Tuesday, October 01, 2013

Mystery and Suspense Films: The Frozen Ground, New This Week on DVD

Mystery, Suspense, and Thriller Films on DVD, Blu-ray Disc, or Video on Demand

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 Frozen Ground starring Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, and Vanessa Hudgens.

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

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The Frozen Ground


The Frozen Ground (2013)

Written and directed by Scott Walker. Watch a trailer for the film below.

Film Synopsis (from the studio): Based on the true story that follows Alaskan State Trooper Jack Halcombe (Nicolas Cage) as he sets out to end the murderous rampage of Robert Hansen (John Cusack), a serial killer who has gone unnoticed for 13 years. As the bodies of street girls start to pile up in Anchorage, fear strikes a chord with the public. Risking his life, Halcombe goes on a personal manhunt to find the killer before the next body surfaces. When a seventeen year old escapee (Vanessa Hudgens) reveals key information about the case, Halcombe is finally on the trail of the killer. But will he catch him in time to save the next victim?

Running time: 105 minutes. Rating: Rated R for violent content, sexuality/nudity, language and drug use.

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Review: Compound Fractures by Stephen White

Mysterious Reviews: Reviews of New Mysteries, Novels of Suspense, and Thrillers

A Mysterious Review of Compound Fractures by Stephen White. An Alan Gregory Mystery.

Review summary: Long-time readers of the series will appreciate the number of plot threads that are woven throughout this last in series novel, revisiting old friends and enemies, re-exploring cases both open and closed. But readers who may have only read one or two of the books featuring these characters may be completely befuddled by what's going on here. (Click here for text of full review.)

Our rating: 3 of 5 stars

Compound Fractures Stephen White

Compound Fractures
Stephen White
An Alan Gregory Mystery
Dutton (August 2013)

Publisher synopsis: In this explosive conclusion to the decades-long saga, Alan is forced to acknowledge that the perils that may bring him to his knees are not the dangers he recognizes, nor are they orchestrated by the nemesis he has long feared. Instead he is confronted by unexpected threats from unanticipated adversaries and by intimate betrayal from those who have been closest to him. He is compelled to reconsider what he has long believed about trust and about love while he is trying to cope with overwhelming loss and grief.

To protect himself he must revisit the cruel ethical dilemma that turned his life upside down as a young psychologist. He has to judge whether the people reentering his life after long absences are friends or foes. He has to make sense of echoes of distant tragedies while he decides if there is anyone he can really trust. Mostly, as the clock ticks down, he must solve a deadly mystery in Eldorado Springs that has been brewing for more than a decade.

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Pago Pago Tango, An Apelu Soifua, Jungle Beat Mystery by John Enright, Now at a Special Price

Pago Pago Tango by John Enright

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Pago Pago Tango by John Enright, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Thomas & Mercer.

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 (10/01/2013 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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Pago Pago Tango by John Enright

Pago Pago Tango by John Enright
An Apelu Soifua, Jungle Beat Mystery (1st in series)
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer

Read our review of Pago Pago Tango by John Enright

Detective Sergeant Apelu Soifua spent seven years in the San Francisco Police Department, where the job was just a job and solving crimes required cool detachment. But back home on American Samoa, life is personal — especially for a cop. Because on a small island where no one is a stranger and secrets are widely known but never discussed, solving crimes requires a certain … finesse.

Here, Apelu must walk the line between two cultures: Samoan versus American, native versus new. And that gulf never yawns wider than when a white family's home in Pago Pago is burglarized. And what appears to be a simple, open-and-shut case turns out to anything but. As the evidence piles up, Apelu follows a tangled trail between cultures, dead bodies, hidden codes, and a string of lies on his hunt for the ugly truth buried at the heart of paradise.

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A New MystereBook: The Compost Pile by Stephen Woodfin

New MystereBooks (Mystery eBooks)

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 …

The Compost Pile by Stephen Woodfin is a multi-layered legal/psychological thriller in which the discovery of the body of a fifteen-year-old girl in a compost pile in a posh coastal neighborhood spurs an investigation that challenges traditional notions of guilt and innocence.

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The Compost Pile by Stephen Woodfin

The Compost Pile by Stephen Woodfin
A Shot Glass Reynolds Legal Thriller
Publisher: Gallivant Press
Publication Date: September 28, 2013

When a politically-motivated district attorney brings capital murder charges against a man-child, an aging uncle of the accused takes up his defense, recruiting a recovering alcoholic detective and another lawyer with his own demons to find out what really happened at the compost pile.

They come to suspect a conspiracy among members of the small community, a conspiracy not to railroad the accused, but to substitute in his place a prominent local personality, one whose past makes him deserving of a finding of guilt.

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Death of an Englishman, A Marshal Salvatore Guarnaccia Mystery by Magdalen Nabb, Now at a Special Price

Death of an Englishman by Magdalen Nabb

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Death of an Englishman by Magdalen Nabb, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Soho Crime.

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 (10/01/2013 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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Death of an Englishman by Magdalen Nabb

Death of an Englishman by Magdalen Nabb
A Marshal Salvatore Guarnaccia Mystery (1st in series)
Publisher: Soho Crime

It is just before Christmas and the marshal wants to go South to spend the holiday with his wife and family, but first he must recover from the flu (which has left the Florentine caribinieri short-handed) and also solve a murder.

A seemingly respectable retired Englishman, living in a flat on the Via Maggio near the Santa Trinita bridge, was shot in the back during the night. He was well-connected and Scotland Yard has despatched two officers to "assist" the Italians in solving the crime.

But it is the marshal, a quiet observer, not an intellectual, who manages to figure out what happened, and why.

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Berkley Prime Crime: New Novellas by E. J. Copperman and Carol K. Carr

New MystereBooks (Mystery eBooks)

Berkley Prime Crime has two new "Penguin Specials" being published this week, short story- to novella-length ebooks featuring series characters created by its popular authors. Both include a preview of the next book in their respective series.

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An Open Spook by E. J. Copperman

An Open Spook by E. J. Copperman
A Haunted Guesthouse Mystery Novella
Publisher: Berkley Prime Crime
Publication Date: October 01, 2013

Haunted guesthouse owner Alison Kerby may have only recently discovered her ability to communicate with ghosts, but for her mother Loretta, it's been a lifelong gift. As Alison prepares her Jersey Shore guesthouse for what promises to be a huge storm, Loretta helps out by tackling a different issue when the winds blow in an unexpected visitor: the ghost of Sgt. Robert Elliot. His request? Help him find the POW bracelet from the Vietnam War that bears his name. But no sooner does Elliot make his appeal than he suddenly disappears, cutting off contact, and leaving Loretta to wonder … why here? Why now? And why the vanishing act?

The answers begin to materialize when Alison's lone remaining guest shows up unwittingly holding a clue to the case — on his wrist. A coincidence? Hardly. And Loretta has good reason to believe that the sergeant's spirit has a secret he's yet to share. Something he's been holding on to for more than forty years. Something he's dying to put to rest.

Includes a preview of the next Haunted Guesthouse Mystery, The Thrill of the Haunt (which publishes on November 5th, 2013).

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India Black in the City of Light by Carol K. Carr

India Black in the City of Light by Carol K. Carr
A Madam of Espionage Mystery
Publisher: Berkley Prime Crime
Publication Date: October 01, 2013

India and the handsome British spy, French, are ordered to escort a Russian agent to Paris where he will be exchanged for one of Her Majesty's operatives. The task seems straightforward and India looks forward to enjoying the delights of the city — and the delights of French.

But it isn't long before things go awry and the duo are battling for their lives in the City of Light.

Includes a preview of the next Madame of Espionage Mystery, India Black and The Gentleman Thief (which publishes on February 4th, 2014).

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The October List by Jeffery Deaver, New in Bookstores This Week

New Mysteries (July 2013)

Today's new hardcover mystery title, scheduled to be published this week by Grand Central, is The October List by Jeffery Deaver.

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

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The October List by Jeffery Deaver

The October List
Jeffery Deaver

Gabriela waits desperately for news of her abducted daughter. At last, the door opens. But it's not the negotiators. It's not the FBI. It's the kidnapper. And he has a gun.

How did it come to this?

Two days ago, Gabriela's life was normal. Then, out of the blue, she gets word that her six-year-old daughter has been taken. She's given an ultimatum: pay half a million dollars and find a mysterious document known as the "October List" within 30 hours, or she'll never see her child again.

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Placebo, A Jevin Banks Thriller by Steven James, Now at a Special Price

Placebo by Steven James

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Placebo by Steven James, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Revell.

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 (10/01/2013 at 2:00 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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Placebo by Steven James

Placebo by Steven James
A Jevin Banks Thriller (1st in series)
Publisher: Revell

Read our review of Placebo by Steven James

While covertly investigating a controversial neurological research program, exposé filmmaker Jevin Banks is drawn into a far-reaching conspiracy involving one of the world's largest pharmaceutical firms.

After giving up his career as an escape artist and illusionist in the wake of his wife and sons' tragic death, Jevin is seeking not only answers about the questionable mind-to-mind communication program, but also answers to why his family suffered as they did.

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MystereBooks: Shades of Gray by Vicki Hinze, Available this Month at a Special Price

Amazon Kindle eBooks $3.99 or Less

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 Shades of Gray by Vicki Hinze. This Kindle book was listed at $1.99 as of the date and time of this post, Tuesday, October 01, 2013 at 1:30 PM ET, and should be available at this price through the end of the month.

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Shades of Gray by Vicki Hinze

Shades of Gray by Vicki Hinze
A Suspense Thriller
Publisher: Bell Bridge Books

A deadly terrorist attack is taking shape deep in the Florida swamps. It's Jake Taylor's job to stop it — and to rescue his wife from the perpetrators.

Laura and Jake Taylor have good reason to doubt they'll live a long, happy life together. He's a Special Ops soldier; she's a former Special Ops intelligence officer. She has an insider's knowledge of the risks he takes.

Their marriage began as a practical arrangement: he needed to keep his young son out of the clutches of an unstable ex-wife. Laura knows better than to fall in love with her husband. Jake agrees — odds are, he'll never return from the next mission. But when the dangers of his world engulf Laura, both find themselves fighting for their lives as well as for their marriage.

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Liquid Smoke, A Noah Braddock Mystery by Jeff Shelby, Now at a Special Price

Liquid Smoke by Jeff Shelby

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Liquid Smoke by Jeff Shelby, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Tyrus Books.

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 (10/01/2013 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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Liquid Smoke by Jeff Shelby

Liquid Smoke by Jeff Shelby
A Noah Braddock Mystery (3rd in series)
Publisher: Tyrus Books

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Private eye Noah Braddock has finally found peace in his once tumultuous relationship with Detective Liz Santangelo and has called a tentative truce with his alcoholic mother, Carolina. So when lawyer Darcy Gill demands that he look into a hopeless death row case, he's more interested in catching some waves before San Diego's rare winter weather takes hold.

Then Darcy plays her trump card: the man scheduled to die — convicted of killing two men in cold blood — is the father Noah never knew.

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A New MystereBook: Ella Clah, The Pilot Script by Lee Goldberg and William Rabkin

New MystereBooks (Mystery eBooks)

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 …

Ella Clah: The Pilot Script by Lee Goldberg and William Rabkin is the untold story of a potential television series featuring Aimee and David Thurlo's series character, Ella Clah.

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Ella Clah: The Pilot Script by Lee Goldberg and William Rabkin

Ella Clah: The Pilot Script by Lee Goldberg and William Rabkin
Publisher: Adventures in Television
Publication Date: September 29, 2013

In 2001, CBS commissioned a pilot script, a sample episode of a proposed series, from writer/producers Lee Goldberg and William Rabkin. Sadly, the Ella Clah pilot ultimately wasn't produced, and ever since, the script has been hotly sought-after by fans.

Here, at long last, is that rare pilot script, along with the original sales treatment, six episode ideas, a foreword by the Thurlos, and a detailed account from Goldberg and Rabkin about how they approached their adaptation and what their plans were for the TV series.

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