Caller 26 by J. P. Pellegrino is Today's Third Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Caller 26 by J. P. Pellegrino as today's third free mystery ebook (A Novel of Suspense; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, May 03, 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.

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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Caller 26
J. P. Pellegrino
A Novel of Suspense
Publisher: J. P. Pellegrino

A call to the world famous Dr. Sue Radio Show leads to the abduction of the host. Bound, gagged, and stuffed into a box, the normally arrogant and feisty radio personality finds herself in a desperate struggle for survival.

This intense and edgy psychological thriller pitches Dr. Sue against the sociopathic husband of a caller to her show. The husband's temper and Dr. Sue's arrogance clash sending Dr. Sue into a dark world of pain, hunger, despair, and regret.

But as she struggles to stay alive, an unlikely hero is fighting against all odds to save her. Will she survive? Will this hero reach her in time?

  

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The Summer I Died by Ryan C. Thomas is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Summer I Died by Ryan C. Thomas as today's second free mystery ebook (The Roger Huntington Saga; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, May 03, 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 Summer I Died
Ryan C. Thomas
The Roger Huntington Saga
Publisher: Grand Mal Press

When Roger Huntington comes home from college for the summer and is met by his best friend, Tooth, he knows they're going to have a good time. A summer full of beer, comic books, movies, laughs, and maybe even girls. The sun is high and the sky is clear as Roger and Tooth set out to shoot beer cans at Bobcat Mountain. Just two friends catching up on lost time, two friends thinking about their futures … two friends suddenly thrust into the middle of a nightmare.

Forced to fight for their lives against a sadistic killer with an arsenal of razor sharp blades and a hungry dog by his side. If they are to survive, they must decide: are heroes born, or are they made? Or is something more powerful happening to them? And more importantly, how do you survive when all roads lead to death?

  

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Habit by T. J. Brearton is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Habit by T. J. Brearton as today's free mystery ebook (A Crime Thriller; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, May 03, 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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Habit
T. J. Brearton
A Crime Thriller
Publisher: Joffe Books

A young woman, Rebecca Heilshorn, lies stabbed to death in her bed in a remote, upstate New York farmhouse. Rookie detective Brendan Healy is called in to investigate. All hell breaks loose when her brother bursts onto the scene. Rebecca turns out to have many secrets and connections to a sordid network mixing power, wealth, and sex.

Detective Brendan Healy, trying to put his demons behind him, pursues a dangerous investigation that will risk both his life and his sanity.

  

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A Perfect Square by Vannetta Chapman is Today's Nook Daily Find

MystereBooks is pleased to feature A Perfect Square by Vannetta Chapman as today's Nook Daily Find.

The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Saturday, May 03, 2014.

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

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A Perfect Square
Vannetta Chapman
A Deborah and Callie, Shipshewana Amish Mystery
Zondervan

There's more to the quaint northern Indiana town of Shipshewana than handcrafted quilts, Amish-made furniture, immaculate farms and close-knit families. When a dead girl is found floating in a local pond, murder is also afoot. And Reuben Fisher is in jail as the suspect!

Reuben refuses to divulge any information, even to clear himself of a crime Deborah is certain he didn't commit. So, with her English friend, Callie — fellow sleuth and owner of Daisy's Quilt Shop — Deborah sets out to uncover the truth. But the mystery deepens when an elderly man seeks Callie's help in finding his long-lost daughter, missing since the days of the 1965 Palm Sunday Tornadoes. An old man who has lost his past. A young man who may lose his future.

Once again Deborah and Callie find themselves trying to piece together a crazy quilt of lives and events — one that can bring unexpected touches of God's grace and resolve the tragedy that has shaken this quiet Amish community.

    

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Betrayed by Donnell Ann Bell is Today's Kindle Daily Deal

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Betrayed by Donnell Ann Bell as today's Kindle Daily Deal.

The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Saturday, May 03, 2014.

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Betrayed
Donnell Ann Bell
A Suspense Thriller
Bell Bridge Books

Since Irene Turner arrived in Denver, Colorado to meet the grown daughter who was stolen from her at birth, she's been beaten up in in her hotel room and accused of killing her estranged husband. Her daughter, high school soccer coach Kinsey Masters, adores the wealthy parents who raised her and has no reason to doubt she's their child — although some suspicious details are starting to surface about Mom's pregnancy and Dad's acquaintanceship with Irene back in the day. Mom may have something to hide — or she may be on the killer's target list herself.

Detective Nate Paxton will do everything to protect Kinsey and solve the sordid mystery, but he's also badge-deep in an investigation that could unseat one of Denver's biggest drug lords — who's eyeing Kinsey as Nate's weak spot.

A mother, told her baby's death was a lie. A daughter, rocked by her true identity. A detective, risking his life to protect them both. All three of them … betrayed.

  

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Mystery Bestsellers for the Week Ending May 02, 2014

A list of the top 15 Mystery Hardcover Bestsellers for the week ending May 2nd, 2014 has been posted by the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books.

Last week's featured title, The Target by David Baldacci, moves to the top of our list this week by a decidedly large margin.

Two new titles enter the list this week — position in [brackets].

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[7]: Natchez Burning
Greg Iles
— Penn Cage (4th)

Growing up in the rural Southern hamlet of Natchez, Mississippi, Penn Cage learned everything he knows about honor and duty from his father, Tom Cage. But now the beloved family doctor and pillar of the community is accused of murdering Violet Turner, the beautiful nurse with whom he worked in the dark days of the early 1960s. A fighter who has always stood for justice, Penn is determined to save his father, even though Tom, stubbornly evoking doctor-patient privilege, refuses to speak up in his own defense.

The quest for answers sends Penn deep into the past — into the heart of a conspiracy of greed and murder involving the Double Eagles, a vicious KKK crew headed by one of the wealthiest and most powerful men in the state. With the aid of a local friend and reporter privy to some of Natchez's oldest and deadliest secrets, Penn follows a bloody trail that stretches back forty years, to one undeniable fact: no one — black or white, young or old, brave or not — is ever truly safe.

With everything on the line, including his own life, Penn must decide how far he will go to protect those he loves … and see justice done, once and for all.

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[15]: Live to See Tomorrow
Iris Johansen
— 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.

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Today's Mystery and Suspense Update from Big Fish Games (140503)

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

• The New Release is Fear For Sale: Phantom Tide.

• The Daily Deal is Fear For Sale: Nightmare Cinema, 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 — May Day Sale! All Games Are 60% Off this weekend only! Use coupon code MAY at check-out to purchase any Collector's Edition game for $7.99 or use coupon code DAY for Standard Edition games at just $3.99. Offer valid through May 4th, 2014 only until 11:59 PM PT.

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

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The New Release today is Fear For Sale: Phantom Tide

Paranormal journalist Emma Roberts is called in to help a grieving family being haunted by forces that can manipulate water, threatening to kick them out of their home. Emma will soon discover that ghosts aren't the only thing lurking around Greenville. There's something very suspicious about Julia White's death. Julia witnessed something at the hydro-electric plant — something someone would kill to keep a secret. Search the town, investigate suspects, and solve puzzles in this thrilling hidden-object puzzle adventure game!

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

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

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Today's Daily Deal is Fear For Sale: Nightmare Cinema

Uncover the secrets of a spooky old theater! When the entire audience disappears from a film screening at an old theater downtown, you must go behind the scenes to find out who is responsible for the crime. But things quickly go from weird to worse when you finally realize where the missing audience members went. You'll need all of your investigatory skills to solve this case and escape the Nightmare Cinema before the screen goes dark forever!

A sample version is available to download and play for free for one hour. You can purchase this game today only — Saturday, May 03, 2014 — for $2.99.

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.

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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: Capital Offence by Robert S. Scott

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 May 2014 priced $4.99 or less …

Capital Offence by Robert S. Scott is a stand-alone thriller, which hurtles towards a lethal cliff edge — while asking big questions about passion, sin … and redemption.

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Capital Offence by Robert S. Scott
A Suspense Thriller
Publisher: Northlight Productions
Publication Date: May 01, 2014
Price: $2.99 (as of 05/02/14 4:30 PM ET)

It's safer to leave the past behind. But sometimes it comes breathing down your neck …

Two brothers, Dave and Jamie, fired up with motorbikes, beer, women and the thoughtless bravado of a summer night. A night which ends in tangled blazing metal, and a policeman's death. As the search dogs pant and snarl closer Dave surrenders so his brother can escape.

Years later Jamie is first Prime Minister of a newly independent Scotland. There's a brutal sexual slaying — the night before a vote on the death penalty. The killer is seized by Police before he can escape the murder scene, and the horrified public vote to bring back state execution. The days count down towards a fatal dawn injection. But when the Prime Minister is asked for clemency he is shattered to discover that he and the killer are linked by unbreakable bonds from that distant summer of reckless abandon.

With the hours speeding by he must face up to his past and seek out Vaila Wishart — the formidable lust of his teenage years. She is the link between all of them — with the power to save lives — and destroy them too.

  

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Black Diamond Death, A Sloane Monroe Mystery by Cheryl Bradshaw, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Black Diamond Death by Cheryl Bradshaw, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Pixie Publishing.

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 (05/02/2014 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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Black Diamond Death by Cheryl Bradshaw
A Sloane Monroe Mystery (1st in series)
Publisher: Pixie Publishing

On the slopes of Park City, Utah’s newest ski resort a woman is found dead. At first glance, it has all the makings of an accident. But what if wasn’t? What if she was murdered?

Just as Private Investigator Sloane Monroe feels she's close to solving the case, a second dead body is found. With the killer aware that Sloane will stop at nothing to find him, her life is in danger, her every move being tracked. Will Sloane uncover the truth before he strikes again?

  

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Downfall by Brian Lutterman, a New 1st in Series Mystery Introducing Pen Wilkinson

We are pleased to present you with one of this month's new 1st in Series mysteries: Downfall by Brian Lutterman and introducing Pen Wilkinson.

What we know about the character: Pen Wilkinson is a paraplegic attorney.

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

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Downfall by Brian Lutterman
Series: A Pen Wilkinson Mystery
Publisher: Conquill Press
Format(s): Trade Paperback, eBook

Paraplegic young attorney Pen Wilkinson is putting her life back together after a tragic accident, working for a large bank in a faraway city. She soon begins to suspect that the job and the company are not what they seem to be, and suddenly she is thrust into a nightmare. Unbelievably, her employer and the media accuse Pen of fraud and wrongdoing, creating a scandal that threatens to bring down her company.

Fired from her job, alone, and dodging attempts on her life, Pen uncovers a string of sophisticated, deadly corporate sabotage incidents. Her search for the unseen saboteurs who destroyed her life takes her across the country, reaching a terrifying climax, as she finally confronts the real force behind the plot called Downfall.

  

Dead in Boca, A Harriet Horowitz Mystery by Miriam Auerbach, at a Special Price during May 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 Dead in Boca by Miriam Auerbach. This Kindle book was listed at $1.99 as of the date and time of this post, Friday, May 02, 2014 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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Dead in Boca by Miriam Auerbach
A Harriet Horowitz Mystery (1st in series)
Publisher: Bell Bridge Books

Boca Raton. South Florida’s wealthy enclave of sand, surf, martinis, and murder …

From high society "Boca Babe" to Harley-riding private eye, Harriet Horowitz has established her rep as a kick-ass P.I. with an insider’s connection to both the high life and the low life of Florida’s Palm Beach coast.

Like "Junior" Castellano, a big-time land developer who hires Harriet to find the silver-haired gigolo who broke Mama Castellano’s heart, Harriet is practical when it comes to solving problems. Simple enough, until the Boca police find Junior bulldozed at one of his construction sites. Was Junior killed by his mother’s con man? Or by a bitter ex-wife or spurned ex-girlfriend? Maybe by his estranged sons? And what about the bartender at Hog Heaven, who was about to lose her home in a trailer park because of Junior’s latest land development deal?

Harriet will do whatever it takes to protect others. Even if Junior Castellano’s enemy list is longer than the reservations at a Boca cocktail bar, and the scheme he was hatching was big enough to destroy the whole city.

A hurricane is heading toward Boca. It should be named Harriet.

  

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King of the Weeds by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins, New in Bookstores in May 2014

Today's new hardcover mystery title, scheduled to be published during May 2014 by Titan Books, is King of the Weeds by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins.

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

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King of the Weeds
Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins
Series: Mike Hammer (19th)

Hammer finds himself up against a clever serial killer targeting only cops. A killer his old friend Captain Pat Chambers had put away many years ago is suddenly freed on new, seemingly indisputable evidence, and Hammer wonders if this seemingly placid, very odd old man might somehow be engineering cop killings that all seem to be either accidental or by natural causes.

At the same time Hammer and Velda are dealing with the fallout — some of it mob, some of it federal government — over the $89 billion dollar cache the detective is (rightly) suspected of finding not long ago.