy
Pete Dexter

The sun is rising over Moat County, Florida, when Sheriff Thurmond Call is found on the highway, gutted like an alligator. A local redneck is tried, sentenced, and set to fry.

Then Ward James, hotshot investigative reporter for the Miami Times, returns to his rural hometown with a death row femme fatale who promises him the story of the decade. She's armed with explosive evidence, aiming to free — and meet — her convicted "fiancé".

With Ward's disillusioned younger brother Jack as their driver, they barrel down Florida's back roads and seamy places in search of The Story, racing flat out into a shocking head-on collision between character and fate as truth takes a back seat to headline news.

      

Today's Bestselling Free Kindle MystereBooks (130121)

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.

Telemystery: Scarecrow and Mrs. King, 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 one series from our site being released this week.

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Scarecrow and Mrs. King
Season Four

Agents and partners Amanda King (Kate Jackson) and Lee "Scarecrow" Stetson (Bruce Boxleitner) are consummate professionals, elite undercover experts solving The Agency's most dangerous cases. After hours the two lovebirds are planning a beautiful future together.

But personal happiness is put on hold when a double-cross from within the ranks forces Lee into hiding from The Agency itself. And when Amanda is kidnapped Lee must try to rescue her without getting himself killed.

Their last case will test the wits will and hearts of Lee and Amanda as their lives — and love — are on the line in this sizzling final season of this CBS series that originally aired from September 1986 through May 1987.

  

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Visit the Telemystery website to discover more television mystery series currently available on and coming soon to DVD, Blu-ray disc, or video on demand.

The Spyglass Project by Frankie Astuto is Today's Third Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Spyglass Project by Frankie Astuto as today's third free mystery ebook (A Historical Thriller; Kobo format only).

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The Spyglass Project
Frankie Astuto
A Historical Thriller
Publisher: Pam Crooks

During the World War, Major Michael Malone leads a covert intelligence unit in the fight against Germany. He's stunned to learn his brother has turned traitor to the United States and is murdered by his co-conspirators. Haunted and bitter, Michael is driven to hunt down the masked men responsible, but eight years later, answers remain elusive.

While investigating a German singing society, his best friend is murdered. Michael reunites with the men he'd once led during the war, and they call themselves the Secret Six. The War Department believes there's a connection between the rise of Adolf Hitler and money flowing into Germany. The Justice Department points to the staggering profits made by gangsters.

The Secret Six delve into Chicago's criminal underworld. Among Michael's cache of secret weapons is a beautiful Italian woman linked to the Mafia and the double-agent he blames for his brother's death. Michael won't rest until he wins the fight on America's soil and finds the truth he craves.

  

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Moon Mask by James Richardson is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Moon Mask by James Richardson as today's second free mystery ebook (An Ancient Relic … A Deadly Secret … An Epic Adventure; Kindle format only).

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Moon Mask
James Richardson
An Ancient Relic … A Deadly Secret … An Epic Adventure
Publisher: James Richardson

Jamaica, 1705: An English naval officer boards a slave ship to find its entire crew dead, victims of a horrific disease. The only survivor is the ship's deranged captain, found clutching a mysterious mask, stolen from the depths of Africa.

Venezuela, Present Day: Archaeologist Benjamin King unearths an almost identical mask. But, when members of the dig start dying and the base camp is attacked, he is forced to rely on the enigmatic Nathan Raine, a fugitive and convicted traitor, to save the expedition from a terrible fate.

Hunted from the steamy jungles of the Amazon to the shark-infested waters of the Pacific, Raine and King must navigate a web of deceit and treachery, ancient relics, deadly booby traps and sinister enemies if they are to discover the secret of the Moon Mask …

  

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Treachery at Torrey Pines by John Van Vlear is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Treachery at Torrey Pines by John Van Vlear as today's free mystery ebook (A Shank MacDuff Mystery; Kindle format only).

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Treachery at Torrey Pines
John Van Vlear
A Shank MacDuff Mystery
Publisher: Velvet Room Publishing

"Shank" MacDuff embodies Southern California ease — a dashing blond Newport Beach surfer who makes good money working for a PGA golfer. Yet his world is shaken when friend and fellow caddy Buddy Franks dies dramatically. Buddy’s widow recruits Shank to discover what really happened.

The amateur sleuth draws upon his Caltech smarts and FBI Academy training to hunt for the killer. As he roams places like ocean-front La Jolla, colorful Las Vegas, and historic Del Mar race track digging for clues, challenging questions emerge: Are the unpredictable widow’s intentions pure? Which is more slippery, the tournament director or his gelled hair? Is Buddy’s mysterious past the cornerstone?

Amidst interviews and incriminations, Shank risks his life while struggling to fill the deep-rooted void that lies at the center of his heart.

  

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Numbers Never Lie by Shelly K. Wall is Today's Kindle Romantic Suspense Daily Deal

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Numbers Never Lie by Shelly K. Wall as today's Amazon Kindle Romantic Suspense Daily Deal.

The deal price of $0.99 is valid only for today, Monday, January 21, 2013.

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Numbers Never Lie
Shelly K. Wall
A Novel of Romantic Suspense
Crimson Romance

Sophie Henderson, manager of a software-development team, starts what appears to be a routine project at work. She ends up hiding from her staff, her friends, and the person who is trying to stop her from delving further into discrepancies in the accounting system.

Trevan Prater (AKA Trevor Adams) has been assigned to delve into an embezzlement scheme at a large government contractor. As an FBI investigator, he's used to working such cases. A chance encounter lands him front and center with Sophie, one of the lead suspects. Now he's not only investigating her, but also pretending to be the consultant from whom she needs help.

The more his team digs into the data she gives him, the guiltier she appears. Unfortunately, the longer he's with her, the more attracted he becomes.

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Mystery Godoku Puzzle for January 21, 2013

A new Mystery Godoku Puzzle has been created by the editors of the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books and is now available on our website.

Godoku is similar to Sudoku, but uses letters instead of numbers. To give you a headstart, we provide you a mystery clue to fill in a complete row or column (if you choose to use it!).

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This week's letters and mystery clue:

E G H I L N O T V

In the title of a November 2012 mystery by Wessel Ebersohn, there are "those who" do this (9 letters).

We now have two weeks of our puzzles on one page in PDF format for easier printing. Print this week's puzzle here.

Previous puzzles are stored in the Mystery Godoku Archives.

Enjoy the weekly Mystery Godoku Puzzle from the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books, and Thanks for visiting our website!

This Week's Amazon TV Deal of the Week: Mannix, the Complete Series

This week's Amazon TV Deal of the Week is the complete series Mannix.

• Mannix

Mike Connors stars as private investigator Joe Mannix in this CBS crime drama that aired for eight seasons, from 1967 through 1975.

Created by Richard Levinson and William Link (Columbo; Ellery Queen; Murder, She Wrote; and others) and developed by executive producer Bruce Geller (Mission: Impossible), Mannix started out during the first season as an operative for Intertect, a Los Angeles firm that used high-technology to solve crimes. Indeed, the working title of the series was Intertect before it premiered. The premise didn't click with viewers, and from the second season on Mannix was reshaped more in the mold of a typical PI, complete with his own secretary, Peggy Fair, a police officer's widow played by Gail Fisher, who won an Emmy for her performance in the role in 1970.

This week only, save 65% on Mannix: The Complete Series. Offer ends January 26th, 2013.