Harlequin Love Inspired Suspense Titles for May 2011

eHarlequin.com has released the list of May 2011 titles in their Love Inspired Suspense series. Love Inspired Suspense books combine suspense, romance, hope and faith to create a unique page-turning series that today’s readers love.

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Witness on the Run by Hope White

A gun firing. A man killed. Running for her life. That's all Robin Strand remembers of the shooting she saw. With fear-induced amnesia, she can't identify the killer, no matter what the police say. The only one who believes her is private investigator Jake Walters. And he's the one who steps in to rescue her when her safe house is discovered. As they struggle to stay one step ahead of danger, Robin needs Jake more than ever. With his faith and training as a guide, they work together to bring back her memory. Before the killer can ensure that she never remembers.

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The Officer's Secret by Debby Giusti

In the middle of the night, Maggie Bennett finds her army officer sister dead in her military housing. She's devastated by the loss of the estranged sibling with whom she was trying to reconnect. But as U.S. Army criminal investigations agent Nate Patterson begins asking questions about the officer's suspicious death, Maggie can't tell the handsome man everything she knows. Except that her sister was definitely murdered—for a secret Maggie can't share. Then she walks into the killer's trap and has to trust Nate with the truth … and her heart.

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Threat of Exposure by Lynette Eason

Pages full of indecipherable codes are all that stand between DEA agent Brock Martin and drugs crossing the border. But if he wants to crack the case, he'll have to work with Texas Ranger Gisella Hernandez. Brock feels the case is way too dangerous for a female agent—especially one who refuses to admit she needs protection. Yet as they work together under the most dangerous threat of exposure, Brock discovers Gisella is stronger than she seems. And that his cowboy heart isn't so tough, after all.

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Undercover Pursuit by Susan May Warren

The only way to get security agent Luke Dekker to a wedding? An undercover mission as groomsman. He'll bust the groom, a drug cartel heir, before anyone can say "I do." Then Luke can escape all this love and romance nonsense—and the too pretty bridesmaid/agent assigned as his "fiancée" for the weekend. Until Luke discovers that sweet, vulnerable Scarlett Hanson isn't his contact. Isn't an agent. Isn't trained for the high-stakes mission now trapping them both. And worse, Luke's falling for her—which is not part of the assignment.

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Investigate a Sinister Plot and Bring Light to the Fallen Shadows, 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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Six months after Hurricane Katrina, you return from abroad to your childhood home in New Orleans hoping of finding your missing grandfather, who is believed to have been washed away during the storm. He has not been heard from since, but you discover clues that point to a more sinister plot.

Still, your return trip back home hasn’t gone at all as planned, beginning with the fact that you wake up on the wrong side of a body bag zipper in the city morgue, trying to remember how you arrived. Put the pieces together in this mysterious game and bring light to the fallen shadows!

Fallen Shadows may be downloaded and purchased for $6.99 with a Big Fish Game Club membership. A demonstration version (328.18 MB) may be downloaded and played for free for one hour.

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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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Mystery Week in New York Starts Monday, April 25th

Next Thursday, April 28th, the Edgar Awards will be given out by the Mystery Writers of America. And to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the awards, April 25th through May 2nd will be declared "Mystery Week in New York" by the city's mayor, Michael Bloomberg.

The festivities kick off on Monday at 8 PM with readings about mystery, murder, and mayhem at Bar 82. On Tuesday, many of the nominees for this year's awards will be at The Mysterious Bookshop from 6 to 8 PM to celebrate the newest MWA Anthology, The Rich and the Dead. The 2011 Edgar Symposium starts on Wednesday with panels on "The Past, Present and Future of Mystery Writing", followed by the Edgars Banquet on Thursday. (Advanced tickets are required for the Edgar-related activities.)

We'll be monitoring the awards via Twitter and posting a list of the Edgar winners Thursday night.

Review: The Mozart Conspiracy by Scott Mariani

The Mozart Conspiracy by Scott Mariani. A Ben Hope Mystery. Touchstone Hardcover, March 2011.

The pacing of this thriller is relentless, moving along so rapidly that readers may not realize that there is surprisingly little in the narrative that actually relates to Mozart. Indeed, the initial premise of historical intrigue quickly morphs into a twisted blackmail scheme involving the political direction of Europe.

Read the full text of our review at Mysterious Reviews: The Mozart Conspiracy by Scott Mariani.

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Harlequin Romantic Suspense Titles for May 2011

Sparked by danger, fueled by passion, eHarlequin.com has released the list of May 2011 titles in their Romantic Suspense series. Let yourself be swept away with characters who fall in love under larger-than-life circumstances. In Harlequin Romantic Suspense, suspense, emotion and glamour combine to create these highly charged books!

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The Final Mission by Rachel Lee

Dom Mason wants his sons to remember their mother as a hero, a loving wife and mother, a nurse and a soldier. He wants to let the past go, let the wounds heal.

For the past two years, NCIS agent Courtney Tyson blamed herself for Mary Mason's death. She's determined to bring the killer to justice. But that means telling Dom the truth about how his wife died.

Neither of them expects—nor wants—the sudden attraction that flares between them, hot and fierce. But when a killer intent on protecting his secrets comes for Courtney, they will discover that it's not the past that matters, but the future … together.

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Sheriff's Runaway Witness by Kathleen Creighton

Pregnant and on the run, Rachel Malone Delcorte is the only witness to the murder of two federal agents. Mob boss Carlos Delcorte wants her baby—his grandson—and he wants Rachel dead. But as fate would have it, sheriff's deputy Jethro "J.J." Fox gets to Rachel first.

After delivering her baby and seeing her safely to her billionaire grandfather's estate, he's sworn to protect the beautiful widow. Keeping mother and son safe isn't the problem for J.J.—he's used to handling the bad guys. Matters of the heart—that's a whole different story. He's always had his own agenda. One he's not sure Rachel can accept …

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Seducing the Accomplice by Jennifer Morey

Socialite Sadie Mancini is a horrible judge of men. Case in point: her latest boyfriend has just abandoned her in Albania. Now, to her chagrin, Calan Friese, her sexy new protector, is a self-confessed killer, serious about terrorists and casual about women. Despite their sizzling chemistry, she knows she must leave him before he leaves her. But can she pull off a dangerous escape?

To his surprise, the insecure daddy's girl has become braver, bolder and wicked with a weapon. Sure, she's a complication he wasn't counting on, but he enjoys keeping her safe. Perhaps she's just the kind of woman he can get serious about …

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Five-Alarm Encounter by Karen Anders

Firefighter Grace Addison barely escaped the arsonist's blaze that killed two of her colleagues. Physically scarred, racked by survivor's guilt and post-traumatic stress, the California beauty doesn't want to co-lead a task force assigned to nab the arsonist. Her partner is ATF agent Jordan Kelley—a man with his own secrets and private pain.

At first, the sparks between Grace and the impossibly handsome Jordan are anything but romantic. The two wage a fierce tug-of-war for control of the investigation. But when the elusive firebug turns Grace's life into a fiery waking nightmare, she turns to Jordan for protection. If only she could resist his scorching kisses …

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