A Kindle Countdown Deal: Turn On a Dime by Tiffany Snow

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

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

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Turn On a Dime by Tiffany Snow
A Companion to the Kathleen Turner Series
Publisher: Tiffany Snow
Price: $0.99 (as of 01/12/14 12:30 PM ET)

Blane Kirk is a Navy SEAL turned high-powered attorney with old money and an even older pedigree. Yes, he plays the field, changing women as often as he changes his ties, but they’re not complaining. He has only two rules – 1) Don’t date employees and 2) Don’t get emotionally involved. Those rules have served him well. He sees no reason to change his ways, until his Runner, an employee in his law firm named Kathleen Turner, does an unexpected face plant in his lap.

Kathleen’s too young, too innocent, and suddenly much too vulnerable when her friend is murdered and Blane knows she could be next. Keeping her alive means keeping her close, but can Blane keep her safe...from him? Kathleen’s like no woman he’s ever met, and protecting her could be the one thing he never expected that would make his life turn on a dime.

  

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New Poster for the Sundance Channel Series The Red Road

A new poster (right; click for larger image) has been released by Sundance Channel for its new drama The Red Road.

A local sheriff (Martin Henderson) struggles to keep his family together while simultaneously policing two clashing communities: the small town where he grew up just outside of New York City, and the neighboring mountains — home of a federally unrecognized Native American tribe. After a terrible tragedy and cover-up further divides these worlds, an uneasy alliance is forged between the officer and a dangerous member of the tribe (Jason Momoa). As each of the two men find themselves increasingly compromised by the other and the emotional ghosts of their collective pasts begin to emerge, the lives of both quickly unravel, leading to terrible consequences.

The Red Road premieres on Thursday, February 27th, 2014. Watch a trailer for the series, below.

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She's Gotta Be Mine by Jennifer Skully is Today's second Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature She's Gotta Be Mine by Jennifer Skully as today's second free mystery ebook (The Cottonmouth Series; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, January 12, 2014 at 6:45 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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She's Gotta Be Mine
Jennifer Skully
The Cottonmouth Series
Publisher: Jasmine Haynes

Dumped? For her husband's high school sweetheart he hasn't seen in twenty years? Roberta Jones Spivey isn't going to lay down for that. Instead, she reinvents herself and the new Bobbie Jones — new haircut, new name, new attitude — follows her soon-to-be ex to the small Northern California town of Cottonmouth.

What better way to show him — and his sweetheart — what he's missing in the brand new Bobbie Jones than taking up with the town's local bad boy — who's also reputed to be a serial killer. Nick Angel is devilishly handsome and sexy as all get-out. In a word, perfect.

It's all going exactly according to plan … until a real murder rocks the little town of Cottonmouth. Of course, Nick didn't do it … did he?

  

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Artfully Yours by Nageeba Davis is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Artfully Yours by Nageeba Davis as today's free mystery ebook (A Maggie Kean Misadventure; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, January 12, 2014 at 6:30 AM ET. Prices are subject to change without notice. The price displayed on the vendor website at the time of purchase will be the price paid for the book. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your transaction.

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Artfully Yours
Nageeba Davis
A Maggie Kean Misadventure
Publisher: Barrel Boat Enterprises

Maggie Kean life is turning upside down. First, there's her ongoing relationship with the sexy detective, the man who drives her crazy outside of the bedroom and, well, equally as crazy inside the bedroom. Maggie knows that her feelings for Sam Villari have grown way past anything she's ever experienced before, but that doesn't stop her from fighting it.

Then there's the ongoing struggle with her father, a man who abandoned her emotionally the day her mother died. But now, years later, he's reaching out to Maggie, hoping she can forgive him — hoping it's not too late to get past the hurt and anger to rebuild their bond as father and daughter.

And then there's the mystery of Kelly Martin, a budding young artist Maggie has taken under her wing. But one night, Kelly's running scared and it's up to Maggie, amateur sleuth that she is, to find out what has happened and who is out to hurt her.

  

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The Walking Dead: Rise of the Governor by Robert Kirkman and Jay Bonansinga is Today's Kobo Daily Deal

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Walking Dead: Rise of the Governor by Robert Kirkman and Jay Bonansinga as today's Kobo Daily Deal.

The deal price of $2.99 is valid only for today, Sunday, January 12, 2014.

Note: The price has been matched by Amazon.com for today only.

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The Walking Dead: Rise of the Governor
Robert Kirkman and Jay Bonansinga
The Walking Dead Series
St. Martin's Press

In the Walking Dead universe, there is no greater villain than The Governor. The despot who runs the walled-off town of Woodbury, he has his own sick sense of justice: whether it’s forcing prisoners to battle zombies in an arena for the townspeople’s amusement, or chopping off the appendages of those who cross him.

Now, for the first time, fans will discover how The Governor became the man he is, and what drove him to such extremes.

    

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The Shadow of Reichenbach Falls by John R. King is Today's Nook Daily Find

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Shadow of Reichenbach Falls by John R. King as today's Nook Daily Find.

The deal price of $2.99 is valid only for today, Sunday, January 12, 2014.

Note: The price has been matched by Amazon.com for today only.

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The Shadow of Reichenbach Falls
John R. King
A Sherlock Holmes Pastiche
Forge Books

Probably the most infamous story in the Sherlock Holmes canon is "The Final Problem" as it relates the facts of the death/murder of the master detective at Reichenbach Falls. On May 4, 1891, the detective met his archenemy Professor Moriarty on a ledge above the falls; the two became locked in a titanic hand-to-hand struggle before both tumbled over the precipice, presumably to their deaths, as witnessed afar by Dr.Watson. The outcry against the death of such a popular character was so great that in 1901 Conan Doyle was forced to give in to the pressure of his fan mail. He resurrected the detective by claiming that Holmes had managed to grab a tuft of grass during the fall into the "dreadful cauldron" and so had lived to solve another mystery.

But what really happened that infamous day at Reichenbach Falls and why did Holmes disappear in the aftermath? And what of the infamous Moriarty? How did a noble mathematician become the Napoleon of Crime?

It turns out that the events were not just witnessed by Watson but by another young detective of the Victorian era — Carnacki the Ghost Finder. Carnacki rescues an amnesiac gentleman from the base of the falls only to find himself and his companion doggedly pursued by an evil mastermind whose shadowy powers may reach from the bloody crime scenes of White Chapel to far beyond the grave.

    

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The Aloha Reef Series by Colleen Coble is Today's Kindle Romantic Suspense Daily Deal

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Aloha Reef Series by Colleen Coble as today's Kindle Daily Deal. We're highlighting the first in the series, Distant Echoes, below.

The deal price of $1.99 each is valid only for today, Sunday, January 12, 2014.

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Distant Echoes
Colleen Coble
The Aloha Reef Series
Thomas Nelson

In the land of aloha and paradise, dark secrets lurk just below the surface.

When a tragic accident downs a tourist boat off the coast of Hawaii, dolphin researcher Kaia Oana is one of the first in the water, risking her own life to try and save others. She's enlisted to help the U.S. Navy find out what really happened — utilizing her specially trained dolphins to help.

Kaia and Lieutenant Commander Jesse Matthews team up in the investigation — but as they edge closer to the truth about the incident, their own lives are threatened. Will a spirit of grace and forgiveness prevail or will it be overshadowed by the distant echoes of past pain and the imminent danger from a cold-blooded killer?

  

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Four Andrew Gross Thrillers is Today's Kindle Daily Deal

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Four Andrew Gross Thrillers as today's Kindle Daily Deal. We're highlighting one of his stand-alone thrillers, Eyes Wide Open, below.

The deal price of $1.99 each is valid only for today, Sunday, January 12, 2014.

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Eyes Wide Open
Andrew Gross
A Suspense Thriller
HarperCollins

Jay Erlich's nephew has been found at the bottom of a cliff at Morrow Bay. It's all just a tragic suicide, until secrets from the past begin to rear up again. Did a notorious killer, jailed for many decades, have his hand in this?

Years ago, Jay Erlich's older brother, Charlie, a wayward child of the sixties, set out for California, where he fell under the sway of a charismatic but deeply disturbed cultlike figure. Tragedy ensued and lives were destroyed, but as the decades passed, Charlie married and raised a family and lived a quiet, secluded life under the radar. Yet the demons that nearly destroyed him never completely disappeared.

When Jay heads out west to help his grieving brother, he is pulled back into Charlie's past — and begins to suspect that his nephew's suicide may not have been that at all. With eyes wide open, Jay puts his own life at risk to uncover the truth, a quest that goes beyond the edge of madness and a family haunted by a secret past … and into the depths of evil.

Read our review of Eyes Wide Open by Andrew Gross.

  

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Today's Mystery and Suspense Update from Big Fish Games (140112)

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

• The New Release is Haunted Train: Spirits of Charon (Collector's Edition).

• The Daily Deal is Dark Mysteries: The Soul Keeper, just $2.99 today only!

• The current Catch of the Week is Dark Parables: The Red Riding Hood Sisters, just $2.99 through Sunday, January 12, 2014 only.

• Today's Special Deal — This weekend only: Buy One Standard Edition Game and Get a Second for Just $0.99! Select two Standard Edition games, use coupon code 99CENTS and the second game will be just $0.99. Use as many times as you'd like. Offer valid through January 12th, 2014 only until 11:59 PM PT.

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

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The New Release today is Haunted Train: Spirits of Charon (Collector's Edition)

Charon's train has left the station, and you'll never believe who's on board. You and your fiancée were supposed to be happy, but someone's destroyed your wedding day, and your lives together. Now her ghost beckons to you from the train of death. Can you put this vicious deed to rest — and help Charon bring justice to your love's tragic end?

This is a special Collector's Edition release full of exclusive extras you won't find in the standard version, including: A bonus chapter that explores Charon's origin; Wallpapers, soundtracks, and concept art; and An available Strategy Guide.

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

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Today's Daily Deal is Dark Mysteries: The Soul Keeper

Charles Dexter Ward has summoned you to the island of Pawtuxet to stop a renegade spirit that is murdering the townspeople. The spirit is using human souls to become immortal, and you will be next if you can't stop him. Based on the novel by H.P. Lovecraft, this Hidden-Object Puzzle Adventure game will test your investigative skills as you solve the mysteries of Ward's family and complete the ritual that will banish this evil spirit once and for all!

A sample version is available to download and play for free for one hour. You can purchase this game today only — Sunday, January 12, 2014 — for $2.99.

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The current Catch of the Week is Dark Parables: The Red Riding Hood Sisters

Play as the fabled detective and defeat the Wolf Queen! Centuries ago, the first Red Riding Hood defeated the wolf and established the Order of Red Riding Hood Sisters. Recently, the nefarious Wolf Queen entrapped the sisters and planned to unleash legions of ravaging wolves onto our world. Assist the Red Riding Hood Sisters in this thrilling Hidden Object 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, January 12, 2014.

A New MystereBook: The Orkney Scroll by Lyn Hamilton

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 January 2014 priced $4.99 or less …

The Orkney Scroll by Lyn Hamilton is the 10th mystery in this series, first published by Berkley Prime Crime in hardcover in April 2006.

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The Orkney Scroll by Lyn Hamilton
A Lara McClintoch Archaeological Mystery
Publisher: Bev Editions
Publication Date: January 09, 2014
Price: $3.99 (as of 01/11/14 05:30 PM ET)

Lara McClintoch's professional pride is hurt when a writing cabinet she thought was a genuine antique turns out to be a fake. When the antique dealer who sold it for a million dollars is murdered and the money goes missing, Lara follows the forgery trail to Orkney, islands off the northeast coast of Scotland ruled long ago by Viking earls.

Amid the peaceful landscape and friendly inhabitants, Lara looks for vindication and finds danger instead.

  

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Review: Rituals by Mary Anna Evans

A Mysterious Review of Rituals by Mary Anna Evans. A Faye Longchamp Mystery.

Review summary: The books in this exceptionally fine series have typically merged historical events with a fictional story, and this is one of the better examples. There is, not surprisingly and rather appropriately given the themes here, some misdirection on the part of the author, but the thrill for readers is trying to figure out how all the disparate pieces fit together in a way that satisfies all the clues provided. (Click here for text of full review.)

Our rating:

Rituals
Mary Anna Evans
A Faye Longchamp Mystery
Poisoned Pen Press (October 2013)

Publisher synopsis: Faye Longchamp doesn't believe in ghosts. But she's an archaeologist—dead people are her life.

While working in Rosebower, a rural New York town founded by Spiritualists, Faye is surrounded by people who talk to the dead on a regular basis. When the most influential Spiritualist in town, Tilda Armistead, invites Faye and her project assistant to commune with the dead, she can't say no. Curiosity is also a cherished part of an archaeologist's life.

An hour after her crystal ball shows Faye things no rational mind can explain, Tilda is dead. The evidence says that someone trapped Tilda in a small room, nailing its one door shut before setting Tilda's Victorian home afire. There is no possible way for Tilda to have escaped the blaze, let alone drive for miles before finding Faye and dying in her arms. Yet Tilda did. How? And why?

In this bizarre community—one not far from Seneca Falls where women's rights activists once convened—it is sacrilegious not to believe in spooks. Plus spiritual tourism is a main Rosebower income stream. And here is Faye, surrounded by people who had reason to kill Tilda. Tilda's estranged daughter may be the heir to the Armistead fortune. The daughter's husband is a stage magician with a long history of making things vanish—and he's sinfully sexy. A rich developer would like to turn Rosebower into a Disneyland complete with real ghosts, a project which Tilda fought with her considerable political clout. And then there is the town's famed root doctor whose mysterious herbal potions are consumed by Rosebower and customers far and wide, plus the museum owner who hired Faye's company to assess his questionable collection.

Anywhere but Rosebower, these people would be dismissed as crazy. As Faye watches the psychics and charlatans jockey for power, and sends an SOS to her shrewd husband Joe, Tilda's sister, Myrna, is slowly dying. Will Rosebower reveal its secrets, and the Armisteads their history, to Faye before more goes up in flames?

      

A New MystereBook: The Crane Pavilion by I. J. 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 January 2014 priced $4.99 or less …

The Crane Pavilion by I. J. Parker is the 12th mystery in this series set in 11th century Heian Japan.

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The Crane Pavilion by I. J. Parker
A Sugawara Akitada Mystery
Publisher: I. J. Parker
Publication Date: January 09, 2014
Price: $3.99 (as of 01/11/14 04:30 PM ET)

After the loss of his wife and newborn son, Akitada returns home, ostensibly to care for his motherless children, but really to withdraw from the world into his grief. When his friends and family join in an effort to draw him out of his seclusion by tempting him with a mystery, he responds halfheartedly until he becomes intrigued by the young woman's alleged suicide and the slipshod way in which the police investigated.

But more serious problems arise: he faces dismissal and punishment for having left his last post without permission. Then Tora and Saburo are arrested for the murder of a gambler. Their dilemma forces Akitada to delve into the world of a gangster boss who controls gambling and prostitution, and this time Akitada will not escape.

  

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No One To Hear You Scream, A Suspense Thriller by K. J. Dahlen, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature No One To Hear You Scream by K. J. Dahlen, 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 (01/11/2014 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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No One To Hear You Scream by K. J. Dahlen
A Suspense Thriller
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer

When a serial killer murders Sam Sebastian's wife, the New Orleans cop turns bounty hunter to track down the killer and administer justice. Joining him on his quest is FBI agent Cole Davidson, whom Sam soon finds is connected to the killer.

As their journey takes them along the vast expanse of the Mississippi River, the investigation reveals that they are searching for a dark and troubled soul. The monster who killed Sam's wife has left a trail of blood in his wake, and it quickly becomes clear that he is adept at taking on other personas, including that of Sam's impromptu partner, Cole.

As they close in on the killer, Sam questions what he might do once they meet face-to-face. Will he be able to keep his emotions in check, or will he eliminate the man who destroyed his life?

  

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The Adversary, A Chris Bruen Thriller by Reece Hirsch, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Adversary by Reece Hirsch, 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 (01/11/2014 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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The Adversary by Reece Hirsch
A Chris Bruen Thriller (1st in series)
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer

Former DOJ cybercrimes prosecutor Chris Bruen walks into a dark apartment in Amsterdam to confront a hacker known as Black Vector. The hacker has stolen the source code for the world's most ubiquitous operating system, which powers everything from personal computers to the NSA's data centers. This should have been a routine assignment for Bruen, but instead of obtaining a confession, Bruen finds the hacker's dead body and uncovers a hidden flash drive that contains the code for a remarkably sophisticated computer virus known as Lurker.

Upon his return home to San Francisco, Bruen finds himself the target of a shadowy group of hackers who plan on unleashing Lurker, which will bring a major US city to its knees in seven days. Bruen doesn't know why he's the target, but the answers seem to lie somewhere in his troubled past. Suddenly, Bruen is framed as the planner of the cyberattack, making him the top suspect in an international manhunt. Bruen must stay ahead of the FBI and CIA in a race across Europe while he tries to decode the virus, find the hackers, and clear his name. With the lives of tens of thousands of people hanging in the balance, and his own life about to be destroyed, Bruen must go beyond the brink to stop the hackers.

  

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Standup Guy by Stuart Woods, New in Bookstores in January 2014

Today's new hardcover mystery title, scheduled to be published during January 2014 by Putnam, is Standup Guy by Stuart Woods.

For a list of more new hardcover mysteries published this month, visit our New Mysteries page for January 2014. For new paperback mysteries, visit The Mystery Bookshelf where a selection of January 2014 mysteries, novels of suspense, and thrillers are shelved.

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Standup Guy
Stuart Woods
Series: Stone Barrington (28th)

Stone Barrington's newest client does not seem the type to bring mayhem in his wake. A polite, well-deported gentleman, he comes to Stone seeking legal expertise on an unusual — and potentially lucrative — dilemma. Stone points him in the right direction and sends him on his way, but it's soon clear Stone hasn't seen the end of the case. Several people are keenly interested in this gentleman's activities and how they may relate to a long-ago crime … and some of them will stop at nothing to find the information they desire.

On a hunt that leads from Florida's tropical beaches to the posh vacation homes of the Northeast, Stone finds himself walking a tightrope between ambitious authorities and seedy lowlifes who all have the same prize in their sights. In this cutthroat contest of wills, it's winner-takes-all … and Stone will need every bit of his cunning and resourcefulness to be the last man standing.