A New MystereBook: Clean Slate by J. R. Rain

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 during December 2013 priced $4.99 or less …

Clean Slate by J. R. Rain is the fourth mystery in this series featuring Jim Knighthorse, a hard-hitting, wise-cracking hero with a modern twist.

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Clean Slate by J. R. Rain
A Jim Knighthorse Mystery
Publisher: J. R. Rain Press
Publication Date: December 22, 2013
Price: $3.99 (as of 12/24/13 04:30 PM ET)

Private investigator Jim Knighthorse is hired to find out if Freddie Calgary, a popular movie and TV star, really overdosed and died two years ago, or if he is still alive.

The investigation turns into a big road trip as Jim follows the clues to L.A., Sedona, and San Antonio.

There is plenty of action and danger as the dark side of Hollywood spills its blood, secrets and scandal over three cities.

  

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The Magnum Equation, A Cat Enright, Equestrian Mystery by LisaWysocky, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Magnum Equation by LisaWysocky, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Cool Titles.

The ebook format of this title was priced at $2.99 from the listed vendors (below) as of the date and time of this post (12/24/2013 at 4:00 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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The Magnum Equation by LisaWysocky
A Cat Enright, Equestrian Mystery
Publisher: Cool Titles

A horse trainer, juvenile delinquent, eccentric client of a certain age with electric blue hair, and a (possibly) psychic horse lead this Southern equestrian mystery into a fast paced, lightly comic read.

Join Cat Enright and her crew as she tries to solve murder and mayhem at a prestigious all-breed horse show. When horses become ill and a show-goer's last hurrah is in the port-a-potty, Cat decides to find the cause of the trouble.

  

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A New MystereBook: Big Money by Jack Getze

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 during December 2013 priced $4.99 or less …

Big Money by Jack Getze is the second mystery to feature stock broker Austin Carr, first published by Hilliard & Harris in 2008 and now available in ebook format.

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Big Money by Jack Getze
An Austin Carr Mystery
Publisher: Down & Out Books
Publication Date: December 22, 2013
Price: $2.99 (as of 12/24/13 03:30 PM ET)

Three women want him dead …

Left in charge of a one-office Jersey Shore investment firm, suspended stockbroker Austin Carr becomes the prize in a war between two crime crews and a powerful state investigator.

Trying to stay alive with mobsters, beautiful cops, and a hit-man he calls the creeper chasing him, Carr stumbles into the secret lives of three desperate women. One becomes a victim, one a murderer.

And Carr is her next victim …

  

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Rattlesnake Wedding, A Rattlesnake Lawyer Mystery by Jonathan Miller, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Rattlesnake Wedding by Jonathan Miller, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Cool Titles.

The ebook format of this title was priced at $2.99 from the listed vendors (below) as of the date and time of this post (12/24/2013 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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Rattlesnake Wedding by Jonathan Miller
A Rattlesnake Lawyer Mystery
Publisher: Cool Titles

The Rattlesnake Lawyer, Dan Shepard, has finally popped the question to his girlfriend, former judge Luna Cruz. Unfortunately, the father of Luna's child is back in the picture and Dan is representing him on a serious felony. But, Dan doesn't know if he wants to win the case. Even worse, he finds Luna and himself on opposite sides.

Will Dan win the trial of his life and make it to the altar on time?

  

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Rosemary and Crime by Gail Oust, New in Bookstores This Month

Today's new hardcover mystery title, scheduled to be published this month by Minotaur Books, is Rosemary and Crime by Gail Oust.

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

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Rosemary and Crime
Gail Oust
Series: Piper Prescott (1st)

Piper Prescott, a transplanted Yankee living in the South, has got her sass back. She might be down, but don't count her out. “Change of life?” she asks. Bring it on. Recently divorced, Piper decides to pursue a dream she's secretly harbored: owning her own business, Spice it Up!, a spice shop in her adopted hometown, Brandywine Creek, Georgia.

But Piper's grand opening goes awry when the local chef who's agreed to do a cooking demo is found stabbed. Not only did Piper find the body, she handled the murder weapon and doesn't have a witness to her alibi, making the case look like a slam dunk to brand new police Chief Wyatt McBride. Desperate to uncover the truth — and prove her innocence — Piper enlists the help of her outspoken BFF Reba Mae Johnson to help track down the real culprit. The pair compile a lengthy list of suspects and work to eliminate them using their own creative brand of sleuthing techniques including stakeouts, breaking and entering, and one very unorthodox chocolate pie.

When Piper narrowly avoids being a victim of a hit-and-run, she knows she's getting closer to the truth, but can she catch the killer and clear her name before she becomes the next victim?

      

The Chinese Parrot, A Charlie Chan Mystery by Earl Derr Biggers, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Chinese Parrot by Earl Derr Biggers, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Academy Chicago Publishers.

The ebook format of this title was priced at $2.99 from the listed vendors (below) as of the date and time of this post (12/24/2013 at 2:00 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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The Chinese Parrot by Earl Derr Biggers
A Charlie Chan Mystery
Publisher: Academy Chicago Publishers

This is the second mystery in the series featuring the amazing Charlie Chan, Detective-Sergeant of the Honolulu Police, originally published in 1926.

Here Chan travels across the Pacific Ocean by steamer to San Francisco to assist his friend and former employer, the glamorous Madame Sally Jordan, who is falling on hard times. Jordan is forced to sell a valuable string of pearls to an eccentric millionaire, P.J. Madden, and has entrusted Chan, her old houseboy from the time of the monarchy, to bring them over safely from Hawaii.

  

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A New MystereBook: Any Meat In That Soup? by Jerilyn Dufresne

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 during December 2013 priced $4.99 or less …

Any Meat In That Soup? by Jerilyn Dufresne is the second mystery in this series. When a man falls down at Samantha Darling's feet, she thinks it's pretty funny. But she stops joking when he turns up dead.

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Any Meat In That Soup? by Jerilyn Dufresne
A Sam Darling Mystery
Publisher: eFitzgerald Publishing
Publication Date: December 22, 2013
Price: $3.99 (as of 12/24/13 01:30 PM ET)

Social worker and would-be crime-solver Sam is busy trying to unravel the mystery as the death toll keeps mounting. She's thrilled to be hired by the handsome local PI to work in the ER and investigate.

"I'm being paid to snoop! I've died and gone to heaven." Her elation quickly evaporates when she finds out that her sister Jen is being investigated for the murders.

A trio of other suspects, a poisoning scare for her best bud and canine companion Clancy, and the back-and-forth pull of Sam's attraction to the dreamy Michael and the loyal George keep her unbalanced as she tries to juggle social work, secret sleuthing, and a romantic triangle. As usual, Sam takes her snooping to extraordinary heights. She can't seem to stop putting her nose where it doesn't belong.

And this time … she may have gone too far.

  

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Counterfeit Conspiracies, A Bodies of Art Mystery by Ritter Ames, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Counterfeit Conspiracies by Ritter Ames, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Gemma Halliday Publishing.

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 (12/24/2013 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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Counterfeit Conspiracies by Ritter Ames
A Bodies of Art Mystery
Publisher: Gemma Halliday Publishing

Laurel Beacham grew up in wealth and society — until her grandfather died and her father gambled away the family fortune. Now with more pedigree than trust fund, she is the premier art recovery expert for museums that need to stay one step ahead of international thieves.

Her latest assignment pits her against a mystery man, Jack Hawkes, who is not only her equal with blue bloods, but also seems to know where all the bodies are buried.

Suddenly Laurel is racing against time to find a priceless art object before the enemy does, locate a missing art world compatriot with crucial information, and decide whether or not she wants to disentangle herself from this new male nemesis, Jack, who seems to know too much about her and her business.

  

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New from Witness Impulse: The Calling by Alison Bruce

Every week, Witness Impulse — an imprint of William Morrow — releases new suspense and thriller digital originals, typically priced at just $2.99 each.

MystereBooks is pleased to present you with one of this week's titles …

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The Calling by Alison Bruce
A Gary Goodhew Mystery
Publisher: Witness Impulse
Price: $2.99 (as of 12/23/13 12:30 PM ET)

Kaye isn't the first. And she won't be the last.

Kaye Whiting went out to buy a birthday present and never came back.

She was a promising young woman with a bright future ahead of her — and no enemies. DC Gary Goodhew is unsure where to begin … until he receives an anonymous call promising more disappearances.

Then Kaye's body is found, and that mysterious phone call turns out to be the only clue the police have.

Soon Goodhew is hunting a sadistic sociopath with a penchant for destroying nice young women …

      

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New Trailer for Suspense Thriller Sabotage

A new trailer has been released by Open Road Films for the suspense thriller Sabotage (embedded, below).

Arnold Schwarzengger leads an elite DEA task force that takes on the world's deadliest drug cartels. When the team successfully executes a high-stakes raid on a cartel safe house, they think their work is done — until, one-by-one, the team members mysteriously start to be eliminated. As the body count rises, everyone is a suspect.

Directed by David Ayer from an original screenplay by Skip Woods and David Ayer, Sabotage opens in theaters April 11, 2014.

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Deceptions by Lauren Maddison is Today's Fifth Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Deceptions by Lauren Maddison as today's fifth free mystery ebook (A Connor Hawthorne Mystery; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, December 24, 2013 at 7:50 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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Deceptions
Lauren Maddison
A Connor Hawthorne Mystery
Publisher: The Satterwhite Agency

On the muddy banks of the C&O Canal in Washington, D.C., a beautiful woman is murdered, unleashing a wave of terror that reaches to the highest levels of power.

Devastated by the death of her longtime lover, Connor Hawthorne, best-selling mystery novelist, former district attorney, and the daughter of a former U.S. Senator and presidential adviser, is determined to bring the murderer to justice. And when the crime is solved — too easily — she vows to put the experience behind her and rebuild her life.

But someone is determined to make sure she doesn't.

While at a writer's conference in the the Southwest, Connor finds herself running for her life across the high desert, aided by a beautiful and resourceful Navajo guide.

As the murderer draws close, Conner and her guide must unravel a web of treachery, some of which lies in Connor's own past, to save their lives and prevent the discovery of a powerful secret that someone is willing to kill for, again and again. In the process, Connor will finally come to understand the very special gifts of wisdom and prescience that have passed to her through generations of Celtic women from the mists of times long past. Caught up in the battle between life and death, she learns that reality isn't necessarily just what you can see.

  

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Ethan Justice: Origins by Simon Jenner is Today's Fourth Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Ethan Justice: Origins by Simon Jenner as today's fourth free mystery ebook (An Ethan Justice Thriller; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, December 24, 2013 at 7:40 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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Ethan Justice: Origins
Simon Jenner
An Ethan Justice Thriller
Publisher: Simon Jenner

Waking up beside the gorgeous Savannah Jones, John is shocked to learn she was for hire, and he can't pay the price — a thousand pounds or broken legs. In desperation, he turns to best friend, Mark, for the money. Only one problem — Mark has a dagger in his back.

John and Savannah are plunged into a dangerous world where wits and adrenaline are their only weapons and trust in each other their only certainty. As the body count mounts, they discover Mark wasn't the person John thought, and his terrifying invention may well end up killing thousands, John and Savannah included.

A race to recover the missing invention pits the unlikely pairing against ex-SAS psychopath, Gregory Fisher, a man who will stop at nothing and kill anyone in his way to wreak revenge against the Government who stole his livelihood.

When Smith and Jones team up, the result is explosive.

  

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Maid in the Shade by Bridget Allison is Today's Third Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Maid in the Shade by Bridget Allison as today's third free mystery ebook (A Gretchen Gallen, Maid for Murder Mystery; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, December 24, 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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Maid in the Shade
Bridget Allison
A Gretchen Gallen, Maid for Murder Mystery
Publisher: Graysea Publishing

Gretchen Gallen, a young financial wunderkind, former addict and wildlife rescue volunteer from Charlotte, has built a new life in the sleepy village of Bridle Springs, making her living in "Crisis Cleanup".

We are reunited with Gretchen just as she is called to a local wildlife rescue — where there also happens to be a dead body.

With the hilarious Mona, Jackson and the perpetually irreverent Lucy by her side, Gretchen is content to continue her work in Bridle Springs while maintaining relationships with the power brokers of Charlotte. Distractions from two would-be beaus aren't helping her concentration, as they seem to be looking for commitments she is not prepared to make.

With her attention diverted, Gretchen has missed a clue or two, and by the time Gretchen sees a pattern in a city suicide, she realizes that she has trailed danger to her door, and Gretchen isn't the only one in jeopardy.

  

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Leave No Stone Unturned by Jeanne Glidewell is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Leave No Stone Unturned by Jeanne Glidewell as today's second free mystery ebook (A Lexie Starr Mystery; Kindle format only).

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

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Leave No Stone Unturned
Jeanne Glidewell
A Lexie Starr Mystery
Publisher: ePublishing Works!

Lexie Starr, a widowed library assistant, accidentally discovers her new son-in-law, Clay Pitt, may be guilty of murdering his first wife.

Then Lexie's daughter, Wendy, is abducted.

Vowing to bring Wendy home and unravel the truth about Clay, Lexie comes face-to-face with Clay's psychotic mother, a foul-mouthed parrot, a bad-tempered detective, a feisty old B&B proprietor, and a potential suitor.

  

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The Murders at Astaire Castle by Lauren Carr is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Murders at Astaire Castle by Lauren Carr as today's free mystery ebook (A Mac Faraday Mystery; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, December 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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The Murders at Astaire Castle
Lauren Carr
A Mac Faraday Mystery
Publisher: Acorn Book Services

Never tell Mac Faraday not to do something …

Spencer's police chief, David O'Callaghan, learns this lesson the hard way when he orders Mac Faraday to stay away from the south end of Spencer's mountaintop — even though he owns the property. It doesn't take long for Mac to find out what lies on the other side of the stone wall and locked gate, on which hangs a sign warning visitors to Keep Out!

Topping the list of the ten top haunted places in America, Astaire Castle is associated with two suicides, three mysterious disappearances, and four murders since it was built almost a century ago — and Mac Faraday owns it!

In spite of David's warning, Mac can't resist unlocking the gate to see the castle that supposedly hasn't seen a living soul since his late mother had ordered it closed up after the double homicide and disappearance of Damian Wagner, a world-famous master of horror novels.

What starts out as a quick tour of a dusty old castle turns into another Mac Faraday adventure when Astaire Castle becomes the scene of even more murders. Mac is going to need to put all of his investigative talents to work to sort out this case that involves the strangest characters he has run into yet — including a wolf man. No, we're not talking about Gnarly.

  

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Norwegian by Night by Derek B. Miller is Today's Nook Daily Find

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Norwegian by Night by Derek B. Miller as today's Barnes & Noble Nook Daily Find.

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

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Norwegian by Night
Derek B. Miller
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Winner of the 2013 CWA New Blood Dagger for best first novel.

Sheldon Horowitz — widowed, impatient, impertinent — has grudgingly agreed to leave New York and move in with his granddaughter, Rhea, and her new husband, Lars, in Norway: a country of blue and ice with one thousand Jews, not one of them a former Marine sniper in the Korean War turned watch repairman, who failed his only son by sending him to Vietnam to die. Not until now, anyway.

Home alone one morning, Sheldon witnesses a dispute between the woman who lives upstairs and an aggressive stranger. When events turn dire, Sheldon seizes and shields the neighbor's young son from the violence, and they flee the scene. But old age and circumstances are altering Sheldon's experience of time and memory. He is haunted by dreams of his son Saul's life and by guilt over his death. As Sheldon and the boy look for a haven in an alien world, reality and fantasy, past and present, weave together, forcing them ever forward to a wrenching moment of truth.

Read our review of Norwegian by Night by Derek B. Miller.

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