Read the full text of our review at Mysterious Reviews: The Fear Index by Robert Harris.
Monday, February 06, 2012
Thread of Hope by Jeff Shelby is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook
MystereBooks is pleased to feature Thread of Hope by Jeff Shelby as today's second free mystery ebook.
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Thread of Hope by Jeff Shelby
Publisher: Jeff Shelby
Written by the author of the Noah Braddock mysteries, this stand-alone may be the first of a new series. "Joe will be around for awhile," the author writes on his website.
About Thread of Hope (from the publisher): If someone took your child, how soon would you stop looking for her? If someone accused your best friend of a terrible crime, when would you stop defending him?
Seven years after Joe Tyler’s daughter Elizabeth was abducted, he hasn’t stopped looking for answers, and he hasn’t forgotten the friend who stood by him as he lost his wife, his home, and his career in his search. Now he’s been brought back to San Diego by the news that this friend has been arrested for beating up a teenage girl—a girl not much older than Elizabeth would be now.
Joe is convinced Chuck Winslow is innocent, but Chuck is in a coma and can’t explain what happened. And the more Joe hears about what Chuck’s been up to in the years he’s been gone, the less Joe recognizes his old friend. To find out the truth, he will have to face his ex-wife, his former bosses, and a hometown full of wealth, lies, and illicit privilege. When Chuck’s accuser goes missing, Joe must decide where his loyalties truly lie.
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Dying for a Change by Kathleen Delaney is Today's Featured Free MystereBook
MystereBooks is pleased to feature Dying for a Change by Kathleen Delaney as today's free mystery ebook.
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Dying for a Change by Kathleen Delaney
An Ellen McKenzie Mystery
Publisher: PublishAmerica
This first mystery (of four to date) in a series introduces Santa Louisa (California) real estate agent Ellen McKenzie.
About Dying for a Change (from the publisher): Nothing ever happened in Santa Louisa, which was why Ellen McKenzie, divorce decree in one hand, new real estate license in the other, went home. Peace was what she needed, and time to figure out if forty is too late to start a new life. The town she remembered isn’t the same. A huge big box store wants to build and the town is sharply divided about its coming. Each side has drawn up battle plans. If that isn’t enough, Ellen makes an appointment to show her first house in her new real estate career and instead of a client finds the body of a man, beaten to death, in the walk-in closet. Could Hank Sawyer’s death have something to do with the new store’s coming? Hank was its most ardent supporter. Or could it be more personal? It seems half the staff at Harper’s Land Sales, where Ellen has just started work, had reason to hate Hank. Why? Ellen finds out all too quickly the real reason Hank was murdered and almost loses her own life.
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Mystery Godoku Puzzle for February 06, 2012
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 D E H L O S T W
Chicago businessman Jack O'Shea finds this on the Blue Line in a 2011 mystery by Edward Fadden (with "A") (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!
Sunday, February 05, 2012
Review: Four Below by Peter Helton
Read the full text of our review at Mysterious Reviews: Four Below by Peter Helton.
New Poster for Indie Suspense Film Apart
A new poster for the indie suspense film Apart has been released (right; click for larger image). The poster's tagline: "Always together. Forever apart."
Directed by Aaron Rottinghaus from an original screenplay by Rottinghaus and Josh Danziger, Apart is the journey of the tragically star-crossed Noah Greene (Josh Danziger) and Emily Gates (Olesya Rulin), who are linked by a rare psychological disorder classified as ICD-10 F24, madness of two. Drawing from actual case history, this richly evocative and unsettling mystery holds a love story that will haunt you long after the final scene.
The film opens in limited release and video-on-demand on March 9th, 2012, and will likely be direct-to-DVD soon thereafter. Watch a trailer for Apart below.
Bone Dry by Ben Rehder is Today's Third Featured Free MystereBook
MystereBooks is pleased to feature Bone Dry by Ben Rehder as today's third free mystery ebook.
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Bone Dry by Ben Rehder
A John Marlin "Blanco County" Mystery
Publisher: Minotaur Books/CreateSpace
This second mystery in the series is an "an over-the-top tale of sex, mayhem and murder in Texas's hill country." (Publisher's Weekly, 2002.)
About Bone Dry (from the publisher): Life can get a little wild from time to time for John Marlin— game warden in Blanco County, Texas — but few incidents compare to the stories flying around town at the start of this new deer season. Hunters are reporting an incredible sight: a six-foot-tall, drop-dead gorgeous blonde is roaming the woods, searching out camouflage-clad men with guns and disarming them with powers of seduction the likes of which none of them have ever come across before. Everyone has a hearty laugh at the expense of a few embarrassed hunters, until one of their own turns up dead in the woods. Now Marlin has a real mystery to deal with.
Meanwhile, rumors are spreading about a new Blanco resident, an ex-New Yorker named Sal Mameli who's ruffling feathers with his loud mouth and his penchant for getting his own way, no matter what the cost.
Before long, John Marlin realizes he may be the only sane man in town, and he's starting to wonder if he can last much longer himself. It's just the start of another unforgettable hunting season in Bone Dry.
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Sweet Revenge by Nina Bruhns is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook
MystereBooks is pleased to feature Sweet Revenge by Nina Bruhns as today's second free mystery ebook.
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Sweet Revenge by Nina Bruhns
The New Orleans Trilogy
Publisher: Cajun Hot Press
This second book in this trilogy was the winner of several romantic suspense awards after it was first published in 2001.
About Sweet Revenge (from the publisher): Auri "Creole" Levalois is looking for a killer. Determined to put his foster-brother’s killer behind bars, he has taken a leave of absence from New Orleans PD to hunt the man down. But what he finds instead is a woman who turns his lonely world upside down—and touches him as no other woman had ever done.
Grace Summerville’s identical twin sister has vanished without a trace. Grace has left her cozy Charleston home and high school counselor job, and rushed to New Orleans’ notorious French Quarter, where she discovers a dark, mysterious man watching her from the neighboring balcony.
From the second their eyes meet, Creole and Grace’s attraction burns out of control. But she is wary. She has heard about these hot-blooded Cajun men. They are intense. Passionate, like their music. Nothing remotely similar to the calm, dignified South Carolina gentlemen she is used to. Creole is just the kind of man she desperately needs to avoid.
After days—and nights—of sizzling clashes, where each suspects the other of duplicity, they finally strike a truce and work together to trap the man who is responsible for both terrible crimes. Meanwhile their attraction flames hotter and hotter with each erotic encounter they are helpless to avoid, until at last they end up in each other’s arms.
Closing in on the murderer, the worst happens, and they are trapped in his deadly net. Faced with certain death, will they finally admit to their secret hope for love and a future together?
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Getting Sassy by D. C. Brod is Today's Featured Free MystereBook
MystereBooks is pleased to feature Getting Sassy by D. C. Brod as today's free mystery ebook.
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Getting Sassy by D. C. Brod
A Robyn Guthrie Mystery
Publisher: Tyrus Books
This first in a series by the author of the Quint McCauley mysteries introduces freelance reporter and amateur sleuth Robyn Guthrie. (This is a repeat freebie last offered in December 2011.)
About Getting Sassy (from the publisher): With her nearly broke and practically homeless mother about to land on her doorstep, Robyn Guthrie learns that desperation can play havoc with a daughter's scruples. Otherwise, why would she even consider kidnapping a goat and holding it for ransom?
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Saturday, February 04, 2012
Mr. E. Reviews Margin Call
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This drama with tension — not a thriller as I have come to understand the term — set in the days before the Lehman Brothers collapse of 2008 has some terrific performances, but is paced so erratically that I found it hard to remain engaged in its paper-thinly plotted storyline.
Read the full text of our review at Mr. E. Reviews Margin Call.
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Mr. E. Reviews is your source for mystery, suspense, thriller, and crime drama reviews of television and film.
Crime Novelist Dorothy Gilman Has Died
Photo credit: Corey Lowenstein
Crime novelist Dorothy Gilman, author of the popular Mrs. Pollifax spy mysteries as well as many other novels of mystery and suspense, has died at her home in Rye Brook (NY). She was 88.
Ms. Gilman wrote the first of her Mrs. Pollifax books, The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax, in 1966 and went on to feature the character in 13 subsequent tales of espionage. Emily Pollifax was a 60-something suburban widow and grandmother looking to travel the world, the perfect cover for her role as an agent with the CIA. The books are set in exotic locales in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia.
The character was featured in a film adapted from the first book in the series, 1971's Mrs. Pollifax—Spy starring Rosalind Russel in the title role. In 1999 CBS produced a made-for-television movie also based on this book, which stars Angela Lansbury.
Two years ago, Dorothy Gilman was honored by the Mystery Writers of America as their 2010 Grand Master.
(Related article: New York Times.)
Reviews of Mystery and Suspense Books for Kids, New This Week on Book Trends (120204)
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.
Sammy Keyes and the Night of Skulls by Wendelin Van Draanen. A Sammy Keyes Mystery. Lexile measure: 770L. Reviewed by 7th grade student, who writes, "The book is a mystery, and contains a lot of suspense and surprises. It keeps you on the edge of your seat and you cannot guess what will happen next. Plus, the characters in this book are a very unique group of kids. They are interested in being detectives and are actually really good at it." (Read the full review here.)
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.
Yellow Medicine by Anthony Neil Smith is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook
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Yellow Medicine by Anthony Neil Smith
Publisher: Bleak House/Anthony Neil Smith
About Yellow Medicine (from the publisher): Deputy Billy Lafitte is not unfamiliar with the law — he just prefers to enforce it, rather than abide by it. But his rule-bending and bribe-taking have gotten him kicked off the force in Gulfport, Mississippi, and he's been given a second chance — in the desolate, Siberian wastelands of rural Minnesota. Now Billy's only got the local girls and local booze to keep him company. Until one of the local girls — cute little Drew, bassist for a psychobilly band — asks Billy for help with her boyfriend. Something about the drugs Ian's been selling, some product he may have lost, and the men who are threatening him because of it. Billy agrees to look into it, and before long he's speeding down a snowy road, tracking a cell of terrorists, with a severed head in his truck's cab. And that's only the start.
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Thrilled to Death by L. J. Sellers is Today's Featured Free MystereBook
MystereBooks is pleased to feature Thrilled to Death by L. J. Sellers as today's free mystery ebook.
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Thrilled to Death by L. J. Sellers
A Wade Jackson Mystery
Publisher: Spellbinder Press
This is the second mystery to feature the Eugene (Oregon) police detective.
About Thrilled to Death (from the publisher): Monday morning, a young mother disappears after a doctor’s appointment. Monday evening, a young socialite leaves a risqué lounge and never makes it home. Detective Jackson lands both cases, but at first he can't find signs of foul play. When the socialite turns up dead, his investigation uncovers her dirty secrets, which complicates everything. The case runs into even bigger trouble with a suspect who hasn’t left his house in a year. Jackson must push all the boundaries to find the connection and answer the question: Where is the other missing woman?
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Well-Offed in Vermont by Amy Patricia Meade is Today's Amazon Kindle Daily Deal
MystereBooks is pleased to feature Well-Offed in Vermont by Amy Patricia Meade as today's Amazon Kindle Daily Deal. The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Saturday, February 04, 2012.
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Well-Offed in Vermont by Amy Patricia Meade
A Stella and Nick Thornton Mystery
Publisher: Midnight Ink
This first in a new series is by the author of the Marjorie McClelland mysteries.
About Well-Offed in Vermont (from the publisher): In bucolic small-town Vermont, tapestries expert Stella Thornton Buckley feels out of her element—and not just because she’s fresh from Manhattan. Mere hours after moving to maple syrup country, she and her husband, Nick, find a dead man, Allen Weston, in a well on their property. The police investigation forces the couple out of their lovely vintage farmhouse and—since the motels are packed with leaf-peepers — into a less than luxurious deer camp. Instead of mourning the loss of electricity and running water, Stella and Nick drive their Smart car all over the Vermont hamlet to question the quirky locals about Weston, a shrewd businessman who rubbed a lot of folks the wrong way.
Stella and Nick may never shed their flatlander reputation in this close-knit community, but can they get enough information from the taciturn townspeople to help Sheriff Mills solve the murder and sew up the investigation?
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