Regenerate by Wendy Cartmell is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Regenerate by Wendy Cartmell as today's free mystery ebook (A Tom Crane Mystery; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, June 10, 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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Regenerate
Wendy Cartmell
A Tom Crane Mystery
Publisher: Endeavour Press

When Padre Symmonds and his wife Kim find a dead baby on the steps of the Royal Garrison Church, they call Sergeant Major Crane in to investigate. Despite pleas from the local community and the media for the parents to come forward and seek help, Crane can't trace the baby's mother. He suspects Kerry, a recently widowed army wife, who is finding it hard to deal with her husband's recent death …

But after searching her flat and checking her baby was safe and breathing, he is left with an uncanny feeling that he's missed something. Simultaneously, Crane is expected to deal with a high profile drugs case. Someone inside the Army is importing heroin using army equipment as a cover-up.

But just as he gets a lead on the case, the unthinkable happens and another baby goes missing in Aldershot. This may be his only chance to catch the drug lord Anic, but he can't stop thinking about Kerry and her baby …

What has he missed? And can he solve the mystery before it's too late?

  

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Siege by Simon Kernick is Today's Kindle Daily Deal

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Siege by Simon Kernick as today's Kindle Daily Deal.

The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Tuesday, June 10, 2014.

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Siege
Simon Kernick
A Suspense Thriller
Atria Books

London is under attack. An unknown number of its citizens are dead. Many more lives hang in the balance as a group of highly trained gunmen storm the luxurious Stanhope Hotel on Park Lane, demanding the government meet their requests within five hours — or they will blow up the building and everyone still inside it.

Shots ring out. Some guests panic. Others text their loved ones. A few try to escape. All are united by their desire to live. And at the center of it all is one man who has information so dangerous that it must be kept safe — at any price. Darkness falls. The gunmen become increasingly violent. One question is on everyone's mind: Will any of them survive the night?

  

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Today's Mystery and Suspense Update from Big Fish Games (140610)

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

• The New Release is Antique Shop: Journey of the Lost Souls.

• The current Catch of the Week is Break the Curse: The Crimson Gems, just $2.99 through Sunday, June 15, 2014 only.

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

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The New Release today is Antique Shop: Journey of the Lost Souls

Travel to new and exotic locations in a desperate search for artifacts that will unlock the mystery of the strange and powerful book. From fog shrouded 1898 London to the blistering heat of the Egyptian pyramids, new challenges await as the devious book becomes more and more difficult to control. In a race against time, Emily and her company must solve the riddle of the book or she will be forever lost within its confines.

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 Break the Curse: The Crimson Gems

Once upon a midnight dreary, as Lorenzo slept, weak and weary, the carnival master's star performers, Harold and Eliza, went missing! It's up to you, an expert in the arcane and supernatural, to track them down. From the lair of a powerful alchemist to the mythological creatures of the Zephyr carnival, embark on an adventure through a world of magic and mystery. Will you save Harry and his wife, or will they be Nevermore?

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 15, 2014.

Also available for this game:

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

A New MystereBook: Attorney at Large by John Ellsworth

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 June 2014 priced $4.99 or less …

Attorney at Large by John Ellsworth is the third book in this series of Thaddeus Murfee legal thrillers.

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Attorney at Large by John Ellsworth
A Thaddeus Murfee Legal Thriller
Publisher: Subjudica House
Publication Date: June 07, 2014
Price: $2.99 (as of 06/09/14 5:30 PM ET)

He sued and took away the mob's casino. Now they want it back.

His estranged sister is charged with murder and he must defend. An employee is arrested for a drug crime and he must defend. Topping it all off, Thaddeus himself is charged with tax crimes and must stand trial.

A legal mystery all but sweeps them away.

  

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Review: The Stranger on the Train by Abbie Taylor

A Mysterious Review of The Stranger on the Train by Abbie Taylor.

Review summary: The storyline of this novel derives its suspense from what happened to a young boy, whether or not he was abducted, and will he be returned to his mother. An interesting premise, but one that doesn't really draw the reader in and invest them in the story. (Click here for text of full review.)

Our rating:

The Stranger on the Train
Abbie Taylor
Atria Books (May 2014)

Publisher synopsis: A struggling, single mother, Emma sometimes wishes that her thirteen-month-old son Ritchie would just disappear. Then, one quiet Sunday evening, after a sinister encounter on the London Underground — Ritchie does just that.

Emma immediately reports his abduction to the police but there she faces a much worse situation than she ever imagined. Why do the police seem so reluctant to help her? And why do they think she would want hurt her own child?

If Emma wants Ritchie back, she'll have to find him herself. With the help of a stranger named Rafe, the one person who seems to believe her, Emma sets off in search of her son. She is determined to find Ritchie no matter what it takes … but who exactly is the real enemy here?

        

A New MystereBook: Honeysuckle Homicide by Rose Pressey

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 June 2014 priced $4.99 or less …

Honeysuckle Homicide by Rose Pressey is the second mystery in this Trash-to-Treasure Crafting series with amateur sleuth Raelynn Pendleton.

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Honeysuckle Homicide by Rose Pressey
A Trash-to-Treasure Crafting Mystery
Publisher: Rose Pressey
Publication Date: June 09, 2014
Price: $3.99 (as of 06/09/14 4:30 PM ET)

Raelynn Pendleton inherited a big Victorian house that she intends to decorate on a budget with her trash-to-treasure creations. Her plans are hindered when her no-good, cheating ex-husband Ross Perkins comes back into her life. Within hours of his return, Ross has pulled Raelynn into a murder investigation.

Handsome Sheriff Kent Klein thinks Ross is guilty as charged and warns Raelynn to stay away from him. But Ross has convinced the town of Honeysuckle, Kentucky that Raelynn murdered the successful local realtor Luke Lexington. Raelynn must prove her innocence or her days of dumpster-diving will be over.

  

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Lullaby for the Nameless, A Nolan, Hart, and Tain Mystery by Sandra Ruttan, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Lullaby for the Nameless by Sandra Ruttan, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Thomas & Mercer.

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 (06/09/2014 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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Lullaby for the Nameless by Sandra Ruttan
A Nolan, Hart, and Tain Mystery (3rd in series)
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer

It's Nolan, Hart and Tain's nightmare: the case that brought them together still haunts them. When Hart and Tain find themselves handling the case of the murder of the only victim who survived from that original, horrific case several months earlier, it brings back bad memories and fears that they may not have caught all the killers after all.

Nolan is running from his problems, taking one temporary assignment after another. When he's assigned to a manhunt to search for a man who may have murdered his family he's confronted with his demons from the past as well. What he doesn't tell his supervisors is that the man they're searching for is connected to that old case. When a body is recovered in the woods Nolan is reassigned, and the startling similarities between the victim and the original victims from the case he worked with Tain and Hart dredges up the past.

  

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Blood Brothers, A Ben Corbin Legal Thriller by Rick Acker, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Blood Brothers by Rick Acker, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Kregal Publications.

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 (06/09/2014 at 3:30 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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Blood Brothers by Rick Acker
A Ben Corbin Legal Thriller (2nd in series)
Publisher: Kregal Publications

Lawyer Ben Corbin finds himself caught between feuding brothers Karl and Gunnar Bjornsen. The Bjornsens built a pharmaceutical empire from the ground up. Now they are developing a revolutionary new drug, a neural stimulant that increases strength and intelligence, but its potential for success is rapidly destroying them. Warring for control of the company and the drug, Karl sues Gunnar, and Gunnar hires lawyer Ben Corbin to defend him.

But the case involves more than bitter sibling rivalry. Signs of embezzlement, black market deals, and the grisly consequences of the Bjornsens' new drug begin to emerge. Soon, Ben and his wife, Noelle, find themselves in Norway where the case takes a personal and violent turn.

  

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Raylan, A Raylan Givens Novel by Elmore Leonard, 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 Raylan by Elmore Leonard. This Kindle book was listed at $1.99 as of the date and time of this post, Monday, June 09, 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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Raylan by Elmore Leonard
A Raylan Givens Novel
Publisher: William Morrow

With the closing of the Harlan County, Kentucky, coal mines, marijuana has become the biggest cash crop in the state. A hundred pounds of it can gross $300,000, but that's chump change compared to the quarter million a human body can get you — especially when it's sold off piece by piece.

So when Dickie and Coover Crowe, dope-dealing brothers known for sampling their own supply, decide to branch out into the body business, it's up to U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens to stop them. But Raylan isn't your average marshal; he's the laconic, Stetson-wearing, fast-drawing lawman who juggles dozens of cases at a time and always shoots to kill. But by the time Raylan finds out who's making the cuts, he's lying naked in a bathtub, with Layla, the cool transplant nurse, about to go for his kidneys.

The bad guys are mostly gals this time around: Layla, the nurse who collects kidneys and sells them for ten grand a piece; Carol Conlan, a hard-charging coal-mine executive not above ordering a cohort to shoot point-blank a man who's standing in her way; and Jackie Nevada, a beautiful sometime college student who can outplay anyone at the poker table and who suddenly finds herself being tracked by a handsome U.S. marshal.

  

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Final Curtain by Ed Ifkovic, New in Bookstores during June 2014

Today's new hardcover mystery title, scheduled to be published during June 2014 by Poisoned Pen Press, is Final Curtain by Ed Ifkovic.

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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Final Curtain
Ed Ifkovic
Series: Edna Ferber (5th)

Who murdered the handsome young actor? And why?

In 1940, against the chilling backdrop of Hitler's rise and the specter of another world war, Edna Ferber decides to follow an old dream: to act onstage. Starring in The Royal Family, the comedy she wrote with George S. Kaufman, she travels to Maplewood, New Jersey, for a week of summer stock. But her escape from the troubling daily headlines is short lived. Before opening night, a mysterious understudy is shot to death, and his murder opens up a world of lies, greed, and hypocrisy.

With George Kaufman as the director of the production, the two begin a different kind of collaboration: the discovery of the murderer. As rehearsals evolve, they deal with a cast of characters who are all hiding something from their pasts, particularly days spent in Hollywood: a stage manager, a young ingénue, an American Nazi and his boisterous girlfriend, a stagehand named Dakota who is the son of a famous evangelist, his charismatic preacher-mother, her money-bags husband, and a driven acolyte of the church. Each character, Edna discovers, has some connection with the dead man; Quiet Maplewood in the summer of 1940 — and all these characters maneuvered to be there. As Edna investigates, she realizes that the answer to the murder lies in what happened in Hollywood.

As George wisecracks his way through the story, Edna methodically examines the facts, determined to find the answer. Opening night looms — so does World War Two. Edna, resolute, believes that justice needs to prevail in a world that is falling apart.

      

Minotaur Mysteries: Curiosity Killed the Cat Sitter, A Dixie Hemingway Mystery by Blaize Clement

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, Curiosity Killed the Cat Sitter by Blaize Clement, now just $1.99. (Price verified on June 09, 2014 as of 2:00 PM ET.)

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Curiosity Killed the Cat Sitter by Blaize Clement
A Dixie Hemingway Mystery (1st in series)
Publisher: Minotaur Books

Until three years ago, Dixie Hemingway was a deputy with the Sarasota County Sherriff's Department in southwest Florida. Then came a tragic accident. Now Dixie's a pet-sitter on Siesta Key, a lush, exotic barrier island where the people tend to be rich, suntanned, and tolerant of one another's quirks.

As Dixie tried to get her life back in order, pet-sitting is the perfect job. She goes into people's homes while they're gone and takes care of their pets; she likes the animals, they like her, and she doesn't have to deal with people very much. She especially does not have to be afraid that she'll run into a situation that will cause her to lose her hard-won composure.

But when Dixie finds a man bizarrely drowned in a cat's water bowl, she is drawn into a tangled web of danger and secrets. Unbeknownst to Lieutenant Guidry, the homicide detective handling the murder, Dixie begins her own investigation into the whereabouts of the cat's owner, who has now vanished.

  

Hot Fudge Frame-Up by Christine DeSmet, New on The Mystery Bookshelf in June 2014

Today's featured paperback original mystery title, scheduled to be published during June 2014 by Signet, is Hot Fudge Frame-Up by Christine DeSmet.

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

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Hot Fudge Frame-Up
Christine DeSmet
Series: A Ava Oosterling, Fudge Shop Mystery

Candy shop owner Ava Oosterling mixes it up with a fudge judge with a grudge—who loses his life before he can pick a winner …

Ava is gearing up for the First Annual Arts Festival—a huge celebration that could draw national attention to her old-fashioned fudge shop in Door County, Wisconsin. She’s invited two celebrity chefs to go head-to-head with her in a fudge contest. Everyone is having a tasty time…until a judge for the festival is found dead.

To her shock, he’d been complaining around town that her Fairy Tale fudge flavors were…well, fudged. Now the sheriff is wondering if Ava fits the mold for a murder suspect. As Ava tries to square her reputation and find the real killer, she’s in for a whole batch of trouble …

  

The Dead Don't Dance, An Apelu Soifua, Jungle Beat Mystery by John Enright, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Dead Don't Dance by John Enright, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Thomas & Mercer.

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 (06/09/2014 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 Dead Don't Dance by John Enright
An Apelu Soifua, Jungle Beat Mystery (3rd in series)
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer

Rumored to hold more spirits than people, the remote tropical paradise To'aga frightens many Samoan locals — but not Detective Apelu Soifua. Reeling from the loss of his young daughter, Apelu retreats to the haunted island for a self-imposed exile. He spends his days drinking, trying to ignore the ghosts in his head, and receives few visitors other than a shamanistic recluse and a pair of dedicated marine biologists conducting research.

But after a crew of surveyors arrives, Apelu makes a disturbing discovery: foreign investors plan to build a resort hotel on the coast, a project sure to destroy the To'aga coral reef and shatter the island's peaceful way of life. When tensions rise and someone — or something — commits a gruesome murder, Apelu must force himself out of retirement to solve the case. Can the heartbroken detective navigate both modern and mystical forces to find the killer and appease the angry spirits of To'aga?

  

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A New MystereBook: Deadly Intentions by Leighann Dobbs

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 June 2014 priced $4.99 or less …

Deadly Intentions by Leighann Dobbs is the fifth Blackmoore Sisters paranormal cozy mystery.

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Deadly Intentions by Leighann Dobbs
A Blackmoor Sisters Mystery
Publisher: Leighann Dobbs
Publication Date: June 07, 2014
Price: $0.99 (as of 06/09/14 12:30 PM ET)

What really happened to Johanna Blackmoore seven years ago?

Jolene Blackmoore has been asking that question about her mother's mysterious death for a long time … and now she's determined to get an answer. Little does she know, her quest will change the course of her and her three sisters' lives forever.

A magical locket, a long-estranged aunt that shows up out of the blue, and a diabolical bad guy all play a part in pulling the girls into the heat of danger, and they are forced to put their newly-found paranormal skills to the test in a battle where losing could be deadly.

Before it's all over, friends might turn out to be enemies, enemies might turn out to be friends and a long hidden secret about the girls' ancestry will come to light.

Will they finally discover the shocking truth of what really happened to their mother?

  

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