Fall from Grace by Clyde Phillips is Today's Kindle Daily Deal

MystereBooks is pleased to feature the four Jane Candiotti Mysteries by Clyde Phillips as today's Amazon Kindle Daily Deal More about the first in the series, below.

The deal price of $1.99 each is valid only for today, Wednesday, September 04, 2013.

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Fall from Grace
Clyde Phillips
A Jane Candiotti Mystery
Thomas & Mercer

Veteran San Francisco homicide detective Jane Candiotti never had a problem drawing the line between her personal and professional lives — until the night she meets David Perry after his socialite wife, Jenna, is brutally murdered. The facts are damning: the Perrys were embroiled in a bitter divorce and now David stands to inherit millions in the wake of Jenna's death. But Jane's instincts tell her there's more to this case than just greed and love gone sour.

To uncover the truth, she must dig into the sordid secrets of the city's most powerful families, a quest that will draw her inextricably closer to David and his teenage daughter …and to the cold-blooded killer who's stalking their every move. But when the case takes a shocking turn, it's not just Jane's reputation that's hanging in the balance — it's her life.

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Cinemystery: DreamWorks Names Director for Film Adaptation of The Light Between Oceans

Last November we reported that DreamWorks had acquired the film rights to M. L. Stedman's novel of psychological suspense The Light Between Oceans. Now we're learning that the studio has hired Derek Cianfrance (The Place Beyond the Pines) to direct the film.

"We certainly believe [Cianfrance] can make a modern epic from [this] poignant novel and will be able to capture the great epic sweep and emotional honestly of this story," said Stacey Snider, Co-Chairman/CEO of DreamWorks.

No screenwriter has (to our knowledge) yet been named for the project.

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The Light Between Oceans
M. L. Stedman

After four harrowing years on the Western Front, Tom Sherbourne returns to Australia and takes a job as the lighthouse keeper on Janus Rock, nearly half a day's journey from the coast. To this isolated island, where the supply boat comes once a season and shore leaves are granted every other year at best, Tom brings a young, bold, and loving wife, Isabel. Years later, after two miscarriages and one stillbirth, the grieving Isabel hears a baby's cries on the wind. A boat has washed up onshore carrying a dead man and a living baby.

Tom, whose records as a lighthouse keeper are meticulous and whose moral principles have withstood a horrific war, wants to report the man and infant immediately. But Isabel has taken the tiny baby to her breast. Against Tom's judgment, they claim her as their own and name her Lucy. When she is two, Tom and Isabel return to the mainland and are reminded that there are other people in the world. Their choice has devastated one of them.

      

Telemystery: True Blood To End After 7 Seasons

HBO has confirmed that the next season of True Blood, its seventh, will also be its last.

"True Blood has been nothing short of a defining show for HBO," said Michael Lombardo, HBO's president of programming. "Alan Ball took the [Southern Vampire] books by Charlaine Harris, assembled a brilliant cast led by the magnificent Anna Paquin in the role of Sookie Stackhouse, and crafted a show that has taken its many devoted fans on an unforgettable journey. Alan passed the baton to Brian Buckner, who led our fantastic writers and crew in crafting a spectacular sixth season, and he will lead us through the seventh and final season of this amazing show. Together with its legions of fans, it will be hard to say goodbye to the residents of Bon Temps, but I look forward to what promises to be a fantastic final chapter of this incredible show."

The 10-episode seventh season of the series will air in Summer 2014.

Keep up to date on the status of your favorite mystery and suspense television with our Telemystery Scoresheet. We've updated it with today's news.

15 Kinsey Millhone Mysteries by Sue Grafton, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature the first 15 books in Sue Grafton's Kinsey Millhone series, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Macmillan.

The ebook format of these titles were priced at $2.99 each from the listed vendors (below) as of the date and time of this post (09/03/2013 at 5:30 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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A is for Alibi by Sue Grafton
A Kinsey Millhone Mystery (1st in series)
Publisher: Macmillan

When Laurence Fife was murdered, few mourned his passing. A prominent divorce attorney with a reputation for single-minded ruthlessness on behalf of his clients, Fife was also rumored to be a dedicated philanderer. Plenty of people in the picturesque southern California town of Santa Teresa had a reason to want him dead. Including, thought the cops, his young and beautiful wife, Nikki. With motive, access, and opportunity, Nikki was their number-one suspect. The jury thought so, too.

Eight years later and out on parole, Niki Fife hires Kinsey Millhone to find out who really killed her late husband.

A trail that is eight years cold. A trail that reaches out to enfold a bitter, wealthy, and foul-mouthed old woman and a young boy, born deaf, whose memory cannot be trusted. A trail that leads to a lawyer defensively loyal to a dead partner — and disarmingly attractive to Millhone; to an ex-wife, brave, lucid, lovely — and still angry over Fife's betrayal of her; to a not-so-young secretary with too high a salary for too few skills — and too many debts left owing: The trail twists to include them all, with Millhone following every turn until it finally twists back on itself and she finds herself face-to-face with a killer cunning enough to get away with murder.

  

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B is for Burglar by Sue Grafton
A Kinsey Millhone Mystery (2nd in series)
Publisher: Macmillan

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C is for Corpse by Sue Grafton
A Kinsey Millhone Mystery (3rd in series)
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D is for Deadbeat by Sue Grafton
A Kinsey Millhone Mystery (4th in series)
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E is for Evidence by Sue Grafton
A Kinsey Millhone Mystery (5th in series)
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F is for Fugitive by Sue Grafton
A Kinsey Millhone Mystery (6th in series)
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G is for Gumshoe by Sue Grafton
A Kinsey Millhone Mystery (7th in series)
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H is for Homicide by Sue Grafton
A Kinsey Millhone Mystery (8th in series)
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I is for Innocent by Sue Grafton
A Kinsey Millhone Mystery (9th in series)
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J is for Judgment by Sue Grafton
A Kinsey Millhone Mystery (10th in series)
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K is for Killer by Sue Grafton
A Kinsey Millhone Mystery (11th in series)
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L is for Lawless by Sue Grafton
A Kinsey Millhone Mystery (12th in series)
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M is for Malice by Sue Grafton
A Kinsey Millhone Mystery (13th in series)
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N is for Noose by Sue Grafton
A Kinsey Millhone Mystery (14th in series)
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O is for Outlaw by Sue Grafton
A Kinsey Millhone Mystery (15th in series)
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Amazon Announces Kindle MatchBook

Amazon has announced Kindle MatchBook, a new program that allows you to acquire Kindle editions of previously purchased books at a discounted price.

Starting next month, for thousands of qualifying books, your past, present, and future print-edition purchases will soon allow you to buy the Kindle edition for $2.99, $1.99, $0.99, or free.

Not every book will be eligible, as it is (apparently) publisher-dependent, but based on the sample of books presented on the splash page, HarperCollins titles will be among the first available.

A New MystereBook: The Crooked Beat by Nick Quantrill

Here is a mystery, suspense, or thriller ebook that we recently found by sleuthing (as it were) through new or recently reissued titles from independent publishers …

The Crooked Beat by Nick Quantrill is the third mystery in this series featuring former rugby player turned private investigator Joe Geraghty.

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The Crooked Beat by Nick Quantrill
A Joe Geraghty Mystery
Publisher: Caffeine Nights Publishgin

When Joe Geraghty's brother finds himself in financial trouble, it's only natural that he turns to the Private Investigator for help. But when it relates to a missing consignment of smuggled cigarettes, it's not so easily sorted.

Drawn into the murky world of local and international criminals around the port of Hull, Geraghty knows the only way to save his brother is to take on the debt himself. But as he attempts to find a way out of the situation, the secrets and conspiracies he uncovers are so deeply buried in the past, he knows he's facing people willing to do whatever it takes to keep them that way.

    

The Reversal, a Mickey Haller Legal Thriller by Michael Connelly, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Reversal by Michael Connelly, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Little, Brown.

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 (09/03/2013 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 Reversal by Michael Connelly
A Mickey Haller Legal Thriller (3rd in series)
Publisher: Little, Brown

Longtime defense attorney Mickey Haller is recruited to change stripes and prosecute the high-profile retrial of a brutal child murder. After 24 years in prison, convicted killer Jason Jessup has been exonerated by new DNA evidence. Haller is convinced Jessup is guilty, and he takes the case on the condition that he gets to choose his investigator, LAPD Detective Harry Bosch.

Together, Bosch and Haller set off on a case fraught with political and personal danger. Opposing them is Jessup, now out on bail, a defense attorney who excels at manipulating the media, and a runaway eyewitness reluctant to testify after so many years.

With the odds and the evidence against them, Bosch and Haller must nail a sadistic killer once and for all. If Bosch is sure of anything, it is that Jason Jessup plans to kill again.

  

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Review: Wayward by Blake Crouch

A Mysterious Review of Wayward by Blake Crouch. The Wayward Pines Series.

Review summary: Unlike many novels where the sequel fails to live up to the standards of the first in the series, this thriller does not disappoint. The depiction of Wayward Pines is not only inventive, but it is also terrifying. It isn't hard to imagine a similar horror facing the future of the world. What if Wayward Pines is the only option? What if death awaits those that question? Who would really be able to live in this world of secrets? (Click here for text of full review.)

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Wayward
Blake Crouch
The Wayward Pines Series
Thomas & Mercer (September 2013)

Publisher synopsis: Welcome to Wayward Pines, population 461. Nestled amidst picture-perfect mountains, the idyllic town is a modern-day Eden … except for the electrified fence and razor wire, snipers scoping everything 24/7, and the relentless surveillance tracking each word and gesture.

None of the residents know how they got here. They are told where to work, how to live, and who to marry. Some believe they are dead. Others think they're trapped in an unfathomable experiment. Everyone secretly dreams of leaving, but those who dare face a terrifying surprise.

Ethan Burke has seen the world beyond. He's sheriff, and one of the few who knows the truth — Wayward Pines isn't just a town. And what lies on the other side of the fence is a nightmare beyond anyone's imagining.

  

The Witch's Key, a Tony Marcella Mystery by Dana E. Donovan, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Witch's Key by Dana E. Donovan, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Dana E. Donovan.

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 (09/03/2013 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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The Witch's Key by Dana E. Donovan
A Tony Marcella Mystery (3rd in series)
Publisher: Dana E. Donovan

Circumstances surrounding an unexplained spike in deaths among homeless men have Tony Marcella suspecting paranormal forces are again at work in the town of New Castle.

But things get complicated when his investigation is stifled by his hopeless infatuation with a witch, who just may be at the heart of the mystery.

      

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Never Go Back by Lee Child, New in Bookstores This Week

Today's new hardcover mystery title, scheduled to be published this week by Delacorte Press, is Never Go Back by Lee Child.

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

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Never Go Back
Lee Child
Series: Jack Reacher (18th)

Former military cop Jack Reacher makes it all the way from snowbound South Dakota to his destination in northeastern Virginia, near Washington, D.C.: the headquarters of his old unit, the 110th MP. The old stone building is the closest thing to a home he ever had.

Reacher is there to meet — in person — the new commanding officer, Major Susan Turner, so far just a warm, intriguing voice on the phone.

But it isn't Turner behind the CO's desk. And Reacher is hit with two pieces of shocking news, one with serious criminal consequences, and one too personal to even think about.

When threatened, you can run or fight.

Reacher fights, aiming to find Turner and clear his name, barely a step ahead of the army, and the FBI, and the D.C. Metro police, and four unidentified thugs.

      

MystereBooks: The Circuit Rider by Dani Amore, 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 Circuit Rider by Dani Amore. This Kindle book was listed at $1.99 as of the date and time of this post, Tuesday, September 03, 2013 at 1:30 PM ET, and should be available at this price through the end of the month.

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

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The Circuit Rider by Dani Amore
A Western Thriller
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer

In a wild land full of lawlessness and sin rides Mike Tower, a traveling preacher known as a Circuit Rider. Circuit Riders travel from town to town, offering their services to those in need. Tower is a man of mystery, utterly fearless though he carries no gun. As he sets out on this latest circuit, is he riding toward a new beginning, or running away from a former haunted life?

Bird Hitchcock, a woman known for her skill with a gun and love of the bottle, has taken the job of protecting Mike Tower on his journey to the West. Yet as she and Tower ride, they quickly find themselves on the hunt for an elusive killer who is brutally murdering women. Protecting Tower seems less and less important as Hitchcock discovers a link between her past and the murderer — will she finally get a chance to exact revenge and find redemption?

  

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