A Land More Kind Than Home by Wiley Cash is Today's Kindle Daily Deal

MystereBooks is pleased to feature A Land More Kind Than Home by Wiley Cash as today's Kindle Daily Deal.

The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Friday, April 11, 2014.

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A Land More Kind Than Home
Wiley Cash
A Literary Thriller
HarperCollins

Winner of the 2012 CWA John Creasey New Blood Dagger for Best First Novel.

For a curious boy like Jess Hall, growing up in Marshall means trouble when you get caught spying on grown-ups. Adventurous and precocious, Jess is protective of his older brother, Christopher, a mute whom everyone calls Stump. Though their mother has warned them not to snoop, Stump can't help sneaking a look at something he's not supposed to — an act that will have repercussions.

It's a wrenching event that thrusts Jess into an adulthood for which he's not prepared. He now knows that a new understanding can bring not only danger and evil — but also the possibility of freedom and deliverance.

  

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Mystery Bestsellers for the Week Ending April 11, 2014

A list of the top 15 Mystery Hardcover Bestsellers for the week ending April 11th, 2014 has been posted by the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books.

Missing You by Harlan Coben, a stand-alone we consider one of the best books of the year — read our review, here — stays atop the list this week though elsewhere there is a lot of shuffling.

Two new titles enter the list this week (rank in [brackets]).

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[9]: Carnal Curiosity
Stuart Woods
— Stone Barrington (29th)

Stone Barrington seems to have a knack for being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

When Manhattan's elite are beset by a series of clever crimes — and Stone is a material witness — he and his former partner Dino Bacchetti find themselves drawn into the world of high-end security and fraud, where insider knowledge and access are limited to a privileged few, and the wealthy are made vulnerable by the very systems meant to keep them safe.

As Stone and Dino delve deeper into their investigation, they learn that the mastermind behind the incidents may have some intimate ties to Stone … and that the biggest heist is still to come.

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[10]: Keep Quiet
Lisa Scottoline

Jake Buckman's relationship with his sixteen-year-old son Ryan is not an easy one, so at the urging of his loving wife, Pam, Jake goes alone to pick up Ryan at their suburban movie theater.

On the way home, Ryan asks to drive on a deserted road, and Jake sees it as a chance to make a connection. However, what starts as a father-son bonding opportunity instantly turns into a nightmare. Tragedy strikes, and with Ryan's entire future hanging in the balance, Jake is forced to make a split-second decision that plunges them both into a world of guilt and lies.

Without ever meaning to, Jake and Ryan find themselves living under the crushing weight of their secret, which treatens to tear their family to shreds and ruin them all.

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Today's Mystery and Suspense Update from Big Fish Games (140411)

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

• The New Release is Surface: Reel Life (Collector's Edition).

• The current Catch of the Week is Twilight Phenomena: The Lodgers of House 13, just $2.99 through Sunday, April 14, 2014 only.

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

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The New Release today is Surface: Reel Life (Collector's Edition)

Your sister and her daughter, Jane, were enjoying a screening of an old movie, when one of the actors literally stepped off the screen! Now Jane is missing, and the building is crawling with strange plants and animals from the movie. You solve all the puzzles in your way and rush to the theater to find a way into the world of the film to save your niece. But once you do … you realize that the mystery — and the danger — is much deeper than you could have imagined. Can you escape before your adventure becomes a tragedy? Find out in this thrilling Hidden Object Puzzle Adventure game!

This is a special Collector's Edition release full of exclusive extras you won't find in the standard version, including: Release Andrew Light from Cinecity in the bonus game; Collect flowers to visit the secret room for extra prizes; Win awards for your greatest achievements; Use the available Strategy Guide; and Soundtracks, screen savers, wallpapers, and concept art.

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 Twilight Phenomena: The Lodgers of House 13

It is 1980s England and there's a beautiful 3-floor mansion in the shade of branchy trees. With a friendly landlord and inexpensive rent, most people would envy those who live here. But bloody things are happening inside of this house. Guests are beheaded, and with every new victim humankind is getting closer to meeting a horrible monster. Is there anyone to prevent this nightmare?

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, April 14, 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.

A New MystereBook: Death by Inferior Design by Leslie Caine

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 …

Death by Inferior Design by Leslie Caine is the first of now all seven mysteries in this series now available as ebooks. They were originally published by Dell from 2004 through 2009. Use this link to see a list of all the titles.

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Death by Inferior Design by Leslie Caine
A Domestic Bliss Mystery
Publisher: NYLA
Publication Date: March 03, 2014
Price: $3.99 (as of 04/10/14 5:30 PM ET)

Interior decorator, Erin Gilbert heads to picturesque Crestview, Colorado for a friendly (if sharks are friendly) competition: She'll design a room in one home; and the impossibly handsome Steve Sullivan — her main rival — will do a room in another. The prize? A big feature in Denver Magazine, showcasing their interior design business.

Who could have dreamed the uproar to ensue in a neighborhood full of eccentric homeowners, jealously hidden secrets and a few marriages in need of total makeovers. Trapped together in the midst of chaos, could the charming Steve turn out to be a … ;friend?

But between her custom, cushy pillows and dramatic drapery, Erin uncovers a very undecorative dead body, too many suspects, and a killer who seems to have designs … on her!

  

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A New MystereBook: Rough Cut by Ed Gorman

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 April 2014 priced $4.99 or less …

Rough Cut by Ed Gorman is the first book in this series, originally published by Ballantine Books in 1986. This is its first appearance as an ebook.

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Rough Cut by Ed Gorman
A Jack Dwyer Mystery
Publisher: Crossroad Press
Publication Date: April 09, 2014
Price: $3.99 (as of 04/10/14 4:30 PM ET)

Advertising is a cut-throat, back-stabbing business. Literally.

When advertising executive Michael Ketchum falls in love with Cindy Traynor, the prime suspect in the murder of his business partner, he may be setting himself up as the murderer's next victim.

  

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A Kindle Mystery for $1.99: The Perfect Landscape, A Novel of Suspense by Ragna Sigurðardóttir

Amazon is offering 80 Kindle Books for $1.99 has part of a promotion that extends until April 16th, 2014.

Most of these 80 books are mystery, thriller or suspense titles, and we are pleased to feature one of them, below.

(Price verified on April 10, 2014 as of 4:00 PM ET.)

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The Perfect Landscape by Ragna Sigurðardóttir
A Novel of Suspense
Publisher: AmazonCrossing

When a wealthy patron donates a valuable landscape painting to Reykjavik's art museum, the staff can hardly believe its luck. It was painted by one of Iceland's most beloved artists, and the acquisition is sure to elevate the museum's already sterling reputation.

For newly arrived art theorist Hanna, the acquisition is a chance to begin her job on a high note; after all, she's something of an expert on the artist. But when the museum's conservator suggests the painting might be a fake, Hanna realizes the museum's reputation is not the only one in danger of crumbling.

And so she sets out to authenticate the painting, drawing on every ounce of skill that she possesses. What she doesn't know she vows to learn, venturing deep into the shadowy world of art forgery. Only then will Hanna be able to strip away the varnish of the past to uncover the truth.

  

A New Lantern Sam Mystery: The Blue Streak Bandits by Michael D. Beil

We are pleased to present you with one of this month's new First Clues: Mysteries for Kids books: The Blue Streak Bandits by Michael D. Beil, a Lantern Sam Mystery.

For more information about the book, which is recommended for readers aged 10 to 12, see a synopsis, below.

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The Blue Streak Bandits by Michael D. Beil
Series: Lantern Sam
Publisher: Knopf Books
Format(s): Hardcover, eBook

Lantern Sam is the wise-cracking, sarcastic, talking cat (for those who can hear him, that is) who lives onboard the Lake Erie Shoreliner train and is one of the best detectives no one knows about. He doesn't have much patience for humans (unless they bring him sardines), but when 10-year-old traveler Henry can't find his new friend, the exuberant Ellie, Sam's enlisted to help.

A ransom note is soon discovered and just like that, Sam and Henry are on the case, with the help of Clarence the Conductor (who supplies Sam's sardines).

But is Ellie still on board the train? Did the salesman with his trunk full of samples sneak her off? And why does that couple keep acting so suspicious?

        

Open Road Mysteries for $1.99: The Corpse in Oozak's Pond, A Peter Shandy Mystery by Charlotte MacLeod

Open Road has discounted 25 titles to just $1.99 as part of their Mystery Deals promotion to celebrate the Edgar Awards.

Titles include winners, nominees, books by Grand Masters and those receiving special Edgars, and we are pleased to feature one of them, below.

(Price verified on April 10, 2014 as of 3:00 PM ET.)

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The Corpse in Oozak's Pond by Charlotte MacLeod
A Peter Shandy Mystery (6th in series)
Publisher: Open Road

Winner of the 1987 Nero Award.

The rural town of Balaclava greets Groundhog Day as an excuse for one last cold-weather fling. The students and faculty of the local agricultural college drink cocoa, throw snowballs, and, when the temperature allows, ice skate. Oozak's Pond is not quite frozen this year, though, and as the Groundhog Day celebrations reach their peak, the students see someone bobbing through the ice. The drowning victim is long past help, though; he's badly decomposed and dressed in an old-fashioned frock coat with a heavy rock in each pocket.

First on the scene is Peter Shandy, horticulturalist and, when the college requires it, detective. But solving this nineteenth-century murder will take more than Shandy's knack for rutabagas. Relying on his wife's expertise in local history, the professor dives into a gilded-age mystery that cloaks secrets that remain potent enough to kill.

  

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Miss Julia's Marvelous Makeover by Ann B. Ross, New in Bookstores in April 2014

Today's new hardcover mystery title, scheduled to be published during April 2014 by Viking, is Miss Julia's Marvelous Makeover by Ann B. Ross.

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

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Miss Julia's Marvelous Makeover
Ann B. Ross
Series: Julia Springer (15th)

It's summer in Abbotsville, and Miss Julia has visions of enjoying a life of leisure. But before she can even sip some iced tea on her front porch, a letter from her long-lost cousin Elsie informs her that Elsie's granddaughter is on a bus headed to Abbotsville that very day. Reminding Miss Julia of an old family debt, Elsie proclaims that she is sending Trixie to Miss Julia's to learn to become a lady. The nerve of some people! When the rude and unkempt Trixie arrives, even Sam and Lloyd agree that Miss Julia faces quite a challenge.

Meanwhile, Sam has decided to run for state senate. But when he has a fainting spell and has to go into the hospital for tests, who will run his campaign? Is his no-good rival going to cakewalk into office? No sir, not if Miss Julia has anything to say about it — and indeed she does, including up on the stump.

        

A Kindle Mystery for $1.99: Turn of Fortune, A Shark Morgan Dell Hassler Mystery by Vicky Hunnings

Amazon is offering 80 Kindle Books for $1.99 has part of a promotion that extends until April 16th, 2014.

Most of these 80 books are mystery, thriller or suspense titles, and we are pleased to feature one of them, below.

(Price verified on April 10, 2014 as of 2:00 PM ET.)

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Turn of Fortune by Vicky Hunnings
A Shark Morgan Dell Hassler Mystery (3rd in series)
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer

Detective Shark Morgan and his partner Dell Hassler are struggling to solve several mysterious murders in the outer banks of Hilton Head, South Carolina. There is the brutal murder of a drifter, the disappearance of a local fisherman, and the hit and run death of a young Hispanic restaurant worker.

In addition to Shark's hectic work schedule, his former flame — the source of trouble between him and Dell — Marissa Langford, reappears in his life.

After a frightening street-side shooting in Paris in which the pedestrian standing next to her is killed, Marissa returns to America to settle the estate of her latest ex. There she reconnects with Shark, unaware that she's being followed.

The culmination of a pulse-pounding trilogy, Turn of Fortune reunites Marissa and her first husband Devon Phillips, the dynamic duo of "marry to murder," Marissa receives a summons from Devon to meet him in Belize. She is conflicted as to whether she is headed for a loving reunion or for something more sinister. Rightfully suspicious of each other's motives, the ill-fated couple is drawn into a chilling game of cat and mouse.

To make Shark's life more complicated, his investigation leads him to a string of what he considers dead ends in the form of Andrea Michaels, a young woman stricken with cancer who is fighting for her life; and Rebecca Sands, an aggressive reporter for the local newspaper who is constantly getting in Shark's way.

  

Shadow Lover, A Novel of Suspense by Anne Stuart, at a Special Price during April 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 Shadow Lover by Anne Stuart. This Kindle book was listed at $1.99 as of the date and time of this post, Thursday, April 10, 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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Shadow Lover by Anne Stuart
A Novel of Suspense
Publisher: Bell Bridge Books

How can he still have that power over her? Eighteen years ago, she saw him die.

Wealthy, selfish, and greedy, the McDowell family raised Carolyn McDowell — a foster child — like a modern Cinderella. Neglected and ignored, good-hearted Carolyn adored scion Alexander despite it all, though even he tormented her.

When Alex ran away one night, Carolyn followed and witnessed his murder, though she never told anyone. Her beloved Alex died when he was seventeen. There was no doubt.

Eighteen years later, Carolyn returns to the decadent milieu of the McDowell clan to care for her dying foster mother, Sally. As greedy relatives gather to claim their inheritances, a stunning stranger arrives, claiming to be Alexander. To Carolyn's utter shock, Sally greets her "son" without question, and no one but Carolyn believes he's a fraud.

As she delves into the mysteries of both the past and present, Carolyn quickly realizes that the resurrected Alex is a dangerous combination of seduction and power. Is this stranger after the McDowell fortune, or is he really, somehow, the Alex of old, come back to claim her? How can he be an imposter and yet know family secrets only the real Alex would remember? Was someone helping him?

What would you do if the boy you loved returned almost twenty years later, and you fell in love with him all over again — even if you were sure it couldn't be him?

  

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Final Red Band Trailer for the Action Comedy 22 Jump Street

The final red band trailer has been released by Columbia Pictures for the action comedy 22 Jump Street (embedded, below; strong language).

After making their way through high school (twice), big changes are in store for officers Schmidt (Jonah Hill) and Jenko (Channing Tatum) when they go deep undercover at a local college. But when Jenko meets a kindred spirit on the football team, and Schmidt infiltrates the bohemian art major scene, they begin to question their partnership. Now they don't have to just crack the case — they have to figure out if they can have a mature relationship. If these two overgrown adolescents can grow from freshmen into real men, college might be the best thing that ever happened to them.

Directed by Phil Lord and Chris Miller from an original screenplay by Michael Bacall and Oren Uziel and Rodney Rothman, 22 Jump Street opens in theaters June 13, 2014.

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