Storm Warning by Kenneth Hoss is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Storm Warning by Kenneth Hoss as today's second free mystery ebook.

This title was listed as free as of the date and time of this post. 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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Storm Warning
Kenneth Hoss
A Kelli Storm Mystery
Publisher: CreateSpace

When her new partner is shot during a botched robbery, Detective Kelli Storm never expected that the trail of the shooter would lead her to Colombian drug lord Miguel Garcia; the man who's cousin she had killed months earlier, and had made numerous attempts on her life. A man she had believed to be dead.

Detectives Kelli Storm and Eric Ryder follow the bloody trail of a notorious drug kingpin from the streets of Washington Heights, New York and south to Medellin, Colombia.

When the suspect in her partner's shooting is killed while in custody, the man makes a startling deathbed confession. With this revelation, Kelli finds herself unwillingly thrown back into the world of the drug cartels. With the aid of DEA Special Agent Gregory Larsen and Narcotics Detective Javier Vasquez, Kelli works to stop the Cartel's operations in the city, and bring down the notorious drug lord.

  

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The Beekeeper by Juliet Moore is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Beekeeper by Juliet Moore as today's free mystery ebook.

This title was listed as free as of the date and time of this post. 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 Beekeeper
Juliet Moore
An Elizabeth Stratton Mystery
Publisher: Juliet Moore

Miami homicide detective Elizabeth Stratton knows she's lucky to still have a job, but she's tired of only getting the easy cases. She'll never be able to regain the respect of her colleagues without a chance to prove she's no longer an anxious mess who shoots at anything that moves.

Her opportunity comes during a routine check at a near-abandoned hotel. While trying to save the living, she finds the dead. In the midst of a bee infestation is the body of a young woman, her mouth filled with honey.

Elizabeth is grudgingly allowed to keep the case, which rapidly becomes compelling when the honey is found to be poisonous and the bees follow her home.

But just when she's closing in on the killer, he targets her new friend and Elizabeth must brave the high winds of a category four hurricane to save her.

  

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Take Our Poll: Full or Abbreviated RSS Feed for Omnimystery News

We are planning on making some (minor and mostly behind-the-scenes) changes to our blog come 2013, but one change we're considering may not be so minor.

Over the past few years we've expanded the reach of Omnimystery News into almost all areas of mystery-related or -themed entertainment. As a result, we now average more than ten posts a day, and see that only growing in number in the future. We syndicate our blog via RSS and have thousands of subscribers, for which we are very grateful.

RSS syndication takes two general forms: a summary of our day's posts e-mailed to you overnight; and posts when they are published available within an RSS reader. Both are currently sent as "full", meaning you see everything in the post as it is published. However, we have the option to send abbreviated content, just the first 400 characters or so, unformatted and without images, with the option to click over to the post itself if you're interested in reading more.

Right now we're sending "full" posts via RSS. But we think it might be beneficial, and possibly preferable, to our subscribers to send "abbreviated" posts.

(If you're one of our Twitter followers, you already get a very abbreviated version of our post, just the title as a tweet. That will not change.)

We don't want to make any major changes without your input, so we've placed a poll on our blog's sidebar, asking you to vote for what you would like us to do: Retain the current "full" format in our RSS feeds, or switch over to an "abbreviated" format. You can also vote as having "No opinion".

We would sincerely appreciate if you would take the time to register your vote on how you would like to receive our RSS feed in the future. We will definitely take into consideration your input when we make our decision. In the meantime, we thank you so very much for reading Omnimystery News and for being a subscriber to our RSS feed.

Review: Death as a Fine Art by Gwendolyn Southin

A Mysterious Review of …

Death as a Fine Art by Gwendolyn Southin. A Margaret Spencer Mystery.

Review summary: This is an entertaining mystery, centered on the strong, compassionate character of a female private investigator in 1960s Vancouver. There's a nice balance of her professional investigation into a suicide that wasn't, and a personal subplot involving her daughter's upcoming wedding. (Click here for text of full review.)

Our rating:

Death as a Fine Art
Gwendolyn Southin
A Margaret Spencer Mystery
TouchWood Editions (September 2012)

Publisher synopsis: Journey into the fashionable art world of 1960s Vancouver as Margaret Spencer and Nat Southby return in Death as a Fine Art, the fifth book in the Margaret Spencer mystery series. The owner of the Silver Unicorn Art Gallery is dead, and Southby and Spencer, Private Investigators are back at work in search of the killer. With plenty of suspects and twists and turns along the way, Maggie and Nat have their work cut out for them.

The cast of memorable characters are no match for the investigators. Maggie trusts her instincts as they take her from the streets of Vancouver to Victoria, Galiano Island, and Mission. Meanwhile, her estranged husband continues his efforts to win her back, but even with plans for her daughter's wedding taking up all her spare time, Maggie knows there is no returning to her old life.

      

Telemystery: NBC to Air Mockingbird Lane Pilot as Halloween Special

Just about a year ago NBC ordered a pilot for a remake — or reimagining — of the 1960s CBS comedy The Munsters. Titled Mockingbird Lane, the series was intended to explore the origin and early days of the family.

The network has elected not to move forward with a series order, but has decided to repurpose the already produced pilot, airing it as a Halloween special on Friday, October 26th.

Watch a preview for the episode below.

Today's Bestselling Free Kindle MystereBooks (121013)

Here is today's list of the Bestselling Free Kindle Crime Fiction: the top nine mysteries, novels of suspense, and thrillers.

We're using a script to embed an RSS feed from Amazon.com, which is updated hourly, but if you cannot see the box below — or have scripts blocked — you can click on the image to the right or use this link to see the relevant page on Amazon.com, which includes a list of both the Top 100 Paid and Top 100 Free Kindle Mysteries and Thrillers.

MystereBooks: This Week's Update of Kindle Crime Fiction Priced $2.99 or Less (121013)

Every month Amazon publishes a list of 100 Kindle books priced $3.99 or less. We thought we'd take that idea and improve on it, publishing a list of 100 Kindle mystery books priced $2.99 or less and updating it every week!

Here is our general criteria for selecting titles to include: books from major or specialty publishers of crime fiction and those written by authors familiar to us. There are far more than 100 to choose from, so we use our best judgment to narrow it down.

And just a reminder … as we add new titles, older ones are removed from the list. These books aren't likely to be repeated, so we encourage you to check in frequently!

Just a couple of notes before we get to today's list …

• Bloomsbury has discounted the first three mysteries by H. R. F. Keating. The covers aren't much to look at, but the books are terrific.

• Poisoned Pen Press probably has the largest selection of mysteries priced $2.99 or less, but since many of them were discounted earlier this year, they don't appear on our list. (Our "oldest" title is from mid-August.) If you haven't read any of their authors, we encourage you to do so.

And now on to our update! Below are listed the new $2.99 or less titles we added today; click on the cover or title for more information or to purchase the Kindle edition.

Important Note: Prices can and do change without prior notice! We strongly urge you to confirm the price of the book before completing your purchase. The price displayed on the vendor website at the time of purchase is the price of the book.

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Stakeout at the Vampire Circus by Kevin J. Anderson. A Dan Shamble, Zombie PI Mystery (2nd). This is a pre-order title.

Kill Two Birds and Get Stoned by Kinky Friedman.

The Assassin Trilogy by Derek Haas.

Zen There was Murder by H. R. F. Keating.

Death and the Visiting Fireman by H. R. F. Keating.

Murder Must Appetize by H. R. F. Keating.

Shatter by Michael Robotham. A Joe O'Loughlin Mystery (3rd).

Frostline by Justin Scott. A Ben Abbott Mystery (3rd).

Deal to Die For by Les Standiford. A John Deal Mystery (3rd).

Live to Tell by Wendy Corsi Staub.

Deadly Perfume by Gordon Thomas. A David Morton Mystery.

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Key Lime Blues by Mike Jastrzebski is Today's Third Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Key Lime Blues by Mike Jastrzebski as today's third free mystery ebook.

This title was listed as free as of the date and time of this post. 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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Key Lime Blues
Mike Jastrzebski
A Wes Darling Mystery
Publisher: CreateSpace

For some people working in the family business means suits, power lunches, and afternoon meetings. For Wes Darling it was guns, lies, and dead bodies.

The Darling Detective Agency was founded in 1876 by Aaron "Dusty" Darling. Now Wes's chain smoking, stressed out mother is grooming Wes to take over. How does he handle his mother's demands? He heads to Key West, moves onto a sailboat, and takes a job tending bar at a little joint called Dirty Alvin's.

Life is carefree until his mother's lover, a man who mentored Wes for years, is murdered on a Key West Beach. Reluctantly, Wes is drawn into a spinning web of murder, sex and deceit.

First there are his mother's pleas for help. Throw in a six-foot-tall red-headed stripper, a retired mobster who acts like it's the 1940's, a pair of dim-witted hit men, a phobic psychic named Elvis, a small fortune in stolen diamonds, and what do you have? Mayhem in Key West.

  

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Jigsaw Soul by Scott Middlemist is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Jigsaw Soul by Scott Middlemist as today's second free mystery ebook.

This title was listed as free as of the date and time of this post. 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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Jigsaw Soul
Scott Middlemist
Publisher: CreateSpace

In a black ops unit, Arthur Logan calls bullets and bombs from the sky over Iraq. The corpses created by his lethal rain send ghosts after Arthur's soul, but he avoids their revenge … until returning home.

Civilian life seems perfect, but the echoes of war slowly dissolve his sanity, and Arthur causes a disaster that kills hundreds of people.

While imprisoned for his actions, Arthur discovers his shattered soul is scattered between life and death in a slipstream called The Scale. On a quest for redemption, Arthur hunts for his soul in supernatural versions of San Francisco, New York, Camelot, Valhalla, and even into hell.

    

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Time to Time by Don Pendleton is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Time to Time by Don Pendleton as today's free mystery ebook.

This title was listed as free as of the date and time of this post. 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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Time to Time
Don Pendleton
An Ashton Ford, Psychic Detective Mystery
Publisher: Pendleton Artists

This is the sixth book in this series.

Private Investigator Ashton Ford has special powers, powers that some call supernatural. A former naval intelligence officer, highly knowledgeable in cryptology and philosophy, Ford will shatter your ideas of reality and take you into a mystical world of vision, intuition, and psychic truth. A phenomenal psychic, unparalleled lover, and a true Renaissance man, Ashton Ford can see into the future and even into the distant past using his psychic powers to assist special clients who are in crisis.

The husband of an aging though still beautiful Hollywood movie star is concerned with his wife's unnatural compulsions and obsessions with UFOs, dolphins, and the paranormal. The actress is convinced that someone, somewhere in space is calling her. This case leads Ashton Ford into the world of the dolphin, extraterrestrials, and space-traveling UFOs. It is an awe-inspiring journey through the farthest reaches of time and space, mysteries of the unknown, and a look into the ancient population of our very own planet Earth.

  

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Project Update: Angel of Death, the Sequel to The Woman in Black

There is no cast (yet), but Angel of Death, the sequel to The Woman in Black, has a director: Tom Harper. The film's screenplay has been written by Jon Croker from an original idea by Susan Hill, who wrote the book from which the first film was adapted.

When we first reported on the project back in April, we noted that the storyline is set 40 years after the events of the first film, and centers on a young couple and the experiences they have in Eel House.

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The Woman in Black

Arthur Kipps (Daniel Radcliffe), a widowed lawyer, is sent to a remote village to sort out the affairs of a recently deceased eccentric. But upon his arrival, it soon becomes clear that the house belonging to his client is haunted by the ghost of a woman out to seek vengeance.

Adapted from the novel The Woman in Black by Susan Hill.

        

New Trailer for Gangster Squad

Earlier this week we featured the noir poster for Gangster Squad. Today we have a newly edited trailer released by the studio (embedded below). (The first trailer featured a scene of a shooting in a theater, which has now been cut.)

In 1946, the LAPD launched the Gangster Squad with eight men who met covertly on street corners and slept with Tommy guns under their beds. But for two cops, all that mattered was nailing the strutting gangster Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn). Sgt. Jack O'Mara (Josh Brolin) was a square-jawed church usher, Sgt. Jerry Wooters (Ryan Gosling) a cynical maverick. About all they had in common was their obsession. So O'Mara set a trap to prove Mickey was a killer. And Wooters formed an alliance with Mickey's budding rival, Jack "The Enforcer" Whalen. Two cops — two hoodlums.

Their fates collided in the closing days of the 1950s, when late one night "The Enforcer" confronted Mickey and his crew. The aftermath would shake both LA's mob and police department, and signal the end of a defining era in the city's history.

Directed by Ruben Fleischer from an adapted screenplay by Will Beall, based on the book by Paul Lieberman, Gangster Squad opens in theaters January 11th, 2013.

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Today's Bestselling Free Kindle MystereBooks (121012)

Here is today's list of the Bestselling Free Kindle Crime Fiction: the top nine mysteries, novels of suspense, and thrillers.

We're using a script to embed an RSS feed from Amazon.com, which is updated hourly, but if you cannot see the box below — or have scripts blocked — you can click on the image to the right or use this link to see the relevant page on Amazon.com, which includes a list of both the Top 100 Paid and Top 100 Free Kindle Mysteries and Thrillers.

Gone the Next by Ben Rehder is Today's Third Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Gone the Next by Ben Rehder as today's third free mystery ebook.

This title was listed as free as of the date and time of this post. 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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Gone the Next
Ben Rehder
Publisher: Ben Rehder

Meet Roy Ballard, freelance videographer with a knack for catching insurance cheats. He's working a routine case, complete with hours of tedious surveillance, when he sees something that shakes him to the core. There, with the subject, is a little blond girl wearing a pink top and denim shorts—the same outfit worn by Tracy Turner, a six-year-old abducted the day before. When the police are skeptical of Ballard's report — and with his history, who can blame them? — it's the beginning of the most important case of his life.

  

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The Sourdough Wars by Julie Smith is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Sourdough Wars by Julie Smith as today's second free mystery ebook.

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The Sourdough Wars
Julie Smith
A Rebecca Schwartz Mystery
Publisher: booksBnimble

This is the second mystery in this series, first published in 1984 by Walker.

It's just a frozen lump of dough … but to some, it's life and death.

Especially to handsome Peter Martinelli, who wants to auction off the fabled sourdough starter from his family's famous bakery. But who'd buy a frozen hunk of flour and water? Only, it turns out, every bakery in San Francisco, a national food conglomerate, and an upstart ringer with a mysterious backer.

Someone would even kill for it. And does.

Enter lawyer sleuth Rebecca Schwartz, whose client is her own partner, glamorous Chris Nicholson, Martinelli's main squeeze before the ill-starred auction.

Rebecca noshes her way through the case in hilariously unorthodox style, tasting some great bread long the way, but also uncovering so many ancient jealousies, long-simmering feuds, and seething resentments that she barely escapes death by doughball.

  

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