Telemystery: Showtime Renews Homeland for 3rd Season

Showtime has made the (unsurprising) decision to renew its Emmy Award-winning drama Homeland for a third season.

"The Emmy wins for Homeland have certainly set the stage for a great second season," said David Nevins, Showtime Entertainment president. "The writers, cast and crew of Homeland continue to create a remarkably entertaining and suspenseful roller coaster ride, growing audiences week after week."

Hero or traitor? M.I.A. in Afghanistan for eight years and subjected to unthinkable torture at the hands of al-Qaeda, Marine Sgt. Nicholas Brody (Damian Lewis) is finally coming home. CIA officer Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes) believes he has been turned and become part of a plot to be carried out on American soil. But the volatile Carrie has some demons of her own.

In addition to its 2012 Emmy win for Best Drama, both Claire Danes and Damian Lewis won Emmys for their lead performances.

The 12-episode third season will likely premiere in Fall 2013.

Keep up to date on the status of your favorite mystery and suspense television with our Telemystery Scoresheet. We've updated it with today's news.

Review: Hiss and Hers by M. C. Beaton

A Mysterious Review of …

Hiss and Hers by M. C. Beaton. An Agatha Raisin Mystery.

Review summary: This English village-style mystery is a joy to read, with a splendid cast of characters, investigators and suspects alike. Even after twenty years, this long-running series continues to entertain readers. (Click here for text of full review.)

Our rating:

Hiss and Hers
M. C. Beaton
An Agatha Raisin Mystery
Minotaur Books (September 2012)

Publisher synopsis: Agatha Raisin is as feisty as ever — armed with her famous wit and biting sense of humor. This time, though, there's some biting of a whole other sort going on. Agatha has fallen head over heels in love — again. This time, she has her eye on the local gardener, George Marston, but so do other women in their little Cotswold village. Shamelessly determined, Agatha will do anything to get her man — including footing the bill for a charity ball just for the chance to dance with him. And then George doesn't even show up. Only partly deterred, Agatha goes looking for him, and finds his dead body in a compost heap. Murder is definitely afoot, but this killer chose no ordinary weapon: A poisonous snake delivered the fatal strike.

Rising to the occasion, Agatha rallies her little detective agency to find the killer, only to learn that George had quite a complicated love life. But murderously complicated? Well, if she can't have George, at least Agatha can have the satisfaction of confronting the other women and solving the crime.

      

Today's Bestselling Free Kindle MystereBooks (121022)

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

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New Regency Fast-Tracking Film Adaptation of Assassin's Creed

Earlier this summer we learned that Ubisoft's popular action-adventure video game Assassin's Creed was being adapted for film, with Michael Fassbender set to star.

Today New Regency Productions together with Ubisoft Motion Pictures announced the project was being fast-tracked, starting with the immediate development of a screenplay.

"Bringing aboard New Regency's renowned production and distribution expertise while maintaining our own creative and financial flexibility ensures that Assassin's Creed will be a high-quality film that respects the lore and fans of the video game franchise," said said Jean-Julien Baronnet, CEO, Ubisoft Motion Pictures.

Launched in 2007, the "Assassin's Creed" games have sold more than 40 million units worldwide. There are three basic storylines relating to the various titles and platform versions to date, with the most recent, Assassin's Creed III, scheduled for release later this month, set during the American Revolutionary War.

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Assassin's Creed III

Available on October 30th for Playstation 3 and Xbox 360, and in November 2012 for Nintendo WiiU and PC

The American Colonies, 1775: A brave young warrior fights to save his homeland. But what begins as a struggle over territory turns into an extraordinary journey that will transform him into a master assassin — one that will forever change the destiny of a newborn nation.

You are Connor, warrior son of a Native American mother and British father. As the colonies draw closer to revolution, you will dedicate your life to the freedom of your clan, becoming the spark that ignites the revolution into a full blaze. Your crusade will lead you through blood-soaked battlefields and crowded city streets, to the perilous wilderness and stormy seas. You will not only witness history … you will make it.

Experience the hidden truth behind one of history's most influential wars: the American Revolution. Unleash lethal new skills and weapons, and experience a stunningly realistic world.

Welcome to an entirely new chapter in the Assassin's unforgettable saga.

  

This Week's New Mystery/Suspense Title 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.

Moonlight & Mechanicals by Cindy Spencer Pape is this week's new ebook (listed under Steampunk) …

Telemystery: The Fugitive, Law & Order Criminal Intent, Perry Mason, and Peter Gunn, New This Week on DVD

Telemystery, your source for one of the most comprehensive listings of crime drama, amateur sleuth, private investigator, mystery and suspense television series, mini-series and made-for-television movies, now available on or coming soon to DVD or Blu-ray disc, is profiling four series on our site being released this week.

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The Fugitive (1963)
The Complete Series

The oft-delayed release of The Fugitive: The Complete Series is finally available.

David Janssen stars as Dr. Richard Kimble, who is accused of the murder of his wife. The night before his execution, he escapes. The only chance to prove his innocence is to find the man who killed his wife.

Kimble, persecuted by the Lt. Gerard, risks his life several times when he shows his identity to help other people out of trouble.

The Fugitive aired for four seasons on ABC from September 1963 through August 1967. The series finale was, at the time and for many years afterwards, the most watched television program in history.

  

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Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Season Eight

With the departure of Detective Logan at the conclusion the seventh season comes the emergence of Detective Zach Nichols (Jeff Goldblum) to effectively take Logan's place as Wheeler's (Julianne Nicholson) partner.

The eighth season features a suspense-packed caseload when Goren (Vincent D'Onofrio) and Eames (Kathryn Erbe) investigate the death of a drug dealer who was involved with a politician's stepdaughter, race against the clock to track down a missing child, are tasked with hunting down a killer's killer and more. Meanwhile, Nichols and Wheeler become submerged in the dark dealings of the celebrity restaurant world, investigate the stabbing of a young hipster and explore the murder of a high-profile CFO.

The is the second season that the series aired on USA Network, during the Spring and Summer of 2009.

      

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Perry Mason
Season Seven (Volume 2)

Perry Mason, the popular TV franchise that inspired a genre of courtroom dramas returns with the second half of the seventh season.

Raymond Burr continues igniting the screen as a brilliant attorney who will stop at nothing to crack the most impossible cases to uncover the truth.

This second half of the seventh season originally aired on CBS during Spring 1964.

  

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Peter Gunn
The Complete Series

Before Miami Vice, before Law and Order, the coolest and most sophisticated TV detective was definitely Peter Gunn, created and produced by Blake Edwards.

Set in a nameless waterfront city, the series features stylish film noir cinematography and a stylish musical score written by Henry Mancini.

Craig Stevens plays Gunn, Pete to his friends, a handsome, suave detective tough enough to take on the hardest of hard cases, but a soft touch when it comes to the ladies. His girlfriend, the gorgeous singer Edie Hart, Lola Albright is the featured singer at "Mother's", a smoke-filled jazz club used by Gunn as his unofficial office. Other regulars at the club include a colorful cast of musicians, pool hustlers, artists and a sculptor. His standard fee is $1,000.00, and his reputation keeps the customers lined up for his services, sometimes referred by Mother, or his police buddy Lt. Jacoby.

A man with expensive tastes, Peter Gunn drives a stylish two-tone Plymouth Fury Convertible, equipped with a mobile phone!

So settle into your favorite easy chair, dim the lights, and enjoy this classic series, one of the best TV detective shows ever!

Peter Gunn aired for three seasons of 30 minute episodes from 1958 through 1961, the first two seasons on NBC, the final one on ABC.

  

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Visit the Telemystery website to discover more television mystery series currently available on and coming soon to DVD, Blu-ray disc, or video on demand.

Hide'n Go Seek by Dale Mayer is Today's Third Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Hide'n Go Seek by Dale Mayer as today's third free mystery ebook.

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For Every Action There Are Consequences by Gail M. Baugniet is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature For Every Action There Are Consequences by Gail M. Baugniet as today's second free mystery ebook.

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Killer Twist by C. A. Larmer is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Killer Twist by C. A. Larmer as today's free mystery ebook.

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Mystery Godoku Puzzle for October 22, 2012

A new Mystery Godoku Puzzle has been created by the editors of the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books and is now available on our website.

Godoku is similar to Sudoku, but uses letters instead of numbers. To give you a headstart, we provide you a mystery clue to fill in a complete row or column (if you choose to use it!).

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This week's letters and mystery clue:

A D E I J L N S U

Mark Everett Stone's stand-alone thriller from 2012 has this title, with "The" (9 letters).

We now have two weeks of our puzzles on one page in PDF format for easier printing. Print this week's puzzle here.

Previous puzzles are stored in the Mystery Godoku Archives.

Enjoy the weekly Mystery Godoku Puzzle from the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books, and Thanks for visiting our website!

Today's Bestselling Free Kindle MystereBooks (121021)

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

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Buy a Kindle Accessory, Get a $3 MP3 Credit

Amazon is offering a $3 MP3 credit when you purchase a Kindle accessory. This deal has actually been going on since August — and is available through the end of the year (12/31/2012) — but we only learned about it when we went to buy, what else, an accessory for our Kindle Fire.

Here's the page to start on: Kindle Accessories. We couldn't find a single accessory that didn't qualify, so if you need something for your Kindle, don't miss out on the opportunity to get a $3 MP3 credit.

And if you don't yet have a Kindle, you can see the current line-up of devices here, which are broken down into two categories: Kindle Fire and Kindle eReader.

NBC's Grimm To Inspire Series of Graphic Novels and Comic Books

In news from earlier this month, Dynamite Entertainment announced that it would publish a series of comic books and graphic novels based on the NBC crime series Grimm.

In Grimm, Homicide Detective Nick Burkhardt of the Portland Police Bureau learns he is descended from a line of "guardians" known as "Grimms", charged with keeping balance between humanity and the mythological creatures called "Wesen". Throughout the episodes, he must battle against an assortment of dangerous creatures, with help from his friend Monroe (who is a reformed creature), and his partner Detective Hank Griffin.

"The opportunity to delve even deeper into the Grimm universe is an exciting prospect. One we hope fans of the show and comic books in general will equally enjoy," said executive producers David Greenwalt and Jim Kouf. "The medium will allow the story to go places we never could within the constraints of a television production. It's pretty cool."

The first comic is expected to be available early in 2013.

Needlepoint by Jenny Roberts is Today's Fourth Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Needlepoint by Jenny Roberts as today's fourth free mystery ebook.

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Needlepoint
Jenny Roberts
A Cameron McGill Mystery
Publisher: Three Corners Press

Cameron McGill's journalist sister, Carrie, has been found dead in an Amsterdam canal with needle marks all down her arm. No matter how she tries, Cameron can't believe that Carrie would ever take drugs — even though the Dutch police are adamant that she did.

When they close the case for good, Cameron is compelled to go to Amsterdam and find out exactly what happened to her sister. Once there, she finds that everyone seems to be warning her off. She encounters a hostile squat, evasive drug agencies, a German woman who seems hell-bent on getting her into bed and an attractive policewoman who she finds hard to resist.

But as her investigation gathers pace, she finds it difficult to know who she can trust and she soon realises that her own life is in imminent danger too, and that she could also die in the same gruesome way as her sister.

  

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Where's Billie? by Judith Yates Borger is Today's Third Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Where's Billie? by Judith Yates Borger as today's third free mystery ebook.

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Where's Billie?
Judith Yates Borger
A Skeeter Hughes Mystery
Publisher: Nodin Press

This is the first mystery (of two to date) in this series featuring the Minneapolis newspaper reporter.

High school hookers, a principal as rotten as spoiled potato salad and a reporter stuck in a dead-end job all come together in a mystery that proves the suburbs aren't that safe after all. Skeeter Hughes morphs from leathery journalist to a mom on a mission when she learns her daughter was nearly lured into the crime that's run out of the Mall of America.

  

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Maternal Harbor by Marie F. Martin is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Maternal Harbor by Marie F. Martin as today's second free mystery ebook.

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Maternal Harbor
Marie F. Martin
Publisher: CreateSpace

Teagan O'Riley was pregnant and alone when she met three single mothers at an OB clinic. A few weeks later, two of them are dead and the third is close on Teagan's heels, intent on a campaign of twisted murder and insanity. Teagan cannot risk entrusting the three infants to the police with her finger prints all over one crime scene and her foot print smeared into blood at another. She flees with the babies to a wilderness cabin belonging to her lost love's grandmother, but is even this remote location safe?

  

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Fires of Autumn by Kathryn Le Veque is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Fires of Autumn by Kathryn Le Veque as today's free mystery ebook.

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Fires of Autumn
Kathryn Le Veque
Publisher: Dragonblade Publishing

Casey Cleburne is the descendant of the great Confederate General, Patrick Cleburne. Beautiful and intelligent, she's a single mom with two boys working as the personal assistant for the newly-elected President of the United States.

Enter Secret Service agent Phillip Henry "Colt" Sheridan IV, the descendant of the renowned Union General, Phil Sheridan — enormous, handsome and brilliant, Colt has earned himself the nickname of "The Anti-Christ" in the ranks of the secret service for his intimidating persona and no-nonsense tactics. Colt is newly assigned as President Talbot's Special Agent in Charge and when the descendants of two great Civil War generals meet face to face for the first time in the halls of the West Wing, sparks fly as the woman the president fondly calls "The General" clashes with the man known as The Anti-Christ.

But the sparks swiftly turn into genuine interest, and Casey and Colt soon find themselves enveloped in a powerful romance. Danger and intrigue lie below the surface, however — although Colt is indeed a Secret Service agent, he is also a double agent for a rogue government branch called The Core. The Core is privy to information that the new president has conducted illegal activities in the past and Colt has been carefully positioned in the president's entourage to uncover enough evidence to impeach the man. Colt's directive is to use anyone he can to accomplish this task and he has been specifically ordered to get close to Casey. Although Colt tries to keep his feelings a bay, he quickly falls in love with the beautiful woman, muddling his drive to complete his mission as he realizes he can't hurt her and he can't use her. Complicating the issue is the fact that the president becomes a personal friend to both Colt and Casey, and soon Colt is resisting his mission altogether. The Core, however, is full of maverick agents and vicious assassins, and they threaten Casey's when they realize Colt has lost his focus to destroy the president. To protect both Casey and the president, Colt offers a final solution to The Core that could see him sacrificing his own life for the safety of those he loves.

  

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Today's Bestselling Free Kindle MystereBooks (121020)

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

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Review: Murder in the Rue Dumas by M. L. Longworth

A Mysterious Review of …

Murder in the Rue Dumas by M. L. Longworth. An Antoine Verlaque and Marine Bonnet Mystery.

Review summary: This is a delightful academic-themed, village-style mystery, with characters that are interesting in and of themselves … but also, and maybe more so, from an interpersonal perspective. Steady but sure, this is a winning crime novel. (Click here for text of full review.)

Our rating:

Murder in the Rue Dumas
M. L. Longworth
An Antoine Verlaque and Marine Bonnet Mystery
Penguin (September 2012)

Publisher synopsis: Antoine Verlaque is stumped. The director of theology at the Université d'Aix was just about to name the recipient of an elite fellowship, as well as his own successor, when his lips were sealed permanently. Yet Verlaque isn't convinced that any of the academics are capable of murder. Aided by Bonnet, Verlaque turns Provence upside down, uncovering a world far more complicated than university politics.