A New MystereBook: Jack in the Green by Diane Capri

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 …

Jack in the Green by Diane Capri is the fifth thriller In this series featuring FBI Special Agents Kiim Otto and Carlos Gaspar.

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Jack in the Green by Diane Capri
The Hunt for Jack Reacher Series
Publisher: AugustBooks
Publication Date: April 23, 2014
Price: $3.99 (as of 04/25/14 4:30 PM ET)

FBI Agents Kim Otto and Carlos Gaspar track Reacher’s past in Tampa where they team up with Judge Willa Carson, investigative journalist Jessica Kimball, and attorney Jennifer Lane.

When Retired Army Colonel Thomas Weston returns to MacDill Air Force Base for a public event after sixteen years, he's an easy target for his enemies, including Jack Reacher.

  

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The Sacrificial Man, A Suspense Thriller by Ruth Dugdall, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Sacrificial Man by Ruth Dugdall, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Arcade Publishing.

The ebook format of this title was priced at $1.99 from the listed vendors (below) as of the date and time of this post (04/25/2014 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 Sacrificial Man by Ruth Dugdall
A Suspense Thriller
Publisher: Arcade Publishing

Winner of the 2005 CWA Debut Dagger.

What I want to say is that suicide is my choice. No one else is to blame. Man seeks beautiful woman for the journey of a lifetime: Will you help me to die?

When Probation Officer Cate Austin is given her new assignment, she faces the highest-profile case of her career. Alice Mariani is charged with assisted suicide and Cate must recommend a sentence.

Alice insists her story is one of misinterpreted love, forcing those around her to analyse their own lives. Who is to decide what is normal and when does loyalty turn to obsession?

Investigating the loophole that lies between murder and euthanasia, Cate must now meet the woman who agreed to comply with her lover's final request. Shocking revelations expose bitter truths that can no longer be ignored.

  

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Stolen Remains by Christine Trent, New in Bookstores in April 2014

Today's featured paperback original mystery title, scheduled to be published during April 2014 by Kensington, is Stolen Remains by Christine Trent.

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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Stolen Remains
Christine Trent
Series: A Lady of Ashes Mystery

After establishing her reputation as one of London's most highly regarded undertakers, Violet Harper decided to take her practice to the wilds of the American West. But when her mother falls ill, Violet and her husband Samuel are summoned back to England, where her skills are as sought-after as ever. She's honored to undertake the funeral of Anthony Fairmont, the Viscount Raybourn, a close friend of Queen Victoria's who died in suspicious circumstances — but it's difficult to perform her services when his body disappears.

As the viscount's undertaker, all eyes are on Violet as the Fairmonts and Scotland Yard begin the search for his earthly remains. Forced to exhume her latent talents as a sleuth to preserve her good name, Violet's own investigation takes her from servants' quarters, to the halls of Windsor Castle, to the tombs of ancient Egypt — and the Fairmont family's secrets quickly begin to unravel like a mummy's wrappings. But the closer Violet gets to the truth, the closer she gets to becoming the next missing body.

        

Open Road Mysteries for $1.99: The Bait, A Christie Opara Mystery by Dorothy Uhnak

Open Road has discounted 25 titles to just $1.99 as part of their Mystery Deals promotion to celebrate the Edgar Awards.

Titles include winners, nominees, books by Grand Masters and those receiving special Edgars, and we are pleased to feature one of them, below.

(Price verified on April 25, 2014 as of 3:00 PM ET.)

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The Bait by Dorothy Uhnak
A Christie Opara Mystery (1st in series)
Publisher: Open Road

Winner of the 1969 Edgar Award for Best First Novel.

It begins when New York Police Department Detective Second-Grade Christie Opara arrests a man on the subway for indecent exposure. Within hours, Murray Rogoff, a burly giant, his crazed stare concealed behind thick glasses, is out on bail.

Soon after, the body of a young dancer is found stashed behind the stairway of a Bronx apartment building. The girl was brutally raped and strangled, and a clue links her with two previous murders. The killer takes a signature trophy: a hacked-off lock of the victim’s hair. A few days later, Christie starts to get strange, late-night phone calls. Although Rogoff never spoke when he was in lock-up, the detective’s instincts tell her that Rogoff’s the serial killer they’re hunting. With the reluctant approval of her boss, Assistant District Attorney Casey Reardon, Christie prepares to become the bait of a deadly psychopath.

  

Antiques Con by Barbara Allan, New in Bookstores in April 2014

Today's new hardcover mystery title, scheduled to be published during April 2014 by Kensington, is Antiques Con by Barbara Allan.

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

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Antiques Con
Barbara Allan
Series: Brandy Borne, Trash and Treasures (8th)

Brandy Borne and her drama-queen mom, Vivian, take their antiques show on the road, for an off-Broadway farce mixing mirth and murder. A world away from small-town Serenity, the ditsy duo — chaperoned by their trusty shih tzu, Sushi — arrive in the Big Apple, blissfully unaware that they will soon cross paths with a rotten-to-the-core killer.

As the dynamic dames descend upon a comic-book convention — to sell a rare 1940s Superman drawing — Vivian makes a show of keeping the valuable sketch locked to her wrist in a briefcase. When an intruder breaks into their hotel suite, they naturally suspect a felonious fan, over-eager to acquire their artwork.

But this not-so-super villain proves less interested in the Man of Steel than in stealing a man's life, as Brandy and Mother stumble onto a murder victim impaled by a pen-shaped award. Suspects ranging from comic-book collectors to crime kingpins lead Brandy and Mother on a merry madcap Manhattan misadventure, taking them from convention hall to strip joint, from retirement home to precinct lock-up. Has the con been conned by a killer? If so, only Brandy, Mother and Sushi can stop this fatally foul funny-book fiend.