Friday, February 01, 2013

MystereBooks: Clouds of Witness by Dorothy L. Sayers, Now at a Special Price

Clouds of Witness by Dorothy L. Sayers

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Clouds of Witness by Dorothy L. Sayers, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Open Road.

The ebook format of this title was priced at $1.99 from the listed vendors (below) 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.

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Clouds of Witness by Dorothy L. Sayers

Clouds of Witness by Dorothy L. Sayers
A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery
Publisher: Open Road

When blood stains his family name, Lord Peter fights to save what he holds most dear …

After three months in Corsica, Lord Peter Wimsey has begun to forget that the gray, dangerous moors of England ever existed. But traveling through Paris, he receives a shock that jolts him back to reality. He sees it in the headlines splashed across every English paper — his brother Gerald has been arrested for murder.

The trouble began at the family estate in Yorkshire, where Gerald was hunting with the man soon to be his brother-in-law, Captain Denis Cathcart. One night, Gerald confronts Cathcart with allegations about his unsavory past, leading the captain to call off the wedding. Just a few hours later, Cathcart is dead, with Gerald presumed to be the only one who could have fired the fatal shot. The clock is ticking, and only England's premier sleuth can get to the bottom of this murky mystery.

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Telemystery: NCIS Renewed for an 11th Season

Telemystery: Mystery and Suspense on Television

CBS has renewed its top-rated drama NCIS for an 11th season.

"In a world gone niche, NCIS keeps getting bigger, and Mark Harmon continues to define the role of leading man on the number one show on television," said Leslie Moonves, CEO of CBS. "NCIS is the type of franchise every company wants in today's global content ecosystem — high-quality storytelling that generates passionate viewers and drives revenue on every conceivable platform."

NCIS airs on Tuesdays at 8 PM ET/PT.

Keep up to date on the status of your favorite mystery and suspense television with our Telemystery Scoresheet. We've updated it with today's news.

First Episode of Netflix's House of Cards Free to Watch by Everyone

House of Cards (Netflix)

All 13 episodes of House of Cards, the original Netflix series based on the BBC political thriller of the same title, are available to stream online today for subscribers to the service, but … even if you're not a subscriber, you can watch the first episode for free.

In the opening chapter, when the newly elected President reneges on a promise, Congressman Francis Underwood (Kevin Spacey) and his wife Claire (Robin Wright) decide to sever all allegiances and toss the rules out the window.

We're not sure how long this episode will be available to view for free, but suspect it might be for this weekend (through Sunday February 3rd, 2013) only. Still, if you have a device which supports streaming Netflix, it's definitely worth checking out.

Today's Bestselling Free Kindle MystereBooks (130201)

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.

Firsts on the 1st: New Series Characters Being Introduced in February 2013 Mysteries

Mystery Books for February 2013 featuring New Series Characters

The Hidden Staircase Mystery Books recently updated its list of February 2013 hardcover mysteries as well as shelved new February paperbacks on The Mystery Bookshelf.

In this series of monthly posts, which we call Firsts on the 1st, we're introducing readers to new series characters who will make their mysterious American debut in print during February.

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The Beggar's Opera by Peggy Blair
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Title: The Beggar's Opera
Author: Peggy Blair
Series Character: Ricardo Ramirez
Formats: Trade Paperback and ebook

What we know about the character: Inspector Ricardo Ramirez is the head of the Major Crimes Unit of the Cuban National Revolutionary Police.

His first case: In beautiful, crumbling Old Havana, detective Mike Ellis hopes the sun and sand will save his troubled marriage. He doesn't yet know that it's dead in the water, much like the little Cuban boy last seen begging the couple for a few pesos on the world famous Malecón.

For Inspector Ramirez, head of the Havana Major Crimes Unit, arresting Ellis isn't the problem — the law is. He has only seventy-two hours to secure an indictment and prevent a vicious killer from leaving the island. And Ramirez has his own troubles. He's dying of the same dementia that killed his grandmother, an incurable disease that makes him see the ghosts of victims of his unsolved cases. As he races against time, the dead haunt his every step …

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Buried In a Bog by Sheila Connolly
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Title: Buried In a Bog
Author: Sheila Connolly
Series Character: Maura Donovan, County Cork
Formats: Mass Market Paperback and ebook

What we know about the character: Maura Donovan is a bartender in a small Irish village in County Cork.

Her first case: Honoring the wish of her late grandmother, Maura visits the small Irish village where her Gran was born — though she never expected to get bogged down in a murder mystery. Nor had she planned to take a job in one of the local pubs, but she finds herself excited to get to know the people who knew her Gran.

In the pub, she's swamped with drink orders as everyone in town gathers to talk about the recent discovery of a nearly one-hundred-year-old body in a nearby bog. When Maura realizes she may know something about the dead man — and that the body's connected to another, more recent, death — she fears she's about to become mired in a homicide investigation. After she discovers the death is connected to another from almost a century earlier, Maura has a sinking feeling she may really be getting in over her head …

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Crossbones Yard by Kate Rhodes
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Title: Crossbones Yard
Author: Kate Rhodes
Series Character: Alice Quentin
Formats: Hardcover and ebook

What we know about the character: Alice Quentin is a psychologist.

Her first case: Alice is a woman with some painful family secrets, but she has a good job, a good-looking boyfriend, and excellent coping skills, even when that job includes evaluating a convicted killer who's about to be released from prison. One of the highlights of her day is going for a nice, long run around her beloved London — it's impossible to fret or feel guilty about your mother or brother when you're concentrating on your breathing — until she stumbles upon a dead body at a former graveyard for prostitutes, Crossbones Yard.

The dead woman's wounds are alarmingly similar to the signature style of Ray and Marie Benson, who tortured and killed thirteen women before they were caught and sent to jail. Five of their victims were never found. That was six years ago, and the last thing Alice wants to do is to enter the sordid world of the Bensons or anyone like them. But when the police ask for her help in building a psychological profile of the new murderer, she finds that the killer — and the danger to her and the people she cares about — may already be closer than she ever imagined.

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Scratch Deeper by Chris Simms
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Title: Scratch Deeper
Author: Chris Simms
Series Character: Iona Khan
Formats: Hardcover and ebook

What we know about the character: Detective Constable Iona Khan is a police officer in Manchester (England).

Her first case: In sun-soaked Mauritius, a retired Law Lord is brutally murdered, while in rain-sodden Manchester, the Labour Party conference is beginning.

Promoted to Greater Manchester Police's Counter Terrorism Unit, DC Khan's first case appears to be a trivial use of false identity regarding a Sri Lankan student asking suspicious questions about Manchester's tunnel system.

But when she learns the identity of the conference's guest speaker, Iona realizes it may not be so trivial after all, and she must enter the dark world beneath the city to prevent a possible catastrophe.

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Bear is Broken by Lachlan Smith
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Title: Bear is Broken
Author: Lachlan Smith
Series Character: Leo Maxwell
Formats: Hardcover and ebook

What we know about the character: Leo Maxwell is an attorney in San Francisco.

His first case: Leo grew up in the shadow of his older brother, Teddy, a successful yet reviled criminal defense attorney who racked up enemies as quickly as he racked up acquittals. As children, their father was jailed for the murder of their mother, and Teddy was left to care for Leo who tried to emulate his older brother, even following him into the legal profession.

The two are at lunch one day when Teddy, supposed to give the closing argument of his current trial that afternoon, is shot: in public, in cold blood, the shooter escaping without Leo being able to identify him. As Teddy lies in a coma, Leo comes to the conclusion that the search for his brother's shooter falls upon him and him alone, as his brother's enemies were not merely the scum on the street but embedded within the police department as well. As he begins to examine the life of a brother he realizes he barely knew, Leo quickly realizes that the list of possible suspects is much larger than he could have imagined.

The deeper Leo digs into Teddy's life, the more questions arise: questions about Teddy and his ex-wife, questions about the history of the Maxwell family, even questions about the murder that tore their family apart all those years ago. And somewhere, the person who shot his brother is still on the loose, and there are many who would happily kill Leo in order to keep it that way.

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Brooklyn Bones by Triss Stein
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Title: Brooklyn Bones
Author: Triss Stein
Series Character: Erica Donato
Formats: Hardcover and ebook

What we know about the character: Erica Donato is a young widow who works at a local museum in New York City.

Her first case: A crime of the past comes much too close to home when Erica's teenage daughter Chris finds a skeleton behind a wall in their crumbling Park Slope home.

Erica — young widow, over-age history Ph.D candidate, mother of a teen, product of blue-collar Brooklyn — is drawn into the mystery when she learns this was an unknown teen-age girl, hidden there within living memory. She and her daughter are both touched and disturbed by the mysterious tragedy in their own home.

Chris's dangerous curiosity and Erica's work at a local history museum lead her right back to her neighborhood in its edgy, pre-gentrification days, the period when the age of Aquarius was turning dark. A cranky retired reporter shares old files with her. The charming widow of a slumlord has some surprises for her. The crazy old lady who hangs around her street keeps trying to tell her something. And there are people, including some she is close to, who know the whole story and will stop at nothing to make sure it stays buried forever.

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For a list of more hardcover mysteries scheduled for publication during February, please visit our New Mysteries home page. If you're interested in new paperbacks, visit The Mystery Bookshelf, where you can discover a library of new mysteries, also updated with February 2013 releases. See also our regularly updated eBook site for new mysteries, suspense novels and thrillers, MysterEbooks.com.

Please also visit the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books where we are committed to providing readers and collectors of mystery books with the best and most current information about their favorite authors, titles, and series.

Dying To Read by Lorena McCourtney is Today's Nook Daily Find

The Nook Daily Find

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Dying To Read by Lorena McCourtney as today's Barnes & Noble Nook Daily Find.

The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Friday, February 01, 2013.

Note: The price has been matched by Amazon.com for today only.

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Dying To Read by Lorena McCourtney

Dying To Read
Lorena McCourtney
A Cate Kinkaid Mystery
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Cate Kinkaid is just dipping her toe into the world of private investigating until one of the many résumés she has floating around lands her a real job. All she has to do is determine that a particular woman lives at a particular address. Simple, right?

When the big and brooding house happens to contain a dead body, this routine PI job turns out to be anything but simple. Is Cate in over her head?

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Restore My Heart by Cheryl Norman is Today's Fifth Featured Free MystereBook

Restore My Heart by Cheryl Norman

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Restore My Heart by Cheryl Norman as today's fifth free mystery ebook (A Mustang Sally Romantic 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.

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Restore My Heart by Cheryl Norman

Restore My Heart
Cheryl Norman
A Mustang Sally Romantic Mystery
Publisher: Medallion Press

Leo Desalvo, a loving husband and father is dead. It appears he committed suicide, but nothing could be further from the truth. And Leo's wife knows it. Although he'd rather grieve in private, Joe Desalvo agrees to help his mother prove a murder occurred, not a suicide.

Sally Clay desperately needs her auto restoration business to succeed. Not only is it her livelihood, but she's caring for her father. She hopes the garage will lure him out of his self-imposed exile and back to the world of cars he once loved. But new competition, and the death of her best customer, auto dealer Leo Desalvo, leave her struggling.

When Joe approaches Sally to appraise his father's rare, classic sports car, she welcomes the business. There's something fishy about the car, however, and Sally is beginning to suspect shady dealings in Leo's business. Is Joe involved too?

When her long-time friend and employee is murdered, Sally realizes it's too late to back out of the investigation she's inadvertently stumbled into. And it seems it's too late for her heart as well.

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The Last Call by George Wier is Today's Fourth Featured Free MystereBook

The Last Call by George Wier

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Last Call by George Wier as today's fourth free mystery ebook (A Bill Travis Mystery; Kindle, Kobo, and iTunes formats).

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The Last Call by George Wier

The Last Call
George Wier
A Bill Travis Mystery
Publisher: Flagstone Books

Bill Travis, an unmarried, unattached investment counselor rapidly approaching his fortieth birthday, conceives that he may not live the most exciting of lives, yet Julie Simmons, his first appointment that Monday, is deeply in trouble. She has taken a North Texas quarter horse racer and liquor baron named Archie Carpin — the last of a dynasty of criminals from the 1920's — for a ride and cleaned him out of a neat two million bucks. And thus begins the adventure of Bill's life.

Ensues a chase north across Texas to recover the money and shake the pursuit of a couple of rednecks with a penchant for rifles and rigged explosives. Yet, through all this action the compelling tale of yet another mystery — an 80-year-old missing person's case — begins to unravel.

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Fiddleback by Jeff Vrolyks is Today's Third Featured Free MystereBook

Fiddleback by Jeff Vrolyks

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Fiddleback by Jeff Vrolyks as today's third free mystery ebook (A Psychological Thriller; Kindle, Kobo, and iTunes formats).

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Fiddleback by Jeff Vrolyks

Fiddleback
Jeff Vrolyks
A Psychological Thriller
Publisher: Jeff Vrolyks

Mae Clark is a ten-year-old girl with abusive parents and an imaginary friend named Breuer. Breuer has ideas to help Mae, ideas that aren’t very nice. Breuer isn't as imaginary as Mae thinks.

Tag Baylor is a bartender who writes fiction as a hobby, posting his works on an amateur website. The heroine in his stories is a young woman named Mae Clark. A man claiming to be Mae Clark’s husband emails Tag, threatening tremendous bodily harm if he continues writing about Mae. Tag is stunned: Mae Clark is a figment of his imagination. Or is she?

Warning: Book depicts explicit acts of violence. Discretion advised.

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Last Call by Rob Cornell is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

Last Call by Rob Cornell

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Last Call by Rob Cornell as today's second free mystery ebook (A Ridley Brone Mystery; Kindle format only).

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Last Call by Rob Cornell

Last Call
Rob Cornell
A Ridley Brone Mystery
Publisher: Paradox Publications

Running a karaoke bar is no way for an ex-PI to make a living.

Just ask Ridley Brone, a California private investigator who returns to his Michigan hometown when he inherits his estranged parents' multimillion dollar estate. The songs his mom and dad wrote made them rich, but their popular karaoke bar, the High Note, made them famous. Now Ridley owns a bar he doesn't have a clue how to manage, and his every effort seems only to further tarnish his parents' legacy.

Then Ridley's high school love, Autumn, shows up asking for help. She suspects her husband of having an affair and wants Ridley to find the truth. Itching to do the kind of work he knows, Ridley takes her case. But after he finds her husband murdered, the karaoke bar feels like vacation compared to the hard job of proving Autumn's innocence.

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The Sweet Redemption by Thomas Stienstra is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

The Sweet Redemption by Thomas Stienstra

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Sweet Redemption by Thomas Stienstra as today's free mystery ebook (A Kristopher Korg Mystery; Kindle format only).

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The Sweet Redemption by Thomas Stienstra

The Sweet Redemption
Thomas Stienstra
A Kristopher Korg Mystery
Publisher: Wild Earth Press

The shadow side of the music industry, crime, and the power of unseen forces are on the same stage.

Inspector Kristopher Korg, a week from being forced into retirement, is charged to investigate the disappearance of a rock star manager. With young partner Jeremy Sager, they bore into the shadow side of show business, where the trail leads to rock star Jesse James Johnson and his entourage, big money, greed, passion, sex and multiple murders.

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