The Edge of Courage by Elaine Levine is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Edge of Courage by Elaine Levine as today's second free mystery ebook (A Red Team Novel of Romantic Suspense; Kindle format only).

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The Edge of Courage
Elaine Levine
A Red Team Novel of Romantic Suspense
Publisher: Elaine Levine

Rocco Silas has come home to Wyoming after long years as a Red Team operative in Afghanistan. It isn't easy returning to civilian life, especially burdened as he is with a staggering case of PTSD or hunted as he is by an enemy determined to seek an eye-for-eye — neither of which can he battle until he confronts the truth of what happened one fateful day in the high mountain ranges of the Hindu Kush.

Mandy Fielding's dream of opening a therapeutic riding center on her family's ranch is almost within her grasp — until she hires Rocco Silas, a dangerous ex-Spec Ops friend of her brother's. His haunted eyes and passionate touch promise a love she never dared believe possible. Can they confront the truth of his past and build a future together or will the enemy stalking him destroy them both?

  

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Death Knock by Frederic Lindsay is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Death Knock by Frederic Lindsay as today's free mystery ebook (A Jim Meldrum Thriller; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, January 29, 2014 at 6:30 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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Death Knock
Frederic Lindsay
A Jim Meldrum Thriller
Publisher: Endeavour Press

Three hot days in a row and Edinburgh is going a little crazy. Taking a short cut through a tough housing scheme, Detective Inspector Jim Meldrum finds himself caught up in an ambush by a mob of twelve-year-olds. And when he arrives at a murder scene, it is with a lump gouged out of his skull and mild concussion.

But that is just the start of his trouble. The victim is identified as the well-connected city businessman Brian Ashton. Even with a brooding headache and a bad case of double vision, Meldrum can see this case is a minefield. And that's before he meets the victim's red-headed widow.

Helped by local academic and crime profiler Henry Stanley, Meldrum begins to unravel the bizarre secrets surrounding more than one sudden death.

Can he catch the killer before death comes knocking again? Or has Meldrum finally met his match?

  

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Stolen by Allison Brennan is Today's Kobo Daily Deal

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Stolen by Allison Brennan as today's Kobo Daily Deal.

The deal price of $2.99 is valid only for today, Wednesday, January 29, 2014.

Note: The price has been matched by Amazon.com for today only.

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Stolen
Allison Brennan
A Lucy Kincaid Mystery
Minotaur Books

Nothing is more important to private investigator Sean Rogan than his relationship with FBI trainee Lucy Kincaid. But when his past catches up with him, Sean faces an ultimatum: clear his name and help the FBI take down a rogue agent, or go to prison and lose everything he holds dear. With only Agent Noah Armstrong as his back-up and forced to keep Lucy in the dark, Sean steps back into his old world. But the longer he's undercover, the more dangerous the game becomes. More than Sean's future with Lucy is at stake — so is his life.

Lucy can't imagine Sean would keep secrets from her — until an FBI agent casts doubt about who he really is … and who he used to be. Why did Sean quit his job with his brother and move to New York? Why hasn't he told her anything about his new job? With more questions than answers, Lucy doesn't know who to believe or who she can trust. All she knows is that Sean is in grave danger, and this time, it's personal.

    

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Today's Mystery and Suspense Update from Big Fish Games (140129)

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

• The New Release is Undiscovered.

• The current Catch of the Week is Abyss: The Wraiths of Eden, just $2.99 through Sunday, February 02, 2014 only.

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

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The New Release today is Undiscovered

Help the crew of a shipwrecked transatlantic ocean liner. They're lost on a mysterious island chain, and only you can find their way home in this hidden-object, adventure, building, and matching game. Build your camp, explore the islands, collect resources, meet natives, and contend with local wildlife. Explore an active volcano, and use science, and island magic to find a way home. Solve puzzles to discover the meaning of ancient artifacts.

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

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The current Catch of the Week is Abyss: The Wraiths of Eden

Find your missing fiancé in the deepest parts of the ocean! Discover and investigate a forgotten underwater city that hides many spine-chilling secrets and supernatural forces which still lurk in every corner of this mysterious world. Face an ancient evil that is hiding in the deepest chambers of the once idyllic city of Eden. Hold your breath and dive into this breathtaking underwater Hidden Object adventure!

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, February 02, 2014.

Review: Going Dark by James W. Hall

A Mysterious Review of Going Dark by James W. Hall. A Thorn Mystery.

Review summary: The premise of this novel is as suspenseful as it is frightening. The characters are drawn with an intensity that makes their actions all the more believable. The storyline tends to wander in places and not be quite as focused as it could be, but overall, a solid, exciting thriller. (Click here for text of full review.)

Our rating:

Going Dark
James W. Hall
A Thorn Mystery
Minotaur Books (December 2013)

Publisher synopsis: Earth Liberation Front, known as ELF, is a loosely knit organization comprised of environmental activists scattered around the country. These extremists take a "by any means necessary" approach to defending the planet. In the last decade ELF has been responsible for close to a hundred million dollars in damage mainly through arson. The FBI ranks them, along with other eco-radicals, as the number one homegrown terrorist threat.

Flynn Moss, Thorn's newly discovered son, has naively fallen in with an ELF cell in Miami which has its sights on Turkey Point, the largest nuclear power plant in the state. This ELF group has concocted a non-violent plan to shut the nuke plant down — nothing more than a huge publicity stunt to call attention to the dangers of nuclear power. But unbeknownst to some in the group, there are other members with a far more violent scheme in mind — to cause a radioactive catastrophe rivaling Chernobyl or Fukushima.

With a growing sense of dread about the group's true intentions, Flynn summons Thorn to help him escape from Prince Key, the remote island off the shores of Miami where the ELF group is camped. Unable to refuse this son he barely knows, Thorn heads off to Prince Key and quickly reaches a frightening realization. There is only one way to save his son's life. He must join with the eco-terrorists and help them complete their deadly mission.

      

Galveston, A Crime Thriller by Nic Pizzolatto, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Galveston by Nic Pizzolatto, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Scribner.

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 (01/28/2014 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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Galveston by Nic Pizzolatto
A Crime Thriller
Publisher: Scribner

From the creator, writer, and executive producer of the HBO crime series True Detective, comes a dark and visceral literary debut set along the seedy wastelands of Galveston.

On the same day that Roy Cady is diagnosed with a terminal illness, he senses that his boss, a dangerous loan-sharking bar-owner, wants him dead. Known "without affection" to members of the boss's crew as "Big Country" on account of his long hair, beard, and cowboy boots, Roy is alert to the possibility that a routine assignment could be a deathtrap. Which it is. Yet what the would-be killers do to Roy Cady is not the same as what he does to them, which is to say that after a smoking spasm of violence, they are mostly dead and he is mostly alive.

Before Roy makes his getaway, he realizes there are two women in the apartment, one of them still breathing, and he sees something in her frightened, defiant eyes that causes a fateful decision. He takes her with him as he goes on the run from New Orleans to Galveston, Texas — an action as ill-advised as it is inescapable. The girl's name is Rocky, and she is too young, too tough, too sexy — and far too much trouble. Roy, Rocky, and her sister hide in the battered seascape of Galveston's country-western bars and fleabag hotels, a world of treacherous drifters, pickup trucks, and ashed-out hopes. Any chance that they will find safety there is soon lost. Rocky is a girl with quite a story to tell, one that will pursue and damage Roy for a very long time to come.

        

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New from Carina Press: First To Burn by Anna Richland

Carina Press is a digital-first imprint from Harlequin, publishing books in an interesting and diverse selection of genres including contemporary romance, steampunk, gay/lesbian fiction, science-fiction, fantasy, and — but of course — mystery and suspense.

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First To Burn by Anna Richland
The Immortal Vikings Series
Publisher: Carina Press
Publication Date: January 27, 2014
Price: $3.99 (as of 01/28/14 04:30 PM ET)

A soldier with secrets … A doctor with questions … An enemy with nothing to lose …

Immortal Viking Wulf Wardsen once battled alongside Beowulf, and now serves in Afghanistan. He trusts the mortal men on his elite special operations team to protect his secret, until an explosion lands him in a place more dangerous to him than a battlefield: a medevac helicopter.

Army captain Theresa Chiesa follows the rules and expects the same from others, even special forces hotshots like Sergeant Wardsen. She's determined to discover the secret behind his supernaturally fast healing, and she won't allow his sexy smile to distract her.

Even as Theresa's investigation threatens to expose him, Wulf is stirred by her passion. Dreaming of love and a normal life, he wants nothing more than to build a future with her. But the lost Viking relic needed to reverse his immortality is being hunted by another — an ancient enemy who won't hesitate to hurt Theresa to strike back at Wulf.

        

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Fatally Flaky, A Goldy Shulz Mystery by Diane Mott Davidson, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Fatally Flaky by Diane Mott Davidson, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, HarperCollins.

The ebook format of this title was priced at $3.99 from the listed vendors (below) as of the date and time of this post (01/28/2014 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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Fatally Flaky by Diane Mott Davidson
A Goldy Shulz Mystery (15th in series)
Publisher: HarperCollins

Cynics say getting married is a death wish …

It's been a long, rainy summer for Goldy Schulz, who is engaged in planning wedding receptions for what seems to be all of Aspen Meadow. It's bad enough that Billie Attenborough, the bride from hell, has changed her menu six times and the event date twice. Now she wants to move the location to the Gold Gulch Spa just a scant two days before tying the knot to her doctor fiancé.

Then Doc Finn, beloved local physician and the best friend of Goldy's godfather, Jack, is killed when his car tumbles into a ravine. At least that's what appears to have happened. But Jack thinks Doc was murdered because of the research he was doing at the spa — allegations that are confirmed when Jack himself is attacked.

So Goldy dons chef's whites and goes undercover at the spa, where coffee is outlawed in favor of calming smoothies, and the fruit cocktail doesn't include fresh fruit. Add in the obstreperous owner, who years ago tried to sabotage Goldy's fledgling business, and she's got her hands full.

Above all, there seems to be a clever killer on the spa grounds, watching her every move. After what befell Jack, Goldy knows that she might be next. Catering weddings, and cooking low-fat food, could be killing her — literally.

        

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A New The 39 Clues Unstoppable Adventure: Breakaway by Jeff Hirsch

We are pleased to present you with one of this month's new First Clues: Mysteries for Kids books: Breakaway by Jeff Hirsch, a The 39 Clues Unstoppable Adventure.

For more information about the book, which is recommended for readers aged 10 to 12, see a synopsis, below.

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Breakaway by Jeff Hirsch
Series: The 39 Clues Unstoppable
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Format(s): Hardcover, eBook

A nightmare come true …

As a member of the most powerful family history has ever known, thirteen-year-old Dan Cahill has been shot at, kidnapped, and even thrown into a pit with a deadly snake. He's survived it all due to luck, smarts, and his older sister, Amy, who always sticks by his side.

Now Dan and Amy are facing their greatest threat yet, an enemy who has found a way to use the source of the Cahill family power against them. To stop him, Dan and Amy must set out on a desperate mission that will take them from one of the world's hottest regions all the way to the frozen blast of the Arctic Circle. But with the enemy closing in, Dan finds himself facing the one terror he never imagined — being betrayed by his own sister.

        

The Sugar House, A Tess Monaghan Mystery by Laura Lippman, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Sugar House by Laura Lippman, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, William Morrow.

The ebook format of this title was priced at $3.99 from the listed vendors (below) as of the date and time of this post (01/28/2014 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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The Sugar House by Laura Lippman
A Tess Monaghan Mystery (5th in series)
Publisher: William Morrow

Winner of the 2001 Nero Award.

A client named Ruthie — who seems to know Tess's father a little too well — asks the newspaperwoman-turned-PI to investigate a year-old "Jane Doe" murder and its grim aftermath. Ruthie's low-life brother, Henry, confessed to killing a teenager runaway over a bottle of glue — and, a month into his prison term, he met the same fate as his victim.

Following a precious few tantalizing clues, Tess sets off on a path that is leading her from Baltimore's exclusive Inner Harbor to the city's seediest neighborhoods. But it's the shocking discovery of the runaway's true identity that turns her hunt deadly.

Suddenly a supposedly solved murder case is turning up newer, fresher corpses and newer, scarier versions of the Sugar House — places that look sweet and safe … but only from the outside.

        

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