Saturday, February 02, 2013

100 Kindle Books for $3.99 or less — Mystery and Suspense Selection for February 2013

Amazon Kindle eBooks $3.99 or Less

Every month Amazon releases a new selection of Kindle books priced $3.99 or less.

We've looked through the February 2013 books and listed below those in the "Mystery & Thrillers" category, together with a synopsis. Book prices range from 99 cents through $3.99.

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The Neighbors by Ania Ahlborn

The Neighbors by Ania Ahlborn

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Andrew Morrison sacrificed everything — his childhood, his education, and the girl of his dreams — to look after his alcoholic mother. But enough is enough, and now he's determined to get out and live his life. That means trading the home he grew up in for a rented room in the house of an old childhood friend — both of which are in sorry shape.

The only thing worse than Drew's squalid new digs and sullen new roommate is the envy he feels for the house next door: a picture-perfect suburban domicile straight out of Norman Rockwell, with a couple of happy householders to match. But the better acquainted he gets with his new neighbors — especially the sweet and sexy Harlow Ward — the more he suspects unspeakable darkness beyond the white picket fence.

Bombshell by Barbara Allan

Bombshell by Barbara Allan

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In an attempt to soothe growing Cold War tensions between America and Russia, Premier Nikita Khrushchev visits the US to see all that his “enemy” has to offer. Top of his to-do list? A trip to Disneyland and an introduction to sexual icon Marilyn Monroe.

Thanks to the impossible security requirements, Disneyland is out of the question. Marilyn, on the other hand, jumps at the chance to put on a show for the Russian official. During her appearance, she overhears the details of an assassination plot designed to spark an atomic holocaust and devastate both superpowers. When the Secret Service refuses to believe her, Marilyn risks everything to whisk Khrushchev away to safety—in the happiest place on earth.

With US agents and the KGB hot on their trail, Marilyn and Khrushchev enjoy the thrills of the amusement park while fighting to stay one step ahead of the assassins and prevent the horrors of an unprecedented war that would annihilate millions.

True Detective by Max Allan Collins

True Detective by Max Allan Collins
A Nathan Heller Mystery (1st in series)

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In the mob-choked Chicago of 1932, Mayor Cermak aims to scrub up Chicago's rancid reputation for the World's Fair, and that daunting task comes down to the youngest plainclothes cop in town, Nathan Heller of the pickpocket detail.

When the Mayor's "Hoodlum Squad" brings Heller along on a raid with no instructions but to keep his mouth shut and his gun handy, he finds himself an unwitting, unwilling part of an assassination attempt on Al Capone's successor, Frank Nitti. Soon, he's smack in the middle of a power struggle between the mob and the mayor, and it's up to the young detective to upend a potentially nation-shaking political assassination in Miami Beach.

Midnight Alley by Miles Corwin

Midnight Alley by Miles Corwin
An Ash Levine Mystery (2nd in series)

Ash Levine, the top detective in the LAPD's elite Felony Special Squad, is called out to solve the murder of two young black men found shot to death in a Venice alley. The case is a high priority because one of the victims is the son of City Councilman Isaac Pinkney, a frequent critic of the LAPD.

Searching for the killer throws Levine into the world of Los Angeless Russian Mafia, Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans, and Middle Eastern archeologists. Ash's history as a child of a Holocaust survivor gives him a unique perspective on murder, redemption, and justice. His background as a paratrooper in the Israel Defense Forces, and his relentless, single-minded focus on his investigations make him a thoroughly absorbing character.

As Ash closes in on the killer, the investigation becomes increasingly complex — and personal. Ash soon discovers that he is not just an investigator, but a target.

Bedfellows by Bob Garfield

Bedfellows by Bob Garfield

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Jack Schiavone wants to rebuild his life after an embezzlement scandal saw him drummed out of his high-paying advertising job. So he's reinvented himself as "Mr. Mattress", a discount bedding franchisee in Ebbets Beach, Brooklyn. Running a mattress store is a nice, quiet life—until Jack gets sucked into a simmering mob war that pits an ambitious Russian crime boss against a softening Italian don.

Soon everyone is "going to the mattresses".

Jack falls for the don's gorgeous black-sheep daughter, a legal aid attorney, making him the target of a jealous wise guy/lounge singer who's fixated on her too. And his new store manager — the don's gentle, stamp collecting, cottage cheese–eating former consigliere — proves as good at selling mattresses as he was at cooking the books for the mob. Then the Russians put on a show of force, and the don's only recourse is to call on the world's worst hit man: a mild-mannered chiropractor with an innovative killing technique.

When the smoke clears, who will be the don of Ebbets Beach?

Collateral Damage by H. Terrell Griffin

Collateral Damage by H. Terrell Griffin
A Matt Royal Mystery (6th in series)

The quiet beauty of Longboat Key is shattered when a young groom is shot to death on the beach the day after his wedding. His father is an old army buddy of Matt Royal, and Matt tries to soften the anguish of his friend by finding his sons murderer.

Matt's search takes on added complexity when there appears to be a link between this murder and three seemingly unrelated murders that occurred on board a dinner cruise on Sarasota Bay the same day. Fortunately for Matt, his old buddies, Logan Hamilton and Jock Algren, show up to cover his back and to help investigate. But this case rekindles haunting events of Matts past and incites a web of doubt, deception, and even suspicion, among the closest of friends.

When Longboat Key detective, Jennifer Diane (J.B.) Duncan joins the investigation, Matt loses a little focus as he drifts toward more than just a professional relationship. But this distraction could cost lives when they encounter a shady and very dangerous cabal .

Twisted Justice by Patricia Gussin

Twisted Justice by Patricia Gussin
A Laura Nelson Thriller (2nd in series)

Laura Nelson has it all — a successful career as a surgeon, five well-adjusted kids, and a gorgeous, prominent husband Steve, a nightly news anchor at the Tampa TV News.

Laura's seemingly perfect world shatters when she discovers that Steve is sharing much more than a news desk and a billboard with Kim, his sexy co-anchor. But Steves torrid fling with his coworker is about to come to an abrupt end.

When Kim is murdered, Laura is left holding the smoking gun. How far would Laura go to preserve her perfect life?

That's about to become yesterdays news. Now, Laura must fight to protect her freedom as lies, deception and dark secrets threaten to close in on her, and change her perfect life into a perfect nightmare. But, looks can be deceiving. And deceit can be deadly.

Kill My Darling by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

Kill My Darling by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
A Bill Slider Mystery (14th in series)

When Melanie Hunter goes missing, the men in her life come under suspicion. And there's plenty to suspect: lies, half-truths, deceptions. When you pull one thread, the whole fabric of family life can come apart.

There are secrets in Melanie's past, and pain she tried to hide from the world. Slider and his team need to answer two questions: who loved Melanie … and who loved her too much?

The Radix by Brett King

The Radix by Brett King

For five centuries adventurers, researchers and believers have searched for the Radix, the sacred relic thought to possess amazing powers to heal — or destroy.

John Brynstone doesn't have centuries. The president has ordered him to find the Radix now. But he's not alone in his quest. The modern-day descendents of the infamous Borgia family will stop at nothing to wield the power of the Radix.

At the same time, a secret religious organization wants the Radix for their own ends — and they've sent a nameless assassin to kill Brynstone before he can steal their prize.

Across continents and through ancient codes and mysteries, Brynstone will have to unravel riddles no one has been able to solve for hundreds of years … while racing for his life.

Fly by Night by Ward Larsen

Fly by Night by Ward Larsen
A Jammer Davis Thriller

A top-secret drone crashes in the lawless Horn of Africa. The CIA is prepared to write off the loss until evidence surfaces that the wreckage of their prized aircraft is hidden in a hangar outside Khartoums main airport.

The hangar is owned by a shady cargo airline that flies ancient DC-3s across Africa and the Middle East. The name of the company does nothing to still concern: FBN-Fly by Night Aviation.

The U.S. government must find out what is in the hangar, and when an FBN airplane crashes, the opportunity arises for the National Transportation Safety Board to send an investigator to get to the bottom of things. Jammer Davis is the NTSBs biggest headache, but also its best solo operator. He goes to Sudan in the name of solving anair crash, but with the true aim of locating the priceless remains of Americas latest techno-logical marvel.

As Davis enters this inhospitable world, he finds the two disparate mysteries strangely intertwined. True to his nature, Davis barges ahead. Yet everything he finds takes him in reverse.

Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane

Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane

Summer, 1954. U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels has come to Shutter Island, home of Ashecliffe Hospital for the Criminally Insane. Along with his partner, Chuck Aule, he sets out to find an escaped patient, a murderess named Rachel Solando, as a hurricane bears down upon them.

But nothing at Ashecliffe Hospital is what it seems.

And neither is Teddy Daniels.

Is he there to find a missing patient? Or has he been sent to look into rumors of Ashecliffe's radical approach to psychiatry? An approach that may include drug experimentation, hideous surgical trials, and lethal countermoves in the shadow war against Soviet brainwashing …

Or is there another, more personal reason why he has come there?

As the investigation deepens, the questions only mount:

• How has a barefoot woman escaped the island from a locked room?
• Who is leaving clues in the form of cryptic codes?
• Why is there no record of a patient committed there just one year before?
• What really goes on in Ward C?
• Why is an empty lighthouse surrounded by an electrified fence and armed guards?

The closer Teddy and Chuck get to the truth, the more elusive it becomes, and the more they begin to believe that they may never leave Shutter Island. Because someone is trying to drive them insane.

Missing Child by Patricia MacDonald

Missing Child by Patricia MacDonald

One morning Caitlin Eckhart receives a phone call that changes her life forever — her much-loved six-year-old stepson Geordie has disappeared from school. It soon becomes clear that someone must have deliberately taken him.

Distraught, Caitlin and her husband, Noah, make an anguished public appeal for his return. But Caitlin has a secret from her past that is about to catch up with her, and as Geordie's continued absence brings her relationship with Noah to breaking point, she stands to lose everything that she loves.

The Crocodile Bird by Ruth Rendell

The Crocodile Bird by Ruth Rendell

When the police come to the door at the gatehouse of a remote British estate, sixteen-year-old Liza and her mother know that their lives are about to change forever. After all, Liza watched her mother kill a man — well, more than just one.

Having lived as a virtual hermit on the estate, Liza knows nothing of the outside world, but she sets off to find her way with the help of a newly won lover. As she learns about those around her, she begins to discover herself — and just how alike she and her mother might be.

Multiple Wounds by Alan Russell

Multiple Wounds by Alan Russell

Holly Troy's mind is a complex maze of myth and reality, multiple personalities vying for time in the spotlight. As an artist, she is creative and compelling. As a witness, she is painfully unreliable, unsure of even which person she was the night of the murder. Even Holly can't be sure of her own innocence.

Homicide detective Orson Cheever never thought he would find himself playing psychologist to a Greek goddess in a modern-day murder investigation, but many of Holly's personalities come straight from classical mythology, from Cronos and Pandora to the Fates. As Cheever attempts to unravel truth from myth, he learns that there is even more to Holly than meets the eye. One personality in particular — that of a five-year-old girl — hits a little too close to home, and Cheever is forced to finally pull back the dark curtains of his own past in order to uncover the truth.

The Frailty of Flesh by Sandra Ruttan

The Frailty of Flesh by Sandra Ruttan
A Nolan, Hart, and Tain Mystery (2nd in series)

When a young boy is found murdered in a park, the boy's brother says that his sister was the murderer — but she's nowhere to be found. Constables Hart and Tain find evidence that the sister is innocent and is actually a potential victim herself. Now they need to find her before she — and the rest of her family — is killed.

Secrets To Die For by L. J. Sellers

Secrets To Die For by L. J. Sellers
A Wade Jackson Mystery (2nd in series)

When young social worker Raina Hughes arrives at a ramshackle trailer outside of town, she's on a mission to protect a small boy from abusive parents. But when Detective Wade Jackson arrives at the same location hours later, his mission is far grimmer: investigating Raina's murder.

The victim's vicious death is a shocking event for laid-back Eugene, Oregon — and even more chilling when one of Jackson's fellow officers suspects an elusive rapist whose appetite is turning murderous. Jackson thinks he's got a tight case against the meth-head dad who menaced Raina, but the evidence seems to leave his suspect in the clear — and a homicidal sex offender still on the loose. What Jackson fears is that his new love affair with nurse Kera Kollmorgan may be knocking him off his game. And what he never expects is to find an ally in savvy reporter Sophie Speranza, who may have stumbled on the killer's shocking motive. But even as Jackson and Sophie team up to tighten the noose, their quarry zeroes in on his next victim — ready to take his twisted game to the next level.

Airtight by J. P. Smith

Airtight by J. P. Smith

Nick Copeland has lost his mind only twice in his forty-eight years — once in college on a bad acid trip, and once at this very moment, as the mountain of bills he's been hiding from his family finally topples. But Nick's chance meeting with an old friend, Rob Johnson, pulls on the memory wires. Rob — who's already lost his wife and job — seems resigned to a life of basic cable and Chinese takeout. Suddenly, the answer to their problems arrives: two airtight jars of high-grade heroin they'd buried under the football field of their old college campus.

Returning to the scene of the crime-that-never-happened seems like a cinch — that is, until Nick takes a trip down Memory Lane and a sharp right turn on Law Enforcement Drive. This is not the beads-and-bellbottoms of their youths, but maybe the Stones were right, anyway: you can't always get what you want.

Body and Soul by J. P. Smith

Body and Soul by J. P. Smith

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After fleeing to Paris to escape communist rule, Polish émigré and piano player Jerzy Wozzeck finds it nearly impossible to support his family on his low-paying bistro gigs. So when a friend offers a fat payoff for handling a string of deliveries, Jerzy quickly finds himself in the uneasy employ of an anonymous suit and his sensual assistant. With a couple of flawless jobs under his belt, Jerzy starts living the good life — until, on one such run, he stumbles across a corpse and realizes his benefactors will go to any lengths to protect their operations.

To ensure his loyalty, Jerzy's patrons ply him with every possible temptation, from the purest drugs to the most willing women — and he begins selling his soul piece by piece to maintain his illusion of prosperity. But when rival crime lords and hit men enter the fray, Jerzy plots to escape his boss's dirty dealings — only to discover he's in too deep to get out alive.

The Discover of Light by J. P. Smith

The Discover of Light by J. P. Smith

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Divorced American academic David Reid teaches English by day and spends his free time writing mystery novels that nobody reads. In London he meets his new editor, Kate. Blonde and beautiful, she is also mysterious and aloof — and soon captivates David.

The feeling seems mutual and the two are soon wed, but Kate quickly spirals into a deep sadness. In less than two years, she leaves David and heads to New York City. Just as the shock of her absence sets in, David receives a call announcing Kate's instant death under a subway train.

Was Kate trying to return to David when she was killed? Was it an accident? A suicide? A murder? The more David learns, the less he wants to know — especially when he discovers Kate had been having an affair with French novelist Marc Rougemont, whose work she was allegedly translating.

As David searches for the truth about his wife, he becomes fixated on two paintings of women by Dutch master Johannes Vermeer, for whom David and Kate shared a passion that bordered on obsession. Was his wife as unknowable as the subjects of these cryptic, beautifully rendered portraits?

Paying the Piper by Simon Wood

Paying the Piper by Simon Wood

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For years, the serial kidnapper known as the Piper got rich by abducting children from San Francisco's wealthiest families.

When crime reporter Scott Fleetwood gets a call from a man identifying himself as the Piper and offers an exclusive interview, Fleetwood jumps at the chance. But the caller turns out to be a fake, and the rash decision costs the life of the real Piper's latest victim.

For eight long years, Fleetwood has lived with unbearable guilt—and the enduring disdain of the entire Bay area. Now he hears from the real Piper — and it's not for an interview. The kidnapper has the reporter's son. But he doesn't want money … he wants blood. And he's going to use Fleetwood to get it.

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Please Welcome Novelist Collin Tobin

Omnimystery News: Guest Author Post
by Collin Tobin

We are delighted to welcome novelist Collin Tobin, who is on tour with Red Adept Publishing promoting his new book. We encourage you to visit all the host sites on his tour; you can find a schedule of events here.

Collin's new novel of suspense is Upload (Red Adept Publishing; December 2012 trade paperback and ebook formats).

Today Collin shares with us some thoughts about the "big reveal".

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I have a confession to make. I've been having a crisis of faith lately with the mysteries and thrillers genre. I'm wondering if you've felt the same. My problem occurs at a very specific point in the story — in the first few pages of the final, big reveal, when all is about to be explained. I cringe, grit my teeth, and can hardly read on. As you know, for the most part, the ultimate truth behind the most complex mysteries ends up being as mundane and unimpressive as you can make it: Oh, Arnold didn't get enough love from his mother. Suzanne haunted the house because of her wrongful death. Turns out, that evil oil company up the road was dumping on protected land and killed people to cover it up. What? That guy? Oh, he kills because he witnessed his mother's own killing. Or, the narrator is actually the killer and he has been — tsk-tsk — lying to us all along! That greedy land developer, turns out they greedily wanted to develop more land! The answers are all so … blah.

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But what was the great resolution I was hoping for? Shouldn't the answer to most complex puzzles be just plain elegantly simple? Most times, I'm not entirely sure what I was expecting, but in the middle of the story, I was there. I was ready to be wowed — to be slapped in the face with the answer and walk away dumbfounded, working my stunned jaw loose. At some point in the story, I'm convinced there are a wonderful array of possibilities to explain the mystery. Right now, I'm considering a branching infinity of possible scenarios. Why then, when I learn the core of the mystery, am I so utterly disappointed? Maybe it's because I know it's the end of that great part of any mystery: the enchanted wonderment stage. But what also bothers me is that when finally armed with the answer to the story's riddle, why is the story, when reread or watched again, so completely flat, boring, and unimaginative? Oh — all those great things I had hoped for, the infinite array of possibilities and explanations — you can forget those. Writing a mystery or thriller is really just like mismanaging a secret in a very controlled fashion. I believe it just might be the long teasing out of the answer that intrigues us, and not the answer itself.

Perhaps that's why some of brand of mysteries stick with us longer — when they're somewhat unresolved and still up for debate. For movies, I'm thinking of Mulholland Drive. But how does a reader walk away from an unresolved mystery? Intrigued? Discontented? Angry? I think that may be it. It's not that the explanation to the mystery is too mundane, it's that if an explanation is supplied, it is hardly ever fantastic and satisfying enough to replace the thrill of pending discovery. It's the depressing denouement. It's just simply over. We don't like to let go.

I even wrote a short story about what happens to the characters when they're dismissed from the story forever, called “The Denouement Room”. The story told two stories: the main story, and the story of what happens to the characters once they're dismissed. They all get shoved into this little room with no lines, no stage directions, and only the vaguest of memories of their original purpose bouncing around in their heads. I suppose this is what the characters of past books we've read do now, if they're lucky enough to remain immortal — bounce around in our brain as they repeat little bits of favorite dialogue, make the same interesting gestures that somehow caught our attention, replay the brief moments of courage and bravery we wish we saw in ourselves.

So I think I've solved it — for now. My faith in thrillers and mysteries cautiously restored. I'll accept the simple conclusions of the most complex, mysterious stories, hoping that just around the corner, another book or movie will come to dupe me once again into thinking so much is possible.

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Collin Tobin lives in Massachusetts with his wife and two daughters. He holds a bachelor's in English and master's in Education. He has worked in the software industry for the past twelve years.

He was the recipient of the Mississippi Literary Festival's 1st place in poetry and has also published poems in character i and The Drum.

When he's not writing, he enjoys re-reading Nabokov's fiction in chronological order, eating very hot salsa, and dreaming up inventions with neither the capital nor the initiative to see them through.

You can learn more about the author and his work on his blog, Gathering Bits of Fluff, or find him on Facebook.

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Upload by Collin Tobin

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Someone's always watching …

Jay Brooks's life is in chaos. His mother's sudden death has unhinged his father, making Jay a stranger in his own home. He seeks solace by spending his spare time with his best friend, Bennie, but matters are further complicated by his crush on Chloe, Bennie's older sister.

A wheelchair-bound hacker, Bennie Welch practically lives in his basement computer lab. Longing to make genuine connections to the outside world, he secretly films people's precious memories for later sale and surfs the crowds at rave parties, despite the danger to his frail body.

One night, Jay's hobby of Wi-Fi hotspot hunting turns serious when he unwittingly blunders into the scene of a crime and downloads a mysterious transmission. When Jay brings Bennie the contents of the transfer, Bennie embraces the opportunity to use his skills to investigate.

As Jay and Bennie dig deeper into the world of electronic secrets, they find that the simple video has far-reaching implications that not only threaten their lives, but society as they know it. Tracing the mysterious coalition responsible leads them on an inexorable journey that will change them forever.

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Rainy Nights by J. R. Rain is Today's Fifth Featured Free MystereBook

Rainy Nights by J. R. Rain

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Rainy Nights by J. R. Rain as today's fifth free mystery ebook (Three Novels of Suspense; Kobo and iTunes formats).

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Rainy Nights by J. R. Rain

Rainy Nights
J. R. Rain
Three Novels of Suspense
Publisher: J. R. Rain

Moon Dance: Mother, wife, private investigator … vampire. Six years ago federal agent Samantha Moon was the perfect wife and mother, your typical soccer mom with the minivan and suburban home. Then the unthinkable happens, an attack that changes her life forever. And forever is a very long time for a vampire. Now the world at large thinks Samantha has developed a rare skin disease, a disease which forces her to quit her day job and stay out of the light of the sun. Now working the night shift as a private investigator, Samantha is hired by Kingsley Fulcrum to investigate the murder attempt on his life, a horrific scene captured on TV and seen around the country. But as the case unfolds, Samantha discovers Kingsley isn't exactly what he appears to be; after all, there is a reason why he survived five shots to the head.

The Body Departed: Two years ago, a man broke into James Blakely's apartment and shot him in his sleep. Twelve times, killing him instantly. Dead and confused, James discovers he has a choice: he can move on into the afterlife, or he can stay behind. Unfortunately, since James has done some very bad things, moving on into the afterlife can only mean one thing: the fires of Hell. Or so he thinks. Forgoing eternal damnation, James instead chooses to haunt his old apartment building. Now James's days are mostly spent visiting his daughter and ex-wife, welcoming new neighbors, and talking to those who can see the dead. It's a simple, peaceful life, but with each passing day, James discovers something more and more alarming: memories of his former life — and even his own identity — begin slipping away. Faced with the prospect that he is rapidly deteriorating into a state of nothingness, James sets out to save his eternal soul. With the help of his daughter and a world-class medium, his journey to peace and forgiveness will not be an easy one, especially for a ghost who still wishes to be a father — and who fears he is destined for a fiery Hell as punishment for sins he cannot remember. Now, as James begins to uncover the devastating secret that connects his soul to earth, he will discover that even in death life has a few surprises.

The Lost Ark: In a lonely bar in eastern Turkey, ex-National Geographic photojournalist Sam Ward is hired to find an eccentric professor who disappeared high atop Mount Ararat, fabled resting spot of Noah's Ark. Accompanied by the professor's beautiful daughter, archaeologist Faye Roberts, Sam soon stumbles upon a secret stronghold—a base of operation for unleashing hell of earth. Now running for their lives, Sam and company are about to come face-to-face with the greatest archaeological discovery of all time …

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Death by Marriage by Blair Bancroft is Today's Fourth Featured Free MystereBook

Death by Marriage by Blair Bancroft

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Death by Marriage by Blair Bancroft

Death by Marriage
Blair Bancroft
A Gwyn Halliday, DreamWear Mystery
Publisher: Kone Enterprises

A personal disaster in New York City sends promising clothing designer Gwyn Halliday fleeing home to the sleepy Gulfcoast resort and retirement community of Golden Beach, Florida, where she turns her talents to designing costumes. Five years later, her shop, DreamWear — Costumes & Creations, is a success, providing rental costumes to native Floridians, local retirees, and to the snowbirds and tourists who flock to the area each winter. Gwyn has come to terms with being an exotic blossom in a sea of seniors when one of her customers is killed (wearing DreamWear's best Santa suit), and she suspects the so-called "boating accident" is murder.

In rapid succession Gwyn meets the new Chief of Police (from landlocked Nebraska), runs into a former crush (now suffering from PTSD), and begins to suspect an elderly senior is being targeted by a series of scams (one possibly lethal). And then her brother becomes a suspect. Gwyn is well aware she should stick to costumes, but what's a girl to do when things get personal?

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Murder in the Caribbean by Kathy McKenzie-Runk is Today's Third Featured Free MystereBook

Murder in the Caribbean by Kathy McKenzie-Runk

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Murder in the Caribbean by Kathy McKenzie-Runk

Murder in the Caribbean
Kathy McKenzie-Runk
A Mackenzie Scott Mystery
Publisher: Kathy McKenzie-Runk

Former sheriff Mackenzie Scott, adopted as an infant, moved his family to a quieter neighborhood after daughter Angel was kidnapped. Now Mac has given up his life of booze and gambling to enjoy time with his family.

The Scott family has been invited to a nephew's wedding cruise to the Caribbean, paid for by the bride's father, the Consulate General of Brazil at the Embassy in Miami. After the ceremony, the guests gather on the pool deck in their formal attire. The bride, wanting to change from her wedding gown for the evening's dinner, enters her cabin. Now she can't be found. Beads from a family heirloom necklace are found on the balcony of her suite. Blood is found on the railing. Her new husband is the primary suspect and the last one to see her. Or is he?

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The Devil You Say by Stephen C. Spencer is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

The Devil You Say by Stephen C. Spencer

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The Devil You Say by Stephen C. Spencer

The Devil You Say
Stephen C. Spencer
A Paul Mallory Thriller
Publisher: CreateSpace

To lose one million-dollar-a-year subscriber may be considered a misfortune; to lose four, as Oscar Wilde might tell you, just looks like carelessness.

Careless or not, it's an intolerable situation for the head of the Cramer Press Syndicate — and another unwanted field assignment for news analyst Paul Mallory, who ranks the thrill of international travel right up there with root canals and ingrown toenail surgery. Not that anyone cares … least of all his boss.

The tiny Caribbean island of San Esteban seems harmless enough — at first blush, it resembles a latter-day Margaritaville as much as anything else. But Paul soon finds out that there's more than a touch of Casablanca-style intrigue about the place too … complete with friends who don't want his help, enemies who are all too willing to help, and an international playgirl who's got him in her sights.

Nice work if you can get it …

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Merchant of Lies by Damien Degenhart is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

Merchant of Lies by Damien Degenhart

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Merchant of Lies by Damien Degenhart as today's free mystery ebook (A Renny Doyle 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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Merchant of Lies by Damien Degenhart

Merchant of Lies
Damien Degenhart
A Renny Doyle Thriller
Publisher: Damien Degenhart

At age 24, Renee Dolan, a University of Chicago-educated economist, is performing a routine job as a research assistant at a think tank in New York City. Already beset by tragedy and troubling secrets, a near-rape forces her into a radical transformation. To ensure her freedom and security, Renee disguises herself as a male, Renny Doyle. Renny is a young man who accepts no limits to his freedom and is almost fearless. He isn't impressed by the confines of legality and is willing to cross the line when necessary. He runs a false identity business, becomes a computer hacker, and does freelance jobs for a mysterious mobster. He turns to murder when his identity and lifestyle are threatened, and doesn't seem to be burdened with guilt.

Renee and Renny share the same body, but their values are very different. Renee is straight as an arrow; Renny lies for a living. How long can this duality continue? What will it take to upset the balance between Renny and Renee? Can Renee ever go back to her old life? Does she even want to?

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Sara's Game by Ernie Lindsey is Today's Kindle Daily Deal

The Kindle Daily Deal

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Sara's Game by Ernie Lindsey as today's Amazon Kindle Daily Deal.

The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Saturday, February 02, 2013.

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Sara's Game by Ernie Lindsey

Sara's Game
Ernie Lindsey
A Novel of Suspense
CreateSpace

Two years ago, Sara's husband left for the gym one morning … and never came back. His car was found. He wasn't. Unbelievably, the police report said, "No foul play suspected." There were a few sightings over the following months, but little else.

Now, on the last day before summer break, her three children have gone missing from their schools, all at the same time.

And the note under her windshield wiper asks one foreboding question: Are you ready to play the game?

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Friday, February 01, 2013

MystereBooks: Blind Faith by C. J. Lyons, Now at a Special Price

Blind Faith by C. J. Lyons

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Blind Faith by C. J. Lyons, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Minotaur Books.

The ebook format of this title was priced at $2.99 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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Blind Faith by C. J. Lyons

Blind Faith by C. J. Lyons
A Caitlyn Tierney Thriller
Publisher: Minotaur Books

Seeing is deceiving …

Sarah Durandt knows the killer is dead. She watched him die from a lethal injection in the execution chamber. But Sarah finds little comfort in knowing that the deranged psychopath who murdered her husband and son will never kill again. Since he never revealed the location of their bodies, she never found a sense of closure. So now, Sarah has decided to return to her home in the Adirondacks, to search for whatever remains of her loved ones. An unmarked grave. An article of clothing. Anything to make this terrible dream seem real. But what Sarah uncovers is far more unnerving — and much too horrifying — to even consider …

Maybe they executed the wrong man. Maybe the killer is still out there.

Maybe, for Sarah, the nightmare is just beginning.

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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.

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