Warlord by Ted Bell is Today's Kindle Daily Deal

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Warlord by Ted Bell as today's Kindle Daily Deal.

The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Wednesday, February 05, 2014.

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Warlord
Ted Bell
An Alexander Hawke Thriller
HarperCollins

Alex Hawke has all but given up on life. The British-American MI6 counterterrorism operative lost the woman he loved almost a year ago and has sought refuge at the bottom of a rum bottle ever since. But late one night at his home on Bermuda, he receives a wake-up call … literally. His Royal Highness Prince Charles, an old friend, desperately needs his help.

The prince has discovered a not-so-subtle threat directed toward the British royal family. What's more, the evidence reveals an ominous connection to Charles's godfather, Lord Mountbatten — the beloved family patriarch assassinated by an ingeniously designed bomb thirty years before. A shadowy figure from the past has the British crown in his sights, and has proven once before that his warnings are not to be taken lightly.

Several clues point to IRA involvement, but the authorities have little to go on and answers are scarce. This is just the call to duty Hawke needs to get back into action — if the madman doesn't strike first.

  

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Today's Mystery and Suspense Update from Big Fish Games (140205)

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

• Our Featured Title is Criminal Stories: Presumed Partners.

• The Daily Deal is Mystery Case Files: Dire Grove, just $2.99 today only!

• The current Catch of the Week is Whispered Secrets: The Story of Tideville, just $2.99 through Sunday, February 09, 2014 only.

• Today's Special Deal — One Day Sale: All Games are 25% Off! Use coupon code SAVE25 at check-out to purchase any Standard Edition or Collector's Edition game for 25% off the retail price. Offer valid February 5th, 2014 only until 11:59 PM PT.

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

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Our Featured Title today is Criminal Stories: Presumed Partners

Nancy Boyle, a young woman without a criminal past, has been found dead near her home in Brooklyn and it's up to Chloé Cunningham and Paul Baxter to track down the killer. Join the savvy sleuths and utilize expert criminology equipment to investigate crime scenes and uncover clues. Piece together the evidence and unmask the identity of the killer before they strike again in this intriguing hidden object puzzle adventure.

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

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Today's Daily Deal is Mystery Case Files: Dire Grove

The Celtic legend of Dire Grove has been passed down from generation to generation for centuries. Considered a fairytale, its telling was meant to frighten small children into staying in their beds through the night. A recently unearthed artifact in the United Kingdom, however, proves the dark legend to be true! Use your wits and Hidden Object talents to follow the trail of a group of missing graduate students!

A sample version is available to download and play for free for one hour. You can purchase this game today only — Wednesday, February 05, 2014 — for $2.99.

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The current Catch of the Week is Whispered Secrets: The Story of Tideville

You and your son, Tim, recently moved to the small town of Tideville to make a fresh start. One peaceful autumn evening, you arrive home just in time to see Tim vanish into thin air! Armed with only your wits and a cryptic clue about a scientist, you set out to find your son. But you soon learn that Tim was not the first resident of Tideville to disappear … In fact, people have been going missing for years. But who is behind it all? And what do they want? Explore the mysterious past of a sleepy seaside village and unravel the town's dark secret in this stunning Hidden Object 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, February 09, 2014.

Chat Live with Author and Journalist John P. Davidson on BookTrib

Tomorrow, Wednesday February 5th at 4 PM ET, you can chat with author and journalist John P. Davidson on BookTrib!

During the chat, you can ask John questions about his 10 years of research for his brand new book The Obedient Assassin. And you'll have a chance to win a copy!

Based on Russian revolutionary and leader of the Bolshevik Revolution Leon Trotsky's assassination in 1940, the book follow's assassin Ramón Mercader, a man who seems to have everything — a lush life in Paris, evenings with Frida Kahlo and other artists, and the love of a beautiful woman who shared his leftist ideals — so why did he carry out the murder of Trotsky.

Visit the BookTribChat.com website to register.

Mystery and Suspense Films: Escape Plan, New This Week on DVD

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

Escape Plan starring Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

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

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Escape Plan (2013)

Directed by Mikael Håfström from an original screenplay by Miles Chapman and Jason Keller (as Arnell Jesko). Watch a trailer for the film below.

Film Synopsis (from the studio): Ray Breslin (Sylvester Stallone) is the world's foremost authority on structural security. He's analyzed nearly every high security prison. After being framed by persons unknown, all of Breslin's ingenuity and expertise are about to be put to work in the most challenging test he's ever faced: escaping from a high-tech prison facility that's design is based on his own protocols.

Running time: 116 minutes. Rating: Rated R for violence and language throughout.

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The Stingray Shuffle, A Serge Storms Mystery by Tim Dorsey, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Stingray Shuffle by Tim Dorsey, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, HarperCollins.

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 (02/04/2014 at 5:00 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 Stingray Shuffle by Tim Dorsey
A Serge Storms Mystery (5th in series)
Publisher: HarperCollins

When serial-killing local Florida historian Serge A. Storms is off his meds, no one is safe — not Russian hoods, Jamaican mobsters, spoiled frat boys, women's book clubs, drug dealers, bad Vegas-rejected local lounge acts — especially when $5 million in cash in a bugged suitcase is still racing up and down the Eastern Seaboard.

But in the oddball circus known as the Sunshine State, little things like astronomical body counts tend to get lost in the shuffle.

  

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A New MystereBook: Scream for Me by Cynthia Eden

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 February 2014 priced $4.99 or less …

Scream for Me by Cynthia Eden is a new novel in The Night Hunter series, in which nothing is deeper than the desire they can't fight — or deadlier than the evil they can't escape.

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Scream for Me by Cynthia Eden
The Night Hunters Series
Publisher: Montlake Romance
Publication Date: February 04, 2014
Price: $3.99 (as of 02/04/14 04:30 PM ET)

They were only supposed to have a professional relationship, but FBI agent Kyle McKenzie has been fantasizing about his sexy partner, Cadence Hollow, from the moment they first moment. It takes the darkest case of their careers to finally bring their hidden desire bubbling to the surface. Once they're in each other's arms, though, they swear that nothing short of death will part them. The Night Hunter — a cunning stalker whose four-state, fifteen-year abduction spree began in Paradox, Alabama, with Kyle's sister — may be only too happy to oblige.

In the small town, Kyle must confront the painful past he's been hiding from Cadence. Kyle vows to put the Hunter behind bars … or in the ground. But the one thing that obsesses Kyle more than his sister's grim fate — his furious love for Cadence — is the weapon the Hunter will use to lure his pursuers into the mouth of a murderous trap.

  

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I Dreamed I Married Perry Mason, A Cece Caruso Mystery by Susan Kandel, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature I Dreamed I Married Perry Mason by Susan Kandel, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, HarperCollins.

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 (02/04/2014 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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I Dreamed I Married Perry Mason by Susan Kandel
A Cece Caruso Mystery (1st in series)
Publisher: HarperCollins

All that writer Cece Caruso really wants to do is complete her biography of mystery legend Erle Stanley Gardner, find a vintage 1970s Ossie Clark gown to add to her collection, and fix the doorknob on her picturesque West Hollywood bungalow. Then a chance visit with a prison inmate who knew Gardner lands her right in the middle of a 40-year-old murder and another case where the blood is still warm. In fact, Cece finds the body.

This brings her into irresistible contact with her inner personal sleuth and shows how crime and greed can reverberate through several generations of a single family.

  

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A New Nick and Tesla Mystery: Robot Army Rampage by Bob Pflugfelder and Steve Hockensmith

We are pleased to present you with one of this month's new First Clues: Mysteries for Kids books: Robot Army Rampage by Bob Pflugfelder and Steve Hockensmith, a Nick and Tesla Mystery.

For more information about the book, which is recommended for readers aged 10 to 12, see a synopsis, below.

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Robot Army Rampage by Bob Pflugfelder and Steve Hockensmith
Series: Nick and Tesla
Publisher: Quirk Books
Format(s): Hardcover, eBook

When a rash of robberies hits the town of Half Moon Bay, 11-year-old sleuths Nick and Tesla are determined to catch the criminals — but to do so, they'll have to build a host of new gadgets and gizmos!

In this robot-themed follow-up to Nick and Tesla's first mystery, the brother-and-sister duo build four different droids out of ordinary household objects — and illustrated instructions are included throughout the story, so you can build them, too! Make bristlebots that buzz, hoverbots that float above the ground, battlebots that duke it out, and more!

Can Nick and Tesla catch the criminal mastermind — and foil his army of rampaging robots — before it's too late?

        

Everywhere That Mary Went, A Rosato and Associates Legal Thriller by Lisa Scottoline, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Everywhere That Mary Went by Lisa Scottoline, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, HarperCollins.

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 (02/04/2014 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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Everywhere That Mary Went by Lisa Scottoline
A Rosato and Associates Legal Thriller (1st in series)
Publisher: HarperCollins

Mary DiNunzio has been slaving away for the past eight years trying to make partner in her cutthroat Philadelphia law firm. She's too busy to worry about the crank phone calls that she's been getting — until they fall into a sinister pattern.

The phone rings as soon as she gets to work, then as soon as she gets home. Mary can't shake the sensation that someone is watching her, following her every move. The shadowboxing turns deadly when her worst fears are realized, and she has to fight for something a lot more important than partnership — her life.

        

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The Girl with a Clock for a Heart by Peter Swanson, New in Bookstores in February 2014

Today's new hardcover mystery title, scheduled to be published during February 2014 by William Morrow, is The Girl with a Clock for a Heart by Peter Swanson.

For a list of more new hardcover mysteries published this month, visit our New Mysteries page for February 2014. For new paperback mysteries, visit The Mystery Bookshelf where a selection of February 2014 mysteries, novels of suspense, and thrillers are shelved.

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The Girl with a Clock for a Heart
Peter Swanson

On an ordinary Friday evening at his favorite Boston tavern, George Foss's comfortable, predictable life is shattered when a beautiful woman sits down at the bar, a woman who vanished without a trace twenty years ago.

Liana Dector isn't just an ex-girlfriend, the first love George couldn't quite forget. She's also a dangerous enigma and quite possibly a cold-blooded killer wanted by the police. Suddenly, she's back — and she needs George's help. Ruthless men believe she stole some money … and they will do whatever it takes to get it back.

George knows Liana is trouble. But he can't say no — he never could — so he makes a choice that will plunge him into a terrifying whirlpool of lies, secrets, betrayal, and murder from which there is no sure escape.

        

New This Month from Alibi: The Fixer by T. E. Woods

Alibi is a digital-only imprint from Random House focused on mysteries and thrillers. Readers will find ebooks representing the cutting edge of fantastic fiction and the discovery of new authors who push the envelope creatively.

This month's new title is a fast-paced thriller — the first in an electrifying new series — peopled with sharp, intriguing characters and more twists and turns than a corkscrew.

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The Fixer by T. E. Woods
A Justice Novel
Publisher: Alibi
Publication Date: February 04, 2014
Price: $2.99 (as of 02/04/14 2:00 PM ET)

Never a doubt. Never a mistake. Always for justice. Never for revenge. She's the person you hire when you need something fixed — permanently. With a strict set of criteria, she evaluates every request and chooses only a few. No more than one job per country, per year. She will only step in if it's clear that justice will not be served any other way. Her jobs are completed with skill and precision, and never result in inquiry or police investigation. The Fixer is invisible — and quite deadly.

In the office of a clinical psychologist in Olympia, Washington, a beautiful young woman is in terrible emotional pain. She puts up walls, tells lies, and seems to speak in riddles, but the doctor is determined to help her heal, despite the fact that she claims to have hurt many people. As their sessions escalate, the psychologist feels compelled to reach out to the police … but it might be too late.

In Seattle, a detective gets a call from his son. A dedicated journalist, he wants his father's expertise as he looks into a suspicious death. Together they follow the trail of leads toward a stone-cold hired killer — only to find that death has been closer than either could have imagined.

        

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Dogstar Rising, A Makana Mystery by Parker Bilal, at a Special Price during February 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 Dogstar Rising by Parker Bilal. This Kindle book was listed at $1.99 as of the date and time of this post, Tuesday, February 04, 2014 at 1:30 PM ET, and should be available at this price through the end of the month.

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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Dogstar Rising by Parker Bilal
A Makana Mystery (2nd in series)
Publisher: Bloomsbury

Summer, 2001. The mutilated bodies of young boys are turning up in the backstreets of Cairo, and the finger of suspicion is pointing at the city's Coptic community. As Makana, a private investigator who fled his native Sudan a decade ago, watches the embers of religious hatred begin to glow, he has a premonition that history may be about to repeat itself. But for now, Makana has another case to solve, involving a disgruntled travel agent, stolen money, and threatening letters-an assignment that appears to point to nothing more than a family feud. That is, until Makana meets Meera, a woman with a dangerous secret who asks for his help — and stumbles upon an unlikely link to the murdered boys.

When the travel agent's office becomes the backdrop to a brutal killing Makana is the sole witness, and he attracts the unwanted attention of not only the state security services and the police but also a disreputable Sudanese businessman-who claims to hold the key to Makana's past.

His search for answers takes him from the labyrinth of Cairo to the city of Luxor and an abandoned monastery near the tombs of the pharaohs, where he uncovers a web of intrigue, violence, and secrecy that reaches deep into Egypt's political heart …

  

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