Almost True Confessions, A Miranda Bookman Mystery by Jane O'Connor, Now Available at a Special Price

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Almost True Confessions by Jane O'Connor

A Miranda Bookman Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: William Morrow

Price: $0.99 (as of 12/17/2014 at 5:00 PM ET).

  

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What could be more fun for a freelance copyeditor than a juicy exposé about one of Manhattan's most beloved society doyennes?

But when Rannie arrives at the east side apartment of reclusive author Ret Sullivan, she finds more than the final draft of the manuscript waiting for her: tied to the bed and strangled with an Hermès scarf is Ret's half-naked body.

Was this merely a case of rough sex that got a little too rough, as the police believe? Or was Ret murdered because someone didn't want her to meet her deadline?

— Almost True Confessions by Jane O'Connor

New This Week: Midnight Shimmer, A Toni Diamond Mystery by Nancy Warren

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Midnight Shimmer by Nancy Warren

A Toni Diamond Mystery (3rd in series)

Publisher: Ambleside Publishing

Price: $3.99 (as of 12/17/2014 at 4:30 PM ET).

  

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Toni Diamond wins a cruise. Will the real prize be murder?

Toni Diamond, makeup artist to middle America, boards a cruise ship planning to enjoy seven days of sun, sea and relaxation. She's taking her rebellious almost-seventeen year old daughter Tiffany and her Dolly Parton-crazed mother, Linda, along for the treat.

Unfortunately, the cruise isn't all bliss. Between mysterious disappearances, an outbreak of Norovirus and her sense of impending doom, Toni's barely got a moment to relax in one of the striped lounge chairs. But is there really something sinister going on or is Toni imagining things?

— Midnight Shimmer by Nancy Warren

Well Bred and Dead, A High Society Mystery by Catherine O'Connell, Now Available at a Special Price

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Well Bred and Dead by Catherine O'Connell

A High Society Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: HarperCollins

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Newly widowed Pauline Cook was once the toast of the Windy City elite — but now she's practically broke. At least she's in better shape than her dear departed friend Ethan Campbell, whose corpse Pauline has had the misfortune to discover. A writer who chronicled the lives, loves, and ensembles of the Gold Coast's most elegant ladies, Ethan apparently took his own life — while inelegantly clad in old boxers, no less. And since no relatives are coming forward to claim Ethan's remains, it falls to Pauline to settle his final affairs … with her own dwindling funds.

However, there are things about Ethan's suicide that don't seem to add up: the ratty undergarments he "chose" to die in, for example … and the multiple birth certificates the police turn up in his apartment. Before she can truly lay her friend to rest, plucky Pauline's determined to get to the bottom of his increasingly suspicious death.

— Well Bred and Dead by Catherine O'Connell

The Red Queen's Run by Bourne Morris, a New 1st in Series Mystery Introducing Meredith "Red" Solaris

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The Red Queen's Run by Bourne Morris

A Meredith "Red" Solaris Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Henery Press

  

What we know about the character: Meredith “Red” Solaris is the interim dean of Mountain West University. For more information about her first murder, see a synopsis of the book, below.

A famous journalism dean is found dead at the bottom of a stairwell. Accident or murder? The police suspect members of the faculty who had engaged in fierce quarrels with the dean — distinguished scholars who were known to attack the dean like brutal schoolyard bullies.

When Meredith "Red" Solaris is appointed interim dean, the faculty suspects are furious. Will the beautiful red-haired professor be next? The case detective tries to protect her as he heads the investigation, but incoming threats lead him to believe Red's the next target for death.

— The Red Queen's Run by Bourne Morris

Life Sentences, A Novel of Suspense by Laura Lippman, Now Available at a Special Price

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Life Sentences by Laura Lippman

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: William Morrow

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Author Cassandra Fallows has achieved remarkable success by baring her life on the page. Her two widely popular memoirs continue to sell briskly, acclaimed for their brutal, unexpurgated candor about friends, family, lovers — and herself. But now, after a singularly unsuccessful stab at fiction, Cassandra believes she may have found the story that will enable her triumphant return to nonfiction.

When Cassandra was a girl, growing up in a racially diverse middle-class neighborhood in Baltimore, her best friends were all black: elegant, privileged Donna; sharp, shrewd Tisha; wild and worldly Fatima. A fifth girl orbited their world — a shy, quiet, unobtrusive child named Calliope Jenkins — who, years later, would be accused of killing her infant son. Yet the boy's body was never found and Calliope's unrelenting silence on the subject forced a judge to jail her for contempt. For seven years, Calliope refused to speak and the court was finally forced to let her go. Cassandra believes this still unsolved real-life mystery, largely unknown outside Baltimore, could be her next bestseller.

But her homecoming and latest journey into the past will not be welcomed by everyone, especially by her former friends, who are unimpressed with Cassandra's success — and are insistent on their own version of their shared history. And by delving too deeply into Calliope's dark secrets, Cassandra may inadvertently unearth a few of her own — forcing her to reexamine the memories she holds most precious, as the stark light of truth illuminates a mother's pain, a father's betrayal … and what really transpired on a terrible day that changed not only a family but an entire country.

— Life Sentences by Laura Lippman