Social Death by Tatiana Boncompagni is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Social Death by Tatiana Boncompagni as today's free mystery ebook (A Clyde Shaw Mystery; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, April 28, 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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Social Death
Tatiana Boncompagni
A Clyde Shaw Mystery
Publisher: Tudor City Press

When veteran news producer Clyde Shaw is called to the scene of a grisly murder on the Upper East Side, she thinks it's just another high-profile crime, the kind she's built her high-powered career on -- except the murder victim is Olivia Kravis, the daughter of Clyde's billionaire boss and Clyde's best friend since childhood.

As a high-stakes network ratings war begins, Clyde's own privileged yet troubled past comes back to haunt her, and she's forced to choose between finding her best friend's killer and losing everything -- her job, her reputation, even her life. Long-guarded secrets. Millions at stake. And only Clyde holds the key to unlocking the truth.

  

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Third Grave Dead Ahead by Darynda Jones is Today's Kobo Daily Deal

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Third Grave Dead Ahead by Darynda Jones as today's Kobo Daily Deal.

The deal price of $2.99 is valid only for today, Monday, April 28, 2014.

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

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Third Grave Dead Ahead
Darynda Jones
A Charley Davidson Mystery

Paranormal private eye. Grim reaper extraordinaire. Whatever. Charley Davidson is back! And she's drinking copious amounts of caffeine to stay awake because, every time she closes her eyes, she sees him: Reyes Farrow, the part-human, part-supermodel son of Satan.

Yes, she did imprison him for all eternity, but come on. How is she supposed to solve a missing persons case, deal with an ego-driven doctor, calm her curmudgeonly dad, and take on a motorcycle gang hell-bent on murder when the devil's son just won't give up?

    

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The Dogs of Rome by Conor Fitzgerald is Today's Nook Daily Find

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Dogs of Rome by Conor Fitzgerald as today's Nook Daily Find.

The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Monday, April 28, 2014.

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The Dogs of Rome
Conor Fitzgerald
An Alec Blume Mystery
Bloomsbury

On a hot summer morning, Arturo Clemente is sloppily murdered in his Roman apartment by a mysterious slasher. When his wife, an eminent politician, finds his body, she swiftly springs into action — by calling the Ministry of the Interior.

By the time police inspector Alec Blume arrives at the scene, evidence has been collected, command taken, and, in short — his investigation has been compromised. As the details of the case continue to trickle out, Blume soon realizes he is being watched from on high — and that solving this crime may be the least of his worries. Losing sleep and unsure who to trust, Blume feels the case spinning out of control: does anyone involved even want justice? At what price will it come? And who runs this town — the police, the politicians, or organized criminals?

  

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Mystery Godoku Puzzle for April 28, 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:

A C E H O R T V W

Marc Guggenheim's 2014 legal and espionage thriller has this title (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 (140428)

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

• The New Release is Bridge to Another World: Burnt Dreams.

• The current Catch of the Week is Mysteries of the Mind: Coma, just $2.99 through Sunday, May 04, 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 Bridge to Another World: Burnt Dreams

You'll never forget the day the monstrous mist rose up and snatched away your little brother — while you watched helplessly from the bridge. But now, after twenty years, the mist has returned — and so has your determination to free him. But first you must confront the evil Countess, who keeps him painting creatures she has learned to burn into reality! Can you face your fears and help your brother finally escape the mysterious island where his dreams come to life — or will the whole world enter the mist? Enter a world where art and reality join hands, in this heart-stopping, hidden-object adventure!

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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The current Catch of the Week is Mysteries of the Mind: Coma

Everyone deserves a second chance. You've been in an accident and are fighting your way out of a coma. Inside your mind, you must explore your deepest memories in order to right the past and set yourself free. First you'll go back to visit your mother, with whom you were estranged before she died. Now's your chance to uncover the mystery of your rift and show her what she meant to you. Explore nostalgic locations and meet other people from your past in this moving, dramatic hidden-object puzzle adventure game. There's also a guiding spirit whose true identity is yours to uncover. What happened all those years ago when your family was changed forever? The thing that really keeps you trapped might surprise you.

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, May 04, 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: Paint Me Gone by Molly Greene

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 …

Paint Me Gone by Molly Greene is the third mystery in this series featuring private investigator Genevieve Delacourt.

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Paint Me Gone by Molly Greene
A Gen Delacourt Mystery
Publisher: Molly R. Greene
Publication Date: April 25, 2014
Price: $0.99 (as of 04/27/14 4:30 PM ET)

Private Investigator Genevieve Delacourt is hired to find a missing sibling, but it proves to be a convoluted task. The search is complicated by two things: the woman was thought to have committed suicide over twenty years before, and she was the only suspect in a stranger's murder before she disappeared.

Gen's client, Sophie Keene, revives the case when an unsigned painting that depicts her sister in unmistakable detail finds its way into Sophie's hands. The painting holds the key to the missing woman's story, and as Gen unravels the mystery, the threads of her own complicated romantic life fray out of control.

In need of help, Gen turns to old friend and one-time romantic interest SFPD Detective Mackenzie Hackett and his insider access to the cold case file, and is forced to fully confront her feelings for the man after their unresolved past.

  

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Stone Cold, An Alex Stone Mystery by Joel Goldman: Amazon's The Big Deal Promotion

Every so often Amazon releases a new selection of Kindle books priced up to 85% off as part of The Big Deal Promotion.

Today's featured mystery, suspense, or thriller title is Stone Cold by Joel Goldman. This Kindle book was listed at $0.99 as of the date and time of this post, Sunday, April 27, 2014 at 4:30 PM ET, and should be available at this price through Sunday, May 11, 2014.

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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Stone Cold by Joel Goldman
An Alex Stone Mystery (1st in series)
Publisher: ADM Enterprises

Is it ever ok to cross the line? Just how far would you go to protect those you love?

When Public defender Alex Stone wins an acquittal for her client, Dwayne Reed, accused of murdering a fellow drug dealer, Alex fears that Reed may murder an entire family in retribution for damaging testimony at his trial. If that weren't enough, the man she put it on the line for in court threatens to attack her lover, Dr. Bonnie Long.

Alex Stone is running out of time to stop what she started in the courtroom — cold-blooded murder.

  

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No Man's Nightingale, A Reginald Wexford Mystery by Ruth Rendell, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature No Man's Nightingale by Ruth Rendell, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Scribner.

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 (04/27/2014 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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No Man's Nightingale by Ruth Rendell
A Reginald Wexford Mystery (24th in series)
Publisher: Scribner

A female vicar named Sarah Hussain is discovered strangled in her Kingsmarkham vicarage. Maxine, the gossipy cleaning woman who finds the body, happens to also be in the employ of former Chief Inspector Reginald Wexford and his wife. When called on by his old deputy, Wexford, who has taken to reading The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire as a retirement project, leaps at the chance to tag along with the investigators. Wexford is intrigued by the unusual circumstances of the murder, but he's also desperate to escape the chatty Maxine.

A single mother to a teenage girl, Hussain was a woman working in a male-dominated profession. Of mixed race and an outspoken church reformer, she had turned some in her congregation against her, including the conservative vicar's warden. Could one of her enemies in the church have gone so far as to kill her? Or could it have been the elderly next-door gardener with a muddled alibi?

As Wexford searches the vicar's house alongside the police, he sees a book, Newman's Apologia Pro Vita Sua, lying on Hussain's bedside table. Inside it is a letter serving as a bookmark. Without thinking much, Wexford puts it into his pocket. Wexford soon realizes he has made a grave error — he's removed a piece of evidence from the crime scene. Yet what he finds inside begins to illuminate the murky past of Sarah Hussain. Is there more to her than meets the eye?

  

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The Fourth Motive by Sean Lynch, New in Bookstores in April 2014

Today's featured paperback original mystery title, scheduled to be published during April 2014 by , is The Fourth Motive by Sean Lynch.

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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The Fourth Motive
Sean Lynch
Series: A Farrell and Kearns Thriller

Deputy District Attorney Paige Callen is being stalked, and the man stalking her is motivated, methodical, and relentless.

The police aren't merely one step behind Paige's stalker; they're stumped. So Paige's father, retired Judge "Iron Gene" Callen, instead hires retired San Francisco P.D. Inspector turned private investigator Bob Farrell, to the dismay of the local police.

The cops know all-too-well Farrell's reputation as a reckless wild card. Judge Callen, however, knows Farrell as a man who never lets the rules get in the way of getting the job done.

Farrell enlists the aid of former Iowa Deputy Kevin Kearns to help him protect Paige, and to stop a madman before she becomes a statistic. But to find her stalker, Farrell and Kearns must first learn why he's launched his crusade; a journey none of them may survive.

    

Open Road Mysteries for $1.99: Falling Angel, A Suspense Thriller by William Hjortsberg

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 27, 2014 as of 3:00 PM ET.)

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Falling Angel by William Hjortsberg
A Suspense Thriller
Publisher: Open Road

The hunt for a vanished singer leads a detective into the depths of the occult …

Big-band frontman Johnny Favorite was singing for the troops when a Luftwaffe fighter squadron strafed the bandstand, killing the crowd and leaving the singer near death. The army returned him to a private hospital in upstate New York, leaving him to live out his days as a vegetable while the world forgot him. But Louis Cyphre never forgets.

Cyphre had a contract with the singer, stipulating payment upon Johnny’s death—payment that will be denied as long as Johnny clings to life. When Cyphre hires private investigator Harry Angel to find Johnny at the hospital, Angel learns that the singer has disappeared. It is no ordinary missing-person’s case. Everyone he questions dies soon after, as Angel’s investigation ensnares him in a bizarre tangle of black magic, carnival freaks, and grisly voodoo. When the sinister Louis Cyphre begins appearing in Angel’s dreams, the detective fears for his life, his sanity, and his soul.

  

Black Lies, Red Blood by Kjell Eriksson, New in Bookstores in April 2014

Today's new hardcover mystery title, scheduled to be published during April 2014 by Minotaur Books, is Black Lies, Red Blood by Kjell Eriksson.

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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Black Lies, Red Blood
Kjell Eriksson
Series: Ann Lindell (5th)

Police officer Ann Lindell is great at solving crimes, but she doesn't have as much luck in her personal life. When she meets journalist Anders Brant, Ann thinks her luck has turned around. But then Anders disappears without a trace and a homeless man's body is found with Anders' phone number in the dead man's pocket.

As Ann races to find Anders, she hopes that she will not be too late, and she also hopes that whatever she discovers will not break her heart.

        

Hot Stuff, A James Lessor and Skip Moore Mystery by Don Bruns: Amazon's The Big Deal Promotion

Every so often Amazon releases a new selection of Kindle books priced up to 85% off as part of The Big Deal Promotion.

Today's featured mystery, suspense, or thriller title is Hot Stuff by Don Bruns. This Kindle book was listed at $0.99 as of the date and time of this post, Sunday, April 27, 2014 at 2:00 PM ET, and should be available at this price through Sunday, May 11, 2014.

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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Hot Stuff by Don Bruns
A James Lessor and Skip Moore Mystery (6th in series)
Publisher: Oceanview Publishing

An attractive sous chef at the famous restaurant L'Elfe Is murdered and half of the employees are suspect. The lack of police progress toward solving the murder leads Chef Jean Bouvier to seek a quicker solution. He hires private eyes James Lessor and Skip Moore to go undercover and discreetly investigate his restaurant staff. But their Investigation turns up far more than they bargained for.

Skip's charming girlfriend, Emily, confesses that the murder victim and she had been close friends at one point in their lives and had shared a very dark secret. But Emily refuses to elaborate, building a wall of defense between herself and the two young detectives. The more James and Skip investigate the background of the victim and the people she knew, the more they are convinced that this shared secret has far-reaching implications that may lead to the motive for the murder. The closer they get to the answer, the more desperate someone is to stop them.

  

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New from Harlequin Love Inspired Suspense: Perilous Waters by Sandra Orchard

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

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Perilous Waters by Sandra Orchard
A Novel of Suspense
Publisher: Harlequin Love Inspired Suspense
Publication Date: April 01, 2014
List Price: $5.99 (ebook), $5.99 (paperback)

For FBI agent Sam Steele, there's no room for error or emotions on his latest undercover assignment. Getting close to gallery owner Jennifer Robbins while on an Alaskan cruise is the only way to catch her dealing stolen art.

Out on the icy seas, Jen suddenly goes from suspect to victim when she's targeted by a deadly enemy. And Sam's mission goes from investigating an art crime to protecting the woman who's begun to melt his heart. As danger looms closer, he'll do anything to save her life — even if it costs him his own.

  

Single & Single, A Suspense Thriller by John le Carré, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Single & Single by John le Carré, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Scribner.

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 (04/27/2014 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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Single & Single by John le Carré
A Suspense Thriller
Publisher: Scribner

A corporate lawyer from the House of Single & Single is shot dead in cold blood on a Turkish hillside for crimes that he does not understand. A children's entertainer in Devon is hauled to his local bank late at night to explain a monumental influx of cash. A Russian freighter is arrested in the Black Sea.

A celebrated London financier has disappeared into thin air. A British customs officer is on a trail of corruption and murder.

  

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A New MystereBook: Blood Bath by Stephen Leather

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 …

Blood Bath by Stephen Leather is a collection of short stories inspired by the book's cover. As the author says in an introduction, "I bought the cover for Blood Bath long before I got around to writing a short story to go with it. Several of my friends and fans were also inspired by the cover to write their own short stories, so I have put them together in this collection. The Nightingale timeline is complex but I think all of the short stories take place between the end of Nightmare and the end of Lastnight."

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Blood Bath by Stephen Leather
A Short Story Collection
Publisher: Stephen Leather
Publication Date: April 25, 2014
Price: $0.99 (as of 04/27/14 12:30 PM ET)

Jack Nightingale is called in to investigate a series of bloody murders.

There are seven stories in this collection, all titled "Blood Bath" and written by Stephen Leather, Alex Shaw, Andrew Peters, Conrad Jones, Lynne Waterman, Matt Hilton, and Robert Waterman.

  

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