New from Carina Press: No Place Like Rome by Julie Moffett

Carina Press is a digital-first imprint from Harlequin, publishing books in an interesting and diverse selection of genres including contemporary romance, steampunk, gay/lesbian fiction, science-fiction, fantasy, and — but of course — mystery and suspense.

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No Place Like Rome by Julie Moffett
A Lexi Carmichael Mystery
Publisher: Carina Press
Publication Date: November 25, 2013
Price: $2.99 (as of 11/25/13 12:30 PM ET)

Italy might seem like a long way to go to hide after a disastrous date. But when sexy überhacker Slash (no, that's not his real name) asks me to go with him to Rome on an investigation, the timing is sort of perfect. My messed-up love life becomes the least of my worries, though, after the dead body, the near-kidnapping and the discovery of a top secret encrypted file that even I can't hack.

With time running out, there's only one thing to do: call in the legendary Zimmerman twins and my best fluent-in-Italian friend, Basia, to crack the code. Now if only someone could help me solve the mystery of whether Slash is flirting, or if all the kissing is just one of those "when in Rome" things …

But when we finally uncover the secret someone would kill to keep, it's up to me to solve the case and save the lives of my best friends.

Just another week in the life of geek-girl Lexi Carmichael.

      

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Homeland Seasons 1 and 2: Amazon's TV Deal of the Week

This week's Amazon TV Deal of the Week is the first two seasons of Homeland on DVD and Blu-ray with up to 64% savings!

This Showtime drama delivers compelling characters, thrilling twists and breathtaking suspense. Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes), a brilliant but volatile CIA agent, suspects that a rescued American POW may not be what he seems. Is Marine Sgt. Nicholas Brody (Damian Lewis) a war hero … or an Al Qaeda sleeper agent plotting a spectacular terrorist attack on U.S. soil? Following her instincts, Mathison will risk everything to uncover the truth — her reputation, her career and even her sanity.

The first season of the series swept the Emmy Awards, winning for Best Drama as well as Best Actor and Actress in a Drama and best writing for the pilot.

This week only, save up to 64% on Homeland Seasons 1 and 2 available on DVD and/or Blu-ray Disc. Offer ends November 30th, 2013.

 

Chasing the Storm by Martin Molsted is Today's Third Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Chasing the Storm by Martin Molsted as today's third free mystery ebook (A Rygg & Marin Thriller; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, November 25, 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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Chasing the Storm
Martin Molsted
A Rygg & Marin Thriller
Publisher: EdgeRunner Publishing

While in Hamburg, lawyer and former elite soldier, Torgrim Rygg, witnesses the assassination attempt on Marko Marin, a Russian journalist investigating the disappearance of a ship ostensibly carrying timber bound for Algiers. He gets drawn into a world of conspiracies, cover-ups and the relentless search for a missing ship. Disenchanted with his mundane office-life he agrees to help Mr. Marin, and together with Marin's girlfriend, Lena, and their hacker, Sasha, he sets out on a journey to discover the truth about the missing ship.

Their truth seeking kicks off a series of life-threatening events and a relentless race against time to foil whoever is behind the disappearance of the ship, The Alpensturm. Their revelation puts not only their own lives at risk but the safety of the whole world …

  

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Darkness and the Devil Behind Me by Persia Walker is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Darkness and the Devil Behind Me by Persia Walker as today's second free mystery ebook (A Lanie Price Mystery Set in Old New York; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, November 25, 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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Darkness and the Devil Behind Me
Persia Walker
A Lanie Price Mystery Set in Old New York
Publisher: Blood Vintage Press

In December 1923, Esther Todd was a lovely young pianist, a rising star. One month later, she was on the Most Wanted List. She had vanished along the snowy streets of a stormy night in Harlem and thieves had hit the home of her society patron, pulling off a million- dollar heist.

Were the disappearance and the robbery coincidence or conspiracy? Somebody knew, but nobody was talking. Three years later, the puzzles remained unsolved.

As a crime reporter, Lanie Price covered the initial case. Now a frustrated society columnist, she's ready for a change. It comes in the form of Esther's sister, Ruth.

Desperate for closure, Ruth begs Lanie to dedicate her Christmas column to the case. Maybe someone, somewhere will remember something. Seeking fresh material, Lanie starts asking hard questions, dangerous questions, the kind just about guaranteed to get her killed.

  

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Mr. President by Norb Vonnegut is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Mr. President by Norb Vonnegut as today's free mystery ebook (A Grove O'Rourke Thriller Novella; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, November 25, 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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Mr. President
Norb Vonnegut
A Grove O'Rourke Thriller Novella
Publisher: Norb Vonnegut

Nobody else knows what Grove knows. He unearths secrets about his clients, some close to home and some smoldering in the stacks of a Harvard library. He can keep quiet, pander to whoever comes out on top, and keep his thirty pieces of silver. Or he can do the right thing, destroy his career, and trash his personal reputation. It's lose-lose any way you look at it.

Who would have expected an unscheduled meeting to create this quandary? Grove was walking his dog, returning from Central Park. That's when a professor from Harvard Business School rolled down the window of a black Lincoln Town Car and said, "Get in.".

What a ride. Grove thought his industry was tough. But he learns that Wall Street is a nursery compared to the power corridors of Washington, DC.

  

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Mystery Godoku Puzzle for November 25, 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 D K L M P R S U

This novel of suspense by Maria Espinosa is set in 1950s New York City (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 (131125)

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

• The New Release is Dark Canvas: Blood and Stone.

• The current Catch of the Week is Awakening: The Skyward Castle, just $2.99 through Sunday, December 01, 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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The New Release today is Dark Canvas: Blood and Stone

Who used the encasing device in the grisly murder of the Sculptor and his bride? What loathsome secrets are hiding behind the high walls of elegant, Grecian estates? Explore a beautiful and romantic Greek village by the sea, as you use your investigative reporting skills to track down a desperate, haunted killer — before they kill again!

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

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The current Catch of the Week is Awakening: The Skyward Castle

This is the tale of young Princess Sophia, who awakens from a magical century-long slumber into a land threatened by an ancient evil. Braving the dangers of an unfamiliar world, Princess Sophia has travelled far to discover the fate of her exiled kingdom. Having no magic of her own in a land built with living magic, she must overcome the many foes, perils and obstacles with her wit, skill and allies. Can Princess Sophia lift the curse that plagues her people? Find out in this epic conclusion!

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, December 01, 2013.

A New MystereBook: Deadly Deeds by Neal Sanders

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 …

Deadly Deeds by Neal Sanders brings back the cast of The Garden Club Gang in a twisting plot as they try to catch a nursing home murderer while keeping out of the clutches of an auto magnate who wants to silence them.

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Deadly Deeds by Neal Sanders
A Garden Club Gang Mystery
Publisher: Neal Sanders
Publication Date: November 22, 2013
Price: $3.99 (as of 11/24/13 03:30 PM ET)

The death of garden club member Cecelia Davis, age 93, sends Paula, Eleanor, Alice and Jean "undercover" to the high-end nursing home where Cecelia lived her last two years. They're not even certain if they're trying to solve a murder: at 93, you're no longer on the actuarial tables. But Cecelia's wake provides tantalizing tidbits of information and an initial roster of people to investigate, and Cecelia's granddaughter is convinced there was foul play.

But at the same time, another of the Gang's ventures is about to come back to haunt them. Three months earlier, investigator Samantha Ayers sent the group into an auto dealership in search of insurance fraud. They found it, and exposed Pokvovsky Motors in a most spectacular fashion. Now, ‘Smilin' Al' Pokrovsky, the patriarch of a chain of dealerships, wants revenge.

  

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Frame Work, A Crime Thriller by Anne G. Faigen, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Frame Work by Anne G. Faigen, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Thomas & Mercer.

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 (11/24/2013 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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Frame Work by Anne G. Faigen
A Crime Thriller
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer

When college teacher Sarah Brandau is invited to a literary conference in Prague, she persuades her grandmother, Edith, who raised her when her parents died, to travel from Manhattan for a reunion in the fabled city.

Exploring the streets near their hotel on their first night in Prague, they browse an antique shop. Attracted to the picture's ornate frame, Edith chooses a reproduction of a city scene. When they return to their hotel and examine their purchase more closely they discover they've gotten more than they bargained for.

Edith's impulsive purchase plunges them into a complex world of international theft, Nazi war crimes, and a lethal secret that puts the women in more danger than they could ever have imagined when they planned a shared holiday.

  

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A Nasty Piece of Work by Robert Littell, New in Bookstores This Week

Today's new hardcover mystery title, scheduled to be published this week by St. Martin's Press, is A Nasty Piece of Work by Robert Littell.

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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A Nasty Piece of Work
Robert Littell

Former CIA agent Lemuel Gunn left the battlefield of Afghanistan for early retirement in the desert of New Mexico, where he works as a private investigator from the creature comforts, such as they are, of a mobile home.

Into his life comes Ornella Neppi, a thirty-something woman making a hash out of her uncle's bail bonds business. The source of her troubles, Emilio Gava, was arrested for buying cocaine. Ornella has reason to believe he is planning to jump bail. Unless she can find him, her uncle is going to be $125,000 out of pocket.

For $95-a-day plus expenses (not to mention the pleasure of her company), Gunn agrees to help Ornella track the wayward suspect down. Curiously, no photographs of Gava seem to exist. Once Gunn begins his manhunt, he starts to wonder whether Gava himself existed in the first place.

      

Telemystery: Laurence Fishburne To Star in HBO Adaptation of The Right Mistake by Walter Mosley

Laurence Fishburne first played Walter Mosley's series character Socrates Fortlow in the 1998 film Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned, with the screenplay adapted by Mosley from his novel.

Now Fishburne is returning to the character in The Right Mistake, a series in development for HBO. Mosley again is involved in the adaptation, co-writing the script with Patrick Charles. (The Right Mistake is also the title of the third and most recent book in the series after featuring the character in two collections of short stories.)

Socrates Fortlow is an ex-convict, living in a tough neighborhood of Los Angeles while trying to turn his life around. The books in this series aren't mysteries per se, but as The Right Mistake is subtitled, "The Further Philosophical Investigations of Socrates Fortlow".

Key Death, A Nicholas Colt Mystery by Jude Hardin, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Key Death by Jude Hardin, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Thomas & Mercer.

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 (11/24/2013 at 1:30 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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Key Death by Jude Hardin
A Nicholas Colt Mystery (4th in series)
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer

He's a world class guitarist with a crippled hand, and an ace detective with a revoked license. He has a kid in college, a wife working two jobs, and a cash-under-the-table "security consultant" gig that's gone dry.

Nicholas Colt, it seems, has an identity crisis.

Then one night at a concert, a friend's friend asks for help. Wanda has a terminal illness, and she wants to meet her biological father before she dies.

Unfortunately, Colt soon discovers that Phineas Carter was shot dead two years ago in his Key West apartment. Now Wanda wants Colt to investigate the murder. Determined to see justice served, she offers to send Colt to Key West for as long as it takes.

Despite protests from his wife and daughter, Colt accepts the case. Maybe it's just what he needs to jumpstart his life. Maybe it's his ticket back to usefulness and productivity.

Or maybe it's a big mistake :…

With a serial killer known as The Zombie on the loose, a savage beast who saws the tops of his victims' heads off, scoops out their brains, and reassembles their skulls with Krazy Glue, Colt might be in for more than he has bargained for.

  

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Ed McBain's 87th Precinct Novels: Over 20 Now Just $1.99 Each for Kindle

Fans of Ed McBain's 87th Precinct novels will be pleased to know that there are over 20 of the Kindle ebook titles in the series now available for $1.99 each (as of the date and time of this post, Sunday November 24th, 2013 at 1:00 PM).

Set in a fictionalized urban environment that strongly resembles New York City — most of the action takes place in Isola, a substitute for Manhattan though all five boroughs are represented in the series under different names — the book feature a large cast of recurring characters.

Publishing his first title in 1956, McBain — a pseudonym for Evan Hunter — continued to write books in the series until his death in 2005.

Use this link to see the list of available titles.

A New MystereBook: Glistening Rebellion by Jill Cooper

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 …

Glistening Rebellion by Jill Cooper is the second mystery in this series, with Jenna Morgan — who fought to under a government conspiracy in the previous book — now fighting for her life.

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Glistening Rebellion by Jill Cooper
A Glistening Haven Novel
Publisher: Jill Cooper
Publication Date: November 22, 2013
Price: $3.99 (as of 11/24/13 12:30 PM ET)

New Haven 57 is opening for business — bigger landscape, nicer homes, and tougher reconditioning techniques that will make resistant glistenings docile.

A caravan of glistenings from overcrowded concentration camps are enroot to their new home. For Jenna Morgan it's the final job before she retires forever to a happy low key life. When the escape glistenings from New Haven 56 attack, a simple transportation job turns into life or death.

Jenna does the unspeakable and is pulled back into a fight she wants no part of. With an assassin on her tail, her loyalties are questioned. She will need to decide once and for all, which side she's on as she teeters on the brink of full out war.

  

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Telemystery: Teaser Trailer for Sherlock Season 3

It's just 30 seconds long and can scarcely be called a teaser, but since being uploaded yesterday by BBC One it has been seen by nearly 500,000 people. What is it? A new trailer for the third season of Sherlock (embedded, below).

Starring Benedict Cumberbatch as the very much alive Sherlock Holmes and Martin Freeman as Dr. John Watson, Sherlock Season 3 premieres on January 19, 2014.

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