The Dagger Before Me by Heather Haven is Today's Third Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Dagger Before Me by Heather Haven as today's third free mystery ebook (The Persephone Cole Vintage Mysteries; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, October 15, 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 Dagger Before Me
Heather Haven
The Persephone Cole Vintage Mysteries
Publisher: The Wives of Bath

In 1942, no one had heard of a female shamus — not even in New York City — until now. Meet Percy Cole, a newly inaugurated private investigator with a penchant for Marlene Dietrich suits, pistachio nuts, and men's fedoras.

Halloween finds her backstage, during the previews of the latest Broadway production of Shakespeare's Macbeth, where there's double, double, toil and trouble. When an actor falls from the overhead catwalk and breaks his neck, it's only the latest in a series of catastrophes fueling the lore and superstition surrounding Macbeth and its supernatural power since the play's creation in 1606.

In desperation, the producer hires the lady dick to save the show from closing. Armed only with her noodle and a WWI German Mauser pistol, Percy is not sure which is worse, having someone try to kill her or being foisted into the role of Witch Number Two. Is the centuries-old curse coming true or is a killer out to strike terror into the cast and crew of the Scottish play? Percy intends to strike back before anyone else dies.

  

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Place of Fear by Ken Pelham is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Place of Fear by Ken Pelham as today's second free mystery ebook (A Carson Grant Mystery; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, October 15, 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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Place of Fear
Ken Pelham
A Carson Grant Mystery
Publisher: Ken Pelham

Deep in the rainforest of Guatemala, a missing scientist, long given up for dead, languishes in a lightless prison cell. Fueled by a powerful, unknown narcotic, his senses are on fire; he can feel them expanding far beyond human bounds, even as the drug tears at his sanity.

Upon learning that his friend is alive, Carson Grant mounts a frenzied rescue before the appointed time of execution. While a cutthroat band of looters, seeking easy riches, closes in for the kill, Grant stumbles onto the remnant of a mysterious hybrid civilization intent on destroying anyone that threatens to expose it. Trapped and desperate, Grant entrusts his team's survival into the hands of a young Maya cop and his beautiful, haunted sister.

  

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Perception by Brian D. Meeks is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Perception by Brian D. Meeks as today's free mystery ebook (The Henry Wood Detective Series; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, October 15, 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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Perception
Brian D. Meeks
The Henry Wood Detective Series
Publisher: Brian D. Meeks

As spring winds down there is only one thing on Henry's mind … baseball. Opening day, 1955, is just around the corner and foremost in Henry's thoughts. He just wants to watch his beloved Brooklyn Dodgers and relax. Is that too much to ask?

The CIA, KGB, and a cabal of businessmen have their own agenda, and soon Henry stumbles into their world when he agrees to look into the open and shut case of suicide by Daniel Kupton.

  

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Devlin's Light by Mariah Stewart is Today's Nook Daily Find

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Devlin's Light by Mariah Stewart as today's Barnes & Noble Nook Daily Find.

The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Tuesday, October 15, 2013.

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

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Devlin's Light
Mariah Stewart
A Novel of Romantic Suspense
Pocket Books

Though India Devlin left her hometown to pursue a brilliant career as a criminal prosecutor, she has always loved historic Devlin's Light, visiting as often as her busy schedule permits. But when her brother is found murdered on the steps of the lighthouse — the town's namesake — she returns to uncover who killed Ry. When her brother's good friend, Nick Enright, offers to help in her investigation, India accepts — after all, he's the one who found Ry that night, and heard his mysterious last words.

As the list of suspects begins to narrow, India and Nick find themselves undeniably drawn to each other — a feeling India isn't sure she is ready to admit. Soon a wonderful new emotion is glowing at Devlin's Light — a sweet, irresistible, very mutual attraction — intensifying with each wave that crashes on the beach of the enchanting town by the bay …

 

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Three Mysteries by T. R. Ragan is Today's Kindle Daily Deal

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Three Lizzy Gardner Mysteries by T. R. Ragan as today's Amazon Kindle Daily Deal.

The deal price of $0.99 each is valid only for today, Tuesday, October 15, 2013. We're highlighting the first in the series, below; use this link to see all three titles.

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Abducted
T. R. Ragan
A Lizzy Gardner Mystery
Thomas & Mercer

When Lizzy Gardner was only seventeen, what should have been the perfect night became the perfect nightmare. Kidnapped just blocks from home after a romantic evening with her boyfriend, Jared, she woke up to find herself at the mercy of a depraved serial killer. Imprisoned and tormented for months by the maniac she came to know as Spiderman, Lizzy narrowly escaped, the only one of his victims to survive. But Spiderman escaped too, outwitting police and cursing Lizzy to spend her life looking over her shoulder …

Fourteen years later, Lizzy is a private investigator who teaches self-defense to teenage girls in her free time. She does what she can to help others protect themselves and to forget the horror of her ordeal, yet fears she will always be known as "the one who got away". Then she receives a phone call from Jared, now a special agent for the FBI, with grim news. The killer has resurfaced, this time with a very specific target — Lizzy. And he’s made it clear that she will not escape him again. So begins a chilling game of cat-and-mouse, a terrifying, heart-pounding hunt that only one will survive.

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Today's Mystery and Suspense Update from Big Fish Games (131015)

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

• The New Release is Legacy: Witch Island.

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

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Today's New Release is Legacy: Witch Island

An ordinary hot air balloon ride turns extraordinary when you accidentally wind up on a mysterious island. When it is revealed that this mystical land is ruled by an evil witch, you begin to realize that your arrival is not a coincidence, and the loyal people of the island are depending on you to break the witch's spell. Explore the mysterious forest, rocky mountains, dark caves and high altitude lakes as you make your way through the picturesque sceneries of the land towards the witch's castle. Can you destroy the witch's curse and reveal the secrets of the ancient prophecy?

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

Review: A Blind Goddess by James R. Benn

A Mysterious Review of A Blind Goddess by James R. Benn. A Billy Boyle, World War II Mystery.

Review summary: This is a gripping, exciting entry in this outstanding series. The disparate storylines are clever and credible in their setup and execution, deft in their handling of racial intolerance by Americans of Americans during World War II, resulting in a superior mystery that fans of the series will thoroughly enjoy. (Click here for text of full review.)

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A Blind Goddess
James R. Benn
A Billy Boyle, World War II Mystery
Soho Crime (September 2013)

Publisher synopsis: March, 1944: US Army Lieutenant Billy Boyle, back in England after a dangerous mission in Italy, is due for a little R&R, and also a promotion. But the now-Captain Boyle doesn't get to kick back and enjoy his leisure time because two upsetting cases fall into his lap at once.

The first is a personal request from an estranged friend: Sergeant Eugene "Tree" Jackson, who grew up with Billy in Boston, is part of the 617th Tank Destroyers, the all-African American battalion poised to make history by being the US Army's first combatant African American company. But making history isn't easy, and the 617th faces racism at every turn. One of Tree's men, a gunner named Angry Smith, has been arrested for a crime he almost certainly didn't commit, and faces the gallows if the real killer isn't found. Tree knows US top brass won't care about justice in this instance, and asks Billy if he'll look into it.

But Billy can't use any of his leave to investigate, because British intelligence agent Major Cosgrove puts him on a bizarre and delicate case. A British accountant has been murdered in an English village, and he may or may not have had some connection with the US Army — Billy doesn't know, because Cosgrove won't tell him. Billy is supposed to go into the village and investigate the murder, but everything seems fishy — he's not allowed to interrogate certain key witnesses, and his friends and helpers keep being whisked away. Billy is confused about whether Cosgrove even wants him to solve the murder, and why.

The good news is the mysterious murder gives Billy an excuse to spend time in and around the village where Tree and his unit are stationed. If he's lucky, maybe he can get to the bottom of both mysteries — and save more than one innocent life.

      

A New MystereBook: A Temporary Ghost by Michaela Thompson

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 during October 2013 priced $3.99 or less …

A Temporary Ghost by Michaela Thompson is the second mystery in this cozy series set in Provence, where Georgia Lee Maxwell has a ghost-writing gig. She's living the dream … until the killing starts …

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A Temporary Ghost by Michaela Thompson
A Georgia Lee Maxwell Mystery
Publisher: booksBnimble
Publication Date: October 12, 2013

Georgia Lee Maxwell leaves her new home in Paris for Provence, where she's been offered a lucrative ghost-writing job. But her co-author, suspected murderess Vivien Howard, the widow of a wealthy New York financier, seems strangely uninterested in writing her memoir. Vivian was widely believed to have murdered her husband but was never charged with the crime, and now she promises to tell all.

Amid the beauties of Provence, settled in, a charming renovated farmhouse, Georgia Lee finds a household full of ill-feeling, not to mention suspicious characters — Vivien's handsome artist lover, Ross; her neurotic daughter, Blanche; and Pedro Ruiz, a mysterious housekeeper who has accompanied them from New York.

Frustrated by Vivien's lack of cooperation and unnerved by threatening letters, Georgia Lee soon realizes that she has become a player in a more dangerous game than she could have imagined.

And then there's another murder …

  

Front Page Fatality, A Nichelle Clarke, Headlines in High Heels Mystery by LynDee Walker, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Front Page Fatality by LynDee Walker, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Henery Press.

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 (10/14/2013 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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Front Page Fatality by LynDee Walker
A Nichelle Clarke, Headlines in High Heels Mystery (1st in series)
Publisher: Henery Press

Crime reporter Nichelle Clarke's days can flip from macabre to comical with a beep of her police scanner. Then an ordinary accident story turns extraordinary when evidence goes missing, a prosecutor vanishes, and a sexy Mafia boss shows up with the headline tip of a lifetime.

As Nichelle gets closer to the truth, her story gets more dangerous. Armed with a notebook, a hunch, and her favorite stilettos, Nichelle races to splash these shady dealings across the front page before this deadline becomes her last.

      

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A Pedigree To Die For, A Melanie Travis Mystery by Laurien Berenson, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature A Pedigree To Die For by Laurien Berenson, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Kensington.

The ebook format of this title was priced at $1.99 from the listed vendors (below) as of the date and time of this post (10/14/2013 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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A Pedigree To Die For by Laurien Berenson
A Melanie Travis Mystery (1st in series)
Publisher: Kensington

Melanie Travis's life is going to the dogs. With school out for the summer, a stint as a camp counselor falling through, and her sometime boyfriend dumping her for a Las Vegas chorus girl, the thirty-something Connecticut teacher and single mother figures that things can't get any worse.

She figures wrong …

Everyone knew that Melanie's Uncle Max had a weak heart. When Aunt Peg finds him dead on the cold floor of their championship kennel, surrounded by eleven whining, prize-winning Standard poodles, she isn't shocked … and doesn't panic. But Melanie is surprised when, three days after the funeral, Peg shows up seeking her help. One of her prize pooches is missing — and it's beginning to look like Max's sudden demise is more a matter of … murder.

With her four-year-old son Davey happily ensconced in day camp, Melanie manages to maneuver herself into Connecticut's elite canine circles. Posing as a poodle breeder in search of the perfect stud, she mingles with sophisticated exhibitors and professional handlers … and soon starts feeling a little out of her class. Until she meets Sam Driver. Although the irresistibly attractive breeder is soon wooing her with seductive candle lit dinners, Melanie resolves to be wary.

Then the killer strikes again, and Melanie realizes that she has been barking up the wrong tree. As events — mysterious and romantic — culminate in the celebrated Westminster Dog Show, she suddenly finds herself on a long leash of intrigue and greed … hot on the scent of a chilling secret to die for.

    

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Behind the Shattered Glass by Tasha Alexander, New in Bookstores This Week

Today's new hardcover mystery title, scheduled to be published this week by Minotaur Books, is Behind the Shattered Glass by Tasha Alexander.

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

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Behind the Shattered Glass
Tasha Alexander
Series: Lady Emily Ashton (8th)

Anglemore Park is the ancestral home of Lady Emily Hargreave's husband Colin. But the stately calm of country life is destroyed when their neighbor, the Marquess of Montagu, bursts through the French doors from the garden and falls down dead in front of the shocked gathering. But who has a motive for murdering the young aristocrat? The lovely cousin who was threatened by his engagement, the Oxford friend he falsely accused of cheating, the scheming vicar's daughter he shamelessly seduced or the relative no one knew existed who appears to claim the Montagu title? Who is the mysterious woman seen walking with him moments before he was brutally attacked?

The trail takes readers into the gilded world of a British manor house and below stairs to the servants who know all the secrets. One family's hidden past and a forbidden passion are the clues to a puzzle only Lady Emily can solve.

      

MystereBooks: Starvation Lake by Bryan Gruley, 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 Starvation Lake by Bryan Gruley. This Kindle book was listed at $1.99 as of the date and time of this post, Monday, October 14, 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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Starvation Lake by Bryan Gruley
A Gus Carpenter Mystery
Publisher: Touchstone

Read our review of Starvation Lake by Bryan Gruley

In the dead of a Michigan winter, pieces of a snowmobile wash up near the crumbling, small town of Starvation Lake — the same snowmobile that went down with Starvation's legendary hockey coach years earlier. But everybody knows Coach Blackburn's accident happened five miles away on a different lake. As rumors buzz about mysterious underground tunnels, the evidence from the snowmobile says one thing: murder.

Gus Carpenter, editor of the local newspaper, has recently returned to Starvation after a failed attempt to make it big at the Detroit Times. In his youth, Gus was the goalie who let a state championship get away, crushing Coach's dreams and earning the town's enmity. Now he's investigating the murder of his former coach. But even more unsettling to Gus are the holes in the town's past and the gnawing suspicion that those holes may conceal some dark and disturbing secrets secrets that some of the people closest to him may have killed to keep.

      

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Black, An Artemus Black Mystery by Russell Blake, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Black by Russell Blake, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Reprobatio Ltd..

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 (10/14/2013 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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Black by Russell Blake
An Artemus Black Mystery (1st in series)
Publisher: Reprobatio Ltd.

Artemus Black. Perennially down-on-his-luck Hollywood PI whose Bogie fixation is as dated as his wardrobe. With an assistant who mocks him relentlessly, an obese cat that loathes him, a romantic life that's deader than Elvis, money problems, booze, nicotine, and anger management issues, how much worse can it get?

When he takes a case that's supposed to be easy money working for a celebrity whose colleagues and surrounding paparazzi are dropping faster than interest in the star's big comeback, the cakewalk turns ugly and Black finds himself in a web of deceit, betrayal, and murder — and bad hair days.

  

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