That Old Black Magic by Mary Jane Clark, New in Bookstores in January 2014

Today's new hardcover mystery title, scheduled to be published during January 2014 by William Morrow, is That Old Black Magic by Mary Jane Clark.

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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That Old Black Magic
Mary Jane Clark
Series: Piper Donovan (4th)

Aspiring actress and wedding-cake decorator Piper Donovan has barely arrived in New Orleans to perfect her pastry skills at the renowned French Quarter bakery, Boulangerie Bertrand, when a ghastly murder rocks the magical city. Intrigued by the case, Piper can't help but look for the “Hoodoo Killer” among the faces around her. Could it be the handsome guide eager to give her special private tours? Or the inscrutable jazz musician who plays on historic Royal Street? What about the ratings-starved radio talk-show host? Or even the amiable owner of the local Gris-Gris Bar?+++Though Piper has a full plate decorating cakes for upcoming wedding celebrations, she's also landed an exciting but unnerving role in a movie being shot in the Big Easy. When the murderer strikes again, leaving macabre clues, she thinks she can unmask the killer. But Piper will have to conjure up some old black magic of her own if she hopes to live long enough to reveal the truth.

        

Murder in E Minor, A Nero Wolfe Mystery by Robert Goldsborough, at a Special Price during January 2014

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 Murder in E Minor by Robert Goldsborough. This Kindle book was listed at $1.99 as of the date and time of this post, Saturday, January 18, 2014 at 1:30 PM ET, and should be available at this price through the end of the month.

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Murder in E Minor by Robert Goldsborough
A Nero Wolfe Mystery (1st in series)
Publisher: Mysterious Press

Two years after Wolfe's retirement, his past returns with deadly intent.

Winner of the 1986 Nero Award.

It wasn't Nero Wolfe's idea for Orrie Cather to kill himself, but the great detective gave his blessing to his longtime associate's plan. Cather had killed three people, and it was only fair to pay the price. Though Wolfe reacted to Cather's death with his characteristic calmness, prize assistant Archie Goodwin could see the rotund genius of West Thirty-Fifth Street was shaken to his well-fed core. Wolfe decided his sleuthing days were finished.

The detective's retirement lasts until the day Maria Radovich walks through his townhouse door. She is the daughter of Milos Stefanovic, New York Symphony conductor and long-ago compatriot of Wolfe's. Like Wolfe, Stefanovic spent his youth as a freedom fighter in the mountains of Montenegro. The conductor has been receiving death threats, and Wolfe agrees to come out of retirement to help his old friend. But before he can attack the case, Stefanovic is murdered, and for the first time in years, Wolfe and Goodwin must go to war.

        

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The Old Fox Deceiv'd, A Richard Jury Mystery by Martha Grimes: Amazon's The Big Deal Promotion

Every so often Amazon releases a new selection of Kindle books priced up to 85% off as part of The Big Deal Promotion.

Today's featured mystery, suspense, or thriller title is The Old Fox Deceiv'd by Martha Grimes. This Kindle book was listed at $1.99 as of the date and time of this post, Saturday, January 18, 2014 at 12:30 PM ET, and should be available at this price through Sunday, February 02, 2014.

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The Old Fox Deceiv'd by Martha Grimes
A Richard Jury Mystery (2nd in series)
Publisher: Scribner

It is a chilly and foggy Twelfth Night, wild with North Sea wind, when a bizarre murder disturbs the outward piece of Rackmoor, a tiny Yorkshire fishing village with a past that proves a tangled maze of unrequited loves, unrevenged wrongs, and even undiscovered murders.

Inspector Jury finds no easy answers in his investigation — not even the identity of the victim, a beautiful young woman. Was she Gemma Temple, an impostor, or was she really Dillys March, Colonel Titus Crael's long-lost ward, returning after eight years to the Colonel's country seat and to a share of his fortune? And who was her murderer?

      

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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.

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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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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