Telemystery: TNT Sets New and Returning Series Summer 2013 Premiere Dates

TNT announced today the Summer 2013 premiere dates for its new and returning series.

For Telemystery fans, here's a summary:

• Major Crimes Season Two: Monday, June 10th at 9 PM (ET/PT).

• King & Maxwell Season One: Monday, June 10th at 10 PM (ET/PT). This new series is based on characters created by crime novelist David Baldacci.

• Rizzoli & Isles Season Four: Tuesday, June 18th at 9 PM (ET/PT).

• Perception Season Two: Tuesday, June 18th at 10 PM (ET/PT).

• Cold Justice (working title) Season One: Tuesday, August 27th at 10 PM (ET/PT). This new unscripted procedural drama follows two top-notch female investigators as they dig into small town murder cases that have lingered for years without answers or closure.

Watch a quick promo for TNT's Summer 2013 season, below.

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MystereBooks: The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, .

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 (03/21/2013 at 4:00 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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The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry
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Every gift has a price … every piece of lace has a secret …

Towner Whitney, the self-confessed unreliable narrator, hails from a family of Salem women who can read the future in the patterns in lace, and who have guarded a history of secrets going back generations. Now the disappearance of two women is bringing Towner back home to Salem — and is bringing to light the shocking truth about the death of her twin sister.

      

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Review: Birthdays for the Dead by Stuart MacBride

A Mysterious Review of …

Birthdays for the Dead by Stuart MacBride.

Review summary: The crimes depicted in this police procedural are horrific beyond description, but are intended not to shock the reader but to help define, and later develop, the detective investigating them. Too much misdirection, some of it introduced in a surprisingly clumsy manner, both slows down and muddles the storyline as it is unfolding. (Click here for text of full review.)

Our rating:

Birthdays for the Dead
Stuart MacBride
Harper (January 2013)

Publisher synopsis: Detective Constable Ash Henderson has a dark secret …

Five years ago his daughter, Rebecca, went missing on the eve of her thirteenth birthday. A year later the first card arrived: homemade, with a Polaroid picture stuck to the front — Rebecca, strapped to a chair, gagged and terrified. Every year another card: each one worse than the last.The tabloids call him "The Birthday Boy". He's been snatching girls for twelve years, always in the run-up to their thirteenth birthday, sending the families his homemade cards showing their daughters being slowly tortured to death.

But Ash hasn't told anyone about Rebecca's birthday cards — they all think she's just run away from home — because if anyone finds out, he'll be taken off the investigation. And he's sacrificed too much to give up before his daughter's killer gets what he deserves…

      

MystereBooks: A Novel Death by Judi Culbertson, 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 A Novel Death by Judi Culbertson. This Kindle book was listed at $1.99 as of the date and time of this post, Thursday, March 21, 2013 at 1:30 PM ET, and should be available at this price through the end of the month.

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A Novel Death by Judi Culbertson
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer

Like many other used booksellers, Delhi Laine, proprietor of Secondhand Prose, dreams of making the Great Find if not a Shakespearean Folio, then at least a fragment of an Emily Dickinson or Edgar Allan Poe manuscript. But after receiving a very rare and valuable children's book into her collection, she finds out such treasures can come at a terrible cost the suspicious death of one colleague and another left for dead days later. Her investigation into the true owner of the book reveals that those around her are not what they seem, as she is drawn into a world of deception, backroom dealings, and forgery.

Despite the dangers, Delhi is determined to protect the treasure while coping with avaricious booksellers, her estranged famous-poet husband, and whoever is behind the attack who now has her in their sights.

  

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New Green Band Trailer for Heist Thriller Trance

A few weeks ago we had the red-band trailer for the heist thriller Trance; today the studio has released a new green-band trailer (below).

James McAvoy stars as Simon, a fine art auctioneer, who teams up with a criminal gang to steal a Goya painting worth millions of dollars. But after suffering a blow to the head during the heist he awakens to discover he has no memory of where he hid the painting. When physical threats and torture fail to produce answers, the gang's leader Frank (Vincent Cassel) hires hypnotherapist Elizabeth Lamb (Rosario Dawson) to delve into the darkest recesses of Simon's psyche. As Elizabeth begins to unravel Simon's broken subconscious, the lines between truth, suggestion, and deceit begin to blur.

Directed by Danny Boyle from an original screenplay by Joe Ahearne and John Hodge, Trance opens in theaters April 5th, 2013.

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The Flower Master by Sujata Massey is Today's Third Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Flower Master by Sujata Massey as today's third free mystery ebook (A Rei Shimua Mystery; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, March 21, 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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The Flower Master
Sujata Massey
A Rei Shimua Mystery
Publisher: HarperCollins

Winner of the 2000 Macavity Award for Best Mystery Novel.

Rei Shimura, a twentysomething part-California girl, part-Japanese antiques dealer, can't quite find her place in Tokyo society. Lately Rei's love life has fallen off the radar screen, and despite all her efforts, her new business isn't doing much better.

At her aunt's insistence, Rei enrolls in a course in ikebana, the famous Japanese art of flower arranging. Little does she realize what a cutthroat class it will be; she's hardly completed a lesson before her instructor is murdered.

Rei is ready to track down the killer, but suddenly the case hits close to home. She and her aunt are battered by waves of police questioning, press attention, and mysterious warnings. Skeletons are rattling in her family's closet, and Rei must open the door to a dangerous secret.

Rei's in for the excitement she's been missing as her search for the truth takes her through twisting new corridors of intrigue, romance, and murder. It's up to Rei, the black sheep, to keep her family name clear-and her own life safe-from an enemy with an unknown agenda.

  

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Missing Flowers by Karen Magill is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Missing Flowers by Karen Magill as today's second free mystery ebook (Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, March 21, 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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Missing Flowers
Karen Magill
Publisher: Saga Books

A Novel of Suspense

When psychic Julie Seer moves to Vancouver, her dreams are filled with visions of women being murdered. She doesn't know who is being killed, or why, until the day Julie goes to a press conference held by the Vancouver Police Station: a press conference to announce the formation of a special task force that will investigate the case of the prostitutes who have gone missing from Vancouver's East Side.

Detective Constable Santoro Ricci, an officer with the Vancouver Police Department, wants on the special task force. When he happens upon Julie at the press conference, Ricci finds himself unofficially investigating the case.

Julie also finds herself having visions where she is transported back in time into the body of a Chinese prostitute in the late 1800s. Through these visions, and stories told to her by long time residents of the city, Julie learns more of the history of Vancouver.

With the help of Francine, an east side prostitute, Julie and Santoro work together to solve the mystery of the missing women. When Francine and Julie are taken by the killer, Santoro must find the missing answers fast.

  

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Cherry Bomb by J. A. Konrath is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Cherry Bomb by J. A. Konrath as today's free mystery ebook (A Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels Mystery; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, March 21, 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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Cherry Bomb
J. A. Konrath
A Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels Mystery
Publisher: J. A. Konrath

First published by Hyperion in 2009.

At the end of Fuzzy Navel, readers were surprised with an agonizing cliffhanger: One of Lieutenant Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels's loved ones is dead. But who?This sixth mystery in the series opens at the funeral. While Jack stands graveside, tears in her eyes, her cell phone rings. It's the killer, escaped maniac Alex Kork, taunting Jack, drawing her ever further into a twisted game of cat and mouse. Because while Alex is more than willing to kill random victims, Jack is her true prey. But which woman wants revenge more?

  

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Before I Go To Sleep by S. J. Watson is Today's Kindle Daily Deal

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Before I Go To Sleep by S. J. Watson as today's Amazon Kindle Daily Deal.

The deal price of $2.99 is valid only for today, Thursday, March 21, 2013.

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Before I Go To Sleep
S. J. Watson
A Psychological Thriller
Harper

Winner of the 2011 CWA John Creasey New Blood Dagger Award for best first novel.

Christine wakes up every morning in an unfamiliar bed with an unfamiliar man. She looks in the mirror and sees an unfamiliar, middle-aged face. And every morning, the man she has woken up with must explain that he is Ben, he is her husband, she is forty-seven years old, and a terrible accident two decades earlier decimated her ability to form new memories.

But it's the phone call from a Dr. Nash, a neurologist who claims to be working with Christine without her husband's knowledge, that directs her to her journal, hidden in the back of her closet. For the past few weeks, Christine has been recording her daily activities — tearful mornings with Ben, sessions with Dr. Nash, flashes of scenes from her former life — and rereading past entries, relearning the facts of her life as retold by the husband she is completely dependent upon. As the entries build up, Christine asks many questions. What was life like before the accident? Why did she and Ben never have a child? What has happened to Christine's best friend? And what exactly was the horrific accident that caused such a profound loss of memory?

Every day, Christine must begin again the reconstruction of her past. And the closer she gets to the truth, the more unbelievable it seems.

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New Poster for Heist Thriller Now You See Me

A new poster for the heist thriller Now You See Me has been released by the studio (right; click for larger image). The tagline: "The closer you look, the less you'll see."

An elite FBI squad is pitted in a game of cat and mouse against "The Four Horsemen," a team of the world's greatest illusionists, who pull off a series of daring heists against corrupt business leaders during their performances, showering the stolen profits on their audiences while staying one step ahead of the law.

The film stars Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson, Mélanie Laurent, Isla Fisher, and Dave Franco, with Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman.

Directed by Louis Leterrier from an original screenplay by Ed Solomon and Boaz Yakin & Edward Ricourt, Now You See Me was originally scheduled to open in theaters June 7th, 2013 but other sources — including the film's website — now have the date as May 31th. No date is mentioned on the poster.

Telemystery: NBC Acquires Crossing Lines to Air Summer 2013

We first heard of the crime drama Crossing Lines when it was announced last year at MIPTV. Co-produced by German producer Tandem and Criminal Minds showrunner Ed Bernero, the storyline taps into the charter of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to mandate a special crime unit to investigate serialized crimes that cross over European borders and to hunt down criminals to bring them to justice.

We're now learning that NBC has acquired the US broadcast rights to the series, which it will air during Summer 2013.

"We're making scripted projects a priority for our summer lineup, and this is a great fit," said Robert Greenblatt, Chairman of NBC Entertainment.

"Fans of procedural crime shows will feel very much at home with Crossing Lines and adopt its team of characters as their new family," added Bernero. "I couldn't be more pleased to come home to NBC, which recognized the show's potential."

Starring William Fichtner, Marc Lavoine, Gabriella Pession, Tom Wlaschiha, Genevieve O'Reilly, Richard Flood, and Donald Sutherland, the series was filmed on location in Fall 2012 in France and the Czech Republic. Ten episodes comprise the first season.

Denise Mina To Write Graphic Novel Adaptations of Second and Third Books of The Millennium Trilogy by Stieg Larsson

Crime novelist Denise Mina, the author of the graphic novel adaptation of Stieg Larsson's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, has confirmed she will write adaptations of the two sequels, all three books of which are collectively known as "The Millennium Trilogy".

"Yes! I'm writing the rest of them too!" she tells Pamela Brown (of Mulholland Books). "I'm halfway through the script for The Girl Who Played With Fire and moving on to The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest. I'm loving it. It's great to be writing comics again and with an adaptation I can worry more about the visuals and less about the narrative arc. The books are so dense it's a matter of cutting back and cutting back."

The second volume of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo graphic novel will be published on May 7th, 2013. A free preview of the first volume can be seen via the links, below.

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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Volume 1
Denise Mina
The Millennium Trilogy Graphic Novels

Harriet Vanger, a scion of one of Sweden's wealthiest families disappeared over forty years ago. All these years later, her aged uncle continues to seek the truth. He hires Mikael Blomkvist, a crusading journalist recently trapped by a libel conviction, to investigate. He is aided by the pierced and tattooed punk prodigy Lisbeth Salander. Together they tap into a vein of unfathomable iniquity and astonishing corruption.

This graphic novel, to be published in two volumes, is adapted from the novel The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson. The links below are to a free 25-page preview of the book.

    

Telemystery: CSI Renewed for a 14th Season

Ted Danson and company will be returning for the 14th season of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CBS announced today.

"CSI is synonymous with CBS, and we are so proud of the series' creative and commercial legacy and its continued success on our Network," CBS Entertainment president Nina Tassler said in a statement. "The writers and producers have done an amazing job evolving CSI, reinventing the show around an incredible leading man in Ted Danson, the acclaimed Elisabeth Shue and our beloved and talented core of original cast members."

CSI currently airs on Wednesdays at 10 PM (ET/PT).

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MystereBooks: The Lusitania Murders by Max Allan Collins, 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 Lusitania Murders by Max Allan Collins. This Kindle book was listed at $2.99 as of the date and time of this post, Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at 1:30 PM ET, and should be available at this price through the end of the month.

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The Lusitania Murders by Max Allan Collins
The Disaster Mysteries (4th in series)
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer

Journalist and mystery writer Willard Huntington Wright boards the Lusitania in pursuit of a hot story. Under the guise of conducting interviews with prominent passengers, his real assignment is to investigate rumors that the luxury liner is carrying illicit cargo for the British war effort against Germany.

But Wright, traveling under the pseudonym S.S. Van Dine, isn't the only passenger with an ulterior motive. Hours after the ship receives torpedo threats, three German stowaways are found murdered. And Wright suspects the deaths are part of a larger conspiracy. Comparing clues and matching wits with Detective Philomina Vance, the pair must solve the murders before the killer can sabotage the entire ship.

  

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CrimeFest 2013 Program Announcement

The program for CrimeFest 2013 has been published and it looks like an exciting one!

CrimeFest 2013 will take place from May 30th through June 2nd, 2013 in Bristol and features a line-up of leading crime writers, including Jeffery Deaver, who will be hosting a Thriller Writing Seminar, with one-on-one manuscript feedback by crime novelist Janet Laurence. Also this year, the creators of the BBC series Sherlock — which began filming its third season this week — will be attending; co-creators Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat as well as producer Sue Vertue are scheduled to be interviewed.

Other highlights include panels with recent CWA Dagger Award winners and nominees: Charles Cumming (Steel Dagger for Thriller), M.R. Hall (Gold Dagger nominee), Aly Monroe (Historical Crime Dagger), Steve Mosby (Dagger in the Library) and Valerio Varesi (International Dagger nominee).

At a CWA Shortlist Reception on Friday night, the nominees for the annual CWA Dagger Awards will be announced. And on Saturday night, the winners of the annual CrimeFest Awards will be announced at a Gala Dinner.

For more information about the festival, including registration information and where to stay, visit CrimeFest.com or e-mail the organizers directly at info@crimefest.com.