Plain Murder, A Rachel Mast Mystery by Emma Miller, Now Available at a Special Price

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Plain Murder by Emma Miller

A Rachel Mast Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Kensington

Price: $2.99 (as of 11/03/2015 at 8:00 PM ET).

  

A shallow grave is found on a Pennsylvania farm, and one woman straddling the Amish and outside worlds must uncover a killer — and create a life on her own terms …

Fifteen years after leaving her Old Order Amish life, Rachel Mast has returned to Stone Mill, Pennsylvania. Corporate success didn't bring true happiness, but Rachel also knows she can never be Amish again. Instead she runs a B&B and tries to help her community in ways they can't help themselves.

But now a gruesome discovery has been made on her Uncle Aaron's cow pasture — the body of prominent Englisher businessman Willy O'Day. Aaron refuses to hire a lawyer, trusting his innocence, and his faith, to see him through. Rachel isn't so sure, especially given the long public feud between the two men. Her relatives won't speak to the police, but they will talk to Rachel — if she puts on a skirt and bonnet. Rachel knows emotions and entanglements run as complicated in the Amish world as outside it. But as she delves deeper to clear Aaron's name, she discovers secrets that put her own life in danger …

— Plain Murder by Emma Miller

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Review: The Company She Kept by Archer Mayor

A Mysterious Review of The Company She Kept by Archer Mayor. A Joe Gunther Mystery.

Review summary: The series lead is an engaging character, well-defined and approachable to new readers and comfortably familiar to fans of the series, which seems to improve with every outing. With a strongly developed and compelling storyline, this very intriguing mystery is highly recommended. (Click here for text of full review.)

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The Company She Kept
Archer Mayor
A Joe Gunther Mystery
Minotaur Books (September 2015)

Publisher synopsis: During the height of a harsh Vermont winter, the body of a woman is found hanging from the steel-mesh retaining net lining the cliffs along the interstate. She was brutally murdered, with the word "dyke" carved into her chest. She was also a state senator and best friend and ally of the current governor, Gail Zigman. At Zigman's personal request, Joe Gunther and his Vermont Bureau of Investigation team agree to help the Vermont State Police in their investigation before the victim's high profile and powerful friends create the inevitable publicity maelstrom.

Raffner was indeed a lesbian, and the word carved into her chest might be evidence of a hate crime, or it might be a feint designed to confuse and mislead investigators. But the question remains-what was she involved with, who wanted her dead, and what company was she keeping? What Gunther and his team discover during their initial investigation isn't the stuff of a simple murder. Someone killed a prominent figure and fabricated an elaborate scene for a purpose.

And this might only be the beginning...

The Bishop's Wife, A Linda Wallheim Mystery by Mette Ivie Harrison, Now Available at a Special Price

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The Bishop's Wife by Mette Ivie Harrison

A Linda Wallheim Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Soho Crime

Price: $1.99 (as of 11/03/2015 at 7:00 PM ET).

  

Linda Wallheim is a devout Mormon, the mother of five boys and the wife of a bishop. But Linda is increasingly troubled by her church's structure and secrecy, especially as a disturbing situation takes shape in her ward. One cold winter night, a young wife and mother named Carrie Helm disappears, leaving behind everything she owns. Carrie's husband, Jared, claims his wife has always been unstable and that she has abandoned the family, but Linda doesn't trust him. As Linda snoops in the Helm family's circumstances, she becomes convinced that Jared has murdered his wife and painted himself as a wronged husband.

Linda's husband asks her not to get involved in the unfolding family saga. But Linda has become obsessed with Carrie's fate, and with the well-being of her vulnerable young daughter. She cannot let the matter rest until she finds out the truth. Is she wrong to go against her husband, the bishop, when her inner convictions are so strong?

— The Bishop's Wife by Mette Ivie Harrison

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New This Week: Murder at Peacock Mansion, A Blue Plate Café Mystery by Judy Alter

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Murder at Peacock Mansion by Judy Alter

A Blue Plate Café Mystery (3rd in series)

Publisher: Alter Ego Publishing

Price: $4.99 (as of 11/03/2015 at 6:30 PM ET).

  

Torn between trying to save David Clinkscales, her old boss and new lover, and curiosity about Edith Aldridge's story of an attempt on her life, Kate has to remind herself she has a café to run. She nurses a morose David, whose spirit has been hurt as badly as his body, and tries to placate Mrs. Aldridge, who was once accused of murdering her husband but acquitted. One by one, Mrs. Aldridge's stepchildren enter the picture. Is it coincidence that David is Edith Aldridge's lawyer? Or that she seems to rely heavily on the private investigator David hires?

First the peacocks die … and then the people. Everyone is in danger, and no one knows who to suspect.

— Murder at Peacock Mansion by Judy Alter

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Blood, Bullets and Blue Stratos, A Life of Mars Novel by Tom Graham, Now Available at a Special Price

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Blood, Bullets and Blue Stratos by Tom Graham

A Life of Mars Novel (1st in series)

Publisher: Harper

Price: $1.99 (as of 11/03/2015 at 6:00 PM ET).

  

"If you think I'm gonna stand here listening to yet more of your Mary, Mungo and Midge about waiting for back-up, you're even dopier than the front of your head suggests, Tyler. I'm going right up them stairs to nail me a villain — and that, Sammy-boy, is called law enforcement!"

When detective Sam Tyler was catapulted into the alien world of 1973, he found a world where men swigged scotch before breakfast. But when Sam finally got home, he realised he'd left his heart back in the seventies amongst the fly-wing collars and pints of Skol. He missed Annie Cartwright, the woman he had fallen in love with, and perhaps — just perhaps — he even missed The Guv, that nicotine-stained, sexist, homophobic caveman who was his DCI.

Now Sam is back in '73 for good, but is this the greatest mistake he's ever made? As Sam deals with what appears to be an IRA bombing campaign, and clashes with the irrepressible Gene Hunt, the creepy little girl from the TV test card keeps warning him, "you should never have come back here, Sam … you'll see … you'll see … "

— Blood, Bullets and Blue Stratos by Tom Graham

All four ebook originals in the Life on Mars Series are available for $2.99 or less each on Kindle.

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New This Week: A Dickens of a Murder, A Canterville Book Shop Mystery by Joyce and Jim Lavene

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A Dickens of a Murder by Joyce and Jim Lavene

A Canterville Book Shop Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: J. Lavene

Price: $4.99 (as of 11/03/2015 at 5:30 PM ET).

  

Christmas at Canterville!

Lisa Wellman and Simon Canterville are surprised to find a dead man on their roof in the midst of rushing to open the Canterville Book Shop in time for the holidays. And not just any dead man — Ebenezer Hart — the man who opposed the book shop opening in Olde Town, Portsmouth, Virginia.

What might be more surprising is when Daniel Fairhaven — Lisa's ex — turns up at the door of the three-story Victorian house to head the police investigation. She hasn't seen him in years but the sparks start to fly as soon as they are in the same room together.

Simon and Lisa are obviously the best suspects for the murder. Each of them had something to gain by Hart's death. Then an attempt on Simon's life throws that theory into a tailspin.

But the biggest surprise yet comes when the ghost of Charles Dickens turns up to help Lisa with the murder investigation — and writing the mystery novel she has been working on for years.

Without a doubt, Daniel and Dickens in Lisa's life means trouble. And there's still the matter of trying to get the book shop open with a killer on their heels.

— A Dickens of a Murder by Joyce and Jim Lavene

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Blood of the Wicked, A Chief Inspector Mario Silva Investigation by Leighton Gage, Now Available at a Special Price

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Blood of the Wicked by Leighton Gage

A Chief Inspector Mario Silva Investigation (1st in series)

Publisher: Soho Crime

Price: $1.99 (as of 11/03/2015 at 5:00 PM ET).

  

Chief Inspector Mario Silva of Brazil's Federal Police is a good cop in a bad system — Brazil's justice system is rife with corruption, and constantly a beat behind criminal elements. But Silva and his team of colorful sidekicks — baby-faced Gonçalves, who is irresistible to lady witnesses; chubby, crass Nuñes; Mara Carta, the chief of intelligence with a soft spot for Mario — crack their difficult and sometimes ugly cases with pizazz.

In the interior of Brazil, landless workers battle the owners of vast fazendas. When a visiting archbishop is assassinated, Mario Silva is called upon to investigate. Then a newspaper owner, a TV journalist, a landowner's son, and a priest are brutally killed. In a country where dead street kids are known as "hams," justice is scarce.

— Blood of the Wicked by Leighton Gage

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New This Week: The Midnight Watch, A SIGMA Force Short Story by James Rollins

In this lightning-paced short story set in the universe of the SIGMA Force, a major attack on U.S. soil can only be stopped by … the Midnight Watch …

The Midnight Watch by James Rollins

A SIGMA Force Short Story

Publisher: Morrow Impulse

Price: 99¢ (as of 11/03/2015 at 4:30 PM ET).

  

In the dead of night, a faceless enemy hacks into the Smithsonian Institution's network of servers, but it is only the first strike masking a larger attack. To rescue a biologist trapped in the National Museum of Natural History and to discover the true intent behind an assault that grows bolder and bloodier by the minute, Sigma Force must unleash its most headstrong operative — Joe Kowalski — to do what he does best: lay waste to anything between him and his goal.

From a daring rescue to a cross-city chase like no other, Kowalski will discover the shocking truth hidden in the most unexpected of places: the heart of the National Zoo.

— The Midnight Watch by James Rollins

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Murder on Edisto, The Edisto Island Mysteries by C. Hope Clark, Now Available at a Special Price

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Murder on Edisto by C. Hope Clark

The Edisto Island Mysteries (1st in series)

Publisher: Bell Bridge Books

Price: $1.99 (as of 11/03/2015 at 4:00 PM ET).

  

A big city detective. A lowcountry murder.

Peace, safety, a place to grieve and heal. After her husband is murdered by the Russian mob, Boston detective Callie Jean Morgan comes home to her family's cottage in South Carolina. There, she can keep their teenage son, Jeb, away from further threats.

But the day they arrive in Edisto Beach, Callie finds her childhood mentor and elderly neighbor murdered. Taunted by the killer, who repeatedly violates her home and threatens others in the community, Callie finds her new sanctuary has become her old nightmare. Despite warnings from the town's handsome police chief, Callie plunges back into detective work, pursuing a sinister stranger who may have ties to her past. He's turning a quiet paradise into a paranoid patch of sand where nobody's safe. She'll do whatever it takes to stop him.

— Murder on Edisto by C. Hope Clark

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No Good Deed by Allison Brennan, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during November 2015

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during November 2015 …

No Good Deed by Allison Brennan, A Lucy Kincaid Mystery (10th in series)

Publisher: Minotaur Books

  

Lucy Kincaid understands the dangers of corruption. As an FBI agent, she has witnessed some very bad deeds committed by seemingly good people. That's why she's glad to see corrupt DEA Agent Nicole Rollins behind bars for murder, conspiracy, and gunrunning. But when Rollins makes a daring escape-jeopardizing a busload of children and killing five officers-Lucy becomes the key to the biggest manhunt in Texas history … and the target of a brilliant killer.

Some believe Rollins has fled the country. But Lucy suspects her plan is far more sinister-a taunting game of cat and mouse that hits much closer to home. First, an FBI agent with a connection to Texas is killed in Washington. Then, Kane Rogan disappears on a mission. When Rollins ups the ante again, Lucy is determined to save the people she loves-before her enemy strikes again. Time is running out. The body count is rising. Rollins wants more than revenge-she wants to destroy everything Lucy holds dear …

— No Good Deed by Allison Brennan

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Terminal Freeze, A Novel of Suspense by Lincoln Child, Now Available at a Special Price

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Terminal Freeze by Lincoln Child

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Anchor

Price: $1.99 (as of 11/03/2015 at 3:00 PM ET).

  

A breathtaking discovery at the top of the world … A terrifying collision of modern science and Native American legend …

Alaska's Federal Wildlife Zone is one of the most dangerous and inhospitable places on Earth. For paleoecologist Evan Marshall, an expedition to the Zone offers an once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to study the mounting effects of climate change. But once there Marshall and his intrepid team make an astonishing discovery: an enormous prehistoric animal encased in solid ice. Despite repeated warnings from the local village, and the Marshall's own mounting concern, the expedition sponsors want the creature cut from the ice, thawed, and revealed on a live television spectacular …

But then the creature disappears and an ancient horror is unleashed.

— Terminal Freeze by Lincoln Child

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The Crossing by Michael Connelly, New in Bookstores during November 2015

Today's featured new hardcover mystery, suspense, or thriller title scheduled to be published during November 2015 is …

The Crossing by Michael Connelly, a Harry Bosch Mystery (20th in series)

Publisher: Little, Brown

    

Detective Harry Bosch has retired from the LAPD, but his half-brother, defense attorney Mickey Haller, needs his help. A woman has been brutally murdered in her bed and all evidence points to Haller's client, a former gang member turned family man. Though the murder rap seems ironclad, Mickey is sure it's a setup.

Bosch doesn't want anything to do with crossing the aisle to work for the defense. He feels it will undo all the good he's done in his thirty years as a homicide cop. But Mickey promises to let the chips fall where they may. If Harry proves that his client did it, under the rules of discovery, they are obliged to turn over the evidence to the prosecution.

Though it goes against all his instincts, Bosch reluctantly takes the case. The prosecution's file just has too many holes and he has to find out for himself: if Haller's client didn't do it, then who did? With the secret help of his former LAPD partner Lucy Soto, Harry starts digging. Soon his investigation leads him inside the police department, where he realizes that the killer he's been tracking has also been tracking him.

— The Crossing by Michael Connelly

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Plot Boiler by Ali Brandon, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during November 2015

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during November 2015 …

Plot Boiler by Ali Brandon, A Darla Pettistone, Black Cat Bookshop Mystery (5th in series)

Publisher: Berkley

  

Pettistone's Fine Books, where the silence of Hamlet the cat speaks volumes about two mysterious deaths …

It's almost Fourth of July, and to boost customer traffic in their Brooklyn neighborhood, bookseller Darla Pettistone decides to throw a block party. All the local shop owners are thrilled — except the proprietor of Perky's Coffee Shop, who thinks Darla is trying to poach his customers by selling her own caffeinated brew in her new bookshop café.

But when Hamlet comes upon the owner's not-so-perky wife, it's clear a killer has crashed the party. And when a second local business owner shuffles off this mortal coil — as Hamlet's namesake would say — Darla and her curious cat must perform some fancy footwork to shine a spotlight on a secret worth killing for …

— Plot Boiler by Ali Brandon

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If Walls Could Talk, A Melanie Turner, Haunted Home Renovation Mystery by Juliet Blackwell, Now Available at a Special Price

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If Walls Could Talk by Juliet Blackwell

A Melanie Turner, Haunted Home Renovation Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: NAL

Price: $1.99 (as of 11/03/2015 at 1:00 PM ET).

  

Melanie Turner has made quite a name for herself remodeling historic houses in the San Francisco Bay Area. But now her reputation may be on the line.

At her newest project, a run-down Pacific Heights mansion, Mel is visited by the ghost of a colleague who recently met a bad end with power tools. Mel hopes that by nailing the killer, she can rid herself of the ghostly presence of the murdered man-and not end up a construction casualty herself …

— If Walls Could Talk by Juliet Blackwell

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Cardiac Arrest, A Ladies Smythe & Westin Mystery by Lisa Q. Mathews, New This Week from Carina Press

Carina Press is a digital-first imprint from Harlequin, publishing books in an interesting and diverse selection of genres including contemporary romance, steampunk, gay/lesbian fiction, science-fiction, fantasy, and — but of course — mystery and suspense.

We've selected one of their recently published titles to feature here today …

Cardiac Arrest by Lisa Q. Mathews

A Ladies Smythe & Westin Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Carina Press

Price: $3.99 (as of 11/03/2015 at 12:30 PM ET).

  

When a man falls at your feet, you'd better hope he's not dead …

Twentysomething party girl Summer Smythe is starting over in the unlikeliest of places: Hibiscus Pointe, a kitschy retirement community in upscale Milano, Florida. Her new gig? Working for Dr. A, Milano's much-loved cardiologist. But being in over her head is the least of Summer's worries when her new boss drops dead … right in front of her.

Longtime resident Dorothy Westin prefers to mind her own business. But when the young blonde already causing ripples throughout Hibiscus Pointe becomes a person of interest in Dr. A's murder, Dorothy springs into action. Not only because the real killer is still on the loose, but because there's simply no way her clueless-but-kind new friend could have poisoned someone.

Dorothy and Summer soon discover that despite his chosen specialty, Dr. A had quite a reputation for breaking hearts. And if the Ladies Smythe and Westin don't identify the guilty party fast, Summer will end up in handcuffs … and Dorothy in a body bag.

— Cardiac Arrest by Lisa Q. Mathews

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