Today's Mystery and Suspense Update from Big Fish Games (140425)

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

• The New Release is Grim Facade: A Wealth of Betrayal (Collector's Edition).

• The Daily Deal is Vampire Secrets: Eternal Love, just $2.99 today only!

• 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.

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

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The New Release today is Grim Facade: A Wealth of Betrayal (Collector's Edition)

You've been hired for your most difficult case — stopping the fearsome figure of a headless knight, bent on terrorizing the city. The sweet Rosa Ramirez is said to have stolen his sword in order to unleash his angry spirit — but could there be something more mysterious happening in this beautiful Spanish village? Follow the clues that lead to Rosa's disappearance — and discover the dark secret behind the infamous Fire Knight … before it's too late!

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

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Today's Daily Deal is Vampire Secrets: Eternal Love

Embark on a mysterious journey taking you from London to the heart of Transylvania and investigate a series of nocturnal kidnappings bringing unrest to Eastern Europe. It's up to you to face these troubled times in search of your younger sister, Maria. Your investigation will lead you to Bran Castle, a place steeped in the myth of Count Dracula. Immerse yourself in an ancient vampire society!

A sample version is available to download and play for free for one hour. You can purchase this game today only — Friday, April 25, 2014 — for $2.99.

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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.

Winners of the 2014 Spotted Owl Awards Announced

Friends of Mystery has announced that Mike Lawson has won his second consecutive Spotted Owl Award for Best Novel for his Joe DeMarco political thriller House Odds. Ingrid Thoft was honored with an award for the Best First Novel for Loyalty, which introduced PI Fina Ludlow.

The Spotted Owl Award for Northwest Mysteries is open to authors who have primary residence in the states of Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho or the Province of British Columbia. The award is chosen by a volunteer committee of Friends of Mystery members.

Review: The Color of Light by Wendy Hornsby

A Mysterious Review of The Color of Light by Wendy Hornsby. A Maggie MacGowen Mystery.

Review summary: The puzzle-like storyline, spanning a 30-year-period, with its bits and pieces coming in dribs and drabs, makes it seem like a picture of what happened one day long ago when a woman was murdered will never emerge. A fine mystery overall in a series that continues to reward readers with multi-layered plots and a cast of engaging characters. (Click here for text of full review.)

Our rating:

The Color of Light
Wendy Hornsby
A Maggie MacGowen Mystery
Perseverance Press (March 2014)

Publisher synopsis: Filmmaker Maggie MacGowen learns the hard way that going home again can be deadly. While clearing out her deceased father's desk, Maggie discovers that he had locked away potential evidence in a brutal unsolved murder 30 years earlier. When she begins to ask questions of family and old friends, it emerges that there are people in that seemingly tranquil multi-ethnic Berkeley neighborhood who will go to lethal lengths to prevent the truth from coming out.

With the help of her new love, Jean-Paul Bernard, Maggie uncovers secrets about the murdered Vietnamese mother of a good friend and learns how the crime affected — and continues to affect — the still close-knit neighborhood. The more she finds out, the greater the threat of violence becomes, not only for the long-time neighborhood residents, but even for Maggie herself.

    

New from Endeavour Press: Stranglehold by J. M. Gregson

Endeavour Press is the UK's leading independent digital publisher, promoting and selling ebook editions of works by new authors as well as bringing out ebook editions of out of print books.

We've selected one of their recently published mystery, suspense, thriller or crime titles to feature here today …

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Stranglehold by J. M. Gregson
A Lambert and Hook Mystery
Publisher: Endeavour Press
Publication Date: April 23, 2014
Price: $3.99 (as of 04/24/14 4:30 PM ET)

A young girl is found murdered in a deserted house. She has lain dead for two days, and there are few clues at the scene of the crime to identify her killer. When there is a second murder in the same small community, it becomes obvious that the hunt is for a serial killer, who is certain to kill again. The way the bodies are laid out suggests not only a warped mind — but someone determined to taunt the police.

In the quiet country town of Oldford, a whole community is struck with terror as it waits for the nocturnal killer to strike again. With several suspects, but no motive for the killings, the investigation requires all Superintendent John Lambert insight and expertise.

Can he solve the mystery before another innocent girl is murdered? Or will more victims fall prey to the killer’s deadly stranglehold?

  

Important Note: This book was listed for the price indicated on the date and time as shown. Prices can and do change without prior notice. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your purchase.

The Blackwoods Farm Enquiry by Ann Purser, New in Bookstores in April 2014

Today's featured paperback original mystery title, scheduled to be published during April 2014 by Berkley, is The Blackwoods Farm Enquiry by Ann Purser.

For a list of more new paperback mysteries, thrillers, and novels of suspense published this month, visit our Mystery Bookshelf page for April 2014. For hardcover titles, visit New Mysteries for a selection of books published during April 2014.

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The Blackwoods Farm Enquiry
Ann Purser
Series: An Ivy Beasley Mystery

Retiree Ivy Beasley, a college student? Interested in penning her memoirs, Ivy decides to take a creative writing course. But it's hard to find time to put pen to paper when this current chapter is so full of lies, jealousy and murder …

Rumors are flying around the village of Barrington about Mrs. Winchen Blatch, a reclusive widow living alone in her old farmhouse. In the past few weeks, the widow claims she has been tormented by ghostly visitations, so she hires Ivy and her fellow investigators at Enquire Within to get to the bottom of the mystery. Ivy's new classes are very close to the widow's farmhouse, perfect for combining studying and snooping …

With each new clue — a dark chamber, a smoking cigar and an amorous lodger — it becomes harder to separate fact from fiction. And when the ghost is revealed to be flesh and blood, the lonely widow may be in more trouble than Ivy and her team can handle.