Playtime by Bart Hopkins Jr. is Today's Fourth Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Playtime by Bart Hopkins Jr. as today's fourth free mystery ebook (A Novel of Romantic Suspense; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, February 09, 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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Playtime
Bart Hopkins Jr.
A Novel of Romantic Suspense
Publisher: Bart Hopkins Jr.

What would you do if you got a second chance at life? Would you change what you are doing right now? Blaine Hadrock is one of the few to get that opportunity. It could be said that his eyes have been opened.

It's summer in Galveston, and just like every other year, for thousands of people it's playtime. The beaches are packed, and the island is rocking. But for a few, the summer isn't about having fun. It's about surviving.

And the way things are going for Blaine and his girlfriend Renee, a second chance might not be enough.

  

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Stars & Stripes by T. K. Kennedy is Today's Third Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Stars & Stripes by T. K. Kennedy as today's third free mystery ebook (A Freshman Spy Novel; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, February 09, 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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Stars & Stripes
T. K. Kennedy
A Freshman Spy Novel
Publisher: T. K. Kennedy

College freshman Ryan Lane is in Washington D.C. for spring break when the world learns that the Vice President of the United States has died unexpectedly. Ryan's brother, FBI Agent Tim Lane, is sent in to investigate. Suddenly, Tim Lane disappears and Ryan ends up with his brother's duffel and is shocked by what he finds inside. Now, a swarm of assassins, double agents, vigilantes and terrorists are desperately after what Ryan has and will eliminate anyone in their wake.

In a world where nothing is what it appears to be, Ryan is thrust into a race against time to rescue his brother, but first he will have to unlock the clues hidden inside the duffel and unravel someone's sinister plot to take over the White House.

The race is on.

  

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and along came Spider by J. R. Wright and Mia Manns is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature and along came Spider by J. R. Wright and Mia Manns as today's second free mystery ebook (A Martina Spalding Thriller; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, February 09, 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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and along came Spider
J. R. Wright and Mia Manns
A Martina Spalding Thriller
Publisher: DKW Books

When it comes time for Martina to change up her life, she abruptly quits her job as a night nurse at a small local hospital, climbs into her old car, and leaves home. From all outward appearances, Martina Spalding is an attractive young lady looking for love and a new life.

But underneath is a spitfire with a pistol she's not afraid to use, which surprises even her, when she discovers her best friends life is in danger.

What transpires thereafter is a thrilling and suspenseful ride to unmask the killer, with a few wrong turns and bumps along the way. During the transformational journey that ensues, Martina earns her nickname in earnest: Spider.

  

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The Getaway by Tom Barber is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Getaway by Tom Barber as today's free mystery ebook (A Sam Archer Thriller; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, February 09, 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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The Getaway
Tom Barber
A Sam Archer Thriller
Publisher: Tom Barber

New York City. Summer.

A series of violent and highly successful bank robberies have broken out across the city, all carried out by the same five-man team. Millions of dollars have been stolen. The thieves are slick, efficient, well-organised and vicious, and the FBI are getting nowhere in building a case against them. With pressure from Washington mounting and the heists continuing, the feds desperately search for any leads.

They need results and they need them fast.

Across the city, Sam Archer is in town for a funeral. At the service, he is approached by an old family friend who works out of the FBI's New York Office. He is leading the case against the thieves and has a proposition for Archer. He needs the English counter-terrorist cop to go undercover, and try to get inside the bank-robber's circle. Make contact and gain their trust. Find out the secrets of their success.

Given his English accent and his cover story, it's a solid plan. They'll never connect him to the FBI. Nevertheless, Archer is ready to refuse, but his old acquaintance tells him something else, a shocking revelation that ties Archer to this case personally. It's all the convincing he needs.

He agrees to the plan, and goes undercover.

As he tries to establish contact with the crew and gets deeper and deeper, Archer learns that they are planning to leave the city forever in just a matter of days, but only after performing two final spectacular heists. In a race against time, Archer is forced to adapt or be killed as he gets caught up in the lethal crossfire between the thieves and law enforcement, none of whom know who he really is. As the clock ticks towards the thieves' departure and as the stakes get higher and higher, Archer must both find a murderer and prevent two of the biggest heists in the history of New York City.

Before the thieves make their final getaway.

  

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The Body Departed by J. R. Rain is Today's Fantasy Suspense Kindle Daily Deal

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Body Departed by J. R. Rain as today's Fantasy Suspense Kindle Daily Deal.

The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Sunday, February 09, 2014.

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The Body Departed
J. R. Rain
A Novel of Fantasy Suspense
Thomas & Mercer

When a killer broke into James Blakely's apartment and fired twelve bullets into his body, it was the end of James's life — but just the beginning of his journey to redemption. Sentenced to burn in hell for a crime he cannot remember, James is given the choice to proceed immediately to the afterlife or haunt the world of the living in search of his killer. Electing to return to Earth as a ghost, he attempts to solve the mystery of his own murder, visits the living — starting with his daughter and ex-wife — and confronts the sins in his past that put him on the fast track to eternal damnation.

With the help of a world-class medium, James begins to make progress. Forgiveness is possible, it seems, for a good man who made some bad choices. But with the memories of his life on Earth fading out one by one and his ghost body rapidly disintegrating, James faces the very real prospect of vanishing completely before he learns the devastating secret that kept his soul from achieving its true potential.

  

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True Spies by Shana Galen is Today's Romantic Suspense Kindle Daily Deal

MystereBooks is pleased to feature True Spies by Shana Galen as today's Romantic Suspense Kindle Daily Deal.

The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Sunday, February 09, 2014.

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True Spies
Shana Galen
A Novel of Romantic Suspense
Sourcebooks Casablanca

He's getting tired of deception … She wants to try a little intrigue …

Baron Winslow Keating is honor-bound to finish one last mission as an elite spy for the Barbican group even though he just wants to go home and be with his family. But after years of secrecy and absence, his daughters hardly know him and his wife has given up on him …

Lady Elinor has had enough of domestic boredom. She contemplates an affair with a rakish spy, only to discover a world of intrigue and treachery that she never knew existed. Even more shocking, her neglectful husband is suddenly very attentive — quite the jealous type — and apparently there is much more to him than she ever knew …

  

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Today's Mystery and Suspense Update from Big Fish Games (140209)

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

• The New Release is Dark Romance: Vampire in Love (Collector's Edition).

• The Daily Deal is Cursed Fates: The Headless Horseman, 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 — This weekend only: All Standard and Collector's Edition Games are Half Off! Use coupon code HALF to get any Collector's Edition game for just $9.99; use coupon code OFF to get any Standard game for just $4.99. Offer valid through February 9th, 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 Dark Romance: Vampire in Love (Collector's Edition)

Emily and Enron love each other and want to be together. But Enron is hiding a terrible secret — he is the son of Dracula. And just as Enron wants to tell Emily the whole truth about himself, she is kidnapped. No one knows where she is. But there are all the signs that she was abducted from her apartment against her will. Meanwhile, Emily wakes up in a gloomy room with numerous coffins and the ghost of a little girl tells her that Emily has to hurry in order to be rescued. So Emily and Enron must hurry to find each other. But can they do this?

This is a special Collector's Edition release full of exclusive extras you won't find in the standard version, including: Find out who abducted Emily and where she is; You can play for both heroes Emily and Enron at once; Achievements, zoo and interface shop; Re-playable hidden scenes and mini-games; and Soundtracks, wallpapers, and concept art.

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

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Today's Daily Deal is Cursed Fates: The Headless Horseman

In the northern part of the state, near the upper reaches of the Hudson River, there is a town named Sleepy Hollow. As is often the case, small towns hide big mysteries. A chain of bloody events commenced one ordinary night. A secret marriage and a new will have inflicted a dreadful curse upon this town. A terrible legend has become reality. The legend of a terrifying creature returned from hell.

A sample version is available to download and play for free for one hour. You can purchase this game today only — Sunday, February 09, 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.

Death of the Party, A Death on Demand Mystery by Carolyn Hart, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Death of the Party by Carolyn Hart, 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 (02/08/2014 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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Death of the Party by Carolyn Hart
A Death on Demand Mystery (16th in series)
Publisher: HarperCollins

Britt Barlow is certain her media mogul brother-in-law Jeremiah Addison's fatal tumble a year ago was no accident — especially since she herself discovered, and disposed of, the trip wire someone had strung across the stairs. Now she's bringing all who were in attendance that weekend back to Golden Silk — Addison's luxurious secluded island estate — and inviting two extra guests, Annie and Max Darling, to help uncover a killer.

Annie Darling wouldn't miss this party for the world! And there certainly is no lack of suspects among the guests, each of whom had a substantial motive for doing in the insufferable tycoon. But the party turns deadly when a houseman mysteriously vanishes, along with the boats which are the only escape off Addison's island — leaving the Darlings stranded on a floating rock in the middle of nowhere, too close to a solution for comfort, and stalked by a crafty murderer.

  

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A New MystereBook: Rudiger Stories by David Lender

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 …

Rudiger Stories by David Lender is a collection of four John Rudiger, White Collar Crime stories.

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Rudiger Stories by David Lender
The White Collar Crime Series
Publisher: Brindle Publishing
Publication Date: February 06, 2014
Price: $2.99 (as of 02/08/14 04:30 PM ET)

• Rudiger Comes Alive — Rudiger Story #1

Hotshot Wall Streeter Walter Conklin is a wunderkind hedge fund manager who runs a $1 billion technology fund. He's on a roll until his CFO cooks the books to overstate their results to raise more money. The only way out for Conklin is to insist his CFO keep cooking them until he can equal those returns. But the Feds are on to him, so Conklin needs to act fast before they can throw him in jail — just as the NASDAQ crashes from its historic highs.

• Rudiger in the Islands — Rudiger Story #2

Fugitive financier John Rudiger adopts Antigua as his new home: he's building a house and settling in to the islands way of life. Then Charlie Holden, Assistant U.S. Attorney in New York, gets a tip and sends one of his staff lawyers down to get the goods on Rudiger and extradite him to stand trial. In order to outwit Holden and his man, Rudiger needs to establish his credentials as an Antiguan national, so he enlists the help of the double-dealing local police — who will sell their allegiance to the highest bidder. Rudiger is forced to think on the fly to adapt to the machinations of both parties as he improvises to try to stay out of jail.

• Rudiger in Peril — Rudiger Story #3

After fugitive financier John Rudiger settles into Antigua as his new home, he gets a surprising phone call from Charlie Holden, Assistant U.S. Attorney in New York, who's been trying to extradite Rudiger back to the U.S. to stand trial. Holden tells Rudiger his former partner and CFO has been murdered in the U.S. by one of Rudiger's hedge fund investors who lost millions and is out for revenge. And the investor's hired killer is now in Antigua stalking Rudiger. Rudiger is forced to align himself with Holden as an unlikely ally as he tries to figure out which of his investors could be after him and help Holden stop him — before the hitman catches up with Rudiger.

• Rudiger — Rudiger Story #4

John Rudiger, a fugitive financier living under an alias in the Caribbean, who ran off with close to $100 million from his hedge fund, is down to his last $2 million. Katie Dolan, a lawyer with the U.S. Attorney's Office in New York, is sent to Antigua to try to get enough evidence to extradite Rudiger back to the U.S. to stand trial. Rudiger recruits her to help him retrieve $50 million of bearer bonds from a safe deposit box in New York.

Katie is no dope, and neither is Rudiger, and each one has to figure out who's scamming who as they work their plan to sneak the bonds out from under the nose of Charlie Holden, Katie's boss, the Assistant U.S. Attorney in New York, who's wise to both of them.

  

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Death Comes for the Fat Man, A Dalziel and Pascoe Mystery by Reginald Hill, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Death Comes for the Fat Man by Reginald Hill, 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 (02/08/2014 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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Death Comes for the Fat Man by Reginald Hill
A Dalziel and Pascoe Mystery (22nd in series)
Publisher: HarperCollins

Not for a second did Pascoe admit the possibility of death. Dalziel was indestructible. Dalziel is, and was, and forever shall be, world without end, amen. Chief constables might come and chief constables might go, but Fat Andy went on forever.

Barreling his way into an investigation of possible terrorist activities, Superintendent Andy Dalziel is caught in the blast of a huge explosion at a video shop — and only "Fat Andy's" considerable bulk prevents his colleague, Chief Inspector Peter Pascoe, from suffering a similar fate. Now Dalziel lies on a hospital bed barely clinging to life, while Pascoe remains determined to find those responsible.

But the truth is not always cut-and-dried, and sometimes those who are sworn to terror's destruction are even more dangerous than the foe they wish to annihilate.

  

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Town in a Strawberry Swirl by B. B. Haywood, New in Bookstores in February 2014

Today's featured paperback original mystery title, scheduled to be published during February 2014 by Berkley Prime Crime, is Town in a Strawberry Swirl by B. B. Haywood.

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

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Town in a Strawberry Swirl
B. B. Haywood
Series: A Candy Holliday Mystery

In the quaint seaside village of Cape Willington, Maine, Candy Holliday has a mostly idyllic life, tending to the Blueberry Acres farm she runs with her father and occasionally stepping in to solve a murder or two …

Summer has arrived! But as the community gears up for another festive strawberry-picking season, the villagers are shocked when local berry farmer Miles Crawford is found dead in a hoophouse near his strawberry fields. Rumors have been swirling around about a secret real estate deal between Miles and Lydia St. Graves. And now Lydia is missing after she was seen fleeing the scene of the crime …

When Henry "Doc" Holliday becomes involved in the mystery, his daughter Candy finds herself caught in the jam as well. But things turn very sticky when Lydia suddenly reappears and asks for Candy's help in finding the true murderer …

        

The Walker in Shadows, A Novel of Suspense by Barbara Michaels, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Walker in Shadows by Barbara Michaels, 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 (02/08/2014 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 Walker in Shadows by Barbara Michaels
A Novel of Suspense
Publisher: HarperCollins

The house next door to Pat Robbins — eerily identical to the home Pat shares with her college-aged son, Mark — has been empty for years, the darkness within seeming to warn all to stay away. Now new tenants are moving in: affable Josef Friedrichs and his lovely daughter, Kathy, who has stolen Mark's heart on first glance.

But something is not right — something old and secret lurking in the shadows that fresh paint and new furnishings cannot mask or exorcise. There is evil alive in the heart of the house next door — and it means to feed on the fears of two families … and drag Kathy Friedrichs with it into peril.

  

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Murder in the Afternoon by Frances Brody, New in Bookstores in February 2014

Today's new hardcover mystery title, scheduled to be published during February 2014 by Minotaur Books, is Murder in the Afternoon by Frances Brody.

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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Murder in the Afternoon
Frances Brody
Series: Kate Shackleton (3rd)

Young Harriet and her brother Austin have always been scared of the quarry where their stone mason father works. So when they find him dead on the cold ground, they rush off quickly to look for some help.

When help arrives, however, the quarry is deserted and there is no sign of the body. Were the children mistaken? Is their father not dead? Did he simply get up and run away?

It seems like another unusual case requiring the expertise of Kate Shackleton — and Mary Jane, the children's mother, is adamant that only she can help. But Mary Jane is hiding something — a secret from Kate's past that raises the stakes and puts both Kate and her family at risk.

        

Cinemystery: Joe R. Lansdale's Edgar Award-Winning The Bottoms to be Adapted for Film

Bill Paxton is set to direct a film adaptation of Joe. R. Landale's Edgar Award-winning novel The Bottoms from a screenplay written by Brent Hanley. (More about the book, below.)

"I have been a big fan of Joe Lansdale's writing since the Hap And Leonard novels," Paxton told Deadline. "His stories and characters are vivid, original and indelible. The screenwriter Brent Hanley and I have been looking to team up again … and when we read Joe's book The Bottoms, we knew we had hit pay dirt. With a story and script this good, we have a chance to make a bonafide classic. I couldn't be more excited!"

Production is expected to begin later this year.

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The Bottoms by Joe R. Lansdale
A Crime Thriller
Publisher: Vintage

Winner of the 2001 Edgar Award for Best Novel.

It is 1933 in East Texas and the Depression lingers in the air like a slow moving storm. When a young Harry Collins and his little sister stumble across the body of a black woman who has been savagely mutilated and left to die in the bottoms of the Sabine River, their small town is instantly charged with tension. When a second body turns up, this time of a white woman, there is little Harry can do from stopping his Klan neighbors from lynching an innocent black man.

Together with his younger sister, Harry sets out to discover who the real killer is, and to do so they will search for a truth that resides far deeper than any river or skin color.