A Death in the Asylum by Caroline Dunford is Today's Third Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature A Death in the Asylum by Caroline Dunford as today's third free mystery ebook (A Euphemia Martins Mystery; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, April 24, 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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A Death in the Asylum
Caroline Dunford
A Euphemia Martins Mystery
Publisher: Accent Press

Euphemia, the disowned granddaughter of an Earl, is working unhappily as a housekeeper for Bertram Stapleford at his ill advised new property, when the dramatic collapse of the kitchen floor sends her back to where it all began, Stapleford House. A visiting mystic disrupts the Staplefords unleashing old family rumors. Euphemia finds herself playing second fiddle to Bertram's new love, Beatrice Wilton, as she launches a project to investigate the new aslyums.

It is not long before Euphemia realizes that not only does Beatrice have her unscrupulous sights set on Bertram, but that her enterprises may be about to put them all in very great danger. A besotted Bertram will not listen, so once more she turns to the handsome Butler, Rory for aid. Then a midnight attacker strikes at the heart of Stapleford Hall and the stakes are suddenly all too high.

As usual Euphemia only has her quick wits and that defense of all virtuous young ladies to defend herself, her scream.

  

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Henry Wood Detective Agency by Brian Meeks is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Henry Wood Detective Agency by Brian Meeks as today's second free mystery ebook (A Novel of Suspense; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, April 24, 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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Henry Wood Detective Agency
Brian Meeks
A Novel of Suspense
Publisher: Brian Meeks

Henry Wood is suffering greatly from a festive night of saying goodbye to 1954. His world is one of black and white, right and wrong, but his life is about to change and there will forever be shades of grey. An average detective, with a passion for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Henry is about to be hired by a beautiful woman, to find her father and his journal. It seems simple enough, but when a second woman appears, wanting his services, to find the same journal, he suspects he might be in over his head. He's right. They are the least of his problems. The local mafia boss, Tommy ‘The Knife', wants the journal too. As long as it is missing, he is vulnerable, and the other bosses smell blood in the water.

Who can Henry trust? Henry has a mysterious benefactor that he has never met, but seems to have his best interest at heart. Will Henry take the help that is offered? Does he have a choice?

  

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Post Pattern by David Chill is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Post Pattern by David Chill as today's free mystery ebook (A Murder Mystery; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, April 24, 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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Post Pattern
David Chill
A Murder Mystery
Publisher: David Chill

A former USC football player back in the day, Burnside has recently left the LAPD following a scandal and has started his own private investigation agency. After someone fires a shot at a football star from a rival university, Burnside takes on the case which leads him into both the underbelly and the aristocracy of Los Angeles.

Burnside unravels a complex series of baffling leads as he weaves his way through the investigation. As the body count piles up, he encounters beautiful girls, wayward athletes and overworked cops on his way to cracking a case that no one else wants to touch. And as he works through the various twists and turns in the story, Burnside also comes to grips with a betrayal from his past that keeps returning to him, no matter how much he tries to avoid it.

  

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A Rose at Midnight by Anne Stuart is Today's Romantic Suspense Kindle Daily Deal

MystereBooks is pleased to feature A Rose at Midnight by Anne Stuart as today's Amazon Romantic Suspense Kindle Daily Deal.

The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Wednesday, April 24, 2013.

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A Rose at Midnight
Anne Stuart
Avon Books

Ghislaine de Lorgny wants just one thing in this life — revenge on the man who destroyed her life. Nicholas Blackthorne wants two things — to keep Ghislaine from killing him and getting her into his bed. Kidnapping her and taking her, kicking and screaming, across half of Europe is only the beginning to their adventures.

Nicholas has a black heart and a remorseless soul, Ghislaine has fierce determination and a score to settle. If only she wasn't falling in love with her kidnapper.

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Extended Family by Patrick Kendrick is Today's Kindle Daily Deal

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Extended Family by Patrick Kendrick as today's Amazon Kindle Daily Deal.

The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Wednesday, April 24, 2013.

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Extended Family
Patrick Kendrick
Thomas & Mercer

Dr. Harmon Gettys is the perfect man: tall, dark, handsome, and brilliant. He'd seemingly be a catch for any woman — especially those who desire an apparently charmed offspring. But Gettys uses his seed for murder, to create a legacy of violence.

For Fire Marshal Greymon Gift, gruesome burn-related murders are nothing new. But a sudden spike in his jurisdiction has Gift on high alert. When an FBI investigation links multiple arson scenes to the deceased Dr. Gettys, Gift is pulled even deeper into a case that's hot enough to start a conflagration. He knows that even if Gettys were alive, such an assortment of violent crimes could never be committed by just one man. So who is spreading these horrors from coast to coast?

Gift and FBI Agent Rose Cleary partner up to stop the growing number of savagely murdered victims, but can they uncover the truth before they wind up on the list of the dead? Extended Family offers a thrilling look into the heart of darkness. Horrifying and suspenseful, the novel explores the idea that evil can be passed like a torch from one generation to the next. As Gettys proved — and Gift is about to find out — sometimes all it takes is a spark to set the family tree ablaze.

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Today's Mystery and Suspense Update from Big Fish Games (130424)

Here is today's mystery and suspense update from Big Fish Games …

• The Daily Deal is Mystery Chronicles: Murder Among Friends, just $2.99 today only!

• The current Catch of the Week is Sea Legends: Phantasmal Light, just $2.99 through Sunday, April 28, 2013 only.

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Today's Daily Deal is Mystery Chronicles: Murder Among Friends

Murder and mistrust abound in the town of Lyon in the year 1899. Trail an elusive killer through the backroads of France, and solve clever puzzles to halt the terror. Comb locations like libraries, museums, graveyards, and sewers for hidden objects and clues. Test your deduction skills and don't be fooled by false sincerity. Danger is afoot in this back-stabbing game of suspense.

A sample version is available to download and play for free for one hour. You can purchase this game today only — Wednesday, April 24, 2013 — for $2.99.

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The current Catch of the Week is Sea Legends: Phantasmal Light

After their yacht is sunk by an incredible storm, Jane and Mike are separated! Waking up on a mysterious island, Jane must now figure out what happened and find Mike before it's too late. Explore amazing Hidden Object scenes and solve tricky puzzles as you uncover a terrifying truth on the island. Escape from danger and be reunited with Mike!

A sample version is available to download and play for free for one hour. You can purchase this game at the special price of $2.99 through Sunday, April 28, 2013.

Telemystery: ITV Renews Vera for a 4th Season

The third season of Vera has not even aired in the UK and yet word is out that the crime drama, based on characters created by Ann Cleeves, has been renewed by ITV for a fourth season of four episodes. (All will almost certainly be original screenplays, as the existing books in the series have already been adapted as episodes of the first two seasons. And speaking of the source material, the "Vera Stanhope" mysteries are finally going to be available here in the US, though not in order. Minotaur Books will publish the fourth in the series, Silent Voices, in May 2013; it was adapted as the second episode of the second season. More about the book, below.)

Production on the new season is expected to begin this Summer on location in Northumberland.

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Silent Voices
Ann Cleeves
A Vera Stanhope Mystery (4th in series)

When Vera finds the body of a woman in the sauna of her local gym, she wonders briefly if, for once in her life, she's uncovered a simple death of natural causes. But when a closer inspection reveals bruises around the victim's throat, Vera's team start their investigation. Vera and her colleagues soon uncover details in the victim's past that may explain her untimely death. But Vera knows from experience that there's no such thing as a simple case, and this one gets more baffling by the minute.

      

Telemystery: ITV Promo for New Season of Foyle's War

The eighth series — which will be the seventh season here in the US — of Foyle's War just concluded its run in the UK and we're hoping that Masterpiece Mystery! includes it on its summer schedule … which is usually announced by now but for some reason hasn't yet.

Three episodes are featured, two of which are written by creator Anthony Horowitz. Typical of the series to date, each episode is set in a specific time period — in this case, Summer/Fall 1946 — and relates to some historical event.

It's no secret we are enthusiastic fans of Foyle's War and can hardly contain our excitement to see what our British cousins have already seen. Below is a promo for the season.

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Telemystery: Gwilym Lee Joins the Cast of Midsomer Murders

Here's some news we missed from a week or so ago: DCI John Barnaby (of Midsomer Murders) is getting a new partner.

Gwilym Lee has joined the cast as Detective Sergeant Charlie Nelson following the departure — more new news to us — of Jason Hughes, who played DS Ben Jones … and provided some continuity to the series after DCI Tom Barnaby (played by John Nettles) retired. Lee's debut will be the first episode of the 16th series, scheduled to air in the UK later this year. (We're not exactly sure what "season" that will correspond to here in the US; it will be at least a year or so away for us.)

"I am delighted to be joining such a popular and long running series as Midsomer Murders", said Lee. "I have always watched it and can't wait to start work on it now, as a regular character. It's a bit of a dream come true and I am even looking forward to the various stunts that lie ahead of me — I know Barnaby doesn't like jumping into freezing lakes!"

Lee will be the fourth DS on the series: Daniel Casey was first as Gavin Troy; then John Hopkins as Daniel Scott; and most recently Jason Hughes as Ben Jones.

Review: A Murder at Rosamund's Gate by Susanna Calkins

A Mysterious Review of …

A Murder at Rosamund's Gate by Susanna Calkins. A Lucy Campion Mystery.

Review summary: This is a very engaging mystery, mostly because of the hard-working, compassionate, young woman with a sense of humor as the series lead. Too, there is a wide range of characters of all temperaments, providing a contrasting backdrop of conflict to Lucy's noble task. A good balance of murder mystery, history, and romance makes for an appealing story. (Click here for text of full review.)

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A Murder at Rosamund's Gate
Susanna Calkins
A Lucy Campion Mystery
Minotaur Books (April 2013)

Publisher synopsis: For Lucy Campion, a seventeenth-century English chambermaid serving in the household of the local magistrate, life is an endless repetition of polishing pewter, emptying chamber pots, and dealing with other household chores until a fellow servant is ruthlessly killed, and someone she loves is wrongly arrested for the crime. In a time where the accused are presumed guilty until proven innocent, lawyers aren't permitted to defend their clients, and — if the plague doesn't kill them first — public executions draw a large crowd of spectators, Lucy knows she may never see this person alive again. Unless, that is, she can identify the true murderer.

Determined to do just that, Lucy finds herself venturing out of her expected station and into raucous printers' shops, secretive gypsy camps, the foul streets of London, and even the bowels of Newgate prison on a trail that might lead her straight into the arms of the killer.

      

New Character Poster for Red 2

The first of what will undoubtedly be a series of character posters has been released by the studio for Red 2. The first of these (via Yahoo! Movies), featuring Bruce Willis, is shown (right; click for larger image).

Willis reprises his role as retired black-ops CIA agent Frank Moses, who reunites his unlikely team of elite operatives for a global quest to track down a missing portable nuclear device. To succeed, they'll need to survive an army of relentless assassins, ruthless terrorists and power-crazed government officials, all eager to get their hands on the next-generation weapon. The mission takes Frank and his motley crew to Paris, London and Moscow. Outgunned and outmanned, they have only their cunning wits, their old-school skills, and each other to rely on as they try to save the world — and stay alive in the process.

A new trailer will premiere this Friday. Originally scheduled to open in August, Red 2 will now be in theaters July 19th, 2013.

Telemystery: Pilot Episode of Graceland to be Available Early via VOD

USA Network will make available the pilot episode of its upcoming crime drama Graceland over a month before its actual premiere.

From April 29th through May 12th, you can watch it on video-on-demand from Comcast Xfinity, Time Warner Cable, Charter Communications, Cox Communications, Cablevision, DirecTV, Dish, and Verizon FiOS. The series debuts on June 6th.

The series is centered around the lives of an exclusive group of undercover agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and U.S. Customs, whose worlds collide at a repossessed Southern California beachfront mansion called Graceland. (The house got its name when the authorities seized it from a drug lord known to be an obsessed Elvis Presley fan). With three agencies living under one roof, ordinary roommate issues are amplified, as secrets are a matter of life or death.

The pilot episode introduces the characters. Graduating at the top of his class, FBI rookie Mike Warren (Aaron Tveit) anticipates a traditional D.C. desk job when he's unexpectedly shipped to Graceland. Immediately thrown into his first undercover assignment, he relies heavily on the guidance of legendary FBI agent and mentor Paul Briggs (Daniel Sunjata). Briggs is an unusually Zen-like senior agent who notoriously hates the rule book and will go to any length to protect Graceland from the outside world. Featuring an ensemble cast, the series also stars Vanessa Ferlito as strong-willed DEA agent Catherine "Charlie" Lopez; Brandon Jay McLaren as quick-tempered U.S. Customs agent Dale Jakes; Manny Montana as the fun-loving prankster and FBI agent Joe "Johnny" Tuturro; and Serinda Swan as intuitive and merciless DEA agent Paige Arkin.

Watch a 30-second promo for Graceland, below.

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Telemystery: Teaser Poster for The Killing Season 3

A teaser poster for the third season of The Killing has been released by AMC (right; click for slightly larger image). The tagline: "17 and counting".

We do know the storyline will be set approximately a year after the conclusion of the Rosie Larsen murder investigation, after which lead detective Sarah Linden (Mireille Enos) quit. Now, her former partner Stephen Holder (Joel Kinnaman) — still with the Seattle police department — has uncovered a connection in a current case to one that Linden once worked on, apparently one in which there are now seventeen victims … and counting.

The Killing Season 3 premieres on Sunday, June 2nd at 8 PM ET/PT.

Telemystery: FX Networks Fearless Poster for Justified

FX Networks has released a series of posters featuring its new "Fearless" brand, including one for Justified (right; click for larger image).

Based on a character created by crime novelist Elmore Leonard, Justified recently concluded its fourth season. It has been renewed for a fifth season.

MystereBooks: Bake Sale Murder by Leslie Meier, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Bake Sale Murder by Leslie Meier, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Kensington.

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 (04/23/2013 at 1:30 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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Bake Sale Murder by Leslie Meier
A Lucy Stone Mystery (13th in series)
Publisher: Kensington

Ever since local developer Fred Stanton and his wife, Mimi, built five modular homes next door to Lucy Stone's farmhouse, life just hasn't been the same. With Mimi complaining about everything from the state of Lucy's lawn to another neighbor's lovable dog, quaint Tinker's Cove, Maine, is now entangled in cul-de-sac politics and backstabbing. And when Mimi doesn't show up for her shift at The Hat and Mitten Fund bake sale, the scent of burnt sugar leads Lucy to a shocking discovery: Mimi, face down on her kitchen floor — with a knife in her back.

While the police start their investigation, Lucy gets busy writing up the murder for the local Pennysaver — and following a few leads of her own. Lucy knows the women in her neighborhood didn't like Mimi, but they certainly didn't want her dead … right?

      

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