Borderliners by Kirsten Arcadio is Today's Fourth Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Borderliners by Kirsten Arcadio as today's fourth free mystery ebook (An Occult Thriller; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, April 24, 2014 at 7:15 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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Borderliners
Kirsten Arcadio
An Occult Thriller
Publisher:

When she moves to a village in the English heartland to set up a new psychotherapy practice, Dr Elena Lewis notices strange patterns of behaviour among the villagers. After a young woman is found dead, Elena is left in possession of a diary. What she reads there leads her to the door of her Julia, the leader of a group known locally as the Charismatic Community.

As she investigates further, Elena meets a curious visitor to the village. He has a message for her, but in order to decipher it, she look beneath the surface and trust in her abilities to see what others cannot.

  

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30 Days by K. Larsen is Today's Third Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature 30 Days by K. Larsen as today's third 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 24, 2014 at 7:00 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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30 Days
K. Larsen
A Suspense Thriller
Publisher: Writer's Edge Publishing

Abused by her husband. Dealing with the loss of her only sister. A suicide attempt that doesn't end in death and a husband who wants her inheritance. Elle's life is a catastrophe. But she has a list and thirty things she's determined to accomplish. Love isn't on that list but it comes crashing unexpectedly into her life.

Ryan's current lifestyle requires a lot of funds, he likes his toys. He married his wife knowing she had a hefty inheritance and is bent on securing it for himself by any means possible.

Boxing coach and personal trainer at the gym he co-owns, Colin's content with his life. Until a chance meeting with a woman eating alone at a restaurant sets his heart in motion. As secrets unveil themselves his only goal becomes holding on to what he's found.

Dr. Rand is floundering in the wake of his wife leaving him. His alimony payments are forcing him towards bankruptcy at an alarming rate. When he's offered a large lump sum that would solve his problems, he takes it, condemning an innocent woman to a life of misery.

  

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Something Yellow by Laura Templeton is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Something Yellow by Laura Templeton as today's second free mystery ebook (A Novel of Suspense; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, April 24, 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.

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Something Yellow
Laura Templeton
A Novel of Suspense
Publisher: Cup of Tea Books

Thirteen years ago, Holly's nine-year-old sister, Rachel, disappeared without a trace. Thirteen years ago, Holly left her hometown. Thirteen years ago, Holly's first love and high school boyfriend, Houston, was the only suspect. Now, another girl has disappeared. Holly is back, and so is Houston — never charged and still proclaiming his innocence. Can she trust him? Should she trust him?

When out-of-work banking executive Holly McCann moves to the rural mountain town of White Cove, Virginia to care for her dying mother, the past collides with the present. A violent crime against her nine-year-old neighbor evokes memories of the eerily similar disappearance of her sister thirteen years earlier. Holly is thrilled by the arrival of her estranged brother, Oliver, but concerned by his mysterious behavior. She is befriended by the new minister, Jonah, an outsider haunted by his own painful past, but it is Houston Phelps, the only person arrested for the disappearance of her sister, who forces Holly to confront the past and start living in the present.

  

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Quiet the Dead by Morgan James is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Quiet the Dead by Morgan James as today's free mystery ebook (A Promise McNeal Mystery; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, April 24, 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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Quiet the Dead
Morgan James
A Promise McNeal Mystery
Publisher: Morgan James

Atlanta psychologist Promise McNeal is second guessing her decision to leave her beloved city for a new life as a country store owner in the North Carolina Mountains.

As Promise considers her options, a restless soul reaches out to her in a dream of a hanged woman. And an offer of a temporary, yet lucrative, consulting job sends her back to Atlanta into the mystery of an unsolved murder, and secrets from World War II, Nazi-occupied, Paris.

  

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Patient Zero by Jonathan Maberry is Today's Kobo Daily Deal

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Patient Zero by Jonathan Maberry as today's Kobo Daily Deal.

The deal price of $2.99 is valid only for today, Thursday, April 24, 2014.

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

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Patient Zero
Jonathan Maberry
A Joe Ledger Mystery
St. Martin's Griffin

When you have to kill the same terrorist twice in one week there's either something wrong with your world or something wrong with your skills … and there's nothing wrong with Joe Ledger's skills. And that's both a good, and a bad thing.

It's good because he's a Baltimore detective that has just been secretly recruited by the government to lead a new taskforce created to deal with the problems that Homeland Security can't handle. This rapid response group is called the Department of Military Sciences or the DMS for short.

It's bad because his first mission is to help stop a group of terrorists from releasing a dreadful bio-weapon that can turn ordinary people into zombies. The fate of the world hangs in the balance …

    

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Sherlock: The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle is Today's Nook Daily Find

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Sherlock: The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle as today's Nook Daily Find.

The deal price of $2.99 is valid only for today, Thursday, April 24, 2014.

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

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Sherlock: The Return of Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle
A Short Story Collection

This edition of the classic collection of stories, with an introduction by Sherlock creator Mark Gatiss, allows fans to discover the power of those original adventures.

After his deadly plunge over Reichenbach Falls, Sherlock Holmes seemed gone forever — but, as mysteriously as he left, he returns three years later. Now, reunited with Watson, a host of thrilling new adventures through London's underworld awaits, battling thieves, kidnappers and killers alike. But Holmes is about to meet his most despised villain yet: the dastardly Charles Augustus Milverton.

    

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Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight is Today's Kindle Daily Deal

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight as today's Kindle Daily Deal.

The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Thursday, April 24, 2014.

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Reconstructing Amelia
Kimberly McCreight
A Novel of Suspense
Harper

Kate is in the middle of the biggest meeting of her career when she gets the telephone call from Grace Hall, her daughter's exclusive private school in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Amelia has been suspended, effective immediately, and Kate must come get her daughter — now. But Kate's stress over leaving work quickly turns to panic when she arrives at the school and finds it surrounded by police officers, fire trucks, and an ambulance. By then it's already too late for Amelia. And for Kate.

An academic overachiever despondent over getting caught cheating has jumped to her death. At least that's the story Grace Hall tells Kate. And clouded as she is by her guilt and grief, it is the one she forces herself to believe. Until she gets an anonymous text: She didn't jump.

  

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Today's Mystery and Suspense Update from Big Fish Games (140425)

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

• The New Release is Grim Facade: A Wealth of Betrayal (Collector's Edition).

• The current Catch of the Week is Mystery of the Ancients: Curse of the Black Water, just $2.99 through Sunday, April 28, 2014 only.

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

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The New Release today is Grim Facade: A Wealth of Betrayal (Collector's Edition)

You've been hired for your most difficult case — stopping the fearsome figure of a headless knight, bent on terrorizing the city. The sweet Rosa Ramirez is said to have stolen his sword in order to unleash his angry spirit — but could there be something more mysterious happening in this beautiful Spanish village? Follow the clues that lead to Rosa's disappearance — and discover the dark secret behind the infamous Fire Knight … before it's too late!

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 Mystery of the Ancients: Curse of the Black Water

You travel to the remote island town of Black Water, investigating the mysterious disappearance of two archaeologists when you encounter a mythical monster straight from the ancient myths of Poseidon! What cursed secrets have these archaeologists unearthed beneath the town? Now it's up to you to save the world from falling into a curse of eternal darkness! Uncover the truth lurking deep below the island's darkening waters.

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 28, 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: Death Spiral by Janie Chodosh

A Mysterious Review of Death Spiral by Janie Chodosh. A Faith Flores Mystery.

Review summary: This young adult mystery is an excellent introduction to this series, and the central character is the principal reason why. She's independent and has resolve, but she also has all the insecurities that most 16-year-olds have. Also quite impressive is her supporting cast. First-rate in nearly every respect, this series debut title is highly recommended. (Click here for text of full review.)

Our rating:

Death Spiral
Janie Chodosh
A Faith Flores Mystery
The Poisoned Pencil (April 2014)

Publisher synopsis: When loner Faith Flores finds her mother dead of an apparent overdose, she refuses to believe that's the case. Sure, her mom made some bad decisions, but leaving her daughter would never be one of them. Unfortunately, the cops are all too eager to close the case and move on, sending a distraught and unsatisfied Faith to live with her Aunt T in the suburbs of Philadelphia.

But a note from Melinda, her mom's junkie friend, prompts Faith to begin digging, igniting her passion in science and her need for answers. Faith soon discovers Melinda and her mother had participated in an experimental clinical trial to treat heroin addiction. Then Melinda also turns up dead from an apparent overdose.

Now Faith is pulling out all the stops in her search for truth, cutting school, lying to her aunt, her best friend, even the police. The only person she can't lie to is new boy Jesse, whose brutal honesty is a welcome respite from the mountain of misinformation uncovered by her investigation.

Faith's investigation takes her through the myriad back alleys and laboratories of Philly, all the way to one of the most powerful scientists in town. But when the medical examiner's body is found in the Schuylkill River, Faith realizes if she doesn't find who's behind the sinister science and its cover-up, she could be next.

        

A New MystereBook: Love Lies Bleeding by Sydney Katt

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 …

Love Lies Bleeding by Sydney Katt is the fourth book in the Undercover Series featuring FBI Special Agent Jackson Caldwell.

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Love Lies Bleeding by Sydney Katt
An Undercover Series Thriller
Publisher: Random Distraction
Publication Date: April 22, 2014
Price: $0.99 (as of 04/23/14 4:30 PM ET)

After closing the case of his career, FBI Special Agent Jackson Caldwell is ready to get back to a normal life with the woman he loves, but a serial killing spree hits too close to home and forces him to make a deal with a dangerous woman to lead the investigation. Even though it may be too late to bring home the woman he loves, Jackson will stop at nothing to get his revenge on the monster that took her away.

Armed with an unquenchable bloodlust and a diabolical charm, this killer may prove to be the toughest adversary Jackson has faced yet. Taking the women is necessary, but a rousing game of torturing an FBI agent is just the kind of fun he craves most. Can the FBI pick up on the string of clues he leaves around town? Will they catch him? He doubts it, but he dares them to try all the same.

When hunting a killer this devious, not even Jackson may be able to make it out with his sanity. Or his life.

  

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A New MystereBook: Special Circumstances by Marc Berrenson

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 …

Special Circumstances by Marc Berrenson is a courtroom thriller, originally published by Avon in 1991. This is its first appearance as an ebook.

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Special Circumstances by Marc Berrenson
A Ben Green Thriller
Publisher: Marc Berrenson
Publication Date: April 22, 2014
Price: $2.99 (as of 04/23/14 4:00 PM ET)

Defense lawyer Ben Green has been stranded on the bottom rung of the legal ladder. Then a favor performed for a powerful blueblood judge lands Green a career-making case.

The deeper Green digs, the deeper he's dragged into a slimy mess brewing within the halls of justice-a foul tangle of judicial double-dealing that threatens to turn Green's defense into a life-ending catastrophe.

  

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A Second Helping of Murder by Christine Wenger, New in Bookstores in April 2014

Today's featured paperback original mystery title, scheduled to be published during April 2014 by Signet, is A Second Helping of Murder by Christine Wenger.

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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A Second Helping of Murder
Christine Wenger
Series: A Comfort Food Mystery

Trixie Matkowski is warming up to running her family's diner in the small town of Sandy Harbor in upstate New York. But the only thing more demanding than serving up piping-hot comfort food twenty-four hours a day is getting to the bottom of a double homicide …

Trixie fondly remembers summers as a child spent visiting the shores of Lake Ontario. Not much has changed — there are still vinyl booths at the Silver Bullet Diner, families eating home-cooked comfort food, and days of swimming in the lake.

But before Trixie can say "Order's up", someone's summer is abruptly cut short. One of the cottage residents is found dead, and Trixie suspects the crime might be linked to an unsolved disappearance in the picturesque town's past.

As Trixie works with Deputy Ty Brisco to solve both mysteries, their shocking discoveries will shake up the small town. And when word gets out that she's on the case, Trixie's in trouble — after all, the murderer won't spare her life just because she makes a killer corned beef sandwich.

        

The Forever Man, A Novel of Suspense by C. William Davis III, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Forever Man by C. William Davis III, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Word Association.

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 (04/23/2014 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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The Forever Man by C. William Davis III
A Novel of Suspense
Publisher: Word Association

It is early summer in the small western Pennsylvania town of Smith Falls. Surrounded by picturesque farmlands, rolling hills and lush green forest lots, it appears as a cover photo from a calendar or travel magazine. In many ways Smith Falls is like so many other small towns in this part of America. Touched by rural beauty and yet not far from a large city, and the fading shadows of a once great steel industry.

But for Smith Falls this is all about to change. Something that has quietly waited has begun to stir, and when it raises its head unspeakable horror, born of evil, will seep into this place. For this quaint small town and one dedicated County Sheriff an emotional dam is about to burst, and what lies behind it is a deep dark red.

  

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