Out of the Dark by Geri Foster is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Out of the Dark by Geri Foster as today's free mystery ebook (An Action Novel of Romantic Suspense; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, September 23, 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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Out of the Dark
Geri Foster
An Action Novel of Romantic Suspense
Publisher: Geri Foster

After a Russian mission goes south, Falcon Securities agent John "Mac" McKinsey is stranded with assassins on his trail. His boss arranges for him to hitch a ride with the corporate attorney Emily Richards, who is in Russia as a mediator.

Emily Richards wants only to return home then on to a peaceful vacation with her best friend. When armed men invade her hotel room minutes after Mac arrives, Emily is forced to depend on Mac to stay alive. Anger that Mac has entangled her in a life or death struggle quickly turns to fear when the men pursuing them call her by name.

Together Mac and Emily engage in a tumultuous ride to escape with their lives and capture a crazed bomber and a vindictive drug lord. More difficult is tearing down their own emotional walls. Can they succeed and admit love is the most precious thing in life?

  

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Mystery Godoku Puzzle for September 23, 2013

A new Mystery Godoku Puzzle has been created by the editors of the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books and is now available on our website.

Godoku is similar to Sudoku, but uses letters instead of numbers. To give you a headstart, we provide you a mystery clue to fill in a complete row or column (if you choose to use it!).

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This week's letters and mystery clue:

A C E N O R S T U

Arabella Beaumont is employed as this in a mystery series by Pamela Christie (9 letters).

We now have two weeks of our puzzles on one page in PDF format for easier printing. Print this week's puzzle here.

Previous puzzles are stored in the Mystery Godoku Archives.

Enjoy the weekly Mystery Godoku Puzzle from the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books, and Thanks for visiting our website!

Today's Mystery and Suspense Update from Big Fish Games (130923)

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

• The New Release is Fearful Tales: Hansel and Gretel.

• The Daily Deal is Adelantado Trilogy: Book One, just $2.99 today only!

• The current Catch of the Week is Clairvoyant: The Magician Mystery, just $2.99 through Sunday, September 29, 2013 only.

• Today's Special Deal — It is Bonus Punch Monday! Receive a BONUS PUNCH with every game purchase, only on Mondays.

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

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Today's New Release is Fearful Tales: Hansel and Gretel

You awake from a strange dream to find gingerbread men trashing your home. Where are your children? They left for the village store hours ago and have not returned. A mysterious woman appears, taunting you. Is she responsible for your children's disappearance? One gingerbread man has promised to help you, but can you really trust him?

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

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Today's Daily Deal is Adelantado Trilogy: Book One

Discover the fabulous secrets that a jungle hides in this first entry of the Adelantado Trilogy! Help the brave and noble officer, Don Diego De Leon, to find and save the lost expedition. Befriend the natives who can be of valuable assistance to you. Help them as you restore buildings, harvest foods, and create a settlement. Upgrade your skills and earn fabulous trophies. Treasures await you in this exciting Strategy game!

A sample version is available to download and play for free for one hour. You can purchase this game today only — Monday, September 23, 2013 — for $2.99.

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The current Catch of the Week is Clairvoyant: The Magician Mystery

Investigate the sudden and mysterious disappearance of a carnival magician! Use your clairvoyant instincts to lead you through a dark carnival atmosphere as you interview shady characters and play carnival games unraveling the truth behind the three-ring mystery in this colorful Hidden Object game!

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, September 29, 2013.

New German Poster for Crime Thriller Prisoners

A new German poster has been released by Warner Bros. for the crime thriller Prisoners (right; click for larger image).

Keller Dover (Hugh Jackman) is facing every parent's worst nightmare. His 6-year-old daughter and her young friend are missing, and as minutes turn to hours, panic sets in. The only lead is a dilapidated RV that had been parked on their street. Heading the investigation, Detective Loki (Jake Gyllenhaal) arrests its driver, but a lack of evidence forces the only suspect's release. Knowing his child's life is at stake, the frantic Dover decides he has no choice but to take matters into his own hands. The desperate father will do whatever it takes to find the girls, but in doing so, may lose himself, begging the question: When do you cross the line between seeking justice and becoming a vigilante?

Directed by Denis Villeneuve from an original screenplay by Aaron Guzikowki, Prisoners opened this weekend in US theaters and opens in German theaters October 10, 2013.

This Week's Amazon TV Deal of the Week: It Takes a Thief, The Complete Series

This week's Amazon TV Deal of the Week is the complete series of It Takes a Thief.

Smooth, suave and sophisticated, Alexander Mundy (Robert Wagner) is the world's greatest cat burglar. Now, he's plying his trade as the SIA's most debonair spy — traipsing the globe, seducing beautiful women and embezzling fortunes, all on behalf of Uncle Sam and the U.S. government.

International locales, gorgeous women, guest stars galore … this classic spy drama aired for three seasons on ABC from January 1968 through March 1970.

This week only, save 58% on It Takes a Thief: The Complete Series, available on DVD. Offer ends September 28th, 2013.

New Poster for Suspense Thriller Oldboy

A new poster has been released by FilmDistrict for the suspense thriller Oldboy (right; click for larger image). The tagline: "As not why you were imprisoned. Ask why you were set free."

An advertising executive (Josh Brolin) is kidnapped and held hostage for 20 years in solitary confinement. When he is inexplicably released, he embarks on an obsessive mission to discover who orchestrated his punishment, only to find he is still trapped in a web of conspiracy and torment. His quest for revenge leads him into an ill-fated relationship with a young social worker (Elizabeth Olsen) and ultimately to an illusive man (Sharlto Copley), who allegedly holds the key to his salvation.

Directed by Spike Lee from an adapted screenplay by Mark Protosevich and based on the manga by Garon Tsuchiya and Nobuaki Minegishi, Oldboy opens in theaters November 27, 2013.

A New MystereBook: Murder for Neptune's Trident by Victoria LK Williams

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 …

Murder for Neptune's Trident by Victoria LK Williams is the first in a cozy series and introduces Megan Cassidy, owner of Concierge Services of Citrus Beach.

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Murder for Neptune's Trident by Victoria LK Williams
A Citrus Beach Mystery
Publisher: Victoria LK Williams
Publication Date: September 21, 2013

A simple errand for a client of Concierge Services of Citrus Beach leads owner Megan Cassidy into more trouble that she could have ever thought possible … before she knows what has happened, she has become the witness to a murder and a target for bullets and speeding trucks. Who knew there could be so much going on in this little southern town, where your neighbors watched your back and "Mom & Pop" businesses populated Main Street?

When the town's lead Councilman brings in outside help in the form of an FBI Consultant and family friend, Aiden Tory, to solve the murder of his nephew, Megan joins forces with him to figure out just what has been going on along the Florida shores of this tropical paradise. But Aiden is used to working in a large city where rules and regulations are more important than a person's feelings and that is not something that Megan can stand by and watch happen to her friends. After their clash of personalities and styles are smoothed out, Aiden discovers that Megan is an asset with her knowledge of the ins and outs of living in a small southern town and her close connections with the inhabitant of Citrus beach, from the Sheriff to the town's Matriarch. Not only are they working well together, but sparks of a different kind start to kindle. Could there be the hint of romance in the tropic air?

  

Blood Drama, A Suspense Thriller by Christopher Meeks, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Blood Drama by Christopher Meeks, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, White Whisker Books.

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 (09/22/2013 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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Blood Drama by Christopher Meeks
A Suspense Thriller
Publisher: White Whisker Books

Graduate student Ian Nash, after losing his girlfriend, gets dropped from a Ph.D. program in theatre. When he stops at a local coffee shop in the lobby of a bank to apply for a job, the proverbial organic matter hits the fan. A gang of four robs the bank, and things get bloody. Ian is taken hostage by the robbers when the police show up. Now he has to save his life.

FBI Special Agent Aleece Medina's analysis of the bloody bank heist drives her into the pursuit of a robbery gang headed by two women. She doesn't anticipate how this robbery will pit her against both the bandits and the male higher-ups in the FBI while the media heats up during a giant manhunt.

The robbers are about to kill Ian, and all he has at hand is his knowledge of the stage.

  

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Mr. E. Reviews Gangster Squad

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This is one of those movies that probably won't meet your expectations, whatever they may be. I went in not expecting much, and I was surprised by how much I enjoyed it. It's not a great film, but it does have a polished look to it that shines over the really quite pedestrian script.

Read the full text of our review at Mr. E. Reviews Gangster Squad.

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Mr. E. Reviews is your source for mystery, suspense, thriller, and crime drama reviews of television and film.

Two Novels of Romantic Suspense by Melinda Leigh, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature two novels of romantic suspense by Melinda Leigh, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Montlake Romance.

The ebook format of these titles were priced at $1.99 each from the listed vendors (below) as of the date and time of this post (09/22/2013 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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Midnight Exposure by Melinda Leigh
A Novel of Romantic Suspense
Publisher: Montlake Romance

Point, click, die …

When two hikers disappear, their hometown in Maine blames the blinding storms. But the truth is far more sinister. Unaware of the danger, tabloid photographer Jayne Sullivan follows an anonymous tip to find the most reclusive sculptor in the art world. Instead, she finds sexy handyman Reed Kimball — and a small town full of fatal secrets.

Five years ago, Reed buried his homicide detective career along with his wife. But when a hiker is found dead, the local police chief asks Reed for help. Why was a Celtic coin found under the body? And where is the second hiker? Avoiding the media, Reed doesn't need a murder, a missing person, or a nosey photographer. Then Jayne is attacked, and her courage is his undoing. Reed must risk everything to protect her and find a cunning killer.

  

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Midnight Sacrifice by Melinda Leigh
A Novel of Romantic Suspense
Publisher: Montlake Romance

Four months ago, a ruthless murderer killed two people and kidnapped three more, including Danny Sullivan's sister, who barely escaped. Unfortunately so did the killer, vanishing without a trace into the vast wilderness. When the police fail to find his sister's captor, Danny returns to Maine to hunt him down.

He begins his search with another survivor, bed and breakfast owner Mandy Brown, but her refusal to cooperate raises Danny's suspicions. What is the beautiful innkeeper hiding?

Mandy Brown has a secret. But sexy Danny Sullivan, his relentless questions, and the desire that simmers between them threaten to expose the truth. A revelation that puts her family in danger. As more people disappear, it becomes clear the killer is planning another ritual … and that he's circling in on Mandy.

  

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The Shogun's Daughter by Laura Joh Rowland, New in Bookstores This Week

Today's new hardcover mystery title, scheduled to be published this week by Minotaur Books, is The Shogun's Daughter by Laura Joh Rowland.

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 Shogun's Daughter
Laura Joh Rowland
Series: Sano Ichiro (17th)

Japan, 1704. In an elegant mansion a young woman named Tsuruhime lies on her deathbed, attended by her nurse. Smallpox pustules cover her face. Incense burns, to banish the evil spirits of disease. After Tsuruhime takes her last breath, the old woman watching from the doorway says, "Who's going to tell the Shogun his daughter is dead?"

The death of the Shogun's daughter has immediate consequences on his regime. There will be no grandchild to leave the kingdom. Faced with his own mortality and beset by troubles caused by the recent earthquake, he names as his heir Yoshisato, the seventeen-year-old son he only recently discovered was his. Until five months ago, Yoshisato was raised as the illegitimate son of Yanagisawa, the shogun's favorite advisor. Yanagisawa is also the longtime enemy of Sano Ichiro.

Sano doubts that Yoshisato is really the Shogun's son, believing it's more likely a power-play by Yanagisawa. When Sano learns that Tsuruhime's death may have been a murder, he sets off on a dangerous investigation that leads to more death and destruction as he struggles to keep his pregnant wife, Reiko, and his son safe. Instead, he and his family become the accused. And this time, they may not survive the day.

      

Teaser Poster for Fox's Near-Future Crime Drama Almost Human

A teaser poster has been released by Fox for its upcoming near-future crime drama Almost Human (right; click for larger image). The tagline: "Some cops are born. Others are made."

The year is 2048. Meet John Kennex (Karl Urban), a cop who survived one of the most catastrophic attacks ever made against the police department. After waking up from a 17-month coma, he can't remember much — except that his partner was killed; his girlfriend left him after the attack; and he lost one of his legs and is now outfitted with a highly sophisticated synthetic appendage.

John returns to work at the behest of longtime ally Captain Sandra Maldonado (Lili Taylor). By mandate, every cop must partner with a robot. His new partner: Dorian (Michael Ealy), a discontinued android with unexpected emotional responses. Although such responses were deemed flaws, it is in these "flaws" that John relates to Dorian most. After all, John is part-machine now, and Dorian is part-human. John and Dorian's understanding of each other not only complements them, it connects them.

Almost Human premieres on Monday, November 4th at 8 PM ET/PT.

MystereBooks: No Show by Simon Wood, 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 No Show by Simon Wood. This Kindle book was listed at $1.99 as of the date and time of this post, Sunday, September 22, 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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No Show by Simon Wood
A Novel of Suspense
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer

Read our review of No Show by Simon Wood

Englishman Terry Sheffield has just arrived in San Francisco to start his new life with Sarah, the investigative journalist he married after a transatlantic love affair. But Sarah never shows up at the airport …

When Terry reports his wife as missing, the police chalk it up to a new bride with cold feet. Then one murdered woman after another turns up, all with something in common: they had exposed scandals just before their deaths … and their names appear on a list that Sarah composed. As a journalist, Sarah's exposed her share of scandals, and Terry realizes that she's not missing — she's on the run.

To find her before the killer does, Terry must explore the dark recesses of his new homeland and rely on the help of some new friends. But as his search brings him closer to finding Sarah, Terry realizes she's very different from the woman he thought he married.

  

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The Rocky Bluff P. D. Mysteries by F. M. Meredith, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature all nine titles in the "Rocky Bluff P. D." series by F. M. Meredith, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Oak Tree Press.

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 (09/22/2013 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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Final Respects by F. M. Meredith
A Rocky Bluff P. D. Mystery (1st in series)
Publisher: Oak Tree Press

Mortician Stuart Honich dreams about sinking his teeth into the flesh of his tormentors — his boss's daughters.

Being a cop was something Doug Milligan wanted since childhood, but his wife hates his profession and Doug will soon have to make a difficult choice.

Publicity hound, Rick Strickland, will do anything to further his career, and is having a secret affair with Liz Phelan, a divorcee with a drinking problem.

The murder of the Milligans' babysitter begins a series of events that could lead to the destruction of the entire Rocky Bluff Police department as well as many innocent citizens.

  

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Bad Tidings by F. M. Meredith
A Rocky Bluffs P. D. Mystery (2nd in series)
Publisher: Oak Tree Press

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Fringe Benefits by F. M. Meredith
(3rd in series)
Publisher: Oak Tree Press

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Smell of Death by F. M. Meredith
(4th in series)
Publisher: Oak Tree Press

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No Sanctuary by F. M. Meredith
(5th in series)
Publisher: Oak Tree Press

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An Axe To Grind by F. M. Meredith
(6th in series)
Publisher: Oak Tree Press

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Angel Lost by F. M. Meredith
(7th in series)
Publisher: Oak Tree Press

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No Bells by F. M. Meredith
(8th in series)
Publisher: Oak Tree Press

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Dangerous Impulses by F. M. Meredith
(9th in series)
Publisher: Oak Tree Press

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