Natural Born Thrillers by Various Authors is Today's Kobo Daily Deal

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Natural Born Thrillers by Various Authors as today's Kobo Daily Deal.

The deal price of $0.99 is valid only for today, Wednesday, January 15, 2014.

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

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Natural Born Thrillers
Various Authors
A Box Set of Action-Packed Thrillers
Harbinger Books

Twelve pulse-pounding and action-packed thrillers in a variety of genres from multiple Amazon bestsellers, this set is just the thing to get you through the long winter nights!

From international conspiracies to supernatural threats and enemies, from the streets of Rome to the icy rings of Saturn, these twelve full-length novels from bestselling veterans of the genre are designed to thrill and chill the suspense lover in you.

Over 1 million words and 2,300 pages of high-octane excitement!

    

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Falling Angel by William Hjortsberg is Today's Kindle Daily Deal

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Falling Angel by William Hjortsberg as today's Kindle Daily Deal.

The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Wednesday, January 15, 2014.

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Falling Angel
William Hjortsberg
A Novel of Suspense
Open Road

Big-band frontman Johnny Favorite was singing for the troops when a Luftwaffe fighter squadron strafed the bandstand, killing the crowd and leaving the singer near death. The army returned him to a private hospital in upstate New York, leaving him to live out his days as a vegetable while the world forgot him. But Louis Cyphre never forgets.

Cyphre had a contract with the singer, stipulating payment upon Johnny's death — payment that will be denied as long as Johnny clings to life. When Cyphre hires private investigator Harry Angel to find Johnny at the hospital, Angel learns that the singer has disappeared. It is no ordinary missing-person's case. Everyone he questions dies soon after, as Angel's investigation ensnares him in a bizarre tangle of black magic, carnival freaks, and grisly voodoo. When the sinister Louis Cyphre begins appearing in Angel's dreams, the detective fears for his life, his sanity, and his soul.

  

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Today's Mystery and Suspense Update from Big Fish Games (140115)

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

• The New Release is Midnight Macabre: Mystery of the Elephant.

• The current Catch of the Week is Sable Maze: Sullivan River, just $2.99 through Sunday, January 19, 2014 only.

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

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The New Release today is Midnight Macabre: Mystery of the Elephant

It was a perfect day for a walk, and Helen was out enjoying time with her daughter when something terrible happened — an evil creature kidnapped the girl! Play as Helen, a young mother trying to save her beloved Cathie, and dive into a marvelous journey filled with brilliant graphics and fascinating puzzles. Solve the mysteries of the dark castle, uncover the truth behind the mystery of the elephant, and rescue Cathie in this unique and challenging hidden object game.

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 Sable Maze: Sullivan River

Every night you have the same nightmare. You see children wandering through a maze, crying for help. These sleepless nights are ruining your waking life. To stop them, you must return to Sullivan River Summer Camp to uncover what happened during that long-forgotten summer. Beware though, this camp isn't all that it seems. With every step, you can feel eyes watching you. Reveal the secret of the ancient labyrinth in this eerie 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, January 19, 2014.

Mystery and Suspense Films: A Single Shot, New This Week on DVD

Checking through our list of films currently scheduled for release this week on DVD and/or Blu-ray disc, we are pleased to feature one that falls into the mystery, suspense, thriller, crime and/or adventure category …

A Single Shot starring Sam Rockwell, Jeffrey Wright, Kelly Reilly, Jason Isaacs, and William H. Macy.

See also a list of current mystery and suspense DVD, Blu-ray, or VOD deals on Amazon.com.

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A Single Shot (2013)

Directed by David M. Rosenthal from an adapted screenplay by Matthew F. Jones, and based on his novel A Single Shot. Watch a trailer for the film below.

Film Synopsis (from the studio): The tragic death of a beautiful young girl starts a tense and atmospheric game of cat and mouse between hunter John Moon (Sam Rockwell) and the hardened backwater criminals out for his blood.

Running time: 116 minutes. Rating: Rated R for some strong violence, sexual content, nudity, language and brief drug use.

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Review: October Ogre by Ron Roy

A Mysterious Review of October Ogre by Ron Roy. A Calendar Mystery.

Review summary: This is a delightfully entertaining entry in this series, set at a haunted house at Halloween. When one of the friends disappears, the rest have to figure out the mystery of where he went to. One of the better books in the series to date, one young readers will most certainly enjoy. (Click here for text of full review.)

Our rating:

October Ogre
Ron Roy
A Calendar Mystery
Random House (August 2013)

Publisher synopsis: It's Halloween, and the Shangri-la Hotel has been transformed into a haunted house, complete with an ogre out front. Bradley, Brian, Nate, and Lucy are ready for some scary fun, but then they notice that none of the kids who have gone in the hotel have come back out. What's happening to them? Ghosts and witches and ogres aren't real … right?

      

Telemystery: Justified to End after Six Seasons

Though we haven't seen an official statement that Justified has been renewed for a sixth season, we do have word that the series will end after season six.

"It was [showrunner] Graham Yost and Timothy Olyphant's decision," John Landgraf, FX Networks' CEO said. "I would have liked to have had more Justified, it's one of my favorite shows. We talked about it a year ago; they felt that the arc of the show and what they had to say would be best served by six seasons instead of seven. Regretfully, I accepted their decision."

Based on a character featured in the short story "Fire in the Hole" by the late Elmore Leonard, and starring Timothy Olyphant as Marshal Raylan Givens, Justified began its fifth season earlier this month.

A New MystereBook: Winter of the Raven by Janice Kay Johnson

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 …

Winter of the Raven by Janice Kay Johnson was first published in hardcover by Forge Books in August 1995. This is (we believe) its first appearance as an ebook.

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Winter of the Raven by Janice Kay Johnson
A Novel of Suspense
Publisher: Janice Kay Johnson
Publication Date: January 10, 2014
Price: $3.99 (as of 01/14/14 04:30 PM ET)

After the shocking murder of the Reverend Hewitt, Kate Hewitt wants desperately to return to the mysterious, fog-shrouded Queen Charlotte Islands in British Columbia to discover who killed her father. Although she had grown up running wild among the Haida Indians to whom he ministered, she is now trapped in the far more civilized world of late 19th century Victoria, where women are forced to live circumscribed lives with no purpose but marriage. Her skill as a photographer is an embarrassment to her aunt and uncle rather than a source of pride. Given the opportunity to return to the islands with a museum expedition, she gladly risks her reputation and even her life.

Driven by his own passion for saving any remnants of the Haida's dying civilization in his museum in Boston, Luke Brennan soon comes to repent his unusual decision to employ a woman to travel with him and record dances and ceremonies in photographs. Had he guessed at this woman's dangerous intent, he would never have been so foolish. For he lives already under the shadow of guilt — a man unusual for his time, he had allowed his wife to travel with him on similar expeditions, and blames himself for her death.

The frightening journey over stormy seas does not quell Kate. Her probing questions bear fruit all too quickly: an attempt on her life. Her father's killer could be anyone: the missionary who had been subservient to the Reverend Hewitt but who has now taken his place and yet seems to despise these damp, isolated islands and the people to whom he ministers; a miner who is the only man who had ever told Kate she was pretty, but who admits he came to this godforsaken place to avoid being hung for murder; white men far more ruthless than Luke who also seek to buy the totem poles, masks and more from the Haida Indians; and perhaps even Kate's childhood friends among the Haida who make her painfully aware she is not one of them.

Kate and Luke's winter-long journey is melancholy, with them torn between the need to salvage what remains of a dying culture and their awareness that, for all their good intentions, they are hastening the death of the culture with each ceremonial mask they buy and take away. As Kate and Luke with their two native guides circle these magnificent islands through the storms of winter, they are accompanied by death, grief, passion and the chance to create bonds that offer hope for a future … if the murderer who also pursues them does not have his way.

  

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More than a Skeleton, A Suspense Thriller by Paul L. Maier, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature More than a Skeleton by Paul L. Maier, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Thomas Nelson.

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 (01/14/2014 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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More than a Skeleton by Paul L. Maier
A Suspense Thriller
Publisher: Thomas Nelson

A man claiming to be Jesus is in Rome. Is it the beginning of the end?

Joshua Ben-Yosef attracts a huge following. He was born in Nazareth to parents name Mary and Joseph and speaks more than a dozen languages — fluently and without accent. His words ripple with wisdom and authority. And the crowds that follow him are enthralled as he heals the sick, gives sight to the blind, casts out demons, and even raises the dead.

Is Dr. Merton, the well-known leader and author of end-times books, correct about the return of Christ? It seems everyone is a believer in this "Messiah" — including Jonathan Weber's wife, Shannon — especially when Joshua performs the ultimate sign by raising a disciple from the dead. Plagued by skepticism, Jonathan faces the ultimate challenge in uncovering whether this is the actual return of Christ of the most devious betrayal ever carried out.

      

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A New MystereBook: Red Sky Morning by Greg Marion

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 …

Red Sky Morning by Greg Marion is the author's first near-future thriller, first in a new series and a lesson in how quickly the stakes can raise when you come to know too much.

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Red Sky Morning by Greg Marion
A President's Agent Novel
Publisher: Greg Marion
Publication Date: January 13, 2014
Price: $2.99 (as of 01/14/14 03:30 PM ET)

It's the year 2032, and for his first assignment, Mike Brennan, the new President's Agent, has been sent on a seemingly simple task: to use his spy skills to find what dirt he can about industry giant Cronus Aerospace. Before long, however, the assignment becomes wrought with mystery and danger as the bodies begin piling up.

Desperate to protect his loyal friends, Kau`i and Kekoa Hamilton, Mike flees with them to Maui, Hawaii where they attempt to lay low and off the grid until the smoke clears. Their enemy, however, is determined and resourceful — and will stop at nothing to track them down and eliminate them.

  

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Germ, A Suspense Thriller by Robert Liparulo, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Germ by Robert Liparulo, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Thomas Nelson.

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 (01/14/2014 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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Germ by Robert Liparulo
A Suspense Thriller
Publisher: Thomas Nelson

If you breathe … it will find you.

The list of 10,000 names was created for maximum devastation. Business leaders, housewives, politicians, celebrities, janitors, children. None of them is aware of what is about to happen — but all will be part of the most frightening brand of warfare the world has ever known.

The germ — an advanced form of the Ebola virus — has been genetically engineered to infect only those people whose DNA matches the codes embedded within it. Those whose DNA is not a match simply catch a cold. But those who are a match experience a far worse fate. Within days, their internal organs liquify.

Death is the only escape.

The release of the virus will usher in a new era of power where countries are left without defense. Where a single person — or millions — could be killed with perfect accuracy and zero collateral damage. Where your own DNA works against you.

The time isn't coming. It is now. Pray the assassins get you first.

      

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Dead to Me by Cath Staincliffe, New in Bookstores in January 2014

Today's new hardcover mystery title, scheduled to be published during January 2014 by Minotaur Books, is Dead to Me by Cath Staincliffe.

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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Dead to Me
Cath Staincliffe

Detective Constable Janet Scott is subtle and reliable, a diplomatic thinker with a wry sense of humor. She's put in the time and seen it all, but has no desire for the boss's job — she loves her own too much. Rachel Bailey couldn't be more different — she's energetic, impulsive, and ambitious, and has just been transferred to the Manchester murder squad. Their commander thinks Rachel's intuition could make her a great cop, but has reservations about her shoot-first-think-later approach, so she partners her with Janet.

At first, the match seems to have been made somewhere considerably lower than heaven, but when a teenage girl is found brutally murdered, stabbed to death in her squalid flat on a North Manchester housing estate, both detectives realize they must work together to stop a vicious killer. But the case quickly becomes more complicated than it seems, fraught with dangers neither woman could see coming. Eager to make her mark, Rachel's reckless pursuit of the truth could threaten her future on the squad. And an unexpected turn in the investigation forces Janet to face personal demons. No matter the cost, both must race to stop a vicious killer before it's too late.

        

Jo Nesbø to Retell Macbeth for a 21st Century Audience

The Hogarth Shakespeare, a major international publishing initiative across the Penguin Random House Group, has commissioned crime novelist Jo Nesbø to retell Macbeth, one of Shakespeare's darkest and most powerful tragedies.

"Macbeth is a story that is close to my heart because it tackles topics I've been dealing with since I started writing," says Nesbø. "A main character who has the moral code and the corrupted mind, the personal strength and the emotional weakness, the ambition and the doubts to go either way. A thriller about the struggle for power, set both in a gloomy, stormy crime noir-like setting and in a dark, paranoid human mind. No, it does not feel too far from home. And, yes, it is a great story. And, no, I will not attempt to do justice to William Shakespeare nor the story. I will simply take what I find of use and write my own story. And, yes, I will have the nerve to call it Macbeth."

Nesbø joins an illustrious line-up of novelists on the new Hogarth Shakespeare list, which sees contemporary authors retelling Shakespeare's plays for a twenty-first century audience: Margaret Atwood has chosen The Tempest, Howard Jacobson The Merchant of Venice, Anne Tyler The Taming of the Shrew and Jeanette Winterson The Winter's Tale.

The series will launch in 2016 to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death.

A New MystereBook: House of Bathory by Linda Lafferty

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 …

House of Bathory by Linda Lafferty is inspired by the actual crimes of Elizabeth Báthory, and carries readers along with suspense and the sweep of historical events both repellent and fascinating.

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House of Bathory by Linda Lafferty
A Novel of Suspense
Publisher: Amazon Publishing
Publication Date: January 14, 2014
Price: $3.99 (as of 01/14/14 01:30 PM ET)

In the early 1600s, Elizabeth Báthory, the infamous Blood Countess, ruled Čachtice Castle in the hinterlands of Slovakia. During bizarre nightly rites, she tortured and killed the young women she had taken on as servants. A devil, a demon, the terror of Royal Hungary — she bathed in their blood to preserve her own youth.

400 years later, echoes of the Countess's legendary brutality reach Aspen, Colorado. Betsy Path, a psychoanalyst of uncommon intuition, has a breakthrough with sullen teenager Daisy Hart. Together, they are haunted by the past, as they struggle to understand its imprint upon the present. Betsy and her troubled but perceptive patient learn the truth: the curse of the House of Bathory lives still and has the power to do evil even now.

The story, brimming with palace intrigue, memorable characters intimately realized, and a wealth of evocative detail, travels back and forth between the familiar, modern world and a seventeenth-century Eastern Europe brought startlingly to life.

  

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Along Came a Spider, An Alex Cross Mystery by James Patterson, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Along Came a Spider by James Patterson, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Little, Brown.

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 (01/14/2014 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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Along Came a Spider by James Patterson
An Alex Cross Mystery (1st in series)
Publisher: Little, Brown

Gary Soneji is a mild-mannered mathematics teacher at a Washington, D.C., private school for the children of the political and social elite. He's so popular that the kids all call him "Mr. Chips". And he's very, very smart. Growing up, he always knew he was smarter than the rest of them — he knew that the Great Ones always fooled everybody. He kidnaps Maggie Rose, the golden-haired daughter of a famous movie actress, and her best friend, Shrimpie Goldberg, the son of the secretary of the treasury, right out from under the noses of their two Secret Service agents. But Gary Soneji is not surprised at his skill. He's done it before. Hundreds of times before.

Alex Cross is a homicide detective with a Ph.D. in psychology. he looks like Muhammad Ali in his prime. Cross works and lives in the ghettos of D.C. He's a tough guy from a tough part of town who wears Harris Tweed jackets and likes to relax by banging out Gershwin tunes on his baby grand piano. He has two adorable kids of his own. They are his own special vulnerabilities.

Jezzie Flanaganis the first woman ever to hold the highly sensitive job as supervisor of the Secret Service in Washington. Blond, mysterious, seductive, she's got an outer shell that's as tough s it is beautiful. She rides her black BMW motorcycle at speeds of no less than 100 mph. What is she running from? What is her secret?

Alex Cross and Jezzie Flanagan are about to have a forbidden love affair — at the worst possible time for both of them. Because Gary Soneji, who wants to commit the "crime of the century," is playing at the top of his game. The latest of the unspeakable crimes happened in Alex Cross's precinct. They happened under the protection of Jezzie Flanagan's men. Now Soneji is at large again, still wreaking havoc.

Alex Cross must face the ultimate test as a psychologist: how do you outmaneuver a brilliant psychopath? Especially one who appears to have a split personality — one who won't let the other half remember those horrific acts?

Soneji has outsmarted the FBI, the Secret Service, and the police. Who will be his next victim?

  

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