A Night To Forget by Frederic Lindsay is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature A Night To Forget by Frederic Lindsay as today's second free mystery ebook (A Jim Meldrum Thriller; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, April 23, 2014 at 6:45 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 Night To Forget
Frederic Lindsay
A Jim Meldrum Thriller
Publisher: Endeavour Press

After a fraught dinner with his ex-wife and her husband, Detective Inspector Jim Meldrum escapes early to drown the experience. The next morning he awakes in an expensive Edinburgh hotel with bruised knuckles, aching ribs — and no memory of how he got there. Over by the window, a woman he doesn't know is getting dressed. If she is to be believed, they have spent the night together as lovers. Later that day, the body of a man beaten to death is discovered in an unoccupied room of the second floor of the hotel — in the room next to the one in which Meldrum woke up. Who was the dead man? And who killed him?

Tormented by doubts as to what might have happened during the lost hours on the night of the murder, Meldrum fears the answer may ruin his life. Yet he conducts his search for the truth with unwavering integrity. He will track down the killer … ;even if it might be himself.

  

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Private Eye by Jason Deas is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Private Eye by Jason Deas as today's free mystery ebook (A Cameron Caldwell Mystery; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, April 23, 2014 at 6:30 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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Private Eye
Jason Deas
A Cameron Caldwell Mystery
Publisher: 3-Day Ranch Press

Ex-cop Cameron Caldwell swears he'll never work for a police department again. But, after getting a DUI in his police cruiser it isn't really an issue. The real issue now is staying alive. Cameron knows secrets that could cost him his life and flees to what he hopes is a quiet mountain retreat. Launching a detective agency in the town of Miner's Bluff, he unknowingly stumbles into a world of murder, moonshine, shifty characters, and even deeper secrets.

But the biggest secret belongs to him. It's the cornerstone of all his troubles. Cam can look into another's eyes and see their darkest sin — their most evil act. And it's beginning to take a toll on his sanity.

The murder investigations of his past and present collide as Cam tries to keep his life from unraveling and his eyes from tearing him apart.

  

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Today's Mystery and Suspense Update from Big Fish Games (140423)

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

• Our Featured Title is Amazing Adventures: Riddle of the Two Knights.

• The current Catch of the Week is Mystery of the Ancients: Curse of the Black Water, just $2.99 through Sunday, April 28, 2014 only.

• Today's Special Deal — Big Fish Favorites Sale! Hundreds of Big Fish Favorite Games Are 60% Off for two days only! Use coupon code FAVES at check-out to purchase any Standard Edition game for $3.99 or use coupon code FELIX for Collector's Edition games at just $7.99. Offer valid through April 23rd, 2014 only until 11:59 PM PT.

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

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Our Featured Title today is Amazing Adventures: Riddle of the Two Knights

An ancient chessboard is unearthed and the missing pieces need to be found. A curious trail leads you from the crowded bazaars of Morocco to the snow-swept summits of the Swiss Alps. With each new piece, a strange tale of two Medieval Knights is revealed. Complete 25 missions by finding hidden items and solving unique puzzles. Good luck!

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

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The current Catch of the Week is Mystery of the Ancients: Curse of the Black Water

You travel to the remote island town of Black Water, investigating the mysterious disappearance of two archaeologists when you encounter a mythical monster straight from the ancient myths of Poseidon! What cursed secrets have these archaeologists unearthed beneath the town? Now it's up to you to save the world from falling into a curse of eternal darkness! Uncover the truth lurking deep below the island's darkening waters.

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, 2014.

Also available for this game:

• Get the Strategy Guide.
• Check out the Blog Walkthrough.
• For a more in-depth experience, see the Collector's Edition.

Review: Ruin Falls by Jenny Milchman

A Mysterious Review of Ruin Falls by Jenny Milchman.

Review summary: This is a somewhat uneven novel, one that opens with an intriguing premise, and ends with a rather thrilling conclusion, but one that largely fails to maintain any meaningful level of suspense throughout its lengthy, and rather overwrought middle section by focusing its attention on a character that really isn't all that appealing. (Click here for text of full review.)

Our rating:

Ruin Falls
Jenny Milchman
Ballantine (April 2014)

Publisher synopsis: Liz Daniels has every reason to be happy about setting off on a rare family vacation, leaving behind her remote home in the Adirondack Mountains for a while. Instead, she feels uneasy. Her children, eight-year-old Reid and six-year-old Ally, have met their paternal grandparents only a handful of times. But Liz's husband, Paul, has decided that, despite a strained relationship with his mother and father, they should visit the farm in western New York where he spent his childhood.

On their way to the farm, the family stops at a hotel for the night. In the morning, when Liz goes to check on her sleeping children, all her anxiety comes roaring back: Ally and Reed are nowhere to be found. Blind panic slides into ice-cold terror as the hours tick by without anyone finding a trace of the kids. Soon, Paul and Liz are being interviewed by police, an Amber Alert is issued, and detectives are called in.

Frantic worry and helplessness threaten to overtake Liz's mind — but in a sudden, gut-wrenching instant she realizes that it was no stranger who slipped into the hotel room that night. Someone she trusted completely has betrayed her. Though she knows that Ally and Reid are safe, Liz will stop at nothing to find them and get them back. From her guarded in-laws' unwelcoming farmhouse to the deep woods of her own hometown, Liz follows the threads of a terrible secret to uncover a hidden world created from dreams and haunted by nightmares.

        

A New MystereBook: The Moonglow Café by Deborah Garner

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 April 2014 priced $4.99 or less …

The Moonglow Café by Deborah Garner is the second mystery in this series, with New York reporter Paige MacKenzie doing research in Montana … and finding romance and danger.

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The Moonglow Café by Deborah Garner
A Paige MacKenzie Mystery
Publisher: Cranberry Cove Press
Publication Date: April 21, 2014
Price: $0.99 (as of 04/22/14 4:30 PM ET)

New York reporter Paige MacKenzie has a hidden motive when she heads to the small town of Timberton, Montana. Assigned to research the area's unique Yogo sapphires for the Manhattan Post, she hopes to reconnect romantically with handsome cowboy Jake Norris. The local gem gallery offers the material needed for the article, but the discovery of an old diary, hidden inside the wall of a historic hotel, soon sends her on a detour into the underworld of art and deception.

Each of the town's residents holds a key to untangling more than one long-buried secret, from the hippie chick owner of a new age café to the mute homeless man in the town park. As the worlds of western art and sapphire mining collide, Paige finds herself juggling research, romance and danger. With stolen sapphires and shady characters thrown into the mix, will Paige escape the consequences of her own curiosity?

  

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