Hangman by Faye Kellerman is Today's Kobo Daily Deal

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Hangman by Faye Kellerman as today's Kobo Daily Deal.

The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Tuesday, March 25, 2014.

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

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Hangman
Faye Kellerman
A Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus Mystery
HarperCollins

High school senior Chris Whitman confessed to murdering his girlfriend to spare beautiful, vulnerable Terry McLaughlin from having to testify at his trial. Years later, when the truth set Chris free, he married Terry, changed his name to Donatti … and became a professional killer. Now Terry's missing, Donatti's disappeared — and their teenage son, Gabe, has no one to turn to except his mother's friend, LAPD Detective Peter Decker, and Decker's wife, Rina Lazarus.

The last thing Decker wants is Terry's sociopathic husband back in his world. And the hunt for Terry must share center stage with another case when a young nurse's body is found hanging from the rafters at a construction site. Caught between two troubling investigations and an increasingly precarious home life, Decker and Rina must make a difficult decision about sheltering Terry's son … even as the shadow of a serial killer falls across their own imperiled family.

    

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Death on a High Floor by Charles Rosenberg is Today's Kindle Daily Deal

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Death on a High Floor by Charles Rosenberg as today's Kindle Daily Deal.

The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Tuesday, March 25, 2014.

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Death on a High Floor
Charles Rosenberg
A Jenna James Legal Thriller
Thomas & Mercer

When much-despised Marbury Marfan senior partner Simon Rafer turns up in a cold pool of blood with an ornate dagger in his back, it comes as a surprise to no one — least of all to Robert Tarza, who is first on the scene. A long-time partner at Marbury, Tarza knows dozens of attorneys in the firm who had good motive to want Rafer in the ground. But despite his own decades of conflict with Rafer — and a recent heated quarrel over a rare ancient coin Simon bought from him — Robert never imagined that homicide Detective Spritz would zero in on him as prime suspect.

As Spritz's case builds with uncanny speed, Robert quickly falls from his respected position at Marbury to a criminal being dragged through the tabloids. Along with his kick-butt defense attorney, Jenna James, he is forced to play detective in a race to find the real killer — and uncovers a web of fraud amongst his closest colleagues in the process. In the end, only Jenna's untested trial skills can keep him out of prison.

  

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Today's Mystery and Suspense Update from Big Fish Games (140325)

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

• New This Week is Origins: Elders of Time.

• The current Catch of the Week is Murder, She Wrote 2: Return to Cabot Cove, just $2.99 through Sunday, March 30, 2014 only.

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

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New This Week today is Origins: Elders of Time

Brothers James and William depart on an expedition to find a lost city on a long-forgotten island, but only James is ever seen again. Found washed ashore, James claims that the brothers never reached the island, and recounts the story of how his brother was tragically lost at sea. Twenty years have now passed, and William's daughter Lisa receives information that suggests her uncle hasn't been telling the truth. Join Lisa on an epic adventure and journey to a place where anything can happen! Search a multimillionaire's manor, board an airship and explore enigmatic places as you uncover the truth and help Lisa find her father!

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

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The current Catch of the Week is Murder, She Wrote 2: Return to Cabot Cove

Take on the role of beloved murder-mystery writer Jessica Fletcher and return to lovely (but lethal) Cabot Cove! In Case 1, a prominent gallery owner is found stabbed in the back, and Jessica must distinguish friend from foe. Intrigue abounds in Case 2 when the philanthropic president of the local charity is electrocuted to death. It's up to Jessica to discover whether the motive was love, money or power. Jessica decides that she needs a vacation after all the mayhem and murder in her hometown, but Case 3 finds her embroiled in a mystery involving James Joyce!

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 30, 2014.

Review: The Resistance Man by Martin Walker

A Mysterious Review of The Resistance Man by Martin Walker. A Bruno, Chief of Police Mystery.

Review summary: First time readers will likely be taken in by the complex plot and richly drawn small French town setting of this mystery, but those familiar with series may not be quite as enthralled with the increasingly formulaic approach taken here, with multiple subplots, a large cast of characters, and a rush to tie things together in the end. (Click here for text of full review.)

Our rating:

The Resistance Man
Martin Walker
A Bruno, Chief of Police Mystery
Knopf (February 2014)

Publisher synopsis: A veteran of the Resistance dies, and among his possessions are documents that connect him to a notorious train robbery. A former British spymaster's estate is burglarized, the latest in a spree of expert thefts. An academic's home is broken into just as she is finishing a revelatory book on France's nuclear weapons program. An antiques dealer is found brutally murdered, and his former lover, the number one suspect, is on the run.

It's just another summer in St. Denis for Bruno, who must balance the constant barrage of demands on his time and expertise — including the complex affections of two powerful women, town politics (the mayor is having romantic problems of his own), his irrepressible puppy, Balzac, and nights entertaining friends and visitors with ever-sumptuous repasts — with a new focus on the mounting crime wave, whose seemingly unrelated events Bruno begins to suspect are linked. His search for clues to crimes old and new leads to stunning revelations about both his country's history and his own, and puts several more lives — including Bruno's — in deadly danger. In a thrilling denouement that proves the past is never really past, Bruno fights to secure the future of his beloved community and those he cares about most.

        

A New MystereBook: Undercover Cat by Patricia Fry

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 March 2014 priced $4.99 or less …

Undercover Cat by Patricia Fry is the fourth mystery in this series featuring Rags the "klepto cat".

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Undercover Cat by Patricia Fry
A Klepto Cat Mystery
Publisher: Matilija Press
Publication Date: March 23, 2014
Price: $2.99 (as of 03/24/14 05:30 PM ET)

A popular local journalist goes missing just before she has the opportunity to turn in her story exposing unscrupulous cat hoarders. Not only is Colbi a friend of Savannah and Michael Ivey, Damon (now out of prison and employed by the local newspaper) has a strong personal interest in her. In fact, Damon breaks some rules and some trusts in his search for Colbi.

Is this a love connection? It's doubtful because Colbi is a strong advocate for the feral cat population and Damon hates cats — or so he believes. Will a kitten in need change his heart?

Colbi's rescue is almost too late. She needs time to heal both physically and emotionally. So the Iveys invite her to recuperate in their home. Just when Colbi begins to feel safe, a body is discovered in the Iveys' orchard and Rags (their kleptomaniac cat) goes missing. Can someone in a nearby homeless camp shed some light on the evolving mystery? Does Rags have a secret of his own?

  

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A New MystereBook: Cover Your Assets by Patricia Smiley

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 March 2014 priced $4.99 or less …

Cover Your Assets by Patricia Smiley is the second mystery in this series featuring Los Angeles-based business consultant Tucker Sinclair. It was originally published in hardcover by Mysterious Press in 2005.

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Cover Your Assets by Patricia Smiley
A Tucker Sinclair Mystery
Publisher: Patricia Smiley
Publication Date: March 23, 2014
Price: $2.99 (as of 03/24/14 04:30 PM ET)

After discovering the lethal side of climbing the corporate ladder, Tucker leaves her fast-track career at Aames & Associates and opens her own management consulting firm. With life as normal as it's ever going to get, Tucker's blindsided when an LAPD homicide detective appears on her doorstep, telling her that Evan Brice has just been found stabbed to death in a seedy Venice apartment.

An aspiring poet-turned-agent-to-wannabe-stars, Brice was once the love of Tucker's life. Until he dumped her and married her best friend — now the prime suspect in his murder.

With the media dogging her every step, it's up to Tucker to find out who wanted Brice dead. During the search, Tucker uncovers a Hollywood A-list of enemies and lovers … and a secret life that leads her into the sordid detritus of one man's past and a determined murderer who might be looking for another victim.

  

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A Penny for Your Thoughts, A Million Dollars Mystery by Mindy Starns Clark, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature A Penny for Your Thoughts by Mindy Starns Clark, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Harvest House.

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 (03/24/2014 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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A Penny for Your Thoughts by Mindy Starns Clark
A Million Dollars Mystery (1st in series)
Publisher: Harvest House

Attorney Callie Webber investigates nonprofit organizations for the J.O.S.H.U.A. Foundation and awards the best of them grants up to a million dollars. Her current assignment is to go to Philadelphia and present Wendell Smythe, an old family friend of her boss, Tom, with a check for $250,000. Mr. Smythe heads a relief organization and needs immediate funds. When Callie goes to his office, check in hand, she discovers him dead on the floor. At Tom's request, Callie moves into Smythe's home and begins a murder investigation.

But it's a dangerous place to be, for the family has secrets they would rather not have uncovered …

  

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Code Zero by Jonathan Maberry, New in Bookstores in March 2014

Today's featured paperback original mystery title, scheduled to be published during March 2014 by St. Martin's Griffin, is Code Zero by Jonathan Maberry.

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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Code Zero
Jonathan Maberry
Series: A Joe Ledger Thriller

For years the Department of Military Sciences has fought to stop terrorists from using radical bioweapons — designer plagues, weaponized pathogens, genetically modified viruses, and even the zombie plague that first brought Ledger into the DMS. These terrible weapons have been locked away in the world's most secure facility. Until now.

Joe Ledger and Echo Team are scrambled when a highly elite team of killers breaks the unbreakable security and steals the world's most dangerous weapons. Within days there are outbreaks of mass slaughter and murderous insanity across the American heartland.

Can Joe Ledger stop a brilliant and devious master criminal from turning the Land of the Free into a land of the dead?

        

First Grave on the Right, A Charlotte "Charley" Davidson Mystery by Darynda Jones, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature First Grave on the Right by Darynda Jones, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, St. Martin's Press.

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 (03/24/2014 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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First Grave on the Right by Darynda Jones
A Charlotte "Charley" Davidson Mystery (1st in series)
Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Charley sees dead people. That's right, she sees dead people. And it's her job to convince them to "go into the light." But when these very dead people have died under less than ideal circumstances (i.e., murder), sometimes they want Charley to bring the bad guys to justice.

Complicating matters are the intensely hot dreams she's been having about an Entity who has been following her all her life … and it turns out he might not be dead after all. In fact, he might be something else entirely.

  

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The Alpine Yeoman by Mary Daheim, New in Bookstores in March 2014

Today's new hardcover mystery title, scheduled to be published during March 2014 by Ballantine Books, is The Alpine Yeoman by Mary Daheim.

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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The Alpine Yeoman
Mary Daheim
Series: Emma Lord (25th)

An ill wind blows through Alpine, but Advocate publisher Emma Lord and Sheriff Milo Dodge seem immune to the prevailing angst. The newlyweds' domestic idyll is most definitely over when a dead man is discovered near the fish hatchery and nobody has a clue as to his identity. Vida Runkel may have insight, but Emma's redoubtable House & Home editor is mad at the world and saying little. Moreover, whispers of scandal travel through the quaint streets when some high school girls mysteriously take a walk on the wild side. And then Milo's dedicated deputy, Sam Heppner, a true yeoman, suddenly goes AWOL.

What's happening in Alpine? If Milo knows, he's not telling Emma. And Emma's again headed for trouble when she starts snooping. The situation grows even more fraught when a shocking link is revealed between the mystery corpse and one of Alpine's own, unearthing a long-buried dark secret. Tongues are wagging on Front Street — and the gossip contains an air of menace.

        

I Shot You Babe, A Greatest Hits Romantic Mystery by Leslie Langtry, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature I Shot You Babe by Leslie Langtry, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Gemma Halliday.

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 (03/24/2014 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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I Shot You Babe by Leslie Langtry
A Greatest Hits Romantic Mystery (4th in series)
Publisher: Gemma Halliday

Coney Bombay isn't your average PhD. While he may be well versed in philosophy, he's also one of the most lethal members of the Bombay Family of assassins. Choosing to travel the world operating carnival rides and spending quite evenings knitting with his pet guinea pig, even in his crazy family, Cy stands out as wild card. But after a series of run-ins with perennial grad student, Veronica Gale, the cool cat is starting to feel a little hot under the collar.

In her research, Ronnie Gale has seen a lot. Problem is, she hasn't actually done a lot. The mysterious Cy Bombay seems about to change all of that when a whirlwind adventure takes them from the small-town country fair to the outer reaches of Mongolia, and into a murder mystery with Cy squarely in the center.

Ronnie's going to have to climb out of her ivory tower and get a little down and dirty if she wants to survive Cy Bombay's wild ride.

  

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An Affair of Vengeance, A Romantic Thriller by Jamie Michele, at a Special Price during March 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 An Affair of Vengeance by Jamie Michele. This Kindle book was listed at $1.99 as of the date and time of this post, Sunday, March 23, 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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An Affair of Vengeance by Jamie Michele
A Romantic Thriller
Publisher: Montlake Romance

Undercover agent Evangeline Quill knows the dangers of getting personally involved in her cases. But this one is unavoidable: someone murdered her parents, and she's sure she knows the killer. To hunt him down, she'll need evidence … and someone to lead her straight into the murderer's lair. Enter handsome and elusive Oliver McCrea, a man with ties to the criminal world.

Although McCrea wears a tough outer shell, Evangeline senses something vulnerable beneath his wounded, golden gaze. He's the one man she shouldn't want, but she's never been big on resisting danger. McCrea knows he should turn Evangeline away, but there's something about her that calls to the man he used to be before the underworld disintegrated his humanity.

Evangeline is determined to draw out a killer, and McCrea's going to stay right by her side to keep her safe. But will their passion lead to love … or death?

  

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The Kings of Cool, A Prequel to Savages by Don Winslow, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Kings of Cool by Don Winslow, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Simon & Schuster.

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 (03/24/2014 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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The Kings of Cool by Don Winslow
A Prequel to Savages
Publisher: Simon & Schuster

This is the story of how Ben, Chon, and O became the people they are.

Spanning from 1960s Southern California to the recent past, this is a breathtakingly original saga of family in all its forms — fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, friends and lovers. As the trio at the center of the book does battle with a cabal of drug dealers and crooked cops, they come to learn that their future is inextricably linked with their parents' history.

A series of breakneck twists and turns puts the two generations on a collision course, culminating in a stunning showdown that will force Ben, Chon, and O to choose between their real families and their loyalty to one another.

  

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