The Crossroad Kid by C. J. Kenyon is Today's Fifth Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Crossroad Kid by C. J. Kenyon as today's fifth free mystery ebook (A Jeremy Reynolds Mystery; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, January 20, 2014 at 7:30 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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The Crossroad Kid
C. J. Kenyon
A Jeremy Reynolds Mystery
Publisher: Broker Press

Detective Jeremy Reynolds hated high school, but when you're a homicide investigator you don't get the privilege of choosing the locations of your victims.

When sixteen year old Jonah Parker is found dead in Port Ridge High's gym with a chain wallet wrapped around his neck Reynolds and his partner Olivia Longfellow are called into action.

Before they know it, Reynolds and Longfellow find themselves entering the world teenage love triangles, high stakes games, and revenge.

  

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Turn a Blind Eye by Marta Tandori is Today's Fourth Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Turn a Blind Eye by Marta Tandori as today's fourth free mystery ebook (A Florida Murder Mystery; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, January 20, 2014 at 7:15 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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Turn a Blind Eye
Marta Tandori
A Florida Murder Mystery
Publisher: Marta Tandori

Eight years ago, Michigan retirees Jack and Beverly Donnelly had helped Libby Newton recover from an unspeakable tragedy. Now the tables are turned and it's the old couple who need Libby's help when the most recent consequences of Beverly's progressing dementia have left the old couple homeless. Libby, now the general manager of Banyan Bay Resorts, one of Orlando's premier timesharing properties, secretly stashes the old couple in a new luxury unit intended for the resort's VIP guests until she can find them a new home.

But the problems start almost immediately as Beverly's dementia leaves her in a state of constant confusion over her unfamiliar surroundings and when she announces that she's seen "Thanksgiving pilgrims" unloading boxes behind the resort's pizzeria, Beverly's announcement falls on deaf ears — until Rebecca Kendall, an attorney from Seattle, shows up at the resort a short time later, trying to retrace the last steps of her nineteen-year-old daughter, who'd abandoned her old life to embrace the Amish ways, only to be found dead in a south Florida motel six weeks earlier. Libby doesn't believe the two incidents are connected until Beverly is found dead a short time later, the tragic victim of a double homicide.

With the help of her sister, Mia, who's in Florida doing an exposé on one of the world's most elusive treasure hunters, the amateur female sleuths retrace Beverly's last steps — only to stumble upon a killer who soon has the sisters convinced that poor Beverly had been the sanest one of them all. In this wild ride of a murder mystery that starts in Orlando, the timeshare capital of the world and ends in a Key West adventure, the two sisters learn firsthand that honoring family secrets can be just as deadly as drug smuggling the forbidden cargo …

  

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Death in the Beginning by Gary Williams and Vicky Knerly is Today's Third Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Death in the Beginning by Gary Williams and Vicky Knerly as today's third free mystery ebook (The God Tools Series; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, January 20, 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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Death in the Beginning
Gary Williams and Vicky Knerly
The God Tools Series
Publisher: Suspense Publishing

It has been an extraordinary summer for archaeologist Curt Lohan. First, he discovers a manmade cave in the Canary Islands off the African coast. The austere walls hold artwork which dates to the dawn of mankind. Then, while exploring a newly found gunpowder magazine inside a 300-year-old Spanish fort in St. Augustine, Florida, a man emerges.

When Curt uncovers a link between the Canary Island cave and the unidentified man, he realizes that he has stumbled upon a secret lost in history. But the revelation holds terrifying consequences, and there are those willing to murder to guard the truth.

As Northeast Florida braces for a deadly hurricane, Curt and his friends are drawn into a monumental conspiracy which could forever alter the world … and destroy humanity.

  

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Cried For No One by Hubert Crouch is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Cried For No One by Hubert Crouch as today's second free mystery ebook (A Novel of Suspense; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, January 20, 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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Cried For No One
Hubert Crouch
A Novel of Suspense
Publisher: Hubert Crouch

Who would steal a body from its grave … and why?

Flamboyant Fort Worth trial lawyer Cal Connors is hired by distraught parents after their daughter's body is found beneath an inverted crucifix on the altar of a rural church. Hard-nosed in the courtroom and well-connected to the local media and judiciary, Cal sues the cemetery for millions.

Hot on Cal's trail is Leah Rosen, a young journalist closing in on the truth and willing to put her career on the line for justice.

Defense attorney Jace Forman takes on his rival Cal and won't rest until he finds out who could have committed this macabre crime and why.

  

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Seven, Eight … Gonna Stay Up Late by Willow Rose is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Seven, Eight … Gonna Stay Up Late by Willow Rose as today's free mystery ebook (A Rebekka Franck Mystery; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, January 20, 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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Seven, Eight … Gonna Stay Up Late
Willow Rose
A Rebekka Franck Mystery
Publisher: DMC Publishing

She thought she could keep it a secret …

Just fourteen years old, Amalie thought she could take off and go to the festival with her best friend without anyone knowing it — without her parents finding out. She thought she was safe when she met a man offering her drugs, she thought she was safe when she went alone to her tent to take the pills. But when she opened her eyes and found herself in the man's basement, she knew she wasn't safe anymore.

She was trapped.

  

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The Baker Street Letters by Michael Robertson is Today's Kobo Daily Deal

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Baker Street Letters by Michael Robertson as today's Kobo Daily Deal.

The deal price of $2.99 is valid only for today, Monday, January 20, 2014.

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

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The Baker Street Letters
Michael Robertson
A Reggie Heath, Baker Street Letters Mystery
Minotaur Books

In Los Angeles, a geological surveyor maps out a proposed subway route — and then goes missing. His eight-year-old daughter, in her desperation, turns to the one person she thinks might help — she writes a letter to Sherlock Holmes.

That letter creates an uproar at 221b Baker Street, which now houses the law offices of attorney and man about town Reggie Heath and his hapless brother, Nigel. Instead of filing the letter like he’s supposed to, Nigel decides to investigate. Soon he’s flying off to Los Angeles, inconsiderately leaving a very dead body on the floor in his office. Big brother Reggie follows Nigel to California, as does Reggie’s sometime lover, Laura — a quick-witted stage actress who’s captured the hearts of both brothers.

When Nigel is arrested, Reggie must use all his wits to solve a case that Sherlock Holmes would have savored.

    

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Zoo City by Lauren Beukes is Today's Urban Fantasy Kindle Daily Deal

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Zoo City by Lauren Beukes as today's Urban Fantasy Kindle Daily Deal.

The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Monday, January 20, 2014.

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Zoo City
Lauren Beukes
Winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award
Angry Robot

Zinzi has a Sloth on her back, a dirty 419 scam habit and a talent for finding lost things. But when a little old lady turns up dead and the cops confiscate her last paycheck, she's forced to take on her least favourite kind of job — missing persons.

Being hired by reclusive music producer Odi Huron to find a teenybop pop star should be her ticket out of Zoo City, the festering slum where the criminal underclass and their animal companions live in the shadow of hell's undertow.

Instead, it catapults Zinzi deeper into the maw of a city twisted by crime and magic, where she'll be forced to confront the dark secrets of former lives — including her own.

  

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Mystery Godoku Puzzle for January 20, 2014

A new Mystery Godoku Puzzle has been created by the editors of the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books and is now available on our website.

Godoku is similar to Sudoku, but uses letters instead of numbers. To give you a headstart, we provide you a mystery clue to fill in a complete row or column (if you choose to use it!).

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This week's letters and mystery clue:

E I K M N O P S U

Ross Pennie's third Dr. Zol Szabo mystery has this title (9 letters).

We now have two weeks of our puzzles on one page in PDF format for easier printing. Print this week's puzzle here.

Previous puzzles are stored in the Mystery Godoku Archives.

Enjoy the weekly Mystery Godoku Puzzle from the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books, and Thanks for visiting our website!

Save $30 on Kindle HDX 7" Tablets through January 21st, 2014 Only

Game on! Amazon is offering $30 Off the Kindle Fire HDX 7" tablet. Use promo code GameOn30 at at checkout to save $30 off all configurations of the Kindle Fire HDX 7" tablet. This offier is available for two days only, through January 21st, 2014 at 11:59 PM PST.

The HDX 7" features quad-core 2.2GHz Snapdragon 800 processors, 2GB of RAM and Adreno 330 GPU for fast, fluid gaming and video, 16, 32 or 64GB of storage and new higher-resolution display (1920x1200px, 323 ppi).

The HDX also introduces a "Mayday" button — revolutionary, on-device tech support. Connect for free to an Amazon expert 24x7, 365 days a year.

In addition to storage options, they can be selected with or without special offers and as Wi-Fi only devices or Wi-Fi with 4G LTE (AT&T or Verizon).

Today's Mystery and Suspense Update from Big Fish Games (140120)

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

• The New Release is The Emerald Maiden: Symphony of Dreams.

• The Daily Deal is Mountain Trap: The Manor of Memories, just $2.99 today only!

• The current Catch of the Week is Mayan Prophecies: Ship of Spirits, just $2.99 through Sunday, January 26, 2014 only.

• Today's Special Deal — Dare To Dream Sale: $4.99 for any Standard Edition game this Martin Luther King Day! Use coupon code DREAM at check-out to purchase any Standard Edition game for just $4.99. Offer valid January 20th, 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 The Emerald Maiden: Symphony of Dreams

After being abandoned at an orphanage 25 years prior, you've received an invitation to meet your biological mother aboard an underwater dream facility, a playground for the rich and elite, designed to simulate dreams. Powered by an ancient technology, the machine holds many dark secrets and surprises. After being abandoned at an orphanage 25 years prior, you've received an invitation to meet your biological mother aboard an underwater dream facility, a playground for the rich and elite, designed to simulate dreams. Powered by an ancient technology, the machine holds many dark secrets and surprises.

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

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Today's Daily Deal is Mountain Trap: The Manor of Memories

What will you do if the vacation of your dreams doesn't go as planned? If your friend is alone in a foreign country and gets into trouble, will you have enough strength and courage to help her? Join this fascinating journey and face the 200-year mystery of the manor Ardennes. Find out how strong friendship ties are and discover to what extremes unrequited love is ready to go!

A sample version is available to download and play for free for one hour. You can purchase this game today only — Monday, January 20, 2014 — for $2.99.

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The current Catch of the Week is Mayan Prophecies: Ship of Spirits

Climb aboard an ancient Spanish galleon lost in time as a Coast Guard officer tracking an elusive criminal. As you explore the vastness of a ship lost in time, what mysteries will you uncover amidst its Mayan idols, menacing sea creatures, and exotic treasures? Find out in this exciting new Hidden Object Puzzle Adventure game on the open seas!

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 26, 2014.

Review: Hijack in Abstract by Larissa Reinhart

A Mysterious Review of Hijack in Abstract by Larissa Reinhart. A Cherry Tucker Mystery.

Review summary: This murder mystery storyline has a well-considered premise, though is somewhat weakly executed. There is nothing subtle about series lead Cherry Tucker, but that very characteristic helps smooth over some of the rough plot patches, providing a bit of comic relief throughout this entertaining, if also rather uneven, mystery. (Click here for text of full review.)

Our rating:

Hijack in Abstract
Larissa Reinhart
A Cherry Tucker Mystery
Henery Press (November 2013)

Publisher synopsis: With a classical series sold and a portrait commissioned, Cherry Tucker's art career is in Georgia overdrive. But when the sheriff asks Cherry to draw a composite sketch of a hijacker, her life takes a hairpin as the composite leads to a related murder, her local card-sharking buddy Max Avtaikin becomes bear bait, and her nemesis besmirches her classical series.

Cherry's jamming gears between trailer parks, Atlanta mansions, and trucker bars searching for the hijacker who left a widow and orphan destitute. While she seeks to help the misfortunate and save her local reputation, Cherry's hammer down attitude has her facing the headlights of an oncoming killer.

    

Gaijin Cowgirl, A Crime Thriller by Jame DiBiasio, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Gaijin Cowgirl by Jame DiBiasio, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Crime Wave Press.

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 (01/19/2014 at 4:30 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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Gaijin Cowgirl by Jame DiBiasio
A Crime Thriller
Publisher: Crime Wave Press

Sex, art and murder in the Wild East.

Working Tokyo nightclubs is easy money for beautiful and troubled American Val Benson — until a wealthy client with a dark past and sinister hobbies reluctantly gives up a map to one of the greatest treasures lost in World War II. With yakuza, motorcycle gangs, rogue CIA, treasure hunters, pimps, Thai boxers and her Congressman father snapping at her high heels, Val burns a trail of destruction across Japan, Hong Kong, Thailand and the Burmese borderlands to get the loot before someone less deserving does.

From comfort women and tomb-raiding in Japanese-occupied Burma to the murderous echoes of the Vietnam War, long forgotten crimes come roaring back to life. Val takes her dark, epic journey with her friends: a Japanese nightclub hostess with broken dreams, a British kickboxer, and a washed up Australian treasure hunter. The superficial party girl, confronted by mounting horrors, must dig deep to discover an inner courage to survive and win the prize — and maybe redemption.

  

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Murder, Lies and Chocolate, A Death by Chocolate Mystery by Sally Berneathy, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Murder, Lies and Chocolate by Sally Berneathy, now available at a special price, courtesy of the author.

The ebook format of this title was priced at $0.99 from the listed vendors (below) as of the date and time of this post (01/19/2014 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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Murder, Lies and Chocolate by Sally Berneathy
A Death by Chocolate Mystery (2nd in series)
Publisher: Sally Berneathy

Rodney Bradford comes into Lindsay's restaurant, offers to buy her small house for double its value, eats her brownies, and drops dead on the sidewalk in front. Then someone breaks into her house and tries to dig up her basement. Next her almost-ex-husband offers to sign the divorce papers, but only if she'll give him her small, old house and take his big, new house instead.

Suddenly everybody wants Lindsay's house. Is there oil under the basement, plans to bring the railroad through, pirate treasure buried in the basement? A second break-in occurs and causes her cat, King Henry, to launch into full attack mode, taking a few chunks out of the intruder.

Lindsay enlists the aid of her enigmatic neighbor, Fred, to help solve the mystery while trying to keep her police detective boyfriend, Trent, from getting in their way with his insistence on all those silly cop rules.

On the positive side, sales skyrocket for the special dessert Lindsay calls Murdered Man's Brownies.

  

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The Dead Yard, A Michael Forsythe Mystery by Adrian McKinty: 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 Dead Yard by Adrian McKinty. This Kindle book was listed at $1.99 as of the date and time of this post, Sunday, January 19, 2014 at 3:30 PM ET, and should be available at this price through Sunday, February 02, 2014.

More information about the book is below; if other vendors have priced-matched this title, links to their sites are also shown.

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The Dead Yard by Adrian McKinty
A Michael Forsythe Mystery (2nd in series)
Publisher: Scribner

Michael Forsythe is on vacation in Spain, but when a soccer riot between Irish and English fans escalates out of control, Michael is suddenly arrested and thrown into a Spanish prison. Enter Samantha, a British intelligence agent as cunning as she is voluptuous. She makes Michael an offer he cannot refuse: instead of being extradited to Mexico to serve time for a prison break, he can help her by infiltrating an IRA sleeper cell in the United States, and she'll see to it that the Spaniards and Mexicans forget all about him.

Filled with apprehension about the dangers of the assignment, Michael reluctantly agrees. Within hours he is flown to New York City and thrust into the nightmare world of men known for their distinctive brands of torture and revenge. Michael crosses and double-crosses key players, escapes his own lies by a hairsbreadth, loses his only ally, and falls for the daughter of his enemy — a most inadvisable development.

      

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The Corpse with the Silver Tongue, A Cait Morgan Mystery by Cathy Ace, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Corpse with the Silver Tongue by Cathy Ace, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Touchwood Editions.

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 (01/19/2014 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 Corpse with the Silver Tongue by Cathy Ace
A Cait Morgan Mystery (1st in series)
Publisher: Touchwood Editions

In the south of France where hatred simmers in the heat, a man seemingly admired, and certainly feared, drops dead at a dinner party. All of the guests fall under suspicion, including Welsh-Canadian professor Cait Morgan.

A criminologist who specializes in profiling victims, Cait sets out to solve the murder — and clear her name. Add to this the disappearance of an ancient Celtic gold collar said to be cursed and there you have the ingredients for a Nicoise salad of death, secrets, and lies.

Will Cait find the killer before she too falls victim to a murderer driven by a surprising and disturbing motive?

  

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