Death Will Save Your Life by Elizabeth Zelvin is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Death Will Save Your Life by Elizabeth Zelvin as today's second free mystery ebook (A Bruce Kohler Mystery Novella; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, September 24, 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.

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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Death Will Save Your Life
Elizabeth Zelvin
A Bruce Kohler Mystery Novella
Publisher: booksBnimble

Recovering alcoholic Bruce Kohler and his good friends Jimmy and Barbara decide to escape the big city for a wellness and couples workshop outside of Sedona. The joint is called The Aquarius, a New Age community the locals have taken to calling The Woo-Woo Farm. But the serene retreat has much more in store than yoga mats, didgeridoos, ecstatic dancing and aboriginal tracking.

During an early morning hike, the trio encounters America's bestselling relationship guru, Melvin Markowitz, posed for meditation and strangled to death with a luggage strap. The race is on for the three friends to find the murderer. Bruce falls for the victim's widow, Jimmy longs for the city, and Barbara minds everybody's business as usual.

But when Melvin's baby sister's volatile husband "Madhouse" is also found dead, it seems everyone at the Woo-Woo Farm is suddenly in danger from more than just a handful of holistic loonies …

  

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Strong Spirits by Alice Duncan is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Strong Spirits by Alice Duncan as today's free mystery ebook (A Daisy Gumm Mystery; iTunes format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, September 24, 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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Strong Spirits
Alice Duncan
A Daisy Gumm Mystery
Publisher: ePublishing Works!

It's the 1920s and Daisy Gumm Majesty is doing her part to support her family as a medium by holding séances and interpreting tarot cards for the rich and famous.

When the wealthy Mrs. Kincaid comes to Daisy to help solve her husband's disappearance, Detective Sam Rotondo isn't far behind.

Sam isn't fooled by Daisy's choice of "vocation" and blackmails her into spying on the Kincaids.

Then Daisy reads Sam's cards … and the tables turn.

  

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Dark Waters by Toni Anderson is Today's Kindle Romantic Suspense Daily Deal

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Dark Waters by Toni Anderson as today's Amazon Kindle Romantic Suspense Daily Deal.

The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Tuesday, September 24, 2013.

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Dark Waters
Toni Anderson
A Novel of Romantic Suspense
Montlake Romance

Danger once again laps at the shores of Barkley Sound, the Graveyard of the Pacific …

Since her rocky childhood and its abrupt, brutal ending, schoolteacher Anna Silver hasn't given her trust easily. But when her estranged father gets in over his head — again — and winds up dead, his last message to Anna is as clear as it is insistent: she's in danger and Brent Carver, the man with whom he shared a prison cell for five years, is the only person she should turn to for help. With nowhere else to go and with her father's killer on her trail, Anna flees to what she hopes is safety.

Tucked into the west coast of Vancouver Island, Brent Carver's isolated home hasn't seen many visitors. And his friend's daughter is the last person he ever expected to grace his doorstep. She's in trouble, and he can't deny her protection … just as he can't deny his attraction to the independent beauty. As their passion sparks into flame, the perfect storm brews off the coast of his island home, bringing with it a sadistic killer hunting Anna and the secrets she's come close to uncovering.

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Today's Mystery and Suspense Update from Big Fish Games (130924)

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

• The New Release is Mystery Age: Liberation of Souls.

• The Daily Deal is E.P.I.C: Wishmaster Adventures, just $2.99 today only!

• The current Catch of the Week is Clairvoyant: The Magician Mystery, just $2.99 through Sunday, September 29, 2013 only.

Visit the Omnimystery Entertainment Network for more games of mystery and suspense!

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Today's New Release is Mystery Age: Liberation of Souls

The treacherous god of chaos has fled to the east, conquering an entire desert kingdom in his wake. Every man, woman, and child who got in his way became trapped in a mysterious orb, including you! Now you find yourself in a strange realm, where villagers have been turned to things like plants, ice, and scarecrows. To free them, you must defeat the Chaos God once and for all! But watch out — his minions are hiding around every corner! Overcome their evil and escape from the orb in this exciting Hidden Object adventure!

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

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Today's Daily Deal is E.P.I.C: Wishmaster Adventures

Sue grew up on her Uncle Fred's bee farm. As many young girls do, she often dreamt of a charming prince who would come and take her far, far away. On one very ordinary morning, something extraordinary happened — a massive starship landed in the middle of a field, taking Sue on the first of many incredible adventures. Join Sue as she faces mysterious puzzles, riddles, harsh challenges and difficult decisions. Fend off ravaging monsters, greedy slave traders and ruthless Horror Soldiers to become the captain of a space ship. Find Sue's long-lost, beloved father and learn the mystery of her birth in this hidden object puzzle adventure game.

A sample version is available to download and play for free for one hour. You can purchase this game today only — Tuesday, September 24, 2013 — for $2.99.

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The current Catch of the Week is Clairvoyant: The Magician Mystery

Investigate the sudden and mysterious disappearance of a carnival magician! Use your clairvoyant instincts to lead you through a dark carnival atmosphere as you interview shady characters and play carnival games unraveling the truth behind the three-ring mystery in this colorful Hidden Object game!

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, September 29, 2013.

A New MystereBook: The Advocate's Ex Parte by Teresa Burrell

Here is a mystery, suspense, or thriller ebook that we recently found by sleuthing (as it were) through new or recently reissued titles from independent publishers …

The Advocate's Ex Parte by Teresa Burrell is the fifth in this series of legal thrillers, which is also following an alphabetical theme; the previous titles are The Advocate, The Advocate's Betrayal, The Advocate's Conviction, and The Advocate's Dilemma.

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The Advocate's Ex Parte by Teresa Burrell
The Advocate Series of Legal Thrillers
Publisher: Silent Thunder Publishing
Publication Date: September 21, 2013

Attorney Sabre Brown is summoned into Judge Lawrence Mitchell chambers for an ex parte hearing. When the judge attempts to discuss one of her cases, she refuses to listen without proper counsel present.

Later that evening, Judge Mitchell is murdered.

Sabre's shock at his death is only surpassed by an attempt on the life of Dr. Carolina Heller, a psychologist she employs on a regular basis. Sabre now fears for her own life.

Sabre enlists her private eye JP, and they begin to comb and scrutinize her cases, searching for connections between the two crimes. But Sabre's life is in danger from someone much closer to her.

Sabre and JP's roads diverge. While JP infiltrates a twisted world of greed and corruption, Sabre is caught up in a domestic crisis fueled by obsession. As each is forced to fight their own battles, the question soon becomes, can they find a way to save one another?

  

Telemystery: Wendy Corsi Staub's The Good Sister Optioned for Television

Suspense novelist Wendy Corsi Staub announced on her Facebook page earlier this month that her new novel, The Good Sister, which is published tomorrow by Harper, has been optioned for television by Fox. It is the first in a trilogy of thrillers.

"The three books are connected not by characters, setting, or shared plotlines, but by theme" the author writes on her website. "They all explore the world of social networking and the question: Do you really know who's lurking behind that screen name?"

The second book in the series, The Perfect Stranger, is published in July 2014 followed by The Blind Date in early 2015.

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The Good Sister
Wendy Corsi Staub
A Novel of Suspense

Sacred Sisters Catholic girls' school has hardly changed since Jen Archer was a student. Jen hoped her older daughter would thrive here. Instead, shy, studious Carley becomes the target of vicious bullies. But the real danger at Sacred Sisters goes much deeper.

The only person Carley can talk to is "Angel", a kindred spirit she met online. Carley tells Angel everything — about her younger sister, about school, about the sudden death of her former best friend. Angel is her lifeline. And Angel is closer than she knows.

When another schoolgirl is found dead, Jen's unease grows. There are too many coincidences, too many links to her past. Every instinct tells her that Carley is the next target. For someone is intent on punishing the guilty, teaching the ultimate lesson in how to fear … and how to die.

      

Review: Let It Burn by Steve Hamilton

A Mysterious Review of Let It Burn by Steve Hamilton. An Alex McKnight Mystery.

Review summary: The storyline of this crime novel is well crafted and unfolds at a steady pace. A lengthy backstory is interwoven into the story, and while largely unnecessary it is structured nicely and not overly intrusive. The whodunit element is cleverly integrated, a fine way to close this really quite good murder mystery. (Click here for text of full review.)

Our rating:

Let It Burn
Steve Hamilton
An Alex McKnight Mystery
Minotaur Books (July 2013)

Publisher synopsis: Even though Alex McKnight swore to serve and protect Detroit as a police officer, a trip to Motown these days is a trip to a past he'd just as soon forget. The city will forever remind him of his partner's death and of the bullet still lodged in his own chest. So he's more than happy to stay in the little town of Paradise, three hundred miles and half a lifetime away.

Then he gets a call from his old sergeant. It turns out that a young man Alex helped put away will be getting out of prison. That one big case marked the highlight of his career, before his partner was killed, before his marriage fell apart, before he left Detroit, forever. Now that man is about to walk free.

When the sergeant invites Alex downstate to have a drink for old times' sake, it's an offer he would normally refuse. However, there's a certain female FBI agent he can't stop thinking about, so he gets in his truck and he goes back to Detroit. While there, he's reminded of something about that last case, a seemingly small piece of the puzzle that he never got to share. It's not something anyone wants to hear, but Alex can't let go of this gut feeling that they arrested the wrong man.

And that the real killer not only got away, but went on to kill again. And again. And again.

      

Taboo, A CSI Reilly Steel Mystery by Casey Hill, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Taboo by Casey Hill, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Simon & Schuster.

The ebook format of this title was priced at $0.99 from the listed vendors (below) as of the date and time of this post (09/23/2013 at 3:00 PM 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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Taboo by Casey Hill
A CSI Reilly Steel Mystery (1st in series)
Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Forensic investigator Reilly Steel, Quantico-trained and California-born and bred, imagined Dublin to be a far cry from bustling San Francisco, a sleepy backwater where she can lay past ghosts to rest and start anew.

She's arrived in Ireland to drag the Garda forensics team into the 21st-century plus keep tabs on her Irish-born father who's increasingly seeking solace in the bottle after a past tragedy.

But a brutal serial killer soon puts paid to that. A young man and woman are found dead in a hotel room, the gunshot wounds on their naked bodies suggesting a suicide pact. But as Reilly and the team dig deeper, and more bodies are discovered, they soon realise that a twisted murderer is at work, one who seeks to upset society's norms in the most sickening way imaginable …

  

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Cut to the Bone by Jefferson Bass, New in Bookstores This Week

Today's new hardcover mystery title, scheduled to be published this week by William Morrow, is Cut to the Bone by Jefferson Bass.

For a list of more new hardcover mysteries published this month, visit our New Mysteries page for September 2013. For new paperback mysteries, visit The Mystery Bookshelf where a selection of September 2013 mysteries, novels of suspense, and thrillers are shelved.

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Cut to the Bone
Jefferson Bass
Series: Bill Brockton, Body Farm (8th)

In the summer of 1992, Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton and Tennessee Senator Albert Gore begin their long-shot campaign to win the White House. In the sweltering hills of Knoxville at the University of Tennessee, Dr. Bill Brockton, the bright, ambitious young head of the Anthropology Department, launches an unusual — some would call it macabre — research facility, unlike any other in existence.

Brockton is determined to revolutionize the study of forensics to help law enforcement better solve crime. But his plans are derailed by a chilling murder that leaves the scientist reeling from a sense of déjà vu. Followed by another. And then another: bodies that bear eerie resemblances to cases from Brockton's past.

But as the body count rises, the victims' fatal injuries grow more and more distinctive — a spiral of death that holds dark implications for Brockton … and everyone he holds dear.

      

A New MystereBook: Invitation to a Murder by Esther Luttrell

Here is a mystery, suspense, or thriller ebook that we recently found by sleuthing (as it were) through new or recently reissued titles from independent publishers …

Invitation to a Murder by Esther Luttrell is the first in a series of mysteries set in a different location across the United States. This one, Missouri. It was first published in paperback by L&L Dreamspell in May 2012.

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Invitation to a Murder by Esther Luttrell
A State of Murder Mystery
Publisher: Copper Ink Publishing
Publication Date: September 21, 2013

Once beyond the blue door, Dena's world would explode into a million shattered pieces …

When Doug Stafford phoned in the dead of the night from Topeka, Kansas, Dena Brooke was sitting in her Florida beach cottage, trying to decide what to do with the rest of her life. Suddenly, it was decided for her. Fate intervened with the murder of Doug and Ginny's handsome young son. Ginny needed Dena to be with her in her terrible time of grief. A drive-by shooting, according to the police report. A random bullet fired on a foggy, pre-dawn morning.

But, if it were random, why did Dena find herself stalked and terrorized? What did the prairie cowboy know that he wasn't telling? And what about the eccentric cousin in the sprawling old B&B? What secrets were they keeping from the family that put Dena in the middle of danger?

As Ginny tottered on the brink of insanity, Dena knew it was up to her to find a killer before the killer found her. Did the answer lie behind a forbidden blue door in a Kansas City alley?

  

MystereBooks: Technomancer by B. V. Larson, Available this Month at a Special Price

Every month Amazon releases a new selection of Kindle books priced $3.99 or less.

Today's featured title from the Mystery & Thrillers category is Technomancer by B. V. Larson. This Kindle book was listed at $0.99 as of the date and time of this post, Monday, September 23, 2013 at 1:30 PM ET, and should be available at this price through the end of the month.

More information about the book is below; if other vendors have priced-matched this title, links to their sites are also shown.

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Technomancer by B. V. Larson
The Unspeakable Things Series
Publisher: 47North

When Quentin Draith wakes up in a private sanatorium, he has no memory of who he is or how he received the injuries riddling his body. All he knows is that he has to get out, away from the drugs being pumped into him and back to the real world to search for answers. His first question: How did his friend Tony's internal organs fill with sand, killing him in a Las Vegas car crash?

After a narrow escape, he tracks down the basic facts: he is an investigator and blogger specializing in the supernatural — which is a good thing, because Quentin's life is getting stranger by the minute. It seems he is one of a special breed, a person with unusual powers. He's also the prime suspect in a string of murders linked by a series of seemingly mundane objects. The deeper he digs and the harder he works to clear his name, the more Quentin realizes that some truths are better off staying buried …

  

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Madness and Murder, A Mac Jackson Mystery by Jenny Hilborne, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Madness and Murder by Jenny Hilborne, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Severn Press.

The ebook format of this title was priced at $0.99 from the listed vendors (below) as of the date and time of this post (09/23/2013 at 1:00 PM 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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Madness and Murder by Jenny Hilborne
A Mac Jackson Mystery (1st in series)
Publisher: Severn Press

Homicide detective Mac Jackson is on a collision path with a civilian in his hunt for a killer. A lack of evidence leaves him frustrated. With the body count rising, he questions his own ethics when he considers risking the life of an innocent woman to put the killer within reach. The stakes are high if his gamble fails.

Jessica Croft begins a new life in San Francisco, ninety miles from the sinister secrets and the madness that destroyed her family. She hopes to find tranquility, maybe even love, but her chance for happiness is threatened when she finds herself the target of a madman. Unwilling to live a life of fear, Jessica takes a bold risk to draw him out; unaware of the trap he has already set for her.

  

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New Mystery/Suspense from Carina Press: Corroded by Karina Cooper

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.

One new title is being released this week: Corroded by Karina Cooper (listed under Steampunk).

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Corroded
Karina Cooper
The St. Croix Chronicles (3rd in series)

Hungry for vengeance, Cherry St. Croix is forced to the fog-ridden streets of Victorian London …

My rival, a collector of bounties like myself, has murdered one of my own. In consequence, I have been removed from my house, my staff and all who would support me. I have nowhere else to turn, so I beg asylum within the Midnight Menagerie, London's decadent pleasure garden.

Micajah Hawke's dominance there will not tolerate my presence for long. I am fixated on revenge, but I walk a razor's edge under his scrutiny. His wicked power is not easily ignored, and I must not allow myself to submit — no matter how sweet the sacrifice.

Challenging my rival to a race is the only way to end this — no small task when the quarry is the murderous Jack the Ripper. As my enemies close in, I fear the consequences of this hunt. I am trapped between two killers, and what doesn't kill me may leave its scars forever.