Find a Fortune in Gold in Mystery P.I.: Stolen in San Francisco, New for PC/Mac

Explore the city by the bay in Mystery P.I.: Stolen in San Francisco, a stunning new episode of the popular Mystery P.I. series!

You're the world famous Mystery P.I. and you've been hired to find and return a fortune in stolen gold. You'll have to track down clues before the trail goes cold and it’s lost forever. Seek and find over 2,100 hidden objects in 25 amazing settings -- from Fisherman's Wharf and Alcatraz, to Haight-Ashbury and the Golden Gate Bridge.

Collect special hidden objects in each scene for a perfect investigation and unlock two bonus game modes. You have just 17 hours to solve the case -- if you find the gold in time, you'll collect a $20 million reward! Are you up to the job?

Mystery P.I.: Stolen in San Francisco is scheduled to be released on February 1st, 2011, and may be pre-ordered. It is ESRB rated E for Everyone. (Game includes versions for Windows and Mac.)

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TNT Extends Final Season of The Closer to Introduce Spin-Off

Good news for fans of The Closer! As previously hinted at, Inside TV is reporting that TNT has now officially extended the final season of its popular series by an additional six episodes, which are intended to introduce both new characters and a new storyline for a spin-off.

Kyra Sedgwick will appear in these additional episodes, now scheduled to air during Summer 2012. (The current season begins airing its 15 episodes later this summer.)

The spin-off is tentatively titled Major Crimes, and will focus on the behind-the-scenes deal-making that happens when convicted criminals aren't sent to death row.

Enter a World of Danger and Suspense on Murder Island: Secret of Tantalus, New from BFG

Games of Mystery is pleased to announce the availability of a new mystery casual game from Big Fish Games released today and available to BFG Club members. You can find out more about these games by visiting our Mystery Games: Big Fish Download Games page or by clicking on the links provided below.

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Welcome to a world of danger and suspense in this thrilling hidden object adventure game! You're invited to a gorgeous, isolated Greek island for your high school reunion. Upon arrival, you notice that something isn't right. One by one, your former classmates get killed—all the murders mirroring tragic Greek myths. Discover clues, locate missing objects, and solve dangerously perplexing puzzles to avoid being next on the mysterious killer's list!

Murder Island: Secret of Tantalus may be downloaded and purchased for $6.99 with a Big Fish Game Club membership. A demonstration version (111.15 MB) may be downloaded and played for free for one hour.

Watch a preview video below:

Get any standard game for $6.99 with a Big Fish Game Club membership. Other benefits include the $2.99 Daily Deal, Tomorrow's Game Today, and special member rewards. And if you purchase any 6 games within a single month, you earn a free game with the Big Fish Game Club Monthly Punch Card! (Collector's Editions earn 3 punches each, half-way towards your free game!)

Read Ms. Terri's reviews of the adventure and casual mystery games featured on this site, including Midnight Mysteries: The Edgar Allan Poe Conspiracy, Nancy Drew Dossier: Lights, Camera, Curses!, Enlightenus, and many more!

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India Black by Carol K. Carr (Mystery Book Review)

India Black by Carol K. Carr. An India Black Mystery. Berkley Prime Crime Trade Paperback, January 2011.

Set in 1876, this adventure of espionage features a delightful cast of characters, headlined by Madam India Black, who keeps the reader entertained at all times. Deftly blending historical facts with a fictional story, this most enjoyable mystery is not to be missed.

Read the full text of our review at Mysterious Reviews: India Black by Carol K. Carr.

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Mr. E. Reviews Pie in the Sky Series 4

In any series set, it's highly unlikely that every episode will be to one's liking. But I found five of the six episodes of Pie in the Sky Series 4 (1996), starring Richard Griffiths as Detective Inspector Henry Crabbe, who is also chef of his wife's titular restaurant, to be quite good, one of these rather exceptional, and only one episode sub-par, a fine score overall.

Read the full text of our review at Mr. E. Reviews Pie in the Sky Series 4.

Available on: DVD

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Reviews of Mystery and Suspense Books for Kids, New This Week on Book Trends (110129)

Book Trends, a review site for young adult and children books, published several new book reviews this past week. We're presenting here a summary of those in the mystery/suspense/thriller category.

Museum of Thieves by Lian Tanner. The first thriller in the Keepers Trilogy, recommended for readers aged 10 to 12. Lexile measure: 640L. Reviewed by a 6th grade student, who writes, "Museum of Thieves is a great adventure. The ending will keep you asking for more! If you love the action-adventure genre, this book is for you." (Read the entire review.)

For more reviews of children and young adult books of all genres, visit Book Trends; their reviews will amaze you! You can also follow Book Trends on Twitter.

All Three New Angels Cast in ABC's Reboot of Charlie's Angels

Last week we got word that the first "angel" had been cast in ABC's reboot of Charlie's Angels.

Now we're learning (via Inside TV) that Annie Ilonzeh's two partners will be Minka Kelly (Friday Night Lights) and Rachel Taylor (Transformers).

The characters' names seem to be in flux here, previously reported as Kate (Ilonzeh), Marisa (Kelly) and Abby (Taylor), but now Kate, Kelly and Abby (we think).

Kate is listed as a smart, athletic ex-cop and a master of martial arts. Marisa/Kelly is a former US Marine and an expert in hand-to-hand combat, while Abby is a con artist, the privileged daughter of a disgraced Wall Street tycoon.

Robert Wagner will provide the voice of Charlie.

The series will be set in Miami, with production expected to begin late this spring.

Mr. E. Reviews Prison Break Season One

An enthralling series! If you're willing to allow for the occasional scene that stretches credulity, or in several lapses in continuity, you'll be rewarded with a season of 22 suspenseful, incredibly exciting episodes that are remarkable in how they capture the carefully devised plan of a brilliant strategist planning to break his wrongly convicted brother out of prison.

Read the full text of our review at Mr. E. Reviews Prison Break Season One.

Available on: DVD | VOD

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Historical Crime Novelist Ariana Franklin Has Died

The BBC is reporting that Diana Norman, who wrote a series of historical mysteries under the pen name Ariana Franklin, has died. She was 77.

Her first mystery, Mistress of the Art of Death, introduced Adelia Aguilar, a medieval coroner in 12th century England. It was recognized with the Crime Writers' Association Ellis Peters Historical Award in 2007. She was also honored last year with the CWA Dagger in the Library, an annual award given to "the author of crime fiction whose work is currently giving the greatest enjoyment to library users."

She went on to write three additional books in the series. She also wrote other books under her own name.

NBC Orders Crime Drama Pilot with Characters Inspired by Grimm's Fairy Tales

Here's a literary-inspired crime drama with a twist: Inside TV is reporting that NBC has ordered a pilot in which the characters are adapted from those that appear in Grimm's Fairy Tales. The title, appropriately enough, is simply Grimm.

Jim Kouf (Ghost Whisperer) and David Greenwalt In Plain Sight, Moonlight, Kidnapped) developed the project.