A New MystereBook: SoWest: Crime Time, an Anthology of Crime Stories

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 April 2014 priced $4.99 or less …

SoWest: Crime Time is an anthology of stories written by members of the Desert Sleuths Chapter of Sisters in Crime.

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SoWest: Crime Time
A Crime Story Anthology
Publisher: DS Publishing
Publication Date: April 21, 2014
Price: $3.99 (as of 04/23/14 2:00 PM ET)

Ever been in the wrong place, at the wrong time? Feel safe where you are now? In this volume from the Sisters in Crime Desert Sleuths Chapter, 20 authors show why you need to keep your guard up.

Be ready to react. In the desert, in the mountains, in the Valley towns of Arizona, when you least expect it …

It's Crime Time.

  

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King City, A Tom Wade Thriller by Lee Goldberg, at a Special Price during April 2014

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 King City by Lee Goldberg. This Kindle book was listed at $1.99 as of the date and time of this post, Wednesday, April 23, 2014 at 1:30 PM ET, and should be available at this price through the end of the month.

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King City by Lee Goldberg
A Tom Wade Thriller (1st in series)
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer

Major Crimes Unit detective Tom Wade secretly worked with the Feds to nail seven of his fellow cops for corruption … turning him into a pariah in the police department. So he's exiled to patrol a beat in King City's deadliest neighborhood … with no back-up, no resources, and no hope of survival.

Now Wade fights to tame the lawless, poverty-stricken wasteland … while investigating a string of brutal murders of young women. It's a case that takes him from the squalor of the inner-city to the manicured enclaves of the privileged, revealing the sordid and deadly ways the two worlds are intertwined … making his enemies even more determined to crush him.

But for Tom Wade, backing down is never an option … even if it will cost him his life.

  

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Come Monday, A Jake Sullivan Novel by Chip Bell, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Come Monday by Chip Bell, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Word Association.

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 (04/23/2014 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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Come Monday by Chip Bell
A Jake Sullivan Novel (3rd in series)
Publisher: Word Association

Trouble in Margaritaville …

When Jake Sullivan takes on a high profile case, he naturally anticipates both a moral and a professional victory. But when his drinking and obsession with the horrific nature of the crimes involved cloud his judgement, the case is thrown out of court and a cold-blooded killer goes free.

Shattered and mired in self-pity, Jake withdraws from his family and takes off for Key West where he builds a small practice fighting marine insurance companies. One night, still haunted by his failures, Jake stumbles upon a covert meeting between Attorney General Benjamin Matthews, the man who fired him, and the serial killer he let go free.

What follows is Jake’s fight for redemption and his life as he unravels a Machiavellian plot that leads from Key West to the White House.

  

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A New MystereBook: One Too Many Blows to the Head by JB Kohl and Eric Beetner

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 April 2014 priced $4.99 or less …

One Too Many Blows to the Head by JB Kohl and Eric Beetner was first published in 2010 and is now available in ebook format. In our review of the book, we said, "One Too Many Blows To the Head is quite remarkable in how it takes a relatively simple story and develops an intricate, compelling tale of two men on a mission to identify who killed Rex Ward … but also on a search for their own identities."

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One Too Many Blows to the Head by JB Kohl and Eric Beetner
A Ray Ward and Dean Fokoli Mystery
Publisher: Second Wind Publishing
Publication Date: April 22, 2014
Price: $0.99 (as of 04/23/14 12:30 PM ET)

Kansas City, 1939. In a world of fixed fights and mob influence, Ray Ward and his brother Rex are two of the only clean fighters in town. With Ray in the corner and Rex in the ring they are headed for the big time. Until that fateful night. Now Ray has a score to settle using a lifetime of lessons in how to fight back.

Dean Fokoli is a detective with a new partner, an alcoholic wife and a guilty conscience. At least the boxer on the radio who just got beat to a pulp won't end up in his homicide file. But when the dregs of the crooked fight world start turning up dead, Fokoli is on the hunt for a killer. The chase will take him to the underbelly of the Kansas City night and hopefully keep him one step ahead of his past.

  

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Winners of the 2013 RT Reviewers' Choice Awards Announced

In news we completely missed from about a week ago, RT Book Reviews announced the winners of the 2013 RT Reviewers' Choice Awards in many categories, including several in mystery/suspense/thriller.

The winners are:

• Amateur Sleuth: Bled & Breakfest by Michelle Rowen (Obsidian)

• Contemporary Mystery: Lost by S. J. Bolton (Minotaur Books)

• First Mystery: How To Be a Good Wife by Emma Chapman (St. Martin's Press)

• Historical Mystery: The Chalice by Nancy Bilyeau (Touchstone)

• Suspense / Thriller: The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes (Mulholland Books)

• Inspirational Mystery / Suspense / Thriller: Fear Has a Name by Creston Mapes (David C. Cook)

• Romantic Suspense: Law Man by Kristen Ashley (Forever)

• Paranormal Romantic Suspense: Sleep with the Lights On by Maggie Shayne (Mira Books)

• Harlequin Romantic Suspense: Beyond Valor by Lindsay McKenna (Harlequin)

• Love Inspired Suspense: Thread of Suspicion by Susan Sleeman (Harlequin)

In addition, Lee Child and Suzanne Brockmann were honored with a Career Achievement Award for their entire body of work throughout their career.