Don't Look Away by Leslie Kelly is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Don't Look Away by Leslie Kelly as today's free mystery ebook (A Veronica Sloan Mystery; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, July 28, 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.

For a summary of all of today's featured titles, plus any that may have appeared before and are repeat freebies, visit our Free MystereBooks page. This page is updated daily, typically by 8 AM ET.

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Don't Look Away
Leslie Kelly
A Veronica Sloan Mystery
Publisher: Leslie Kelly

Detective Veronica Sloan isn't shocked by much. Having lived through the worst terrorist attacks in history — which destroyed much of Washington, D.C. — she's immune to even the most vicious brutality. But even she is stunned by the discovery of a murder in the basement of the under-reconstruction White House.

Sloan and FBI Agent Jeremy Sykes have been assigned to investigate the homicide because the victim was a participant in a top-secret experiment. Veronica has been training for just this kind of case, waiting to use her special skills, anxious to learn if a recording device implanted in a victim's head can help solve their murder … before the killer strikes again.

  

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Her Royal Spyness by Rhys Bowen is Today's Nook Daily Find

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Her Royal Spyness by Rhys Bowen as today's Barnes & Noble Nook Daily Find.

The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Sunday, July 28, 2013.

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

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Her Royal Spyness
Rhys Bowen
Lady Victoria Georgiana Charlotte Eugenie Mystery
Berkley

Her ridiculously long name is Lady Victoria Georgiana Charlotte Eugenie, daughter to the Duke of Atholt and Rannoch. And she is flat broke. As the thirty-fourth in line for the throne, she has been taught only a few things, among them, the perfect curtsey. But when her brother cuts off her allowance, she leaves Scotland, and her fiancé Fish-Face, for London, where she has:

a) worked behind a cosmetics counter — and gotten sacked after five hours;
b) started to fall for a quite unsuitable minor royal;
c) made some money housekeeping (incognita, of course); and
d) been summoned by the Queen to spy on her playboy son.

Then an arrogant Frenchman, who wants her family's 800-year-old estate for himself, winds up dead in her bathtub. Now her most important job is to clear her very long family name.

 

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50 Mysteries and Thrillers is Today's Kindle Daily Deal

MystereBooks is pleased to feature 50 exciting mysteries and thrillers as today's Amazon Kindle Daily Deal. About half of the promoted titles are from Ed McBain's 87th Precinct series. We're featuring a stand-alone thriller from May 2013 (below) that's still on our TBR list: The Accounting by William Lashner.

The deal price of $1.99 each is valid only for today, Sunday, July 28, 2013.

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The Accounting
William Lashner
A Suspense Thriller
Thomas & Mercer

Jon Willing was just a teenager when he and his pals Augie and Ben stole a fortune in drug money. Brazen with youth and stoned out of their gourds, they thought they had the perfect plan for getting away with it.

They were wrong.

Twenty-five years later, Jon's marriage is on the rocks, his kids are virtual strangers, and the recession has taken his job and decimated his finances. Worst of all, when he finds Augie murdered in Vegas, he knows the past has risen from its grave to grab him by the throat.

The battle that ensues will send Jon skittering across a landscape wracked by the Great Recession to confront the demons of his past: the grade-school bully who has terrorized him for decades, the grandfather that betrayed him, the girl that got away. And in the middle of a fight to death, with his daughter's life hanging in the balance, Jon Willing learns the most brutal of truths: The piper always gets paid, and sometimes he gets paid in blood.

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Nominees for the 2013 David Award Announced

The nominees for the 2013 David Award have been announced by Deadly Ink Press for the best mystery published during 2012. The winners will be announced at a Saturday banquet during the Deadly Ink Mystery Conference, which is held next week.

• Confidential Bounty by Michael Altieri (PublishAmerica)
• Dolled Up for Murder by Jane Cleland (Minotaur Books)
• Food for the Gods by Karen Dudley (Ravenstone)
• A Fatal Debt by John Gapper (Ballantine Books)
• Opening Moves by Steven James (Signet Select)
• Unleavened Dead by Ilene Schneider (Dark Oak Mysteries)

Reviews of Mystery and Suspense Books for Kids, New This Week on Book Trends (130727)

Book Trends, a review site for young adult's and children's books, published several new book reviews this past week. We're presenting here a summary of those in the mystery/suspense/thriller category.

The Little Woods by McCormick Templeman. Lexile measure: N/A. Reviewed by a 6th grade student, who writes, "This combination of a mysterious disappearance, clues in the form of puzzles, and the social drama of St. Bedes, work together to create a novel that young adults will enjoy." (Read the full review of this novel of suspense, here.)

For more reviews of children and young adult books of all genres, visit Book Trends; their reviews will amaze you! You can also follow Book Trends on Twitter.

Amazon's The Big Deal: Legacy of the Dragon by J. Gregory Smith, Now Available at a Special Price

Amazon's The Big Deal is back, where you can save up to 85% on over 500 Kindle books.

We're featuring a title from the Mystery & Thrillers category: Legacy of the Dragon by J. Gregory Smith. This Kindle book was listed at $1.99 as of the date and time of this post, Saturday, July 27, 2013 at 12:30 PM ET, and should be available at this price through August 4th, 2013, when The Big Deal ends.

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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Legacy of the Dragon by J. Gregory Smith
A Paul Chang Mystery
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer

For former NYPD and Delaware State Police detective Paul Chang, retiring to open his own agency with former partner Nelson Rogers should mean leaving behind politics and scapegoating. Instead, corrupt Colonel Byrd of the state police and his lackey Clyde Foley harass Chang at every turn, and their unwanted attention puts his fledgling business on the brink of bankruptcy.

With the police on his back and the agency taking sleazy cases he never thought he'd have to, Chang erupts under the job's pressures and sees his personal demon, an alter ego he calls the dragon, emerge. Only the training from his martial arts teacher and old friend Shu can keep Chang sane. But when someone tries to frame him for the stalking of his ex-wife and a journalist, the harassment turns deadly and the lives of everyone close to him are in danger. Unable to wait for events to take their course, Chang must unleash the dragon.

  

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New Hardcover Mysteries for August 2013

The Hidden Staircase Mystery Books has updated its list of new hardcover mysteries with books scheduled for publication in August 2013. Please note that some titles may publish early, and may already be available, and some may be delayed, published at a later date.

Below we're listing those authors with returning series characters, new series characters, and non-series or stand-alone mysteries in separate sections. All titles are available on our August new mystery books page, which will become the default home page for the site on August 1st.

• Authors with mysteries featuring returning series characters (in italics) this month:

Laurien Berenson (Melanie Travis, 16th) —  Mark Billingham (Tom Thorne, 10th) —  Benjamin Black (Quirke, 6th) —  Robin Blake (Titus Cragg and Luke Fidelis, 2nd) —  Gail Bowen (Joanne Kilbourn, 14th) —  Rhys Bowen (Lady Victoria Georgiana Charlotte Eugenie, Royal Spyness, 7th) —  Chelsea Cain (Archie Sheridan and Gretchen Lowell, 6th) —  Alys Clare (Aelf Fen, 5th) —  Barbara Cleverly (Joe Sandilands, 11th) —  Cheryl Crane (Nicki Harper, 3rd) —  Bill Crider (Sheriff Dan Rhodes, 20th) —  Judith Cutler (Lina Townend, 6th) —  Arne Dahl (Paul Hjelm, 2nd) —  Diane Mott Davidson (Goldy Schulz, 17th) —  Anna Dean (Miss Dido Kent, 4th) —  Vicki Delany (Molly Smith, 6th) —  Carole Nelson Douglas (Midnight Louie, 25th) —  David Ellis (Jason Kolarich, 4th) —  Chris Ewan (Charlie Howard, Good Thief's Guide, 5th) —  Conor Fitzgerald (Alec Blume, 4th) —  Ed Gorman (Dev Conrad, 4th) —  David S. Goyer and Michael Cassutt (Heaven's Shadow, 3rd) —  W.E.B. Griffin and William E. Butterworth IV (Badge of Honor, 11th) —  Sophie Hannah (Simon Waterhouse and Charlie Zailer, 7th) —  Ed Ifkovic (Edna Ferber, 4th) —  Faye Kellerman (Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus, 21st) —  William Kent Krueger (Cork O'Connor, 13th) —  Al Lamanda (John Bekker, 2nd) —  Jon Land (Caitlin Strong, 5th) —  Tom MacDonald (Dermot Sparhawk, 2nd) —  Nancy Martin (Blackbird Sisters, 9th) —  Priscilla Masters (Joanna Piercy, 11th) —  Laurie Moore (Dainty Prescott, Debutante Detective, 3rd) —  Carol O'Connell (Kathleen Mallory, 11th) —  Michael Pearce (Mamur Zapt, 17th) —  Louise Penny (Armand Gamache, 9th) —  Anne Perry (William Monk, 19th) —  Robert J. Randisi (Rat Pack, 8th) —  Kathy Reichs (Temperance Brennan, 16th) —  David Rich (Rollie Waters, 2nd) —  Todd Ritter (Kat Campbell, 3rd) —  Karen Robards (Charlotte Stone, 2nd) —  Sheldon Russell (Hook Runyon, 4th) —  Lynn Shepherd (Charles Maddox, 2nd) —  Brad Smith (Virgil Cain, 3rd) —  Robert K. Tanenbaum (Butch Karp and Marlene Ciampi, 25th) —  Charles Todd (Bess Crawford, 5th) —  Stephen White (Alan Gregory, 20th)

• Authors with mysteries introducing characters in a new series (in italics) this month:

David Riley Bertsch (Jake Trent) —  Zoe Burke (Annabelle Starkey) —  Douglas Corleone (Simon Fisk) —  Ellen Crosby (Sophie Medina) —  Karin Fossum (Konrad Sejer) —  Melodie Johnson Howe (Diana Poole) —  Holly Menino (Tink Elledge)

• Authors with non-series or stand-alone mysteries, novels of suspense, or thrillers this month:

Steve Alten —  Kelley Armstrong —  Linwood Barclay —  Dennis Bock —  Kelly Braffet —  Sam Cabot —  Thomas H. Cook —  Frederick Forsyth —  David Handler —  Richard Helms —  Gregg Hurwitz —  Carolyn Jess-Cooke —  Allison Leotta —  Javier Marias —  Joyce Maynard —  Len McDougall —  John D. Nesbitt —  James Patterson and David Ellis —  Marisha Pessl —  Andrew Rosenheim —  Charles Salzberg —  Ferdinand von Schirach —  Erica Spindler —  Jason P. Stadtlander —  Whitley Strieber —  Anne Sward —  Lawrence Thackston —  Danny Tobey —  Steve Yarbrough

For more information on any of these titles, please visit the August new mysteries page on our website. If you're interested in new paperbacks, visit The Mystery Bookshelf where you can discover a library of new mystery, suspense and thriller books, also updated with August 2013 releases.

Please visit the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books where we are committed to providing readers and collectors of mystery books with the best and most current information about their favorite authors, titles, and series.

A Conversation with Mystery Author Natalie Buske Thomas

with Natalie Buske Thomas

We are delighted to welcome mystery author Natalie Buske Thomas to Omnimystery News today.

Natalie's third book in her second trilogy of Serena Wilcox mysteries is Bluebird Flown (Independent Spirit Publishing; May 2013 trade paperback and ebook formats). The trilogy theme of the series is a closely guarded secret for now!

We recently had a chance to talk to Natalie about her books.

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Omnimystery News: Tell us more about your trilogy of trilogies featuring Serena Wilcox.

Photo provided courtesy of
Natalie Buske Thomas

Natalie Buske Thomas: I wrote Gene Play as a stand-alone when I was in my twenties. It wasn't professionally edited. It fell so short on word count that what I thought was a "novel" is really a "novella", or even a longer short story! The writing is too green to be taken seriously. However, I was full of moxie and I put it out there anyway. The character of Serena Wilcox popped up about three-fourths of the way through Gene Play. Serena was an after-thought, written in because I needed an investigator to wrap up the case. The best feedback from my first book was that readers loved my private detective character Serena Wilcox. "The Serena Wilcox Mysteries" was born.

I wrote two more short mysteries in the series while still too inexperienced to do anything more than dabble. Those first three books are now sold as a collection of short stories in e-book form only. I have but one copy left of Gene Play, wine-stained from a booksigning that was held at a winery (I spilled an entire glass of wine when my jacket sleeve caught the rim of my glass!). Now of course I'm kicking myself for not holding on to a few more copies of those books, especially since my mother has since passed away. Mom loved Gene Play best of all because it was my first book. I always disagreed with her, but now she's gone and I regret not having a single clean copy of that little red monstrosity. Funny how life works.

I returned to the publishing scene with Angels Mark, book one in The Serena Wilcox Dystopian Trilogy, over a decade after the first three books were published. Serena Wilcox had changed so much from the early books that I had to either drop her or find a way to separate the early amateur-effort novellas from the new novel-length hard-hitting professionally-edited thrillers.

Young single one-dimensional Serena Wilcox is now a woman in her forties. She's a former private detective, having left that life behind to focus on her three children. But once a sleuth, always a sleuth. Her skills are requested by none other than American President Ann Kinji. Futuristic America is corrupt and at the point of collapse. Kinji trusts no one but government outsider Serena Wilcox and her motley crew of rogue agents and vigilantes to bring the traitors to light.

The trilogy (Angels Mark, 2011, Covert Coffee, 2012, and Bluebird Flown, 2013) is now complete. The character Serena Wilcox is once again going through a transition before emerging in the new trilogy The Serena Wilcox Time Travel Trilogy.

A private company investigates science and technology crimes. Time travel is now possible, and naturally unscrupulous power-grabbers have already found a way to use the new technology for their own gain. Serena investigates corruption in the past, present and future in Project Scarecrow, in progress. Besides Serena, several other characters are returning. Readers were invited to vote for which characters should receive immunity from being bumped off the series. Favorites were spared an untimely, and potentially absurd, death and are still alive and well to return in Project Scarecrow.

OMN: This series would seem to span several mystery genres. Would you agree?

NBT: My books cross-over with so many intersections that my series is "its own thing"! Yes, there are big disadvantages to this. I have a hard time explaining what my books are like, and some readers are thrown when my books don't match their expectations. It seems people either love me or hate me, there's no "meh" option. The downside to being original is that it's easy to be misunderstood. The upside to being original is that when readers "get" me, they are intensely loyal and oftentimes become personal friends who have wonderfully quirky projects to share with me in return.

OMN: We often hear that you should write what you know. How much of you or your experience is in the series?

NBT: I was taught the same rule, yes. I definitely put my own experiences into my books. I even put real people into my books, with their permission. Beav, Agent Estep and Lehman are all based on personal friends. The character of Serena Wilcox wasn't ever intended to be based on me, but readers insisted that she must be me. Eventually I gave up trying to convince readers otherwise. I got into the character of Serena Wilcox to the point of dipping back into a couple of early books to edit out a little of her past that doesn't fit with my real life history or personality. Now that I've given into the whole Serena identity I'm having more fun with her. Of course she's not me, and I take liberties with my super hero alter ego, but at future booksigning events I'll be wearing the signature scarf, pilot's hat, and wrist band worn by Serena in Project Scarecrow. (Remember, I'm a theater person!)

OMN: Describe your writing process for us.

NBT: I let the story develop as I write, as that is when the fun takes over. But I do make notes; many, many scribbles and scrabbles. I keep multiple writing journals. Some of the pages may be interrupted by numbers I couldn't add in my head or one of my infamous to-do lists. If anyone wanted to have me committed, my writing journals would offer up enough probable cause.

OMN: What are some of your hobbies or interests outside of writing? And do any of these find their way into your books?

NBT: I sing, play the drums, and tap dance if my knees allow it. Too many years of tap dancing on concrete floors have done me in (and the fact that I'm not as young as I used to be). I'm also an oil painter. Yes, these activities find their way into my novels. If I have to be Serena Wilcox, then it's only fair that she has to be me!

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Natalie Buske Thomas is an author, artist and entertainer. She was born in upstate New York and spent most of her childhood in Indiana. She also lived in Germany for three years when her husband was stationed in Bamberg with the U.S. Army. After the military-spouse years Natalie graduated from Ball State University with a BA. She currently lives near the Twin Cities with her husband and three children.

To learn more about the author and her books, visit her website at NatalieBuskeThomas.com or find her on Facebook and Twitter.

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Bluebird Flown
Natalie Buske Thomas
A Serena Wilcox Mystery

President Ann Kinji trusts no one, except for government outsider, former private detective mother-of-three Serena Wilcox and her motley crew of vigilantes, burned agents and the criminally insane.

As the United States continues to spiral out of control, can Serena stop all of the traitors before they kill the President? As the layers of betrayal are peeled, will anyone remain standing?

Operation Covert Coffee left more questions than answers.

      

Going Nowhere Fast by Gar Anthony Haywood is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Going Nowhere Fast by Gar Anthony Haywood as today's free mystery ebook (A Joe and Dottie Loudermilk Mystery; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, July 27, 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.

For a summary of all of today's featured titles, plus any that may have appeared before and are repeat freebies, visit our Free MystereBooks page. This page is updated daily, typically by 8 AM ET.

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Going Nowhere Fast
Gar Anthony Haywood
A Joe and Dottie Loudermilk Mystery
Publisher: Gar Anthony Haywood

Joe and Dottie Loudermilk are all set for the perfect early retirement. Joe's an ex-cop, and Dottie's a former English teacher, and as soon as the "SOLD" sign goes up on the lawn in front of their longtime Los Angeles home, they intend to take their brand new Ford pickup truck and Airstream trailer wherever the great American highway leads. Unfortunately, fate is determined to have two forms of trouble dog their every step: murder and their five incorrigible grown children.

In Dottie's own words, the Loudermilk brood "go to school, but take pains not to learn anything remotely useful; date weird people and adhere to Mickey Mouse religions … and give birth to grandchildren from hell (whom they raise) like goldfish won at a church carnival."

In this introductory adventure, Joe and Dottie visit the Grand Canyon in Arizona, where they're immediately confronted by a corpse in their bathroom, the FBI, an All-Pro lineman from the Los Angeles Raiders — and most frightening of all, their reprehensible son Bad Dog.

  

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42 Books, Many Mystery and Suspense, is Today's Kindle Daily Deal

MystereBooks is pleased to feature 42 books as today's Amazon Kindle Daily Deal. We're highlighting one of these titles, Before I Go To Sleep by S. J. Watson, below, but there are many mystery, suspense and thriller books from which to choose, including Say You're Sorry by Michael Robotham; Ricochet by Sandra Brown; Two Minute Rule by Robert Crais; Gone, Baby, Gone by Dennis Lehane; Dead in Red by L. L. Bartlett; Stalin's Ghost by Martin Cruz Smith; and many others priced from $0.99 to $2.99, valid only for today, Saturday, July 27, 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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Today's Mystery and Suspense Update from Big Fish Games (130727)

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

• The New Release is Witches' Legacy: Lair of the Witch Queen.

• The Daily Deal is Fallen: The Flowers of Evil, just $2.99 today only!

• The current Catch of the Week is Jewel Quest Mysteries: The Oracle of Ur, just $2.99 through Sunday, July 28, 2013 only.

• Today's Special Deal — This weekend only, all games are Half Off! Use coupon code HALFOFF for Collector's Edition games and WEEKEND for Standard Edition games at check-out to save 50% off the retail price. Offer ends July 28, 2013 at 11:59 PM PT.

Visit the Omnimystery Entertainment Network for more games of mystery and suspense!

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Today's New Release is Witches' Legacy: Lair of the Witch Queen

A few years have passed since you rescued Lynn from Elizabeth, the witch who murdered her family, and now Lynn has grown into a young woman with awakened magical powers. When she receives a letter from Germany about Elizabeth, Lynn opens a portal to chase after her. Her thirst for revenge has enraged her, and an evil force is using that to pull Lynn deep into the darkness. You must find your young ward and stop her before the Witch Queen's evil plan comes to pass in this cunning Hidden-Object Puzzle Adventure game.

A sample version is available to download and play for free for one hour.

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Today's Daily Deal is Fallen: The Flowers of Evil

You've seen a lot as a doctor, but after making a simple house call, you stumble into a supernatural investigation. A little girl is suffering a high fever after being attacked by a monster, and she's not the only one. The city is quarantined as mysterious flowers begin to sprout all over Blackburn. Who's behind this? How are all the clues connected? There's only one way to find out, in this mysterious Hidden Object Puzzle Adventure game.

A sample version is available to download and play for free for one hour. You can purchase this game today only — Saturday, July 27, 2013 — for $2.99.

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The current Catch of the Week is Jewel Quest Mysteries: The Oracle of Ur

Rupert is back along with his two best friends, Emma and Sebastian. The three heroes are on a quest to find the most coveted jewel board of all, the Oracle of Ur. All facts about this legendary object are lost in time until Rupert discovers a clue to the 4,000-year- old story and starts his quest for the most coveted jewel board of all. He enlists the help of his two best friends, Emma and Sebastian, in this exciting Hidden Object game. Can they succeed in retrieving the Oracle of Ur?

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, July 28, 2013.

Three Kelli Storm Thrillers by Kenneth Hoss, Now Available at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature three Kelli Storm thrillers by Kenneth Hoss mysteries, now available at a special price.

The ebook formats of these titles were priced at $0.99 each from the listed vendors (below) as of the date and time of this post (07/26/2013 at 5:30 PM). 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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Storm Rising by Kenneth Hoss
A Kelli Storm Thriller (1st in series)
Publisher: Kenneth Hoss

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Amazon.com

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Storm Warning by Kenneth Hoss
A Kelli Storm Thriller (2nd in series)
Publisher: Kenneth Hoss

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Amazon.com

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Deadly Storm by Kenneth Hoss
A Kelli Storm Thriller (3rd in series)
Publisher: Kenneth Hoss

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Amazon.com

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Important Note: These books were listed at the above mentioned price on the date and time of this post. Prices can and do change without prior notice. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your purchase.

Four Jack Daniels Mysteries by J. A. Konrath, Now Available at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature four Jack Daniels mysteries by J. A. Konrath, now available at a special price. The first in the series, Whiskey Sour, is currently available for free (as of the date and time of this post).

The ebook formats of these titles were priced at $0.99 each from the listed vendors (below) as of the date and time of this post (07/15/2013 at 5:00 PM). 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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Bloody Mary by J. A. Konrath
A Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels Mystery (2nd in series)
Publisher: J. A. Konrath

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Amazon.com

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Rusty Nail by J. A. Konrath
A Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels Mystery (3rd in series)
Publisher: J. A. Konrath

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Amazon.com

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Fuzzy Navel by J. A. Konrath
A Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels Mystery (5th in series)
Publisher: J. A. Konrath

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Amazon.com

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Cherry Bomb by J. A. Konrath
A Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels Mystery (6th in series)
Publisher: J. A. Konrath

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Amazon.com

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Important Note: These books were listed at the above mentioned price on the date and time of this post. Prices can and do change without prior notice. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your purchase.

Unleashed by David Rosenfelt, New in Bookstores This Week

Today's new hardcover mystery title, scheduled to be published this week by Minotaur Books, is Unleashed by David Rosenfelt.

For a list of more new hardcover mysteries published this month, visit our New Mysteries page for July 2013. For new paperback mysteries, visit The Mystery Bookshelf where a selection of July 2013 mysteries, novels of suspense, and thrillers are shelved.

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Unleashed
David Rosenfelt
Series: Andy Carpenter (11th)

Andy Carpenter's accountant, Sam Willis, is stunned to receive a phone call out of the blue from Barry Price, a high school friend he hasn't spoken to in years, pleading for help with something too frightening to discuss on the phone. Barry needs Sam's financial acumen and lawyer Andy Carpenter's legal expertise — and he needs them immediately. But when Sam almost runs over an injured dog lying in the road on the way to Barry's house, he can't drive off without waiting for help to arrive. By the time Sam makes it, Barry's already taken off on a private airplane headed who-knows-where.

Assuming their help is no longer needed, Sam and Andy turn their full attention to helping the dog Sam found recover from his injuries. Then they learn that Barry's plane has crashed, and they come to the terrifying realization that Sam was also supposed to have been killed on that plane. Barry was in far more serious trouble than either of them knew, and for Sam and Andy, the trouble is only beginning.

      

Amazon's The Big Deal: No Safe Harbor by Elizabeth Ludwig, Now Available at a Special Price

Amazon's The Big Deal is back, where you can save up to 85% on over 500 Kindle books.

We're featuring a title from the Mystery & Thrillers category: No Safe Harbor by Elizabeth Ludwig. This Kindle book was listed at $3.99 as of the date and time of this post, Friday, July 26, 2013 at 12:30 PM ET, and should be available at this price through August 4th, 2013, when The Big Deal ends.

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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No Safe Harbor by Elizabeth Ludwig
An Edge of Freedom Novel of Romantic Suspense
Publisher: Bethany House

New York City, 1897. She came to America searching for her brother. Instead all she's found is a web of danger.

Cara Hamilton had thought her brother to be dead. Now, clutching his letter, she leaves Ireland for America, desperate to find him. Her search leads her to a houseful of curious strangers, and one man who claims to be a friend — Rourke Walsh. Despite her brother's warning, Cara trusts Rourke, revealing her purpose in coming to New York.

She's then thrust into a world of subterfuge, veiled threats, and attempted murder, including political revolutionaries from the homeland out for revenge. Her questions guide her ever nearer to locating her brother — but they also bring her closer to destruction as those who want to kill him track her footsteps.

With her faith in tatters, all hope flees. Will her brother finally surface? Can he save Cara from the truth about Rourke … a man she's grown to love?

  

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