MystereBooks: March Violets, the 1st Bernie Gunther Mystery by Philip Kerr, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature March Violets by Philip Kerr, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Penguin 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 (02/26/2013 at 3:30 PM ET). 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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March Violets by Philip Kerr
A Bernie Gunther Mystery (1st)
Publisher: Penguin Books

Set in 1936, against the backdrop of Hitler's rise to power, this tense thriller begins with Berhard Gunther's investigation into the disappearance of a diamond necklace.

But nothing is simple in this corrupt landscape, and Bernie soon finds himself caught in a web of Nazi politics and organized crime.

      

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MystereBooks: Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, HarperCollins.

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 (02/26/2013 at 2:30 PM ET). 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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Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill
Publisher: HarperCollins

Judas Coyne is a collector of the macabre: a cookbook for cannibals … a used hangman's noose … a snuff film. An aging death-metal rock god, his taste for the unnatural is as widely known to his legions of fans as the notorious excesses of his youth. But nothing he possesses is as unlikely or as dreadful as his latest discovery, an item for sale on the Internet, a thing so terribly strange, Jude can't help but reach for his wallet.

I will "sell" my stepfather's ghost to the highest bidder.

For a thousand dollars, Jude will become the proud owner of a dead man's suit, said to be haunted by a restless spirit. He isn't afraid. He has spent a lifetime coping with ghosts — of an abusive father, of the lovers he callously abandoned, of the bandmates he betrayed. What's one more?

But what UPS delivers to his door in a black heart-shaped box is no imaginary or metaphorical ghost, no benign conversation piece. It's the real thing.

And suddenly the suit's previous owner is everywhere: behind the bedroom door … seated in Jude's restored vintage Mustang … standing outside his window … staring out from his widescreen TV. Waiting — with a gleaming razor blade on a chain dangling from one bony hand …

      

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Today's Bestselling Free Kindle MystereBooks (130226)

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 Mystery Bookshelf: Cloudland by Joseph Olshan

The Mystery Bookshelf, where you can discover a world of mystery and suspense, is pleased to feature a new crime novel we recently received from the publisher.

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Cloudland by Joseph Olshan
Minotaur Books (Trade Paperback)
Publication Date: February 2013
ISBN-13: 978-1-250-02157-1

An ingenious psychological trap baited with murder, deception and the intricacies of desire …

About Cloudland (from the publisher): Once a major reporter for a national newspaper, Catherine Winslow has retreated to the Upper Valley of Vermont to write a household hints column. While out walking during an early spring thaw, Catherine discovers the body of a woman leaning against an apple tree near her house. From the corpse's pink parka, Winslow recognizes her as the latest victim of a serial killer, a woman reported missing weeks before during a blizzard.

When her neighbor, a forensic psychiatrist, is pulled into the investigation, Catherine begins to discover some unexpected connections to the serial murders. One is that the murders might be based on a rare unfinished Wilkie Collins novel that is missing from her personal library. The other is her much younger lover from her failed affair has unexpectedly resurfaced and is trying to maneuver his way back into her affections.

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About the author: Joseph Olshan has written extensively for newspapers and magazines. During the 1990s, he was a regular contributor of book reviews to the Wall Street Journal. For six years was a professor of Creative Writing at New York University where he taught both graduate and undergraduate courses. His first novel, Clara's Heart, won the Times/Jonathan Cape Young Writers' Competition and went on to be made into a feature film. Learn more about the author and his work on his website, JosephOlshan.com.

Fatal Debt by Dorothy Howell is Today's Fourth Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Fatal Debt by Dorothy Howell as today's fourth free mystery ebook (A Dana MacKenzie Mystery; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, February 26, 2013 at 7:40 AM ET. 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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Fatal Debt
Dorothy Howell
A Dana MacKenzie Mystery
Publisher: Dorothy Howell

Dana Mackenzie finds herself working for a faceless financial institution — it's either this or piercing ears at the mall — and while she's grateful for a job, she has no intentions of following the corporate offices' heartless orders.

When she's instructed to repossess a 42-inch Sony television from an elderly couple, Dana intends to put her own twist on the assignment. But upon arriving at their run down house in a gang infested neighborhood, she's horrified to find sweet old Mr. Sullivan murdered.

The homicide detective investigating the case is Nick Travis, Dana's high school crush. Sparks ignite, but a dark secret threatens to keep them apart — unless Nick comes clean about the past.

Dana agrees to help Mr. Sullivan's grieving family locate his grandson, a guy with a surprising new lifestyle who's been missing since the day of the murder. Her good intentions put her in the thick of the murder investigation and on a collision course with the killer.

  

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The Black Bullet by Tom Lowe is Today's Third Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Black Bullet by Tom Lowe as today's third free mystery ebook (A Sean O'Brien Mystery; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, February 26, 2013 at 7:30 AM ET. 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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The Black Bullet
Tom Lowe
A Sean O'Brien Mystery
Publisher: Kingsbridge

Glenda Lawson believes her husband was the only U.S. serviceman shot and killed on American soil during World War II. But in 1945, investigators ruled that Billy Lawson died in a "mugging turned ugly."

In 2012, Sean O'Brien, learning the ropes of commercial fishing, gets his anchor caught on something underwater. He discovers a German U-boat partially buried in sand, and inside is a frightening cargo. The media pick up the story, and a 35-year-old woman who has a haunting tale, visits O'Brien. Her grandfather, Billy Lawson, was fishing one night on a Florida beach when he saw something very disturbing.

The last thing Sean O'Brien wants is to investigate a sixty-seven-year-old murder. But Billy Lawson's granddaughter and his cancer-stricken widow are desperate for closure. For O'Brien to bring it to them he has to pry the lid off a secret buried with the Manhattan Project. It's information that got Billy Lawson killed, and O'Brien soon learns the old murder and his new discovery at the bottom of the sea are inextricably knotted. O'Brien is thrust into a world where nothing is as it appears, and everything is riding on a secret Billy Lawson took to his grave.

  

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Louisiana Hotshot by Julie Smith is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Louisiana Hotshot by Julie Smith as today's second free mystery ebook (A Talba Wallis Mystery; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, February 26, 2013 at 7:20 AM ET. 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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Louisiana Hotshot
Julie Smith
A Talba Wallis Mystery
Publisher: booksBnimble

"Wanted: Hotshot P.I. with near super-human skills."

Confirmed grump Eddie Valentino placed the ad. Hotshot twenty-something Talba Wallis knew exactly how to answer it.

And thus was born the dynamic duo of New Orleans private detectives, one cynical, sixty-five-year-old Luddite white dude with street smarts, and one young, bright-eyed, twenty-first century African-American female poet, performance artist, mistress of disguise, and computer jock extraordinaire. Think Queen Latifah and Danny DeVito.

Their job is to hunt down a sociopath and pedophile who's molested the fourteen-year-old daughter of their client, hangs out on the ragged edges of the rap and recording industries, and has more powerful allies than a Cabinet member.

But both detectives have unfinished business from the past — in Eddie's case, something he deeply regrets; in Talba's, a personal mystery, one so frightening no one will help her investigate. But she knows she won't sleep till she solves it — and the truth will change her forever.

  

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Claw Back by P. J. Parrish is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Claw Back by P. J. Parrish as today's free mystery ebook (A Louis Kincaid Mystery; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, February 26, 2013 at 7:10 AM ET. 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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Claw Back
P. J. Parrish
A Louis Kincaid Mystery
Publisher: Panther Books

Her name is Grace. She's eight years old. And she's missing in the Florida Everglades. Can Louis Kincaid find her in time to save her — and himself?

Louis is desperate to wear a badge again and redeem himself in the eyes of his lover Joe Frye. He's cleaning up his credit and getting in shape. But there's one big obstacle in his way — his old nemesis Sheriff Lance Mobley. He's willing to give Louis a shot but only if he proves himself on one of the weirdest cases Louis has ever worked. If he can find a missing endangered Florida panther in the steamy Everglades maybe he can claw his way back to his dream and his identity as a man.

This novella is a prequel to the 11th book in the series, Heart of Ice.

  

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Nominees for the 2012 Hammett Prize Announced

The nominees for the 2012 Hammett Prize have been announced by the North American Branch of the International Association of Crime Writers honoring excellence in crime writing.

The winner will be announced during the New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association (NAIBA) Fall Conference later this year.

The nominees are …

• Defending Jacob by William Landay (Delacorte Press)
• Truth Like the Sun by Jim Lynch (Knopf)
• Oregon Hill by Howard Owen (Permanent Press)
• Patient Number 7 by Kurt Palka (McClelland & Stewart)
• Alif the Unseen by G. Willow Wilson (Grove Press)

(Hat tip to Mystery Fanfare for alerting us to this news.)

Winners of the 2012 Florida Book Awards Announced

The winners of the 2012 Florida Book Awards were announced earlier this month … and we're more than a little embarrassed that we missed the news, especially since we're residents of the state!

Three winners — gold, silver, and bronze — were chosen in each of ten categories, and while there is no separate category for crime fiction, two of the three winners in the General Fiction category are crime novels; and all three winners in the Popular Fiction category are mysteries or thrillers.

The winners are:

General Fiction …
Gold — Live by Night by Dennis Lehane
Bronze — Plunder by Mary Anna Evans

Popular Fiction …
Gold — The Tenth Saint by D. J. Niko
Silver — Blood Sacrifice by Michael Lister
Bronze — Plunder by Mary Anna Evans

Telemystery: Golden Boy Premieres Tuesday, February 26th on CBS

A new crime drama premieres tomorrow, Tuesday February 26th, at 10 PM ET/PT on CBS — Golden Boy.

Theo James stars as Walter William Clark, Jr., New York City's youngest police commissioner who, in the opening episode, reflects on the high personal and professional cost he has paid to achieve his position. As he's interviewed for a story about his career, Clark looks back on his hard-fought journey — from street kid to the most powerful man in law enforcement.

Watch a preview of the series, below; or you can watch the entire premiere episode online now on the series website.

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MystereBooks: The Deep Zone by James M. Tabor, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Deep Zone by James M. Tabor, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Ballantine.

The ebook format of this title was priced at $0.99 from the listed vendors (below) as of the date and time of this post (02/25/2013 at 3:30 PM ET). 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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The Deep Zone by James M. Tabor
A Hallie Leland Thriller (1st)
Publisher: Ballantine

Burned by her own government in a trumped-up scandal, brilliant microbiologist Hallie Leland swore she’d never return to the world of cutting-edge science and dangerous secrets. But a shocking summons from the White House changes all that.

A mysterious epidemic is killing American soldiers in Afghanistan—and poised for outbreak in the United States and beyond. Without the ultrarare organism needed to create an antidote, millions will die. Hallie knows more about "Moonmilk" than anyone — but it can be found only at the bottom of the deepest cave on Earth. To get there, she and her team of experts must brave a forbidding Mexican jungle crawling with drug cartels, federales, and murderous locals.

And in the supercave await far greater terrors: flooded tunnels, acid lakes, bottomless chasms, mind-warping blackness — and a cunning assassin with orders to make the mission a journey of no return.

      

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Mystery and Suspense Films: Freaky Deaky and Breaking Dawn Part 2, New This Week on DVD

Checking through our list of films currently scheduled for release this week on DVD and/or Blu-ray disc, we are pleased to feature two that fall into the mystery, suspense, thriller and/or adventure category …

Freaky Deaky starring Billy Burke, Christian Slater, Michael Jai White, Crispin Glover, Roger Bart, Breanne Racano, and Sabina Gadecki; and

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner.

See also a list of current mystery and suspense DVD, Blu-ray, or VOD deals on Amazon.com.

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Freaky Deaky (2012)

Directed by Charles Matthau from his own adapted screenplay, and based on the novel Freaky Deaky by Elmore Leonard. Watch a trailer for the film below.

Film Synopsis (from the studio): Chris Mankowski (Billy Burke) used to be on the Detroit Police bomb squad, but it's not until he's transferred to sex crimes that he gets a real taste of juggling dynamite. After falling for the lovely Greta Wyatt (Sabina Gadecki), he gets suspended for investigating the rich, powerful and drunk Woody Ricks (Crispin Glover). Taking matters into his own hands, Mankowski quickly realizes it won't be easy to get justice for Greta. From former Black Panther Donnell Lewis (Michael Jai White) to sexy ex-fugitive Robin Abbott (Breanne Racano) and her erstwhile bombing partner Skip Gibbs (Christian Slater), everyone wants something from Ricks. With all these unscrupulous deviants in the mix, one thing's for certain … it's gonna get freaky!

Running time: 90 minutes. Rating: Rated R for language, some sexual content and drug use.

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The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 (2012)

Directed by Bill Condon from an adapted screenplay by Melissa Rosenberg, and based on the novel Breaking Dawn by Sptehenie Meyer. Watch a trailer for the film below.

Film Synopsis (from the studio): Bella (Kristen Stewart) is enjoying her new life and new powers, after the birth of their daughter, Renesmee. Soon, however, their family bliss is threatened again, by a new menace.

Vampire Irina believes a child like Renesmee could challenge the power and existence of the Volturi. As Irina rallies the Volturi to destroy this potential threat, Bella and the Cullens — together with any allies they can assemble — are preparing to fight a crucial, ultimate battle, to protect their family.

Running time: 115 minutes. Rating: Rated PG-13 for sequences of violence including disturbing images, some sensuality and partial nudity.

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Today's Bestselling Free Kindle MystereBooks (130225)

Here is today's list of the Bestselling Free Kindle Crime Fiction: the top nine mysteries, novels of suspense, and thrillers.

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Telemystery: Law & Order and Maigret, New This Week on 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, Blu-ray disc, or Video-on-Demand, is profiling two series from our site being released this week.

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Law & Order
Season Twelve

Crimes of passion come to the forefront as Elisabeth Röhm joins the cast as ADA Serena Southerlyn and Dianne Wiest ends her tenure as DA Nora Lewin.

Tensions are running high amongst New York's finest investigative and legal professionals with cases ranging from dog maulings to revived cold cases that bring to light errors of the past.

But as the season builds to a frenzy, some of the team will find themselves under attack for taking justice to the extreme.

This twelfth season of the long-running series originally aired from September 2001 through May 2002 on NBC.

  

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Maigret (UK)
The Complete Collection

Blunt but humane, Jules Maigret of the Paris Sûreté journeys from Montmartre to the remote French countryside, confronting the darker side of the psyche while exploring the complex motives behind every crime.

Michael Gambon brings crime novelist Georges Simenon's legendary detective to life in 12 classic mysteries that originally aired in the early 1990s.

Note: This collection appears to be a re-release (in new packaging) of these episodes that were first available on DVD in 2005.

  

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Visit the Telemystery website to discover more television mystery series currently available on and coming soon to DVD, Blu-ray disc, or video on demand.