Dying To Meet You by Patricia Scott is Today's Sixth Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Dying To Meet You by Patricia Scott as today's sixth free mystery ebook (A Mel Goring Mystery; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, April 30, 2014 at 7:45 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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Dying To Meet You
Patricia Scott
A Mel Goring Mystery
Publisher: Endeavour Press

A woman's body is found on the seashore near the Harling Pier. Detective Superintendent Viviane Peterson, the new face in at the police station, is put on the case. She soon realises that the young woman was a fellow police office — Linda Handley — and that she was strangled by the Cancer star sign pendant hanging around her neck. Linda's best friend, Mel Goring, is an investigative journalist for the local paper. And she is determined to get to the bottom of the case.

When another young woman is found murdered in the same way, wearing a similar necklace, the case turns deadly serious. Is the killer targeting his victims based on their star signs?

As Mel gets closer to DI Nick Trask — a colleague of DS Peterson — she finds herself becoming more and more involved in the case. Can Mel step back and let the police team solve the murders? Or will she risk her life in a desperate attempt to unmask the killer?

  

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Manhunt by James Barrington is Today's Fifth Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Manhunt by James Barrington as today's fifth free mystery ebook (An Agent Paul Richter Thriller; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, April 30, 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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Manhunt
James Barrington
An Agent Paul Richter Thriller
Publisher: Endeavour Press

There's a mole in the British secret service. A senior SIS officer is passing secrets to the Russians. With the security of Britain's most secret computer system as stake, the intelligence agencies are racing against time to root out the traitor. But conventional detective work is too slow. An alternative strategy has to be formulated and a deception operation is set in motion to flush out the mole. Paul Richter, an unemployed ex-Naval aviator, is the unwitting and ultimately expendable bait in the trap.

But as the net closes around the traitor in France, a female Russian intelligence officer flees Moscow, seeking asylum from her British counterparts. The evidence she brings points the finger of suspicion in a very different direction. Richter soon finds himself battling against both the British security establishment and trained teams of Russian assassins with orders to kill both him and the woman he's trying to protect.

With time running out and nobody above suspicion in the "wilderness of mirrors" that is the world of intelligence, can Richter get the most sought after asset in the spy world back to England in one piece? Or will the manhunt end in his own death?

  

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False Ransom by Ivan Infante is Today's Fourth Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature False Ransom by Ivan Infante as today's fourth free mystery ebook (A Mike Chance Thriller; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, April 30, 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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False Ransom
Ivan Infante
A Mike Chance Thriller
Publisher: Ivan Infante

A gritty period noir set in 1938 that follows a fugitive conman as he becomes involved in the kidnapping of a mob boss's daughter and ensnared in the Los Angeles underworld.

  

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Hairspray and Homicide by Cindy Bell is Today's Third Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Hairspray and Homicide by Cindy Bell as today's third free mystery ebook (A Bekki the Beautician Cozy Mystery; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, April 30, 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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Hairspray and Homicide
Cindy Bell
A Bekki the Beautician Cozy Mystery
Publisher: Cindy Bell

When Bekki catches her cheating boyfriend in the act she decides to return to her home town to repair her broken heart. The quiet town of Harroway where nothing much happens.

Her mother is retiring and she is going to run her family's hair and beauty salon. But, when the owner of the rival salon, Daisy, is found murdered after Bekki threatened her, Bekki becomes the prime suspect. She must do whatever she can to clear her name and find the real murderer.

Wanting a break from men in general, after being burned by her ex, the last thing Bekki expects is to run into her old flame, Detective Nick Malonie. While sexy, handsome Detective Nick is trying to do his job and prevent her from doing it for him she is finding it very hard to avoid him.

Will Bekki be able to resist her feelings for Nick and find the real killer?

  

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A Good Man Gone by A. W. Hartoin is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature A Good Man Gone by A. W. Hartoin as today's second free mystery ebook (A Mercy Watts Mystery; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, April 30, 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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A Good Man Gone
A. W. Hartoin
A Mercy Watts Mystery
Publisher: A. W. Hartoin

It's summer in St. Louis and Mercy Watts is on vacation from her parents. The great detective and his nosy wife are on a cruise and Mercy thinks she's off the hook for doing any investigating for them. But when a family friend has a fatal heart attack, Dad has one of his famous feelings and orders Mercy to look into it.

Mercy tries not to get sucked in. She really does, but she's her father's daughter. Soon Gavin's death leads to a more grisly one, the death of a bride on her wedding day. Can the two be connected? Was Gavin murdered? Now Mercy can't stop. You do for family. That's all there is to it.

  

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Contents Under Pressure by Edna Buchanan is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Contents Under Pressure by Edna Buchanan as today's free mystery ebook (A Britt Montero Mystery; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, April 30, 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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Contents Under Pressure
Edna Buchanan
A Britt Montero Mystery
Publisher: Diversion Books

Meet Britt Montero, a crime reporter for a major Miami newspaper. She practically sleeps with a police scanner by her bedside. She's smart — and reckless — enough to pursue a story no matter where it takes her.

When a high-speed police chase leads to the death of a black football hero, Britt discovers that what seems like a cut-and-dry case is actually an intricate web of racially charged violence. As the city she loves explodes into a major riot, Britt is caught-up in life-threatening events that bring the case to its shocking twist.

  

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Today's Mystery and Suspense Update from Big Fish Games (140430)

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

• Our Featured Title is Film Fatale: Lights, Camera, Madness!.

• The Daily Deal is Northmark: Hour of the Wolf, just $2.99 today only!

• The current Catch of the Week is Mysteries of the Mind: Coma, just $2.99 through Sunday, May 04, 2014 only.

• Today's Special Deal — Today only: All Standard and Collector's Edition Games are Half Off! Use coupon code TICK to get any Collector's Edition game for just $9.99; use coupon code TOCK to get any Standard game for just $4.99. Offer valid April 30th, 2014 only until 11:59 PM PT.

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

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Our Featured Title today is Film Fatale: Lights, Camera, Madness!

Rita Ray, your mother and world famous film star, has disappeared and you need to find her before it's too late! Travel to the island of former film director M. W. Vernon, and explore your mother's last known whereabouts. Beware the various traps that await you on the amazing movie sets, search for clues in incredible locations, and find Rita Ray!

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

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Today's Daily Deal is Northmark: Hour of the Wolf

Experience the thrills of adventure in this card-based RPG. Choose to become a mighty warrior, cunning mage or powerful druid as you fight for glory and survival in arena combat. Explore every corner of the kingdom from fiery deserts to deep forests and cold mountain peaks and journey to the kingdoms of the elves and dwarves. Danger waits at every turn as you investigate the chilling mystery that threatens your homeland. Can you defeat assassins, thieves and hideous monsters?

A sample version is available to download and play for free for one hour. You can purchase this game today only — Wednesday, April 30, 2014 — for $2.99.

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The current Catch of the Week is Mysteries of the Mind: Coma

Everyone deserves a second chance. You've been in an accident and are fighting your way out of a coma. Inside your mind, you must explore your deepest memories in order to right the past and set yourself free. First you'll go back to visit your mother, with whom you were estranged before she died. Now's your chance to uncover the mystery of your rift and show her what she meant to you. Explore nostalgic locations and meet other people from your past in this moving, dramatic hidden-object puzzle adventure game. There's also a guiding spirit whose true identity is yours to uncover. What happened all those years ago when your family was changed forever? The thing that really keeps you trapped might surprise you.

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, May 04, 2014.

Also available for this game:

• Get the Strategy Guide.
• Check out the Blog Walkthrough.
• For a more in-depth experience, see the Collector's Edition.

A New MystereBook: Til Death Do Us Part by Jenna Harte

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 …

Til Death Do Us Part by Jenna Harte is the fourth entry in this series of Valentine mysteries featuring Tess Madison Valentine, a chocolate and French lingerie connoisseur, and Jack Valentine, her handsome love interest.

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Til Death Do Us Part by Jenna Harte
A Valentine Mystery
Publisher: Moxie Vie
Publication Date: April 28, 2014
Price: $2.99 (as of 04/29/14 6:00 PM ET)

Tess and Jack are living in wedded bliss, until Jack's childhood friend, famous actress Ava Dumont shows up in town to film a movie. Years ago, fans of her popular TV courtroom drama, speculated on whether or not Ava and her handsome co-star, Reece Wilder's off-screen chemistry was as hot as it was on screen. The question was seemingly answered when Reece married Ava's nemesis, D-List actress, Amya Grosse. Now estranged and seeking a divorce, Reece has pushed to do a movie with a reluctant Ava.

But, their highly anticipated on and off screen-reunion is ruined when Amya turns up dead in Reece's hotel room. Jack's loyalty and Tess' curiosity put them in the middle of a murder in which everyone they meet had a reason to want to Amya dead. Will they be able to discover the murderer or will "till death do us part" come much sooner than they'd dreamed?

  

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A New MystereBook: Quinn Gets the Blues by L. H. Thomson

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 …

Quinn Gets the Blues by L. H. Thomson is the fifth case for Philadelphia PI Liam Quinn.

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Quinn Gets the Blues by L. H. Thomson
A Liam Quinn Mystery
Publisher: J. I. Loome
Publication Date: April 28, 2014
Price: $2.99 (as of 04/29/14 5:30 PM ET)

Once upon a time, the great Lonny Walters was really somebody, a king of the electric blues guitar. Now, he's lying face down in the mud behind a New Jersey dive bar with two bullets in the back of his head. Quinn's friend Clinton needs answers, but the list of Lonny's enemies just keeps growing.

There's a dirty cop making his life difficult, and a whole bunch of good ones doing the same; there's a crazy ex-wife, a former Harmonica-playing partner, and a manager who may not be telling all he knows.

Can everyone's favorite Philly detective keep a good man out of jail?

  

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Deadly Diamonds, A Michael Knight and Lex Devlin Mystery by John F. Dobbyn: Amazon's The Big Deal Promotion

Every so often Amazon releases a new selection of Kindle books priced up to 85% off as part of The Big Deal Promotion.

Today's featured mystery, suspense, or thriller title is Deadly Diamonds by John F. Dobbyn. This Kindle book was listed at $1.99 as of the date and time of this post, Tuesday, April 29, 2014 at 4:30 PM ET, and should be available at this price through Sunday, May 11, 2014.

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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Deadly Diamonds by John F. Dobbyn
A Michael Knight and Lex Devlin Mystery (4th in series)
Publisher: Oceanview Publishing

What do Boston, Dublin, and Sierra Leone have in common? The movement of "blood diamonds" at enormous profit but grave human expense: mafia killings in Boston and Ireland and child enslavement and murder in Sierra Leone. And who is ensnared in the middle of all of this - Michael Knight and Lex Devlin. Can they stop the enormously profitable trade of these tainted jewels?

They must come between the Italian mafia in North Boston and the Irish mafia in South Boston including some remnants of the IRA in Ireland. They must also pit themselves against the enslaved and deadly child-army in Sierra Leone, who smuggle these diamonds into the mainstream for cash to buy weapons and drugs. At great personal risk, Knight and Devlin struggle to find a solution that satisfies this disparate combination of characters and, hopefully, dampens the diamond flow.

  

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A New MystereBook: Short Change by Patricia Smiley

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 …

Short Change by Patricia Smiley is the third mystery in this series featuring Los Angeles-based business consultant Tucker Sinclair. It was originally published in hardcover by NAL in 2007. This is its first appearance as an ebook.

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Short Change by Patricia Smiley
A Tucker Sinclair Mystery
Publisher: Patricia Smiley
Publication Date: April 27, 2014
Price: $2.99 (as of 04/29/14 4:00 PM ET)

Tucker is a free woman. She's finally escaped from the oppressively corporate Aames & Associates and now runs her own business consulting firm. But with freedom comes unpredictability. What was supposed to be a short stint helping private investigator Charley Tate get his practice established turns into a full-time job. Charley pushes her to go beyond the call of duty — to try to save not only his business, but possibly his life.

It all starts when Eve Lawson stumbles into the Tate Investigations office hoping to find out who is following her. But who would want to follow a bland writer working on a book about the post-World War II real estate boom in Los Angeles? With Eve's wardrobe hopelessly stuck in the eighties, Tucker can only imagine it's the fashion police. But work means much-needed income for Tucker and Charley. They soon learn that they've struck gold when this far-fetched case explodes into murder — and Eve Lawson, who's gone missing, is the prime suspect.

  

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A New The 39 Clues Unstoppable Mystery Adventure: Countdown by Natalie Standiford

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

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

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Countdown by Natalie Standiford
Series: The 39 Clues Unstoppable
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Format(s): Hardcover, eBook

The clock has run out for thirteen-year-old Dan Cahill. As head of the most powerful family the world has ever known, he and his older sister, Amy, have been in the crosshairs for too long. Dan and Amy have always managed to stay a step ahead of their enemies, but it was only a matter of time until luck failed them.

Now Dan is hopelessly trapped and nothing can save him. Nothing except unleashing an evil into the world even worse than the enemies closing in. As Dan hovers between life and death, Amy has a terrifying decision to make. Just how far is she willing to go to save her little brother?

        

The Janissary Tree, A Yashim Togalu Mystery by Jason Goodwin, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Janissary Tree by Jason Goodwin, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Farrar Straus and Giroux.

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 (04/29/2014 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 Janissary Tree by Jason Goodwin
A Yashim Togalu Mystery (1st in series)
Publisher: Farrar Straus and Giroux

Winner of the 2007 Edgar Award for Best Novel.

It is 1836. Europe is modernizing, and the Ottoman Empire must follow suit. But just before the Sultan announces sweeping changes, a wave of murders threatens the fragile balance of power in his court. Who is behind them? Only one intelligence agent can be trusted to find out: Yashim Lastname, a man both brilliant and near-invisible in this world. You see, Yashim is a eunuch.

He leads us into the palace's luxurious seraglios and Istanbul's teeming streets, and leans on the wisdom of a dyspeptic Polish ambassador, a transsexual dancer, and a Creole-born queen mother. And he introduces us to the Janissaries. For 400 years, they were the empire's elite soldiers, but they grew too powerful, and ten years ago, the Sultan had them crushed. Are the Janissaries staging a brutal comeback?

  

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Live to See Tomorrow by Iris Johansen, New in Bookstores in April 2014

Today's new hardcover mystery title, scheduled to be published during April 2014 by St. Martin's Press, is Live to See Tomorrow by Iris Johansen.

For a list of more new hardcover mysteries published this month, visit our New Mysteries page for April 2014. For new paperback mysteries, visit The Mystery Bookshelf where a selection of April 2014 mysteries, novels of suspense, and thrillers are shelved.

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Live to See Tomorrow
Iris Johansen
Series: Catherine Ling (3rd)

Catherine Ling is one of the CIA's most prized operatives. Raised on the unforgiving streets of Hong Kong, she was pulled into the agency at the age of fourteen, already having accumulated more insight and secrets than the most seasoned professionals in her world. If life has taught her anything, it is not to get attached, but there are two exceptions to that rule: her son Luke and her mentor Hu Chang.

When Luke was kidnapped at the age of two, it nearly broke her. Now, nine years later, her son has astonishingly been returned to her and Catherine vows never to fail him again. But when her job pulls her away from home, she relies on the brilliant and deadly Hu Chang to safeguard Luke in her absence. Now Erin Sullivan, an American journalist with mysterious ties to Hu Chang, has been kidnapped in Tibet. If Catherine doesn't agree to spearhead the CIA rescue mission, she knows that Hu Chang himself will go, a possibility she can't risk.

But she will be facing a monster whose crimes stretch back forty years, always eluding the CIA. And the job grows even more complicated when Catherine meets Richard Cameron, a supposed ally who's clearly not telling all he knows. Their attraction is immediate, but Catherine isn't at all sure that he can be trusted. If she's going to rescue this journalist with a story worth killing for, she'll need to keep Cameron very close.

From the treacherous landscape of the Himalayas to the twisting back alleys of San Francisco, the clock is ticking for Catherine and those she loves most. At every turn she faces a ruthless enemy who is determined to keep the truth buried, even if it means that none of them live to see tomorrow.

        

The Professor, A Legal Thriller by Robert Bailey: Amazon's The Big Deal Promotion

Every so often Amazon releases a new selection of Kindle books priced up to 85% off as part of The Big Deal Promotion.

Today's featured mystery, suspense, or thriller title is The Professor by Robert Bailey. This Kindle book was listed at $1.99 as of the date and time of this post, Tuesday, April 29, 2014 at 2:00 PM ET, and should be available at this price through Sunday, May 11, 2014.

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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The Professor by Robert Bailey
A Legal Thriller
Publisher: Exhibit A

Thomas Jackson McMurtrie, a longtime law professor at the University of Alabama, who, 40 years after giving up a promising career as a trial lawyer to teach law students at the request of his mentor, Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant, retires to his farm an angry and bitter man, betrayed by both a Board member he mistook for a friend and his own failing health. Meanwhile, the young family of one of Tom's oldest friends is killed in a tragic collision with an 18-wheeler.

Believing his career is over, Tom refers his friend to a brilliant, yet beleaguered, former student, Rick Drake, who begins to uncover that the truth behind the tragedy is buried in a tangled web of arson, bribery and greed. When a key witness is murdered on the eve of trial, the young attorney, in over his head and at the end of his rope, knows he needs help … and there's only one man who can help him.

  

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