Monday, December 03, 2012

Telemystery: Cagney & Lacey, Mannix, and McMillan & Wife, New This Week on DVD

Telemystery, the most complete selection of detective, amateur sleuth, private investigator, and suspense television mystery series now available or coming soon to 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 three series from our site being released this week.

Please Welcome Novelist Eliot Pattison

Omnimystery News: Author Interview
with Eliot Pattison

We are delighted to welcome novelist Eliot Pattison to Omnimystery News today.

Eliot is the author of the Edgar Award-winning series featuring exiled Chinese inspector Shan Tao Yun, the seventh book of which is Mandarin Gate (Minotaur Books, November 2012 hardcover and ebook formats).

We recently had a chance to talk to Eliot about his books.

Mystery Writers of America Announce 2013 Grand Masters

Mystery Writers of America

The Mystery Writers of America have chosen Ken Follett and Margaret Maron as this year's Grand Masters.

MWA's Grand Master Award represents the pinnacle of achievement in mystery writing and was established to acknowledge important contributions to this genre, as well as a body of work that is both significant and of consistent high quality. Mr. Follett and Ms. Maron will be presented with their awards at the Edgar Awards Banquet, which will be held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City on Thursday, May 2, 2013.

Follett is the author of twenty novels, and has sold more than 100 million books since he began writing in the 1970s. His career has been wide reaching and after mastering the mystery genre, he expanded into literary epic fiction, TV, movies and children's books.

"I am delighted and honored," said Follett. "My first successful book, Eye of the Needle, won the Edgar for Best Novel more than thirty years ago. I'm thrilled to know that my fellow writers still hold me in such high regard."

Maron is the author of twenty-six novels and two short story collections. Her first mystery, One Coffee With, was published in 1981 and was the beginning of her Sigrid Harald series featuring a New York City police officer. But it wasn't until 1992, and a fictional return to her North Carolina roots with Bootlegger's Daughter (the first of the Deborah Knott series), that Maron was awarded an Edgar, Agatha, Anthony and Macavity award.

"It still hasn't fully sunk in," said Maron. "I keep remembering my first MWA dinner when I was half-afraid that I would be asked to leave because I only had a few short stories and a half-published book to my name, so how could I possibly belong there with those luminaries? Grand Master? Wow!"

Other awards announced today by the MWA include the recipients of the 2013 Raven Award, which recognizes outstanding achievement in the mystery field outside the realm of creative writing: the specialty bookstore The Mysterious Galaxy in San Diego and journalist Oline Cogdill.

Finally, the 2013 Ellery Queen Award will be given to Johnny Temple, founder and editor of Akashic Books. The Ellery Queen award is given to editors or publishers who have distinguished themselves by their generous and wide-ranging support of the genre.

Entangled by Barbara Ellen Brink is Today's Fourth Featured Free MystereBook

Entangled by Barbara Ellen Brink

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Entangled by Barbara Ellen Brink as today's fourth free mystery ebook (A Fredrickson Winery Mystery; Kobo 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.

For a summary of all of today's featured titles, plus any that may have appeared before and are repeat freebies, visit our Free MystereBooks page. This page is updated daily, typically by 8 AM ET.

A Shot in the Dark by Mackenzie Morgan is Today's Third Featured Free MystereBook

A Shot in the Dark by Mackenzie Morgan

MystereBooks is pleased to feature A Shot in the Dark by Mackenzie Morgan as today's third free mystery ebook (A Tracy Forrester Mystery; 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.

For a summary of all of today's featured titles, plus any that may have appeared before and are repeat freebies, visit our Free MystereBooks page. This page is updated daily, typically by 8 AM ET.

The Disappearance of Mavis Woodstock by Rosalind Burgess and Patricia Obermeier Neuman is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

The Disappearance of Mavis Woodstock by Rosalind Burgess and Patricia Obermeier Neuman

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Disappearance of Mavis Woodstock by Rosalind Burgess and Patricia Obermeier Neuman as today's second free mystery ebook (A Val and Kit Mystery; 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.

For a summary of all of today's featured titles, plus any that may have appeared before and are repeat freebies, visit our Free MystereBooks page. This page is updated daily, typically by 8 AM ET.

The Test by Patricia Gussin is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

The Test by Patricia Gussin

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Test by Patricia Gussin 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.

For a summary of all of today's featured titles, plus any that may have appeared before and are repeat freebies, visit our Free MystereBooks page. This page is updated daily, typically by 8 AM ET.

Blood Safari by Deon Meyer is Today's Kindle Daily Deal

The Kindle Daily Deal

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Blood Safari by Deon Meyer as today's Amazon Kindle Daily Deal.

The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Monday, December 03, 2012.

Mystery Godoku Puzzle for December 03, 2012

A new 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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Mystery Godoku Puzzle for December 03, 2012

This week's letters and mystery clue:

B E J N O R S U Y

Kathleen McCaul introduces this international news journalist in Murder in the Ashran (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, December 02, 2012

Winner of the 2012 Nero Award Announced

Mystery, Suspense and Thriller Book Awards

The Wolfe Pack held their annual Black Orchid Banquet last night, at which time Though Not Dead by Dana Stabenow was honored with the Nero Award for literary excellence in the mystery genre.

Robert Lopresti was also recognized with the Black Orchid Novella Award for his story "The Red Envelope", which will appear in the July/August, 2013 edition of the Alfred Hitcock Mystery Magazine.

Today's Bestselling Free Kindle MystereBooks (121202)

Top 100 Free Kindle Mysteries and Thrillers, updated hourly by Amazon.com

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; as an alternative, 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.

The Rembrandt Bomb by C. J. Klinger and James C. Moore is Today's Fourth Featured Free MystereBook

The Rembrandt Bomb by C. J. Klinger and James C. Moore

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Rembrandt Bomb by C. J. Klinger and James C. Moore as today's fourth free mystery ebook (The Adventures of Justin Schott and Dr. Colleen Pendleton; 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.

For a summary of all of today's featured titles, plus any that may have appeared before and are repeat freebies, visit our Free MystereBooks page. This page is updated daily, typically by 8 AM ET.

Russian Roulette by Austin S. Camacho is Today's Third Featured Free MystereBook

Russian Roulette by Austin S. Camacho

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Russian Roulette by Austin S. Camacho as today's third free mystery ebook (A Hannibal Jones Mystery; 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.

For a summary of all of today's featured titles, plus any that may have appeared before and are repeat freebies, visit our Free MystereBooks page. This page is updated daily, typically by 8 AM ET.

An Uncluttered Palette by Jean Sheldon is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

An Uncluttered Palette by Jean Sheldon

MystereBooks is pleased to feature An Uncluttered Palette by Jean Sheldon as today's second free mystery ebook (An Art Mystery; 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.

For a summary of all of today's featured titles, plus any that may have appeared before and are repeat freebies, visit our Free MystereBooks page. This page is updated daily, typically by 8 AM ET.

The Wolf's Moon by Patrick Jones is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

The Wolf's Moon by Patrick Jones

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Wolf's Moon by Patrick Jones as today's free mystery ebook (A Suspense Thriller; 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.

For a summary of all of today's featured titles, plus any that may have appeared before and are repeat freebies, visit our Free MystereBooks page. This page is updated daily, typically by 8 AM ET.

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