Today's Mystery and Suspense Update from Big Fish Games (130828)

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

• The New Release is Dark Manor: A Hidden Object Mystery.

• The Daily Deal is Lost Inca Prophecy 2: The Hollow Island, just $2.99 today only!

• The current Catch of the Week is Whispers, just $2.99 through Sunday, September 01, 2013 only.

• Today's Special Deal — One day only: 25% Off All PC and Mac Games! Use coupon code SAVEBIG at check-out to save 25% on all PC and Mac games, standard and collector's editions. Offer valid August 28th, 2013 only until 11:59 PM PT.

Visit the Omnimystery Entertainment Network for more games of mystery and suspense!

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Today's New Release is Dark Manor: A Hidden Object Mystery

The bayou. The roaring 1920's. A supernatural secret. Step into Dark Manor, where ghostly hosts will help you find your way! Beautify your manor and explore the spine-chilling hidden object scenes … if you dare!

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

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Today's Daily Deal is Lost Inca Prophecy 2: The Hollow Island

Join Seraphine in this amazing adventure to save the world from its doom! The entire world is in danger! Volcanoes are erupting and the earth is shaking! You are the only one that can prevent the Prophecy from happening. Enjoy the incredible matching fun and unique mini-games in this great Match 3 game!

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

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The current Catch of the Week is Whispers

While doing some fieldwork Charlotte Davis has her soul captured by an evil sorcerer! Help her escape his terrifying clutches and return to her body! Escape from the sorcerer's home with the help of another captured spirit and use your willpower to return to your body in this incredible Hidden Object Puzzle Adventure game. Travel through dangerous locations and make it home safely!

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, September 01, 2013.

Review: Blood Tango by Annamaria Alfieri

A Mysterious Review of Blood Tango by Annamaria Alfieri.

Review summary: Set in October 1945, the murder mystery here is a good one, especially the twist on the traditional mistaken identity gambit, but what is most interesting about the story is how Juan Peron and Eva Duarte set the course for their future together, one that would return Peron to power and give Evita the public stage she so craved. (Click here for text of full review.)

Our rating:

Blood Tango
Annamaria Alfieri
Minotaur Books (June 2013)

Publisher synopsis: It is the most dramatic and tumultuous period in Argentina's history. Colonel Juan Perón, who had been the most powerful and the most hated man in the country, has been forced out of power. Many people fear that his mistress, radio actress Evita Duarte, will use her skill at swaying the masses to restore him to office. When an obscure young woman is brutally murdered, police detective Roberto Leary concludes that the murderer mistook the girl for Evita, the intended target of someone out to eliminate the popular star from the political scene.

The search for the killer soon involves the murdered girl's employer, who is Evita's dressmaker; her journalist lover; and Pilar, a seamstress in the dress shop and a tango dancer. The suspects include a leftist union leader who considers Juan Perón a fascist and a young lieutenant who feels Perón has dishonored the army.

      

New Trailer for Carrie, Based on the Novel by Stephen King

A new trailer has been released by Sony for the thriller Carrie (embedded, below).

A reimagining of the classic horror tale about Carrie White (Chloë Grace Moretz), a shy girl outcast by her peers and sheltered by her deeply religious mother (Julianne Moore), who unleashes telekinetic terror on her small town after being pushed too far at her senior prom.

Directed by Kimberly Peirce from an adapted screenplay by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and based on the novel of the same title by Stephen King, Carrie opens in theaters October 18th, 2013.

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A New MystereBook: Cairo Caper by Barbara Silkstone

Here is a mystery, suspense, or thriller ebook that we recently found by sleuthing (as it were) through new or recently reissued titles from independent publishers …

Cairo Caper by Barbara Silkstone is the third comedy/mystery in this treasure hunt-themed series featuring Wendy Darlin and Roger Jolley.

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Cairo Caper by Barbara Silkstone
A Wendy Darlin Mystery
Publisher: Barbara Silkstone

Hot on the trail of Cleopatra’s grave all we had to do was get from Cairo to the Temple at Taporisis. Morning sunlight glared from the muddy surface of the Nile. Six floors down a body in white sprawled in a splat of blood. My first official kill as a tomb raider and it was an ashtray-rubout. How embarrassing.

Professor Roger Jolley and I were in the first trimester of our third archaeological case. The adrenalin high of tomb raiding had become an addiction. As we sat in the Smiling Camel Café I noticed Roger was wearing two left shoes. Brown wingtips. We were definitely starting off on the wrong foot …

  

Riding the Rap, a Raylan Givens Novel by Elmore Leonard, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Riding the Rap by Elmore Leonard, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, HarperCollins.

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 (08/27/2013 at 4:00 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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Riding the Rap by Elmore Leonard
A Raylan Givens Novel
Publisher: HarperCollins

It seemed like a brilliant idea. Three mismatched bad guys — a Palm Beach potted, a Bahamian ex-con, and a Puerto Rican gardener turned mob enforcer — get together to carry out the perfect crime: kidnap retired Miami bookie Harry Arno and let him pay the ransom with his ill-gotten wealth. He can't go to the cops later. No one will miss him. It's perfect. Or so they figure.

They figure wrong. Harry's former girlfriend, ex-topless dancer Joyce Patton, misses him a lot. Now she's sending her current boyfriend, Stetson-hatted federal marshal Raylan Givens, looking for Harry. And Raylan always gets his man. And in this case, he also gets his woman — the last person to see Harry, a sexy psychic named Dawn. Dawn may be clairvoyant, or she may be in on the kidnapping. Either way, she gives Raylan a lead, and he's hunting on Florida's 24-karat Gold Coast for three loco hombres … and trying to bring Harry back alive …

      

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Telemystery: Lionsgate and Tandem Co-Develop Crime Drama Sex, Lies and Handwriting

Lionsgate is joining with Munich-based Tandem Communications to develop one-hour drama series that are expected to air — and appeal to audiences — in the US and Europe, such as Tandem's recent direct-to-series drama Crossing Lines, which deals with a multi-national team of cops that solve crimes that cross international borders and currently airs on NBC.

The joint-venture's first project is Sex, Lies and Handwriting, a crime drama featuring a handwriting expert, who is drawn into solving crimes based on the use of her expertise, and inspired by a book of the same title by Michelle Dresbold. Annie Brunner (Saving Grace) will write the script.

"Sex, Lies and Handwriting, with its irresistible lead character, is the perfect series to start this collaboration with Lionsgate," said Rola Bauer, President/Partner with Tandem. "Both companies stand for quality television productions, so we are excited to combine strengths."

Carved in Bone, a Bill Brockton, Body Farm Mystery by Jefferson Bass, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Carved in Bone by Jefferson Bass, 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 (08/27/2013 at 3:00 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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Carved in Bone by Jefferson Bass
A Bill Brockton, Body Farm Mystery (1st in series)
Publisher: HarperCollins

Renowned anthropologist Dr. Bill Brockton has spent his career surrounded by death at the Body Farm. Now he's being called upon to help solve a baffling puzzle in a remote mountain community. The mummified corpse of a young woman dead for thirty years has been discovered in a cave, the body bizarrely preserved and transformed by the environment's unique chemistry.

But Brockton's investigation is threatening to open old wounds among an insular people who won't forget or forgive. And a long-buried secret prematurely exposed could inflame Brockton's own guilt — and the dangerous hostility of bitter enemies determined to see him fail … by any means necessary.

      

Important Note: This book was listed at the above mentioned price on the date and time of this post. Prices can and do change without prior notice. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your purchase.

The Whole Enchilada by Diane Mott Davidson, New in Bookstores This Week

Today's new hardcover mystery title, scheduled to be published this week by William Morrow, is The Whole Enchilada by Diane Mott Davidson.

For a list of more new hardcover mysteries published this month, visit our New Mysteries page for August 2013. For new paperback mysteries, visit The Mystery Bookshelf where a selection of August 2013 mysteries, novels of suspense, and thrillers are shelved.

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The Whole Enchilada
Diane Mott Davidson
Series: Goldy Schulz (17th)

Goldy Schulz knows her food is to die for, but she never expects one of her best friends to actually keel over when she's leaving a birthday party Goldy has catered. At first, everyone assumes that all the fun and excitement of the party, not to mention the rich fare, did her in.

But what looks like a coronary turns out to be a generous serving of cold-blooded murder. And the clever culprit is just getting cooking.

When a colleague — a woman who resembles Goldy — is stabbed, and Goldy is attacked outside her house, it becomes clear that the popular caterer is the main course on a killer menu. With time running out, Goldy must roll up her sleeves, sharpen her knives, and make a meal out of a devious murderer, before that killer can serve her up cold.

      

Mystery and Suspense Films: The Reluctant Fundamentalist, 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 one that falls into the mystery, suspense, thriller and/or adventure category …

The Reluctant Fundamentalist starring Kate Hudson, Kiefer Sutherland, and Liev Schreiber.

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

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The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2013)

Directed by Mira Nair from a screenplay by William Wheeler and based on the 2007 novel The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid (more details about the book, below).

Film Synopsis (from the studio): When an American academic in Pakistan is kidnapped by anti-American radicals, the CIA thinks popular young Pakistani professor Changez is involved.

But as Changez tells his remarkable story about his life in the US — including his rising career on Wall Street and passionate relationship with a beautiful New York artist — to an American foreign correspondent, the truth becomes harder to pin down.

Running time: 130 minutes. Rating: Rated R for language, some violence and brief sexuality.

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The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Mohsin Hamid

At a café table in Lahore, a bearded Pakistani man converses with an uneasy American stranger. As dusk deepens to night, he begins the tale that has brought them to this fateful encounter …

Changez is living an immigrant's dream of America. At the top of his class at Princeton, he is snapped up by an elite valuation firm. He thrives on the energy of New York, and his budding romance with elegant, beautiful Erica promises entry into Manhattan society at the same exalted level once occupied by his own family back in Lahore.

But in the wake of September 11, Changez finds his position in his adopted city suddenly overturned, and his relationship with Erica shifting. And Changez's own identity is in seismic shift as well, unearthing allegiances more fundamental than money, power, and maybe even love.

      

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MystereBooks: A Picture of Guilt by Libby Fischer Hellmann, Available this Month at a Special Price

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

Today's featured title from the Mystery & Thrillers category is A Picture of Guilt by Libby Fischer Hellmann. This Kindle book was listed at $0.99 as of the date and time of this post, Tuesday, August 27, 2013 at 1:30 PM ET, and should be available at this price through the end of the month.

More information about the book is below; if other vendors have priced-matched this title, links to their sites are also shown.

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A Picture of Guilt by Libby Fischer Hellmann
An Ellie Foreman Mystery
Publisher: The Red Herrings Press

The big news story in Chicago is the murder trial of Johnny Santoro, a dock worker whose girlfriend has been killed. Most Chicagoans are betting on a quick guilty verdict, but Ellie Foreman has doubts about his complicity — Santoro is strangely familiar to her.

Checking back to the outtakes of a video project in progress while the murder took place, Ellie finds evidence that could save Santoro from a lifetime behind bars. It seems the perfect alibi, but the tape is compromised by radio interference and Santoro goes to jail.

Almost immediately, Ellie's world begins to shift: a suspicious vehicle follows her, the Chicago mob shows up, and the FBI wants to question her. She doesn't have answers, but she has questions of her own about the radio transmissions. Everything indicates that someone wants something from her, something bigger than the Santoro case. If only she could figure out what it is …

  

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The Bride Collector, a Crime Thriller by Ted Dekker, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Bride Collector by Ted Dekker, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Center Street.

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 (08/27/2013 at 1:00 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 Bride Collector by Ted Dekker
A Crime Thriller
Publisher: Center Street

FBI Special agent Brad Raines is facing his toughest case yet. A Denver serial killer has killed four beautiful young women, leaving a bridal veil at each crime scene, and he's picking up his pace. Unable to crack the case, Raines appeals for help from a most unusual source: residents of the Center for Wellness and Intelligence, a private psychiatric institution for mentally ill individuals whose are extraordinarily gifted.

It's there that he meets Paradise, a young woman who witnessed her father murder her family and barely escaped his hand. Diagnosed with schizophrenia, Paradise may also have an extrasensory gift: the ability to experience the final moments of a person's life when she touches the dead body.

In a desperate attempt to find the killer, Raines enlists Paradise's help. In an effort to win her trust, he befriends this strange young woman and begins to see in her qualities that most "sane people" sorely lack. Gradually, he starts to question whether sanity resides outside the hospital walls … or inside.

As the Bride Collector picks up the pace-and volume-of his gruesome crucifixions, the case becomes even more personal to Raines when his friend and colleague, a beautiful young forensic psychologist, becomes the Bride Collector's next target.

The FBI believes that the killer plans to murder seven women. Can Paradise help before it's too late?

      

Important Note: This book was listed at the above mentioned price on the date and time of this post. Prices can and do change without prior notice. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your purchase.

A New MystereBook: Envy by Sandra Brown

Here is a mystery, suspense, or thriller ebook that we recently found by sleuthing (as it were) through new or recently reissued titles from independent publishers …

Envy by Sandra Brown was first published in 2001 by Warner Books; today the e-book debuts for this bestselling literary thriller.

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Envy by Sandra Brown
A Literary Thriller
Publisher: Grand Central

Maris Matherly-Reed is a renowned New York book editor, the daughter of a publisher and the wife of bestselling author Noah Reed. It isn't often that an unsolicited submission so captivates her that she feels she must immediately meet its author. But Maris has just received a tantalizing partial manuscript submitted by a writer identified only as P.M.E., with the return address of an obscure island off the Georgia coast. P.M.E.'s blockbuster potential — and perhaps something else — compels Maris to search for him.

On an eerie, ruined cotton plantation, she finds Parker Evans, a man determined to conceal his identity as well as his past. Working with him chapter by chapter, Maris is riveted by his tale of two friends who charter a boat with a young woman for a night of revelry … an excursion from which only one person returns.

As the story unfolds, Maris becomes convinced it is more than just fiction. Disturbed about her growing attraction to Parker and gripped by a chilling suspicion about his novel's characters, she searches for the undisclosed truth about a crime committed decades ago. Then someone close to her dies, while even closer looms the presence of evil — a man who will use her, or anyone, to get what he wants …