One O'Clock Hustle by Joanne Pence is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature One O'Clock Hustle by Joanne Pence as today's second free mystery ebook (A Rebecca Mayfield Mystery; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, June 02, 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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One O'Clock Hustle
Joanne Pence
A Rebecca Mayfield Mystery
Publisher: Quail Hill Publishing

When San Francisco Homicide Inspector Rebecca Mayfield arrives at the scene of a deadly shooting, she's shocked to find that the witnesses have caught the killer, and that he's someone she knows. Rebecca's a by-the-book detective, and she's always done her job according to the rules, without hesitation … until Richie Amalfi comes back into her life.

Richie knows his way around everything and everyone in his city. When people say they "know a guy who knows a guy", Richie's the guy they're talking about. He can usually help people out of tight situations, but suddenly finds he can't get himself out of hot water when he's accused of murder.

Richie's on the run, and he runs straight to Rebecca to help him prove his innocence. From the nightclubs of North Beach to the scenic heights of Twin Peaks, dangers lurk and more deaths happen. As Rebecca discovers there's a lot more to Richie than she thought, and a lot more to like than she imagined, she soon fears not only for her life, but also her heart.

  

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A Model Murder by Celia Conrad is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature A Model Murder by Celia Conrad as today's free mystery ebook (An Alicia Allen Mystery; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, June 02, 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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A Model Murder
Celia Conrad
An Alicia Allen Mystery
Publisher: Barcham Books

Alicia Allen is a 29-year-old London Anglo-Italian lawyer whose desire for Pringles is matched only by her desire to solve crime. When her neighbor—a beautiful aspiring Australian model—is found raped and murdered before she can pick up her first paycheck at a sleazy "hostess" club, Alicia ignites with such passion to bring the wrongdoer to justice, it would make even Portia envious.

As her dangerous quest draws her into the dark world of exploitative "hostess clubs", Alicia finds herself facing similar circumstances in a new law firm where alpha males roam the halls in solicitor suits intimidating or stalking undervalued female coworkers. Worse luck, the deeper she delves into the investigation, the more her comfortable world falls apart. Friends are viciously attacked … potential lovers may not be what they seem … clues pop up in Italian opera, Shakespeare, and a cat.

Alicia finds her willingness to risk her own life for the sake of justice is sorely put to the test in a world where Fate plays no small role.

  

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Still Missing by Chevy Stevens is Today's Nook Daily Find

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Still Missing by Chevy Stevens as today's Nook Daily Find.

The deal price of $2.99 is valid only for today, Monday, June 02, 2014.

Note: This title is part of the Kindle 100 for June 2014 and will be discounted all month on Amazon.com.

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Still Missing
Chevy Stevens
A Novel of Suspense
St. Martin's Press

On the day she was abducted, Annie O'Sullivan, a 32-year-old realtor, had three goals — sell a house, forget about a recent argument with her mother, and be on time for dinner with her ever-patient boyfriend. The open house is slow, but when her last visitor pulls up in a van as she's about to leave, Annie thinks it just might be her lucky day after all.

Interwoven with the story of the year Annie spent as the captive of a psychopath in a remote mountain cabin, which unfolds through sessions with her psychiatrist, is a second narrative recounting events following her escape — her struggle to piece her shattered life back together and the ongoing police investigation into the identity of her captor.

Read our review of Still Missing by Chevy Stevens.

    

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Mystery Godoku Puzzle for June 02, 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:

D I L M O R S T W

This 2014 thriller by Richard Castle opens with its hero saving a plane from crashing (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 (140602)

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

• The New Release is Phenomenon: Outcome.

• The current Catch of the Week is Fairly Twisted Tales: The Price of a Rose, just $2.99 through Sunday, June 08, 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 Phenomenon: Outcome

Save the world from an alien substance! When a medallion you've had your whole life suddenly starts acting strange, you follow its trail to a mysterious island. There, you discover a deadly Cyan Plasma that threatens not only the island, but the entire world! You must seek out a missing research team to uncover the secrets of the plasma before it spreads across the globe. But time is running out … Can you find their base before it's too late? The power is in your hands in this thrilling Hidden Object Adventure game!

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 Fairly Twisted Tales: The Price of a Rose

Bella vowed to stay with the beast to save her father's life, but is he truly as evil as the townspeople say? Is someone trying to hurt Bella? Who's trying to take control of the kingdom and its riches? It's up to you to discover the truth behind the town gossip. Travel across fantastic landscapes and explore the beast's magical castle to uncover why he was cursed in this intriguing Hidden-Object Puzzle Adventure game!

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, June 08, 2014.

Also available for this game:

• Get the Strategy Guide.
• Check out the Blog Walkthrough.

Dear Old Dead, A Gregor Demarkian Mystery by Jane Haddam, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Dear Old Dead by Jane Haddam, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Open Road.

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 (06/01/2014 at 5:30 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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Dear Old Dead by Jane Haddam
A Gregor Demarkian Mystery (9th in series)
Publisher: Open Road

A media kingpin is dead and the chief suspect is a modern-day saint …

Michael Pride could have been a world-class surgeon, but his good intentions got the best of him. He opened a clinic in one of New York's roughest neighborhoods, and stuck around when gangs, drugs, and guns turned it into a war zone. Supporting his mission is Charles van Straadt, a media titan with a knack for incendiary headlines and a soft spot for good works. When a sex scandal threatens to derail Pride's clinic, van Straadt is the only one who stands by him — until the mogul is poisoned, and the doctor appears to be the only person who could have done it.

Former FBI agent Gregor Demarkian has a chance of proving Pride's innocence. In a part of New York that feels more like Beirut than Broadway, it will take more than good works for the two of them to survive.

  

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Minotaur Mysteries: The Last Confession, A Michael Coletti Mystery by Solomon Jones

Minotaur Books, an imprint of Macmillan and a leading publisher of mystery and suspense books, currently has over 200 books available for $4.99 or less.

Today, we are pleased to feature one of these titles, The Last Confession by Solomon Jones, now just $2.99. (Price verified on June 01, 2014 as of 5:00 PM ET.)

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The Last Confession by Solomon Jones
A Michael Coletti Mystery (1st in series)
Publisher: Minotaur Books

Having come of age on the mob-controlled streets of 1960's South Philly, Detective Mike Coletti learned early to walk the fine line between cops and criminals. That skill served him well during his thirty-one years in homicide. But it never stopped the nightmares. The screams in the sanctuary still haunt him, the sound of the gunshots still torment him, and the truth of the Confessional Murders still speaks to him, if only in his dreams.

Now, on the eve of Coletti's retirement, the priest whom he arrested for the decade-old crime is about to be put to death, and in one final nightmare, Coletti clearly sees the truth. The priest is innocent, and it all comes to light when the real killer reemerges and embarks on a killing spree that turns Philadelphia upside down. To set things right and stop the execution of an innocent man, Coletti must catch a mysterious killer who now calls himself the Angel of Death.

As the chase winds through art galleries and gritty streets, ancient prophecies and holy ground, the game intensifies, cultures collide, and Philly's best detective is forced to face his nightmarish past — a past that could very well destroy him.

  

Design on a Crime, A Haley Farrell, Deadly Décor Mystery by Ginny Aiken, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Design on a Crime by Ginny Aiken, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Revelle.

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 (06/01/2014 at 4:30 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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Design on a Crime by Ginny Aiken
A Haley Farrell, Deadly Décor Mystery (1st in series)
Publisher: Revelle

Haley Farrell is taking a chance on herself. After receiving her interior design certificate, she quits her job at the local furniture store and decides to open her own interior decorating business. But with all the advantages of her new career — meeting new people, and decorating new and old homes — comes a huge pitfall. Her new job allows her access into her clients' homes and their lives … but also their deaths.

When Haley's mentor, Marge Norwalk, is murdered, Haley becomes the prime suspect. Armed only with the confidence that Marge instilled in her, Haley sets out to find the real murderer. But as she sets forth, she has no idea what twists and turns will bring her face-to-face with her long-hidden past.

  

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Minotaur Mysteries: Murder on Nob Hill, A Sarah Woolson Mystery by Shirley Tallman

Minotaur Books, an imprint of Macmillan and a leading publisher of mystery and suspense books, currently has over 200 books available for $4.99 or less.

Today, we are pleased to feature one of these titles, Murder on Nob Hill by Shirley Tallman, now just $1.99. (Price verified on June 01, 2014 as of 4:00 PM ET.)

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Murder on Nob Hill by Shirley Tallman
A Sarah Woolson Mystery (1st in series)
Publisher: Minotaur Books

The year is 1880, the place San Francisco. Intelligent, outspoken Sarah Woolson is a young woman with a goal and the fortitude to achieve it. She has always dreamed of becoming a lawyer. The trouble is, everyone believes women belong in the home — that it is not only unnatural, but against God's will for them to seek a career.

When Sarah finagles an interview with one of the city's most prestigious law firms, no one thinks she has a prayer of being hired. Except Sarah. Using her brains and a little subterfuge, she not only manages to become the firm's newest (and only female) associate attorney, she also acquires her first client — a lovely young society matron suspected of brutally stabbing to death her wealthy but abusive husband. Sarah is sure of her client's innocence, but the revelation of the woman's secret lover may make that innocence impossible to prove.

When four more victims fall prey to the killer's knife, Sarah fears she has bitten off more than she can chew. Bucking her boorish employer and the judicial system, Sarah finds herself embroiled in shady legal maneuvers, a daring Chinatown raid, and a secret and very scandalous sex club.

  

Minotaur Mysteries: Liberation Movements, An Eastern European Thriller by Olen Steinhauer

Minotaur Books, an imprint of Macmillan and a leading publisher of mystery and suspense books, currently has over 200 books available for $4.99 or less.

Today, we are pleased to feature one of these titles, Liberation Movements by Olen Steinhauer, now just $1.99. (Price verified on June 01, 2014 as of 3:30 PM ET.)

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Liberation Movements by Olen Steinhauer
An Eastern European Thriller (4th in series)
Publisher: Minotaur Books

The year is 1975, and one of the People's Militia homicide investigators is on a plane out of the capital, bound for Istanbul. The plane is hijacked by Armenian terrorists, but before the Turkish authorities can fulfill their demands, the plane explodes in midair.

Two investigators — Gavra Noukas, a secret policeman, and Katja Drdova, a homicide detective — are assigned to the case. Both believe that Brano Sev, their enigmatic superior and himself a career secret policeman, is keeping them in the dark both about the details of the case and all its players and about the true motives of their investigation, but they can't figure out why. That is, until they learn that everything is connected to a seven-year-old murder, a seemingly insignificant murder that has had far-reaching consequences.

  

The Eye of God, A SIGMA Force Thriller by James Rollins, at a Special Price during June 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 The Eye of God by James Rollins. This Kindle book was listed at $1.99 as of the date and time of this post, Sunday, June 01, 2014 at 3:00 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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The Eye of God by James Rollins
A SIGMA Force Thriller (9th in series)
Publisher: William Morrow

In the wilds of Mongolia, a research satellite has crashed, triggering an explosive search for its valuable cargo: a code-black physics project connected to the study of dark energy — and a shocking image of the eastern seaboard of the United States in utter ruin.

At the Vatican, a package arrives containing two strange artifacts: a skull scrawled with ancient Aramaic and a tome bound in human skin. DNA evidence reveals that both came from the same body: the long dead Mongol king Genghis Khan.

Commander Gray Pierce and Sigma Force set out to discover a truth tied to the fall of the Roman Empire, to a mystery going back to the birth of Christianity, and to a weapon hidden for centuries that holds the fate of humanity.

  

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All the Things You Are by Declan Hughes, New in Bookstores in June 2014

Today's new hardcover mystery title, scheduled to be published during June 2014 by Severn House, is All the Things You Are by Declan Hughes.

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

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All the Things You Are
Declan Hughes

About to turn forty, her youthful dreams of becoming an actress abandoned, there's no doubt in her mind that suburban wife and mother-of-two Clare Taylor has settled. A wild week in Chicago may have shaken things up a bit, but as she turns her key in her Madison, Wisconsin home on the eve of Hallowe'en, she knows that what happened with her ex was nothing more than a distraction, that this is where her life is.

Except it's all gone. The furniture gone, the house stripped, her husband Danny, her daughters, all gone; no message; no note, nothing. Outside in the dark, searching for a sign, she steps in one: the eviscerated body of the family dog.

By dawn next morning, her supposedly mortgage-free home has been foreclosed against, one of Danny's childhood friends lies dead in her backyard, and Clare is caught up in a nightmare that began with her husband on Hallowe'en night, 1976. A nightmare that reaches its terrifying climax thirty-five years later.

      

Minotaur Mysteries: Shakespeare's Counselor, A Lily Bard Mystery by Charlaine Harris

Minotaur Books, an imprint of Macmillan and a leading publisher of mystery and suspense books, currently has over 200 books available for $4.99 or less.

Today, we are pleased to feature one of these titles, Shakespeare's Counselor by Charlaine Harris, now just $1.99. (Price verified on June 01, 2014 as of 2:00 PM ET.)

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Shakespeare's Counselor by Charlaine Harris
A Lily Bard Mystery (5th in series)
Publisher: Minotaur Books

Cleaning woman and karate expert Lily Bard is a woman with a complicated past. Trying her best to cope with her terrifying memories and horrible nightmares, she decides to join a weekly group therapy session in her hometown of Shakespeare, Arkansas. At first, Lily can hardly believe the number of her fellow Shakespeareans that share her life experiences.

As it turns out, the group members' feelings aren't the only things that need sorting out — they assemble for a session and find a woman dead, killed in bone-chilling fashion and deliberately left on display to send a twisted message. Who would commit such horrendous crime, and who is the intended recipient of the message?

Before long, Lily becomes embroiled in this disturbing murder and its aftermath, one in which the brutal killer's motives are entirely unclear. The truth is, the situation has dredged up more than a few of her own terrible secrets, and she may not be able to rest until she can untangle the who and why of this terrible crime. But can she accomplish this before the killer strikes again, and before her nightmares send her over the edge?

  

New from Harlequin Love Inspired Suspense: Collateral Damage by Hannah Alexander

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

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Collateral Damage by Hannah Alexander
A Novel of Romantic Suspense
Publisher: Harlequin Love Inspired Suspense
Publication Date: June 01, 2014
List Price: $5.99 (ebook), $5.99 (paperback)

Was the explosion that took the lives of Sarah Russell's parents an act of murder? Her teenage daughter thinks so and is determined to seek answers in the sleepy small town where Sarah grew up. Sarah fears the teen will uncover a secret she's not ready to share: everyone, including Sarah's daughter, believes the girl is Sarah's kid sister. Even the child's father doesn't know the truth.

But as Sarah reunites with Nick Tyler to look into the mysterious deaths, she knows she'll have to tell him — and their daughter — the truth. Yet someone wants to ensure that no one uncovers any long-buried secrets.

  

A Pint of Murder, A Madoc and Janet Rhys Mystery by Charlotte MacLeod, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature A Pint of Murder by Charlotte MacLeod, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Open Road.

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 (06/01/2014 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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A Pint of Murder by Charlotte MacLeod
A Madoc and Janet Rhys Mystery (1st in series)
Publisher: Open Road

Originally published as written by Alisa Craig.

Agatha Treadway has done her own preserving ever since the day her husband was done in by a can of supermarket tomatoes. And after four vigilant decades canning everything from peaches to spinach, it is her own green beans that kill her. Inspecting the fatal jar, Janet Wadman finds it has been tampered with, so that toxic botulism was allowed to seep in. But before she can tell the town doctor that Mrs. Treadway was murdered, the doctor joins the widow in untimely death.

To investigate, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police sends Madoc Rhys, a Mountie who doesn't look the part. Masquerading as a relative, this squat Welshman helps Janet dig into the town's dark side. And what they find is a deadly secret that proves even more poisonous than botulism.

  

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