Trust No One by Diana Layne is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Trust No One by Diana Layne as today's second free mystery ebook (A Vista Security Thriller; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, March 16, 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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Trust No One
Diana Layne
A Vista Security Thriller
Publisher: Black Gold Books

Drafted into the nebulous underworld of a secret agent right out of college, MJ Thornberg survived betrayal and attempted murder at the hands of her trusted partner. Instead of returning to the deadly realm of espionage, she chose to retire to a small Texas town and work as a mechanic while raising her soon-to-be-adopted baby daughter.

Ben Walker is a man with his own secrets. An agent with MJ's former employer, Vista Security, Ben is clawing his way out of a downward spiral from a job gone wrong when Vista sends him after MJ, with orders to use the threat of halting her baby's adoption to ensure her cooperation.

Furious and trusting no one, MJ intends on working the job solo until a sniper's bullet alters her plans. With no choice but to work with Ben, MJ must confront ghosts from her past, discover truths of her present, and trust that the future she deserves is in her hands to create.

  

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Tidewater by Antoinette Stockenberg is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Tidewater by Antoinette Stockenberg as today's free mystery ebook (A Novel of Suspense; iTunes format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, March 16, 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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Tidewater
Antoinette Stockenberg
A Novel of Suspense
Publisher: Antoinette Stockenberg

First published by St. Martin's Press in 2001.

Newly married to a man of wealth and reputation who's willing to be stepfather to her daughter Abigail, Sara Bonniface would seem to have all she's ever wanted for Abby: a beautiful home, a man to be there for her, and the assurance of a top education for the bright if headstrong child. But twelve-year-old Abby has other ideas, embarking on a crusade to learn more about her birth father. Relentless and computer-savvy, Abby manages to track down and then drag Ben McElwyn, ex-cop and now a P.I., back into Sara's life.

It's the last thing that Sara needs. She's already under assault from a series of mystifying events that have her dreading the possibility that she's suffering from schizophrenia, the affliction that destroyed her own mother.

It's the last thing that Ben needs. He's a lone wolf and determined to stay that way. Him, the father of a twelve-year-old daughter? He refuses to believe it.

It's the last thing that Rodger Bonniface, Abby's stepfather, needs. Headmaster of a prestigious prep school in Massachusetts, Rodger's reputation is pristine. Rich, confident, and coolly charming, Rodger has surprised everyone by marrying a woman with neither his background nor his sophistication. Still, Sara has great beauty, so they understand. And before her marriage she was a respectable widow, a sympathetic figure — everyone, including Rodger, believes.

Until twelve-year-old Abby lobs that hand grenade into the elegant quarters of the house called Tidewater.

  

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Telemystery: Veronica Mars's Creator to Fans — It's a green light my friends

Two days ago we mentioned that the Veronica Mars Movie Project on Kickstarter had reached its $2 million goal in less than a day. (It's currently over $3.4 million.)

Creator Rob Thomas wrote on the site that Warner Bros., which owns the rights to the character, told him, "[I]f you can show there's enough fan interest to warrant a movie, we're on board."

Thomas has since confirmed that they are indeed. "Hallelujah!" he tweeted. "It's a green light my friends. I love you all, but particularly the donors among you."

The film is expected to start pre-production next month.

Veronica Mars originally aired on The CW for three seasons, from 2004 through 2007. Kristen Bell starred as the titular character, a 17-year-old private investigator solving the toughest mysteries in her coastal community of Neptune, California.

Review: Fatal Decree by H. Terrell Griffin

A Mysterious Review of …

Fatal Decree by H. Terrell Griffin. A Matt Royal Mystery.

Review summary: The storyline of this thriller has a kind of by-the-numbers feel to it. It's not necessarily predictable but it is familiar. And more in a good way than a bad one. But it's the character of Matt Royal that surprises; he's fallen in love … and for a man with a history of taking risks that doesn't bode well for the future. (Click here for text of full review.)

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Fatal Decree
H. Terrell Griffin
A Matt Royal Mystery
Oceanview Publishing (January 2013)

Publisher synopsis: When a serial killer shows up on Longboat Key, Florida after a twelve year absence, Matt Royal is stymied. The first woman killed on Longboat Key has ties to a secretive government agency for which Matt's best friend Jock Algren works. Was this a coincidence or was she a targeted kill?

Matt's friend, Longboat Key detective Jennifer Diane (J.D.) Duncan, investigates the murders but also seems to be a target of the killer. Why? And where has the killer been for the past twelve years? And why has he come to Longboat Key when his earlier kills were all in Miami?

The mystery deepens when Guatemalan gang-bangers try to kill Matt and J.D. and suspicions grow that Mexican drug cartels are somehow involved. The director of Jock's agency orders him to do whatever is necessary to find the killer because of the death of the woman with connections to the agency. Will Jock simply take out the murderer or allow J.D. and the law to arrest, try and convict the bad guys? Matt's life is further complicated by J.D.'s growing dissatisfaction with island living and her thoughts of returning to Miami.

      

MystereBooks: Eyes of Justice, a Triple Threat Thriller by Lis Wiehl, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Eyes of Justice by Lis Wiehl with April Henry, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Thomas Nelson.

The ebook format of this title was priced at $3.99 from the listed vendors (below) as of the date and time of this post (03/15/2013 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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Eyes of Justice by Lis Wiehl with April Henry
A Triple Threat Thriller (4th in series)
Publisher: Thomas Nelson

Cassidy, Allison, and Nicole fight for justice everyday — Cassidy as a crime reporter, Nicole as an FBI agent, and Allison as a federal prosecutor. Together they're a Triple Threat to be reckoned with. A force that, together, has solved the toughest mysteries.

Until a ruthless killer finds a way to isolate and murder one of the three.

When the authorities keep the survivors at arm's length in the investigation, the women's desire for justice goes into overdrive. They find an unexpected ally in a quirky private investigator named Ophelia whose unorthodox methods seem to offer a possible breakthrough in the case.

Yet just as the police appear to have the killer in custody and justice within sight, the murderer strikes again. Not knowing whom to trust, the team must engage in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse where nothing can be taken at face value … and nothing will ever be the same.

    

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MystereBooks: Executive Privilege by Phillip Margolin, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Executive Privilege by Phillip Margolin, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Harper.

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 (03/15/2013 at 3:30 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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Executive Privilege by Phillip Margolin
A Dana Cutler Thriller (1st in series)
Publisher: Harper

When private detective Dana Cutler is hired to follow college student Charlotte Walsh, she never imagines the trail will lead to the White House. But the morning after Walsh's clandestine meeting with Christopher Farrington, President of the United States, the pretty young coed is dead—the latest victim, apparently, of a fiend dubbed "the D.C. Ripper".

A junior associate in an Oregon law firm, Brad Miller is stunned by the death row revelations of convicted serial killer Clarence Little. Though Little accepts responsibility for a string of gruesome murders, he swears he was framed for one of them: the death of a teenaged babysitter who worked for then-governor Farrington.

Suddenly nowhere in America is safe for a small-time private eye and a fledgling lawyer who possess terrifying evidence that suggests the unthinkable: that someone at the very highest level of government, perhaps the president himself, is a cold and brutal killer.

      

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MystereBooks: Before She Dies by Mary Burton, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Before She Dies by Mary Burton, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Zebra Books.

The ebook format of this title was priced at $2.99 from the listed vendors (below) as of the date and time of this post (03/15/2013 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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Before She Dies by Mary Burton
A Novel of Romantic Suspense
Publisher: Zebra Books

In death, they are purified. Holding his victims under water, he washes away their sins as they struggle for their last breath. Then he stakes their bodies to the ground, exposing them for what they really are. Witches, sent to tempt and to corrupt …

No one knows about defense attorney Charlotte Wellington's murdered sister, or about her childhood spent with the carnival that's just arrived in town. For Charlotte, what's past is past. But others don't agree. And as a madman's body count rises, she and Detective Daniel Rokov are drawn into a mission that's become terrifyingly personal …

At last, she is within his reach. All his victims deserve their fate, but her guilt is greatest. And with every scream, he will make her see what it means to suffer and repent — before she dies …

    

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Review: Miss Dimple Suspects by Mignon F. Ballard

A Mysterious Review of …

Miss Dimple Suspects by Mignon F. Ballard. A Miss Dimple Kilpatrick Mystery.

Review summary: Miss Dimple makes for an engaging amateur sleuth, and the rural Georgia setting at a time of unrest in the country makes for an interesting backdrop to her investigation. The subject of prejudice is deftly handled here, as is the development of the murder mystery plot. A different sort of crime novel, but a good one nonetheless. (Click here for text of full review.)

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Miss Dimple Suspects
Mignon F. Ballard
A Miss Dimple Kilpatrick Mystery
Minotaur Books (January 2013)

Publisher synopsis: With the country in the midst of World War II, you can be sure the small town of Elderberry, Georgia, will pull together to find a missing child. And you can be equally certain that first-grade teacher, Miss Dimple Kilpatrick, will be in the search party — especially since Peggy Ashcroft is one of her students. Miss Dimple carves out a search path all her own and once again, the sharp-as-a-tack teacher is right on point. But she finds Peggy too sick to walk and it’s too dark for Miss Dimple to find her way back.

Luckily, she comes upon the home of an elderly artist, Mae Martha, and her young companion, Suzy, who helps ensure that Peggy returns home safe and sound. A few days later, however, Miss Dimple receives a frantic call from Suzy: Mae Martha has been murdered and Suzy is seen as the most likely suspect, because her family is Japanese. Miss Dimple and her fellow teachers Annie and Charlie don't buy it; and set out to prove Suzy's innocence, only to discover danger where they least expect it.

      

MystereBooks: Life Support by Robert Whitlow, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Life Support by Robert Whitlow, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Thomas Nelson.

The ebook format of this title was priced at $3.99 from the listed vendors (below) as of the date and time of this post (03/15/2013 at 2:00 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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Life Support by Robert Whitlow
An Alexia Lindale Legal Thriller
Publisher: Thomas Nelson

Baxter Richardson epitomizes the American dream: good looking, wealthy, and recently married to a beautiful woman. But when Baxter plunges off a cliff and onto the rocks below, his life and the lives of those around him are forever changed.

Bright young attorney Alexia Lindale never knew Baxter. But she knows the law. And she's used to winning. As a prominent local divorce lawyer, she's used to the men of Santee, South Carolina cringing when their soon-to-be ex-wives hire her. But then her firm assigns her to Rena Richardson and Alexia's life turns upside down.

Rena doesn't want a divorce. She wants to unplug her husband, Baxter, from life support, claiming its what Baxter would have wanted. But Baxter's father is threatening to legally override Rena.

Everyone involved has ulterior motives …

    

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MystereBooks: The Remaining: Aftermath by D. J. Molles, 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 The Remaining: Aftermath by D. J. Molles. This Kindle book was listed at $0.99 as of the date and time of this post, Friday, March 15, 2013 at 1:30 PM ET, and should be available at this price through the end of the month.

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The Remaining: Aftermath by D. J. Molles
The Remaining Series (2nd in series)
Publisher: D. J. Molles

Nothing has gone according to plan.

To Captain Lee Harden, Project Hometown feels like a distant dream and the completion of his mission seems unattainable.

Wounded and weaponless, he has stumbled upon a group of survivors that seems willing to help. But a tragedy in the group causes a deep rift to come to light and forces him into action. In the chaos of the world outside, Lee is pursued by a new threat: someone who will stop at nothing to get what he has.

  

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Telemystery: Leads Cast in Steven Bochco's TNT Pilot Murder in the First

In January, TNT ordered a murder mystery pilot from Steven Bochco (Hill Street Blues, NYPD Blue) titled Murder in the First. Set in San Francisco, the storyline is centered on two SFPD homicide detectives investigating different crimes … that may be related.

We're now learning the leads have been cast: Taye Diggs (Private Practice) as Terry Seagrave and Kathleen Robertson (Boss) as Hildy Mulligan.

Bochco will co-write the pilot script with Eric Lodal; both will also co-executive produce.

MystereBooks: Tears of the Dragon by Holly Baxter, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Tears of the Dragon by Holly Baxter, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Poisoned Pen Press.

The ebook format of this title was priced at $0.99 from the listed vendors (below) as of the date and time of this post (03/15/2013 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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Tears of the Dragon by Holly Baxter
An Elodie Browne Mystery
Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press

Elodie — rhymes with "melody", the Browne family bread-winner, lacks direct experience with crime, but she's full of curiosity, sharply observant, and nobody's fool. So when a man stumbles into a party given by a Chinese importer of jade and antiques where she is working "for a lark — and extra cash" and utters a dying word — mingdow — she doesn't turn aside. Instead she begins to connect the murder with some odd doings in the office building where she works, events that began one night when the elevator door opened on the wrong floor …

Elodie's curiosity is up, and quickly bumps into a surprising intrusion of Chinese politics into the heart of Chicago. Her investigation sweeps the whole Browne family into unfamiliar and not very welcome territory …

      

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MystereBooks: Listen to the Mockingbird by Penny Rudolph, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Listen to the Mockingbird by Penny Rudolph, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Poisoned Pen Press.

The ebook format of this title was priced at $0.99 from the listed vendors (below) as of the date and time of this post (03/15/2013 at 12:00 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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Listen to the Mockingbird by Penny Rudolph
Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press

It's 1861 in New Mexico Territory, and the Civil War is about to have a startling impact on Matty Summerhayes.

Matty is struggling to develop a horse ranch to make enough money to return to the East. A stranger dies in her barn … with a map of her land in his pocket. Then war is declared, and Texans invade her valley for the Confederacy. Rumors begin to fly about a lost gold mine and soon someone is trying to run her off her ranch. Then her closest friend Winona — a one-time slave who is now nearing childbirth — is about to be stoned for practicing voodoo, and only Matty's creative quick thinking can save her.

But when Matty's greatest secret is exposed, she must find a killer or lose her ranch.

      

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