In a Small Town by Marc A. Di Giacomo is Today's Fifth Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature In a Small Town by Marc A. Di Giacomo as today's fifth free mystery ebook (The Small Town Series; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, November 16, 2013 at 7:50 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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In a Small Town
Marc A. Di Giacomo
The Small Town Series
Publisher:

The shotgun blast catches Detective Matt Longo by surprise. His world unravels into a nightmare that seemingly won't end. Murder, rapes, pedophiles, the small town of Hutchville, N.Y. is changing. It is up to him to make a difference.

While partner Donny Mello is in Italy attending a family funeral for someone "connected", a beautiful F.B.I. agent waits to question Donny about his family business. What will Matt learn from the Agent? Will Donny Mello return in time to help Matt Longo catch his shooter? More importantly, can Matt hide a potentially career-ending secret from his community, his brother, and most especially Agent Cynthia Shyler?

  

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Dragon Twins by Allison Cosgrove is Today's Fourth Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Dragon Twins by Allison Cosgrove as today's fourth free mystery ebook (A Stan Brookshire Mystery; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, November 16, 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.

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Dragon Twins
Allison Cosgrove
A Stan Brookshire Mystery
Publisher: Allison Cosgrove

Separated at birth … reunited by murder …

Behind the gates of an exclusive Lake City neighborhood, prominent businessman Don Chu's housekeeper has been brutally murdered and his teenage daughter taken. The high-profile case has the Mayor himself sending the case across Detective Stan Brookshire's desk. He barely has time to digest the details of the two sinister crimes before he's called to yet another disturbing scene.

This time, at the other end of the city, another murder and attempted kidnapping ring out with a similarity too convenient for coincidence. As the clues fall into place and the evidence mounts, Stan starts to see a pattern emerge. A DNA match, and the two cases now become one. With the help of an unexpected young ally, Stan begins his search for a victim that may still be alive. It's a race against the clock and across the globe that will test his skills to the absolute limit. Two murders. Two kidnappings. Twice the danger.

  

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Trader by J. M. Spear is Today's Third Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Trader by J. M. Spear as today's third free mystery ebook (A No Firewall Thriller; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, November 16, 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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Trader
J. M. Spear
A No Firewall Thriller
Publisher: J. M. Spear

Jack Lynch is a hedge fund manager and lothario who deals insider information. He juggles government, corporate, and Wall Street interests in his lucrative, corrupt schemes. One day, his determination to net a healthy profit proves to have irrevocable consequences, as his actions unleash a lethal drug upon the unsuspecting populace.

Many take the dangerous drug and Jack turns a healthy profit on the stocks he bought low and then sold high. Jack, however, knows that the stock price will soon fall as deaths related to the drug are being reported, but the news has not gone public yet. His underhanded dealings have their consequences, though, and he soon finds himself and the friends he colluded with — Teddy and Dinky — under investigation by the FDA, the FBI, and the SEC.

All the money in the world can't keep Jack safe as revenge waits in the wings.

  

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This Shattered Land by James N. Cook is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature This Shattered Land by James N. Cook as today's second free mystery ebook (A Surviving the Dead Novel; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, November 16, 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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This Shattered Land
James N. Cook
A Surviving the Dead Novel
Publisher: James N. Cook

Eric Riordan doesn't look for trouble, but trouble has a way of finding him …

Two years have passed since the Outbreak. Eric has survived by fleeing to the Appalachian Mountains and joining forces with Gabriel, a scarred war veteran and his oldest friend. But with supplies running low and enemies gathering, the two survivors are forced to leave their home and journey west to Colorado.

Along the way they will find unexpected allies, reunite with old friends, and make deadly new enemies. As difficult as life has been, the most dangerous times lie ahead.

Nothing is easy at the end of the world.

  

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No Human Involved by Barbara Seranella is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature No Human Involved by Barbara Seranella as today's free mystery ebook (A Munch Mancini Mystery; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, November 16, 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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No Human Involved
Barbara Seranella
A Munch Mancini Mystery
Publisher: Diversion Books

Munch Mancini is trying to get clean and get her act together, but when she becomes the prime suspect in a murder case, sobriety may be what gets her killed …

A former junkie-turned-auto mechanic, Miranda "Munch" Mancini just wants to make an honest living. But nothing in life is easy, and Munch's hopes for a new life are dashed when her abusive father turns up murdered, and Munch is the main suspect.

Staying clean is one thing, but staying off Detective Mace St. John's radar, especially when a series of gruesome murders all point to Munch as the culprit, may prove impossible. Her only hope is to cut a deal with the detective, putting her own life on the line to catch a killer.

But trust doesn't come easily for ex-junkies, or for cops. The impulse to betray this precarious alliance may be too strong for either to resist — and may get both of them killed.

  

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The Wayward Pines Books by Blake Crouch is Today's Kindle Daily Deal

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Wayward Pines Series Books by Blake Crouch as today's Amazon Kindle Daily Deal.

The deal price of $1.99 each is valid only for today, Saturday, November 16, 2013.

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Pines
Blake Crouch
The Wayward Pines Series
Thomas & Mercer

Secret service agent Ethan Burke arrives in Wayward Pines, Idaho, with a clear mission: locate and recover two federal agents who went missing in the bucolic town one month earlier. But within minutes of his arrival, Ethan is involved in a violent accident. He comes to in a hospital, with no ID, no cell phone, and no briefcase. The medical staff seems friendly enough, but something feels … off. As the days pass, Ethan's investigation into the disappearance of his colleagues turns up more questions than answers. Why can't he get any phone calls through to his wife and son in the outside world? Why doesn't anyone believe he is who he says he is? And what is the purpose of the electrified fences surrounding the town? Are they meant to keep the residents in? Or something else out?

Each step closer to the truth takes Ethan further from the world he thought he knew, from the man he thought he was, until he must face a horrifying fact — he may never get out of Wayward Pines alive.

Also available as the Kindle Daily Deal: the second book in the series, Wayward.

Read our review of Pines by Blake Crouch.

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Today's Mystery and Suspense Update from Big Fish Games (131116)

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

• The New Release is Otherworld: Shades of Fall.

• The Daily Deal is Zodiac Prophecies: The Serpent Bearer, just $2.99 today only!

• The current Catch of the Week is Written Legends: Nightmare at Sea, just $2.99 through Sunday, November 17, 2013 only.

• Today's Special Deal — This weekend only: Buy One Collector's Edition and Get a Second for Just $1.99! Select two Collector's Editions games, use coupon code PLAY and the second game will be just $1.99. Use as many times as you'd like. Offer valid through November 17th, 2013 only until 11:59 PM PT.

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

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The New Release today is Otherworld: Shades of Fall

Go on a quest to defeat an ancient evil. There's a magical world hidden beneath ours in this hidden-object puzzle adventure — but first you must gain the Sight to save it! The Shade is more powerful than ever, and magical creatures across the land tremble at the passing of the seasons. Continue the struggle with Fiona and the Storm Cat as fall sets in and discover secrets in both our world and in the Otherworld. Can you stop the Shade before the Eternal Winter arrives?

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

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Today's Daily Deal is Zodiac Prophecies: The Serpent Bearer

Born under the rare 13th zodiac sign, Ophiuchus, Amy had no idea she was destined to save a magical world. Having already trapped children of the other 12 zodiac signs, the Dark Lord now has his sights on conquering our world as well. Amy must gather her courage to free the children's souls and finally bring the Dark Lord's tyranny to an end in Zodiac Prophecies: The Serpent Bearer.

A sample version is available to download and play for free for one hour. You can purchase this game today only — Saturday, November 16, 2013 — for $2.99.

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The current Catch of the Week is Written Legends: Nightmare at Sea

A peaceful sea voyage with your father turns into a Nightmare at Sea when your ship is sunk by the legendary Davy Jones. As you begin to explore the bottom of the ocean, you will discover you are not the only one to suffer this fate. Uncover the secrets of Davy Jones as you meet the other lost souls he has trapped for eternity in this intense 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, November 17, 2013.

A New MystereBook Set: The Red Rock Collection by Taylor Lee

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 November 2013 priced $4.99 or less …

The Red Rock Collection by Taylor Lee is a collection of sexy, romantic suspense novels and short stories. Buy the collection now, which includes two novels and one short story, and you'll receive at no charge the next novel in the series plus two more short stories. Detailed instructions for how to receive the additional books are in the Afterword at the back of The Collection.

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The Red Rock Collection by Taylor Lee
Publisher: iDesire Publications
Publication Date: November 14, 2013
Price: $3.99 (as of 11/15/13 04:30 PM ET)

The Red Rock Collection includes:

• The Prequel Short Story "Code Name: Red Rock";
• The full length first book of the series, Red Rock Rises; and
• Red Rock's Revenge, the second full length book in the trilogy.

Buy the collection now and also receive in Winter 2014 …

• "Red Rock's Rebel Bridge" Short Story;
• The third novel, Red Rock's Redemption; and
• The Short Story Finale, "Red Rock Rules".

  

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Sleep With the Lights On, A Brown and de Luca Mystery by Maggie Shayne, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Sleep With the Lights On by Maggie Shayne, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Harlequin Mira.

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 (11/15/2013 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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Sleep With the Lights On by Maggie Shayne
A Brown and de Luca Mystery (1st in series)
Publisher: Harlequin Mira

Through the eyes of a killer …

Rachel de Luca has found incredible success writing self-help books. But her own blindness and the fact that her troubled brother has gone missing have convinced her that positive thinking is nothing but bull.

Her cynicism wavers when a cornea transplant restores her sight. The new eyes seem to give her new life, until they prove too good to be true and she starts seeing terrifying visions of brutal murders — crimes she soon learns are all too real.

Detective Mason Brown's own brother recently died, leaving behind a horrific secret. In atonement, Mason donated his brother's organs, though he's kept the fact quiet. Now he wants to help Rachel find her brother, but when he discovers the shocking connection between her visions and his own brother, he suddenly has to do everything in his power to save her from a predator who is somehow still hunting from beyond the grave.

    

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A New MystereBook: Too Late To Die by Bill Crider

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 November 2013 priced $4.99 or less …

Too Late To Die by Bill Crider introduces Sheriff Dan Rhodes of Blacklin County, Texas and was the winner of the 1987 Anthony Award for Best First Novel. Use this link to see more books in this series.

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Too Late To Die by Bill Crider
A Dan Rhodes Mystery
Publisher: Crossroad Press
Publication Date: November 14, 2013
Price: $3.99 (as of 11/15/13 03:30 PM ET)

Everyone knew her. A lot of them like her. One of them killed her.

Jeanne Clinton was a pretty and well-liked woman — though in her younger days she'd been known to be a bit wild. But she married an older man and settled down to a quiet, respectable life. Now she is dead, brutally murdered in her home.

Dan Rhodes has enough to worry about already: a rash of burglaries in town and an election coming up against a hot-shot opponent. Now he's got to find a killer among the residents of his little town — a wily killer, bound and determined not to be caught.

The deeper Rhodes digs into the hearts and minds of his neighbors, the more secrets he turned up … and the more violence he encounters. But Rhodes doesn't give up easily. And neither does the killer.

  

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A Kindle Countdown Deal: The Next President by Joseph Flynn

Amazon Kindle Countdown Deals, limited-time discounts on Kindle-exclusive books.

MystereBooks is pleased to present you with one of today's titles … but take advantage of this deal now as the price will go up to its digital list price soon! (See the countdown clock on the book product page to see how much time remains on this deal.)

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The Next President by Joseph Flynn
Publisher: Stray Dog Press
Price: $1.99 (as of 11/15/13 03:00 PM ET)

J.D. Cade came home to southern Illinois from Vietnam and thought he'd never have to kill again. He was wrong. Someone starts blackmailing him. Not only does this new anonymous enemy know J.D.'s darkest secrets, he also implicates J.D.'s son in a death that could reignite a blood feud.

The blackmailer wants J.D. to use his deadly skills to assassinate Senator Franklin Delano Rawley — the first African-American with a chance to become president of the United States.

In order to save his son, spare Rawley and emerge alive, J.D. must somehow find out who is behind a conspiracy that could change the fate of a nation.

  

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Tooth for a Tooth by T. Frank Muir, New in Bookstores This Week

Today's new hardcover mystery title, scheduled to be published this week by Soho Crime, is Tooth for a Tooth by T. Frank Muir.

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

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Tooth for a Tooth
T. Frank Muir
Series: Andy Gilchrist (3rd)

When a woman's skeleton is discovered in a shallow grave DCI Andy Gilchrist is tasked with finding her murderer. But a psychic's warnings and markings on a rusted cigarette lighter found among the rotted remains take Gilchrist on a journey into his own past that brings him closer to discovering the identity of his brother's killer from a hit-and-run case some thirty-five years before.

When dental records from an extracted tooth force Gilchrist to confront the unthinkable — that his brother was her killer — he keeps his fears to himself, only to be suspended on suspicion of destroying evidence.

      

Enter To Win the Open Road Media Century of Crime Sweepstakes

Enter to win Open Road's Century of Crime giveaway, now through November 29th, 2013.

Celebrating the 1890s through today, many aspects of the mystery novel have changed drastically over the past century — style, language, technology, and crimes — but the core of the genre has stood the test of time. As long as crooks persist, sleuths will be around to track them down.

Here are the titles featured in this infographic (which are different from the titles in the giveaway, below):

1890s — The Naughty Nineties: Desperadoes by Ron Hansen;

1900s — The Turn of the Century: The Styx by Jonathon King;

1910s — The Decade of War: An Officer and a Lady by Rex Stout;

1920s — The Roaring Twenties: Grey Mask by Patricia Wentworth;

1930s — The Turbulent Thirties: The Five Red Herrings by Dorothy L. Sayers;

1940s — The Flying Forties: Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye by Horace McCoy;

1950s — The Fabulous Fifties: The Hot Spot by Charles Williams;

1960s — The Swingin' Sixties: The Bait by Dorothy Uhnak;

1970s — The Disco Era: The Anderson Tapes by Lawrence Sanders;

1980s — The Decade of Decadence: Tropical Heat by John Lutz;

1990s — The Decade of a New Generation: The Disappearance by J. F. Freedman;

2000s — The New Millennium: Gaudi Afternoon by Barbara Wilson; and

2010s — The Age of Social Media: Compliments of a Friend by Susan Isaacs.

To enter the giveaway, go to OpenRoadMedia.com/CenturyOfCrime and follow the directions to enter. The prize package consists of:

A galley of The Tenth Circle by Jon Land, Fires of London by Janice Law, Hot Ice by Gregg Loomis, a galley of Murder in the Ball Park by Robert Goldsborough, a galley of The Hanging Judge by Michael Ponsor, Archie Meets Nero Wolfe by Robert Goldsborough, a galley of The Prisoner of the Riviera by Janice Law and a galley of A Measure of Blood by Kathleen George.

The entry period ends on November 29th, 2013.

MystereBooks: Shame by Alan Russell, 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 Shame by Alan Russell. This Kindle book was listed at $0.99 as of the date and time of this post, Friday, November 15, 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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Shame by Alan Russell
A Suspense Thriller
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer

Although it's been many years since the death of his father — an infamous serial killer known as Shame — Caleb Parker still struggles to free himself from his father's dark shadow. Caleb wishes only for a normal life without being branded a "killer's son", but his dreams are shattered when a new string of murders surfaces that are all too reminiscent of Shame's terrible killings.

When the police label him the prime suspect, Caleb forges an unlikely partnership with true-crime author Elizabeth Line, a writer whose career began when she survived an encounter with Shame and who then went on to document his life — and death. As the body count begins to pile up, Elizabeth and Caleb come to the conclusion that one of them has been targeted by the killer, and a game of cat and mouse begins as they try to uncover the murderer's identity before becoming his next victims.

  

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Three Bedrooms, Two Baths, One Very Dead Corpse, An Amanda Thorne Mystery by David James, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Three Bedrooms, Two Baths, One Very Dead Corpse by David James, 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 (11/15/2013 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 Bedrooms, Two Baths, One Very Dead Corpse by David James
An Amanda Thorne Mystery (1st in series)
Publisher: Kensington

Location, location, location …

After a divorce from her husband and business partner, Alex, Amanda Thorne is determined to make it on her own in real estate — despite scorpions, 100-degree heat, and an encounter with a cactus en route to her first big listing. But when she finally arrives at the Mid-century modern manse, a lifeless body in the living room really spoils the ambiance.

With the reluctant cooperation of dishy Detective Ken Becker, Amanda sets out to unravel the truth. But after a fellow real estate agent is murdered, some pissed-off Black Widow spiders infest her car, and a body is found floating in her pool, it's clear someone wants Amanda's inquiring mind off the market — permanently.

      

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