by Tace Baker
We are delighted to welcome novelist Tace Baker as our guest.
Tace's debut novel is Speaking of Murder (Barking Rain Press, September 2012 trade paperback and ebook formats), a copy of which you can enter to win; details below.
Today Tace tells us about pen names, a topic with which she is familiar as "Tace Baker" is a pen name used by Edith Maxwell.
MystereBooks is pleased to feature Murder in the Round by Patricia Rockwell as today's third free mystery ebook (A Pamela Barnes, Acoustic Mystery; Kindle format only).
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.
For a summary of all of today's featured titles, plus any that may have appeared before and are repeat freebies, visit our Free MystereBooks page. This page is updated daily, typically by 8 AM ET.
MystereBooks is pleased to feature Dead in the Water by Julie Smith as today's second free mystery ebook (A Rebecca Schwartz Mystery; Kindle format only).
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.
For a summary of all of today's featured titles, plus any that may have appeared before and are repeat freebies, visit our Free MystereBooks page. This page is updated daily, typically by 8 AM ET.
MystereBooks is pleased to feature Turkey Ranch Road Rage by Paula Boyd as today's free mystery ebook (A Jolene Jackson Mystery; Kindle format only).
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.
For a summary of all of today's featured titles, plus any that may have appeared before and are repeat freebies, visit our Free MystereBooks page. This page is updated daily, typically by 8 AM ET.
MystereBooks is pleased to feature Pretty Little Secrets by Sara Shepard as today's Barnes & Noble Nook Daily Find.
The deal price of $2.99 is valid only for today, Wednesday, November 14, 2012.
Note: The price has been matched by Amazon.com for today only.
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If you enjoyed the first season of this British series, based on characters created by crime novelist Ann Cleeves, you'll absolutely want to see this second one. The actors seem more comfortable in their roles, which translates here into better performances. Too, this season, the screenplays are all first rate, something any fan of crime dramas will appreciate.
Read the full text of our review at Mr. E. Reviews Vera Set 2.
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Mysterious Press has released the seven titles in the "Nero Wolfe" series by Robert Goldsborough this week in ebook format.
Goldsborough continued the series made famous by Rex Stout in 1986 with Murder in E Minor. It went on to win the Nero Award for literary excellence in the mystery genre. Most recently, he published a prequel to the series as whole, Archie Meets Nero Wolfe (Mysterious Press, November 2012).
In the mid-2000s, Goldsborough published three historical mysteries featuring Chicago Tribune reporter Steve "Snap" Malek.
Below, we're providing a list of the seven books being released by Mysterious Press today, with a synopsis from the first in the series.
The first five thriller ebooks in the "Blaine McCracken" series by Jon Land have been reduced to $2.99, courtesy of the publisher, Open Road.
Rogue government operative Blaine McCracken was introduced in 1986 in The Omega Command, and will be next seen later this month in the tenth book of the series, Pandora's Temple (Open Road, November 2012).
Presented below is a list of the five discounted books in the series — with a synopsis for the first — together with purchase options (Amazon and iTunes only; either Kobo is not participating or hasn't yet updated its prices).
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; as an alternative, 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.
The CW is developing a crime drama based on the "Jane Whitefield" mysteries by Thomas Perry. According to Deadline, Carol Mendelsohn (the "CSI" franchise) will produce a screenplay by Natalie Chaidez (In Plain Sight).
Jane Whitefield was introduced in 1995 in Vanishing Act, the first of seven (to date) books in the series. She is a Native American guide, who specializes in making people disappear from those who are trying to find them. More information on the first book in the series, below.
This week's Amazon TV Deal of the Week are the first two seasons of The Walking Dead (both DVD and Blu-ray formats).
The Walking Dead is adapted from the graphic novels by Robert Kirkman. It premiered on AMC in October 2010, and has been not only the cable network's highest rated show, but some episodes are often the highest rated on all of cable.
Here's a "new to the show" summary of the series: Waking up in an empty hospital after weeks in a coma, County Sheriff Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) finds himself utterly alone. The world as he knows it is gone, ravaged by a zombie epidemic. The Walking Dead tells the story of the weeks and months that follow after the apocalypse, an epic, edge-of-your-seat drama where personal struggles are magnified against a backdrop of moment-to-moment survival. A survivalist story at its core, the series explores how the living are changed by the overwhelming realization that those who survive can be far more dangerous than the mindless walkers roaming the earth. They themselves have become the walking dead.
with Rhodi Hawk
We are delighted to welcome novelist Rhodi Hawk to Omnimystery News today.
Rhodi's second mystery in the "Twisted Ladder" series is The Tangled Bridge (Tor Books, October 2012 trade paperback and ebook formats).
We recently had the opportunity to talk to Rhodi about her books.
The shortlists (nominees) for the UK's National Book Awards have been posted to the organization's website, recognizing the most popular books of the year in 11 categories, including Crime Fiction. The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony on Tuesday, December 4th, 2012.
Crime Novel of the Year …
• A Wanted Man by Lee Child (Bantam)
• Kind of Cruel by Sophie Hannah (Hodder & Stoughton)
• A Question of Identity by Susan Hill (Chatto & Windus)
• The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz (Orion)
• Perfect People by Peter James (Pan)
• Gods and Beasts by Denise Mina (Orion)
MystereBooks is pleased to feature Mandarin Yellow by Steven M. Roth as today's fourth free mystery ebook (A Mystery Introducing Socrates Cheng; Kindle format only).
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.
For a summary of all of today's featured titles, plus any that may have appeared before and are repeat freebies, visit our Free MystereBooks page. This page is updated daily, typically by 8 AM ET.
MystereBooks is pleased to feature Wired by Douglas E. Richards as today's third free mystery ebook (A Sci-Fi Technothriller; Kindle format only).
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.
For a summary of all of today's featured titles, plus any that may have appeared before and are repeat freebies, visit our Free MystereBooks page. This page is updated daily, typically by 8 AM ET.
MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Profiler's Daughter by P. M. Steffen as today's second free mystery ebook (A Sky Stone Thriller; Kindle format only).
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.
For a summary of all of today's featured titles, plus any that may have appeared before and are repeat freebies, visit our Free MystereBooks page. This page is updated daily, typically by 8 AM ET.
MystereBooks is pleased to feature Killing Plato by Jake Needham as today's free mystery ebook (A Jack Shepherd Legal Thriller; Kindle format only).
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.
For a summary of all of today's featured titles, plus any that may have appeared before and are repeat freebies, visit our Free MystereBooks page. This page is updated daily, typically by 8 AM ET.
A new poster for Hitchcock has been released by the studio and posted to the film's Facebook page over the weekend. The tagline: "The untold story behind the film that shocked the world."
This poster is so different from the striking red background posters (here and here) of recent weeks that we're not altogether certain who the target audience is. It also shows a February 6th date, and the only two countries that have scheduled this date for a premiere of the film are Belgium and the Phillippines. If anyone knows for sure, please leave a comment!
Directed by Sacha Gervasi from an screenplay written by John J. McLaughlin and based on a book Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho by Stephen Rebello, Hitchcock will be in limited release here in the US on November 23rd, 2012.
Crime novelist CJ Lyons has announced a "Holiday Sale" for the three books in her Lucy Guardino FBI thriller series: 99 cents for the first in the series, $2.99 for the other two.
Lyons provides this warning to readers: "The Lucy Guardino FBI Thrillers are NOT for the faint of heart! They depict adult situations, realistic violence with consequences, and delve deep into the darkness of the human heart and mind."
There is no mention from the author of an end date — and the offer appears to be Kindle format only; it is not available elsewhere — so if any of these titles are of interest to you and you have a Kindle, we suggest you act soon! As always, 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.
Checking through our list of films currently scheduled for release this week on DVD and/or Blu-ray disc, we are pleased to feature one that falls into the mystery, suspense, thriller and/or adventure category …
Savages starring Aaron Johnson, Taylor Kitsch, Blake Lively, Salma Hayek, Benicio Del Toro, and John Travolta.
See also a list of current mystery and suspense DVD, Blu-ray, or VOD deals on Amazon.com.
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