Blue Heaven, A Suspense Thriller by C. J. Box, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Blue Heaven by C. J. Box, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Minotaur Books.

The ebook format of this title was priced at $3.99 from the listed vendors (below) as of the date and time of this post (01/25/2014 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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Blue Heaven by C. J. Box
A Suspense Thriller
Publisher: Minotaur Books

In this town, the bad have it good …

A twelve-year-old girl and her younger brother go on the run in the woods of North Idaho, pursued by four men they have just watched commit murder — four men who know exactly who William and Annie are, and who know exactly where their desperate mother is waiting for news of her children's fate. Retired cops from Los Angeles, the killers easily persuade the inexperienced sheriff to let them lead the search for the missing children.

William and Annie's unexpected savior comes in the form of an old-school rancher teetering on the brink of foreclosure. But as one man against four who will stop at nothing to silence their witnesses, Jess Rawlins needs allies, and he knows that one word to the wrong person could seal the fate of the children or their mother. In a town where most of the ranches like his have turned into acres of ranchettes populated by strangers, finding someone to trust won't be easy.

        

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A New MystereBook: Ruby Red by Natalie Buske Thomas

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 …

Ruby Red by Natalie Buske Thomas is the second entry in the author's third trilogy featuring PI Serena Wilcox.

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Ruby Red by Natalie Buske Thomas
A Serena Wilcox Time Travel Adventure
Publisher: Independent Spirit Publishing
Publication Date: January 24, 2014
Price: $3.99 (as of 01/25/14 12:30 PM ET)

GSI investigates science and technology crimes. Time travel is now possible, and naturally unscrupulous power-grabbers have already found a way to use the new technology for their own gain.

Serena Wilcox chases the Red-headed Devil after he threatens the institute, Serena herself, and ultimately the future of the entire planet.

  

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The Red Hot Empress by Meredith Blevins is Today's Third Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Red Hot Empress by Meredith Blevins as today's third free mystery ebook (The Mystic Café Series; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, January 25, 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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The Red Hot Empress
Meredith Blevins
The Mystic Café Series
Publisher: Blevins Wordworx

Nudged by mother-in-law Madame Mina, Annie writes an article about Jimmy Qi, an Asian boy with the power to heal through music, which soon puts the youngster in danger.

Everyone, it seems, wants a piece of the rising star of San Francisco's Chinatown — including a shady evangelist, the FBI, the tongs and a man who talks to dolphins. After two suspicious deaths, Annie and Jimmy go on the lam, not knowing whom to trust or why. Leo Rosetti, Annie's lover, and her daughter, E.B., are also tossed into the intrigue, along with meddling world-famous twins who have taken a shine to Annie and Jimmy.

  

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Blue Damask by Annmarie Banks is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Blue Damask by Annmarie Banks 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 25, 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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Blue Damask
Annmarie Banks
A Novel of Suspense
Publisher: Blue Agave Books

A madman and his therapist traverse the wilds of Syria during the Arab Revolt of 1921.

Three years after the end of a bloody world war, an Englishman in a straightjacket is dumped on the clinic floor of an Austrian psychologist, whose protégé, Elsa Schluss, is reluctantly engaged to treat the traumatized war veteran en route to Damascus where he is to perform one last service for his country. Elsa plans to use him as a case study, but the mysterious mission becomes deadly when they are attacked on the Orient Express.

Elsa finds her Jungian training is needed not only to treat her patient, but to outwit the powerful men who threaten their lives and endanger the mind of the man for whom she is responsible. She discovers there is more at stake with this mission than one man's sanity and a young woman's doctoral thesis.

  

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No Sin in the House of Death by T. M. Raymond is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature No Sin in the House of Death by T. M. Raymond as today's free mystery ebook (A No Sin Mystery; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, January 25, 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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No Sin in the House of Death
T. M. Raymond
A No Sin Mystery
Publisher: T. M. Raymond

The reading of the will, a storm swept island cut off from the outside world, and a band of greedy heirs menaced by a disfigured maniac &mdash it's been done many times before, but never like this.

What would actually happen if a number of intelligent people found themselves trapped in a crumbling mansion on a storm swept island, cut off from the outside world with a deformed maniac on the loose — one who may or may not be human? How would these people respond to such a threat if they were truly allowed to fend for themselves, unburdened by the machinations of a writer whose only goal was to create shock and surprise?

  

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Pivot Point by Kasie West is Today's Teen Kindle Daily Deal

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Pivot Point by Kasie West as today's Teen Kindle Daily Deal.

The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Saturday, January 25, 2014.

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Pivot Point
Kasie West
A YA Novel of Suspense
HarperTeen

Addison Coleman's life is one big "What if?" As a Searcher, a special type of clairvoyant, whenever Addie is faced with a choice, she is able to look into the future and see both outcomes. So when her parents tell her they are getting a divorce and she has to pick who she wants to live with, a Search has never been more important.

In one future Addie is living with her mom in the life she's always known and is being pursued by the most popular guy in school. In the other she is the new girl in school, where she falls for a cute, quiet artist.

Then Addie finds herself drawn into a murder investigation, and her fate takes a darker turn. With so much to lose in either future, Addie must decide which reality she's willing to live through … and who she's willing to live without.

  

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Romulus Buckle & the City of the Founders by Richard Ellis Preston, Jr. is Today's Steampunk Adventure Kindle Daily Deal

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Romulus Buckle & the City of the Founders by Richard Ellis Preston, Jr. as today's Steampunk Adventure Kindle Daily Deal.

The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Saturday, January 25, 2014.

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Romulus Buckle & the City of the Founders
Richard Ellis Preston, Jr.
The Pneumatic Zeppelin Series
47North

In a post-apocalyptic world of endless snow, Captain Romulus Buckle and the stalwart crew of the Pneumatic Zeppelin must embark on a perilous mission to rescue their kidnapped leader, Balthazar Crankshaft, from the impenetrable City of the Founders. Steaming over a territory once known as Southern California — before it was devastated in the alien war — Buckle navigates his massive airship through skies infested with enemy war zeppelins and ravenous alien beasties. Life is desperate in the Snow World — and death is quick — Buckle and his ship's company must brave poisoned wastelands of noxious mustard and do battle with forgewalkers, steampipers and armored locomotives as they plunge from the skies into the underground prison warrens of the fortress-city.

Captain Romulus Buckle must lead the Pneumatic Zeppelin and its crew of never-do-wells on a desperate mission where he must risk everything to save Balthazar and attempt to prevent a catastrophic war which could wipe out all that is left of civilization and the entire human race.

  

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Today's Mystery and Suspense Update from Big Fish Games (140125)

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

• The New Release is Redemption Cemetery: Bitter Frost.

• The Daily Deal is Lake House: Children of Silence, 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 — This weekend only: Buy One Collector's Edition Game and Get a Second for Just $1.99! Select two Collector's Edition games, use coupon code BOGO199 and the second game will be just $1.99. Use as many times as you'd like. Offer valid through January 26th, 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 Redemption Cemetery: Bitter Frost

Your house is warm and ready for Christmas Eve when an unexpected visitor magically appears at your window. Your ancestor, the Owl Spirit, begs your help. You must stop the jealous and vindictive Wenonah, the Spirit of Cold, from destroying your ancestors. If she succeeds in her terrible plan, she'll make sure you'll never be born! A photo album is the key to stopping her, but can a mere mortal handle this ghostly task? Travel through time to save your grandparents from her bitter, icy grasp!

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

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Today's Daily Deal is Lake House: Children of Silence

Long-forgotten memories bubble to the surface when the past invades the present! Located at the edge of a gloomy lake and shrouded in fog, the house at the center of this story has stood empty for 15 years. Beckoned by what appears to be a ghost, a woman who lived there as a child returns to the house to solve a mystery that begins with an old photograph and ends in a secret room. Find hidden objects, solve puzzles and prepare yourself for an ending that will take you to a place darker than you can imagine!

A sample version is available to download and play for free for one hour. You can purchase this game today only — Saturday, January 25, 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.

A New MystereBook: Groundbreaking Murder by Cassie Page

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 …

Groundbreaking Murder by Cassie Page is the second mystery for amateur sleuth Olivia M. Granville and her best friend Tuesday.

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Groundbreaking Murder by Cassie Page
A Darling Valley Mystery
Publisher: HCP Publishing
Publication Date: January 21, 2014
Price: $3.99 (as of 01/24/14 04:30 PM ET)

Olivia had worked for months on the groundbreaking ceremony for Charles Baker's Baker-Paatz Classic Car and Fine Art Museum. She had obsessed over every detail to make sure the day went off without a hitch. The success of the museum could put her at the center of the international design scene. Imagine her surprise when she saw what the Governor dug up!

The groundbreaking ceremony sends Olivia on a collision course with Native Americans, First Americans, snooty bloggers who write that Bacon-Paatz sounds like a pork store in Boston, and connivers of all stripes out to use the museum for their own nefarious ends.

As a result, Olivia embarks upon a mission to save a modern day Taj Mahal, the New Jersey traffic dispatcher cum lottery winning billionaire's tribute to his late, beloved wife. Olivia and Charles have become close friends since the George Clooney lookalike appeared on her doorstep in Armoires and Arsenic. Olivia is determined to do everything possible to rescue his embattled museum from a possible shutdown, not realizing the life and death commitment that this will entail.

Events throw Olivia and Detective Dreamy, Gurmeet (Matt) Richards, together again after declaring a timeout in their on again, off again love affair.

And as if the endangered project is not headache enough, a competing designer, Hamish Walsh, tries to sabotage Olivia's other big project, a pool house for the Darling Valley Diva, Marguerite Fredericks.

Throughout, Olivia continues her quest to match up the love struck, lovable Carrie with her oblivious right hand life saver, Cody.

Alistair Walsh, a pesky gofer for the museum's art curator, a narcissistic, philandering architect, a take no prisoners banker, a perfectly coiffed troublesome tenant, and the irrepressible, impossibly, eccentrically dressed best friend Tuesday populate this humorous, yet suspenseful story of murder, mayhem, good food and classy cars.

  

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Any Port in a Storm, A Jolie Gentil Mystery by Elaine Orr, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Any Port in a Storm by Elaine Orr, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Lifelong Dreams.

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 (01/24/2014 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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Any Port in a Storm by Elaine Orr
A Jolie Gentil Mystery (4th in series)
Publisher: Lifelong Dreams

Jolie Gentil and friends are putting the finishing touches on the Talk Like a Pirate Day fundraiser for the food pantry and trying to figure out who's breaking into some of the houses Jolie appraises. When she realizes a new face in town is leading high school kids into trouble in those houses, she's mad and lets him know it. But Hayden offers to help her mind her own business, and a lot of people at the fundraiser hear her give him what for. A hurricane's on the way to disrupt the fundraiser, and when a corpse turn up under the pirate ship the next day, someone wants to be sure Jolie looks like a suspect.

When her car gets run into a ditch, Jolie knows someone is seriously mad at her. Soon she's getting less work. Who wants a murder suspect appraising their house? Scoobie's pirate limericks can't solve a crime, so Jolie and her sometimes buddy local reporter George Winters look for the murderer and try to figure out who's trying to frame Jolie. They need to stay ahead of whoever's mad at her and off the radar of the local police who tell Jolie — for the hundredth time — to butt out. For a cozy mystery with a dose of humor and a touch of romance, join Jolie and friends in Ocean Alley.

  

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Stuff To Die For, A James Lessor and Skip Moore Mystery by Don Bruns: 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 Stuff To Die For by Don Bruns. This Kindle book was listed at $0.99 as of the date and time of this post, Friday, January 24, 2014 at 3:30 PM ET, and should be available at this price through Saturday, January 00, 1900.

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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Stuff To Die For by Don Bruns
A James Lessor and Skip Moore Mystery (1st in series)
Publisher: Oceanview Publishing

Read our review of Stuff To Die For by Don Bruns

Best friends James Lessor and Skip Moore are hardly on the fast track. While James works as a line cook at Capn Crab, Skip spends his days selling — or rather, attempting to sell — security systems to people who (a) have no money, and (b) have nothing they care to protect. James and Skip aren't upwardly mobile, but they're about to get literally mobile when James spends a surprise inheritance on a white box truck.

An investment in the future, he surmises, as these two are starting a business — solely devoted to hauling other peoples stuff. But the fledgling business takes a shocking turn when James and Skip unload the contents of their first moving job and find some unexpected cargo — a bloody human finger.

James and Skip must scramble to stay one step ahead of the perpetrators of the gruesome crime. Instead of chasing the American dream, James and Skip will be running for their lives …

  

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A Kindle Countdown Deal: The Enemy Within by Michael Dean

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

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

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The Enemy Within by Michael Dean
A Novel of Suspense
Publisher: Endeavour Press
Price: $0.99 (as of 01/24/14 03:00 PM ET)

Everyone must choose a side …

1941. Amsterdam's Jewish Quarter. More than four hundred young Jewish men have been taken hostage in revenge for the death of a German policeman. The Jewish resistance group — the knokploegen — is fighting back and the Christian population has gone on strike in their defence. And Hans—Max Hirschfeld will have to make a fatal choice.

As the Dutch Secretary General for Trade and Industry he is working closely with the Germans, but as a Jew he is also trying his best to help the civilian population. Hirschfeld's nephew, Manny, has joined the Dutch resistance. When he discovers Manny's plans to blow up the German cruiser Arminius, Hirschfeld knows he has to stop him in order to save any more Dutch Jews from being taken hostage, and ultimately killed.

But with brother pitted against brother, and man spying on man, how can Hirschfeld stop the resistance without being branded a traitor himself? And how can he save the shipyard from sabotage without putting his nephew's life in danger?

As Hirschfeld becomes more and more embroiled in the plot he discovers that compromising with evil can have terrible consequences, and must learn to wrestle with the enemy within …

  

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Tiger Shrimp Tango by Tim Dorsey, New in Bookstores in January 2014

Today's new hardcover mystery title, scheduled to be published during January 2014 by William Morrow, is Tiger Shrimp Tango by Tim Dorsey.

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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Tiger Shrimp Tango
Tim Dorsey
Series: Serge A. Storms (16th)

Thanks to the Internet, America has become a playground for ruthless scam artists out to make an easy buck. And where do these models of entrepreneurship hail from? Why, the Sunshine State of course!

No one loves Florida more, or can keep it safe from invasive criminal species better than self-appointed Sunshine Sheriff Serge Storms. When a particular scam leads to the death of a few innocents and a young woman's disappearance, Serge and his perpetually self-bent sidekick Coleman — aided by his new pal, latter-day noir private eye Mahoney — load up the car for a riotous road trip to do right.

        

The Arnifour Affair by Gregory Harris, a New 1st in Series Mystery Introducing Colin Pendragon

We are pleased to present you with one of this month's new 1st in Series mysteries: The Arnifour Affair by Gregory Harris and introducing Colin Pendragon.

What we know about the character: Colin Pendragon is a sleuth in this historical series, set in turn-of-the-century London.

For more information about his first case, see a synopsis of the book, below.

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The Arnifour Affair by Gregory Harris
Series: A Colin Pendragon Mystery
Publisher: Kensington
Format(s): Trade Paperback, eBook

When a carriage bearing the Arnifour family crest — a vulture devouring a slaughtered lamb — arrives at the Kensington home of Colin Pendragon, it is an ominous beginning to a perplexing new case. Lady Arnifour's husband has been beaten to death and her niece, Elsbeth, left in a coma. Is the motive passion, revenge, or something even more sinister? Police suspicions have fallen on the groundskeeper and his son, yet the Earl's widow is convinced of their innocence.

Even as Colin and his partner Ethan Pruitt delve into the muddy history of the Arnifour family, a young street urchin begs their help in finding his missing sister. Ethan, regrettably familiar with London's underbelly, urges caution, yet Colin's interest is piqued. And in a search that wends from the squalid opium dens of the East End to the salons of Embassy Row, the truth about these seemingly disparate cases will prove disquieting, dangerous, and profoundly unexpected.