The Edge of Midnight, A Novel of Romantic Suspense by Beverly Jenkins, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Edge of Midnight by Beverly Jenkins, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, HarperCollins.

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 (04/13/2014 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 Edge of Midnight by Beverly Jenkins
A Novel of Romantic Suspense
Publisher: HarperCollins

Sarita Grayson is desperate. That's the only explanation for her late night rendezvous with a bag of stolen diamonds. But then a handsome stranger stands between her and a clean getaway. In the struggle for freedom, she accidentally shoots him.

Mykal Chandler, head of a covert government agency NIA, can't believe he's been shot. He's shocked, he's furious, but he's also attracted to this sassy woman. Unfortunately, Sarita has stumbled unto a smuggling plot and he'll need to protect her, even if he has to kidnap her to do it. But Sarita isn't one to go quietly into the night …

  

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A New MystereBook: Crimped To Death by Tonya Kappes

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 …

Crimped To Death by Tonya Kappes is the second mystery in this series (not including the prequel mini-mystery) and includes a beaded jewelry set pattern that is created by Holly Harper.

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Crimped To Death by Tonya Kappes
A Divorced Divas Mystery
Publisher: Tanya Kappes
Publication Date: April 12, 2014
Price: $2.99 (as of 04/13/14 12:30 PM ET)

The Divorced Divas are a motley crew of women, all of whom are not afraid to stand up to the men who scorned them. During their beaded jewelry classes, the Divas plot ways to kill their exes … pretend play of course.

Someone in Swanee, Kentucky is trying to stop the group of women from meeting and will stop at nothing to make that happen … including the murder of Diva Bernadine's ex-husband using one of The Beaded Dragonfly's crimping tools as the weapon.

Holly Harper and the Divas must set aside their beading projects to clear Bernadine's name and find the killer — before another Diva's ex becomes the next victim …

  

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This Week's Amazon TV Deal of the Week: Barney Miller — The Complete Series

This week's Amazon Blu-ray Deal of the Week is Barney Miller: The Complete Series.

All 168 episodes of this ABC comedy set in a New York City police precinct — which originally aired from January 1975 through May 1982 — are featured on this 25-disc set that also includes the original unaired pilot, interviews, audio commentary on selected episodes, the first season of the spin-off show Fish, and a commemorative 40-page book.

This week only, save 59% on this series DVD set. Offer ends April 19th, 2014.

Spider Mouth by Mark Yarwood is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Spider Mouth by Mark Yarwood as today's second free mystery ebook (An Edmonton Police Station Thriller; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, April 13, 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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Spider Mouth
Mark Yarwood
An Edmonton Police Station Thriller
Publisher: Biscuit Books

A series of gruesome suicides involving a cannibal, a junky, and a housewife; the sadistic murder of a gangland villain; the death of the main suspect in a young girl's disappearance — these are the events that begin a strange investigation by the newly formed Murder Squad of Edmonton Police Station, and send them racing across North London in search of the perpetrators.

At the scene of each horrific suicide, the team find a dead old man with a spider placed in his mouth. Detective Inspector Fred Fairservice finds the spiders particularly shocking, because it reminds him of something that happened to him when he was a boy. It cannot be just a coincidence.

With Detective Inspector Mark South in tow, Fred has to stop the killings, solve the riddle of the spiders, and help find a missing girl called Heather  … all before his bosses make him take early retirement and his violent past catches up with him. But DI Fred Fairservice has other much darker demons to deal with.

  

This is a repeat freebie, last featured on this site on April 11, 2013.

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The Rosetta Coin by Dana Lyons is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Rosetta Coin by Dana Lyons as today's free mystery ebook (A Suspense Thriller; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, April 13, 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.

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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The Rosetta Coin
Dana Lyons
A Suspense Thriller
Publisher: Black Lyon Publishing

An artifact many have died for. An adventure that could change the world.

In the heart of London's elite social scene, Madelyn Fox has obtained an ancient artifact that could change humanity's view of science, religion and mankind. But if she shares her discovery with the wrong person …

For centuries, the full wealth of the St. Germain family has been behind the protection of a secret so immense, so powerful, not even Solomon St. Germain himself knows the extent of it.

A descendant of the world's most famous Egyptologist, Nicholas Alexander Carter doesn't have to guess what Mady knows — or what she has — because he also possesses a rare piece of this archeological puzzle.

Mercilessly tracked by a terrifying old enemy, the three unite in an explosive chase through gritty streets, marble estates and underground bastions as their treasure trove of knowledge falters on the edge of disclosure — or destruction.

  

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Bloodline by James Rollins is Today's Kindle Daily Deal

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Bloodline by James Rollins as today's Kindle Daily Deal.

The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Sunday, April 13, 2014.

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Bloodline
James Rollins
A SIGMA Force Thriller
William Morrow

Galilee, 1025. Infiltrating an ancient citadel, a Templar knight uncovers a holy treasure long hidden within the fortress's labyrinth: the Bachal Isu — the staff of Jesus Christ — a priceless icon that holds a mysterious and terrifying power that promises to change humankind forever.

A millennium later, Somali pirates hijack a yacht off the coast of the Horn of Africa, kidnapping a young pregnant American woman. Commander Gray Pierce is enlisted for a covert rescue mission into the African jungle. The woman is no rich tourist: she's Amanda Gant-Bennett, daughter of the U.S. president.

Suspicious that the kidnapping masks a far more nefarious plot, Gray must confront a shadowy cabal which has been manipulating events throughout history...and now challenges the current presidency.

For this unique mission, SIGMA is aided by a pair of special operatives with unique talents: former Army Ranger Captain Tucker Wayne and his military war dog, Kane. But what should be a straightforward rescue turns into a fiery ambush and a deadly act of betrayal, as Gray and his team discover that the hostage is a pawn in a shattering act of terrorism with dark repercussions. And the danger is only beginning …

Halfway around the world, a firebombing at a fertility clinic in South Carolina exposes a conspiracy that goes back centuries … a scheme that lies within our genetic code. With time against them, SIGMA must race to save an innocent unborn baby whose very existence raises questions about the nature of humanity, asking: Could you live forever? Would you live forever?

  

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Today's Mystery and Suspense Update from Big Fish Games (140413)

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

• The New Release is Cadenza: Music, Betrayal and Death (Collector's Edition).

• The Daily Deal is Ghost Whisperer, just $2.99 today only!

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

• Today's Special Deal — Double Feature Sale: All games are Two for the Price of One! Use coupon code DOUBLE for Collector's Edition games and use coupon code FEATURE for Standard games. Offer valid through April 13th, 2014 only until 11:59 PM PT.

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

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The New Release today is Cadenza: Music, Betrayal and Death (Collector's Edition)

Listen … for the sound of betrayal! You've returned from school to visit your father at his famous Jazz Pepper Club during Mardi Gras, but everyone is hypnotized. Have they heard the wrong note? Explore this musical mystery!

This is a special Collector's Edition release full of exclusive extras you won't find in the standard version, including: Uncover the villain's past in the bonus chapter; Unlockable achievements; Hunt for music notes and special collectibles; Soundtracks, wallpapers, screensavers and concept art; and an Integrated Strategy Guide.

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

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Today's Daily Deal is Ghost Whisperer

Inspired by the popular TV series, take on the role of Melinda Gordon, who has a special gift … communicating with the spirits. Help ghosts with unfinished business to "cross over" into the light. "Forgotten Toys" follows the tale of a famous toy-maker whose haunting past seems to have finally caught up with him. "A Brush With Death" tells the story of a ghost haunting the Grandview Art Museum shortly after a very special painting is put on display. This hidden object, light adventure game is spooky yet heartwarming, and fun for everyone!

A sample version is available to download and play for free for one hour. You can purchase this game today only — Sunday, April 13, 2014 — for $2.99.

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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.

Review: The Cold Nowhere by Brian Freeman

A Mysterious Review of The Cold Nowhere by Brian Freeman. A Jonathan Stride Mystery.

Review summary: This series thriller starts strong, and ends even stronger, but is weighed down by a middle 150 pages or so where little of substance (or interest) happens. For the most part, a solidly written and entertaining novel, but one that could have benefited from being more tautly edited. (Click here for text of full review.)

Our rating:

The Cold Nowhere
Brian Freeman
A Jonathan Stride Mystery
Quercus (April 2014)

Publisher synopsis: Lieutenant Stride goes home to his cottage on the shore of Lake Superior, where he is confronted with a crime he cannot ignore. He discovers a young woman, Cat Mateo, hiding in his bedroom, scared and dripping wet from a desperate plunge into the icy lake.

The girl isn't a stranger to Stride; she is the daughter of a woman he tried and failed to protect from a violent husband years ago. When Cat asks Stride for protection from a mysterious person she claims is trying to kill her, Stride is driven by guilt and duty to help her.

Stride's police partner Maggie Bei doubts the homeless orphan, who has been supporting herself as a prostitute and living rough on the streets of Duluth. She marvels at how easily the hard-bitten young girl, who sleeps with a knife under her pillow, has won Stride's trust.

As Stride investigates Cat's case off the record, Maggie's suspicions solidify and a single question haunts the void between them: should Stride be afraid for — or of — this damaged girl?

      

Winners of the 2013 Los Angeles Times Book Prizes Announced

The winners of the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes were announced last night during this week's Festival of Books, honoring the best books of 2013 in ten categories.

In the Mystery/Thriller category, J. K. Rowling (writing as Robert Galbraith) was recognized for The Cuckoo's Calling (Mulholland Books).

And in the Fiction category, Ruth Ozeki won for her literary suspense novel A Tale for the Time Being (Penguin Books).

A New MystereBook: The Wrecking Crew by Mark Chisnell

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 …

The Wrecking Crew by Mark Chisnell is the third (we think, not including last year's prequel novel) thriller in this series in which there will be games; so what will you do when it's them … or the woman you love?

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The Wrecking Crew by Mark Chisnell
A Janac's Games Thriller
Publisher: Cool Gus Publishing
Publication Date: April 11, 2014
Price: $3.99 (as of 04/12/14 4:30 PM ET)

Drug baron Janac has unleashed a reign of terror in the South China Sea to fund his battle for control of the Australian narcotics trade. When he attacks an old cargo ship on an evil night off the Indonesian coast, it seems he has also found the perfect victims to exploit with his psychotic games.

Phil Hamnet and his wife Anna are sharing a last voyage before the arrival of their twins. Hamnet escapes Janac's attack, but Anna is taken and held hostage to ensure first his silence, and then his cooperation. But when Janac's rogue ex-Special Forces crew attack more ships and men start dying, Hamnet has to decide if he can continue to sacrifice the lives of unknown sailors to save the woman he loves.

It's an awful decision for anyone to have to make, but for a man who's already had the same dilemma — tormented in a lifeboat, adrift in the vastness of the Pacific Ocean — it's a living nightmare.

  

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A Kindle Mystery for $1.99: Superior Death, A Vince Marshall Mystery by Matthew Williams

Amazon is offering 80 Kindle Books for $1.99 as 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 12, 2014 as of 4:00 PM ET.)

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Superior Death by Matthew Williams
A Vince Marshall Mystery (1st in series)
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer

Small-town reporter Vince Marshall faces looming deadlines, an over-the-edge boss, a wife he suspects is cheating, and the challenge of balancing his career while raising a toddler. The last thing he needs is for his mother to become the suspect in a mysterious woman's death — a story he's covering for the local newspaper.

Vince searches for answers and runs up against the town's irascible police chief, an untouchable influential family, and a rogue detective — who are all trying to kill the story for their own reasons. Even more mystifying is his usually opinionated mother's infuriating silence. The harder he tries to uncover the truth, the more he realizes just how deep the levels of secrecy in this small Lake Superior town really go. With each exposed lie, Vince risks losing everything: his family, friends, and reputation.

As Apostle Bay — which is already divided by contentious union negotiations and teenage drug use — struggles to survive the scandal, Vince must decide just how far he's willing to delve into a world of deception, deceit, and self-discovery.

  

Deal Killer by Vicki Doudera, New in Bookstores in April 2014

Today's featured paperback original mystery title, scheduled to be published during April 2014 by Midnight Ink, is Deal Killer by Vicki Doudera.

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

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Deal Killer
Vicki Doudera
Series: A Darby Farr Mystery

Realtor-turned-sleuth Darby Farr arrives in the Big Apple and finds big trouble: her boyfriend Miles Porter is a suspect in the brutal stabbing of a Russian businessman. Setting out to prove his innocence, Darby discovers that Central Park Place — the luxury residence where Miles lives — is a hotbed of wealthy tenants with well-guarded secrets.

One of them is Natalia Kazakova, a billionaire's daughter and the victim's not-so-distraught fiancée, whose investigative journalism has caught the attention of Russia's shadowy security agency.

With the looming threat of Soviet-era spies and a long list of rich and devious suspects, Darby must work fast to stop a killer who knows no bounds.

      

Open Road Mysteries for $1.99: The Blind Run, A Charlie Muffin Mystery by Brian Freemantle

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 12, 2014 as of 3:00 PM ET.)

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The Blind Run by Brian Freemantle
A Charlie Muffin Mystery (6th in series)
Publisher: Open Road

Imprisoned for treason, Charlie Muffin hunts for a way out — by crossing a line …

After a trumped-up trial, Charlie Muffin lands in jail for treason — ready to learn the secrets of his fellow inmate, a convicted British traitor. Nobody expected KGB agents to stage a prison break to free their man. Charlie faces another choice: go to Moscow to complete his assignment or face 40 long years in prison. It doesn't take him long to decide.

Charlie doesn't have the full picture, of course, which is the way of espionage. But Charlie doesn't regret his Iron Curtain escape, as it leads him to Natalia Fedova, the KGB interrogator assigned to determine if his defection is genuine or staged. For anyone else, the risk would be suicidal. But for Charlie, the greatest danger may be falling in love.

  

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Death Money by Henry Chang, New in Bookstores in April 2014

Today's new hardcover mystery title, scheduled to be published during April 2014 by Soho Crime, is Death Money by Henry Chang.

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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Death Money
Henry Chang
Series: Jack Yu (4th)

When the body of an unidentified Asian man is found in the Harlem River, NYPD Detective Jack Yu is pulled in to investigate. The murder takes Jack from the benevolent associations of Chinatown to the take-out restaurants, strip clubs, and underground gambling establishments of the Bronx, to a wealthy, exclusive New Jersey borough. It's a world of secrets and unclear allegiances, of Chinatown street gangs and major Triad players.

With the help of an elderly fortune teller and an old friend, the unpredictable Billy Bow, Jack races to solve his most difficult case yet.

        

A Kindle Mystery for $1.99: The Chameleon Conspiracy, A Dan Gordon Thriller by Haggai Carmon

Amazon is offering 80 Kindle Books for $1.99 as 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 12, 2014 as of 2:00 PM ET.)

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The Chameleon Conspiracy by Haggai Carmon
A Dan Gordon Thriller (3rd in series)
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer

The master criminal and con man known as the Chameleon has eluded international law enforcement for twenty years. Dan Gordon was sure he finally had him, but he was left empty-handed. Now he won't rest until the Chameleon is stopped.

The Chameleon is actually more than a mere criminal — he's an undercover sleeper agent. But Gordon is more than he seems, too. He's an experienced hunter, trained by the Mossad, working now for the CIA.