Ancient Enemy by Mark Lukens is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Ancient Enemy by Mark Lukens as today's second free mystery ebook (A Suspense Thriller; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, October 29, 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.

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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Ancient Enemy
Mark Lukens
A Suspense Thriller
Publisher: Mark Lukens

It's been asleep for centuries, and now it's awake. It wants things … and you have to give it what it wants …

Seven hundred years ago the Anasazi people built massive cities in what is now the Southwestern United States … and then they vanished.

Stella, an archaeologist specializing in Anasazi culture, and David, a mysterious Navajo boy, are on the run from something terrifying. As they flee up into the snowy mountains of Colorado, they are carjacked by criminals. Caught in a blizzard, they must take refuge in what they believe is an abandoned cabin. It's there that they will face horrors beyond their imagination.

  

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Murder Once Removed by Roz Russell is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Murder Once Removed by Roz Russell as today's free mystery ebook (A Crime Thriller; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, October 29, 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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Murder Once Removed
Roz Russell
A Crime Thriller
Publisher: Roz Russell

The truth can set you free … or get you killed …

Investigative reporter Jessica Curtis's life is about to turn upside down. Joe Taylor, her mentor for the past six years, is killed while investigating the murder of a high-profile Santa Fe art dealer and construction entrepreneur. Sensing the two are connected and determined to find her friend's killer, Jessica picks up the investigation where Joe left off and is quickly ensnared in the complex Santa Fe art world full of treachery, greed, and power — and deep connections to the world of politics.

When the number of possible killers increases the number of people Jessica can trust quickly dwindles — including the enigmatic artist she has begun an affair with. As the tension mounts and body count rises, Jessica must answer the ultimate question: can she solve the case before the killer adds her to the list of victims?

  

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Another Little Piece by Kate Karyus Quinn is Today's Kindle Daily Deal

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Another Little Piece by Kate Karyus Quinn as today's Amazon Kindle Daily Deal.

The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Tuesday, October 29, 2013.

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Another Little Piece
Kate Karyus Quinn
A Supernatural Thriller for Teens
HarperTeen

A broken girl … a desperate choice …

On a cool autumn night, Annaliese Rose Gordon stumbled out of the woods and into a high school party. She was screaming. Drenched in blood. Then she vanished.

A year later, Annaliese is found wandering down a road hundreds of miles away. She doesn't know who she is. She doesn't know how she got there. She only knows one thing: She is not the real Annaliese Rose Gordon.

Now Annaliese is haunted by strange visions and broken memories. Memories of a reckless, desperate wish … a bloody razor … and the faces of other girls who disappeared. Piece by piece, Annaliese's fractured memories come together to reveal a violent, endless cycle that she will never escape — unless she can unlock the twisted secrets of her past.

Important Note: This book was listed at the price mentioned above 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.

Today's Mystery and Suspense Update from Big Fish Games (131029)

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

• The Featured Title is League of Light: Dark Omens.

• The Daily Deal is Halloween: The Pirate's Curse, just $2.99 today only!

• The current Catch of the Week is Grim Tales: The Wishes, just $2.99 through Sunday, November 03, 2013 only.

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

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Today's Featured Title is League of Light: Dark Omens

The year is 1866. You've travelled for days to reach a castle hidden deep in the Carpathian Mountains only to discover you've been asked to join the mysterious League of Light, a secret group dedicated to fighting dark forces. You've barely said yes before you're sent on your first mission, to investigate a beast that is terrorizing the mountain village of Sorrow's Well. Is this beast real? Who's behind it? What's really going on in the Dark Lord's castle on the hill? No one ever said being in the League would be easy! Face supernatural beasts in this dark 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 Halloween: The Pirate's Curse

Everybody is having fun at the Halloween fair until a nefarious pirate captain casts a ghostly spell over the festivities transforming the revelry into a spooky and spectral affair. As you and your friends find yourselves trapped you must explore the haunted landscape to find the pirate captain responsible. Will you be able to save the fair and expel the curse?

A sample version is available to download and play for free for one hour. You can purchase this game today only — Tuesday, October 29, 2013 — for $2.99.

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The current Catch of the Week is Grim Tales: The Wishes

Be careful what you wish for! When her young son begins to wither and age before her eyes, your sister desperately requests your help. You arrive to discover that a deadly bargain has been made. You must set things right before your nephew pays the terrible price!

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, November 03, 2013.

New Trailer for HBO Series True Detective

A second trailer has been released by HBO for its new crime drime True Detective (embedded, below).

In 2012, Louisiana State Police Detectives Rust Cohle (Matthew McConaughey) and Martin Hart (Woody Harrelson) are brought in to revisit a homicide case they worked in 1995. As the inquiry unfolds in present day through separate interrogations, the two former detectives narrate the story of their investigation, reopening unhealed wounds, and drawing into question their supposed solving of a bizarre ritualistic murder in 1995. The timelines braid and converge in 2012 as each man is pulled back into a world they believed they'd left behind. In learning about each other and their killer, it becomes clear that darkness lives on both sides of the law.

True Detective premieres January 12, 2014.

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A New MystereBook: Skeleton's Key by Stacy Green

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 …

Skeleton's Key by Stacy Green is the second mystery in this "Delta Crossroads" series set in Mississippi.

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Skeleton's Key by Stacy Green
A Delta Crossroads Mystery
Publisher: Misterio Press
Publication Date: October 27, 2013

Cage Foster can't catch a break. The discovery of a dusty skeleton in the antebellum home he's caring for is bad enough. But the unearthing of two fresh bodies, buried during his tenure at Ironwood Plantation, may land Cage on Mississippi's death row. Even worse, the one person certain of his innocence is a pushy Yankee newcomer, a woman who talks too fast and still believes in the romance of the Old South.

Dani Evans intends to restore Ironwood to its former glory while she rebuilds her life. Death, hidden treasure, and falling in love with a murder suspect were not part of the plan. The lure of the infamous Ironwood treasure cache convinces Dani the skeleton is the key to unraveling the legend, and that the treasure itself is the motive for the murders. Dani believes she can find the truth before Cage is arrested, but her search for answers will uncover a descent into madness that should have stayed buried.

    

Plague Maker, A Suspense Thriller by Tim Downs, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Plague Maker by Tim Downs, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Thomas Nelson.

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 (10/28/2013 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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Plague Maker by Tim Downs
A Suspense Thriller
Publisher: Thomas Nelson

July 4th, New York City …

Hundreds of thousands line the banks of the East and Hudson Rivers awaiting the nation's largest fireworks display. Soon the sky will explode in cascading showers of silver and gold. Everywhere, faces will turn skyward in wide-eyed wonder.

Then the sky will grow dark again — but it will not be empty. The air will be filled with clouds of smoke and specks of debris will rain down everywhere. Some will pick bits of paper from their children's hair. Some will brush away still-burning sparks or embers. And some will absentmindedly scratch at the tiny, biting specks that dot their necks and arms.

Will the beginning of the show mark the beginning of the end?

That's what FBI agent Nathan Donovan must decide. When he is forced to enlist the help of ex-wife Macy Monroe, and expert in the psychology of terrorism, the fireworks really begin — but she may be the only one who can help him stop the Plague maker in time.

      

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Telemystery: Cinemax Orders 4th and Final Season of Strike Back

With its third season just concluded, Cinemax has ordered a fourth season of Strike Back while also announcing that it will be the final season of the series.

The 10-episode season is scheduled to film in Europe and Asia and will air in late 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.

The List, A Suspense Thriller by Robert Whitlow, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The List by Robert Whitlow, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Thomas Nelson.

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 (10/28/2013 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 List by Robert Whitlow
A Suspense Thriller
Publisher: Thomas Nelson

In a world of secrets, where evil has reigned for over a hundred years, the power of an ancient covenant will change the life of one man forever …

As a struggling young attorney fresh out of law school, Renny Jacobson pines for the day he can afford the luxuries of the partners in his Charlotte firm. With news of his father's death and a secret inheritance, Renny's life will surely change forever. But the clandestine society that provides the inheritance soon threatens to change him in more ways than one.

Renny's life, and the life of the woman he loves, depend on supernatural deliverance from the curse of The List.

    

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Mrs. Jeffries and the Merry Gentlemen by Emily Brightwell, New in Bookstores This Week

Today's new hardcover mystery title, scheduled to be published this week by Berkley Hardcover, is Mrs. Jeffries and the Merry Gentlemen by Emily Brightwell.

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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Mrs. Jeffries and the Merry Gentlemen
Emily Brightwell
Series: Mrs. Jeffries (33rd)

Orlando Edison is a stockbroker using London's infatuation with foreign mining ventures to make a fortune. He has curried favor with the nation's most respected aristocrats, even inviting three of the most influential investors in England — known as the Merry Gentlemen — to be part of his latest enterprise.

Despite his mysterious past, Edison is now welcomed in the highest circles and moves with ease among the rich and powerful. Yet a few days before Christmas, he is found sprawled across his doorstep, murdered. Charismatic and charming, Edison was kind to his servants and generous with his friends. Why would someone want him dead?

Inspector Witherspoon and his household are all looking forward to the festive season. Witherspoon is eager to spend time with his godchild. Wiggins, the footman, is infatuated with football and would rather cheer goals than chase down clues. And Mrs. Goodge longs to bake recipes from the latest cookbooks. But they all know their duty, and led by the intrepid Mrs. Jeffries, they plan to see justice served for the holidays …

      

Erin Kelly to Co-Write Novel Adaptation of British Crime Drama Broadchurch

The creator and screenwriter for the British crime drama Broadchurch is teaming up with suspense novelist Erin Kelly to write a novel based on the show.

"The day after Broadchurch finished, a woman stopped me on West Bay beach and asked me, When's the book coming out?" said Chris Chibnall. "Now I have an answer. Even better, we have one of Britain's best psychological thriller authors at the helm."

The untitled novel is scheduled to be published in August 2014.

Chibnall is also writing the premiere episode of the US adaptation of the series recently ordered by Fox. A second season of the UK version has been ordered by ITV.

MystereBooks: The Doll by Taylor Stevens, 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 Doll by Taylor Stevens. This Kindle book was listed at $2.99 as of the date and time of this post, Monday, October 28, 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 Doll by Taylor Stevens
A Vanessa Michael Munroe Thriller
Publisher: Broadway Books

Haunted by a life of violence and as proficient with languages as she is with knives, Vanessa Michael Munroe, chameleon and hunter, has built her life on a reputation for getting things done — dangerous and often not-quite-legal things. Born to missionary parents in lawless Africa, taken under the tutelage of gunrunners, and tortured by one of the jungle's most brutal men, Munroe was forced to do whatever it took to stay alive.

The ability to survive, fight, adapt, and blend has since taken her across the globe on behalf of corporations, heads of state, and the few private clients who can afford her unique brand of expertise, and these abilities have made her enemies.

On a busy Dallas street, Munroe is kidnapped by an unseen opponent and thrust into an underground world where women and girls are merchandise and a shadowy figure known as The Doll Maker controls her every move. While trusted friends race to unravel where she is and why she was taken, everything pivots on one simple choice: Munroe must use her unique set of skills to deliver a high-profile young woman into the same nightmare that she once endured, or condemn to torture and certain death the one person she loves above all else.

Driven by the violence that has made her what she is, cut off from help, and with attempts to escape predicted and prevented, Munroe will hunt for openings, for solutions, and a way to strike back at a man who holds all the cards. Because only one thing is certain: she cannot save everyone.

      

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Three, A Psychological Thriller by Ted Dekker, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Three by Ted Dekker, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Thomas Nelson.

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 (10/28/2013 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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Three by Ted Dekker
A Psychological Thriller
Publisher: Thomas Nelson

Enter a world where nothing is what it seems. Where your closest friend could be your greatest enemy.

Kevin Parson is driving his car late one summer day when, suddenly, his cell phone rings. A man who identifies himself as Slater speaks in a breathy voice: You have exactly three minutes to confess your sin to the world. Refuse, and the car you're driving will blow sky high.

Kevin panics. Who would make such a call? What sin? Kevin ditches the car. Precisely three minutes later, a massive explosion sets his world on a collision course with madness.

      

Important Note: This book was 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.

A New MystereBook: Dismount and Murder by Jacqueline T. Lynch

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 …

Dismount and Murder by Jacqueline T. Lynch is the third mystery in the "Double V" series featuring Juliet Van Allen and Elmer Vartanian, casual partners in the business of murder.

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Dismount and Murder by Jacqueline T. Lynch
A Double V Mystery
Publisher: Jacqueline T. Lynch
Publication Date: October 26, 2013

Juliet and Elmer travel to fire-ravaged Bar Harbor, Maine, and the cool, green hills of Litchfield, Connecticut, in the summer of 1950. Elmer is called in by the heir of a wealthy estate to investigate his father's suspicious death.

A mansion and a stable full of suspects, it's murder among the horsey set as a horse show sets the pace for a weekend of suspense, intrigue, high fashion, and morals as low as they get.

  

Final Trailer for The Hunger Games Catching Fire

A new final — and very short — trailer has been released by Lionsgate for the thriller The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (embedded, below).

Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) has returned home safe after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games along with fellow tribute Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson). Winning means that they must turn around and leave their family and close friends, embarking on a "Victor's Tour" of the districts. Along the way Katniss senses that a rebellion is simmering, but the Capitol is still very much in control as President Snow (Donald Sutherland) prepares the 75th Annual Hunger Games (The Quarter Quell) — a competition that could change Panem forever.

Directed by Francis Lawrence from an adapted screenplay by Simon Beaufoy and Michael deBruyn and based on the YA thriller Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire opens in theaters November 22, 2013.

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