Final Justice by Patricia Hagan is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Final Justice by Patricia Hagan as today's second free mystery ebook (A Novel of Romantic Suspense; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, March 03, 2013 at 7:20 AM 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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Final Justice
Patricia Hagan
A Novel of Romantic Suspense
Publisher: ePublishing Works!

First published by Vandamere Press in 2001 as Cry Me a River.

Vietnam war hero Luke Ballard thought his miserable childhood, ridiculed as a bastard in a small Alabama town, was behind him. Then his beloved mother, with her dying breath, reveals how she was raped by three men the night he was conceived, and he secretly vows to avenge her.

Luke runs for town sheriff and wins. It's the 60's, and his sights are not only on debasing the monsters who violated his mother, but he must confront corruption, gambling, prostitution and the KKK, rendering his own brand of justice.

Along the way, Luke meets Emma Jean, the much-abused wife of his old high-school nemesis, and falls in love.

As secret, passionate rendezvous and deadly determination turn into a maelstrom of retribution, Luke and Emma must unravel the truth to create their own final justice.

  

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Geezer Paradise by R. P. Gannon is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Geezer Paradise by R. P. Gannon as today's free mystery ebook (A Barney, Willie, and Oscar Mystery; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, March 03, 2013 at 7:10 AM 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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Geezer Paradise
R. P. Gannon
A Barney, Willie, and Oscar Mystery
Publisher: Robert Gannon

South Florida may be the promised land for laid-back retirees, but there's nothing laid back about Barney McGee's retirement. A notorious developer has set his sights on Barney's mobile home park--he wants to level it and build high-rise condos. Then the park's resident lawyer who is fighting the sale, is murdered. And who is the mysterious Night Stalker, that is planting bombs under Barney's house? Could it be the work of the developer?

Barney and his neighbor, Willey, and their pet monkey, Oscar — it's a long story — set off on a Quixotic mission to stop the developer any way they can … short of murder!

  

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Telemystery: Red Widow Premieres Sunday, March 3rd on ABC

When her husband is brutally murdered, stay-at-home mom Marta Walraven is pushed to the limits to protect her children in the new ABC crime drama Red Widow, premiering tomorrow, Sunday March 3rd, 2013 with a 2-hour episode at 9 PM ET/PT. (The series' regular timeslot will be Sundays at 10 PM ET/PT.

In the first hour of the premiere, "Pilot", Marta Walraven (Radha Mitchell) has spent most of her life staying out of her father's world of organized crime. But when her loving husband, Evan, who supports the family by exporting marijuana, is brutally murdered in their driveway, everything changes. Marta's primary concern is to protect her three children — and yet when an FBI agent promises justice in exchange for her cooperation, she hesitates to go against the "Bratva" (Russian mob) code. Evan's business partners — Marta's scheming brother, Irwin Petrov (Wil Traval), and their best friend, the hapless Mike Tomlin (Lee Tergesen ) — were involved in the theft of millions of dollars of cocaine from a formidable international crime boss, Nicholae Schiller (Goran Visnjic). Evan paid with his life, but as far as Schiller is concerned, his debt is not clear. It is up to Marta, as Evan's widow, to navigate the criminal underworld in order to repay this debt — whatever way Schiller sees fit.

In the second hour, "The Contact", in exchange for his stolen drugs, crime boss Schiller tells a still grieving Marta he wants her to import a shipment for him. But she doesn't know when or how he will contact her. She believes if she is successful, she will be free from Schiller's control. While waiting, she enlists Mike and her father, Andrei (Rade Serbedzija), to teach her the criminal business. Their first step is to find a customs official to pay off — requiring an uncomfortable Marta to use her feminine wiles and rethink how far she is willing to go to protect her children. Meanwhile, her young son, Boris (Jakob Salvati), is still reeling after having witnessed his dad's death; Andrei has his bodyguard, Luther (Luke Goss), keep watch over Marta's family; Marta's sister, Kat (Jaime Ray Newman), steps in to help out at the house, causing conflict with her new husband; Marta's brother, Irwin, fights for his life while in jail for gun possession; and a suspicious Natalie asks FBI Agent James Ramos (Clifton Collins Jr.) if her father was involved in illegal activities.

Red Widow is based on the Dutch series Penoza, which recently concluded its second season on the air in The Netherlands.

Review: The Boy in the Snow by M. J. McGrath

A Mysterious Review of …

The Boy in the Snow by M. J. McGrath. An Edie Kiglatuk Mystery.

Review summary: This murder mystery alternates two storylines that, when they inevitably — and predictably — come together, merge in a manner more convenient than credible. Still, the Alaska setting with its myriad cultures and people provides an impressive and striking backdrop for a cast of creatively drawn characters. (Click here for text of full review.)

Our rating:

The Boy in the Snow
M. J. McGrath
An Edie Kiglatuk Mystery
Viking (November 2012)

Publisher synopsis: Half-Inuit Edie Kiglatuk finds herself in Alaska with Sergeant Derek Palliser, helping her ex-husband Sammy in his bid to win the famous Iditarod dog sled race. The race takes a grim turn when Edie stumbles upon the body of a baby left out in the forest. The state troopers are keen to pin the death on the Dark Believers — a sinister offshoot of a Russian Orthodox sect — but Edie's instincts tell her otherwise. Her investigations take her into a world of corrupt politics, religious intolerance, greed, and sex trafficking. But just as she begins to get some answers, Edie finds herself confronted by a painful secret from her past.

      

MystereBooks: Dangerous Admissions by Jane O'Connor, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Dangerous Admissions by Jane O'Connor, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, HarperCollins.

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 (03/02/2013 at 3:00 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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Dangerous Admissions by Jane O'Connor
Secrets of a Closet Sleuth
Publisher: HarperCollins

Jane O'Connor is the author of many children's books, including the Fancy Nancy series of chapter mysteries. This is her first adult title.

Miranda "Rannie" Bookman — 43, divorced mother of two, with a recent love life consisting of a long string of embarrassingly brief encounters — is beginning to feel like a dangling participle: connected to nothing. Her career as a copy-editor is down the toilet (she makes one little slip — a missing "l" from the last word in the title of the Nancy Drew classic The Secret of the Old Clock — and suddenly she's Publishing Enemy #1!), so she's been forced to take any gig she can get. And that means giving tours at the Chapel School, the ultra-exclusive, ultra-expensive, private academy that her children attend. Certainly not the most interesting of employments … at least until someone stumbles across the dead body of the Director of College Admissions.

Investigating a murder was never in her job description, but with her soon-to-be-college-bound boy Nate a prime suspect, Rannie has little choice. Besides, who better to dot all the "i"s and cross all the "t"s than a self-proclaimed "language cop"? Her diligence might even lead her to a brand-new love. Or to a killer. Or to another corpse — hopefully not her own.

      

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MystereBooks: Night Blind by Michael W. Sherer, Available this Month at a Special Price

Every month Amazon releases a new selection of Kindle books priced $3.99 or less.

Today's featured title from the Mystery & Thrillers category is Night Blind by Michael W. Sherer. This Kindle book was listed at $0.99 as of the date and time of this post, Saturday, March 02, 2013 at 1:30 PM ET, and should be available at this price through the end of the month.

More information about the book is below; if other vendors have priced-matched this title, links to their sites are also shown.

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Night Blind by Michael W. Sherer
A Blake Sanders Mystery (1st)
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer

Read our review of Night Blind by Michael W. Sherer

In the space of a few months, Blake Sanders has lost his job, his only son to suicide, and his marriage. A year later, it's gotten so bad that he can only face the world at night, working menial jobs washing dishes and delivering newspapers, lost in depression and grief.

Blake's world is turned upside down again on a cold November night, when an elderly woman on his newspaper route is brutally stabbed to death and Blake is charged with her murder. Faced with life in prison, his only hope is to find the real killer.

In a desperate attempt to unravel the mystery, Blake learns that his friend had stumbled onto secrets that have been buried beneath Capitol Hill for 150 years. Secrets that are now being disturbed by the construction of the new light rail tunnel. Secrets that will shake the government of Seattle. Secrets that foreign agents will kill for.

On the run from the police and murderers, Blake finds a chance to heal his grief and reclaim his life — if he can stay alive long enough to unearth the truth.

  

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MystereBooks: This Week's Update of Kindle Crime Fiction Priced $2.99 or Less (130302)

Every month Amazon publishes a list of 100 Kindle books priced $3.99 or less. We thought we'd take that idea and improve on it, publishing a list of 100 Kindle mystery books priced $2.99 or less and updating it every week!

Here is our general criteria for selecting titles to include: books from major or specialty publishers of crime fiction and those written by authors familiar to us. There are far more than 100 to choose from, so we use our best judgment to narrow it down.

And just a reminder … as we add new titles, older ones are removed from the list. These books aren't likely to be repeated, so we encourage you to check in frequently!

A quick note: With yesterday being the first of the month, Amazon has updated its list of titles … and we believe there is no duplication or overlap between this new list and ours.

Below are listed the new $2.99 or less titles we added either today or mentioned in separate posts earlier this week; click on the cover or title for more information or to purchase the Kindle edition.

Important Note: Prices can and do change without prior notice! We strongly urge you to confirm the price of the book before completing your purchase. The price displayed on the vendor website at the time of purchase is the price of the book.

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Primitive Secrets by Deborah Turrell Atkinson. A Storm Kayama Mystery (1st).

The Green Room by Deborah Turrell Atkinson. A Storm Kayama Mystery (2nd).

The Walking Dead: Rise of the Governor by Robert Kirkman and Jay Bonansinga. The Walking Dead (1st).

The Minotaur by Stephen Coonts.

Whiskey Rebellion by Liliana Hart. An Addison Holmes Mystery (1st).

March Violets by Philip Kerr. A Bernie Gunther Mystery (1st).

Liar, Liar by K. J. Larsen. A Cat DeLuca Mystery (1st).

Roman Games by Bruce Macbain. A Plinius Secundus Mystery (1st).

Island Blues by Wendy Howell Mills. A Sabrina Dunsweeney, Island Mystery (2nd).

Silver Lies by Ann Parker. An Inez Stannert, Silver Rush Mystery (1st).

Iron Ties by Ann Parker. An Inez Stannert, Silver Rush Mystery (2nd).

Caught Dead in Philadelphia by Gillian Roberts. An Amanda Pepper Mystery (1st).

Sidney Chambers and The Shadow of Death by James Runcie.

Save Me by Lisa Scottoline.

The Deep Zone by James M. Tabor. A Hallie Leland Thriller (1st).

An Impartial Witness by Charles Todd. A Bess Crawford Mystery (2nd).

The Dangerous Edge of Things by Tina Whittle. A Tai Randolph Mystery (1st).

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Love Lies Bleeding by Geraldine Evans is Today's Third Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Love Lies Bleeding by Geraldine Evans as today's third free mystery ebook (A Rafferty and Llewellyn Mystery; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, March 02, 2013 at 7:30 AM 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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Love Lies Bleeding
Geraldine Evans
A Rafferty and Llewellyn Mystery
Publisher: Geraldine Evans

This 8th mystery in the series was first published by Severn House in 2005.

A most unlikely murderer, was DI Joe Rafferty's immediate thought when the slender and bloodied Felicity Raine stumbled into the police station reception and confessed to killing her husband.

He thought her even more unlikely a murderer when he met her in-laws and caught them out in several deceits. There was something peculiar going on, he was convinced. Because although Felicity wasn't down to receive any financial benefit from her husband's death, others in the Raine family were. Was one of them attempting to set Felicity up to take the rap?

Unfortunately, Rafferty's championing of the lovely Felicity seems to have stirred some jealousy on the home front. Has he blotted his copybook once too often? He wonders, when Abra, his live-in girlfriend, takes herself off to Wales citing the cover-all of "family problems" as her reason. Perhaps, he thinks, he should look beneath the surface with Abra, as he has been advised to do in his murder investigation.

He can only hope that what he discovers in his personal life isn't as unpleasant as what has been laid bare in his latest case.

  

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Thy Kingdom Come by Don Helin is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Thy Kingdom Come by Don Helin as today's second free mystery ebook (A Sam Thorpe Thriller; Kindle and iTunes formats).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, March 02, 2013 at 7:20 AM 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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Thy Kingdom Come
Don Helin
A Sam Thorpe Thriller
Publisher: Medallion Press

Colonel Sam Thorpe, a member of the anti-terrorist task force, must go undercover and train the Patriots, a homegrown militia in central Pennsylvania. His job: get close to self-appointed general Quentin Oliver and uncover the core of evil. Oliver, a disgruntled ex-Marine colonel, plans to steal cesium-137 from a local university and construct seven dirty bombs. During training sessions, Sam also uncovers a link between Oliver and the French Separatist Movement in Quebec.

The world is in trouble, and Sam is isolated with only one person in his corner: FBI covert agent Alex Prescott, a kick-ass woman with spiked blond hair and a personality to match. Will she be enough? Or is the world about to realize its worst nightmare?

    

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The Blood in Snowflake Garden by D. Alan Lewis is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Blood in Snowflake Garden by D. Alan Lewis as today's free mystery ebook (A Christmas Noir Murder Mystery; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, March 02, 2013 at 7:10 AM 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 Blood in Snowflake Garden
D. Alan Lewis
A Christmas Noir Murder Mystery
Publisher: Dark Oak Press

Can murder happen in the jolliest city on Earth? During the early months of 1965, Vladimir Volsky, the Premier of Santa's city at the North Pole is shot and killed in a city where firearms are forbidden.

Max Sneed, a retired Police chief finds himself reluctantly drawn back into service to investigate the murder. For Max, exploring the dark seedy side of the jolliest city on Earth is nothing compared to facing the demons of his own past. He is joined by a young British journalist, Robert Watson. Rob finds himself disillusioned by the short comings of the North Pole as well as how the turbulent events of the 1960s are echoed in Santa's city.

The men soon learn that this is far more than just a simple killing. As the list of suspects grows, the murder becomes intertwined with cold war politics, corporate espionage, labor disputes and a growing civil rights movement that threatens to destroy everything that Santa has built.

  

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