Death and Judgment by Donna Leon is Today's Kindle Daily Deal

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Death and Judgment by Donna Leon as today's Kindle Daily Deal.

The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Monday, March 10, 2014.

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Death and Judgment
Donna Leon
A Guido Brunetti Mystery
Grove Press

A truck crashes and spills its dangerous cargo on a treacherous road in the Italian Dolomite mountains.

Meanwhile, in Santa Lucia, a prominent international lawyer is found dead aboard an intercity train. Suspecting a connection between the two tragedies, Brunetti digs deep for an answer, stumbling upon a seedy Venetian bar that holds the key to a crime network that reaches far beyond the laguna.

But it will take another violent death in Venice before Brunetti and his colleagues begin to understand what is really going on.

  

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Mystery Godoku Puzzle for March 10, 2014

A new Mystery Godoku Puzzle has been created by the editors of the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books and is now available on our website.

Godoku is similar to Sudoku, but uses letters instead of numbers. To give you a headstart, we provide you a mystery clue to fill in a complete row or column (if you choose to use it!).

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This week's letters and mystery clue:

C E H I M R T W Y

The title of Veronica Heley's 14th Ellie Quicke mystery suggests one murder this way (9 letters).

We now have two weeks of our puzzles on one page in PDF format for easier printing. Print this week's puzzle here.

Previous puzzles are stored in the Mystery Godoku Archives.

Enjoy the weekly Mystery Godoku Puzzle from the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books, and Thanks for visiting our website!

Today's Mystery and Suspense Update from Big Fish Games (140310)

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

• The New Release is Dark Romance: Vampire in Love.

• The Daily Deal is Scarytales: All Hail King Mongo, just $2.99 today only!

• The current Catch of the Week is Shadow Wolf Mysteries: Cursed Wedding, just $2.99 through Sunday, March 16, 2014 only.

• Today's Special Deal — It is Bonus Punch Monday! Receive a BONUS PUNCH with every game purchase, only on Mondays.

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

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?

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

Also available for this game:

• Get the Strategy Guide
• Check out the Blog Walkthrough
• For a more in-depth experience, see the Collector's Edition

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Today's Daily Deal is Scarytales: All Hail King Mongo

The evil sorcerer Zarrar has returned to take vengeance upon your family and the kingdom from which he was banished years ago. After possessing your brother’s mind through his dark magic, Zarrar is now unstoppable. As the princess, you are the only remaining member of the royal family who is safe from Zarrar’s evil scheme. Stop Zarrar and rescue your family and your kingdom!

A sample version is available to download and play for free for one hour. You can purchase this game today only — Monday, March 10, 2014 — for $2.99.

Also available for this game:

• Check out the Blog Walkthrough.

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The current Catch of the Week is Shadow Wolf Mysteries: Cursed Wedding

After being called to Paris to help your friend Veronica, you find yourself in the middle of a shocking mystery. The ancient werewolf Mephistus has appeared in town seeking revenge on Veronica and her fiancé just days before their wedding. Explore the gorgeous streets of Paris as you uncover the truth behind the ancient werewolf curse in this thrilling 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, March 16, 2014.

Also available for this game:

• Get the Strategy Guide.
• Check out the Blog Walkthrough.
• For a more in-depth experience, see the Collector's Edition.

The Agatha Christie Book Club, An Agatha Christie Book Club Mystery by C. A. Larmer, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Agatha Christie Book Club by C. A. Larmer, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Larmer Media.

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 (03/09/2014 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 Agatha Christie Book Club by C. A. Larmer
An Agatha Christie Book Club Mystery (1st in series)
Publisher: Larmer Media

When Alicia Finlay walks out on her boring old book club and decides to start a new one — one devoted to her favorite mystery writer Agatha Christie — little does she know her new club is about to stumble into a mystery of their own. It's a mystery so baffling it would leave even the Queen of Crime scratching her head …

After gathering seven crime buffs together — including young librarian Missy (as ditzy as Miss Marple and as sharp), fashionista Claire, paleontologist Perry (both stylish and fastidious like Poirot), dashing Dr Anders, a poisons expert, and socialite Barbara Parlour — Alicia grows suspicious when one of them fails to show for the next book club.

Barbara has disappeared from the face of the earth and her arrogant husband, Arthur, seems coldly unconcerned. The group suspects him of foul play until he suddenly shows up dead. With two baffling mysteries and time fast running out, the book club decides to do as the meddling Miss Marple would do and investigate!

Following in the footsteps of Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, the group must sort the clues from the red herrings to solve the murder of Arthur Parlour and determine what happened to his missing wife. Has she been brutally murdered or is she somehow, somewhere still alive?

  

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Broken Trust by Shannon Baker, New in Bookstores in March 2014

Today's featured paperback original mystery title, scheduled to be published during March 2014 by Midnight Ink, is Broken Trust by Shannon Baker.

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

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Broken Trust
Shannon Baker
Series: A Nora Abbott Mystery

With one of the world's greatest natural resources at stake, Nora Abbott battles a legacy of corruption and deceit …

When a chance meeting on a hiking trail leads to a position at a nonprofit in Boulder, Colorado, Nora feels lucky to have a job … even after she finds out that the previous financial director has gone missing.

With her suspicions of foul play confirmed by her Kachina guardian, Nora doesn't know who to trust in an organization that's rife with deceit and corruption. As she's pulled deeper into a treacherous conspiracy, an unannounced visit from her mother and a reunion with Cole Huntsman have Nora playing tug of war with her own feelings. Fearful for her own life and the safety of those she loves the most, Nora wonders if her new beginning in Boulder will turn out to be a deadly mistake.

      

Hear No Evil, The PSI Trilogy by A. K. Alexander and J. R. Rain, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Hear No Evil by A. K. Alexander and J. R. Rain, 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 (03/09/2014 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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Hear No Evil by A. K. Alexander and J. R. Rain
The PSI Trilogy (1st in series)
Publisher: J. R. Rain Press

Audial telepath Kylie Cain works for a black ops branch of the CIA — PSI: Psychic Sensory Intelligence. Now tasked with the biggest challenge of her life when a faction of rogue operatives who call themselves WON (World Order Now) kidnap eleven-year-old Hope Mitchell, a powerful girl who may be the link to other worlds, Kylie feels immediately drawn to the girl's energy, and vows to save her.

Kylie's elite team of psychic spies soon discover that not only is Hope Mitchell an audial telepath, too, but the girl has another special gift — a gift that could change the courses of the past, present and future. A gift that could open up worlds … ;and destroy them.

  

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Bone Deep by Randy Wayne White, New in Bookstores in March 2014

Today's new hardcover mystery title, scheduled to be published during March 2014 by Putnam, is Bone Deep by Randy Wayne White.

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

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Bone Deep
Randy Wayne White
Series: Doc Ford (21st)

When a Crow Indian acquaintance of Tomlinson's asks him to help recover a relic stolen from his tribe, Doc Ford is happy to tag along — but neither Doc nor Tomlinson realize what they've let themselves in for. Their search takes them to the part of Central Florida known as Bone Valley, famous primarily for two things: a ruthless subculture of black-marketers who trade in illegal artifacts and fossils, and a multibillion-dollar phosphate industry whose strip mines compromise the very ground they walk on.

Neither enterprise tolerates nosy outsiders. For each, public exposure equals big financial losses — and in a region built on a million-year accumulation of bones, there is no shortage of spots in which to hide a corpse. Or two.

        

Radio Activity, A Rick Shannon Mystery by Bill Fitzhugh, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Radio Activity by Bill Fitzhugh, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Reduviidae, Inc..

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 (03/09/2014 at 2:00 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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Radio Activity by Bill Fitzhugh
A Rick Shannon Mystery (1st in series)
Publisher: Reduviidae, Inc.

Rick Shannon is an unemployed FM rock DJ considering a mid-life change in careers. But just as he begins selling off his record collection, a job offer comes from a small station in Mississippi, where a DJ recently stopped showing up for work.

After discovering an audio tape that might explain the fate of the missing DJ, Rick decides to look into the matter. Sensing a new career path, he assumes another identity: Buddy Miles, PI, naming himself after the one-time drummer for Jimi Hendrix's Band of Gypsys.

The suspects literally come out of the woods, ranging from a divorce who rents construction equipment to a former local beauty pageant queen (Miss Tire & Auto Parts) to the station's general manager and th president of a local personal finance company (who has peculiar ideas about collateral).

  

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New from Harlequin Romantic Suspense: Deadly Hunter by Rachel Lee

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

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Deadly Hunter by Rachel Lee
A Conard County: The Next Generation Novel
Publisher: Harlequin Romantic Suspense
List Price: $4.99 (ebook), $5.50 (paperback)

Conard County—where a stranger has moved to town …

With a scar on his cheek and wounds on his soul, the only thing Allison McMann's new neighbor reveals is his name. But when a toxin kills some cattle and Allison is charged with finding its source, Jerrod Marquette appoints himself her protector. The ex-military man has the skills to keep her safe, yet Allison doesn't need — or want — his help. His midnight eyes see too much, his powerful body ignites feelings long buried.

Even when she learns of the danger lurking in the mountains she tracks, Allison can't help feeling the greatest danger lies within her … in her white-hot lust for the mysterious outsider.

        

An Island Lost, A Novel of Suspense by Christina Larmer, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature An Island Lost by Christina Larmer, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Larmer Media.

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 (03/09/2014 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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An Island Lost by Christina Larmer
A Novel of Suspense
Publisher: Larmer Media

When Vilia Lea's estranged mother dies she leaves her an intriguing inheritance — a remote island on the tip of Papua New Guinea, and a series of tantalizing clues to the disappearance of her father 30 years ago. Thus begins an enthralling family mystery that sweeps Vilia from the streets of Manhattan to the wilds of the Pacific. Along the journey she discovers what true love and family really mean.

Sipping latté in a NY café, Vilia is not surprised to hear that her mother has drowned herself back home in Australia, but she is shocked to learn she has now inherited a tropical island on the tip of Papua New Guinea, and it's from this remote region that her father disappeared mysteriously when she was just three.

Suddenly, reluctantly, Vilia is swept out of her fastidious Manhattan lifestyle and into the wild unpredictability of the Pacific. From the crowded streets of New York city to the remote Tubu Island and beyond, Vilia follows a series of clues to uncover the truth about her father's vanishing. Did he run off with the missing hausgirl? Fall foul to a tragic accident? Or was there something darker, more sinister at play?

Along her journey of discovery, Vilia encounters the ancestors of proud headhunters, eccentric expatriates and an elusive witchdoctor with a story to tell. But is it a story she is willing to hear?

  

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New Poster, Trailer for Suspense Drama Locke

A new poster (right; click for larger image) and trailer (embedded, below) has been released by Lionsgate for the suspense drama Locke.

Tom Hardy stars as Ivan Locke, who has crafted a nearly flawless life. Professionally, he is an obsessive perfectionist, respected by his coworkers and loved by his bosses. He cherishes the bond he shares with his two sons and the unshakeable partnership he has developed with his wife. This is the life he always imagined, an ideal existence built with painstaking care.

Hours before the biggest day of his career, Locke receives a phone call that threatens to destroy the life he has worked so meticulously to create. As he struggles to keep his world intact, he is forced to confront his imperfections and the fractured foundation where they are rooted.

Directed by Steven Knight from his own original screenplay, Locke opens in limited release April 25, 2014.

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Superbia by Bernard Schaffer is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Superbia by Bernard Schaffer as today's second free mystery ebook (The Superbia Series; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, March 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.

For a summary of all of today's featured titles, plus any that may have appeared before and are repeat freebies, visit our Free MystereBooks page. This page is updated daily, typically by 8 AM ET.

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Superbia
Bernard Schaffer
The Superbia Series
Publisher: Apiary Society Publications

After Frank O'Ryan gets shot, his first assignment is working with the most disliked man in his police department, Detective Vic Ajax. Ajax isn't like the other cops. He doesn't like them and they don't like him. He steals trash from suspected drug dealers, searching for evidence. He conducts a futile war with an administration that thinks the only sign of a good cop is writing traffic tickets and waving to soccer moms during school crossings. He hunts pedophiles.

Now, Frank will enter a world where being real police means laying so much of your soul on the line, you might not make it out. But as Vic explains, if it keeps a little girl from having to testify about what some monster did to her, it's worth it. Together, they'll resort to any means necessary to take down the scumbags, even if it means employing the interrogative services of a man in a six-foot bunny costume called The Truth Rabbit.

  

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Studs and Stilettos by Bev Pettersen is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Studs and Stilettos by Bev Pettersen as today's 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, March 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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Studs and Stilettos
Bev Pettersen
A Novel of Romantic Suspense
Publisher: Westerhall

Her dreams of stardom are jeopardized by a hot trainer &helip; and a ruthless murderer …

Emily Murphy isn't afraid to swap her fancy wardrobe for a borrowed pair of barn boots. Working on the set of a Kentucky movie might be just the ticket to landing a real acting job and proving to her sister she can accomplish something worthwhile.

Dan Barrett knows a lot about hard work and even more about horses. And while he's drawn by Emily's beauty and pluck, he wants a stay-at-home ranch girl. But fighting their attraction is difficult, and soon they both realize that what they thought they wanted isn't what they really need.

Unfortunately, Dan isn't the only person watching Emily. And the other one is a ruthless killer determined to keep a secret buried.

  

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Come Home by Lisa Scottoline is Today's Kobo Daily Deal

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Come Home by Lisa Scottoline as today's Kobo Daily Deal.

The deal price of $2.99 is valid only for today, Sunday, March 09, 2014.

Note: The price has been matched by Amazon.com for today only.

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Come Home
Lisa Scottoline
A Novel of Suspense
St. Martin's Press

Jill Farrow is a typical suburban mom who has finally gotten her and her daughter's lives back on track after a divorce. She is about to remarry, her job as a pediatrician fulfills her — though it is stressful — and her daughter, Megan, is a happily over-scheduled thirteen-year-old juggling homework and the swim team.

But Jill's life is turned upside down when her ex-stepdaughter, Abby, shows up on her doorstep late one night and delivers shocking news: Jill's ex-husband is dead. Abby insists that he was murdered and pleads with Jill to help find his killer. Jill reluctantly agrees to make a few inquiries and discovers that things don't add up. As she digs deeper, her actions threaten to rip apart her new family, destroy their hard-earned happiness, and even endanger her own life. Yet Jill can't turn her back on a child she loves and once called her own.

    

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