Amazon's Gold Box Deal of the Day: Roku LT Streaming Media Player

Our featured Amazon Gold Box Deal of the Day for December 16th, 2013 is Roku LT Streaming Media Player — save 26%!

Streaming is more affordable than ever. The Roku LT has all the essentials you need to enjoy 1,000+ channels of movies, TV shows, music, sports, and more. With a free Roku app, one-stop search and channel shortcut buttons, the Roku LT delivers simply the best streaming value available anywhere.

On a personal note, we use our Roku everyday, from watching streaming video on Netflix and Acorn TV to listening to Pandora. We highly recommend it!

Save 26% on this versatile device, December 16th, 2013 only. Click on the images, below, to visit the product detail page on Amazon.com.

Today's Mystery and Suspense Update from Big Fish Games (131216)

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

• The New Release is Punished Talents: Seven Muses.

• The Daily Deal is Twilight School, just $2.99 today only!

• The current Catch of the Week is The Great Unknown: Houdini's Castle, just $2.99 through Sunday, December 22, 2013 only.

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

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The New Release today is Punished Talents: Seven Muses

Life imitates art with deadly results! Several of your close friends have been murdered in Boston recently, and the crimes are identical to ones described in books written by author Russell Pollack, your husband. Evidence found at the crime scenes only condemns Russell further, and soon he goes on the lam. It’s up to you to figure out who the real killer is before even more people — including you — end up dead. Find clues and explore the gorgeous world of 1930s Boston as you set out to save your friends and prove Russell’s innocence in this thrilling whodunit!

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

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Today's Daily Deal is Twilight School

Prepare yourself to enter the magical world of Twilight School! When Lily was young, her mother and father left her without reason or explanation. Years later a stranger named Hovenheim gives her a box with a letter from her mother. Lily discovers that her mother has been enslaved in the Dark World. Make your way to the Twilight School to save your mother. Explore the classrooms and garden while speaking with the students and teachers to uncover the truth about the school's sinister past!

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

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The current Catch of the Week is The Great Unknown: Houdini's Castle

Your honeymoon is cut short when your plane crashes on an uncharted island. You awake to discover a madman has kidnapped your husband. To get him back, you'll have to use all your wits to pass his sinister tests and solve the mysteries of Houdini's castle. Along the way, you'll uncover Houdini's secret past and learn about the brilliant apprentice who changed his life. Can you expose Houdini's greatest trick to save your husband and escape the island? Take the challenge in this thrilling Hidden Object Puzzle Adventure 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, December 22, 2013.

Rosemary & Thyme: The Complete Collection — Now Available at a Discounted Price

Now available: Rosemary & Thyme: The Complete Collection on DVD at a discounted price.

As of the date and time of this post, December 15, 2013 at 6:00 PM, this DVD set was priced at $36.99 (54% off).

Stunning gardens provide the backdrop for this hit British mystery series starring Felicity Kendal as Rosemary Boxer and Pam Ferris as Laura Thyme, professional gardeners and amateur sleuths. From their former careers as a university plant biologist and a police officer, Rosemary and Laura bring unique investigative talents to their horticultural and human mysteries.

Locations featured in the series include manor houses in the English countryside; London's Kew Gardens and Regent's Park; the French Riviera; Italy's Ligurian coast; a Surrey vineyard; and the hills of Málaga, Spain.

Use this link on Amazon.com to see more information about this charming series.

A New MystereBook: On the Rocks by Melanie Jackson

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 …

On the Rocks by Melanie Jackson is the second mystery in this historical series featuring Kenneth Mayhew.

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On the Rocks by Melanie Jackson
A Kenneth Mayhew Mystery
Publisher: Brian Jackson
Publication Date: December 13, 2013
Price: $0.99 (as of 12/15/13 05:30 PM ET)

Kenneth Mayhew has been summoned to the mansion of one of New York's elite to foil a cunning jewel thief. The dastard threatens to strike on New Years Eve during a costume ball.

Can Kenneth, the beautiful Judith, and faithful manservant Bentley stop this audacious crime?

  

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The Deserter, A Homer Kelly Mystery by Jane Langton, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Deserter by Jane Langton, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Mysterious Press.

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 (12/15/2013 at 5:00 PM ET). Prices are subject to change without notice. The price displayed on the vendor website at the time of purchase will be the price paid for the book. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your transaction.

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The Deserter by Jane Langton
A Homer Kelly Mystery (17th in series)
Publisher: Mysterious Press

Homer and his wife fight to restore the besmirched legacy of a long-dead relative …

Homer and Mary Kelly have wandered through Harvard University's Memorial Hall dozens of times, but never have they lingered over the long list of alumni who died for the Union during the Civil War. One afternoon, the setting sun casts its light on the name of Seth Morgan, Mary's disgraced great-great-grandfather. She knows little of her ancestor's life, for family lore holds that he was a deserter, and a blight on the Morgan name. But as she and her husband dig into the dead man's story, they find something astonishing.

The mystery deepens as the story shifts from past to present. Even in 1863 it was difficult to know just what happened on the blood-soaked fields of Gettysburg, but no matter what it takes, Homer and Mary will find truth, and restore the honor of a man who died fighting for his country.

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A New MystereBook: Mango Bay by Bill Myers

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 …

Mango Bay by Bill Myers is the third book in this series, featuring John Walker and Mango Bob, the cat with no tail.

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Mango Bay by Bill Myers
A Mango Bob Adventure
Publisher: Bill Myers
Publication Date: December 13, 2013
Price: $2.99 (as of 12/15/13 04:30 PM ET)

Take an unemployed computer hacker living in an RV on the beach in Florida, a cranky cat named Mango Bob, Oscar the wiener dog, a pot smuggling granny, and a once famous Hollywood movie star out to reclaim lost glory.

Put them all together in a clothing optional trailer park, along with a clumsy meth cook and a larcenous park manager. Add in a budding romance, a slow boat chase up the Intracoastal waterway, and what do you get?

Laugh out loud funny, filled with zany characters living life in a sleepy beach town on Florida's west coast.

  

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Lassiter, A Jake Lassiter Mystery by Paul Levine, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Lassiter by Paul Levine, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Bantam.

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 (12/15/2013 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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Lassiter by Paul Levine
A Jake Lassiter Mystery (8th in series)
Publisher: Bantam

Eighteen years ago, Jake Lassiter crossed paths with a teenage runaway who disappeared into South Florida's sex trade. Now he traces her steps and runs head-on into a conspiracy of Miami's rich and powerful who would do anything to keep the past as silent as the grave.

Lassiter, second-string linebacker turned low-rent lawyer, is cynical about the law, but if you hire him, he'll take a punch for you … and maybe a swing at the prosecutor, too.

Amy Larkin — beautiful, angry, and mysterious — accuses Lassiter of involvement in the disappearance of her sister eighteen years earlier. What does Lassiter know about Krista Larkin, the runaway teen turned porn actress? More than he's saying.

Seeking to atone for his own past, Lassiter follows the cold trail of the missing Krista and butts head with the powerful men who also knew her: a former porn king turned philanthropist, a slick Cuban-born prosecutor, and an aging mobster.

The evidence leads to a long-ago night of kinky sex, designer drugs — and possible murder. But before Lassiter can nail the truth, a gun goes off, a suspect falls dead, and Lassiter has a murder trial to defend. Will the verdict disclose what happened to Krista? The answer, buried under years of deceit and corruption, is revealed in an explosive courtroom finale, proving that rough justice is better than no justice at all.

  

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A New MystereBook: Dangerous Allies by Rickie Blair

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 …

Dangerous Allies by Rickie Blair is the first book in the Ruby Danger thriller series.

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Dangerous Allies by Rickie Blair
A Ruby Danger Thriller
Publisher: Blair Publishing
Publication Date: December 13, 2013
Price: $2.99 (as of 12/15/13 03:30 PM ET)

Some people will do anything for money …

When notorious actress Ruby Delaney boards a luxury cruise ship with her husband, Wall Street financier Elliot Carver, she’s hoping for a few relaxing days at sea and a chance to reconnect with her increasingly distant spouse. Oh, and maybe an opportunity to ask him about some puzzling changes she’s noticed in the trust fund he manages for her two little nieces.

But the ship has barely left Fort Lauderdale when Ruby starts receiving mysterious warnings about dangerous criminals on board — who appear to be involved with her husband. Her attempts to find out what’s really going on only make matters worse. Before long she finds herself implicated in a ruinous financial scam and on the run from her husband, stock market regulators, and a vicious assassin — all of them convinced she’s hiding millions in stolen money.

With only days to find the cash and clear her name, Ruby must decide who amongst an unlikely set of allies can be trusted — and who is a cold-blooded killer about to strike. She will have to escape her pursuers, uncover secrets buried a continent away, reveal a massive stock-market swindle — and subdue her own impulsive nature.

Not to mention rescue her little dog Charlie.

But first, she has to get off a security-laden cruise ship, alone and undetected, in the middle of the Caribbean …

  

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Diner Impossible, A Rose Strickland Mystery by Terri L. Auston, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Diner Impossible by Terri L. Auston, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Henery Press.

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 (12/15/2013 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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Diner Impossible by Terri L. Auston
A Rose Strickland Mystery (2nd in series)
Publisher: Henery Press

After shunning her overbearing parents' wealthy lifestyle, waitress and part-time college student, Rose Strickland, is drawn back into their world when she tries to prove the impossible: the innocence of the town's crooked police chief. He's suspected in the gruesome death of Delia Cummings, his secretary and mistress, and all the evidence points to him.

While she tracks down clues with the aid of her anime-loving bestie, Rose's pal, Axton, and his Klingon gang are feuding with their Starfleet rivals. Things get hairier than a pile of well-fed Tribbles, so Rose gets involved. In between interrogating Trekkies and quizzing socialites at high tea, she discovers the secrets Delia Cummings took to her grave. Suspects abound, but when Chief Mathers threatens to bring down Rose's criminally mischievous and maybe boyfriend, Sullivan, she makes it her mission to find the real killer before Sullivan finds himself in prison.

  

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Chilled to the Bone by Quentin Bates, New in Bookstores This Month

Today's new hardcover mystery title, scheduled to be published this month by Soho Crime, is Chilled to the Bone by Quentin Bates.

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.

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Chilled to the Bone
Quentin Bates
Series: Gunnhildur Gísladóttir (3rd)

When Sergeant Gunnhildur Gísladóttir of the local police force is called in to investigate the death of a man found tied to a bed in one of Reykjavík's nicest hotels, she finds no sign of criminal activity but suspects there may be more to the case than meets the eye. Could the death of the shipowner be related to a local gangster's recent return to Iceland after many years abroad?

What begins as a straightforward case for Gunnhildur soon explodes into a dangerous investigation, involving a discreet bondage society that ruthless men will go to violent extremes to keep secret.

      

A Ghostly Undertaking, A Beyond the Grave Mystery by Tonya Kappes, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature A Ghostly Undertaking by Tonya Kappes, now available at a special price, courtesy of the author.

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 (12/15/2013 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.

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A Ghostly Undertaking by Tonya Kappes
A Beyond the Grave Mystery (1st in series)
Publisher: Tonya Kappes

Another day. Another funeral. Another ghost.

Another average day in the life of young funeral home director, Emma Lee Raines.

After a perilous run-in with a plastic Santa Claus, Emma Lee, co-owner of Eternal Slumber Funeral Home in Sleepy Hollow, Kentucky, sees the ghost of town gossip Ruthie Sue Payne, who is proving to be a real pain, more so in death than while living. Recently deceased, Ruthie reveals to Emma Lee that her demise wasn't caused by accidentally falling down the steps at the Sleepy Hollow Inn as everyone believes — she was pushed … murdered.

In order for the ghost to cross over — and for Emma Lee to be rid of Ruthie for good — she must find a desperate killer … or risk being haunted forever.

  

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MystereBooks: Shadowkiller by Wendy Corsi Staub, 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 Shadowkiller by Wendy Corsi Staub. This Kindle book was listed at $1.99 as of the date and time of this post, Sunday, December 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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Shadowkiller by Wendy Corsi Staub
A Nightwatcher Novel of Suspense
Publisher: Harper

If you should die before you wake …

Nestled in the warm, domestic cocoon of loving husbandand family, Allison finally feels safe — unaware that astranger's brutal murder on a Caribbean island is the first step in an intricate plan to destroy everything in her life.

For seasoned NYPD Detective Rocky Manzillo, the signs are clear that something terrible has emerged from the shadows:a murder victim left without a face and a faded photograph that yields a startling connection.

Now, as Allison's murky memoriesof a troubled childhood creep back to light, a cunning predator who shares her history prepares toenact a horrifying retribution — and won't stop killing untilAllison faces a shocking truth … and pays the ultimate price.

      

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The Bat, A Harry Hole Mystery by Jo Nesbø, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Bat by Jo Nesbø, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Vintage.

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 (12/15/2013 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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The Bat by Jo Nesbø
A Harry Hole Mystery (1st in series)
Publisher: Vintage

Inspector Harry Hole of the Oslo Crime Squad is dispatched to Sydney to observe a murder case. Harry is free to offer assistance, but he has firm instructions to stay out of trouble.

The victim is a twenty-three year old Norwegian woman who is a minor celebrity back home. Never one to sit on the sidelines, Harry befriends one of the lead detectives, and one of the witnesses, as he is drawn deeper into the case. Together, they discover that this is only the latest in a string of unsolved murders, and the pattern points toward a psychopath working his way across the country.

As they circle closer and closer to the killer, Harry begins to fear that no one is safe, least of all those investigating the case.

  

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A New MystereBook: Summer of Fear by T. Jefferson Parker

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 …

Summer of Fear by T. Jefferson Parker is the author's fourth California crime thriller, first published in hardcover by St. Martin's Press in July 1993. This is its first time available as an ebook.

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Summer of Fear by T. Jefferson Parker
A California Crime Novel
Publisher: T. Jefferson Parker
Publication Date: December 11, 2013
Price: $2.99 (as of 12/15/13 12:30 PM ET)

When love is stronger than fear …

Russ Monroe is a successful true-crime writer living in Southern California with his wife, who is battling cancer. When a series of very sinister and very similar murders follow one another in Orange County, Monroe senses true material at his doorstep, even though the cops are trying to deny that a serial killer is on the loose.

But the next killing involves someone Russ knows intimately, and he begins his own investigation, which leads him back into his city, his family, his home. He finds that the truth may set you free, but it can also kill the ones you love.

  

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Telemystery: TNT Orders Pilot based on Marcia Clark's Guilt by Association

TNT has ordered a pilot for Guilt by Association, based on Marcia Clark's 2011 first in series legal thriller of the same title. (More information about the book, below.) The project was first announced last May together with several others the network is considering.

Clark will also write the pilot screenplay, which will be directed by Nelson McCormick.

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Guilt by Association
Marcia Clark
A Rachel Knight Mystery

Los Angeles D.A. Rachel Knight is a tenacious, wise-cracking, and fiercely intelligent prosecutor in the city's most elite division. When her colleague, Jake, is found dead at a grisly crime scene, Rachel is shaken to the core. She must take over his toughest case: the assault of a young woman from a prominent family.

But she can't stop herself from digging deeper into Jake's death, a decision that exposes a world of power and violence and will have her risking her reputation — and her life — to find the truth.