Today's Mystery and Suspense Update from Big Fish Games (140223)

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

• The New Release is Lost Lands: Dark Overlord (Collector's Edition).

• The Daily Deal is Death Pages: Ghost Library, just $2.99 today only!

• The current Catch of the Week is Time Relics: Gears of Light, just $2.99 through Sunday, February 23, 2014 only.

• Today's Special Deal — Save Some Gold! All Games Are 40% Off this weekend only! Use coupon code MEDAL at check-out to purchase any Standard Edition for $5.99 or Collector's Edition game for just $11

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

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The New Release today is Lost Lands: Dark Overlord (Collector's Edition)

Susan had just stepped away to answer the phone, but when she returned she saw something pulling her son Jimmy through a shimmering portal. It closed before she could pull him back. To save him, she must find a way to this other world. Before Susan lies a world that no one else has ever seen before … a world where magic is real and anything is possible. Find out who took Jimmy and what they want!

This is a special Collector's Edition release full of exclusive extras you won't find in the standard version, including: Beautiful cinematics and gorgeous graphics; A story spanning multiple worlds; Challenging mini-games and puzzles; and Explore an underwater world in the bonus chapter.

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

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Today's Daily Deal is Death Pages: Ghost Library

You come to the city library to investigate the case of three teenagers gone missing. It turns out that the former owner of the library, the Alchemist, kidnapped the souls of three readers and planted them in the book "Romeo and Juliet". They are to live the lives of the main heroes but you can stop the tragic ending! Wander the gloomy halls of the library, travel to the medieval streets of Verona, discover the Alchemist's insidious plan and save the children!

A sample version is available to download and play for free for one hour. You can purchase this game today only — Sunday, February 23, 2014 — for $2.99.

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The current Catch of the Week is Time Relics: Gears of Light

For hundreds of years, the clock tower at the edge of town has been a landmark and a tourist attraction. The tower itself appears to never age, and the small town's inhabitants are prosperous and happy. Enter the Hands of Fate — a mysterious group whose objective is to keep the continuum of time running smoothly. You play as a member of the Hands of Fate determined to collect all the Gears of Light and return them to their rightful place in the tower thus restoring time to its rightful place — but, is it already too late?

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 23, 2014.

Whirlpool, A Novel of Suspense by Elizabeth Lowell, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Whirlpool by Elizabeth Lowell, 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 (02/22/2014 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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Whirlpool by Elizabeth Lowell
A Novel of Suspense
Publisher: HarperCollins

First published in 1995 as The Ruby and as written by Ann Maxwell.

When an exquisitely crafted, authentic imperial Faberge egg mysteriously shows up at Laurel Swann's home studio, she knows it can only be from one person — her father, who has drifted in and out of her life for as long as she can remember. But this time Jamie Swann leaves her something too many people will kill for.

Out of her league and desperate, Laurel is forced to accept help from the very man who is trying to ensnare her father in his own web of double crosses. Cruz Rowan can help her stay alive, but will he do the same for her father?

        

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A Kindle Countdown Deal: No Cry For Help by Grant McKenzie

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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No Cry For Help by Grant McKenzie
A Suspense Thriller
Publisher: Famous Books
Price: $0.99 (as of 02/22/14 04:30 PM ET)

During a cross-border shopping trip, a family vanishes. No reason. No ransom. No cry for help.

Bus driver Wallace Carver fears the worst when his family fails to meet him at the Bellingham, Washington mall. His anxiety is justifiably heightened when security cameras unexplainably show that he crossed the Peace Arch border alone.

Now all Wallace wants to do is get his wife and sons back. But first he has to work out why they were taken and by whom.

  

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Odd Jobs, A Crime Thriller by Ben Lieberman, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Odd Jobs by Ben Lieberman, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Thomas & Mercer.

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 (02/22/2014 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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Odd Jobs by Ben Lieberman
A Crime Thriller
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer

Since his father's murder, Kevin Davenport has worked every odd job known to man to support himself and his widowed mother. But when he signs on to haul beef at Kosher World Meat Factory, what he thought was just another lousy part-time gig turns out to be the opportunity of a lifetime.

Kevin discovers that the meatpacking business is a front for a treacherous criminal syndicate. While working at the corrupt meat factory he finds out who killed his father and now all bets are off. Kevin has the chance to settle the score and he'll tackle any job — club fighting, bookmaking, even drug dealing — to earn his revenge. But can he do it all without sacrificing his soul … or, God forbid, flunking out of school?

  

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Green Living Can Be Deadly by Staci McLaughlin, New in Bookstores in February 2014

Today's featured paperback original mystery title, scheduled to be published during February 2014 by Kensington, is Green Living Can Be Deadly by Staci McLaughlin.

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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Green Living Can Be Deadly
Staci McLaughlin
Series: A Dana Lewis, Blossom Valley Mystery

When Dana Lewis organizes her Green Living Festival, complete with free range fauna and tempting delicacies of tofu and tempeh, she hopes to inspire Blossom Valley into reducing their carbon footprint. But for some participants, saving the planet should have come second to saving their skin, like green energy guru Wendy Stevens, just found dead in her invisible Prints booth.

Now Dana needs to work fast to stop a killer from turning her big event into the next great environmental disaster …

        

Bone Valley, A Lilly Cleary Mystery by Claire Matturro, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Bone Valley by Claire Matturro, 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 (02/22/2014 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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Bone Valley by Claire Matturro
A Lilly Cleary Mystery (3rd in series)
Publisher: HarperCollins

In her never-ending quest to log more billable hours, Sarasota lawyer Lilly Cleary agrees to defend Angus and Miguel, two fervent environmentalists who are being sued for libeling … an orange! In the Sunshine State, people take their citrus seriously — and there are powerful interests that refuse to sit idly by while a pair of whistle-blowing rabble rousers demean Florida's main cash crop.

Though the orange affair isn't quite the juicy case Lilly was looking for, it gets a lot stickier when one of the defendants is blown to bits right in front of her. Not one to take losing a case — or a client — lightly, whole-grain-loving, toxin-phobic Lilly will stop at nothing to get to the truth behind this and assorted other related murders. Which won't be easy, since everyone is lying — including the surviving environmentalist, who just happens to have an advanced degree from the University of the Streets … in bomb-making.

        

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The Amazing Harvey by Don Passman, New in Bookstores in February 2014

Today's new hardcover mystery title, scheduled to be published during February 2014 by Minotaur Books, is The Amazing Harvey by Don Passman.

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 Amazing Harvey
Don Passman

On the brink of stardom, struggling magician Harvey Kendall is fingered in a vicious murder when his DNA is found on the victim, placing him at the scene of the crime. With one unexpected twist and turn after another, readers are left on the edge of their seats wondering just what is trick and what is truth in the life of this man with a cutting (and often hilarious) sarcastic wit and smart-alec style.

Because of Harvey's background in illusion, he's a natural sleuth, noticing things that are often overlooked by everyone else. Knowing full well he is innocent, Harvey sets out on a dangerous path to vindicate himself and find the real killer before the case turns into a disappearing act from which he will never return.

In a race against the clock, Harvey must prove his innocence by convincing everyone what exactly is truth and what is pure illusion in what will be the greatest escape act in the life and career of The Amazing Harvey.

        

Cover Revealed for Veronica Mars Mystery Novel, The Thousand Dollar Tan Line

Entertainment Weekly has unveiled the cover for the first "Veronica Mars" mystery novel (right; click for larger version).

Titled The Thousand Dollar Tan Line, it is written by series creator Rob Thomas and Jennifer Graham.

The synopsis from publisher Vintage says little about the storyline: "Twenty-eight-year-old Veronica Mars [is] back in action after the events of Veronica Mars: The Movie. With the help of old friends — Logan Echolls, Mac Mackenzie, Wallace Fennel, and even Dick Casablancas — Veronica is ready to take on Neptune's darkest cases with her trademark sass and smarts."

The Thousand Dollar Tan Line will be published on March 25th, 2014 and is available to pre-order.

New from Harlequin Intrigue: Undercover Captor by Cynthia Eden

Every month Harlequin publishes several new novels of mystery and suspense. We are pleased to present in this post one of its new February, 2014 titles, published in the Harlequin Intrigue series.

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Undercover Captor by Cynthia Eden
A Shadow Agents Novel
Publisher: Harlequin Intrigue
List Price: $4.99 (ebook), $5.50 (paperback)

The man standing watch over Dr. Tina Jamison was an imposing, scarred figure. Even more frightening was what would happen when her kidnappers discovered they'd taken the wrong woman. Only she didn't realize this same guard was an undercover agent, or that Drew Lancaster left no fellow Elite Operations agent behind.

Running handcuffed together through Texas, Drew vowed to protect Tina against all dangers. For a man who'd fought so may battles, he couldn't afford to lose this one. She'd need to follow his orders to stay alive. But it didn't take a doctor to see that this wounded warrior she'd once feared needed some saving himself.

        

Open Season, A Joe Pickett Mystery by C. J. Box, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Open Season by C. J. Box, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Berkley.

The ebook format of this title was priced at $2.99 from the listed vendors (below) as of the date and time of this post (02/22/2014 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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Open Season by C. J. Box
A Joe Pickett Mystery (1st in series)
Publisher: Berkley

Winner of the 2002 Anthony Award for Best First Novel. Winner of the 2002 Macavity Award for Best First Novel.

Joe Pickett is the new game warden in Twelve Sleep, Wyoming, a town where nearly everyone hunts and the game warden — especially one like Joe who won't take bribes or look the other way — is far from popular. When he finds a local hunting outfitter dead, splayed out on the woodpile behind his state-owned home, he takes it personally. There had to be a reason that the outfitter, with whom he's had run-ins before, chose his backyard, his woodpile to die in. Even after the "outfitter murders", as they have been dubbed by the local press after the discovery of the two more bodies, are solved, Joe continues to investigate, uneasy with the easy explanation offered by the local police.

As Joe digs deeper into the murders, he soon discovers that the outfitter brought more than death to his backdoor: he brought Joe an endangered species, thought to be extinct, which is now living in his woodpile. But if word of the existence of this endangered species gets out, it will destroy any chance of InterWest, a multi-national natural gas company, building an oil pipeline that would bring the company billions of dollars across Wyoming, through the mountains and forests of Twelve Sleep. The closer Joe comes to the truth behind the outfitter murders, the endangered species and InterWest, the closer he comes to losing everything he holds dear.

        

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A New MystereBook: The Cornish Coast Murder by John Bude

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 Cornish Coast Murder by John Bude is the first mystery by this author, written during the golden age of British crime fiction and first published in 1935. John Bude, a pen name of Ernest Elmore, is also the co-founder of the Crime Writers' Association and worked in the theater as a producer and director. In addition to this featured title, the author's second mystery, The Lake District Murder is also being published this week.

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The Cornish Coast Murder by John Bude
A Crime Novel
Publisher: The British Library Publishing Division
Publication Date: February 19, 2014
Price: $2.99 (as of 02/22/14 12:30 PM ET)

The Reverend Dodd, vicar of the quiet Cornish village of Boscawen, spends his evenings reading detective stories by the fireside — but heaven forbid that the shadow of any real crime should ever fall across his seaside parish. The vicar’s peace is shattered one stormy night when Julius Tregarthan, a secretive and ill-tempered magistrate, is found at his house in Boscawen with a bullet through his head.

The local police inspector is baffled by the complete absence of clues. Suspicion seems to fall on Tregarthan’s niece, Ruth — but surely that young woman lacks the motive to shoot her uncle dead in cold blood? Luckily for Inspector Bigswell, the Reverend Dodd is on hand, and ready to put his keen understanding of the criminal mind to the test.

  

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Telemystery: NBC Orders Direct To Series Shades of Blue Starring Jennifer Lopez

NBC has ordered direct to series Shades of Blue, which will star Jennifer Lopez, who will also co-executive produce with Ryan Seacrest.

The storyline is "a complex police series that centers on Harlee McCord (Lopez), a single mother and detective recruited to work undercover for the FBI's anti-corruption task force. Part of a close-knit unit known for its conviction record, Harlee has become compromised by her colleagues — all of whom also pitch in to help her raise her daughter — and finds herself faced with the moral dilemma of working against her cop brothers in order to redeem herself."

"Whether it's producing, acting, singing or any of her other many entrepreneurial activities, Jennifer is an extraordinary talent and life force, and we're delighted to be in business with her and [writer] Adi Hasak on this sophisticated show," said NBC Entertainment President Jennifer Salke in a statement. "We're especially excited that Jennifer is returning to her acting roots from such great movies as Out of Sight and we know that she will create this complicated character in a vivid way that will breathe new life into the cop show genre."

Production on a 13-episode season is expected to begin in early 2015 with a series premiere likely to be mid-season 2015/2016.