Paint Her Dead by Judi Ciance is Today's Third Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Paint Her Dead by Judi Ciance as today's third free mystery ebook (A Casey Quinby Mystery; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, January 18, 2014 at 7:00 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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Paint Her Dead
Judi Ciance
A Casey Quinby Mystery
Publisher: Judi Ciance

The body of a young girl found tucked away beside a bed in a closed-for-the-season ocean-front cottage … a boyfriend without an alibi … a rich and conniving widow … strangers and lovers caught in the triangle of an unknown identity.

And then came Casey Quinby, considered the "Kelly Girl" investigator for several Cape Cod Police Departments, and her side-kicks, Annie, right-hand to the District Attorney, and Marnie, a recent law school graduate.

After a near-death experience only four months before, Casey promised her boyfriend, Sam, the lead detective in the Bourne PD, that she'd stay clear of dangers reserved for seasoned police officers. He constantly reminded her she was a newspaper reporter, not a PO. But, her accidental encounter with a very dead Jane Doe draws her back into a world of suspense, mystery and intrigue.

The road from Provincetown to Boston is paved with twists, turns, unexpected dangers and hidden secrets waiting to be uncovered.

  

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Treasure Uncovered by Diane Greenwood Muir is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Treasure Uncovered by Diane Greenwood Muir as today's second free mystery ebook (The Bellingwood Series; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, January 18, 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.

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Treasure Uncovered
Diane Greenwood Muir
The Bellingwood Series
Publisher: Nammynools Publishing

Polly Giller has had the worst luck with finding a good custodian for Sycamore House and the murder of her latest employee draws even more attention to her propensity for finding dead bodies. Sheriff Aaron Merritt just assumes that when she calls him, it's because she's found someone. The pool at the Elevator expands as the locals lay odds on Polly's next find. When Beryl Watson ends up in the hospital because of an explosion, the last thing she wants is to be a statistic in Polly's life.

Sal Kahane, Polly's college roommate and best friend from Boston, comes to Iowa to see what all the fuss is about at Sycamore House. The city girl has to keep an open mind in order to understand why her friend loves living among the cornfields. Polly's relationship with Henry Sturtz, her contractor and friend, continues to grow. When he left town for a couple of months, she discovered how important he was.

Polly takes a risk on a new custodian with a mysterious background and farm thefts disrupt the little town. She finds herself worrying about locking things up again; something she had ceased doing when she moved out of Boston.

  

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Shades of Death by Aline Templeton is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Shades of Death by Aline Templeton as today's free mystery ebook (A Suspense Thriller; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, January 18, 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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Shades of Death
Aline Templeton
A Suspense Thriller
Publisher: Endeavour Press

Seventeen years after her death, the skeletal remains of an eleven-year-old girl are discovered buried deep in the caves of Derbyshire's Peak District. Close to the body lies a crudely-carved clay model of a sinister jackal-headed creature. What is the connection?

As DS Tom Ward takes charge of the police investigation, the secrets surrounding a group of now grown-up children and their sinister "Egyptian game" are gradually revealed. Secrets which have lain buried for almost twenty years. Secrets which will now emerge with unexpected and devastating consequences.

When the body of a seemingly innocent and beautiful young widow is discovered, it seems the killer is still at large. And the game is by no means over.

Tom Ward slowly peels away layers of deception that span two decades — but finds himself dangerously mixed up in a deadly plot.

  

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Loss of Innocence by Richard North Patterson is Today's Nook Daily Find

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Loss of Innocence by Richard North Patterson as today's Nook Daily Find.

The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Saturday, January 18, 2014.

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

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Loss of Innocence
Richard North Patterson
A Family Drama
Quercus

America is in a state of turbulence, engulfed in civil unrest and uncertainty. Yet for Whitney Dane- spending the summer of her twenty-second year on Martha's Vineyard--life could not be safer, nor the future more certain. Educated at Wheaton, soon to be married, and the youngest daughter of the all-American Dane family, Whitney has everything she has ever wanted, and is everything her all-powerful and doting father, Charles Dane, wants her to be.

But the Vineyard's still waters are disturbed by the appearance of Benjamin Blaine. An underprivileged, yet fiercely ambitious and charismatic figure, Blaine is a force of nature neither Whitney nor her family could have prepared for.

As Ben's presence begins to awaken independence within Whitney, it also brings deep-rooted family tensions to a dangerous head. And soon Whitney's set-in-stone future becomes far from satisfactory, and her picture-perfect family far from pretty.

    

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The Heavens Rise by Christopher Rice is Today's Supernatural Thriller Kindle Daily Deal

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Heavens Rise by Christopher Rice as today's Supernatural Thriller Kindle Daily Deal.

The deal price of $2.99 is valid only for today, Saturday, January 18, 2014.

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The Heavens Rise
Christopher Rice
A Novel of Supernatural Suspense
Gallery Books

It's been a decade since the Delongpre family vanished near Bayou Rabineaux, and still no one can explain the events of that dark and sweltering night. No one except Niquette Delongpre, the survivor who ran away from the mangled stretch of guardrail on Highway 22 where the impossible occurred … and kept on running. Who left behind her best friends, Ben and Anthem, to save them from her newfound capacity for destruction … and who alone knows the source of her very bizarre — and very deadly — abilities: an isolated strip of swampland called Elysium.

An accomplished surgeon, Niquette's father dreamed of transforming the dense acreage surrounded by murky waters into a palatial compound befitting the name his beloved wife gave to it, Elysium: "the final resting place for the heroic and virtuous." Then, ten years ago, construction workers dug into a long-hidden well, one that snaked down into the deep, black waters of the Louisiana swamp and stirred something that had been there for centuries — a microscopic parasite that perverts the mind and corrupts the body.

Niquette is living proof that things done can't be undone. Nothing will put her family back together again. And nothing can save her. But as Niquette, Ben, and Anthem uncover the truth of a devastating parasite that has the potential to alter the future of humankind, Niquette grasps the most chilling truths of all: someone else has been infected too. And unlike her, this man is not content to live in the shadows. He is intent to use his newfound powers for one reason only: revenge.

  

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Thread of Fear by Laura Griffin is Today's Romantic Suspense Kindle Daily Deal

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Thread of Fear by Laura Griffin as today's Romantic Suspense Kindle Daily Deal.

The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Saturday, January 18, 2014.

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Thread of Fear
Laura Griffin
A Fiona Glass Novel of Romantic Suspense
Pocket Books

Forensic artist Fiona Glass is the best in the business — which is precisely why she's quitting. Her skill at mining victims' memories to re-create the faces of sadistic criminals has left her haunted and wary, and only Jack Bowman's dogged persistence convinces her to help him. The rugged police chief is hunting a serial killer who's targeting teenage girls. But what seems like a simple assignment is fraught with complications, including a searing attraction to Jack that's tempting Fiona to let her guard down in potentially dangerous ways.

Jack never intended for Fiona to become so deeply involved in the case — or in his life. But every instinct tells him she's his best hope for finding a psychopath who's lurking in plain sight, growing more ruthless with each passing day. And now that Fiona is right in the killer's crosshairs, the only way to keep her safe is to unravel a small town's darkest secrets, one terrifying thread at a time …

  

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Today's Mystery and Suspense Update from Big Fish Games (140118)

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

• The New Release is Hidden Expedition: Smithsonian Hope Diamond.

• The Daily Deal is The Torment of Whitewall, just $2.99 today only!

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

• Today's Special Deal — Hobby Month Celebration Sale! All Standard and Collector's Edition Games are Sale Priced! Use coupon code PLAY to get any Collector's Edition game for just $7.99 or use coupon code GAMES to get any Standard Edition game for just $3.99. Offer valid through January 19th, 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 Hidden Expedition: Smithsonian Hope Diamond

You're on a train in the middle of nowhere, and a band of dangerous thieves demand you tell them where to find the Hope Diamond's shards. As the newest Hidden Expedition recruit, you've got to find the shards before they do. In this exciting continuation of the Hidden Expedition series, your journey takes you from the Smithsonian Institution's iconic castle to the remotest jungle as you track down the missing shards and learn the Hope Diamond's secrets.

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

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Today's Daily Deal is The Torment of Whitewall

Uncover the mystery of the Night Stalker! A shadowy figure has been stalking the streets of Whitewall, and young women have been disappearing without trace. Only one girl has managed to escape from the mysterious attacker, but she's not talking to anyone. Rumor has it that something strange and terrible happened to her that night. Rumor has it that this so-called Night Stalker is some kind of monster. As more and more people are driven from their homes by fear, you are called in to end the town's terrible torment.

A sample version is available to download and play for free for one hour. You can purchase this game today only — Saturday, January 18, 2014 — for $2.99.

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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.

Telemystery: ABC Orders Pilot for Supernatural Crime Drama Clementine

ABC has ordered a pilot for Clementine, a supernatural drama written by Dean Georgaris. The premise: A habitual criminal digs into the mystery of her origins after she becomes the target of a group of zealots who fear she possesses latent supernatural abilities that she will one day harness for either profound good or monstrous evil.

This is the fourth pilot the network has ordered this season that has a crime, mystery or suspense theme to it. The others are:

American Crime: Set in California's Central Valley, this drama centers on a racially charged murder and the subsequent trial, which are examined through the personal lives of the players involved. The case takes on greater meaning in the community, bringing to the forefront America's hardened views on race, class and gender politics.

How To Get Away With Murder: A sexy, suspense-driven legal thriller about a group of ambitious law students and their brilliant, mysterious criminal defense professor who become entangled in a murder plot that will rock the entire university and change the course of their lives.

Sea of Fire: When three teenage girls star in a pornographic film, it tears their families apart and leads to a disappearance, a murder and host of other secrets boiling under the surface in a small town. Based on the Dutch series Vuurzee.

In addition, ABC has ordered to series Secrets & Lies, in which a family man finds the body of a young boy and quickly becomes the prime murder suspect. He has no choice but to try to find the real killer as his marriage, his kids, his reputation, and his sanity are all at stake.

A New MystereBook: Who Killed "Tom Jones"? by Gale Martin

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 …

Who Killed "Tom Jones"? by Gale Martin is a stand-alone mystery with characters inspired by the "Legends in Concert" artist show in Las Vegas. The very fetching likeness of Steve McCoy, a Tom Jones impersonation contest winner, is featured on the cover.

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Who Killed "Tom Jones"? by Gale Martin
A Romantic Murder Mystery
Publisher: Booktrope
Publication Date: January 15, 2014
Price: $2.99 (as of 01/17/14 04:30 PM ET)

Ellie Overton is a 28-year-old rest home receptionist with a pussycat nose who also happens to be gaga for the pop singer Tom Jones. Regrettably single, she is desperate to have a white-hot love relationship, like those she's read about in romance novels.

Following an astrological hunch, she attends a Tom Jones Festival and meets an available young impersonator with more looks and personality than talent. Though he's knocked out of the contest, he's still in the running to become Ellie's blue-eyed soul mate — until he's accused of killing off the competition.

It's not unusual that the handsome police detective working the case is spending more time pursuing Ellie than collaring suspects. So, she enlists some wily and witty rest home residents to help find the real murderer.

Will Ellie crack the case? Must she forfeit her best chance for lasting love to solve the crime?

  

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Game, The Game Trilogy by Anders de la Motte, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Game by Anders de la Motte, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Atria Books.

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 (01/17/2014 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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Game by Anders de la Motte
The Game Trilogy (1st in series)
Publisher: Atria Books

Follow the rules and everybody gets hurt …

One Sunday morning after a long night of partying, Henrik "HP" Pettersson, a slacker with a lot of ego and very little impulse control, finds a cell phone of an unfamiliar make on a commuter train. Through insisting and slightly uncanny messages that refer to him by name, the phone invites him to play a game. HP accepts without hesitation.

The rules are that HP must complete tasks that range from childish pranks to criminal acts, as allocated by the mysterious Game Master. HP is the perfect contender — alienated from society, devoid of morals, and desperate for fame. His completion of the assignments are filmed and uploaded onto a protected server where viewers rate the Players' performances.

The Game starts out innocently enough and then becomes increasingly risky, threatening the safety of someone close to HP. He is determined to become a superstar, but when the dark and tragic secrets of his family's past are at stake, HP must make a choice. Will he suffer the humiliation of defeat, or will the need to win push him to the limit — no matter the cost?

      

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A New MystereBook: The Orange Curtain by John Shannon

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 Orange Curtain by John Shannon is the fourth mystery to feature Jack Liffey, first published in hardcover by Carol & Graf in February 2001. This is its first appearance as an ebook.

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The Orange Curtain by John Shannon
A Jack Liffey Mystery
Publisher: MP Publishing
Publication Date: January 15, 2014
Price: $2.99 (as of 01/17/14 03:30 PM ET)

Liffey's city is greater Los Angeles, his turf the forgotten suburbs, run-down neighbourhoods, and volatile ethnic communities. To the anguish and despair of parents and protectors a city like LA holds lots of places for sons and daughters to hide, or be hidden.

Liffey understands loss. First he lost his job in the aerospace industry, then he lost his wife and daughter. In his unerring ability to track down missing children, however, he has found his true calling.

His newest case takes him deep into Los Angeles' Vietnamese community, where a beautiful young woman, Phuong, has disappeared. But the exotic realities and complex alliances of Little Saigon are not all that Liffey has to contend with as he uncovers the corporate fraud and feuds surrounding plans to develop a new airport at El Toro Marine Base.

  

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The Murder Wall, A Crime Thriller by Mari Hannah, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Murder Wall by Mari Hannah, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Witness Impulse.

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 (01/17/2014 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 Murder Wall by Mari Hannah
A Crime Thriller
Publisher: Witness Impulse

The Murder Wall: It's where you look death in the face.

Months after discovering a double homicide in a sleepy village, detective Kate Daniels is still haunted by her failure to solve the crime. When a new murder gives Daniels her first case as officer in charge, she jumps at another chance to get it right.

But even more shocking than the brutal killing is the fact that Daniels recognizes the corpse. Eager to prove herself, she decides to keep her connection to the dead man a secret from her team, putting her career in jeopardy as her personal and professional lives threaten to collide.

As the killer continues to claim his victims, Daniels unearths baffling clues in her search for connections among the murders … and while she draws closer to finding the culprit, he is watching her.

  

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The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches by Alan Bradley, New in Bookstores in January 2014

Today's new hardcover mystery title, scheduled to be published during January 2014 by Delacorte Press, is The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches by Alan Bradley.

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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The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches
Alan Bradley
Series: Flavia de Luce (6th)

On a spring morning in 1951, eleven-year-old chemist and aspiring detective Flavia de Luce gathers with her family at the railway station, awaiting the return of her long-lost mother, Harriet. Yet upon the train's arrival in the English village of Bishop's Lacey, Flavia is approached by a tall stranger who whispers a cryptic message into her ear. Moments later, he is dead, mysteriously pushed under the train by someone in the crowd. Who was this man, what did his words mean, and why were they intended for Flavia?

Back home at Buckshaw, the de Luces' crumbling estate, Flavia puts her sleuthing skills to the test. Following a trail of clues sparked by the discovery of a reel of film stashed away in the attic, she unravels the deepest secrets of the de Luce clan, involving none other than Winston Churchill himself.

Surrounded by family, friends, and a famous pathologist from the Home Office — and making spectacular use of Harriet's beloved Gipsy Moth plane, Blithe Spirit — Flavia will do anything, even take to the skies, to land a killer.

        

Murder, She Barked, A Holly Miller, Paws and Claws Mystery by Krista Davis, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Murder, She Barked by Krista Davis, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Berkley.

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 (01/17/2014 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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Murder, She Barked by Krista Davis
A Holly Miller, Paws and Claws Mystery (1st in series)
Publisher: Berkley

The Sugar Maple Inn in Wagtail, Virginia, is the country's premiere vacation hot spot for pet owners who can't bear to leave their furry friends behind. But this tourist town smells trouble when a killer goes on the prowl …

Holly Miller's life has gone to the dogs. She has no job, her boyfriend's former flame is sniffing around, and a scruffy but loveable Jack Russell Terrier is scattering crumbs all over her borrowed car. Just when she thought things couldn't get worse, a troubling phone call about her grandmother sends her rushing home to the family inn on Wagtail Mountain.

The staff — and a frisky Calico kitten named Twinkletoes — adopts Holly and her new dog on arrival. But someone in this friendly town is bad to the bone. One of the employees at the inn has been killed in a hit-and-run accident — which is looking anything but accidental. Now Holly and her furry companions will have to nose out the murderer before someone else gets muzzled.

  

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A New MystereBook: The Convict, the Rookie Card and the Redemption of Gertie Thump by Becky Lyn Rickman

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 Convict, the Rookie Card and the Redemption of Gertie Thump by Becky Lyn Rickman is a stand-alone mystery, in which the town of Rosedale has a thorn … and her name is Gertie Thump.

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The Convict, the Rookie Card and the Redemption of Gertie Thump by Becky Lyn Rickman
A Mystery Novel
Publisher: WiDo Publishing
Publication Date: January 15, 2014
Price: $1.99 (as of 01/17/14 01:30 PM ET)

When folks see her walking down the sidewalk, they cross to the other side of the street. Gertie's mission in life is to improve Rosedale's citizenry through a steady stream of belittling, correction, and harassment. The only person unfazed by her campaign is the town's deputy sheriff, Seth Randall, who has his own mission. Seth also serves as associate pastor of a local church, and he will not rest until he saves Gertie's soul.

But redemption is a word easier said than done. Add Gertie's childhood friend turned convict, an extremely valuable rookie baseball card, and a plate of cookies delivered with threatening messages, and you've got yourself a hornet's nest of trouble.

When the people of Rosedale come together to save Gertie Thump, the one person they would rather not, Gertie's not the only one who discovers every good person has a little darkness in them and every demon a little tenderness.

  

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