Let Us Prey by Jamie Lee Scott is Today's Fifth Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Let Us Prey by Jamie Lee Scott as today's fifth free mystery ebook (A Gotcha Detective Agency Mystery; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, February 27, 2014 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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Let Us Prey
Jamie Lee Scott
A Gotcha Detective Agency Mystery
Publisher: Jamie Lee Scott

Mimi Capurro, owner of Gotcha Detective Agency, has been hired to protect New York Times bestselling author, Lauren Silke, who was recently assaulted in the bathroom at a paranormal conference. Though Mimi is hired to act as bodyguard for Lauren's upcoming book tour, plans change when Lauren's assistant is murdered and the slaying is a replica of a scene from Lauren's newest novel. A novel that hit bookstores the same day as the killing.

Now instead of playing bodyguard, Mimi is cracking computer code, and chasing down vampires. These vampires come alive on the streets of Santa Cruz, as part of a live-role-playing game. Mimi must find the connection between the vampires and the author to track down the killer.

This would be much easier if Detective Nick Christianson wanted her investigating the case. Nick, Mimi's old college fling, is the lead homicide investigator. Though he wants her off the case, he also wants to pump her for information. Nick may have used her in the past, but this time she'll use him to try to catch the murderer first.

  

This is a repeat freebie, last featured on this site on November 15, 2012.

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The Jack Hammer by Derek Ciccone is Today's Fourth Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Jack Hammer by Derek Ciccone 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, February 27, 2014 at 7:15 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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The Jack Hammer
Derek Ciccone
A Suspense Thriller
Publisher: Derek Ciccone

It was the height of the Cold War and America was in need of a distraction. And it came in the form of Jack Myles, who burst on the scene hitting home runs with such repetitive force that he became known as the Jack Hammer.

27 years after Myles' tragic death, Anna Stepania walks into the office of PI Tim O'Connell, and makes the crazy claim that Jack Myles is her father … and that he's still alive. A search takes them from New York to Russia to Sedona, Arizona, all leading to a deadly showdown between the Jack Hammer and the family he left behind.

  

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Killer Cupcakes by Leighann Dobbs is Today's Third Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Killer Cupcakes by Leighann Dobbs as today's third free mystery ebook (A Lexy Baker Bakery Mystery; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, February 27, 2014 at 7:00 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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Killer Cupcakes
Leighann Dobbs
A Lexy Baker Bakery Mystery
Publisher: Leighann Dobbs

Things are going great for Lexy Baker. She's finally opened her dream bakery, gotten rid of her cheating boyfriend and settled into her grandmothers house with her perky dog Sprinkles at her side.

But her blissful life doesn't last long. When her ex boyfriend is found poisoned with cupcakes from her bakery, Lexy finds herself in the middle of a murder investigation headed up by her hunky neighbor detective Jack Perillo.

With the help of a gang of iPad toting, would-be detective grandmothers, Lexy decides to take it upon herself to find the real murderer in order to clear her name and get her bakery back in business.

As things heat up on the murder trail, in the kitchen and between Lexy and the hunky detective, it's a race against time to put the real murderer behind bars and get back to baking.

Will Lexy get her man?

  

This is a repeat freebie, last featured on this site on November 14, 2012.

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The Enemy We Know by Donna White Glaser is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Enemy We Know by Donna White Glaser as today's second free mystery ebook (A Letty Whittaker, 12 Step Mystery; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, February 27, 2014 at 6:45 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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The Enemy We Know
Donna White Glaser
A Letty Whittaker, 12 Step Mystery
Publisher: DanDon Books

Psychotherapist Letty Whittaker, a professional secret keeper, has a secret of her own. When one of her clients slips free from an abusive boyfriend, Letty becomes the target of his violent rage. Wayne invades Letty's life, slithering his way past the barriers erected between her personal and professional lives, leaving gifts of dead rats, mutilated dolls, and freaky Shakespearian sonnets. Worst of all, Wayne uncovers Letty's deepest shame, infiltrating her AA group and threatening to expose her to the state licensing board.

And then — good news — Wayne is murdered. The bad news? The police suspect Letty. Worse yet, the sonnets and bloody souvenirs keep coming. Someone else has been watching Letty. Someone eager to drop bodies at her feet like a cat offering dead mole trophies to his mistress.

Someone willing to kill again.

  

This is a repeat freebie, last featured on this site on December 13, 2012.

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The Lady Who Cried Murder by Lauren Carr is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Lady Who Cried Murder by Lauren Carr as today's free mystery ebook (A Mac Faraday Mystery; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, February 27, 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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The Lady Who Cried Murder
Lauren Carr
A Mac Faraday Mystery
Publisher: Acorn Book Services

Fame comes at a price. Some pay with their privacy. Others pay with their pride. Khloe Everest paid with her life.

Determined to get her pretty face in front of the cameras, Khloe Everest fakes an abduction only to make a grand entrance in the midst of a press conference held by Spencer's Police Chief David O'Callaghan.

Three years later, after failing to catapult her notoriety into a long-lasting celebrity, Khloe Everest returns to Spencer upon her mother's sudden death and seemingly finds another weapon to propel herself into the spotlight. Unfortunately, someone kills her before she can make this entrance.

Mac and his friends come up against reality stars, politicians, has-beens, and wannabes. Mac also finds himself face-to-face with an old foe from his past who had managed to escape arrest during their last encounter. Now, Mac sees that his adversary has only become more powerful, and dangerous, with the passage of time.

Intent to not let this killer escape again, Mac and his friends need to put all of their talents together to put a stop to a cold blooded lady killer.

  

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The Sound of Broken Glass by Deborah Crombie is Today's Kindle Daily Deal

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Sound of Broken Glass by Deborah Crombie as today's Kindle Daily Deal.

The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Thursday, February 27, 2014.

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The Sound of Broken Glass
Deborah Crombie
A Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James Mystery
William Morrow

In the past … On a blisteringly hot August afternoon in Crystal Palace, once home to the tragically destroyed Great Exhibition, a solitary 13-year-old boy meets his next-door neighbor, a recently widowed young teacher hoping to make a new start in the tight-knit South London community. Drawn together by loneliness, the unlikely pair forms a deep connection that ends in a shattering act of betrayal.

In the present … On a cold January morning in London, Detective Inspector Gemma James is back on the job now that her husband, Detective Superintendent Duncan Kincaid, is at home to care for their three-year-old foster daughter. Assigned to lead a murder-investigation team in South London, she's assisted by her trusted colleague, newly promoted Detective Sergeant Melody Talbot. Their first case: a crime scene at a seedy hotel in Crystal Palace. The victim: a well-respected barrister, found naked, trussed, and apparently strangled. Is it an unsavory accident or murder? In either case, he was not alone, and Gemma's team must find his companion — a search that takes them into unexpected corners and forces them to contemplate unsettling truths about the weaknesses and passions that lead to murder. Ultimately, they will begin to question everything they think they know about their world and those they trust most.

  

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Today's Mystery and Suspense Update from Big Fish Games (140227)

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

• Our Featured Title is Profiler: The Hopscotch Killer.

• The current Catch of the Week is Zodiac Prophecies: The Serpent Bearer, just $2.99 through Sunday, March 02, 2014 only.

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

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Our Featured Title today is Profiler: The Hopscotch Killer

Take the role of Miss Black, a whip-smart policewoman who's out to make a name for herself. With the help of a grizzled veteran detective, you must find the clues that lead to the guilty parties in several horrific murders. Use your Hidden Object skills to catch the crook and climb the ranks! Bring the terrifying killer to justice!

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 Zodiac Prophecies: The Serpent Bearer

Born under the rare 13th zodiac sign, Ophiuchus, Amy had no idea she was destined to save a magical world. Having already trapped children of the other 12 zodiac signs, the Dark Lord now has his sights on conquering our world as well. Amy must gather her courage to free the children's souls and finally bring the Dark Lord's tyranny to an end.

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, March 02, 2014.

Crime Czar, A Tubby Dubonnet Legal Thriller by Tony Dunbar, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Crime Czar by Tony Dunbar, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, booksBnimble.

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 (02/26/2014 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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Crime Czar by Tony Dunbar
A Tubby Dubonnet Legal Thriller (5th in series)
Publisher: booksBnimble

A New Orleans lawyer who'd rather eat, drink, and swap stories than get caught in court, Tubby Dubonnet can't forget the last words that escaped an old friend's lips, and he can't get out of the way of a political campaign that's turning rough. Obsessed with the idea that a shadowy crime boss may be pulling the strings that have cost good people their lives, Tubby is entering into a test of courage with the most violent men in New Orleans.

And if that weren't dangerous enough, he's just picked up the worst ally he could ever find: a beautiful prostitute gunning for revenge.

  

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A New MystereBook: Death by Accident by Bill Crider

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 February 2014 priced $4.99 or less …

Bill Crider continues reissuing his older mysteries as ebooks with Death by Accident, the 9th mystery in this series, first published in hardcover by St. Martin's Press in 1998.

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Death by Accident by Bill Crider
A Dan Rhodes Mystery
Publisher: Crossroad Press
Publication Date: February 24, 2014
Price: $3.99 (as of 02/26/14 06:00 PM ET)

Texas Sheriff Dan Rhodes' cases usually concern the bad boys of rural Blacklin County, or the slightly wacky citizens who are causing trouble that tends to be funny rather than criminal. But although at first the dead man floating in the old swimming pool at the edge of town seems to have been an accident victim — a staggering drunk tumbling into the water — Rhodes and his small but colorful staff soon uncover murder.

It's the second strange death in two weeks (the other was that of John West, killed when he blew up carrying a gasoline can across a field). But where was the Cherokee wagon John was carrying the gas to? And why is his widow so jaunty?

West was a solid citizen; Pep Yeldell, the swimming pool decedent, was a man with many enemies. In his quiet way, Rhodes goes about looking for a connection and a killer — a quest that takes Rhodes, no athlete now in spite of his wife's efforts to keep him on a diet of little meat and lots of greens, up a tree and puts him at the mercy of a vicious killer.

  

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Review: The Missing Marlin by David A. Kelly

A Mysterious Review of The Missing Marlin by David A. Kelly. The Ballpark Mysteries.

Review summary: With its solid storyline, a cast of engaging characters, and a trip outside the Miami Marlins' stadium to a reserve for animals rescued from poachers and smugglers, which ties cleverly into the main mystery at the ballpark, this is one of the better books in this entertaining series for kids. (Click here for text of full review.)

Our rating:

The Missing Marlin
David A. Kelly
The Ballpark Mysteries
Random House (February 2014)

Publisher synopsis: Mike and Kate are in Miami visiting Kate's Uncle Oliver — and the Miami Marlins ballpark, of course! Uncle Oliver is in charge of keeping the new fish tanks at the ballpark fully stocked, but strange things keep happening. Kate swears she saw an endangered sea turtle in one of the tanks. Then some of Uncle Oliver's rare fish go missing, including his favorite, Marlin.

Something fishy is going on in Miami!

        

In a Dry Season, An Alan Banks Mystery by Peter Robinson, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature In a Dry Season by Peter Robinson, 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 (02/26/2014 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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In a Dry Season by Peter Robinson
An Alan Banks Mystery (10th in series)
Publisher: HarperCollins

Winner of the 2000 Anthony Award for Best Novel.

In the blistering, dry summer, the waters of Thornfield Reservior have been depleted, revealing the ruins of the small Yorkshire village that lay at its bottom, bringing with it the unidentified bones of a brutally murdered young woman.

Detective Chief Inspector Banks faces a daunting challenge: he must unmask a killer who has escaped detection for half a century. Because the dark secret of Hobb's End continue to haunt the dedicated policeman even though the town that bred then has died — and long after its former residents have been scattered to far places … or themselves to the grave.

        

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A New MystereBook: Ladies of the Garden Club by Gloria Alden

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 February 2014 priced $4.99 or less …

Ladies of the Garden Club by Gloria Alden is the third mystery to feature part-time botanist and amateur sleuth Catherine Jewell, owner of Roses in Thyme nursery.

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Ladies of the Garden Club by Gloria Alden
A Catherine Jewell Mystery
Publisher: Willow Knoll Publishing
Publication Date: February 24, 2014
Price: $3.99 (as of 02/26/14 04:30 PM ET)

Small town Portage Falls is the idyllic place for an event on the town Green, but when an elderly member of the garden club shows up dead in Catherine Jewell's greenhouse, she falls under suspicion since she's an authority on poisonous plants.

As more tragedies plague members of the garden club, Catherine and others begin to suspect that somebody has it in for them.

  

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Touch & Go, A Novel of Suspense by Lisa Gardner, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Touch & Go by Lisa Gardner, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Signet.

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 (02/26/2014 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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Touch & Go by Lisa Gardner
A Novel of Suspense
Publisher: Signet

Ten minutes after walking the elite Back Bay townhouse and investigator Tessa Leoni already doesn't like what she sees. Signs of an abduction. Clearly the work of professionals. At best, the entire family has been kidnapped. At worst …

The more Tessa learns about the Denbe family, the less she likes their chances. What might have looked like the perfect existence — a powerful CEO, his adoring wife, their angelic child — is not what it appears. Husband, wife, daughter — magazine perfect, but each hiding dark secrets …

Tessa knows more than she'd like to about families riddled with lies. What she doesn't know is where the Denbes are and if any of them are still breathing. She'll have to climb over unbending feds and territorial local cops to find out, and if she's not fast, the Denbes' chances of survival will quickly become little more than …touch and go.

      

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The Ballad of Mila by Matteo Strukul, a New 1st in Series Mystery Introducing Mila Zago

We are pleased to present you with one of this month's new 1st in Series mysteries: The Ballad of Mila by Matteo Strukul and introducing Mila Zago.

What we know about the character: Mila Zago, aka Red Dread, is a bounty hunter in Italy.

For more information about her first case, see a synopsis of the book, below.

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The Ballad of Mila by Matteo Strukul
Series: A Mila Zago Mystery
Publisher: Exhibit A
Format(s): Mass Market Paperback, eBook

Two perfectly matched gangs are fighting for control of the North-East Italian region of Venetia. But a formidable young woman with vengeance on her mind has plans to upset the balance.

Abandoned by her mother and violated by a gang of criminals just after they slaughtered her father, Mila Zago is a cold-blooded killer, a deadly assassin. Brought up by her grandfather on the Sette Comuni plateau under a rigid martial code, she returns home to seek her revenge.