All Wi-Fi version of the Kindle Fire HDX Family are now in stock and shipping! (The 4G versions are expected to ship December 10th, 2013 but may be pre-ordered.)
The HDX comes in two models — 7" and 8.9" — and feature quad-core 2.2GHz Snapdragon 800 processors, 2GB of RAM and Adreno 330 GPU for fast, fluid gaming and video, 16, 32 or 64GB of storage and new higher-resolution displays (1920x1200px (323 ppi) on the 7", 2560x1600px (339 ppi) on the 8.9"). The larger model also includes an 8MP 1080p HD rear camera in addition to the front-facing 720p HD camera for Skype video calls and more.
In addition to storage options, these tablets can be selected with or without special offers and as Wi-Fi only devices or Wi-Fi with 4G LTE.
See this product page for all the details as well as a convenient comparison chart of the various models. Prices start at $229 for the 7" model and $379 for the 8.9" model (as of the date and time of this post, November 24th, 2013 at 10:30 AM). Shipping is free.
Also available now is a refreshed version of the Kindle Fire HD 7" with a new, lower price: $139! The Kindle Fire HD comes with either 8GB or 16GB of storage, has a 1280x800px display, a dual-core 1.5GHz processor, dual stereo speakers and the new Fire OS 3.0 "Mojito" operating system. The casing is also thinner and lighter just like the new HDX tablets.
Sunday, November 24, 2013
Now Shipping: Kindle Fire HDX Wi-Fi Models, 7" and 8.9" Tablets
Justice by Karen Robards is Today's Nook Daily Find
MystereBooks is pleased to feature Justice by Karen Robards as today's Barnes & Noble Nook Daily Find.
The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Sunday, November 24, 2013.
Note: The price has been matched by Amazon.com for today only.
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Justice
Karen Robards
A Suspense Thriller
Gallery Books
Feisty criminal attorney Jessica Ford has done her best to comply with the orders of the Secret Service's unofficial witness protection program ever since she became the lone witness to the First Lady's murder. She changed her name, dyed her dark hair blonde, and traded her sturdy black-rimmed glasses for contact lenses. Unfortunately, winning her first high-profile case for prestigious Washington, D.C., law firm Ellis Hayes, and subsequently landing her face all over the news, is not exactly "keeping a low profile". Or so says hunky Secret Service agent Mark Ryan, whose newest assignment — despite Jess's stubborn protests — is keeping her safe at all costs. It just so happens he's also her ex-boyfriend.
The trial earns Jess a permanent spot on the firm's elite legal defense team, replacing an associate who eloped suddenly and never came back. It's the chance of a lifetime. But Jess's mind has raced with questions from the moment the prosecution's star witness shocked the courtroom with an electrifying revelation involving the handsome son of a powerful U.S. senator. Was the pretty, young mother intimidated into changing her story on the stand? Why will she not return Jess's calls? Did Jess's ambitious predecessor on the case really just abandon her successful career? Or did both women mysteriously disappear?
After Mark rescues Jess from an attacker outside her apartment, she begins to consider the possibility that she is a target. Maybe it's not so bad to have her irresistibly charming and hard-bodied former lover around for protection. Maybe. The question is, which of the many inadvertent enemies Jess has made recently is he protecting her from? The investigation leads her to some startling coincidences — and to a teenage runaway who may just hold the missing link … if Jess can find her.
As Jess hurtles closer to the truth — and the sexual tension between her and Mark grows hotter than ever — she finds herself in a race against the clock to find the answers before what she doesn't know gets them both killed.
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.
No One Can Know by Adrienne LaCava is Today's Third Featured Free MystereBook
MystereBooks is pleased to feature No One Can Know by Adrienne LaCava as today's third free mystery ebook (A Political Thriller; Kindle format only).
This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, November 24, 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.
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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No One Can Know
Adrienne LaCava
A Political Thriller
Publisher: Adrienne LaCava
Secrets can corrupt a family … or a nation …
Weary of Cold War politics, CIA operative Gabriel Haines can't wait to leave the Company life for a job on his friend's isolated Texas ranch. All he needs to do is go to Dallas and seal the deal. But when President John F. Kennedy is assassinated just yards from where Haines stands, the former agent finds himself in tighter crosshairs than ever before.
Keeping a low profile on the ranch couldn't come at a better time. Motherless preteen Ivy Jean Pritchard is a worrier, but she's trying hard not to be suspicious when her father sends her to spend the weekend on a ranch with family she's never met. And with her troublemaker teenaged cousin, high-society aunt, and her uncle's mistress on the scene, it promises to be more than the western adventure Ivy had anticipated.
Now, marksmen have tracked Haines to the ranch, getting the entire family involved in something very adult and very worrisome. When the weekend turns deadly, Haines and Ivy Jean are the first to learn that secrets, especially those devised and perpetuated "for the good of us all", can breakdown a family — or a nation — in the blink of an eye.
Important Note: This book was listed for free 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.
For more free mystery ebooks, visit our Free MystereBooks page.
Dark Moonlighting by Scott Haworth is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook
MystereBooks is pleased to feature Dark Moonlighting by Scott Haworth as today's second free mystery ebook (A Paranormal Novel of Suspense; Kindle format only).
This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, November 24, 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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Dark Moonlighting
Scott Haworth
A Paranormal Novel of Suspense
Publisher: Scott Haworth
Nick Whittier, having been alive for six centuries, has had plenty of time to master three professions. In a typical week he works as a police officer, lawyer and doctor and still finds time to murder someone and drink their blood. He used to feel guilty about the killings, but now he restricts himself to only eating the worst members of society.
Few people in Starside, Illinois seem to care about the untimely deaths of spam e-mailers, pushy Jehovah Witnesses and politicians. However, the barriers between Nick's three secret lives start to crumble when a mysterious man from his past arrives in town seeking revenge. Nick must move quickly to prevent the three women in his life, and the authorities who are hunting him, from discovering his terrible secret.
Important Note: This book was listed for free 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.
For more free mystery ebooks, visit our Free MystereBooks page.
Weekend in Weighton by Terry Murphy is Today's Featured Free MystereBook
MystereBooks is pleased to feature Weekend in Weighton by Terry Murphy as today's free mystery ebook (An Eddie Greene Mystery; Kindle format only).
This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, November 24, 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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Weekend in Weighton
Terry Murphy
An Eddie Greene Mystery
Publisher: Grinning Bandit Books
First-time private investigator Eddie Greene is having a bad weekend. It's about to get worse …
When Eddie Greene finds the slab-cold body of his first client, he knows something's up — he only spoke to her fifteen minutes earlier.
Free-wheeling, swash-buckling, trash-talking Eddie is not just out of place in a humdrum northern town. He's out of his depth on his first case, out of funds from a now deceased client and out of favour with Weighton's big society.
As Friday night slides into Saturday morning, each twist in the case turns a bad situation worse; the police want him for murder, the local crime boss wants him dead, the mayor wants him out of town and his girlfriend wants him out of her life.
Increasingly desperate, Eddie takes on all-comers in a barnstorming bid to crack the case and clear his name. And somewhere between all the froth and fury, his affections are reclaimed by the girl who got away — but will she abide 'til Monday?
Important Note: This book was listed for free 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.
For more free mystery ebooks, visit our Free MystereBooks page.
Three Patrik Hedström/Erica Falck Mysteries by Camilla Läckberg is Today's Kindle Daily Deal
MystereBooks is pleased to feature Three Patrik Hedström/Erica Falck Mysteries by Camilla Läckberg as today's Amazon Kindle Daily Deal. We're highlighting the first in the series, The Ice Princess, below.
The deal price of $1.99 each is valid only for today, Sunday, November 24, 2013.
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The Ice Princess
Camilla Läckberg
A Patrik Hedström Mystery
Free Press
A grisly death exposes the dark heart of a Scandinavian seaside village …
Erica Falck returns to her tiny, remote hometown of Fjällbacka, Sweden, after her parents' deaths only to encounter another tragedy: the suicide of her childhood best friend, Alex. It's Erica herself who finds Alex's body — suspended in a bathtub of frozen water, her wrists slashed. Erica is bewildered: Why would a beautiful woman who had it all take her own life?
Teaming up with police detective Patrik Hedström, Erica begins to uncover shocking events from Alex's childhood. As one horrifying fact after another comes to light, Erica and Patrik's curiosity gives way to obsession — and their flirtation grows into uncontrollable attraction.
But it's not long before one thing becomes very clear: a deadly secret is at stake, and there's someone out there who will do anything — even commit murder — to protect it.
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.
The Wire: The Complete Series on DVD is the Amazon Gold Box Deal of the Day
Our featured Amazon Gold Box Deal of the Day for November 24th, 2013, is the complete series DVD set of The Wire — save 65%!
Set in an around Baltimore, The Wire is a crime drama aired on HBO for five seasons from June 2002 through March 2008.
Created by former police reporter David Simon — who co-authored Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets which won the 1992 Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime and was later adapted for the television series Homicide: Life on the Street — each season of 12 episodes is centered on a different subject: the illegal drug trade (season 1), the seaport (2), city government (3), the schools (4), and news media (5).
Save 65% on this extraordinary series this week only, through November 30th, 2013.
Today's Mystery and Suspense Update from Big Fish Games (131124)
Here is today's mystery and suspense update from Big Fish Games …
• The New Release is Secret Trails: Frozen Heart Collector's Edition.
• The Daily Deal is Cruel Games: Red Riding Hood, just $2.99 today only!
• The current Catch of the Week is Guardians of Magic: Amanda's Awakening, just $2.99 through Sunday, November 24, 2013 only.
Visit the Omnimystery Entertainment Network for more games of mystery and suspense!
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The New Release today is Secret Trails: Frozen Heart Collector's Edition
Bloomingspring has always been your favorite place to visit, not just because of the year-round sunny weather, but because your little sister Emma, calls it home. You're planning a secret visit for Emma's birthday, but your surprise is ruined by a freak blizzard in the middle of July! What caused this storm? And who is that suspicious man slinking around Emma's house? No sooner have you reunited with your sister than she is kidnapped. Rescue Emma and bring summer back to Bloomingspring in this gorgeous Hidden-Object Puzzle Adventure game.
This is a special Collector's Edition release full of exclusive extras you won't find in the standard version, including: Collectible butterflies; Beautiful graphics and music; Exciting story with humor and character; and Bonus chapter featuring an epilogue.
A sample version is available to download and play for free for one hour.
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Today's Daily Deal is Cruel Games: Red Riding Hood
A maniac has kidnapped a woman's fiance and cast her as Red Riding Hood in his twisted fairytale fantasy. Guide the resourceful young lady as she tracks the wolf, searching for clues and solving the puzzles that lie between her and her beloved. Will she reach the madman in time, or will the wolf have his revenge? Their fate is in your hands!
A sample version is available to download and play for free for one hour. You can purchase this game today only — Sunday, November 24, 2013 — for $2.99.
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The current Catch of the Week is Guardians of Magic: Amanda's Awakening
Join Amanda on this astounding journey between scientific and magical realms! Explore 27 wondrous scenes and solve masterful puzzles to find the balance. Cast spells with your wand, build magical devices, and use technological savvy to stop Dr. Magus. With impressive mini-games, an engaging story, and an amazing ending, this game is a wonderful escape that's certain to please.
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 24, 2013.
Saturday, November 23, 2013
A New MystereBook: Frisky Business by Jill Edmondson
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 …
Frisky Business by Jill Edmondson is the fourth case for Toronto private investigator Sasha Jackson.
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Frisky Business by Jill Edmondson
A Sasha Jackson Mystery
Publisher: Jill Edmondson
Publication Date: November 20, 2013
Price: $4.99 (as of 11/23/13 03:30 PM ET)
Two months ago, Kitty Vixen, a porn star with a history of drug abuse, was found beaten to death near a Toronto construction site. No one knows why she was killed, but since she was a worthless nobody, the cops aren't making her case a priority.
However, Kitty's roommate and former co-star Raven Greywolf wants answers, and hires Private Investigator Sasha Jackson to find out just how dirty the adult film industry really is.
As Sasha traipses through the back alleys in the world of adult entertainment, she realizes that a worthless nobody can be quite valuable after all, and that both dreams and ambition are priceless.
Important Note: This book was listed for the price indicated on the date and time as shown. Prices can and do change without prior notice. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your purchase.
Burnt Black by Ed Kovacs, New in Bookstores This Week
Today's new hardcover mystery title, scheduled to be published this week by Minotaur Books, is Burnt Black by Ed Kovacs.
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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Burnt Black
Ed Kovacs
Series: Cliff St. James (3rd)
New Orleans Homicide Detective Cliff St. James and his partner Honey are still trying to piece their lives together a year and a half after a killer storm decimated the city. They find themselves probing a succession of unusual deaths that may or may not be homicides.
The investigation not only proves frustrating, but it strains at the very fabric of St. James and Honey's relationship. The puzzling deaths connected to a secretive occult group seem to only lead them deeper into an unsolvable maze fraught with strange occurrences and brutal death.
When their sleuthing uncovers a connection to a ruthless Mexican drug cartel, a complex murder conspiracy emerges, but with shifting suspects. St. James and Honey catch nothing but bad breaks as they struggle to determine which of their suspects is the killer, or perhaps the next victim.
Cold Turkey, A Celebration Bay Mystery Novella by Shelley Freydont
Berkley Prime Crime published Cold Turkey, a novella by Shelley Freydont earlier this year, but given that Thanksgiving is just a few days away, we thought it appropriate — and fun — to feature it now.
Shelley Freydont is the author of several mystery series: Liv Montgomery, Celebration Bay Festival mysteries; Katie McDonald Sudoku murder series and Lindy Haggerty Dance Company mystery series. Use this link to see a list of all her books on Amazon.com.
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Cold Turkey
Shelley Freydont
A Celebration Bay Mystery Novella
This Thanksgiving in Celebration Bay, it's murder with all the trimmings …
Event coordinator Liv Montgomery is not only in charge of this year's Turkey Trot in Celebration Bay, she's participating as one of the runners. But not long after the race begins, gunshots are heard and a body is found in a remote section of woods.
Did a local crank shoot the man for trespassing? Or is there a darker, more complex motive for plucking this runner before he crosses the finish line?
Now it's Liz's turn to race to find the cold-blooded killer …
Tulip Season, A Mitra Basu Mystery by Bharti Kirchner, Now at a Special Price
MystereBooks is pleased to feature Tulip Season by Bharti Kirchner, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Bharti Kirchner.
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 (11/23/2013 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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Tulip Season by Bharti Kirchner
A Mitra Basu Mystery (1st in series)
Publisher: Bharti Kirchner
A missing domestic-violence counselor. A wealthy and callous husband. A dangerous romance.
Kareena Sinha, an Indian-American domestic-violence counselor, disappears from her Seattle home. When the police dismiss suspicions that she herself was a victim of spousal abuse, her best friend, Mitra Basu, a young landscape designer, resolves to find her.
Mitra's search reveals glimpses of a secret life involving her friend and a Bollywood actor of ill repute. Following the trail, Mitra is lured back to India where she uncovers the actor's ties to the Mumbai underworld and his financial difficulties - landing her in a web of life-threatening intrigue where Mitra can't be sure of Kareena's safety or her own.
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: Bred in the Bone by Leslie S. Talley
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 …
Bred in the Bone by Leslie S. Talley is the second mystery in this series featuring Otis and Clarice Campion, caretakers of Belgrath House in Daytona Beach, Florida, and the live-in former owner, ninety-year-old silent screen star Miss Letitia Lorraine.
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Bred in the Bone by Leslie S. Talley
A Clarice Campion/Miss Letty Mystery
Publisher: Wild Child Publishing
Publication Date: November 20, 2013
Price: $4.99 (as of 11/23/13 01:30 PM ET)
Otis and Clarice answer an ad in Innkeepers Magazine to exchange places with the owners of Castle Keep in St. Augustine, Florida.
Clarice has forebodings even before clapping eyes on the octagonal towers of Castle Keep. The house has a disturbing history: built in 1870 from timbers salvaged from the shipwreck of The Mourning Dove; sold to an estranged couple, the Devizes, who purchased a defunct British title and then divided the house down the middle; destined to destroy their daughter, an unfortunate bride, on her wedding day; and finally, in modern times, burglarized several times by a homeless man.
When Clarice and Miss Letty, along with father and son mural painters Johnny and John Wallage (aged 90 and 70), discover the burned body of the homeless man in a dragon sculpture on an uninhabited island, they actively pursue the history of the house and its secrets. This leads them to the plantation from which the house was moved. Here Clarice finds a skeleton in the old icehouse and slave genealogy in the tabby remnants of a slave cabin. Add to the mix a psychic, an African-American Flagler College journalism student, the Donner wedding party, two snobbish Southerners, an obstreperous Cavalier King Charles spaniel named Charles Dickens, and an obnoxious, but unwittingly helpful twelve-year-old named Beddington.
When Clarice and Miss Letty find the connection between the homeless man, the skeleton in the icehouse, and another unfortunate bride aboard The Mourning Dove, they almost forfeit their own lives to the greed of a killer determined to reap the treasure hidden somewhere in Castle Keep!
Important Note: This book was listed for the price indicated on the date and time as shown. Prices can and do change without prior notice. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your purchase.
Telemystery: Lifetime Renews Witches of East End for a 2nd Season
Lifetime Television has renewed Witches of East End for a second season of 13 episodes.
"With its great story telling and amazing cast, Witches Of East End is leading a full-blown witch renaissance," said Rob Sharenow, EVP and General Manager of Lifetime.
The series, based on the novel of the same title by Melissa de la Cruz, stars Julia Ormond, Mädchen Amick, Jenna Dewan Tatum and Rachel Boston as a family of witches living in the secluded seaside town of East Haven.
Featured Tablet: Kindle Fire HD
The Kindle Fire HD is a full-featured HD tablet at an SD price. There's more to enjoy than ever before with a stunning HD display, faster performance, longer battery life, and lighter design.
Rich, HD video. Beautiful, vivid photos. Crisp, detailed text. Kindle Fire HD features a new 1280x800 high definition LCD display with over one million pixels that brings your content to life. You have a great viewing experience at all angles through an innovative combination of IPS (in-plane switching) technology, an advanced polarizing filter, and anti-glare technology.
Starting at just $139 (for the 8 GB model with Special Offers, as of the date and time of this post, November 23rd, 2013 at 11:00 AM), the Kindle Fire HD is the perfect, and most affordable, family tablet. Use this link to see more of Kindle Fire HD's features, including a table that compares the features of all Kindle Fire tablets.
