Telemystery: Archer, New This Week on DVD

Telemystery, your source for one of the most comprehensive listings of crime drama, amateur sleuth, private investigator, mystery and suspense television series, mini-series and made-for-television movies, now available on or coming soon to DVD or Blu-ray disc, is profiling two made-for-television movies and one series season being released this week.

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H. Jon Benjamin voices suave master spy Sterling Archer in the FX Networks animated series Archer.

He works for his mother (Jessica Walter as Malory Archer), who runs the International Secret Intelligence Service (ISIS), an agency where the work of espionage, reconnaissance missions, wiretapping and undercover surveillance is daunting and dangerous, and where every covert operation and global crisis is actually just another excuse for the ISIS staff to undermine, sabotage and betray each other for personal gain.

Archer: Season Two is available on DVD, Blu-ray disc, Amazon Instant, and iTunes, and consists of episodes that originally aired from January through April 2011. Though FX Networks aired a special 3-part episode last September, which will likely be included in any Season Three collection, the third season officially premieres on January 19th, 2012 at 10 PM (ET/PT).

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Visit the Telemystery website to discover more television mystery series currently available on and coming soon to DVD, Blu-ray disc, or video on demand.

Save $4 on eBook Purchases of $4 or more at Harlequin.com

From now through January 31st, 2012, Harlequin is offering $4 off all ebook purchases of $4 or more!

Simply use coupon code SPEND4E11 at checkout to realize your savings.

And though we haven't … yet … tried it ourselves, it seems the coupon is multiple use. That is, it can be used again on subsequent orders. If you find out find out otherwise, leave us a note in the comments.

Harlequin publishes hundreds of books in a variety of genres, but the mystery and suspense series include Intrigue, Romantic Suspense, and Love Inspired Suspense, with more titles available under their Mira and Worldwide Library imprints.

Remember, this coupon expires on 01/31/2012.

Banana Hammock by J. A. Konrath is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Banana Hammock by J. A. Konrath as today's free mystery ebook. We don't know how long it will be offered at this special price (typically for a limited time only or until a certain number of downloads have been completed), so we urge you to download it while it is still available for free.

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Banana Hammock by J. A. Konrath
A Harry McGlade "Write Your Own Damn Story" Mystery Adventure
CreateSpace

Banana Hammock is not a single, linear book, and should not be read sequentially, page by page. Instead, it is an interactive text adventure. This ebook is meant to be read out of order, depending on the path you, the reader, choose. At the end of each section, you decide where Harry goes, and what he does. By following different paths, you can arrive at many different endings. There are literally hundreds of variations.

Harry McGlade is a continuing character in the author's Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels series of mysteries.

About Banana Hammock (from the publisher): Private Detective Harry McGlade is hired by an Amish woman who suspects her husband is cheating on her. Going undercover into their community, Harry must untangle a web of lies and deception to find the truth. This will be his biggest challenge yet. Because Harry McGlade is an idiot.

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Mystery Godoku Puzzle for December 26, 2011

A new Mystery Godoku Puzzle has been created by the editors of the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books and is now available on our website.

Godoku is similar to Sudoku, but uses letters instead of numbers. To give you a headstart, we provide you a mystery clue to fill in a complete row or column (if you choose to use it!).

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This week's letters and mystery clue:

A C E D L N O S W

Set in South Carolina, Donna Julian’s 1995 romantic thriller has this title (9 letters).

We now have two weeks of our puzzles on one page in PDF format for easier printing. Print this week's puzzle here.

Previous puzzles are stored in the Mystery Godoku Archives.

Enjoy the weekly Mystery Godoku Puzzle from the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books, and Thanks for visiting our website!

Patricia Bremmer's Kindle Crime Novels Are Once Again Discounted to 99 Cents!

Earlier this month, Kindle editions of Patricia Bremmer's crime novels were priced at just $0.99. Today, the author e-mailed us to let us know that she wants to give anyone who may have received a new Kindle for Christmas — and all other Kindle owners — the opportunity to buy her books at the same low price. So … from now through January 2nd, Kindle editions of all of her titles are again priced at just $0.99!

Bremmer is the author of the "Glen Karst, Elusive Clue" mysteries. A trademark of this series is that a clue is embedded within the story that forms a word puzzle, the answer to which declares the name of the murderer. The puzzle is varied in each book but when the letters are unscrambled it always names the murderer.

Here is a list of all her adult crime novel titles (with links to Amazon.com); the (*) indicates the non-series book. (She's also the author of a couple of middle-school age books.) As always, please confirm the price of your book before completing your purchase; prices can and do change without prior notice.

• Tryst with Dolphins
• Dolphins' Echo
• Death Foreshadowed
• Victim Wanted: Must Have References
• Crystal Widow
• Clinical Death
• Mind Your Manners!
• Murder's a Cinch
• Cornstalked *

You can read more about the author and her series detective Glen Karst on her blog, PatriciaBremmerBlog.com.

Bookmarked to Die by Jo Dereske is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Bookmarked to Die by Jo Dereske as today's second free mystery ebook. We don't know how long it will be offered at this special price (typically for a limited time only or until a certain number of downloads have been completed), so we urge you to download it while it is still available for free.

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Bookmarked to Die by Jo Dereske
A Miss Helma Zukas Mystery
Avon Books

This is the ninth mystery in this series featuring the Bellehaven (Washington) librarian.

About Bookmarked to Die (from the publisher): Miss Zukas wakes up on the morning of her forty-second birthday in the throes of more than one midlife crisis. Her championing a collection of local authors' works ignites a firestorm of jealousy and anger in Bellehaven. She's blackmailed by her conniving boss, library director May Apple Moon, into attending group counseling sessions — and two of the participants turn up dead. An obnoxiously bubbly new librarian is turning the head of Helma's longtime admirer, Police Chief Wayne Gallant. And worst of all, her uncuddly feline companion, Boy Cat Zukas disappears.

Important Note: Prices can and do change without prior notice, so please confirm the price of the book before completing your purchase.

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Dead Space by Lee Goldberg is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Dead Space by Lee Goldberg as today's free mystery ebook. We don't know how long it will be offered at this special price (typically for a limited time only or until a certain number of downloads have been completed), so we urge you to download it while it is still available for free.

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Dead Space by Lee Goldberg
A Charlie Willis Mystery
St. Martin's Press/CreateSpace

Originally published in hardcover in 1997 under the title Beyond the Beyond, this second book in the series was re-released by the author in 2010 with this new title.

About Dead Space (from the publisher): Ex-cop Charlie Willis handles "special security" at Pinnacle Pictures. His job: to protect the studio and its stars, to stop scandals before they explode, to keep the peace in the land of make-believe. When Pinnacle revives the cult, 1960s TV series Beyond the Beyond as the cornerstone of a fourth network, two powerful forces fight for control of the show — a talent agency that uses blackmail, torture, and murder to keep its clients on the A-list, and a homicidal legion of rabid fans led by an insane actor who thinks he's in outer space.

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Portrait of a Spy by Daniel Silva is Today's Barnes&Noble Nook Daily Find

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Portrait of a Spy by Daniel Silva as today's Barnes&Noble Nook Daily Find. The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Sunday, December 25, 2011.

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Portrait of a Spy by Daniel Silva
A Gabriel Allon Thriller
Harper

Published earlier this year in hardcover, this is the 11th book in the series to feature the master art restorer and sometime officer of Israeli intelligence. (For today only, Amazon.com is matching the deal price on this book.)

About Portrait of a Spy (from the publisher): For Gabriel and his beautiful Venetian-born wife, Chiara, a pleasant weekend in London turns deadly when the newly retired operative spots a man exhibiting traits common to suicide bombers. But before Gabriel can prevent the attack, he is knocked to the pavement and can only watch as a scene from his nightmares unfolds.

Haunted by his failure to stop the massacre of innocents, Gabriel returns to his isolated cottage on the cliffs of Cornwall, until a summons brings him to Washington and he is drawn into a confrontation with the new face of global terror. At the center of the threat is an American-born cleric in Yemen to whom Allah has granted “a beautiful and seductive tongue.” A gifted deceiver, who was once a paid CIA asset, the mastermind is plotting a new wave of attacks.

Gabriel and his team devise a daring plan to destroy the network of death—from the inside—a gambit fraught with risk, both personal and professional. To succeed, Gabriel must reach into his violent past. A woman waits there—a reclusive Saudi heiress and art collector who can traverse the murky divide between Islam and the West. She is the daughter of an old enemy, a woman joined to Gabriel by a trail of blood. Together they form an unlikely and dangerous bond.

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Florida Heat Wave by Michael Lister is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Florida Heat Wave by Michael Lister as today's free mystery ebook. We don't know how long it will be offered at this special price (typically for a limited time only or until a certain number of downloads have been completed), so we urge you to download it while it is still available for free.

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Florida Heat Wave by Michael Lister
A Short Story Collection
Tyrus Books

About Florida Heat Wave (from the publisher): Florida—like hell … only hotter.

Oppressive.

Stifling.

Crazy-making.

The suffocating heat makes you do things—it seeps in through your pores and sucks the life out of you. Like the bloody smear of a swatted mosquito on sweat-soaked skin, violence erupts suddenly, but the damage it does lingers long after.

From the pine-tree lined rural highways of North Florida through the tourist traps of Central Florida to the tropical, international environs of SOBE, come stories of sun-faded noir, orange pulp served up freshly squeezed by the Sunshine State’s very best practitioners.

Stories from: James O. Born, James W. Hall, Lisa Unger, Alice Jackson, Jonathon King, Jim Pascoe, Carolyn Haines, Tom Corcoran, Raven McMillian, Mark Raymond Falk, Christine Kling, John Lutz, Carolina Garcia-Aguilera, Michael Lister, John Dufresne, Bob Morris, John Bond, and Mary Anna Evans.

Important Note: Prices can and do change without prior notice, so please confirm the price of the book before completing your purchase.

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Apple Free iBook Download Link (via iTunes).

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The Immortalists by Kyle Mills is Today's Amazon Kindle Daily Deal

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Immortalists by Kyle Mills as today's Amazon Kindle Daily Deal. The deal price of $0.99 is valid only for today, Saturday, December 24, 2011.

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The Immortalists by Kyle Mills
Non-Series
Thomas & Mercer

About The Immortalists (from the publisher): Dr. Richard Draman is trying desperately to discover a cure for a disease that causes children to age at a wildly accelerated rate—a rare genetic condition that is killing his own daughter. When the husband of a colleague quietly gives him a copy of the classified work she was doing before her mysterious suicide, Draman finally sees a glimmer of hope. The conclusions are stunning, with the potential to not only turn the field of biology on its head, but reshape the world. Soon, though, he finds himself on the run, relentlessly pursued by a seemingly omnipotent group of men who will do whatever it takes to silence him.

Important Note: Prices can and do change without prior notice, so please confirm the price of the book before completing your purchase.

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Napoleon's Pyramids by William Dietrich is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Napoleon's Pyramids by William Dietrich as today's second free mystery ebook. We don't know how long it will be offered at this special price (typically for a limited time only or until a certain number of downloads have been completed), so we urge you to download it while it is still available for free.

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Napoleon's Pyramids by William Dietrich
An Ethan Gage Thriller
HarperCollins

In our review of this first book in a series, we said that "there's something about Ethan's journey that is so fantastic and so incredible that the reader is able to readily dismiss notions of the utter implausibility of some of the action and simply share in the adventure as presented."

About Napoleon's Pyramids (from the publisher): Ethan Gage, assistant to Ben Franklin and expatriate American in post-revolutionary France, wins an ancient—and possibly cursed—medallion in a card game one night. It turns out that the medallion, covered in seemingly indecipherable symbols, may be linked to a Masonic mystery. That same night, however, Ethan is framed for a prostitute's murder and barely escapes France with his life.

Faced with either prison or death, Gage is offered a third choice: to accompany the new emperor, Napoleon Bonaparte, as France sails to conquer Egypt—with Lord Nelson's fleet following close behind. Once Gage arrives, he encounters incredible surprises: one in the form of a beautiful Macedonian slave and another in the dawning knowledge that the medallion may solve one of the greatest riddles of history—who built the Great Pyramids, and why. What is revealed to Gage is more shocking than anyone could ever have imagined.

Read our review of Napoleon's Pyramids by William Dietrich.

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A Singularly Unsuitable Word by Mary Anna Evans is Today's Featured Free MystereBook Short Story

MystereBooks is pleased to feature A Singularly Unsuitable Word by Mary Anna Evans as today's free mystery ebook short story. We don't know how long it will be offered at this special price (typically for a limited time only or until a certain number of downloads have been completed), so we urge you to download it while it is still available for free.

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A Singularly Unsuitable Word by Mary Anna Evans
Non-Series
Joyeuse Press

We rarely list short stories as our featured free mysterebook, but we're making an exception for Mary Anna Evans, author of the Faye Longchamp mystery series, the books of which regularly make our annual "best of" lists. Simple but elegant prose and intricately crafted plots are the hallmarks of her writing.

About A Singularly Unsuitable Word (from the publisher): Bootleggers. Prohibition. The primeval Florida swamp. And eight-year-old Lila cowering on the riverbank as a drunken man hauls her teen-aged sister Iris away at gunpoint. If Iris fades away into the night with Jeb Gibson, Lila will never see her sister again. Gibson has every reason to think that he can get away with murder and more. But Gibson doesn't know little Lila …

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Run by Blake Crouch is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Run by Blake Crouch as today's free mystery ebook. We don't know how long it will be offered at this special price (typically for a limited time only or until a certain number of downloads have been completed), so we urge you to download it while it is still available for free.

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Run by Blake Crouch
Non-Series
CreateSpace

About Run (from the publisher): Picture this: A landscape of American genocide …

5 days ago
A rash of bizarre murders swept the country …
Senseless. Brutal. Seemingly unconnected.
A cop walked into a nursing home and unloaded his weapons on elderly and staff alike.
A mass of school shootings.
Prison riots of unprecedented brutality.
Mind-boggling acts of violence in every state.

4 days ago
The murders increased ten-fold …

3 days ago
The President addressed the nation and begged for calm and peace …

2 days ago
The killers began to mobilize …

Yesterday
All the power went out …

Tonight
They're reading the names of those to be killed on the Emergency Broadcast System. You are listening over the battery-powered radio on your kitchen table, and they've just read yours.

Your name is Jack Colclough. You have a wife, a daughter, and a young son. You live in Albuquerque, New Mexico. People are coming to your house to kill you and your family. You don't know why, but you don't have time to think about that any more.

You only have time to … run.

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"The Dead Man" Books 1-5 by Lee Goldberg and William Rabkin is Today's Amazon Kindle Daily Deal

MystereBooks is pleased to feature "The Dead Man" Books 1-5 by Lee Goldberg and William Rabkin as today's Amazon Kindle Daily Deal. The deal price of $0.99 for each book is valid only for today, Friday, December 23, 2011.

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"The Dead Man" Books 1-5 by Lee Goldberg and William Rabkin
The Dead Man Series of Thrillers
47North

About "The Dead Man" Books 1-5 (from the publisher): These original short thrillers blend elements of horror books with the action of classic adventure novels. The eligible titles in this promotion are Face of Evil, Ring of Knives, Hell in Heaven, The Dead Woman, and The Blood Mesa.

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Mystery Bestsellers for the Week Ending December 23, 2011

A list of the top 15 mystery hardcover bestsellers for the week ending December 23rd, 2011 has been posted by the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books.

It's been a quiet holiday week, with no new additions to the bestselling mystery list. Indeed, there was little change in the top ten with last week's number one title, The Litigators by John Grisham, remaining atop the list again this week … though in a virtual tie with Death Comes to Pemberley by P. D. James. Last week's featured title, The Leopard, the 8th Harry Hole mystery by Jo Nesbø, didn't move up quite as much as we expected, but did jump six spots to number 12.

Best wishes from all of us at Omnimystery to all of our readers for a wonderful holiday season!

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