Mai Tai One On by Jill Marie Landis is Today's Nook Daily Find

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Mai Tai One On by Jill Marie Landis as today's Barnes & Noble Nook Daily Find.

The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Saturday, February 09, 2013.

Note: The price has been matched by Amazon.com for today only.

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Mai Tai One On
Jill Marie Landis
An Em Johnson, Tiki Goddess Mystery
Bell Bridge Books

Six months ago, if anyone would have told Em Johnson she'd end up divorced, broke, and running the dilapidated Tiki Goddess Bar on the magical North Shore of Kauai she would have told them to shove a swizzle stick up their okole.

As if all that isn't bad enough, when an obnoxious neighbor with a grudge is found dead in the Goddess luau pit, suspicion falls on Em and the rest of the Goddess staff. With the help of a quirky dance troupe of over-the-hill Hula Maidens, Em and the cast of characters must ban together to find the killer and solve the mystery before the next pupu party.

 

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Tears in Rain by Rosa Montero is Today's Kindle Sci-Fi Thriller Daily Deal

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Tears in Rain by Rosa Montero as today's Amazon Kindle Sci-Fi Thriller Daily Deal.

The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Saturday, February 09, 2013.

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Tears in Rain
Rosa Montero
A Sci-Fi Thriller
AmazonCrossing

Death is inevitable. Especially when you have an expiration date.

As a replicant, or "techno-human", Detective Bruna Husky knows two things: humans bioengineered her to perform dangerous, undesirable tasks; and she has just ten years on the United States of Earth before her body automatically self-destructs. But with "anti-techno" rage on the rise and a rash of premature deaths striking her fellow replicants, she may have even less time than she originally thought.

Investigating the mysterious deaths, Bruna delves into the fractious, violent history shared by humans and replicants, and struggles to engage the society that fails to understand her — yet created her. The deeper she gets, the deadlier her work becomes as she uncovers a vast, terrifying conspiracy bent on changing the very course of the world. But even as the darkness of her reality closes in, Bruna clings fiercely to life.

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Today's Bestselling Free Kindle MystereBooks (130208)

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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Cinemystery: Casting Update for Film Adaptation of John le Carré's Our Kind of Traitor

Last May came word that Justin Kurzel (The Snowtown Murders) would direct a film adaptation of John le Carré's 2010 international spy thriller Our Kind of Traitor. Now we're learning (via ScreenDaily) that Ralph Fiennes and Mads Mikkelsen are expected to join Ewan McGregor in key roles.

The plot centers around a couple, who get caught up in a scheme involving Russian criminals and British intelligence. McGregor will play one half of the couple; Mikkelsen will play a Russian money launderer and Fiennes will play a British government official. The female lead has not yet been cast.

"This is the kind of film we love: elevated thrillers with mainstream appeal," said StudioCanal Chairman and CEO Olivier Courson. "The film offers another opportunity for us to make a le Carré adaptation but with a more contemporary subject." StudioCanal also produced last year's Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.

Production is expected to begin this Summer for release in 2014.

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Our Kind of Traitor
John le Carré

Perry and Gail are idealistic and very much in love when they splurge on a tennis vacation at a posh beach resort in Antigua. But the charm begins to pall when a big-time Russian money launderer enlists their help to defect. In exchange for amnesty, Dima is ready to rat out his vory (Russian criminal brotherhood) compatriots and expose corruption throughout the so-called legitimate financial and political worlds.

Soon, the guileless couple find themselves pawns in a deadly endgame whose outcome will be determined by the victor of the British Secret Service's ruthless internecine battles.

      

New Poster for Da Vinci's Demons

A new — and rather dramatic (in our opinion) — promotional poster for the Starz original drama Da Vinci's Demons has been released by the cable network (right; click for larger image). The tagline: "Genius cannot be contained."

In a world where thought and faith are controlled, one man fights to set knowledge free …

The secret history of Leonardo Da Vinci's tantalizing life reveals a portrait of a young man tortured by a gift of superhuman genius. He is a heretic intent on exposing the lies of religion. An insurgent seeking to subvert an elitist society. A bastard son who yearns for legitimacy with his father.

He finds himself in the midst of a storm that has been brewing for centuries. A conflict between truth and lies, religion and reason, past and future. His aspirations are used against him by the opposing forces of the time — luring him into a game of seduction where those who despise his intellect need him most.

Leonardo (played by Tom Riley) must take up the fight against foes who use history to suppress the truth. A hero armed only with genius,
Da Vinci stands alone against the darkness within, and the darkness without.

Facing an uncertain future, his quest for knowledge nearly becomes his undoing as he explores the fringes of his own sanity. Da Vinci throws himself into his genius and emerges as an unstoppable force that lifts an entire era out of darkness and propels it into light.

Da Vinci's Demons premieres on Starz at 10 PM (ET/PT) on April 12th, 2013.

Endurance by Jack Kilborn is Today's Fourth Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Endurance by Jack Kilborn as today's fourth free mystery ebook (A Novel of Terror; Kindle format only).

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Endurance
Jack Kilborn
A Novel of Terror
Publisher: Joe Konrath

Welcome to the Rushmore Inn …

The bed and breakfast was hidden in the hills of West Virginia. Wary guests wondered how it could stay in business at such a creepy, remote location. Especially with its bizarre, presidential decor and eccentric proprietor.

When the event hotel for the national Iron Woman triathlon accidentally overbooked, competitor Maria was forced to stay at the Rushmore. But after checking into her room, she quickly realized she wasn't alone. First her suitcase wasn't where she put it. Then her cell phone was moved. Finally, she heard an odd creaking under the bed. Confusion quickly turned to fear, and fear to hysteria when she discovered the front door was barred and the windows were bricked over. There was no way out.

One year later, four new female athletes have become guests of the Inn. Will they escape the horrors within its walls? Or will they join the many others who have died there, in ways too terrible to imagine?

  

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Bangkok Rules by Harlan Wolff is Today's Third Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Bangkok Rules by Harlan Wolff as today's third free mystery ebook (A Crime Thriller Set in Thailand; Kindle format only).

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Bangkok Rules
Harlan Wolff
A Crime Thriller Set in Thailand
Publisher: Bangkok Ink

Thailand is terrified. A sadistic serial killer has been abducting young innocents for his ritual horror and the authorities are clueless.

Carl Engel is an enigma. The blunt Londoner has forged a thirty-year career as a private investigator amid the chaos of Thailand's political history. Struggling with advancing years and a decreasing workload he is approached by an elderly American with a lucrative missing person case.

The case descends into the sordid world of the elusive serial killer and a menacing web of political intrigue dating back to the Vietnam War. Carl must use his guile and experience to stay alive, find the killer and negotiate the dangerous military interests that lurk behind the scenes.

  

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Council of Patriots by C. G. Cooper is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Council of Patriots by C. G. Cooper as today's second free mystery ebook (A Corp Justice Thriller; Kindle format only).

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Council of Patriots
C. G. Cooper
A Corp Justice Thriller
Publisher: C. G. Cooper

A beautiful woman butchered… A Congressman blackmailed… A secret cabal of Japanese imperialists …

A small group of retired politicians form to protect America. The Council of Patriots is born. Former Marine Cal Stokes, and his team at SSI, head to Las Vegas, to uncover an invisible enemy that threatens to infiltrate the Democratic National Convention. What is their endgame, and more importantly: Who is the American politician pulling the strings?

With assassins around every corner, and a supposed ally manipulating both sides, Stokes must carefully utilize his team and the Council to stop the rise of a new empire.

  

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Changes by Charles Colyott is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Changes by Charles Colyott as today's free mystery ebook (A Randall Lee Mystery; Kindle format only).

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Changes
Charles Colyott
A Randall Lee Mystery
Publisher: Charles Colyott

When a young woman is found murdered in a seedy massage parlor near his neighborhood, the police recruit Randall Lee — an American acupuncturist and Tai Chi master — as a translator and expert in Chinese culture, to assist in the investigation.

Lee discovers that the murderer is an expert in a forbidden Chinese martial art — the dark mirror to his own healing practices — and joins in the hunt for the killer to escape his own inner demons and save the woman he loves.

  

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Mind Over Monsters by Jennifer Harlow is Today's Kindle Paranormal Daily Deal

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Mind Over Monsters by Jennifer Harlow as today's Amazon Kindle Paranormal Daily Deal.

The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Friday, February 08, 2013.

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Mind Over Monsters
Jennifer Harlow
A F.R.E.A.K.S. Squad Investigation
Midnight Ink

Beatrice Alexander is no ordinary schoolteacher — she can move objects with her mind, an embarrassing skill she hasn't yet mastered or embraced. After nearly killing her brother by accident, she joins the F.R.E.A.K.S. Squad, the Federal Response to Extra-Sensory and Kindred Supernaturals. This top-secret branch of the FBI combats ghosts, ghouls, and other monsters threatening humanity.

With her teammates — among them a handsome former-detective werewolf and an annoying Don Juan vampire who's dead-set on seducing her — Beatrice investigates her first case. Disgustingly dismembered bodies have turned up, bearing bite marks of the undead. Someone — or something — is raising a horde of hideous, bloodthirsty zombies. Armed with Bette, her trusty machete, Beatrice takes on the master of the flesh-devouring corpses, who's guarding a horrifying secret …

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Mystery Bestsellers for the Week Ending February 08, 2013

A list of the top 15 Mystery Hardcover Bestsellers for the week ending February 8th, 2013 has been posted by the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books.

We thought we might have a new number one this week, but Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn is simply too strong and again retains the top spot on our list. One new book enters the list this week (position in brackets).

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[10]: Touch & Go
Lisa Gardner

Justin and Libby Denbe have the kind of life that looks good in the pages of a glossy magazine. A beautiful fifteen-year old daughter, Ashlyn. A gorgeous brownstone on a tree-lined street in Boston's elite Back Bay neighborhood. A great marriage, admired by friends and family. A perfect life.

When investigator Tessa Leoni arrives at the crime scene in the Denbes' home, she finds scuff marks on the floor and Taser confetti in the foyer. The family appears to have been abducted, with only a pile of their most personal possessions remaining behind. No witnesses, no ransom demands, no motive. Just an entire family, vanished without a trace.

Tessa knows better than anyone that even the most perfect façades can hide the darkest secrets. Now she must race against the clock to uncover the Denbes' innermost dealings, a complex tangle of friendships and betrayal, big business and small sacrifices. Who would want to kidnap such a perfect little family? And how far would such a person be willing to go?

            

MystereBooks: The Lion's Game, a John Corey Thriller by Nelson DeMille, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Lion's Game by Nelson DeMille, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Grand Central.

The ebook format of this title was priced at $1.99 from the listed vendors (below) as of the date and time of this post (02/07/2013 at 2:30 PM ET). 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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The Lion's Game by Nelson DeMille
A John Corey Thriller (2nd)
Publisher: Grand Central

"The Lion" will be landing. And at New York's JFK Airport, an elite American task force waits as the notorious Libyan terrorist prepares to defect to the West. Then, aboard Flight 175, something goes eerily, horribly wrong — a mere prelude to the terror that is to come.

Ex-NYPD cop, now Task Force contract agent John Corey — together with his formidable and beautiful new partner, Kate Mayfield — will follow a trail of smoke and blood across the country. His quarry: a foe with the cunning of a lion and all the bloodlust of a man. To win a desperate game with no rules at all, Corey must invent a strategy that leaves room for no luck at all.

    

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Today's Bestselling Free Kindle MystereBooks (130207)

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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Cinemystery: Andrew Klavan's Damnation Street Optioned for Film

This is fairly old news (from October 2012) but the Hollywood press has just picked up on it and we confess, we missed it when it was first announced as well …

Fox Hill Productions has optioned a screenplay written by crime novelist Andrew Klavan, which he has adapted from his "Weiss and Bishop" trilogy of thrillers. According to the author, the script of Damnation Street largely follows the plot of the final book in the series, which shares the same title and was published in 2006; more details below. The other two books in the trilogy are Dynamite Road (2003) and Shotgun Alley (2004).

Two of Klavan's other novels have been adapted for film: Clint Eastwood's True Crime (1999) and Don't Say a Word with Michael Douglas (2001).

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Damnation Street
Andrew Klavan
The Weiss and Bishop Trilogy

They are two sworn enemies with a single obsession: a woman on the run from them both.

Scott Weiss is a private detective. John Foy is a professional killer. The woman is Julie Wyant, a hooker with the face of an angel. There's only one man who can find her: Weiss, the best locate operative in the business.

Now, from a town called Paradise, through a wilderness that feels like hell, Weiss searches for Julie — and the killer follows, waiting for his chance. They are two expert hunters matching move for move — until it ends on Damnation Street.

      

MystereBooks: Sketch a Falling Star, a Portrait in Crime Mystery by Sharon Pape, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Sketch a Falling Star by Sharon Pape, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Berkley.

The ebook format of this title was priced at $1.99 from the listed vendors (below) as of the date and time of this post (02/07/2013 at 12:30 PM ET). 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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Sketch a Falling Star by Sharon Pape
A Rory McCain, Portrait of Crime Mystery (3rd)
Publisher: Berkley

While investigating the "accidental" death of a con artist with numerous enemies, Rory McCain finds herself on the verge of solving a cold case — the murder of her ghost partner, Zeke …

When the "Way Off Broadway Players" get swept up in a flash flood while sightseeing in Arizona, Rory McCain's aunt Helene and her fellow amateur thespians survive — with the exception of Preston Wright.

The victim was actually a womanizing scam-artist who duped nearly everyone in the troupe, as well as an ex-con who operated under various aliases. While Preston's death was deemed to be an "act of nature", Rory can't discount the possibility that human nature may have contributed to his drowning.

But even as she investigates the cast of characters to find out which one played the villain, Rory is finally on the verge of solving a cold case — the murder of her ghost partner, Zeke.

      

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