Death Came Stalking by Susan Clayson is Today's Third Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Death Came Stalking by Susan Clayson as today's third free mystery ebook (The Lambeth Croak Series; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, December 03, 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.

— ♦ —

Death Came Stalking
Susan Clayson
The Lambeth Croak Series
Publisher: Susan Clayton

A woman is murdered on Mitcham Common. When reluctant private investigator Bev Stone is hired to find a missing wife her life is turned upside down. What is the link between news of the murder and the missing wife?

Hindered by the actions of her abusive, soon to be ex husband Bev herself becomes the prey. Putting her own life on the line she is determined to see the case through to its traumatic end.

  

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.

Killerfest by Lawrence De Maria is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Killerfest by Lawrence De Maria as today's second free mystery ebook (A Jake Scarne Thriller; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, December 03, 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.

— ♦ —

Killerfest
Lawrence De Maria
A Jake Scarne Thriller
Publisher: St. Austin's Press

One author has been already been murdered for allegedly insulting Islam. Now, the killers announce that Sebastian Quimper, the world's most popular thriller novelist, is next.

Enter private eye Jake Scarne, who is asked to protect Quimper during the Killerfest, one of the publishing industry's premier showcases. More than a thousand authors, agents, publishers and literary groupies are scheduled to attend the annual conference in New York. It will be a security nightmare, since Quimper is the honoree and featured speaker.

But there is more than Quimper's life and artistic freedom at stake. With book sales in the hundreds of millions, he is the key to a huge merger that will be announced during the Killerfest — a merger that will transform an industry reeling under the pressures of self-publishers and the Internet.

The New York Police Department and private security firms are on high alert, but Scarne is worried. He launches his own investigation into the killing of the first author and comes to a frightening conclusion. Nothing is as it seems in this twisty tale, which takes Scarne first to the nation's capital, and later to Europe as he unravels the conspiracy. Once again, he is confronted with a diabolical madman pulling deadly strings from behind a curtain.

  

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.

Hidden Salem by Kiki Howell is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Hidden Salem by Kiki Howell as today's free mystery ebook (A Novel of Suspense; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, December 03, 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.

— ♦ —

Hidden Salem
Kiki Howell
A Novel of Suspense
Publisher: Kiki Howell

Intuition alone brought Makayla to Salem, MA in search of a story, but her research has her confronting more than she bargained for. With her empathic gifts stronger in Witch City, she physically suffers, landing her literally unconscious in the arms of both Noah Ayers, local cop and Dylan Baines, local history teacher. Yet, it is Lauri, a witch who owns a local shop, who teaches Makayla about who she is and what she can do.

Unfortunately for all of them, Makayla also stumbles upon a coven in the woods practicing a dark magic ritual. Now they are after her, threatening her life and the lives of those she has quickly come to care about. Immersed in things she never expected, like an old legend and necromancy due to residual hauntings, the race is on to stay safe from the coven and protect her heart from a certain sexy cop.

But, is Lauri correct in thinking Makayla might just have encountered the only real witch in Salem in 1692? And, do they share the same bloodline?

  

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.

Burial Rites by Hannah Kent is Today's Kindle Daily Deal

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Burial Rites by Hannah Kent, one of Amazon's Best Books of 2013, as today's Amazon Kindle Daily Deal.

The deal price of $2.99 is valid only for today, Tuesday, December 03, 2013.

— ♦ —

Burial Rites
Hannah Kent
A Novel of Suspense
Little, Brown

Set against Iceland's stark landscape, Hannah Kent brings to vivid life the story of Agnes, who, charged with the brutal murder of her former master, is sent to an isolated farm to await execution.

Horrified at the prospect of housing a convicted murderer, the family at first avoids Agnes. Only Tóti, a priest Agnes has mysteriously chosen to be her spiritual guardian, seeks to understand her. But as Agnes's death looms, the farmer's wife and their daughters learn there is another side to the sensational story they've heard.

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.

Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag is Amazon's Gold Box Deal of the Day

Our featured Amazon Gold Box Deal of the Day for December 3rd, 2013, is Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag (Standard Edition) for PC, Xbox 360, and Playstation 3 — save 50%!

It is 1715. Pirates rule the Caribbean and have established a lawless pirate republic. Among these outlaws is a fearsome young captain named Edward Kenway. His exploits earn the respect of pirate legends like Blackbeard, but draw him into an ancient war that may destroy everything the pirates have built.

Save 50% on the latest entry in this popular series today, December 3rd, 2013 only.

Today's Mystery and Suspense Update from Big Fish Games (131203)

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

• Our Featured Title is Nancy Drew: Alibi in Ashes.

• The Daily Deal is Odysseus: Long Way Home, just $2.99 today only!

• The current Catch of the Week is Angelica Weaver: Catch Me When You Can, just $2.99 through Sunday, December 08, 2013 only.

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

— ♦ —

Our Featured Title today is Nancy Drew: Alibi in Ashes

A local contest turns into an arson scene and now deceit smolders among the charred ruins of the River Heights Town Hall. Police have several suspects, but well-placed incriminating evidence and poisonous local gossip compelled authorities to make only one arrest: Nancy Drew. Can you, as the teenage detective and her closest friends, catch the real arsonist and extinguish the accusations among the embers?

— ♦ —

Today's Daily Deal is Odysseus: Long Way Home

Embark on an exciting journey and plunge into the myths of Ancient Greece with Odysseus, the legendary hero of the Trojan War! Set out on a 20-year journey starting from the walls of Troy to Odysseus' home on Ithaca in this incredible Hidden Object Puzzle Adventure game. Overcome all of the obstacles on the way, and help Odysseus to finally return to his beloved Penelope.

A sample version is available to download and play for free for one hour. You can purchase this game today only — Tuesday, December 03, 2013 — for $2.99.

— ♦ —

The current Catch of the Week is Angelica Weaver: Catch Me When You Can

Angelica Weaver, a detective on Chicago's Special Task Force, must use her renowned deductive skills to stop a present day killer. The only way for her to get ahead of this killer is to first identify a murderer who escaped justice over a hundred years ago. Angelica has the ability to connect with the dead. Through supersensory visions she is able to jump back and forth between crimes scenes on the streets of historic London and present-day Chicago where the victims reveal to her their final moments. Work with Angelica as she puzzles her way through the past and uses her insights to stop the pattern in the future in this hidden object puzzle adventure.

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 08, 2013.

A New MystereBook: How Still We See Thee Lie by Mignon F. Ballard

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 …

How Still We See Thee Lie by Mignon F. Ballard was first published as Deadly Promise by Carroll & Graf in 1989. This is (we believe) the first ebook printing of this stand-alone novel.

— ♦ —

How Still We See Thee Lie by Mignon F. Ballard
A Holiday Novel of Suspense
Publisher: Bella Rosa Books
Publication Date: November 30, 2013
Price: $2.99 (as of 12/02/13 04:30 PM ET)

The holidays can be murder …

Candles are gleaming, carolers, singing, and Christmas bells are joyfully ringing, but all is not well in Harmony. Residents of the small Georgia town are busily preparing for pageants and parties, and Molly Stonehouse, spending the holidays with her late husband's aunts on Muscadine Hill, is still anguished over the puzzling accidents that killed her husband and his friend Neil Fry months before.

As children, both men had promised never to reveal a fearful secret, and now a pattern of threatening events emerge to warn Molly that among the mistletoe and merrymaking, a frightening drama is unfolding.

  

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.

A New MystereBook: Counterfeit Conspiracies by Ritter Ames

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 December 2013 priced $4.99 or less …

Counterfeit Conspiracies by Ritter Ames is the author's first mystery, a story of international intrigue, priceless works of art, and high stakes romance.

— ♦ —

Counterfeit Conspiracies by Ritter Ames
A Bodies of Art Mystery
Publisher: Gemma Halliday Publishing
Publication Date: December 01, 2013
Price: $3.99 (as of 12/02/13 04:00 PM ET)

Laurel Beacham grew up in wealth and society — until her grandfather died and her father gambled away the family fortune. Now with more pedigree than trust fund, she is the premier art recovery expert for museums that need to stay one step ahead of international thieves.

Her latest assignment pits her against a mystery man, Jack Hawkes, who is not only her equal with blue bloods, but also seems to know where all the bodies are buried.

Suddenly Laurel is racing against time to find a priceless art object before the enemy does, locate a missing art world compatriot with crucial information, and decide whether or not she wants to disentangle herself from this new male nemesis, Jack, who seems to know too much about her and her business.

  

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.

A New MystereBook: Cook's Curious Christmas by Joanne Pence

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 …

Cook's Curious Christmas by Joanne Pence is a holiday-themed novella featuring culinary sleuth Angie Amalfi.

— ♦ —

Cook's Curious Christmas by Joanne Pence
An Angie Amalfi Mystery Novella
Publisher: Quail Hill Publishing
Publication Date: November 30, 2013
Price: $3.99 (as of 12/02/13 03:30 PM ET)

Angie Amalfi believes that not even Christmas should get in the way of preparations for her wedding to homicide detective Paavo Smith. But in this season of surprises, Angie gets a potent holiday punch when a powerful earthquake strikes San Francisco and sends her on a magic carpet ride straight into a stockingful of suspense.
,br>And just when she thinks her magical mystery tour can't get any stranger, she becomes the target of a serial killer who terrorized the San Francisco Bay Area over forty years earlier.

Angie needs to find a way to keep her merry Christmas from becoming a nightmare, not only to prevent it from being lights-out for Christmas, but also herself.

  

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.

A Study in Silks, The Baskerville Affair by Emma Jane Holloway, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature A Study in Silks by Emma Jane Holloway, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Del Rey.

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 (12/02/2013 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.

— ♦ —

A Study in Silks by Emma Jane Holloway
The Baskerville Affair (1st in series)
Publisher: Del Rey

Evelina Cooper, the niece of the great Sherlock Holmes, is poised to enjoy her first Season in London Society. But there's a murderer to deal with — not to mention missing automatons, a sorcerer, and a talking mouse.

In a Victorian era ruled by a council of ruthless steam barons, mechanical power is the real monarch and sorcery the demon enemy of the Empire. Nevertheless, the most coveted weapon is magic that can run machines — something Evelina has secretly mastered. But rather than making her fortune, her special talents could mean death or an eternity as a guest of Her Majesty's secret laboratories. What's a polite young lady to do but mind her manners and pray she's never found out?
br>But then there's that murder. As Sherlock Holmes's niece, Evelina should be able to find the answers, but she has a lot to learn. And the first decision she has to make is whether to trust the handsome, clever rake who makes her breath come faster, or the dashing trick rider who would dare anything for her if she would only just ask.

  

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.

The Gods of Guilt by Michael Connelly, New in Bookstores This Week

Today's new hardcover mystery title, scheduled to be published this month by Little, Brown, is The Gods of Guilt by Michael Connelly.

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

— ♦ —

The Gods of Guilt
Michael Connelly
Series: Mickey Haller (5th)

Mickey Haller gets the text, "Call me ASAP - 187," and the California penal code for murder immediately gets his attention. Murder cases have the highest stakes and the biggest paydays, and they always mean Haller has to be at the top of his game.

When Mickey learns that the victim was his own former client, a prostitute he thought he had rescued and put on the straight and narrow path, he knows he is on the hook for this one. He soon finds out that she was back in LA and back in the life. Far from saving her, Mickey may have been the one who put her in danger.

Haunted by the ghosts of his past, Mickey must work tirelessly and bring all his skill to bear on a case that could mean his ultimate redemption or proof of his ultimate guilt.

      

Snow Falling on Cedars, A Novel of Suspense by David Guterson, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

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 (12/02/2013 at 2:00 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.

— ♦ —

Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson
A Novel of Suspense
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Adapted into the film of the same title starring Ethan Hawke and Yûki Kudô.

San Piedro Island, north of Puget Sound, is a place so isolated that no one who lives there can afford to make enemies. But in 1954 a local fisherman is found suspiciously drowned, and a Japanese American named Kabuo Miyamoto is charged with his murder.

In the course of the ensuing trial, it becomes clear that what is at stake is more than a man's guilt. For on San Pedro, memory grows as thickly as cedar trees and the fields of ripe strawberries — memories of a charmed love affair between a white boy and the Japanese girl who grew up to become Kabuo's wife; memories of land desired, paid for, and lost.

Above all, San Piedro is haunted by the memory of what happened to its Japanese residents during World War II, when an entire community was sent into exile while its neighbors watched.

  

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.

MystereBooks: The Fallen Angel by Daniel Silva, 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 Fallen Angel by Daniel Silva. This Kindle book was listed at $2.99 as of the date and time of this post, Monday, December 02, 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.

— ♦ —

The Fallen Angel by Daniel Silva
A Gabriel Allon Mystery
Publisher: HarperCollins

After narrowly surviving his last operation, Gabriel Allon, the wayward son of Israeli intelligence, has taken refuge behind the walls of the Vatican, where he is restoring one of Caravaggio's greatest masterpieces. But early one morning he is summoned to St. Peter's Basilica by Monsignor Luigi Donati, the all-powerful private secretary to His Holiness Pope Paul VII. The body of a beautiful woman lies beneath Michelangelo's magnificent dome. The Vatican police suspect suicide, though Gabriel believes otherwise. So, it seems, does Donati. But the monsignor is fearful that a public inquiry might inflict another scandal on the Church, and so he calls upon Gabriel to quietly pursue the truth — with one caveat."Rule number one at the Vatican," Donati said. "Don't ask too many questions."Gabriel learns that the dead woman had uncovered a dangerous secret — a secret that threatens a global criminal enterprise that is looting timeless treasures of antiquity and selling them to the highest bidder. But there is more to this network than just greed. A mysterious operative is plotting an act of sabotage that will plunge the world into a conflict of apocalyptic proportions.

  

Click on the Amazon button to see also the special Whispersync offer associated with this title.

Important Note: 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.

11th Hour, A Women's Murder Club Mystery by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature 11th Hour by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Little, Brown.

The ebook format of this title was priced at $2.29 from the listed vendors (below) as of the date and time of this post (12/02/2013 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.

— ♦ —

11th Hour by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
A Women's Murder Club Mystery (11th in series)
Publisher: Little, Brown

Lindsay Boxer is pregnant at last! But her work doesn't slow for a second. When millionaire Chaz Smith is mercilessly gunned down, she discovers that the murder weapon is linked to the deaths of four of San Francisco's most untouchable criminals. And it was taken from her own department's evidence locker. Anyone could be the killer — even her closest friends.

Lindsay is called next to the most bizarre crime scene she's ever seen: two bodiless heads elaborately displayed in the garden of a world-famous actor. Another head is unearthed in the garden, and Lindsay realizes that the ground could hide hundreds of victims.

A reporter launches a series of vicious articles about the cases and Lindsay's personal life is laid bare. But this time she has no one to turn to — especially not Joe.

  

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: Bootlegger's Daughter by Margaret Maron

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 December 2013 priced $4.99 or less …

Bootlegger's Daughter by Margaret Maron pretty much swept the major mystery awards in 1993, winning (among others) an Edgar Award for Best Novel, an Agatha Award for Best Novel, a Macavity Award for Best Novel, and an Anthony Award for Best Novel. This is the first time (we believe) this stellar mystery is available as an ebook.

— ♦ —

Bootlegger's Daughter by Margaret Maron
A Deborah Knott Mystery
Publisher: Maron and Company
Publication Date: December 01, 2013
Price: $1.99 (as of 12/02/13 12:30 PM ET)

Deborah Knott was expected to be a conventional little girl and eventually a conventional woman, worshipped on a pedestal by a conventional husband.

Instead, she became an attorney, infiltrating the old boy network that still rules the tobacco country of Colleton County, North Carolina. Some say her success is a sign of the New South, but no one knows better than she the power of the past — her family's long history in the area is a major asset in her campaign for district judge. Then again, as the strong-willed daughter of Kezzie Knott — notorious bootlegger, ex-con, and political string-puller — history is also one of her greatest problems.

But it's an episode from the more recent past that threatens to derail her campaign. As a teen, Deborah used to babysit little Gayle Whitehead for her mother, Janie. One rainy spring day eighteen years ago, both mother and daughter disappeared. When they were found three days later Gayle was dehydrated, dirty, and hungry … and Janie was dead. The unsolved murder became a local legend and an enigma that continues to haunt Gayle, who now begs Deborah to investigate.

With no real faith in her investigative skills, Deborah asks a variety of questions on her campaign tour of the county's rallies — and soon her attention is distracted from the hurly-burly of politics by troubling new evidence. Deborah now faces the realization that the disadvantages of being the single female candidate in a southern judgeship race, and even the disadvantages of being Kezzie Knott's daughter, are nothing in comparison to posing a threat to a successful murderer …

  

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.