This Doesn't Happen in the Movies by Renee Pawlish is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature This Doesn't Happen in the Movies by Renee Pawlish as today's free mystery ebook (A Reed Ferguson Mystery; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, April 28, 2013 at 7:10 AM ET. 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.

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This Doesn't Happen in the Movies
Renee Pawlish
A Reed Ferguson Mystery
Publisher: Renee Pawlish

A wannabe private eye with a love of film noir and detective fiction …

A rich, attractive femme fatale …

A missing husband …

A rollicking ride to a dark and daring ending.

  

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The Book of Lost Fragrances by M. J. Rose is Today's Kindle Daily Deal

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Book of Lost Fragrances by M. J. Rose as today's Amazon Kindle Daily Deal.

The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Sunday, April 28, 2013.

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The Book of Lost Fragrances
M. J. Rose
A Novel of Suspense
Atria Books

A secret worth dying for …

Jac L'Etoile has always been haunted by visions of the past, her earliest memories infused with the exotic scents that she grew up with as the heir to a storied French perfume company. These worsened after her mother's suicide until she finally found a doctor who helped her, teaching her to explore the mythological symbolism in her visions and thus lessen their painful impact. This ability led Jac to a wildly successful career as a mythologist, television personality and author.

When her brother, Robbie — who's taken over the House of L'Etoile from their father — contacts Jac about a remarkable discovery in the family archives, she's skeptical. But when Robbie goes missing before he can share the secret — leaving a dead body in his wake — Jac is plunged into a world she thought she'd left behind.

Traveling back to Paris to investigate Robbie's disappearance, Jac discovers that the secret is a mysterious scent developed in Cleopatra's time. Could the rumors swirling be true? Can this ancient perfume hold the power to unlock the ability to remember past lives and conclusively prove reincarnation? If this possession has the power to change the world, then it's not only worth living for … it's worth killing for, too.

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Today's Amazon Local Deal Is 20 Kindle Books for $1 Each

Today's Amazon Local Deal is a free voucher to purchase up to 20 pre-selected Kindle books for $1 each.

Here is a link to the Kindle books from which you can choose. It's an eclectic collection, to be sure, but there are a few mysteries and thrillers included.

After you have your voucher, choose the Kindle book you want, then click the "Buy" button. Please note that the price shown on the "Buy" button will not change to $1.00, but your code will be applied to your purchase automatically, reducing the purchase price of the item to $1.00. You may use your code toward multiple eligible book purchases (up to 20 in total). To make another purchase, simply come back to this page and select another Kindle book.

You have until Thursday, May 1st, 2013 to obtain your free voucher. You then have until May 7th, 2013 to use it; it will expire on that date.

Today's Mystery and Suspense Update from Big Fish Games (130428)

Here is today's mystery and suspense update from Big Fish Games …

• The New Release is Enigma Agency: The Case of Shadows (Collector's Edition).

• The Daily Deal is Criminal Minds, just $2.99 today only!

• The current Catch of the Week is Sea Legends: Phantasmal Light, just $2.99 through Sunday, April 28, 2013 only.

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Today's New Release is Enigma Agency: The Case of Shadows (Collector's Edition)

Track a missing detective through the jungles of Central America. Who knows what ancient evil is lurking in the shadows? Become immersed in a world of mysticism, secrets and ancient curses. Interesting locations, an adventurous plot and mini-games await you in the treacherous jungle!

This is a special Collector's Edition release full of exclusive extras you won't find in the standard version, including: an integrated strategy guide, unique puzzles, and hand-painted scenes.

A sample version is available to download and play for free for one hour.

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Today's Daily Deal is Criminal Minds

Join the Behavioral Analysis Unit of the FBI to solve a series of shocking crimes in this thrilling hidden object, adventure game based on the hit TV series, Criminal Minds. As a member of an elite team of criminal profilers, you scour crime scenes for clues, interview witnesses and suspects, and carefully analyze evidence to catch the culprits. In the first case ("A Dying Art"), the BAU must find a serial killer on the loose in a college town before the body count rises further. Focus on the criminal, not the crime, to pinpoint the predators' motivations and anticipate their next move!

A sample version is available to download and play for free for one hour. You can purchase this game today only — Sunday, April 28, 2013 — for $2.99.

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The current Catch of the Week is Sea Legends: Phantasmal Light

After their yacht is sunk by an incredible storm, Jane and Mike are separated! Waking up on a mysterious island, Jane must now figure out what happened and find Mike before it's too late. Explore amazing Hidden Object scenes and solve tricky puzzles as you uncover a terrifying truth on the island. Escape from danger and be reunited with Mike!

A sample version is available to download and play for free for one hour. You can purchase this game at the special price of $2.99 through Sunday, April 28, 2013.

Review: Bolero by Joanie McDonell

A Mysterious Review of …

Bolero by Joanie McDonell. A Nick Saylor Mystery.

Review summary: The supporting cast of characters is probably the best element of this crime novel, with a (now stereotypical) flawed private investigator as its series lead. The uneven plot takes a somewhat cookie-cutter approach to the prototypical serial killer storyline, though does include a couple of twists. This series would seem to have potential, but this book isn't the promising start it could have been. (Click here for text of full review.)

Our rating:

Bolero
Joanie McDonell
A Nick Saylor Mystery
Thomas & Mercer (May 2013)

Publisher synopsis: Despite his bronze star with its prized V for valor, Nick Sayler was once a thief, junkie, and prime suspect in a murder case. Now he's a mostly changed man, a private investigator with a long list of rich clients and a good life. But even after ten years there's not enough whiskey in the world to wash away acid-etched memories of Julia Carteret, the beautiful woman who took a bullet meant for him.

He never expected a second chance to make things right until he got a midnight call from a distraught young doctor and a plea from a fragile dancer with no money, no memory, nothing in her pocket except Sayler's card, and the number 44 carved across her back. With bewitching violet eyes she looks so much like Julia, Sayler thinks keeping her safe could put him back on the road to redemption. But not long after he takes her home to his Hudson River barge, he learns that she has a past as dark as his own, and soon he's protecting her from a patient sociopath with seemingly preternatural power to be in two places at once.

Sayler needs his wingman Meriwether, the brilliant savant, and his restless backup, Tommy Fallon NYPD homicide, whose dicey investigative methods keep them under the radar, which is the only place to be when Sayler taunts danger. As he nears old secrets linking the dancer to a strange group: a voluptuous redhead, a concert pianist, a skateboarder, and a Polish nanny, he starts to learn why the murderer's sex-stoked obsession can't end until the girl is dead. When the killer who never sleeps gets the best of an exhausted Sayler on an isolated island off the coast of Connecticut, in Manhattan's meatpacking district, and on the streets of Harlem, smart money might bet both ways, except for one sure thing: in spite of his bad leg and worse habits, no matter what the cost, Nick Sayler will not let another woman die.

  

Telemystery: 11/22/63 by Stephen King to be Optioned for Television

Warner Bros., though J. J. Abrams' production company Bad Robot, is expected to option Stephen King's 2011 time-travel thriller 11/22/63 to be adapted for a cable television series or, more likely, mini-series. (More about the book, below.)

11/22/63 was both a commercial and critical success for the author; it was named as the winner of the 2011 Los Angeles Times Book Prize in the mystery/thriller category and won a Thriller Award from the ITW in 2012 for Best Novel.

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11/22/63
Stephen King

On November 22, 1963, three shots rang out in Dallas, President Kennedy died, and the world changed. What if you could change it back?

Jake Epping is a thirty-five-year-old high school English teacher in Lisbon Falls, Maine, who makes extra money teaching adults in the GED program. He receives an essay from one of the students — a gruesome, harrowing first person story about the night 50 years ago when Harry Dunning's father came home and killed his mother, his sister, and his brother with a hammer. Harry escaped with a smashed leg, as evidenced by his crooked walk.

Not much later, Jake's friend Al, who runs the local diner, divulges a secret: his storeroom is a portal to 1958. He enlists Jake on an insane — and insanely possible — mission to try to prevent the Kennedy assassination. So begins Jake's new life as George Amberson and his new world of Elvis and JFK, of big American cars and sock hops, of a troubled loner named Lee Harvey Oswald and a beautiful high school librarian named Sadie Dunhill, who becomes the love of Jake's life — a life that transgresses all the normal rules of time.

      

Lancelot's Lady by Cherish D'Angelo is Today's Third Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Lancelot's Lady by Cherish D'Angelo as today's third free mystery ebook (A Novel of Romantic Suspense; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, April 27, 2013 at 7:30 AM ET. 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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Lancelot's Lady
Cherish D'Angelo
A Novel of Romantic Suspense
Publisher: Imajin Books

Cherish D'Angelo is a pseudonym used by Cheryl Kaye Tardif.

When palliative care nurse Rhianna McLeod is given a gift of a dream holiday to the Bahamas from her dying patient, billionaire JT Lance, she has no idea that her "holiday" will include being stranded on a private island with Jonathan, an irritating but irresistibly handsome recluse. Or that she'll fall head over heels for the man.

Jonathan isn't happy to discover a drop-dead gorgeous redhead has invaded his island. But his anger soon turns to attraction. After one failed marriage, he has guarded his heart, but Rhianna's sudden appearance makes him yearn to throw caution to the wind.

To live fully in the present, Rhianna must resolve her own murky past, unravel the secret that haunts JT, foil the plans of a sleazy, blackmailing private investigator and help Jonathan find his muse. Only then can Rhianna find the love she's been searching for, and finally become … Lancelot's Lady.

  

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A Very Private Grave by Donna Fletcher Crow is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature A Very Private Grave by Donna Fletcher Crow as today's second free mystery ebook (The Monastery Murders; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, April 27, 2013 at 7:20 AM ET. 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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A Very Private Grave
Donna Fletcher Crow
The Monastery Murders
Publisher: Monarch Books

Felicity Howard, a young American studying at the College of the Transfiguration in Yorkshire, is devastated when she finds her beloved Fr. Dominic bludgeoned to death and Fr. Antony, her church history lecturer, soaked in his blood …

Felicity must learn some ancient truths in order to solve the mystery and save her own life, as she and Fr. Antony flee a murderer and follow clues that take them to out-of-the way sites across northern England and southern Scotland.

  

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A Deadly Change of Course — Plan B by Gina Cresse is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature A Deadly Change of Course — Plan B by Gina Cresse as today's free mystery ebook (A Devonie Lace Mystery; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, April 27, 2013 at 7:10 AM ET. 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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A Deadly Change of Course — Plan B
Gina Cresse
A Devonie Lace Mystery
Publisher: Gina Cresse

First published in hardcover by Avalon Books in 1998.

After suffering a minor heart attack at the tender age of thirty-five, Devonie Lace decides to get out of the rat race before she becomes road kill on the corporate highway. She quits her high-paying, high-stress job, sells her house, and buys a sailboat to live on. She has named her new home Plan B, to symbolize her newly simplified life.

To earn a living, Devonie buys and sells trinkets she picks up at probate sales and auctions of unclaimed storage units. But her latest treasure trove happens to include the belongings of an international hired assassin, and this means that Devonie is in big, big trouble.

After she discovers the true cause of an airline crash that killed two DEA agents, Devonie finds herself running for her life. It seems her new lifestyle has turned out to be not so relaxing after all.

  

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American Gods by Neil Gaiman is Today's Kindle Daily Deal

MystereBooks is pleased to feature American Gods by Neil Gaiman as today's Amazon Kindle Daily Deal.

The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Saturday, April 27, 2013.

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American Gods
Neil Gaiman
William Morrow

A storm is coming …

Locked behind bars for three years, Shadow did his time, quietly waiting for the magic day when he could return to Eagle Point, Indiana. A man no longer scared of what tomorrow might bring, all he wanted was to be with Laura, the wife he deeply loved, and start a new life.

But just days before his release, Laura and Shadow's best friend are killed in an accident. With his life in pieces and nothing to keep him tethered, Shadow accepts a job from a beguiling stranger he meets on the way home, an enigmatic man who calls himself Mr. Wednesday. A trickster and rogue, Wednesday seems to know more about Shadow than Shadow does himself.

Life as Wednesday's bodyguard, driver, and errand boy is far more interesting and dangerous than Shadow ever imagined — it is a job that takes him on a dark and strange road trip and introduces him to a host of eccentric characters whose fates are mysteriously intertwined with his own. Along the way Shadow will learn that the past never dies; that everyone, including his beloved Laura, harbors secrets; and that dreams, totems, legends, and myths are more real than we know. Ultimately, he will discover that beneath the placid surface of everyday life a storm is brewing — an epic war for the very soul of America — and that he is standing squarely in its path.

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Today's Mystery and Suspense Update from Big Fish Games (130427)

Here is today's mystery and suspense update from Big Fish Games …

• The New Release is PuppetShow: Destiny Undone.

• The Daily Deal is Hidden Mysteries: Return to Titanic, just $2.99 today only!

• The current Catch of the Week is Sea Legends: Phantasmal Light, just $2.99 through Sunday, April 28, 2013 only.

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Today's New Release is PuppetShow: Destiny Undone

In the calm and peaceful town of Joyville the evil revisits the same family — Master and Felicia's. Little Felicia should now live happily, but she needs help again. Her father, Master of Puppets, has gone missing and Cricks is there too! Cricks is in town for revenge! Felicia begs to help save her father from the death of his old friend but is it possible to change destiny? What has to be done will be done and you will believe in miracles!

A sample version is available to download and play for free for one hour.

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Today's Daily Deal is Hidden Mysteries: Return to Titanic

After using a secret alias to board the Titanic, things go terribly wrong and you find yourself trapped among the wreckage. In order to earn freedom from your watery tomb you must appease your captor by re-writing history and freeing the spirits trapped aboard the "unsinkable" luxury liner as well as discover why fate has chosen this destiny for you.

A sample version is available to download and play for free for one hour. You can purchase this game today only — Saturday, April 27, 2013 — for $2.99.

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The current Catch of the Week is Sea Legends: Phantasmal Light

After their yacht is sunk by an incredible storm, Jane and Mike are separated! Waking up on a mysterious island, Jane must now figure out what happened and find Mike before it's too late. Explore amazing Hidden Object scenes and solve tricky puzzles as you uncover a terrifying truth on the island. Escape from danger and be reunited with Mike!

A sample version is available to download and play for free for one hour. You can purchase this game at the special price of $2.99 through Sunday, April 28, 2013.

New Trailer for RED 2

Summit Entertainment has released the first theatrical trailer for RED 2 in which retired black-ops CIA agent Frank Moses (Bruce Willis) reunites his unlikely team of elite operatives for a global quest to track down a missing portable nuclear device. To succeed, they'll need to survive an army of relentless assassins, ruthless terrorists and power-crazed government officials, all eager to get their hands on the next-generation weapon. The mission takes Frank and his motley crew to Paris, London and Moscow. Outgunned and outmanned, they have only their cunning wits, their old-school skills, and each other to rely on as they try to save the world — and stay alive in the process.

Directed by Dean Parisot from a screenplay by Jon Hoeber and Erich Hoeber and based on characters created by Warren Ellis and Cully Hamner, RED 2 opens in theaters July 19th, 2013.

Telemystery: NBC Renews Law & Order SVU and Grimm

NBC has only a handful of Prime Time Crime shows on its schedule, and today it renewed two of them for additional seasons: Law & Order: SVU (its 15th) and Grimm (its 3rd).

Two other series not mentioned (yet) are Deception — almost certain to be canceled — and Hannibal, which is still new enough that it doesn't really have a track record yet, good or bad.

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: Braking Points by Tammy Kaehler

A Mysterious Review of …

Braking Points by Tammy Kaehler. A Kate Reilly, Racing Mystery.

Review summary: The cast of characters in this racing-themed mystery are really quite extraordinary. Not surprisingly, the pace of the story is fast, too, quickly moving from one scene to the next, never veering far off-track, as it were. There is a nice balance of suspense and adventure to the story, one that will have readers anxiously anticipating the metaphorical finish line of the book. (Click here for text of full review.)

Our rating:

Braking Points
Tammy Kaehler
A Kate Reilly, Racing Mystery
Poisoned Pen Press (April 2013)

Publisher synopsis: Kate Reilly can't remember a worse time in her life, on-track or off. She wrecks her racecar at Road America in Wisconsin, sending a visiting NASCAR star to the hospital, and loses her cool on-camera, only to end the day by discovering her boyfriend with a friend of hers. A dead friend.

With little time to grieve, Kate finds herself the pariah of the racing world, the target of vicious e-mail messages, death threats, and a frenzy of blame on racing sites and blogs, including an influential, anonymous blogger who's trying to get her fired. But nothing is as bad as knowing her friend's killer is still out there — and aiming at Kate.

She's riding a roller coaster of emotion, juggling an exciting new sponsor, a boyfriend she's not sure she can trust, and new-found family she doesn't want to claim. Dodging unfavorable media attention and a pit reporter with a bias against women in racing, Kate redeems herself by delivering stunning performances behind the wheel at the next race: Petit Le Mans, the ten-hour endurance classic.

The championship race weekend and an undercurrent of threats on all sides rev Kate's nerves to their limits. From on-track action, to sponsor parties, to the Series awards banquet, she's part of the action, uncovering motives, secrets, and powerful ambitions. Ultimately she learns no one can escape the past — but only a murderer is driven by it.

  

New Hardcover Mysteries for May 2013

The Hidden Staircase Mystery Books has updated its list of new hardcover mysteries with books scheduled for publication in May 2013. Please note that some titles may publish early, and may already be available, and some may be delayed, published at a later date.

Below we're listing those authors with returning series characters, new series characters, and non-series or stand-alone mysteries in separate sections. All titles are available on our May new mystery books page, which will become the default home page for the site on May 1st.

• Authors with mysteries featuring returning series characters (in italics) this month:

Jussi Adler-Olsen (Carl Mørck, Department Q, 3rd) —  Ace Atkins (Quinn Colson, 3rd) —  Ace Atkins (Spenser, 41st) —  Larry Bond (Jerry Mitchell, 4th) —  Gyles Brandreth (Oscar Wilde, 6th) —  Dan Brown (Robert Langdon, 4th) —  Fiona Buckley (Ursula Blanchard, 11th) —  Jane Casey (Maeve Kerrigan, 3rd) —  Ann Cleeves (Vera Stanhope, 4th) —  Reed Farrel Coleman (Moe Prager, 8th) —  Eoin Colfer (Daniel McEvoy, 2nd) —  Deborah Coonts (Lucky O'Toole, 4th) —  Stephen Coonts (Grafton and Carmellini, 5th) —  Gary Corby (Nicolaos, Ancient Greece, 3rd) —  Jack Coughlin and Donald A. Davis (Kyle Swanson, Sniper, 6th) —  Clive Cussler and Graham Brown (NUMA Files, 11th) —  Sally Goldenbaum (Seaside Knitters, 7th) —  Chris Grabenstein (John Ceepak, 8th) —  Alex Grecian (The Murder Squad, 2nd) —  Carolyn Haines (Sarah Booth Delaney, Southern Belle, 13th) —  Charlaine Harris (Sookie Stackhouse, Southern Vampire, 13th) —  Carolyn Hart (Death on Demand, 23rd) —  Henry Kisor (Steve Martinez, 4th) —  Dean Koontz (Odd Thomas, 7th) —  Camilla Lackberg (Patrik Hedström, 4th) —  John Lescroart (Dismas Hardy, 14th) —  David Mark (Aector McEvoy, 2nd) —  James McGee (Matthew Hawkwood, 3rd) —  Thomas Mogford (Spike Sanguinetti, 2nd) —  Walter Mosley (Easy Rawlins, 12th) —  Jo Nesbo (Harry Hole, 6th) —  Dennis Palumbo (Daniel Rinaldi, 3rd) —  Caro Peacock (Liberty Lane, 6th) —  Linda Rodriguez (Marquitta "Skeet" Bannion, 2nd) —  Pauline Rowson (Andy Horton, Marine, 9th) —  John Sandford (Lucas Davenport, 23rd) —  Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins (Mike Hammer, 18th) —  Jon Talton (David Mapstone, 7th) —  Victoria Thompson (Gaslight, 15th) —  Steve Ulfelder (Conway Sax, 3rd) —  Elaine Viets (Helen Hawthorne, Dead-End Job, 12th) —  David Whellams (Peter Cammon, 2nd)

• Authors with mysteries introducing characters in a new series (in italics) this month:

Richard Castle (Derrick Storm) —  Elizabeth Corley (Andrew Fenwick) —  Matt Coyle (Rick Cahill) —  Richard Crompton (Detective Mollel) —  Judy Dailey (Sunny Day Burnett, Urban Farm) —  Alaric Hunt (Rachel Vasquez and Clayton Guthrie) —  Edith Maxwell (Cameron Flaherty, Local Foods) —  Kathryn O'Sullivan (Colleen McCabe)

• Authors with non-series or stand-alone crime novels this month:

A. X. Ahmad —  S. J. Bolton —  Courtney Angela Brkic —  Christopher Brookmyre —  Roy Chester —  Ruth Dugdall —  Elanor Dymott —  Glen Ebisch —  Karen Joy Fowler —  Dawn French —  Barbara Hambly —  Michael Harvey —  John Harwood —  Mick Herron —  Joanna Hershon —  Elliott Holt —  Ice-T and Jorge Hinojosa —  Dan Kennedy —  Tom Knox —  Dale M. Kushner —  Richard Lange —  John le Carre —  Chang-rae Lee —  Charlie Lovett —  Charles Martin —  Adam Mitzner —  David Morrell —  Rochelle Ohrstrom —  Benjamin Percy —  Sidney Poitier —  Darlene Quinn —  Cynthia Barton Rabe —  M. J. Rose —  Randy Singer —  Antti Tuomainen

For more information on any of these titles, please visit the May new mysteries page on our website. If you're interested in new paperbacks, visit The Mystery Bookshelf where you can discover a library of new mystery, suspense and thriller books, also updated with May 2013 releases.

Please visit the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books where we are committed to providing readers and collectors of mystery books with the best and most current information about their favorite authors, titles, and series.

All the Pretty Hearses by Mary Daheim is Today's Nook Daily Find

MystereBooks is pleased to feature All the Pretty Hearses by Mary Daheim as today's Barnes & Noble Nook Daily Find.

The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Friday, April 26, 2013.

Note: The price has been matched by Amazon.com for today only.

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All the Pretty Hearses
Mary Daheim
A Bed-and-Breakfast Mystery (26th in series)

There's no "fun" in "fund-raiser" for Judith McMonigle Flynn when she donates an overnight stay at Hillside Manor for the parish school's annual auction and the winning bid goes to the persnickety Paine family. Then her husband Joe's latest surveillance job ends abruptly when an insurance fraud suspect is blown away. Unfortunately the gun belongs to Joe, who finds himself in a jail cell while Judith tries to find what's left of her mind — and the real killer.

But Joe's dilemma and the unbearable Paines aren't Judith's only problems. Her cantankerous mother, Gertrude, has agreed to let a wealthy parishioner stable a horse in her tool-shed apartment; Cousin Renie is trying to force-feed her loathsome Shrimp Dump recipe to the parish cookbook fund-raising committee; and neighbor Arlene Rankers wants to know why some parish school kids, including her grandson, are sick after the weekly hamburger lunch. What else could possibly go wrong? On the other hand, at Hillside Manor, what can possibly go right?

 

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A Grave Inheritance by Anne Renshaw is Today's Third Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature A Grave Inheritance by Anne Renshaw as today's third free mystery ebook (A Novel of Suspense; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, April 26, 2013 at 7:30 AM ET. 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.

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A Grave Inheritance
Anne Renshaw
A Novel of Suspense
Publisher: Heatherway Press

Grace and Amelia looked at the gravestone propped up against a tree, its surface tinged green with age and moss. Grace had already scraped away accumulated dirt and grime to reveal a crudely chiseled out initial, name and date. With a sinking feeling in her stomach, Amelia read the inscription.

When their parents died, Amelia and Grace Farrell believed they had no other family. Then out of the blue a letter arrives informing them they have inherited a cottage from their paternal grandfather. Amelia and Grace move into the cottage and make Woodbury their home, but when Grace finds a headstone in the garden, they are plunged straight into an age-old mystery.

Infatuated with the handsome vicar, Amelia looks to him for help, and Grace wants to know if he has any gravestones missing. But it is an elderly aunt, and an old diary which hold the answers to secrets long buried. Grace decides to look into their past for the truth, but someone is determined to stop her. Unknowingly, Grace puts both their lives in danger and they realize they must face the consequences so that the dead can be laid to rest at last.

  

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