The first "Sherlock Holmes" game for the Nintendo 3DS was released this week in the UK and Nordic countries.
Titled Sherlock Holmes: The Mystery of the Frozen City, the storyline is set during a mysterious ice storm that has descended upon London. The capital city is totally paralyzed, and even the Thames is starting to freeze solid. However, the strangest fact is that the storm seems to only affect London, sparing the rest of England.
At the dawn of the third day of storm, Sherlock Holmes receives a telegram coming from the Annual Exhibition of Inventions, taking place in the Great Hall of Scientific Discoveries at the very heart of the city: the storm might not be natural! Finally a case worthy of Sherlock Holmes' great mind! With no hesitation, the famous detective braves the storm and goes to the scene, accompanied by his faithful friend Doctor Watson, in order to study and investigate the strange phenomenon.
The game, no doubt inspired by the popularity of the conceptually similar Professor Layton games, does not (to our knowledge) have a US release date yet. Visit the game website for more information.
Friday, October 26, 2012
First Sherlock Holmes Game for Nintendo 3DS
Family Secrets by Jamie Hill is Today's Fifth Featured Free MystereBook
MystereBooks is pleased to feature Family Secrets by Jamie Hill as today's fifth free mystery ebook (Kindle format only).
This title was listed as free as of the date and time of this post. Prices are subject to change without notice. The price displayed on the vendor website at the time of purchase will be the price paid for the book. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your transaction.
The President's Nemesis by Michael Beres is Today's Fourth Featured Free MystereBook
MystereBooks is pleased to feature The President's Nemesis by Michael Beres as today's fourth free mystery ebook (Kindle and iTunes formats).
This title was listed as free as of the date and time of this post. Prices are subject to change without notice. The price displayed on the vendor website at the time of purchase will be the price paid for the book. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your transaction.
Dead Center by Danielle Girard is Today's Third Featured Free MystereBook
MystereBooks is pleased to feature Dead Center by Danielle Girard as today's third free mystery ebook (iTunes format only).
This title was listed as free as of the date and time of this post. Prices are subject to change without notice. The price displayed on the vendor website at the time of purchase will be the price paid for the book. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your transaction.
Deadly Obsession by D. S. Butler is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook
MystereBooks is pleased to feature Deadly Obsession by D. S. Butler as today's second free mystery ebook (Kindle format only).
This title was listed as free as of the date and time of this post. Prices are subject to change without notice. The price displayed on the vendor website at the time of purchase will be the price paid for the book. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your transaction.
Treasure of Saint-Lazare by John Pearce is Today's Featured Free MystereBook
MystereBooks is pleased to feature Treasure of Saint-Lazare by John Pearce as today's free mystery ebook (Kindle format only).
This title was listed as free as of the date and time of this post. Prices are subject to change without notice. The price displayed on the vendor website at the time of purchase will be the price paid for the book. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your transaction.
Big Maria by Johnny Shaw is Today's Kindle Daily Deal
MystereBooks is pleased to feature Big Maria by Johnny Shaw as today's Amazon Kindle Daily Deal.
The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Friday, October 26, 2012.
Mystery Bestsellers for the Week Ending October 26, 2012
A list of the top 15 Mystery Hardcover Bestsellers for the week ending October 26th, 2012 has been posted by the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books.
For the first time in many weeks there seems to be a couple of serious challengers to the dominance of the stand-alone thriller Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn for the top spot on our list. We'll have to see what happens next week. Just one new title enters the list (position in parentheses) this week.
Thursday, October 25, 2012
New Trailer for Broken City
A new trailer for the thriller Broken City has been released by the studio (embedded below).
In a broken city rife with injustice, ex-cop Billy Taggart (Mark Wahlberg) seeks redemption — and revenge — after being double-crossed and then framed by its most powerful figure, the mayor (Russell Crowe). Billy's relentless pursuit of justice, matched only by his streetwise toughness, makes him an unstoppable force — and the mayor's worst nightmare.
Directed by Allen Hughes from an original screenplay by Brian Tucker, Broken City opens in theaters January 18th, 2013.
— ♦ —
Cutter by Laura Crum is Today's Sixth Featured Free MystereBook
MystereBooks is pleased to feature Cutter by Laura Crum as today's sixth free mystery ebook (Kindle format only).
This title was listed as free as of the date and time of this post. Prices are subject to change without notice. The price displayed on the vendor website at the time of purchase will be the price paid for the book. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your transaction.
Murder and Other Distractions by Michael Estrin is Today's Fifth Featured Free MystereBook
MystereBooks is pleased to feature Murder and Other Distractions by Michael Estrin as today's fifth free mystery ebook (Kindle format only).
This title was listed as free as of the date and time of this post. Prices are subject to change without notice. The price displayed on the vendor website at the time of purchase will be the price paid for the book. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your transaction.
Mr. E. Reviews Red Lights
Purchase/Rental Option(s)
The first hour of this thriller is terrific filmmaking: well-cast actors in a sharply written screenplay, crisply directed. Then it seems as if someone else stepped in at the one hour mark, ripped up the script, sent the actors home (as it were), and phoned in the direction. I'm still shocked at how poorly executed the second half of this film is.
Read the full text of our review at Mr. E. Reviews Red Lights.
— ♦ —
Mr. E. Reviews is your source for mystery, suspense, thriller, and crime drama reviews of television and film.
Argentinian Banner for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2
This is the last international poster of the day — the Argentina banner version of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2.
Titled la saga crepúsculo: amanecer parte 2 — we're not sure what words, if any, are supposed to be capitalized, so we'll leave them as written — the tagline is, "Un final épico que vivirá para siempre" ("The epic finale that will live forever"). We think it does a really good job of setting up the storyline for the film, all in one image.
Breaking Dawn Part 2 opens in Argentina November 15th, a day before its premiere here in the US.
Spanish Poster for Alex Cross
It must be international poster distribution day for the studios as we have a third foreign-language poster of the day.
The Spanish version of Alex Cross is shown (right; click for larger image) … and doesn't even depict the titular character (played by Tyler Perry). Maybe that's because the film is titled En la mente del asesino in Spain — "In the Mind of a Killer: — in which case showing Matthew Fox as psychopathic serial killer Michael "Picasso" Sullivan is quite appropriate.
To keep it all in context, here's the synopsis in Spanish: Alex, detective de la policía y psicólogo, está investigando las extrañas muertes de los miembros de una banda criminal. Todo parece indicar que se trata de un ajuste de cuentas entre gángsters pero a medida que se van conociendo los detalles, los crímenes se empiezan a parecer sospechosamente a otras muertes anteriores atribuidas a un asesino en serie llamado Sullivan. Cuando Alex se acerque demasiado al asesino, éste reaccionará matando a su esposa María y amenazando con hacer lo mismo con sus hijos. Alex, deberá utilizar todos los métodos que estén a su alcance para atrapar a Sullivan antes de que sea demasiado tarde.
Alex Cross opens in Spain on November 16th; it is currently in theaters here in the US.
Today's Bestselling Free Kindle MystereBooks (121025)
Here is today's list of the Bestselling Free Kindle Crime Fiction: the top nine mysteries, novels of suspense, and thrillers.
We're using a script to embed an RSS feed from Amazon.com, which is updated hourly, but if you cannot see the box below — or have scripts blocked — you can click on the image to the right or use this link to see the relevant page on Amazon.com, which includes a list of both the Top 100 Paid and Top 100 Free Kindle Mysteries and Thrillers.
