Thursday, June 04, 2009

eHarlequin's Free Book Friday: Bought for the Frenchman's Pleasure by Abby Green

eHarlequin.com gives you another reason to love Fridays! Buy two or more books this Friday and they'll give you their weekly featured book absolutely free! That's right, every Friday, enjoy a featured free book with the purchase of two or more other titles! Your free book will automatically be added to your cart. Sometimes it's a mystery or suspense title, sometimes (alas) not, but it's always a great way to start your weekend!

This Friday's free book (06/05/2009) is a Harlequin Presents novel.

Bought for the Frenchman's Pleasure by Abby Green

Bought for the Frenchman's Pleasure by Abby Green
Series: Mistress to a Millionaire

As a top model, Sorcha Murphy commands a high price. But a terrible, hidden secret is about to return to haunt her.

Romain de Valois knows Sorcha is damaged goods—her hedonistic reputation speaks for itself. But he wants her for one final assignment, and he's prepared to pay. Romain believes Sorcha hasn't changed her ways, and decides to change the deal: her paycheck will be recouped in the bedroom!

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Nominees for The David Award for Best Mystery of 2008 Announced

Mystery Book Awards: The Edgars, The Agathas, The Anthonys, and many more.

The nominees for this year's David Award for mysteries published during 2008 were announced today by the editors of Deadly Ink Press. The winner will be announced during the Deadly Ink Conference later this month.

Antiques to Die For by Jane K. Cleland,
Pushing Up Daisies by Rosemary Harris,
Sleight of Hand by Robin Hathaway,
by G. M. Malliet,
A River to Die For by Radine Trees-Nehring, and
by Elizabeth Zelvin

Mystery Book Reviews by Mysterious Reviewsindicates a review by Mysterious Reviews.

Congratulations from everyone at MBN to the nominees!

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Mystery Parties: Plan Your Summer Fun Today!

Games of Mystery

, your source for mystery-themed electronic and board games, parties, getaways and vacations, has a recommendation for your next party.

Is it possible that we're into June already? Summer is officially just around the corner and that means golf outings, backyard barbecues, and the perfect opportunity to plan a murder ... a murder mystery party, that is! Here are some popular suggestions (but our Mystery Party pages have many, many more).

Welcome to the Neighborhood

. Ricki Mortis is beginning to realize why he purchased his new home for a song: his neighbors are loony. In the four months he's lived there, he's been accused of stealing lawn ornaments, soliciting foolish relationships, disregarding town building code, and murdering a beloved family pet. Whether or not he is guilty of these crimes remains to be solved. Nevertheless, the damage is done: The neighbors hate him. In an effort to mend fences and reverse bad first impressions, Ricki invites the neighbors to a good, old-fashioned backyard barbecue. But when the guests arrive, Ricki Mortis is dead.

Time to call the cops? Well that wouldn't be any fun! Someone's got the brilliant idea to fire up the grill and transform the BBQ into a murder mystery party. The result is a night filled with cooky characters, lots of laughs, and one unforgettable whodunit.

This party, which is especially suited for outdoor entertaining, is designed for 9 to 12 guests, ages 13 and older. It is rated T. Follow this link, , for more information about this party.

Caddy Shacked

Caddy Shacked. This party banquet takes place at the Snobwood Country Club where the members and employees have gathered to celebrate the winners and distribute the awards for the 38th Annual Club Golf Championship. Unfortunately, the winner was unable to attend! The champion was in a play-off with the top seeded member, and then it was sudden death for him! His body was found right before the party, floating in the pond next to the caddy's shack. The victim, an idol to some and a despicable character to others, apparently created an enemy that ended his career. The victim’s death will now be examined by the invited guests of Snobwood to determine who clubbed the champion.

The Snobwood Country Club is the setting for this murder mystery game for 8-14 players. Who, at this fashionable establishment, clubbed the champion?

All 8 to 14 guests will have fun playing out their individual characters and investigating this unpredictable event. It is rated M. Follow this link, Caddy Shacked, for more information about this party.

Retro Reality Check

Retro Reality Check. The passengers of a tour ship are shipwrecked on a desert island. The newcomers soon discover that the island is already occupied with castaways. These castaways are trapped in the decade they arrived at the island; they have lost contact with civilization, although occasionally they hear crackles from the two way radio they were able to salvage from the wreckage of their boat. Now the radio has been misplaced by one of the castaways. Or, is somebody intentionally sabotaging attempts of rescue? Who would take the radio, and why? To make matters worse, they discover that the island doesn’t have enough water for everybody. It’s up to the passengers to find the missing radio before the water is gone, and all hope of rescue is gone.

A light-hearted mystery (no murder) targeted to a large group of young teens with a lot of energy and imagination. This is a spoof on reality and classic TV shows. The host can optionally choose to divide guests into teams and play the games "Survivor" style.

This tropical themed party is designed for 15 or more guests, ages 13 and older. It is rated T. Follow this link, Retro Reality Check, for more information about this party.

Visit for a wide selection of parties for kids, teens, and adults. You'll find all sorts of themed parties available to suit every occasion throughout the year.

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What a Mystery! Mystery Stories by 5th Grade Students

Twitter (ID mysteries)

We're constantly, and generally pleasantly, surprised by the people we meet on Twitter.

Today, as the result of a follow, we discovered a new website, What a Mystery!, mystery stories written by 5th graders.

According to the site, this collection of mysteries was inspired by a visit to the class by author Mark de Castrique. We were immediately impressed: de Castrique's most recent book, Blackman's Coffin, was noted by us as one of the best mysteries of 2008.

New student stories will be posted on the site between today and June 10th. Please visit and comment!

We're enthusiastic supporters of student writing and reviews. Our own First Clues, Mysteries for Kids website features mystery book reviews written by middle school students.

If you'd like to follow us on Twitter, our ID is mysteries.

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Author Book tour: Mary Stanton Visits Bookish Ruth

Author Book Tour

Mystery Books News is pleased to be coordinating this week's online book tour for author whose new mystery, Angel's Advocate, is published this week by Berkley. Angel's Advocate is the second mystery in the Beaufort & Company series to feature Savannah attorney Bree Beaufort.

Angel's Advocate by Mary Stanton

Today, Thursday, June 4th, Mary will be visiting 1 blog site:

Bookish Ruth where the author is interviewed.

We're also thrilled to announce that Mary is giving away a signed copy of her new book to one lucky tour visitor. Visit each tour site on the day indicated and pick up a unique PIN to be used to enter the giveaway on that day. The entry form can be found on Mary's tour page, .

We hope you have the opportunity to stop by each of the tour sites this week to learn more about Mary, her series character Bree Beaufort, and what makes Savannah such an ideal setting for this Southern Gothic series.

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Mystery Savings: Save 10-15% on One Item at BN.com

Mystery Savings: Discounted Products and Services on Books, Movies, and more!

Mystery Savings periodically provides our readers with current promotions that offer discounts or other incentives for purchasing mystery-themed products and services products through our partner websites. Below is a special offer recently received by us that we're pleased to pass on at this time.

From today through June 14, 2009, save an additional 10% off one item at BN.com. (BN members can save 15%). Some restrictions apply.

Simply use coupon code L3X9E4D at checkout. (BN members should use coupon code Y9J9V7F.) The discount will be applied to the most expensive eligible item in the order -- not the entire purchase -- and will be deducted after all other discounts, including (if applicable) the standard member discount, are applied.

BN Members save an additional 15% off one item with coupon code: Y9J9V7F

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Wednesday, June 03, 2009

Mystery Book Review: No Such Creature by Giles Blunt

Mysterious Reviews, mysteries reviewed by the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books, is publishing a new review of No Such Creature by Giles Blunt. For our blog readers, we are printing it first here in advance of its publication on our website.

No Such Creature by Giles Blunt

by
Non-series

Henry Holt (Hardcover)
ISBN-10: 0-8050-8062-7 (0805080627)
ISBN-13: 978-0-8050-8062-9 (9780805080629)
Publication Date: May 2009
List Price: $25.00

Review: Giles Blunt advances an interesting crime caper-type premise in his latest stand-alone thriller No Such Creature, but doesn't really develop it much beyond simple storytelling.

Magnus "Max" Maxwell and his great-nephew Owen Maxwell are gentlemen thieves, charming their victims as they relieve them of their jewels and money, all the while eschewing violence of any kind. Their carefully executed crimes and cleverly devised disguises keep them out of jail but not out of the sights of a band of thieves of thieves known as the Subtractors. As Max and Owen begin their cross-country journey from California back to their home in New York City, they're followed by the Subtractors, who are determined to take -- by any means necessary -- everything the Maxwells have so artfully acquired.

It isn't quite clear what the author was trying to achieve with No Such Creature. In some ways, the novel has the potential to be a comic caper, what with Max's theatrical approach to his profession, his Shakespearean way of speaking, even the massive motor home that incongruously serves as their home away from home. But any humor in the narrative is subdued, to say the least. Then again, it also has the potential to be a suspense novel or thriller with the Maxwells unknowingly being chased by the ruthless Subtractors ... but the leisurely pacing of the plot suggests otherwise. Even the mysterious Sabrina, the daughter of a colleague (as it were) of Max's who enters the picture about a third of the way through, doesn't clarify much. Is she really the innocent young woman she appears to be, or is there something more sinister lurking just beneath the surface? And while No Such Creature is entertaining in its own way (the dialog, in particular, is exceptionally witty: "If he's so awful, why were you so friendly to him?" "That, my boy, is one of the cruelties of incarceration. One must choose one's friends from a very murky pool."), it's ever so slightly disappointing as it fails to meaningfully engage the reader's participation in the journey. It should be noted, though, that the ambiguous ending, while completely in keeping with the rest of the novel, is nonetheless delightfully unexpected.

Special thanks to Henry Holt for providing an ARC of No Such Creature for this review.

Review Copyright © 2009 — Hidden Staircase Mystery Books — All Rights Reserved

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Synopsis (from the publisher): Eight years ago, Owen Maxwell was saved from a foster home by the arrival of his uncle Max from England. Once a promising Shakespearean actor, Magnus “Max” Maxwell has since put his dramatic skills to new use: a master of disguise, a virtuoso of foreign dialects, and a performer to his core, he has become an extremely successful gentleman thief. Every summer, Max and Owen take a road trip across the United States, pulling off elaborate robberies along the way. But this year is different. Their first, dazzlingly executed summer heist captures the interest of the Subtractors.

Long believed an urban myth, the Subtractors are a gang of vicious thieves who prey on other thieves. They will abduct a fellow crook known to have completed a lucrative job and proceed to “subtract” parts of his body until he tells them where they can find the loot. “No such creature,” Max says, when Owen first suspects that they may be in the Subtractors’ sights. But in this, as in so many things, Max will prove to be disastrously wrong.

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Nintendo Confirms Release Date for Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box

Nintendo E3 2009

In more news from E3 2009, Nintendo confirmed a US release date of August 24, 2009, for Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box, the second game in this popular series for the DS. (Amazon.com briefly, and apparently inadvertently, listed the game with this date several weeks ago before removing it.)

A new mystery is afoot! Puzzle master Professor Layton and his apprentice, Luke, have stumbled upon another mystery. It’s up to them to navigate their way through numerous puzzles to determine who – or what – caused the death of Professor Layton’s mentor, Dr. Schrader. Was it the mysterious Elysian Box, rumored to kill all who open it? Professor Layton and Luke find a clue that begins their adventure: a train ticket for the Molentary Express.

The game features over 150 new brain teasers, riddles, and logic puzzles. Players with a Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection will also have access to 33 additional puzzles, to be made available one per week after the game launches.

The first game in the series, Professor Layton and the Curious Village, was recently seen in a commercial featuring Lisa Kudrow.

View the official trailer for the new game below:

To find more mystery games available on the Nintendo DS, please visit our website Games of Mystery.

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Author Book Tour: Mary Stanton Visits Books Ahoy

Author Book Tour

Mystery Books News is pleased to be coordinating this week's online book tour for author whose new mystery, Angel's Advocate, is published this week by Berkley. Angel's Advocate is the second mystery in the Beaufort & Company series to feature Savannah attorney Bree Beaufort.

Angel's Advocate by Mary Stanton

Today, Wednesday, June 3rd, Mary will be visiting 1 blog site:

Book's Ahoy where she is the guest blogger.

We're also thrilled to announce that Mary is giving away a signed copy of her new book to one lucky tour visitor. Visit each tour site on the day indicated and pick up a unique PIN to be used to enter the giveaway on that day. The entry form can be found on Mary's tour page, .

We hope you have the opportunity to stop by each of the tour sites this week to learn more about Mary, her series character Bree Beaufort, and what makes Savannah such an ideal setting for this Southern Gothic series.

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Tuesday, June 02, 2009

Nintendo to Develop DS Game based on James Patterson's Women's Murder Club

Nintendo E3 2009

According to many sources (see CNET News, for example), on display at the Nintendo E3 2009 press conference was a handful of yet-to-be officially announced portable gaming titles for the DS. Among them was Women's Murder Club: Games of Passion, based on the series of crime novels by James Patterson.

Although no specific information about the game(s) was released, with the title itself being overly generic, we would guess it (they) would be similar to the two popular casual mystery games already available for Windows PCs based on the mystery series: Women's Murder Club: Death in Scarlet and Women's Murder Club: A Darker Shade of Grey. Both are hidden object games that require the player to investigate crime scenes, interrogate suspects, and examine evidence to unmask a killer.

We'll provide updates as additional information becomes available. In the meantime, for more mystery games available on the Nintendo DS visit Games of Mystery.

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Casual Mystery Game Series to be Based on Murder, She Wrote

Legacy Interactive

In a press release today, Legacy Interactive announced a licensing agreement with Universal Pictures Digital Platforms Group (UPDPG) to develop video games based on the popular television drama series House M.D. and the classic TV mystery series Murder, She Wrote.

According to the company, Murder, She Wrote will be adapted as a light adventure, hidden object game on the PC that evokes the feel and themes of the long-running television series. The game, which features five all-new mysteries, takes place primarily in the quaint New England town of Cabot Cove, Maine. Each case follows acclaimed crime novelist Jessica Fletcher, a sharp-eyed senior citizen with a nose for clues, as she unravels a series of puzzling murders. Each mystery is a standalone story with its own clues and beautiful locations ranging from Maine to Vermont to England. Helping Jessica solve the crimes will be other well-loved characters from the show, including Dr. Seth Hazlitt and Sherriff Mort Metzger.

Casual mystery games, especially those based on series characters, continue to rapidly grow in popularity. Examples available from our own website, Games of Mystery, include Nancy Drew, The Hardy Boys, Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot, the detectives from CSI: NY, and Sherlock Holmes.

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Sara Paretsky, V. I. Warshawski, and the Chicago Cubs

Hardball by Sara Paretsky

Chris McNamara, Special to the Chicago Tribune, reports on an interesting conversation with mystery writer Sara Paretsky in which she discusses baseball (specifically the Cubs) and her series character V. I. Warshawski. Paretsky has a new book in the series coming out this September, the first in four years to feature the Chicago private investigator, titled (appropriately enough) Hardball.

When asked who's the bigger Cubs fan, the author or her character, Paretsky says, "Definitely V.I. She is more intensely interested in sports, though I have to say I'm quite a sweat sock. I'm someone who watches sports but doesn't play them. In September we're releasing my new book Hardball in which the murder weapon is a baseball signed by Nellie Fox. Take that Sox fans. The book is about V.I.'s father who grows up a Sox fan but in an act of rebellion switches his loyalty to the Cubs. I can't tell you who gets murdered with the baseball."

She also has a determined opinion on the Cubs club roster. "They should definitely talk to me before making trades. I could save them from making big mistakes."

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Mystery Book Review: Death Was in the Picture by Linda L. Richards

Mysterious Reviews, mysteries reviewed by the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books, is publishing a new review of Death Was in the Picture by Linda L. Richards. For our blog readers, we are printing it first here in advance of its publication on our website.

Death Was in the Picture by Linda L. Richards

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A Kitty Pangborn Mystery

St. Martin's Minotaur (Hardcover)
ISBN-10: 0-312-38339-8 (0312383398)
ISBN-13: 978-0-312-38339-8 (9780312383398)
Publication Date: January 2009
List Price: $24.95

Review: After her successful Los Angeles debut in Linda L. Richard’s Death Was The Other Woman, Kitty Pangborn, gal Friday to shamus Dexter Theroux, is back for an encore. Like Kitty’s first adventure, this one’s another fun-filled romp complete with bizarre but rounded characters slinging Depression-era slang like “gams,” “sawbuck,” “okies,” “mook” and “sheesh,” knocking noggins, and acknowledging 1930’s icons (Irving Thalberg) and historical landmarks (Hollywood and Vine). It’s “déjà vu all over again” for lovers of the hard-boiled detective genre, but this time with a tinge of noir at the end.

Narrator Kitty starts the story routinely enough with Dex hired by Xander Dean, a mug “only a couple of cheesecakes shy of three hundred pounds.” Dean wants Dex to shadow heart-throb actor Laird Wyndham at a party. But since things are never as simple as they seem, especially in mystery novels, Kitty and Dex are soon wrapped in a web of intrigue, a set-up for a sex scandal and a murder for which Wyndham is arrested and charged, despite his claims of a frame. Wyndham’s long-time lawyer then hires Dex to clear the actor. But the harder Dex and Kitty dig to clear their client, the deeper they get into the glue, especially when Xander Dean would sooner break Dex’s bean than let him break their original contract and defend the suspected murderer. As Dex, Kitty and Mustard scratch and sniff on Wyndham’s behalf, and Dex and Kitty attend the Masquers Annual Ball, they uncover some unlikely connections to the League of Decency, the Sodalists, the Hays Office, the William Morris Agency, and the Motion Picture Production Code of 1930. They follow leads stretching from Chicago to Pittsburgh to St. Louis to a Hollywood film set, giving new meaning to “going behind the scenes” with Kitty as an extra in a lead-lined dress, Dex as a faux financier blowing smoke and Mustard as his chauffer. In their search for the truth and its consequences they come across a hophead victim named Fleur McKenzie and an off-the-wall Hollywood trophy wife with a houseful of cats. They encounter several starlets with legs that won’t quit, and a couple of incompetent “flatfoots” monikered Houlahan and O’Reilly who work for Chief Roy E. Steckel. There’s coffee called “joe” and a conflicted anti-Semite censor called Joe Breen. And all the while Kitty’s still recalling her Dad and how he lost his fortune and his life, still berating Mustard for calling her “Kitty,” and still living with Marjorie Oleg, once her nanny and now her landlady and favourite cook. Most of all, she’s still fiercely loyal to Dex despite his frequent TKOs in his battles with the bottle, old memories and new enemies. And once the intrepid trio has sufficiently ragged on the suspects and yakked over the clues about the murder and the frame, Kitty outlines a final scenario with a surprise ending that undoubtedly would have sent the real “Mean” Joe Breen and the boys at the 1930s Hays Office scrambling for their censors’ scissors.

In her author’s note, Linda Richards says that the more research she did for her novel, the more she felt this was “a story worth telling.” She’s right.

Special thanks to M. Wayne Cunningham (mw_cunningham@telus.net) for contributing his review of Death Was in the Picture.

Review Copyright © 2009 — M. Wayne Cunningham — All Rights Reserved — Reprinted with Permission

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Synopsis (from the publisher): In 1931, while most of Los Angeles is struggling to survive the Depression, the business of Hollywood is booming. And everyone wants a piece. The movies have always been cutthroat and, as girl Friday Kitty Pangborn is about to find out, that’s more than a metaphor.

Kitty’s boss, private detective Dexter Theroux, has been asked to help leading man Laird Wyndham prove his innocence. The actor was the last person to be seen with a young actress who died under very suspicious circumstances, and the star has fallen from the big screen to the big house. Wyndham’s a dreamboat, but that isn’t the only thing that has Kitty hot under the collar. Dex has already signed a client -- one who’s hired him to prove Wyndham’s hands are not as clean as they look.

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Mystery Book Review: Wrongful Death by Robert Dugoni

Mysterious Reviews, mysteries reviewed by the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books, is publishing a new review of Wrongful Death by Robert Dugoni. For our blog readers, we are printing it first here in advance of its publication on our website.

Wrongful Death by Robert Dugoni

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A David Sloane Mystery

Touchstone (Hardcover)
ISBN-10: 1-4165-9100-1 (1416591001)
ISBN-13: 978-1-4165-9100-9 (9781416591009)
Publication Date: April 2009
List Price: $25.00

Review: Robert Dugoni's second legal thriller to feature David Sloane, Wrongful Death, has the Seattle attorney with an unblemished record taking on a case with seemingly impossible odds of winning.

Sloane, who has just won a million dollar plus wrongful death verdict, is approached by a woman who wants him to take legal action against the United States and its military in what she believes is the wrongful death of her husband, James Ford, a National Guardsman who was killed in Iraq. Whereas a wrongful death verdict can be proven and won in a civil case, it is for all intents and purposes impossible to win the same verdict against the military by virtue of the “Feres Doctrine.” This age old doctrine specifies that when an inductee takes the oath of enlistment, he or she swears to protect the Constitution of the United States against all enemies foreign and domestic. At that same time the inductee (and/or any member of their family) also forfeits their right to sue the government or the military, or any superior officers therein, for any injury or death which incurs “incident to service”, even if it could be proven that those superior officers acted negligently or deliberately to deprive the inductee of their Constitutional rights. Sloane, a former wounded member of the military himself, feels compelled to take the case and find some justice for James Ford and his family even though it is clear in his mind that he would in all likelihood lose.

This explosive novel effectively blends a fictional account of an event in Iraq with headlines ripped from today's news. Five men of the National Guard from Seattle had been called to duty and sent to Iraq where they were part of the same company. On a mission to deliver food, cigarettes and other items to the soldiers in the field of battle, four of the men were injured, one was killed. James Ford, the dead soldier, had pulled their captain from a collapsing building to safety before dying; the captain’s legs were paralyzed for life. All received the Purple Heart. At the time, the four surviving men gave almost identical accounts of the actions leading up to and including the death of Ford. But can this be possible? Sloane knows that it is highly unlikely. But before he can talk to all of them, one committed suicide and one was murdered. A third man was killed shortly after Sloane talked to him, and the fourth now works for the corporation that had contracts in Iraq providing a conflict of interest. In the meantime, Sloane and his family are threatened with violence if he does not stop his inquiry. Will he be able to uncover the deceit, obtain justice for the death of Ford, and still keep his family out of harm’s way?

An exciting, moving tale of loyalty, deceit, friendship, duty, greed, and valor, Wrongful Death is an exceptional novel that not only ranks among the best of its genre, it is among the best books to be published this year.

Special thanks to guest reviewer Betty of The Betz Review for contributing her review of Wrongful Death and to Touchstone for providing a copy of the book for this review.

Review Copyright © 2009 — Hidden Staircase Mystery Books — All Rights Reserved

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Synopsis (from the publisher): Just minutes after winning a $1.6 million wrongful-death verdict, attorney David Sloane confronts the one case that threatens to blemish his unbeaten record in the courtroom. Beverly Ford wants Sloane to sue the United States government and military in the mysterious death of her husband, James, a national guardsman killed in Iraq. While a decades-old military doctrine might make Ford's case impossible to win, Sloane, a former soldier himself, is compelled to find justice for the widow and her four children in what is certain to become the biggest challenge of his career.

With little hard evidence to go on, Sloane calls on his friend, reclusive former CIA agent turned private investigator Charles Jenkins, to track down the other men serving with Ford the night he died. Alarmingly, two of the four who returned home alive didn't stay that way for long, and though the mission's wheelchairbound commander now works for a civilian contractor, he refuses to talk. The final -- and youngest -- soldier is also the most elusive, but he's their only shot at discovering the truth -- if Sloane and Jenkins can keep him alive long enough to tell it.

Meanwhile, Sloane isn't the only one on a manhunt. As he propels his case into a federal courtroom, those seeking to hide the truth threaten Sloane's family, forcing his new wife Tina and stepson Jake into hiding, where they become the targets of a relentless killer. Now Sloane must race to uncover what really happened on that fatal mission, not only to bring justice to a family wronged but to keep himself and the people closest to him from becoming the next casualties.

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Mystery Writers Also Cook! Literary Feast, the Famous Authors Cookbook

Literary Feast - The Famous Authors Cookbook

Oline H. Cogdill tweeted us this morning, saying Mystery Writers Also Cook!

She was referring to a new book, Literary Feast: The Famous Authors Cookbook, that features many recipes submitted by mystery authors.

She makes note of a few (Alexander McCall Smith, a fruit cake recipe; J. A. Jance, Sugarloaf Cafe's Sweet Rolls; Elaine Viets, a fruit smoothie, Faye Kellerman, Moon Music Ribs; Jonathan Kellerman, Midtown Manhattan) and while scouting around we found two more mentioned: David Baldacci, Eggplant Parmigiana; and Jo Dereske, Lemon Pudding Cake.

The cookbook can be purchased from Thrift Books, the proceeds of which benefit the King County (Washington) Library System's literacy and reading programs.

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