Kula by Chip Hughes is Today's Third Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Kula by Chip Hughes as today's third free mystery ebook (A Kai Cook, Surfing Detective Mystery; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, November 03, 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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Kula
Chip Hughes
A Kai Cook, Surfing Detective Mystery
Publisher: Slate Ridge Press

Summoned to the Honolulu hilltop mansion of radio pitchman Barry Buckingham, presumably to trace his missing wife, the Surfing Detective is in for the letdown of his career. Kai Cook is hired to track another lost family member. A dog.

Despite his qualms, Kai would seem a natural for the case, since the golden retriever named Kula is a famous surfing dog. Yet the PI knows nothing about finding missing pets. But he does know where to find help — Maile Barnes, an ex-K9 cop and kindred spirit with the keys to unlock the dark underworld of animal theft in the islands.

Then a questionable tip takes Kai to a late-night rendezvous, his tipster winds up dead, and the detective himself becomes a suspect. Can he clear his name and find the murderer before he strikes again? The PI tracks the illusive retriever from O'ahu to the Big Island to Maui, but the killer is one step ahead — other players linked to the dog's disappearance keep turning up dead.

Is a ghost from Barry Buckingham's past behind the murders? Or is Kai's client just a misunderstood man with a lost pet? To solve this case Kai Cooke must do what he never does — take on a partner. Teaming up with the headstrong K9 cop is his only shot to liberate the famous surfing dog, who is somehow always at the center of this mystery.

  

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On Vacation by Addison Towne is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature On Vacation by Addison Towne as today's second free mystery ebook (A Jade Lydell, Suburban Task Force Mystery; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, November 03, 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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On Vacation
Addison Towne
A Jade Lydell, Suburban Task Force Mystery
Publisher: TDS Publishing

To snap out of her depressed slumber Jade Lydell decides to take a family vacation with her husband, 2 year old, sophisticated and stunning mother, her mother's eclectic best friend and of course, the 19 year old gorgeous but oh so young babysitter. While at the resort a man of intrigue introduces himself to her mother. It is love at first sight, only there are those who aren't enamored with the concept of his happiness, or escape from the family business.

Without warning the women are blindsided, kidnapped and held for ransom. It takes Jade and her past experiences with rogue terrorists to push her mother, the best friend and the babysitter to reach deep and find a way to get her home to her husband and baby. All out action and comedy ensue as this oddly dynamic group of heroines try to escape from the kidnapping capital of the world.

  

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Crime & Passion by Chantel Rhondeau is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Crime & Passion by Chantel Rhondeau as today's free mystery ebook (A Novel of Romantic Suspense; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, November 03, 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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Crime & Passion
Chantel Rhondeau
A Novel of Romantic Suspense
Publisher: Chantel Rhondeau

A decorated police officer, more intent on justice than following the letter of the law, lands in trouble when a schoolteacher finds a dead body on the beach …

Officer Donovan Andrews knows how to have a good time—ask any woman in town. But when it comes to men abusing their wives or children, Donovan takes it upon himself to make them regret it.

Madeline Scott is unlucky in love. All she wants is a quiet place to heal, away from cheating, womanizing men. However, her life is far from peaceful once she stumbles across the body and witnesses someone fleeing the scene.

Terror spreads in Pleasant View when the small community hears a killer is on the loose. All evidence points to Donovan, and he realizes someone is trying to frame him. When troubling suspicions from his past surface, even fellow officers believe he's guilty. Madeline might be the only person who can clear his name, but first he has to win her trust.

The body count rises and no one is safe. The murderer makes it clear Madeline is next. Soon, Donovan's whole world is focused on protecting her and keeping himself out of prison. The more time he spends with her, the harder it is to fight his growing attraction. Since she's been burned by love, convincing Madeline he's interested in something more than hot sex may prove harder than keeping her alive.

  

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Vanished by Irene Hannon is Today's Kindle Daily Deal

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Vanished by Irene Hannon as today's Amazon Kindle Daily Deal.

The deal price of $2.99 is valid only for today, Sunday, November 03, 2013.

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Vanished
Irene Hannon
A Private Justice Mystery (1st in series)
Revell

Reporter Moira Harrisons is lost. In the dark. In a thunderstorm. When a confusing detour places her on a rural, wooded road, she's startled by the sudden appearance of a lone figure caught in the beam of her headlights. Though Moira jams on her brakes, the car careens across the wet pavement ù and the solid thump against the side of the vehicle tells her she hit the person before she crashes into a tree on the far side of the road.

A dazed Moira is relieved when a man opens her door, tells her he saw everything, and promises to call 911. Then everything fades to black. When she comes to an hour later, she is alone. No man. No 911. No injured person lying on the side of the road. But she can't forget the look of terror she saw on the person's face in the instant before her headlights swung away. The person she hit had been in trouble. She's sure of it. But she can't get anyone to believe her story — except a handsome former police detective, now a private eye, who agrees to take on the case.

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Today's Mystery and Suspense Update from Big Fish Games (131103)

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

• The is Revived Legends: Road of the Kings (Collector's Edition).

• The Daily Deal is Mayan Prophecies: Ship of Spirits, just $2.99 today only!

• The current Catch of the Week is Grim Tales: The Wishes, just $2.99 through Sunday, November 03, 2013 only.

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

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Today's is Revived Legends: Road of the Kings (Collector's Edition)

What started out as a normal day takes a turn for the fantastic when you drive into a strange fog bank. Inside, you learn that the fog is slowly blending our world with a magical realm. Soon both worlds will be destroyed, and you are the only one who can still save them! Now you must embark on a journey down the legendary Road of the Kings to confront the villain and his terrible fog. Explore enchanting locations, meet fantastic creatures, and solve perplexing puzzles as you become the hero of two worlds in this beautiful Hidden Object adventure!

This is a special Collector's Edition release full of exclusive extras you won't find in the standard version, including: A bonus adventure where you must stop the past from unraveling; Enchanting screensavers, wallpapers, and concept art; Replayable mini-games; and An available Strategy Guide.

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

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Today's Daily Deal is Mayan Prophecies: Ship of Spirits

Climb aboard an ancient Spanish galleon lost in time as a Coast Guard officer tracking an elusive criminal. As you explore the vastness of a ship lost in time, what mysteries will you uncover amidst its Mayan idols, menacing sea creatures, and exotic treasures? Find out in this exciting new Hidden Object Puzzle Adventure game on the open seas!

A sample version is available to download and play for free for one hour. You can purchase this game today only — Sunday, November 03, 2013 — for $2.99.

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The current Catch of the Week is Grim Tales: The Wishes

Be careful what you wish for! When her young son begins to wither and age before her eyes, your sister desperately requests your help. You arrive to discover that a deadly bargain has been made. You must set things right before your nephew pays the terrible price!

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, November 03, 2013.

A New MystereBook: Silence by Debra Webb

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 during November 2013 priced $3.99 or less …

Silence by Debra Webb is a Christmas-themed novella, a prequel to the the author's thriller Obsession.

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Silence by Debra Webb
A Faces of Evil Novella
Publisher: Pink House Press
Publication Date: November 01, 2013

Ten years ago …

Special Agent Jess Harris has closed another tough case and now she's determined to make it home to spend Christmas with her only family, her sister. Jess needs a break and taking it far away from work is the only way to keep her mind off the many faces of evil waiting in the stack of case files on her desk.

Running into the past wasn't part of the plan.

Daniel Burnett was Jess's first love. She'd fallen hard for him in high school. Together they'd gone off to college with big dreams. But not all dreams come true. Jess hasn't seen Dan in ten years when they run into each other on Christmas Eve night … yet no force on earth can keep them apart.

  

The Sixth Key, The Rosicrucian Quartet by Adriana Koulias, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Sixth Key by Adriana Koulias, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Zuriel Press.

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 (11/02/2013 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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The Sixth Key by Adriana Koulias
The Rosicrucian Quartet
Publisher: Zuriel Press

By the Power of these keys the Head of the Church will be made the Lord of Hell …

In late 2012 a cryptic invitation leads a crime novelist to Venice's Island of the Dead. Seventy four years earlier a similar cryptic invitation brings Grail Historian Otto Rahn to an apartment in Berlin. What awaits him will change his life forever.

What ensues is a hunt for Le Serpent Rouge, a notorious book of black magic written by a Pope, a book Himmler wants to add to Hitler's library. But there are others looking for the grimoire. A shadowy circle of men are watching Rahn's every move, and they will stop at nothing to possess the book and the legendary key that unlocks its terrifying power … a power that has the potential to effect the future.

  

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A New MystereBook: Fly By Midnight by Lauren Quick

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 during October 2013 priced $3.99 or less …

Fly By Midnight by Lauren Quick is the second paranormal mystery brimming with magic and mayhem, and featuring the Mayhem sisters: Vivi, Honora, and Clover.

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Fly By Midnight by Lauren Quick
A Sister Witches Mystery
Publisher: Lauren Quick
Publication Date: October 31, 2013

In the witching world of Everland, Stargazer City is pulsing with magical energy and that’s just the way a natural-born flyer like Honora Mayhem likes it. When one of the most important wizards in Everland goes missing, the youngest Mayhem Sister, who happens to be one of the witching world’s up-and-coming young private investigators, is hot on the case.

With help from her flying club, a rival PI, and her trusted assistant, Honora digs up some promising clues — unsettling questions — about the wizard’s disappearance. Why did the police dismiss the case so quickly, and why is Honora getting the runaround from the Witch Council? After a nasty encounter with a Hex Division agent in the city’s magic district, she fears the council maybe working against her on a case that suddenly seems to concern something far more serious than one missing wizard.

In a dogged attempt at discovering the truth, Honora travels to the fabled North Woods where she meets a handsome ax-wielding tracker who guides her deep into the icy wilderness, home to rogue wildlife and practitioners or powerful and secretive magic.

What Honora discovers is a devious force from the Otherworld whose ambitions endanger the entire witching world. Besides her own wits and stubbornness, Honora must rely on her sisters for strength and guidance, not to mention Vivi’s potion-making skills, to fight a dark evil and return order to Everland, so she can fly by midnight in peace.

  

By Reason of Insanity, A David Brunelle Legal Thriller by Stephen Penner, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature By Reason of Insanity by Stephen Penner, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Ring of Fire Publishing.

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 (11/02/2013 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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By Reason of Insanity by Stephen Penner
A David Brunelle Legal Thriller (3rd in series)
Publisher: Ring of Fire Publishing

Sometimes the easiest cases are the hardest. The defendant absolutely, positively murdered her own mother. She is also absolutely, positively mentally ill.

Homicide prosecutor David Brunelle is tasked with holding her responsible despite the best efforts of her defense team, which includes a psychologist who's convinced she's innocent.

As the case proceeds, the pressures mount and Brunelle begins to question his own sanity. Will Brunelle crack the case, or will the case crack him?

  

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Dry Bones by Peter Quinn, New in Bookstores This Week

Today's new hardcover mystery title, scheduled to be published this week by Overlook, is Dry Bones by Peter Quinn.

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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Dry Bones
Peter Quinn
Series: Fintan Dunne (3rd)

As the Red Army continues its unstoppable march toward Berlin in the winter of 1945, Fintan Dunne and his fellow soldier Dick Van Hull volunteer for a dangerous drop behind enemy lines to rescue a team of OSS officers trying to abet the Czech resistance.

When the plan goes south, Dunne and Van Hull uncover a secret that will change both of their lives. Years later, Dunne is drawn back into the shadowy realm of Cold War espionage in an effort to clear his friend's good name and right an injustice so shocking that men would, quite literally, kill to keep it quiet.

      

Mr. E. Reviews Dead Man Down

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The storyline of this suspense thriller is its strongest point, with a man bent on revenge sidetracked when a neighbor, who saw him murder a colleague, blackmails him into killing the driver of a car that caused an accident, resulting in the severe disfigurement of her face. Entertaining for what it is, just don't expect too much from the film.

Read the full text of our review at Mr. E. Reviews Dead Man Down.

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Mr. E. Reviews is your source for mystery, suspense, thriller, and crime drama reviews of television and film.

MystereBooks: Innocent Monster by Reed Farrel Coleman, 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 Innocent Monster by Reed Farrel Coleman. This Kindle book was listed at $1.99 as of the date and time of this post, Saturday, November 02, 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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Innocent Monster by Reed Farrel Coleman
A Moe Prager Mystery
Publisher: Tyrus Books

Seven years have passed since the brutal murder that tore Moe Prager's family apart and it's been six years since Moe's brushed the dust off his PI license. But when his estranged daughter Sarah comes to him with a request he cannot refuse, Moe takes a deep breath and plunges back into the icy, opaque waters of secrets and lies. Sashi Bluntstone, an eleven-year-old art prodigy and daughter of Sarah's dearest childhood friend, has been abducted. Three weeks into the investigation, the cops have gotten nowhere and the parents have gotten desperate. Desperation, the door through which Moe Prager always enters, swings wide open. Just as in Sashi's paintings, there's much more to the case than one can see at a glance.

With the help of an ex-football star, Moe stumbles around the fringes of the New York art scene, trying to get a handle on where the art stops and the commerce begins. Much to Moe's surprise and disgust, he discovers that Sashi is, on the one hand, revered as a cash cow and, on the other, reviled as a fraud and a joke. Suspects abound beyond the usual predators and pedophiles, for it is those closest to Sashi in life who have the most to gain from her death. Cruel ironies lurk around every corner, beneath every painting, and behind every door. Almost nothing is what it seems.

Beware the innocent monster, for it need not hide itself and it lives closely among us: sometimes as close as the mirror.

  

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Death and the Chaste Apprentice, A Charlie Peace Mystery by Robert Barnard, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Death and the Chaste Apprentice by Robert Barnard, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Scribner.

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 (11/02/2013 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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Death and the Chaste Apprentice by Robert Barnard
A Charlie Peace Mystery (1st in series)
Publisher: Scribner

At the Ketterick Arts Festival, the apprentice is just about the only fella that is chaste, know what I mean (wink wink nudge nudge)? Ah, the pleasures of smutty innuendo, and no one relishes them more than Des Capper, a font of dubious gossip and unwanted advice.

To the horror of the actors and singers performing at the Festival, Des has been promoted to landlord of the Saracen's Head, the Elizabethan inn that is at the Festival's heart. And when Des toddles off to meet his maker — courtesy of someone's helpful shove — only his wretched wife can summon up a tear.

    

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A New MystereBook: Broken Faith by James Green

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 during October 2013 priced $3.99 or less …

Broken Faith by James Green is the fourth in the Jimmy Costello crime thriller series. The first book in the series, Bad Catholics, was shortlisted for the CWA New Blood Dagger in 2009.

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Broken Faith by James Green
A Jimmy Costello Mystery
Publisher: Accent Press
Publication Date: October 31, 2013

Corrupt ex-copper, and fixer for the Catholic Church, Jimmy Costello is sent to Spain to investigate when a senior cleric is accused of being part of ETA, the Basque terrorist movement.

Unsurprisingly, perhaps, a murder occurs as soon as he gets to Santander, and it's not the last as Jimmy encounters some unwelcome reminders of his violent London past.

His enigmatic boss in Rome may not approve, but Jimmy, as always, decides to see things through, to the end.