Australian Poster for Jack Reacher

The Australian variant of the international poster for Jack Reacher has been released (right; click for larger image). The tagline: "The law has limits. He does not."

When a gunman takes five lives with six shots, all evidence points to the suspect in custody. On interrogation, the suspect offers up a single note: "Get Jack Reacher!" So begins an extraordinary chase for the truth, pitting Jack Reacher (Tom Cruise) against an unexpected enemy, with a skill for violence and a secret to keep.

Directed by Christopher McQuarrie from his own screenplay adapted from the novel One Shot by Lee Child (more about the book below), Jack Reacher opens in Australian theaters January 3rd, 2013 (and in US theaters December 21st, 2012).

Amazon Coupon Savings on Large Print Mysteries and Thrillers

If you're looking for hardcover large print bestsellers — mysteries, thrillers, and novels of suspense, of course! — Amazon has a number of coupons offering an average of 50% off the price. We don't know how long these coupons are valid for, so if this is of interest to you, we urge you to act soon!

Look for the "Save $xx.xx with this Coupon" banner on the book page; your savings will be applied at checkout. You can find a summary of all current book coupons by using this link; otherwise, we've listed the titles we found as of the date and time of this post for which coupons are currently available below.

Today's Bestselling Free Kindle MystereBooks (121119)

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.

New Mystery/Suspense from Carina Press: 40 Souls to Keep by Libby Drew

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.

40 Souls to Keep by Libby Drew is this week's new ebook (listed under Paranormal Romantic Suspense) …

This Week's Amazon TV Deal of the Week: First Season Sets of Homeland, Once Upon a Time, and Revenge

This week's Amazon TV Deal of the Week is the first season of three "telemystery" series: Homeland, Once Upon a Time, and Revenge.

• Homeland

Based on the Israeli series Hatufin, Homeland premiered on Showtime in October 2011 and was an immediate ratings success for the pay-cable network. Damian Lewis stars as Marine Sergeant Nicholas Brody, both a decorated hero and a serious threat. Claire Danes stars as CIA officer Carrie Mathison, tops in her field despite being bipolar. The delicate dance these two complex characters perform, built on lies, suspicion, and desire, is at the heart of this gripping, emotional thriller in which nothing short of the fate of our nation is at stake. Homeland swept the major drama categories at the Emmys, winning for Outstanding Drama, Outstanding Lead Actor, Outstanding Lead Actress, and Outstanding Writing for a Drama for its pilot, written by Gideon Raff and series creators Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa.

Homeland is currently airing its second season, and has already been renewed for a third season.

• Once Upon a Time

This is Fairy Tale Land. It's filled with magic, monsters and all of the characters we all know from stories growing up. It's real, and so are the people in it. But unlike the "happily ever after" you may have heard about, their stories continued, and The Evil Queen cast a Dark Curse over the land …

This is Storybrooke. It's a quiet, little, New England town filled with people who go about their everyday lives with no idea who they really are. The Queen's Curse has trapped them here and placed her in near-complete control. They have no real memories and no real hope.

Once Upon a Time premiered on ABC in October 2011. It is currently airing its second season.

• Revenge

This is not a story about forgiveness; Revenge is a show about retribution. Meet Emily Thorne, the newest resident of The Hamptons. When she was a little girl (and known as Amanda Clarke) her father, David Clarke, was framed for a horrific crime and subsequently sent to prison. While serving his time, the conspirators plotted and murdered David in order to prevent the truth from coming out. Emily is now back with a new identity and ready to take vengeance on the people that murdered her father and stole her childhood.

Central to all the conspirators are Victoria and Conrad Grayson. Conrad is CEO of Grayson Global, David's old employer, and Victoria is Conrad's wife (David's old lover to boot). At first we believe these two power players are the masterminds of the cover up, but we soon realize that they are only the tip of the iceberg.

Emily's friend, Nolan Ross, is there to aid Emily in her plans. Most notably, Nolan provides assistance to Emily is the areas of electronic surveillance and espionage and keeps Emily's childhood friend and current secret love, Jack Porter, out of harm's way.

Nothing will stop Emily's pursuit of justice and no one is off limits.

Revenge premiered on ABC in September 2011 and is currently airing its second season.

Cold Granite by Stuart MacBride is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Cold Granite by Stuart MacBride as today's second free mystery ebook (A Logan McRae Mystery; Kobo 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.

Bloodstain by John C. Dalglish is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Bloodstain by John C. Dalglish as today's free mystery ebook (A Jason Strong 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.

Against the Law by Kat Martin is Today's Kindle Daily Deal

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Against the Law by Kat Martin as today's Amazon Kindle Daily Deal.

The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Monday, November 19, 2012.

Mystery Godoku Puzzle for November 19, 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 E G H L R S T U

The title of Sally Spencer's fifth Monika Paniatowski mystery has lambs being led to here, 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 (121118)

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.

Crazytown: The Witch Tree by Jon Grilz is Today's Third Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Crazytown: The Witch Tree by Jon Grilz as today's third free mystery ebook (A Darren Lockhart 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.

Murderson by Mark Yarwood is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Murderson by Mark Yarwood as today's second free mystery ebook (An Edmonton Police Station 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.

Winter's Destiny by Nancy Allan is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Winter's Destiny by Nancy Allan as today's free mystery ebook (A Novel of Romantic Suspense; 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.

New Trailer for Heist Thriller, Now You See Me

A new theatrical trailer for the heist thriller Now You See Me has been released by the studio (embedded below).

An elite FBI squad is pitted in a game of cat and mouse against "The Four Horsemen," a super-team of the world's greatest illusionists, who pull off a series of daring heists against corrupt business leaders during their performances, showering the stolen profits on their audiences while staying one step ahead of the law.

Directed by Louis Leterrier from an original screenplay by Ed Solomon and Boaz Yakin & Edward Ricourt, Now You See Me opens in theaters June 7th, 2013.

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MysteryeBooks: More Titles for our $2.99 or Less Weekly Update

It hasn't even been six hours since we published our weekly update of 100 Kindle mystery books priced $2.99 or less and we're already adding a few more new titles to the list, ones we probably should have caught earlier but didn't.

All three of these books (below) are from established mystery authors, two of them firsts in new series, the third a mystery featuring both of the author's series characters.

And while we typically only feature Kindle books here, one of these titles is also available from iTunes (and hence we have a link for that as well).

Telemystery: MTV Developing Series Adapted from YA Romantic Thriller

Now here's a cable network we typically don't associate with Telemystery: MTV. And yet, that very same network is developing a mystery drama adapted from the young adult romantic thriller Blackwood by Gwenda Bond. (More information about the book, below.) Peter Calloway is writing the script for Lionsgate Television productions.

Telemystery: ABC Cancels 666 Park Avenue and Last Resort

ABC has canceled two of its new Fall Season series: 666 Park Avenue and Last Resort.

We're not much on paranormal elements in crime dramas (or books) and actually didn't watch any episodes of the former show. The latter, however, had potential and we're a little disappointed that the storyline won't be moving forward.

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.

Today's Bestselling Free Kindle MystereBooks (121117)

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.

MystereBooks: This Week's Update of Kindle Crime Fiction Priced $2.99 or Less (121117)

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!

A note or two (or three) before we get started …

• Earlier this week we wrote about the first five books in the "Blaine McCracken" series of thrillers by Jon Land being released by Open Road. These are currently priced at $2.99 and would otherwise qualify for inclusion in our weekly update, but we thought that since we had already mentioned them, especially so recently, we wouldn't repeat them here. For a quick look at all five titles, use this link.

• Accent Press has the five books in the "TV Detective" series by Simon Hall, each priced at $2.99. See a list of these mysteries here. (We haven't included them on our list, but may do so during the coming week.)

• Accent Press has another series of books, the "Trevor Joseph" mysteries by Katherine John, most priced at $2.99 though one is currently free and another just 99 cents … however this last one is quite short, at best a novella. See a list of these titles here. (As with the Simon Hall books, we haven't included them on our list, but are considering a separate post and update for them later.)

Setting aside the 17 books mentioned in the three bullets above, our list today isn't all that long!

Reviews of Mystery and Suspense Books for Kids, New This Week on Book Trends (121117)

Book Trends, a review site for young adult's and children's books, published several new book reviews this past week. We're presenting here a summary of those in the mystery/suspense/thriller category.

The Hallowed Ones by Laura Bickle. Lexile measure: N/A. Reviewed by a 6th grade student, who writes, "The style of writing is unique, very original, and very descriptive making you read on. (Read the full review of this suspense novel here.)

For more reviews of children and young adult books of all genres, visit Book Trends; their reviews will amaze you! You can also follow Book Trends on Twitter.