Review: Spy Trade by Matthew Dunn

A Mysterious Review of Spy Trade by Matthew Dunn. A William Cochrane Mystery Novella.

Review summary: The storyline is a good one, peppered with a few twists and turns, and ends with an unexpected resolution to a hostage situation. It is not necessary to have read any of the previous books to enjoy this longish novella, but even those readers familiar with the Spycatcher will appreciate visiting with him in this setting. (Click here for text of full review.)

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Spy Trade
Matthew Dunn
A William Cochrane Mystery Novella
Witness Impulse (September 2015)

Publisher synopsis: When a mission goes awry in Syria, senior CIA officer Bob Oakland is captured by aspiring members of ISIS, who demand the release of one of their own, Arzam Saud, in U.S. captivity. When their hands are tied by Washington's refusal to negotiate, the CIA turns to MI6 officer Will Cochrane to find out what's really going on. The threats are escalating quickly, and in order to save the CIA officer, Cochrane must uncover why Saud is truly so important …

A Death In Beverly Hills, A Murder Mystery by David Grace, Now Available at a Special Price

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A Death In Beverly Hills by David Grace

A Murder Mystery

Publisher: David Grace

Price: 99¢ (as of 08/25/2015 at 7:00 PM ET).

  

When the pregnant wife and four year old stepdaughter of fading movie star Tom Travis disappear a massive search is launched. Soon after the body of Travis' wife is discovered only a few miles from where Tom had been riding his dune buggy on the day she vanished he's arrested and placed on trial for capital murder.

Only a days away from an almost certain guilty verdict Travis' lawyer hires suspended Ex-Deputy D.A. Steve Janson to try to find some overlooked clue that might keep Travis off death row.

Janson accepts the assignment, not to help Travis, but in the faint hope of finding the missing child still alive. Janson's investigation leads him on a twisted path from Travis' mistress to her drug-dealing brother to the writer and producer of his Travis' last movie and on across the landscape of Southern California until Janson eventually begins to wonder if Travis might really be innocent after all.

— A Death In Beverly Hills by David Grace

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New This Week: The Girl Wearing Yellow, A Blue Moon Mystery by Sharon Starns

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The Girl Wearing Yellow by Sharon Starns

A Blue Moon Mystery (6th in series)

Publisher: Racine House

Price: $3.99 (as of 08/25/2015 at 6:30 PM ET).

  

Lake Tahoe, the beautiful blue lake straddling the California-Nevada border, seemed like the perfect place for Sage Spencer to unwind and recharge after a stress-filled fall and winter. But stress seems to follow Sage around like one of her dogs; always at her heels, waiting to trip her up.

A chance meeting with a darkly handsome local, a dead woman and an abandoned hotel are all part of a weekend that turns out to be anything but relaxing.

— The Girl Wearing Yellow by Sharon Starns

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The Interpretation of Murder, A Stratham Younger Mystery by Jed Rubenfeld, Now Available at a Special Price

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The Interpretation of Murder by Jed Rubenfeld

A Stratham Younger Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Henry Holt

Price: $2.99 (as of 08/25/2015 at 6:00 PM ET).

  

In the summer of 1909, Sigmund Freud arrived by steamship in New York Harbor for a short visit to America. Though he would live another thirty years, he would never return to this country.

Little is known about the week he spent in Manhattan, and Freud's biographers have long speculated as to why, in his later years, he referred to Americans as "savages" and "criminals."

— The Interpretation of Murder by Jed Rubenfeld

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New This Week: Death in France, A Henry Bodine Mystery by David Hough

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Death in France by David Hough

A Henry Bodine Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: Whiskey Creek Press

Price: $3.99 (as of 08/25/2015 at 5:30 PM ET).

  

Henry Bodine is on vacation in Europe, trying to get his head straight after a family tragedy. While in France, he gets caught up in the gruesome murder of a mysterious English girl. Things get worse when the victim's body disappears and the French police don't believe his story, so Henry sets out to track down the killer.

Along the way, he comes up against a range of suspicious characters. What is he to make of Brigitte L'Orly, a sultry French teenager who seduces him time and again? She is clearly hiding something important. And what about the odious youth and his girlfriend who seem to be obstructing Henry? Or the older guy who is obviously tailing him?

All the clues eventually lead Henry to a mysterious old man living in a grand chateau. And, along the way, he finds someone to help him overcome his grief.

— Death in France by David Hough

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Traceless, A Novel of Romantic Suspense by Debra Webb, Now Available at a Special Price

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Traceless by Debra Webb

A Novel of Romantic Suspense

Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Price: $3.99 (as of 08/25/2015 at 5:00 PM ET).

  

Emily Wallace has no doubt about who killed her best friend ten years ago: Clint Austin, her then boyfriend. The key witness in his trial, Emily put Clint behind bars with her tearful testimony. But when Emily learns that Clint has been released on parole, she returns to her Alabama hometown to confront him — and make sure he never forgets the damage he has done.

After serving ten years for a crime he didn't commit, Clint knows only the truth can set him free. Ignoring warnings from his old friend, now the chief of police, Clint will let no one stand in his way as he tries to prove his innocence — including Emily, the girl he once loved who ruined his life. Prison has made him a hard man, yet he yearns for Emily … and he can see in her eyes that, in spite of herself, she feels the same. But even if he can convince Emily to trust him, it might be too late to clear his name — before the real killer strikes again.

— Traceless by Debra Webb

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New This Week: The Congregation, A Jake and Amanda Bannon Mystery by Desirée Bombenon

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The Congregation by Desirée Bombenon

A Jake and Amanda Bannon Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: River Grove Books

Price: $4.99 (as of 08/25/2015 at 4:30 PM ET).

  

The one thing that they had in common was they had nothing to believe in. Until now …

Amanda and Jake Bannon are affluent, stylish, and still in love after all these years. On a well-deserved vacation in Italy, they plan to enjoy the ancient golden beauty of Rome. They'll just pick up the rosary Amanda's mother wanted blessed from Cardinal Roland at the Vatican, and they'll be free to indulge in those luxurious red wines and sumptuous dishes they'd been dreaming about with no further interruptions.

But when Cardinal Roland asks them to deliver a relic to Father Kristofferson, a dear friend of his in Chicago, the pair finds themselves pulled into the center of a deadly plot. Handsome Josh Newman, brilliant honor student at St. Ignatius College Prep, is the magnetic leader of a secret gathering of Chicago youth who conspire with Father Kristofferson to bring down the Church to avenge the pain they have suffered in life. While Amanda tries to make sense of her psychic visions, she and Jake find themselves cornered in an old church, and time is running out. With bullets flying, will they survive and be able to put a stop to the events that have been set in motion?

— The Congregation by Desirée Bombenon

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Gideon's Sword, A Gideon Crew Thriller by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, Now Available at a Special Price

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Gideon's Sword by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

A Gideon Crew Thriller (1st in series)

Publisher: Grand Central

Price: $1.99 (as of 08/25/2015 at 4:00 PM ET).

  

At twelve, Gideon Crew witnessed his father, a world-class mathematician, accused of treason and gunned down.

At twenty-four, summoned to his dying mother's bedside, Gideon learned the truth: His father was framed and deliberately slaughtered. With her last breath, she begged her son to avenge him.

Now, with a new purpose in his life, Gideon crafts a one-time mission of vengeance, aimed at the perpetrator of his father's destruction. His plan is meticulous, spectacular, and successful.

But from the shadows, someone is watching. A very powerful someone, who is impressed by Gideon's special skills. Someone who has need of just such a renegade.

For Gideon, this operation may be only the beginning …

— Gideon's Sword by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

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A Ghostly Demise by Tonya Kappes, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during August 2015

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during August 2015 …

A Ghostly Demise by Tonya Kappes, A Ghostly Southern Mystery (3rd in series)

Publisher: Witness

  

The prodigal father returns — but this ghost is no holy spirit …

When she runs into her friend's deadbeat dad at the local deli, undertaker Emma Lee Raines can't wait to tell Mary Anna Hardy that he's back in Sleepy Hollow, Kentucky, after five long years. Cephus Hardy may have been the town drunk, but he didn't disappear on an epic bender like everyone thought: He was murdered. And he's heard that Emma Lee's been helping lost souls move on to that great big party in the sky.

Why do ghosts always bother Emma Lee at the worst times? Her granny's mayoral campaign is in high gear, a carnival is taking over the town square, and her hunky boyfriend, Sheriff Jack Henry Ross, is stuck wrestling runaway goats. Besides, Cephus has no clue whodunit … unless it was one of Mrs. Hardy's not-so-secret admirers. All roads lead Emma Lee to that carnival — and a killer who isn't clowning around.

— A Ghostly Demise by Tonya Kappes

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Hearts Under Siege, A Novel of Romantic Suspense by Natalie J. Damschroder, Now Available at a Special Price

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Hearts Under Siege by Natalie J. Damschroder

A Novel of Romantic Suspense

Publisher: Entangled Ignite

Price: 99¢ (as of 08/25/2015 at 3:00 PM ET).

  

Brady Fitzpatrick has spent a decade burying the pain of a broken heart while working for SIEGE, an information-gathering spy agency. That it kept him away from his family as well as his best friend Molly has been an unfortunate side effect. But when his brother, also an agent, is killed during a foreign op, Brady is drawn into a web of intrigue that threatens the lives of everyone he loves …

Molly Byrnes has loved Brady forever. As his best friend and a de facto member of the Fitzpatrick family, she holds them together in their crushing grief. But as a member SIEGE's ground team, she doesn't buy the official line about Brady's brother's "accidental" death and launches her own investigation — only to uncover a shocking secret that she and Brady must get to the bottom of before their target finds them.

Tangled emotions land them in bed together, opening Brady's eyes to the incredible, fearless woman who's been there for him all his life. But after a lifetime of disappointment, how can Molly trust the possibility of a future with him … or if they can count on any future at all?

— Hearts Under Siege by Natalie J. Damschroder

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A Pattern of Lies by Charles Todd, New in Bookstores during August 2015

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A Pattern of Lies by Charles Todd, a Bess Crawford Mystery (7th in series)

Publisher: William Morrow

    

An explosion and fire at the Ashton Gunpowder Mill in Kent has killed over a hundred men. It's called an appalling tragedy — until suspicion and rumor raise the specter of murder. While visiting the Ashton family, Bess Crawford finds herself caught up in a venomous show of hostility that doesn't stop with Philip Ashton's arrest. Indeed, someone is out for blood, and the household is all but under siege.

The only known witness to the tragedy is now at the Front in France. Bess is asked to find him. When she does, he refuses to tell her anything that will help the Ashtons. Realizing that he believes the tissue of lies that has nearly destroyed a family, Bess must convince him to tell her what really happened that terrible Sunday morning. But now someone else is also searching for this man.

To end the vicious persecution of the Ashtons, Bess must risk her own life to protect her reluctant witness from a clever killer intent on preventing either of them from ever reaching England.

— A Pattern of Lies by Charles Todd

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No Other Darkness by Sarah Hilary, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during August 2015

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during August 2015 …

No Other Darkness by Sarah Hilary, A Marnie Rome Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: Penguin Books

  

Detective InspectorMarnie Rome and her partner Detective Sergeant Noah Jake are investigating the recent discovery of two dead boys in a bunker beneath a London garden. Terry and Beth, under whose garden the bodies were discovered, have two children of their own, and are also fostering a difficult boy named Clancy. Clancy reminds Marnie of her foster brother Stephen, who murdered her parents.

Is Marnie's past blinding her to the truth? Only one thing is certain: when Terry and Beth's biological children vanish, Marnie can't waste a moment finding them.

— No Other Darkness by Sarah Hilary

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Private, A Jack Morgan, Private Novel by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro, Now Available at a Special Price

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Private by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro

A Jack Morgan, Private Novel (1st in series)

Publisher: Little, Brown

Price: $3.99 (as of 08/25/2015 at 1:00 PM ET).

  

Former Marine helicopter pilot Jack Morgan runs Private, a renowned investigation company with branches around the globe. It is where you go when you need maximum force and maximum discretion. The secrets of the most influential men and women on the planet come to Jack daily — and his staff of investigators uses the world's most advanced forensic tools to make and break their cases.

Jack is already deep into the investigation of a multi-million dollar NFL gambling scandal and the unsolved slayings of 18 schoolgirls when he learns of a horrific murder close to home: his best friend's wife, Jack's former lover, has been killed. It nearly pushes him over the edge. Instead, Jack pushes back and devotes all of Private's resources to tracking down her killer.

But Jack doesn't have to play by the rules. As he closes in on the killer and chooses between revenge and justice, Morgan has to navigate a workplace love affair that threatens to blow the roof off his plans.

— Private by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro

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The Girl in the Glass, A McCabe and Savage Thriller by James Hayman, New This Week from Witness Impulse

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The Girl in the Glass by James Hayman

A McCabe and Savage Thriller (4th in series)

Publisher: Witness Impulse

Price: $2.99 (as of 08/25/2015 at 12:30 PM ET).

  

Two identical women. Two identical murders. Two lives brutally cut short. 108 years apart …

June 1904. Aimée Garnier Whitby, a beautiful French artist and wife of one of Maine's richest and most powerful men, is found near death on the Whitby family's private summer island, the letter "A" mysteriously carved into her chest.

June 2012. Veronica Aimée Whitby, the eighteen-year-old descendant and virtual double of the first Aimée, becomes the victim of a near perfect copycat murder. With another beautiful, promising young Whitby woman slain, the media begin to swarm and pressure builds for Mike McCabe and Maggie Savage to bring the killer quickly to justice. But the key to solving Aimée's death just might have been buried with her beautiful ancestor.

— The Girl in the Glass by James Hayman

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Hunting Down Amanda, A Novel of Suspense by Andrew Klavan, Now Available at a Special Price

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Hunting Down Amanda by Andrew Klavan

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Open Road

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A freak plane crash sets off a madcap chase for a little girl with strange powers …

Amanda is playing in the backyard when the plane explodes overhead. As metal, fire, and bodies rain down on her small town, the little girl wanders off. Houses on either side explode as she toddles away from the carnage, across the park, and into the woods. When her mother finds her, Amanda is asleep in the arms of a mysterious man. Carol takes her daughter and flees for her life, afraid not of the hell their town has become, but of what might happen if her daughter is found.

Little Amanda is blessed with the power to heal the sick, and there are powerful people who want to find out where her mysterious ability comes from. After the crash, Carol and her daughter flee to New York, where one mother's love is all that stands between Amanda and the forces of evil.

— Hunting Down Amanda by Andrew Klavan

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