Red Line, A Matt Sinclair Mystery by Brian Thiem, Now Available at a Special Price

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Red Line by Brian Thiem

A Matt Sinclair Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Crooked Lane Books

Price: $1.99 (as of 08/11/2016 at 8:00 PM ET).

  

When a teenager from a wealthy suburb outside of Oakland, CA is dumped at an inner city bus stop, homicide detective Matt Sinclair catches the case. It's his first since being bumped to desk duty for a bust that went south … fast. With few leads and plenty of attention, it's the worst kind of case to help him get back up to speed.

And it only gets worse as the bodies start to pile up — first at the same bus bench, then around the city. Sinclair is unable to link the victims to each other, and the killer is just getting started. Time is running out on Sinclair's career, not to mention the people closest to him.

— Red Line by Brian Thiem

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Review: The Hemingway Thief by Shaun Harris

A Mysterious Review of The Hemingway Thief by Shaun Harris. A Coop Cooper and Grady Doyle Mystery.

Review summary: This is a terrific mystery with lots of laughs. In addition to the two lead characters, there are quite a few others to deal with, some for only a short period of time as they come on stage to advance the story and then move off, but all are entertaining. This fast moving, really quite delightful read is highly recommended. (Click here for text of full review.)

Our rating:

The Hemingway Thief
Shaun Harris
A Coop Cooper and Grady Doyle Mystery
Seventh Street Books (July 2016)

Publisher synopsis: Novelist Henry "Coop" Cooper is contemplating a new book between sipping rum and lounging on a Baja beach with hotel owner Grady Doyle. When Grady tries to save a drunk from two thugs, Coop tags along for the sake of a good story. The drunk is Ebbie Milch, a small-time thief on the run in Mexico because he has stolen the never-before-seen first draft of Ernest Hemingway's A Moveable Feast from a wealthy rare book dealer.

The stolen manuscript is more than just a rare piece of literary history. It reveals clues to an even bigger prize: the location of a suitcase the young, unpublished Hemingway lost in Paris in 1922. A year's worth of his stories had vanished, never to be seen again. Until now.

But Coop and Grady aren't the only ones with their eyes on this elusive literary prize, and what starts as a hunt for a legendary writer's lost works becomes a deadly adventure. For Coop this story could become the book of a lifetime … if he lives long enough to write it.

Forget Me Knot, A Quilting Mystery by Mary Marks, Now Available at a Special Price

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Forget Me Knot by Mary Marks

A Quilting Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Kensington

Price: $1.99 (as of 08/11/2016 at 7:00 PM ET).

  

Welcome to San Fernando Valley, California, where Martha Rose and her coterie of quilters are enjoying life on the good side of retirement — until murder pulls a stitch out of their plans …

Martha and her besties Lucy and Birdie are set to expand their Quilty Tuesdays by inviting newcomer Claire Terry into their group. Though at forty Claire's a tad younger than their average age, her crafty reputation could perk up their patchwork proceedings, especially as they prepare for the fancy quilt show coming to town.

But when they arrive at Claire's home and find her dead inside the front door, and her exquisite, prize-winning quilts soon missing, Martha is not one to leave a mystery unraveled. Especially if she wants to stop a killer from establishing a deadly pattern …

— Forget Me Knot by Mary Marks

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New This Week: Digging for Dirt, A Heavenly Highland Inn Cozy Mystery by Cindy Bell

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Digging for Dirt by Cindy Bell

A Heavenly Highland Inn Cozy Mystery (9th in series)

Publisher: Cindy Bell

Price: 99¢ (as of 08/11/2016 at 6:30 PM ET).

  

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Vicky is happily married to her new husband, Detective Mitchell Slate. She is easily settling into married life with her handsome hubby and running the inn with her sister, Sarah and her Aunt Ida. What she doesn't expect is a flooded banquet hall and two of their high-profile guests, a candidate for governor and a gossip columnist, turning out to be enemies.

But things go from bad to worse when a guest is found murdered. When it looks like someone who works at the inn is being framed for the murder, Vicky and Aunt Ida are on a mission to find the real murderer. But their investigation takes them down a path they do not want to travel.

Will Aunt Ida land in serious danger because she trusts the wrong person? Will Vicky find the murderer before there is another victim?

— Digging for Dirt by Cindy Bell

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Ghost Dog, An Alice MacDonald Greer Mystery by Helen Curtis Foster, Now Available at a Special Price

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Ghost Dog by Helen Curtis Foster

An Alice MacDonald Greer Mystery

Publisher: Helen Curtis Foster

Price: $2.99 (as of 08/11/2016 at 6:00 PM ET).

  

The body of folk icon Annie Temple is discovered just before a concert at the chic recording studio and retreat of Twin Springs, and police suspect a young singer-songwriter, Tessa McElroy, of the murder. It seems that Annie recorded a commercial using Tessa's signature song without her permission. But Alice has concerns about the business practices of the recording studio — and owner Ray Gimble's strange obsession with killing an engaging stray dog.

Alice is also hired to help a local rancher deal with the abandoned belongings of Blanton Geddes, the fabled bad-boy singer known for sporadically disappearing — except this time, he's left behind not only his truck but also an unpublished novel and recordings of a new song cycle.

— Ghost Dog by Helen Curtis Foster

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New This Week: Outside the Lines, A Forensic Handwriting Mystery by Sheila Lowe

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Outside the Lines by Sheila Lowe

A Forensic Handwriting Mystery (6th in series)

Publisher: Suspense Publishing

Price: $3.99 (as of 08/11/2016 at 5:30 PM ET).

  

See all six mysteries in the popular Forensic Handwriting Series for $3.99 each on Kindle.

What should have been a routine afternoon on the witness stand for Forensic Handwriting Expert Claudia Rose turns into a shocking assault that leaves her bruised and bloodied. Following on the heels of a series of other traumatic events, the attack sends Claudia to the brink of a breakdown.

Her fiancé, L.A.P.D. Homicide Detective Joel Jovanic, learns of the attack while leading a homicide investigation into a mailbox bomb. An innocent housekeeper in the tony Venice neighborhood is dead and the homeowner is the CEO of a major pesticide-producing corporation that has been targeted in the past. When a notebook found in a geocache near the crime scene leads to the protest group People for Safe Food, Jovanic needs Claudia to identify the handwriting of a suspected eco-terrorist.

Though she may have recovered physically from the assault, weeks later Claudia's fears continue to plague her. Desperate to get away, she accepts an invitation to lecture in the UK, but her trip turns into a nightmare when she runs afoul of both the FBI and New Scotland Yard. Jovanic's homicide case has followed her to London where she finds herself unexpectedly allied with the chief suspect.

— Outside the Lines by Sheila Lowe

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Pipsqueak, A Comic Mystery by Brian M. Wiprud, Now Available at a Special Price

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Pipsqueak by Brian M. Wiprud

A Comic Mystery

Publisher: Dell

Price: $1.99 (as of 08/11/2016 at 5:00 PM ET).

  

New York City taxidermy collector Garth Carson was seconds away from snagging the greatest find of his career — the original Pipsqueak the Nutty Nut, stuffed-squirrel puppet star of his favorite 1950s kiddie TV show — until a biker, a brawny redhead, and a murder derailed his dreams and stole his squirrel. Now Garth would do anything to get Pipsqueak back. Unfortunately, so would someone else.

When Garth and his gal, Angie, two of New York's most unlikely sleuths, enter a wacky, rollicking underworld of club-goers, jive cult members, and at least one very violent Pipsqueak aficionado, Garth's black-sheep crime-prone brother joins the fray, sure that there's more to this squirrel than old fur and a pair of glass eyes. Suddenly Garth is starting to get a clue: The puppet star of one old-time TV show is leading him straight into the heart of a loopy cult, a retro rage, and a diabolical conspiracy to first control Pipsqueak — then the world.

— Pipsqueak by Brian M. Wiprud

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New This Week: Whatever You Need, A Castaletta Syndicate Novel by Ali Parker

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Whatever You Need by Ali Parker

A Castaletta Syndicate Novel (2nd in series)

Publisher: BrixBaxter Publishing

Price: $2.99 (as of 08/11/2016 at 4:30 PM ET).

  

See also the first book in this series, Take Me Higher, which is currently FREE!

Just because you're family doesn't mean you're safe …

The search for Vivian's killer continues, and the more Izabella digs into the darkness, the closer she comes to her brother Freddy.

The syndicate is being held together by a string as Demetri works to get the narcotics ring covered with some help from a couple down in New Orleans who come highly recommended.

Just as things start to calm a little, the violence within the prostitution rings turns deadly.

Someone is targeting the girls and picking them off one-by-one. But who?

— Whatever You Need by Ali Parker

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Homicide in High Heels, A Maddie Springer, High Heels Mystery by Gemma Halliday, Now Available at a Special Price

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Homicide in High Heels by Gemma Halliday

A Maddie Springer, High Heels Mystery (8th in series)

Publisher: Gemma Halliday Publishing

Price: 99¢ (as of 08/11/2016 at 4:00 PM ET).

  

It's springtime in California! The flowers are in bloom, the fashion week runways are fierce, and fans of America's favorite pastime are filling the baseball stadiums to root for their favorite team. But when the girlfriend of the L.A. Stars rookie MVP winds up dead at a chic Beverly Hills salon, it's suddenly up to fashion designer Maddie Springer to track down the "Tanning Salon Killer."

Armed with the help of her wacky cast of friends and family, Maddie finds herself with a list of suspects that includes the cast of the reality TV show Baseball Wives, a desperate blackmail victim, and an entire baseball team! If Maddie can brave the hot dogs and cat fights, she just might be able to catch a killer … before he strikes again!

— Homicide in High Heels by Gemma Halliday

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When Death Draws Near by Carrie Stuart Parks, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during August 2016

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during August 2016 …

When Death Draws Near by Carrie Stuart Parks, A Gwen Marcey Mystery (3rd in series)

Publisher: Thomas Nelson

  

Gwen Marcey takes death in stride. Until she's faced with her own mortality …

Forensic artist Gwen Marcey is between jobs when she accepts temporary work in Pikeville, Kentucky — a small town facing big-city crime. But before Gwen can finish her first drawing of the serial rapist who is on the loose, the latest witness vanishes. Just like all the others.

Gwen suspects a connection between the rapist and the "accidental" deaths that are happening around town, but the local sheriff has little interest in her theories. When her digitally-obsessed teenage daughter joins her, Gwen turns her attention to a second assignment: going undercover in a serpent-handling church. She could get a handsome reward for uncovering illegal activity — a reward she desperately needs, as it seems her breast cancer has returned. But snakes aren't the only ones ready to kill. Can Gwen uncover the truth — and convince anyone to believe her — before she becomes a victim herself?

— When Death Draws Near by Carrie Stuart Parks

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Murder at the Brightwell, An Amory Ames Mystery by Ashley Weaver, Now Available at a Special Price

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Murder at the Brightwell by Ashley Weaver

An Amory Ames Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Minotaur Books

Price: $2.99 (as of 08/11/2016 at 3:00 PM ET).

  

Amory Ames is a wealthy young woman who regrets her marriage to her notoriously charming playboy husband, Milo. Looking for a change, she accepts a request for help from her former fiancé, Gil Trent, not knowing that she'll soon become embroiled in a murder investigation that will test not only her friendship with Gil, but will upset the status quo with her husband.

Amory accompanies Gil to the Brightwell Hotel in an attempt to circumvent the marriage of his sister, Emmeline, to Rupert Howe, a disreputable ladies' man. Amory sees in the situation a grim reflection of her own floundering marriage. There is more than her happiness at stake, however, when Rupert is murdered and Gil is arrested for the crime. Amory is determined to prove his innocence and find the real killer, despite attempted dissuasion from the disapproving police inspector on the case. Matters are further complicated by Milo's unexpected arrival, and the two form an uneasy alliance as Amory enlists his reluctant aid in clearing Gil's name. As the stakes grow higher and the line between friend and foe becomes less clear, Amory must decide where her heart lies and catch the killer before she, too, becomes a victim.

— Murder at the Brightwell by Ashley Weaver

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The Widower's Wife by Cate Holahan, New in Bookstores during August 2016

Today's featured new hardcover mystery, suspense, or thriller title scheduled to be published during August 2016 is …

The Widower's Wife by Cate Holahan, Non-Series

Publisher: Crooked Lane Books

 

Ana Bacon, a beautiful young wife and mother, tumbled off a cruise ship into dark and deadly waters. Ana is gone — leaving behind her wealthy husband and adorable daughter — but not everything about her disappearance adds up. What secrets did she leave behind?

Investigator Ryan Monahan is a numbers man. So when his company sends him the Bacon case, which could net a ten-million-dollar payout, Monahan doubts that her death is just a tragic accident. But the husband has a substantial alibi and a number of witnesses claim to have seen Ana fall, and the official ruling seems to hold up.

Still, the more Monahan uncovers about Ana's life, the more he realizes how many people would kill to keep her secrets hidden. And the closer he gets to the truth, the greater the odds grow that he, too, will take a fatal fall.

— The Widower's Wife by Cate Holahan

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Adam's Rib by Antonio Manzini, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during August 2016

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during August 2016 …

Adam's Rib by Antonio Manzini, A Rocco Schiavone Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: Harper

  

Six months after being exiled from his beloved Rome, Deputy Police Chief Rocco Schiavone has settled into a routine in the cold, quiet, chronically backward alpine town of Aosta: an espresso at home, breakfast in the piazza, and a morning joint in his office.

A little self-medication helps Rocco deal with the morons that almost exclusively comprise the local force. Especially on a day like today. It's his girlfriend's birthday (if you could call her that; in his mind, Rocco's only faithful to his late wife), he has no gift — and he's about to stumble upon a corpse.

It begins when a maid reports a burglary in Aosta. But there's no sign of forced entry, and after Rocco picks the lock, he notices something off about the carefully ransacked rooms. That's when he finds the body: a woman, the maid's employer, left hanging after a grisly suicide. Or is it? Rocco's intuition tells him the scene has been staged. In other words, it's murder — a pain in the ass of the highest order.

— Adam's Rib by Antonio Manzini

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Killing Orders, A V. I.. Warshawski Mystery by Sara Paretsky, Now Available at a Special Price

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Killing Orders by Sara Paretsky

A V. I.. Warshawski Mystery (3rd in series)

Publisher: William Morrow

Price: 99¢ (as of 08/11/2016 at 1:00 PM ET).

  

V.I.'s battleaxe Aunt Rosa is under investigation by the FBI and SEC after counterfeit stock certificates were found at St. Albert's Priory, where she serves as treasurer. As malicious as her aunt is, V.I. knows she's not dishonest, so V.I. vows to protect her from taking the fall. But V.I. starts questioning the strength of her family ties when a menacing voice on the phone threatens to throw acid into her eyes if she doesn't butt out.

The stakes are high as she begins to sniff out a connection between Chicago's most powerful institutions: the Church and the Mob.

— Killing Orders by Sara Paretsky

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New This Week: Disillusioned, A Novel of Suspense by Christy Barritt

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Disillusioned by Christy Barritt

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Waterfall Press

Price: $3.99 (as of 08/11/2016 at 12:30 PM ET).

  

See also the author's highly reviewed novel of suspense Dubiosity for $3.99 on Kindle.

Nikki Wright is desperate to help her brother, Bobby, who hasn't been the same since escaping from a detainment camp run by terrorists in Colombia. Rumor has it that he betrayed his navy brothers and conspired with those who held him hostage, and both the press and the military are hounding him for answers. All Nikki wants is to shield her brother so he has time to recover and heal.

But soon they realize the paparazzi are the least of their worries. When a group of men try to abduct Nikki and her brother, Bobby insists that Kade Wheaton, another former SEAL, can keep them out of harm's way. But can Nikki trust Kade? After all, the man who broke her heart eight years ago is anything but safe …

Hiding out in a farmhouse on the Chesapeake Bay, Nikki finds her loyalties — and the remnants of her long-held faith — tested as she and Kade put aside their differences to keep Bobby's increasingly erratic behavior under wraps. But when Bobby disappears, Nikki will have to trust Kade completely if she wants to uncover the truth about a rumored conspiracy. Nikki's life — and the fate of the nation — depends on it.

— Disillusioned by Christy Barritt

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