MystereBooks: Star Island by Carl Hiaasen, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Star Island by Carl Hiaasen, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Vintage.

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 (04/28/2013 at 7:00 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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Star Island by Carl Hiaasen
A Clinton "Skink" Tyree Mystery (5th in series)
Publisher: Vintage

Meet twenty-two-year-old Cherry Pye (née Cheryl Bunterman), a pop star since she was fourteen — and about to attempt a comeback from her latest drug-and-alcohol disaster.

Now meet Cherry again: in the person of her "undercover stunt double", Ann DeLusia. Ann portrays Cherry whenever the singer is too "indisposed" — meaning wasted — to go out in public. And it is Ann-mistaken-for-Cherry who is kidnapped from a South Beach hotel by obsessed paparazzo Bang Abbott.

Now the challenge for Cherry's handlers (über-stage mother; horndog record producer; nipped, tucked, and Botoxed twin publicists; weed whacker-wielding bodyguard) is to rescue Ann while keeping her existence a secret from Cherry's public — and from Cherry herself.

The situation is more complicated than they know. Ann has had a bewitching encounter with Skink — the unhinged former governor of Florida living wild in a mangrove swamp — and now he's heading for Miami to find her …

Will Bang Abbott achieve his fantasy of a lucrative private photo session with Cherry Pye? Will Cherry sober up in time to lip-synch her way through her concert tour? Will Skink track down Ann DeLusia before Cherry's motley posse does?

All will be revealed in this hilarious spin on life in the celebrity fast lane.

    

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MystereBooks: Last Car to Elysian Fields by James Lee Burke, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Last Car to Elysian Fields by James Lee Burke, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Simon & Schuster.

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 (04/28/2013 at 6:30 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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Last Car to Elysian Fields by James Lee Burke
A Dave Robicheaux Mystery (13th in series)
Publisher: Simon & Schuster

When Dave Robicheaux, now a police officer based in the somewhat quieter Louisiana town of New Iberia, learns that an old friend, Father Jimmie Dolan, a Catholic priest always at the center of controversy, has been the victim of a particularly brutal assault, he knows he has to return to New Orleans to investigate, if only unofficially. What he doesn't realize is that in doing so he is inviting into his life — and into the lives of those around him — an ancestral evil that could destroy them all.

The investigation begins innocently enough. Assisted by good friend and P.I. Clete Purcel, Robicheaux confronts the man they believe to be responsible for Dolan's beating, a drug dealer and porno star named Gunner Ardoin. The confrontation, however, turns into a standoff as Clete ends up in jail and Robicheaux receives an ominous warning to keep out of New Orleans' affairs.

Meanwhile, back in New Iberia, more trouble is brewing: Three local teenage girls are killed in a drunk-driving accident, the driver being the seventeen-year-old daughter of a prominent physician. Robicheaux traces the source of the liquor to one of New Iberia's "daiquiri windows", places that sell mixed drinks from drive-by windows. When the owner of the drive-through operation is brutally murdered, Robicheaux immediately suspects the grief-crazed father of the dead teen driver. But his assumption is challenged when the murder weapon turns up belonging to someone else.

The trouble continues when Father Jimmie asks Robicheaux to help investigate the presence of a toxic landfill near St. James Parish in New Orleans, which in turn leads to a search for the truth behind the disappearance many years before of a legendary blues musician and composer. Tying together all these seemingly disparate threads of crime is a maniacal killer named Max Coll, a brutal, brilliant, and deeply haunted hit man sent to New Orleans to finish the job on Father Dolan. Once Coll shows up, it becomes clear that Dave Robicheaux will be forced to ignore the warning to stay out of New Orleans, and he soon finds himself drawn deeper into a viper's nest of sordid secrets and escalating violence that sets him up for a confrontation that echoes down the lonely corridors of his own unresolved past.

    

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MystereBooks: Red Rain by R. L. Stine, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Red Rain by R. L. Stine, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Touchstone.

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 (04/28/2013 at 6:00 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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Red Rain by R. L. Stine
Publisher: Touchstone

Travel writer Lea Sutter finds herself on a small island off the coast of South Carolina, the wrong place at the wrong time. A merciless, unanticipated hurricane cuts a path of destruction through the island and Lea barely escapes with her life.

In the storm's aftermath, she discovers two orphaned boys — twins. Filled with a desire to do something to help, to make something good of all she witnessed, Lea impulsively decides to adopt them. The boys, Samuel and Daniel, seem amiable and immensely grateful; Lea's family back on Long Island — husband Mark, a child psychologist, and their two children, Ira and Elena — aren't quite so pleased. But even they can't anticipate the twins' true nature — or predict that, within a few weeks' time, Mark will wind up implicated in two brutal murders, with the police narrowing in.

    

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MystereBooks: Cover Her Face by P. D. James, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Cover Her Face by P. D. James, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Simon & Schuster.

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 (04/28/2013 at 5:30 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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Cover Her Face by P. D. James
An Adam Dalgliesh Mystery (1st in series)
Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Though Sally Jupp came from the village home for unmarried mothers, she seemed the ideal girl to help Mrs Maxie run a large house and look after her invalid husband. But the real Sally, pretty, ambitious and clever, was very different from the docile, repentant character she seemed to be. Murder shattered the tranquility of her new home and Chief Detective Inspector Adam Dalgliesh arrived in the peace of a country Sunday to investigate the killing of a character as mysterious as Sally herself.

    

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MystereBooks: The Vanished Man by Jeffery Deaver, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Vanished Man by Jeffery Deaver, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Simon & Schuster.

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 (04/28/2013 at 5:00 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 Vanished Man by Jeffery Deaver
A Lincoln Rhyme Mystery (5th in series)
Publisher: Simon & Schuster

It begins at a prestigious music school in New York City. A killer flees the scene of a homicide and locks himself in a classroom. Within minutes, the police have him surrounded. When a scream rings out, followed by a gunshot, they break down the door. The room is empty.

Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs are brought in to help with the high-profile investigation. For the ambitious Sachs, solving the case could earn her a promotion. For the quadriplegic Rhyme, it means relying on his protégée to ferret out a master illusionist they've dubbed "the conjurer", who baits them with gruesome murders that become more diabolical with each fresh crime. As the fatalities rise and the minutes tick down, Rhyme and Sachs must move beyond the smoke and mirrors to prevent a terrifying act of vengeance that could become the greatest vanishing act of all.

      

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Review: When the Devil Doesn't Show by Christine Barber

A Mysterious Review of …

When the Devil Doesn't Show by Christine Barber. A Gil Montoya Mystery.

Review summary: The murder investigation in this mystery set in Santa Fe, New Mexico is very compelling, a real puzzle for the two strongly developed and appealing detectives in charge … and a puzzle for the reader, too. The story incorporates both the regional and cultural aspects of its setting and more importantly, cleverly integrates them in a seamless manner throughout. (Click here for text of full review.)

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When the Devil Doesn't Show
Christine Barber
A Gil Montoya Mystery
Minotaur Books (April 2013)

Publisher synopsis: A housefire leads to the discovery of not just the bodies of the homeowners, but also a third, unidentified corpse. The search for the man's identity will lead Detective Gil Montoya not too far from Santa Fe to one of its notorious but rarely discussed neighbors, the Los Alamos National Laboratory. A DNA test reveals that the unknown victim is a native of Northern New Mexico, but Montoya has reason to believe that his ties to the infamous nuclear testing facility hold the solution. And when a second housefire is found to contain more bodies, he's determined to find out the answer no matter the cost.

      

Ground Zero by Bonnie Ramthun is Today's Fifth Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Ground Zero by Bonnie Ramthun as today's fifth free mystery ebook (An Eileen Reed Mystery; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, April 28, 2013 at 7:50 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.

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Ground Zero
Bonnie Ramthun
An Eileen Reed Mystery
Publisher: Bonnie Ramthun

First published in hardcover by Putnam in 1999.

The Iron Curtain may have come down and the Cold war ended, but the military still keeps a high level of readiness in case a nuclear or other type of attack occurs. New hardware is always being tested, and simulated war games and exercises are always being performed.

A war game is being conducted at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado. There is only one entrance and exit into the inner room with observers watching from outside the fish bowl. However, someone is murdered inside the room. No one but the eight individuals entered the room once the test started.

Civilian detective Eileen Reed knows one of the seven remaining participants committed the act. Her inquiries lead her to realize that three other questionable deaths had been written off as accidents. Unbeknownst to Eileen, a CIA analyst Lucy is investigating a series of killings related to the missile defense program and why her agency has failed to make this a top priority case. Soon the two women team up in an effort to uncover the truth, not yet realizing what failure will mean to this country.

  

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Collapse Depth by Todd Tucker is Today's Fourth Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Collapse Depth by Todd Tucker as today's fourth free mystery ebook (A Suspense Thriller; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, April 28, 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.

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Collapse Depth
Todd Tucker
A Suspense Thriller
Publisher: Todd Tucker

Lieutenant Danny Jabo is a young officer onboard the USS Alabama, a Trident submarine. When a mad man tries to stop the ship's vital mission, it's up to Danny and the rest of the heroic crew to stop him.

  

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Gabe's Plan by Andrew Stock is Today's Third Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Gabe's Plan by Andrew Stock as today's third free mystery ebook (Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, April 28, 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.

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Gabe's Plan
Andrew Stock
Publisher: CreateSpace

Gabe Mapel is the young District Attorney of Pine Springs, Colorado — winter playground to the rich and famous. Gabe has long suffered from depression, but recently his mental health has gotten worse. He thinks a spirit from the past is telling him to grab fame and political power by prosecuting movie star Chad Tibbs for a crime he didn't commit. With a mark as rich and powerful as Chad, however, Gabe can't go it alone; he needs an accomplice …

Enter Kaila Eckman. You can find Kaila steaming lattes at Mountain Java in downtown Pine Springs. But Kaila is not just another cute barista. She's a whip-smart Swarthmore grad with a very bright future. The only reason she's back in Pine Springs is because she has unfinished business with a boy: Gabe Mapel. Kaila has been in love with Gabe since she was a little girl. Unfortunately, to finally win his affection she'll have to seduce Chad Tibbs and falsely accuse him of doing terrible things.

  

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No Good Deed by M. P. McDonald is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature No Good Deed by M. P. McDonald as today's second free mystery ebook (A Mark Taylor Thriller; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, April 28, 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.

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No Good Deed
M. P. McDonald
A Mark Taylor Thriller
Publisher: CreateSpace

Mark Taylor discovers first hand that no good deed goes unpunished when the old camera he found during a freelance job in an Afghanistan bazaar gives him more than great photos. It triggers dreams of disasters. Tragedies that happen exactly as he envisions them. He learns that not only can he see the future, he can change it. Then the unthinkable happened and everyone ignored his frantic warnings. Thousands die.

Suddenly, the Feds are pounding on his door and the name they have for Taylor isn't urban hero. It's enemy combatant. And, it means they can do anything they want to him. Anything at all.

  

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This Doesn't Happen in the Movies by Renee Pawlish is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature This Doesn't Happen in the Movies by Renee Pawlish as today's free mystery ebook (A Reed Ferguson Mystery; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, April 28, 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.

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This Doesn't Happen in the Movies
Renee Pawlish
A Reed Ferguson Mystery
Publisher: Renee Pawlish

A wannabe private eye with a love of film noir and detective fiction …

A rich, attractive femme fatale …

A missing husband …

A rollicking ride to a dark and daring ending.

  

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The Book of Lost Fragrances by M. J. Rose is Today's Kindle Daily Deal

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Book of Lost Fragrances by M. J. Rose as today's Amazon Kindle Daily Deal.

The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Sunday, April 28, 2013.

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The Book of Lost Fragrances
M. J. Rose
A Novel of Suspense
Atria Books

A secret worth dying for …

Jac L'Etoile has always been haunted by visions of the past, her earliest memories infused with the exotic scents that she grew up with as the heir to a storied French perfume company. These worsened after her mother's suicide until she finally found a doctor who helped her, teaching her to explore the mythological symbolism in her visions and thus lessen their painful impact. This ability led Jac to a wildly successful career as a mythologist, television personality and author.

When her brother, Robbie — who's taken over the House of L'Etoile from their father — contacts Jac about a remarkable discovery in the family archives, she's skeptical. But when Robbie goes missing before he can share the secret — leaving a dead body in his wake — Jac is plunged into a world she thought she'd left behind.

Traveling back to Paris to investigate Robbie's disappearance, Jac discovers that the secret is a mysterious scent developed in Cleopatra's time. Could the rumors swirling be true? Can this ancient perfume hold the power to unlock the ability to remember past lives and conclusively prove reincarnation? If this possession has the power to change the world, then it's not only worth living for … it's worth killing for, too.

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Today's Amazon Local Deal Is 20 Kindle Books for $1 Each

Today's Amazon Local Deal is a free voucher to purchase up to 20 pre-selected Kindle books for $1 each.

Here is a link to the Kindle books from which you can choose. It's an eclectic collection, to be sure, but there are a few mysteries and thrillers included.

After you have your voucher, choose the Kindle book you want, then click the "Buy" button. Please note that the price shown on the "Buy" button will not change to $1.00, but your code will be applied to your purchase automatically, reducing the purchase price of the item to $1.00. You may use your code toward multiple eligible book purchases (up to 20 in total). To make another purchase, simply come back to this page and select another Kindle book.

You have until Thursday, May 1st, 2013 to obtain your free voucher. You then have until May 7th, 2013 to use it; it will expire on that date.

Today's Mystery and Suspense Update from Big Fish Games (130428)

Here is today's mystery and suspense update from Big Fish Games …

• The New Release is Enigma Agency: The Case of Shadows (Collector's Edition).

• The Daily Deal is Criminal Minds, just $2.99 today only!

• The current Catch of the Week is Sea Legends: Phantasmal Light, just $2.99 through Sunday, April 28, 2013 only.

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Today's New Release is Enigma Agency: The Case of Shadows (Collector's Edition)

Track a missing detective through the jungles of Central America. Who knows what ancient evil is lurking in the shadows? Become immersed in a world of mysticism, secrets and ancient curses. Interesting locations, an adventurous plot and mini-games await you in the treacherous jungle!

This is a special Collector's Edition release full of exclusive extras you won't find in the standard version, including: an integrated strategy guide, unique puzzles, and hand-painted scenes.

A sample version is available to download and play for free for one hour.

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Today's Daily Deal is Criminal Minds

Join the Behavioral Analysis Unit of the FBI to solve a series of shocking crimes in this thrilling hidden object, adventure game based on the hit TV series, Criminal Minds. As a member of an elite team of criminal profilers, you scour crime scenes for clues, interview witnesses and suspects, and carefully analyze evidence to catch the culprits. In the first case ("A Dying Art"), the BAU must find a serial killer on the loose in a college town before the body count rises further. Focus on the criminal, not the crime, to pinpoint the predators' motivations and anticipate their next move!

A sample version is available to download and play for free for one hour. You can purchase this game today only — Sunday, April 28, 2013 — for $2.99.

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The current Catch of the Week is Sea Legends: Phantasmal Light

After their yacht is sunk by an incredible storm, Jane and Mike are separated! Waking up on a mysterious island, Jane must now figure out what happened and find Mike before it's too late. Explore amazing Hidden Object scenes and solve tricky puzzles as you uncover a terrifying truth on the island. Escape from danger and be reunited with Mike!

A sample version is available to download and play for free for one hour. You can purchase this game at the special price of $2.99 through Sunday, April 28, 2013.