A New MystereBook: A Little Murder by Cindy Davis

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 …

A Little Murder by Cindy Davis introduces former emergency room nurse Angie Deacon. This book was first published by L&L Dreamspell in paperback in Febrary 2009.

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A Little Murder by Cindy Davis
An Angie Deacon Mystery
Publisher: Enigma Press
Publication Date: September 11, 2013

A day of fishing on Lake Winnipesaukee sounds like just the medicine for Angie's overworked husband's birthday. In spite of inherent seasickness, she happily goes on the tour with him. How is she to know that by the end of the day they'll both be suspects in the boat owner's death?

As police and the forensics team storm the boat, Angie comforts the distraught widow, who quickly becomes the chief suspect. Which makes sense; besides Valerie, why would any of the five strangers want the insensitive Nolan Little dead?

Fearful Val begs Angie to help clear her name. Angie says no, it's too dangerous. But Val's determined, and Angie goes along to keep her from getting killed — despite the fact that she just caught Will cheating; despite the fact that her brother-in-law has just run off with every penny of their money; despite the fact that black duffle bags are appearing and disappearing more often than Houdini.

She should, but doesn't ask herself, "Could any of these events be related?"

  

Arnaldur Indriðason Wins Spain's RBA International Prize for Crime Writing for 2013

Arnaldur Indriðason has won the 2013 RBA International Prize for Crime Writing for his book, Skuggasund. In addition to the honor of winning the Spanish award, he will receive €125,000.

Skuggasund, which loosely translates into Silhouette Swimming, will be published in November in the author's native Icelandic and in Spanish; no date has been set for an English translation of the book. "This is a book about a new policeman," the author said at a press conference. "It is unclear whether it will be the first of a series."

Indriðason is the also the author of the Detective Erlendur mysteries, thirteen of which have been published (with nine translated into English).

Philip Kerr To Write Young Adult Novel, The Winter Horses

Random House Children's Books announced this morning that it has acquired a young adult novel from crime writer Philip Kerr.

Titled The Winter Horses, the storyline is set in 1941 Ukraine and portrays the survival by one 14-year-old girl who has lost everything, and two endangered horses threatened by a Nazi campaign of extermination in the dark days of World War II. Kerr captures the power of sacrifice and the endurance of the human spirit as he tells the story of Kalinka's treacherous journey across the frozen Ukrainian steppe.
 
"Philip Kerr skillfully handles the portrayal of an intensely dark period of 20th-century history," said Nancy Hinkel, Vice President and Publishing Director of Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers, in a statement. "We are thrilled to welcome Kerr to the Knopf list."

Philip Kerr is the author of more than 20 books, including nine World War II Bernie Gunther novels, several stand-alone thrillers, and six books in the young adult series "Children of the Lamp" under the pen name of P. B. Kerr.

The Winter Horses will be published on March 25th, 2014.

Resurrected, An Adam Wolf Thriller by Steve Trotter, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Resurrected by Steve Trotter, now available at a special price, courtesy of the author.

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 (09/12/2013 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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Resurrected by Steve Trotter
An Adam Wolf Thriller
Publisher: Steve Trotter

When Adam Wolf retires from a killer career (one that Uncle Sam would deny existed) and resurrects himself as an author of young adult books, he soon discovers that no way in hell is the pen mightier than the sword; not when the mob slaps a verbal contract on your head.

Moments after reluctantly snuffing his 60th birthday candle, Wolf witnesses the snuffing of an ace crime reporter. Wolf's decision to testify against the shooter puts him, and the only woman he's ever let close enough to imperil, in the crosshairs of a ruthless crime family and their outlaw biker hit men. The one problem his hunters didn't count on is that their target is no ordinary senior citizen. Wolf is a black ops vet with a bloody backstory he can never tell. A shadow man who knows that at the end of the day, covert actions speak louder than words.

  

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The Bones of Paris by Laurie R. King, New in Bookstores This Week

Today's new hardcover mystery title, scheduled to be published this week by Bantam, is The Bones of Paris by Laurie R. King.

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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The Bones of Paris
Laurie R. King

Paris, France: September 1929. For Harris Stuyvesant, the assignment is a private investigator's dream — he's getting paid to troll the cafés and bars of Montparnasse, looking for a pretty young woman. The American agent has a healthy appreciation for la vie de bohème, despite having worked for years at the U.S. Bureau of Investigation. The missing person in question is Philippa Crosby, a twenty-two year old from Boston who has been living in Paris, modeling and acting. Her family became alarmed when she stopped all communications, and Stuyvesant agreed to track her down. He wholly expects to find her in the arms of some up-and-coming artist, perhaps experimenting with the decadent lifestyle that is suddenly available on every rue and boulevard.

As Stuyvesant follows Philippa's trail through the expatriate community of artists and writers, he finds that she is known to many of its famous — and infamous — inhabitants, from Shakespeare and Company's Sylvia Beach to Ernest Hemingway to the Surrealist photographer Man Ray. But when the evidence leads Stuyvesant to the Théâtre du Grand-Guignol in Montmartre, his investigation takes a sharp, disturbing turn. At the Grand-Guignol, murder, insanity, and sexual perversion are all staged to shocking, brutal effect: depravity as art, savage human nature on stage.

Soon it becomes clear that one missing girl is a drop in the bucket. Here, amid the glittering lights of the cabarets, hides a monster whose artistic coup de grâce is to be rendered in blood. And Stuyvesant will have to descend into the darkest depths of perversion to find a killer.

      

MystereBooks: Charlie M by Brian Freemantle, 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 Charlie M by Brian Freemantle. This Kindle book was listed at $1.99 as of the date and time of this post, Thursday, September 12, 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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Charlie M by Brian Freemantle
A Charlie Muffin Mystery
Publisher: Open Road Media

Charlie Muffin is an anachronism. He came into the intelligence service in the early 1950s, when the government, desperate for foot soldiers in the impending Cold War, dipped into the middle class for the first time. Despite a lack of upper-class bearing, Charlie survived twenty-five years on the espionage battle's front line: Berlin. But times have changed: The boys from Oxford and Cambridge are running the shop again, and they want to get rid of the middle-class spy who's a thorn in their side. They have decided that it's time for Charlie to be sacrificed.

But Charlie Muffin didn't survive two decades in Berlin by being a pushover. He intends to go on protecting the realm, and won't let anyone from his own organization get in his way.

      

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The Ruth Valley Missing, A Mystery Thriller by Amber West, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Ruth Valley Missing by Amber West, now available at a special price, courtesy of the author.

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 (09/12/2013 at 1:00 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 Ruth Valley Missing by Amber West
A Mystery Thriller
Publisher: Amber West

Jameson Quinn is sick of trying to find herself in the big city. After a gallery opening ends in a trip to the ER and an argument with her self-involved boyfriend, she decides to take off for the peace and quiet of a small town — Ruth Valley.

The small town has everything Brooklyn lacked: simple people, peaceful surroundings, and a feeling of safety. Jameson even finds the perfect house to rent from the town’s most eligible bachelor, Sheriff Jack. Life is finally headed in a promising direction.

But something isn't right. A young man is mysteriously injured, then disappears — and Jameson finds he isn't the only person to suddenly vanish. The suspicious behavior of an abrasive nun and a creepy priest set her off on an investigation of what's really happening. Will she figure out the secrets of Ruth Valley before she's the next to go missing?

  

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A New MystereBook: A Deadly Justice by Kathy Bennett

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 …

A Deadly Justice by Kathy Bennett is the second book to feature LAPD detective Maddie Divine. She was introduced last year in A Deadly Blessing.

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A Deadly Justice by Kathy Bennett
A Maddie Divine Mystery
Publisher: Kathy Bennett
Publication Date: September 10, 2013

A brutal murder. A rash of sophisticated burglaries. A serial rapist.

Little does veteran LAPD Detective Maddie Divine and her new partner, Jade Donovan, realize that a single thread tie the crimes together. But as their investigation digs deeper and the cases begin to unravel, they threaten to expose one of Maddie's darkest secrets and force her to confront a truth she's tried desperately to bury.

    

Telemystery: Endemol To Develop English Language Adaptation of French Crime Drama Engrenages

Endemol Studios has acquired the English-language rights for a US adaptation of the French crime drama Engrenages. The popular series, which is in its fifth season in France and has been renewed for a sixth, is centered on the lives of a prosecutor, police captain, judge, and lawyer.

"The show's masterfully complex storylines and layered characters give us the right blueprint to further explore society's ever-changing codes of justice and develop a distinctive, un-apologetic, gripping television drama set against the backdrop of today's U.S. legal system," said Endemol Studios CEO Philippe Maigret.

Last year Netflix acquired a non-exclusive right to air Engrenages in the US. Currently, the first three seasons are available in French with English subtitles.

An Excerpt from Second Watch by J. A. Jance

with J. A. Jance

We are delighted to welcome mystery author J. A. Jance to Omnimystery News today, courtesy of Partners in Crime Tours, which is coordinating her current book tour. We encourage you to visit all of the participating host sites; you can find her schedule here.

J. A.'s 21st J. P. Beaumont mystery is Second Watch (William Morrow; September 2013 hardcover, large print, audio and ebook formats) and we are pleased to introduce you to it with an excerpt, the book's prologue and first chapter.

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J. A. Jance

A voracious reader, J. A. Jance knew she wanted to be a writer from the moment she read her first Wizard of Oz book in second grade. Always drawn to mysteries, from Nancy Drew right through John D. McDonald's Travis Magee series, it was only natural that when she tried her hand at writing her first book, it would be a mystery as well.

Born in South Dakota and brought up in Bisbee, Arizona, Jance lives with her husband in Seattle, Washington, and Tucson, Arizona.

For more information about the author and her books, visit her website at JAJance.com or find her on Facebook and Twitter.

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Second Watch
J. A. Jance
A J. P. Beaumont Mystery

Getting old is hell! J. P. Beaumont is finally taking some time off to have his knee replacement surgery. But instead of taking his mind off work, the operation plunges him into one of the most perplexing and mind-blowing mysteries he's ever faced.

A series of dreams take him back to his early days on the force at Seattle P.D. and then, even earlier, to his days in Vietnam, reminding him of people and events he hasn't thought about in years.

His past collides with his present in this complex and thrilling story that explores loss and heartbreak, duty and honor, and, most importantly, the staggering cost of war and the debts we owe those who served in the Vietnam War, and those in uniform today.

        

Trade Secret by Chris Cairns is Today's Fourth Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Trade Secret by Chris Cairns as today's fourth 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, September 12, 2013 at 7:40 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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Trade Secret
Chris Cairns
A Novel of Suspense
Publisher: Chris Cairns

Chloe Carew is a national treasure. Property tycoon, country sports campaigner, TV personality - the feisty multi-millionaire is fast becoming an "A" list celebrity businesswoman. In the circumstances, having her mobile phone hacked by a tabloid newspaper was perhaps not surprising.

Dan Doyle used to work for a tabloid newspaper. He used to interview government ministers, investigate serious crime and cover major events. Now he works for a news agency on the Isle of Skye. He interviews local councilors, investigates missing lawn mowers and covers the price of fish.

Is there a connection? And is there more to Carew than meets the public eye?

To find out, Doyle must convince his new boss he's more than just an unethical has-been. He must solve a mystery involving Balkan drug dealers, missing lobstermen, novelty tea pots and a barking cat.

And he must find Carew's secret … before she finds him.

  

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The Scorpion Game by Daniel Jeffries is Today's Third Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Scorpion Game by Daniel Jeffries as today's third free mystery ebook (A Science Fiction Thriller; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, September 12, 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 Scorpion Game
Daniel Jeffries
A Science Fiction Thriller
Publisher: Daniel Jeffries

In 2458, on a continent sized starship with its own atmosphere and an entire civilization churning inside, the poor live in rotting organic cities and the rich live in massive orbital mansions drifting in the clouds.

When a hooker plunges from the sixty-sixth floor of an opulent nightclub and a senator is found dead in his room, the police call on Lieutenant Durante Hoskin to solve what swiftly becomes a string of murders of the rich and powerful. Now Hoskin must stop a vicious and brilliant sociopath, who's executing the elite, erasing their memories and exposing their lives to an angry public, before his society explodes in open class war.

  

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Shadow Tag by Marjorie Swift Doering is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Shadow Tag by Marjorie Swift Doering as today's second free mystery ebook (A Ray Schiller Mystery; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, September 12, 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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Shadow Tag
Marjorie Swift Doering
A Ray Schiller Mystery
Publisher: Marjorie Swift Doering

Paul Davis, a top ACC executive is found dead in the boardroom of the Minneapolis-based company. The Board of Directors claims it was suicide. And why not? Davis was discovered with a pearl-handled revolver in his hand and a bullet wound to his head.

Detective Ray Schiller and his partner Dick Waverly, however, are far from convinced and soon find they may be investigating a murder. Why would Davis kill himself less than twenty-four hours after finally taking over his late father-in-law's company? The Board and Davis's successor are quick to provide answers, but their actions suggest they've got something to hide. And they aren't the only ones keeping secrets — not by a long shot.

Complications infiltrate the investigation as well as Ray's personal life, and what originally seemed to be a relatively straightforward case takes a turn that puts his and Waverly's lives at risk.

  

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Sacrificed Lives by Beverley Brackett is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Sacrificed Lives by Beverley Brackett as today's 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, September 12, 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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Sacrificed Lives
Beverley Brackett
A Novel of Suspense
Publisher: Covos Day

On a hot July afternoon in 1966, Harriet Ross gives her six-year-old twin cousins, Yvette and Yvonne, a fistful of change and sends them to a country store for soft drinks. Yvonne never returns, and when Yvette is finally found, she has gone mad with terror.

Thirty years later, when Harriet returns to the same small South Carolina town to settle the estate of the twins' mother, Missella Mayhew, and set up a trust for the care of her disabled cousin, Yvette, she decides to investigate the circumstances surrounding her cousin's disappearance. She consults Balt Monroe, a lawyer, who refers her to his friend Hollis "Doc" Halliday, a private investigator, and together the three of them begin going through Missella's records in an effort to find out the real story behind what happened on the dark day when the twins vanished.

As their efforts bring them closer to the truth about Missella and her daughters, they uncover a long-hidden tale of miscegenation, racial hatred, and murder. And they find out that the man behind the story they are threatening to expose, a powerful South Carolina senator, will go to any lengths to preserve his secrets.

  

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The Libra Affair by Daco is Today's Kindle Daily Deal

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Libra Affair by Daco as today's Amazon Kindle Daily Deal.

The deal price of $0.99 is valid only for today, Thursday, September 12, 2013.

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The Libra Affair
Daco
A Novel of Romantic Suspense
Crimson Romance

Ben, a scientist working with NASA, can't believe it when Jordan, his girlfriend of one year, suddenly breaks up with him and disappears without a trace. He asks an ex-girlfriend who works with Homeland Security for help, and they manage to track Jordan to the airport, where he discovers she has adopted an alias and boarded a flight to Iran. That same contact helps Ben obtain a visa and he follows Jordan's trail, not knowing at all what to expect.

When events go haywire, it's up to Jordan to complete her mission and get them both to safety.

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