A New MystereBook: What Comes Around by Ted Bell

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 …

What Comes Around by Ted Bell is a thriller novella with counterspy Alex Hawke. This ebook also includes a sneak preview of Warriors, the next full-length novel in the series.

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What Comes Around by Ted Bell
An Alex Hawke Thriller Novella
Publisher: Morrow Impulse
Publication Date: February 11, 2014
Price: $1.99 (as of 02/11/14 06:30 PM ET)

An esteemed former CIA director dies off the coast of Maine …

Another senior CIA officer is found dead of a "heart attack" in a posh Paris hotel. Counterspy Alex Hawke and his friend Ambrose Congreve think this could be more than coincidence. Hawke discovers that the victims are connected through one man: Spider Hyde, a rogue intelligence officer whose dangerous exploits got him barred from the CIA. Now Spider believes he's been wronged and is out for vengeance — and Alex Hawke is his number-one target.

Hawke's only hope is to lure his deadly enemy into a trap he can't escape — and it's a place Hawke knows better than anyone: his seaside home in Bermuda.

        

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A New MystereBook: St. Valentine's Day Cookie Massacre by Elisabeth Crabtree

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 …

St. Valentine's Day Cookie Massacre by Elisabeth Crabtree is the first in a new series introducing Florida food columnist Kat Archer.

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St. Valentine's Day Cookie Massacre by Elisabeth Crabtree
A Hatter's Cove Gazette Mystery Novella
Publisher: Elisabeth Crabtree
Publication Date: February 10, 2014
Price: $0.99 (as of 02/11/14 05:30 PM ET)

It's Valentine's Day in quiet, cozy Hatter's Cove, Florida and food columnist, Kat Archer, has been assigned the event of the year, the grand opening of Miss Dolly's Cookie Jar and Sweets Emporium.

What begins as a run of the mill, albeit tasty, assignment turns into something much more dangerous when one of the Cookie Jar's employees is poisoned.

Now Kat is chasing the biggest story of her life, while trying to catch the eye of her handsome editor and avoid becoming the killer's next victim.

  

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So Faux, So Good, An Abigail Timberlake, Den of Antiquity Mystery by Tamar Myers, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature So Faux, So Good by Tamar Myers, 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 (02/11/2014 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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So Faux, So Good by Tamar Myers
An Abigail Timberlake, Den of Antiquity Mystery (3rd in series)
Publisher: HarperCollins

Every shroud has a silver lining …

Abigail Timberlake, owner of the Den of Antiquity, has never been happier. She is about to marry the man of her dreams AND has just outbid all other Charlotte, North Carolina, antique dealers for an exquisite English tea service. Then Mama (who is running off to be a nun) stops by to deliver an early wedding present, and it rains on Abby's parade. The one-of-a-kind tea service Abby paid big bucks for has a twin. A frazzled Abby finds more trouble on her doorstep — literally — when a local auctioneer mysteriously collapses outside her shop and a press clipping of her engagement announcement turns up in the wallet of a dead man. (Obviously she won't be getting a wedding present from him.)

Tracing the deceased to a small town in the Pennsylvania Dutch country, Abby heads above the Mason-Dixon Line to search for clues to the origins of faux tea services. Accompanied by a trio of eccentric dealers and her beloved but stressed-out cat, she longs for her Southern homeland as she confronts a menagerie of dubious characters. Digging for answers, Abby realizes that she might just be digging her own grave in — horrors! — Yankeeland.

        

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A New MystereBook: The Hitwoman Hunts a Ghost by JB Lynn

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 …

The Hitwoman Hunts a Ghost by JB Lynn is the latest mystery to feature the slightly neurotic hitwoman Maggie Lee.

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The Hitwoman Hunts a Ghost by JB Lynn
The Confessions of a Slightly Neurotic Hitwoman
Publisher: JB Lynn
Publication Date: February 10, 2014
Price: $3.99 (as of 02/11/14 04:30 PM ET)

Bumbling hitwoman Maggie Lee has discovered the sister she thought was dead might be alive. She's desperate to find her, but all of her bosses are making unreasonable demands. Demands she can't afford not to meet.

Once again, Delveccio, the chocolate pudding loving mob boss, needs someone whacked.

Her obnoxious boss at her day job insists she intervene on his behalf with her semi-psychic friend, Armani.

And the mysterious organization with the power to put her almost-lover Patrick behind bars has saddled her with an annoying new partner and sent her on a mission that has gone to the dogs.

With the clock ticking, Maggie (along with her snarky lizard, dyslexic Doberman and Southern belle cat) does her best to pull off every job without winding up in jail or dead … but is her best good enough?

  

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The Dante Connection, A Genevieve Lenard Mystery by Estelle Ryan, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Dante Connection by Estelle Ryan, 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 (02/11/2014 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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The Dante Connection by Estelle Ryan
A Genevieve Lenard Mystery (2nd in series)
Publisher: Estelle Ryan

Despite her initial disbelief, Doctor Genevieve Lenard discovers that she is the key that connects stolen works of art, ciphers and sinister threats.

Betrayed by the people who called themselves her friends, Genevieve throws herself into her insurance investigation job with autistic single-mindedness. When hacker Francine appears beaten and bloodied on her doorstep, begging for her help, Genevieve is forced to get past the hurt of her friends' abandonment and team up with them to find the perpetrators.

Little does she know that it will take her on a journey through not one, but two twisted minds to discover the true target of their mysterious messages. It will take all her personal strength and knowledge as a nonverbal communications expert to overcome fears that could cost not only her life, but the lives of many others.

  

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A New Screech Owls Mystery: The Mystery of the Russian Ransom by Roy MacGregor

We are pleased to present you with one of this month's new First Clues: Mysteries for Kids books: The Mystery of the Russian Ransom by Roy MacGregor, a Screech Owls Mystery.

For more information about the book, which is recommended for readers aged 13 and older, see a synopsis, below.

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The Mystery of the Russian Ransom by Roy MacGregor
Series: Screech Owls
Publisher: Tundra Books
Format(s): Paperback, eBook

In the ancient land of land of Ivan the Terrible, a terrible fate awaits a member of the Screech Owls!

The Screech Owls have never had such a wonderful surprise. A famous Russian billionaire has offered to pay and fly the whole team to his country. He wants the Owls to visit his homeland so the Russians can learn from the Screech Owls' style of play. The team will play in a tournament while they are there, but even before their first practice on Russian ice, Sarah is taken off the snowy streets. Her kidnappers want ten million rubles in exchange for her safe release!

The billionaire wants to pay for Sarah's safe return, but Travis and his teammates decide to take matters into their own hands.

        

Karma's a Bitch, A Darwin Winters, Pet Psychic Mystery by Shannon Esposito, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Karma's a Bitch by Shannon Esposito, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Misterio 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 (02/11/2014 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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Karma's a Bitch by Shannon Esposito
A Darwin Winters, Pet Psychic Mystery (1st in series)
Publisher: Misterio Press

Darwin Winters, reluctant pet psychic, is determined to leave her family's paranormal past behind and lead a normal life. So she strikes out on her own and opens up a new pet boutique in St. Pete, Florida. When a local homeless man she befriends is found dead, and the police assume it's a suicide, Darwin has no choice but to use her gift to help collar the killer.

She adopts his grieving mastiff, Karma — and with the dog's help — tries to piece together the events of that fatal night. Accepting the visions is one thing, but can she solve the mystery without revealing her powers to the jaded, yet drool-worthy, detective in charge of the case? Or will the killer put an end to her psychic sleuthing and bury the truth for good?

  

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The Cat, The Devil, and Lee Fontana by Shirley Rousseau and Pat J. J. Murphy, New in Bookstores in February 2014

Today's new hardcover mystery title, scheduled to be published during February 2014 by William Morrow, is The Cat, The Devil, and Lee Fontana by Shirley Rousseau and Pat J. J. Murphy.

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 Cat, The Devil, and Lee Fontana
Shirley Rousseau and Pat J. J. Murphy

To the devil, the span of human life is as brief as spit on the wind. But the challenge of playing with flawed humans, like a cat toying with a mouse, is endlessly amusing. However, if the devil loses a wager, he will harass a person's descendants until he eventually gets his due. Which is why he is tormenting Lee Fontana.

The night before Lee is paroled, Satan terrifies and tempts the thief with the promise of one more successful robbery. But Lee has a secret ally looking out for him. The prison cat, a ghost, will tail the ex-con on his dangerous mission — an adventure that moves across the country and spins far beyond our present world into the vast realms of afterlife, a story in which ghostly Misto revels in his added ethereal powers and expanded freedom.

        

Telemystery: MTV Orders To Series Eye Candy, based on the R. L. Stine Thriller

MTV — not a network we usually associated with telemystery shows — has ordered to series Eye Candy, based on a suspense thriller of the same title by R. L. Stine.

The series stars Victoria Justice as Lindy Sampson, a tech wizard who suspects that one of her online suitors may be a cyber-stalker. (See more of the book's synopsis, below.) When things take a deadly turn, she teams up with the city's cyber-crime unit to catch a serial killer.

Viewers won't get to see the pilot that was produced, and upon which the cable network ordered the series; that will be largely recast (though Justice remains) and reshot.

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Eye Candy by R. L. Stine
A Suspense Thriller
Publisher: Ballantine Books

She's got killer looks — and a deadly admirer.

Lindy Sampson is a twenty-three-year-old New Yorker with a problem: She's too beautiful. Guys are intimidated by her. Her roommate suggests Internet dating and writes a Personal ad for Lindy, calling her "Eye Candy". The responses pour in. Suddenly, Lindy is dating four guys at once — and having the time of her life. Until she gets a terrifying note that warns: "Don't say no, Lindy. Keep going out with me. I'll mess you up if you ever say no."

Which one of her admirers is a deadly freak? Lindy is now forced to say yes to everything the four men ask of her — dates, invitations to spend the night, anything. From the East Village to the Hamptons, panic and paranoia shadow her every move. Lindy suspects everyone, even the one person she thought she could trust. But Lindy Sampson doesn't know the half of it — and what she doesn't know could kill her.

        

The Mouse-Proof Kitchen, A Psychlogical Thriller by Saira Shah, 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 The Mouse-Proof Kitchen by Saira Shah. This Kindle book was listed at $2.99 as of the date and time of this post, Tuesday, February 11, 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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The Mouse-Proof Kitchen by Saira Shah
A Psychlogical Thriller
Publisher: Atria Books

When Anna, a chef by profession, discovers she's pregnant, she prepares to leave dreary London behind and move to idyllic Provence, France, with her husband, Tobias, and her lovable baby-to-be. But she's suddenly forced to reevaluate her dreams when their baby is born less than perfect. Little do Anna and Tobias know that the change in plans sparked by Freya's birth is the beginning of an incredible journey of the heart. Along the way, they discover that there truly is no such thing as a mouseproof kitchen, and though life sometimes gets a little messy, it's the messy bits that give it meaning.

The couple and their new daughter end up in a vermin-infested farmhouse in a remote town in France — far from the mansion in Provence they'd originally imagined. Their rickety home is falling down around them, the village is involved in a decades-old trauma, and even the charms of the region's lavender fields and a budding romance between two of their young neighbors can't distract from the fact that Freya's hospital stays are becoming frighteningly frequent. Anna must draw on reserves of strength she never knew she had just to keep going from day to day. But will it be enough to keep her family together — and her daughter safe?

  

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A Kindle Countdown Deal: Blood of the Lamb by Michael Lister

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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Blood of the Lamb by Michael Lister
A John Jordan Mystery
Publisher: Pulpwood Press
Price: $0.99 (as of 02/11/14 01:00 PM ET)

Florida prison chaplain John Jordan's search for the peace that has so long eluded him is interrupted by an unimaginable murder. Attempting to be a good man in a very bad place while also maintaining his shaky sobriety, John investigates the murder of the seven year-old adopted daughter of ex-con turned televangelist, Bobby Earl Caldwell, a murder committed in John's own locked office when Bobby Earl conducts a service in the Potter Correctional Institution chapel.

This unspeakable act, and the investigation that follows, will force John to confront his own fears and beliefs, causing this man of mercy to thirst for justice. Torn between the seemingly conflicting roles he's asked to assume — cop and cleric — John must struggle to figure out his identity as well as that of the killer's, but his past continues to haunt him in the form of troubling thoughts of failure and the resurfacing of his ex-wife, Susan.

Putting aside his distrust of the slick televangelist and his seductive wife, John must ignore intimidation and resist manipulation to find a killer among some very unusual suspects — including two murderers, a child molester, a teacher with something to hide, and Bobby Earl Caldwell himself whose very act of exposing his daughter to such risk causes John to suspect him from the very beginning.

Amid private crises and the torturous experiences of a thoughtful, sensitive man working in such a pitiless place, nothing short of death will end John's search for the person who killed little Nicole Caldwell. Uncovering the guilt, restoring the balance, John seeks pardon from the self-inflicted life sentence he's serving and exoneration from the burden of regret he bears.

  

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New from Witness Impulse: Lying Dead by Aline Templeton

Every week, Witness Impulse — an imprint of William Morrow — releases new suspense and thriller digital originals, typically priced at just $2.99 each.

MystereBooks is pleased to present you with one of this week's titles …

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Lying Dead by Aline Templeton
A Marjory Fleming Mystery
Publisher: Witness Impulse
Price: $2.99 (as of 02/11/14 12:30 PM ET)

On a beautiful, eerily quiet May morning, a girl is found brutally bludgeoned to death. When Detective Marjory Fleming arrives, the silence of the scene is broken only by the ringing of the girl's cell phone. The nearby community is small and close-knit, but the veneer of contented prosperity conceals nasty secrets and deep betrayals.

When another corpse is discovered, Fleming quickly realizes she must watch her own back while she searches for the link between the murders. As she uncovers layer upon layer of intrigue and deceit, it becomes apparent that, while the dead can't tell lies, the living most certainly can.

        

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