Dare Me by Megan Abbott is Today's Kobo Daily Deal

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Dare Me by Megan Abbott as today's Kobo Daily Deal.

The deal price of $2.99 is valid only for today, Tuesday, June 03, 2014.

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Dare Me
Megan Abbott
A Novel of Suspense
Little, Brown

Addy Hanlon has always been Beth Cassidy's best friend and trusted lieutenant. Beth calls the shots and Addy carries them out, a long-established order of things that has brought them to the pinnacle of their high-school careers. Now they're seniors who rule the intensely competitive cheer squad, feared and followed by the other girls — until the young new coach arrives.

Cool and commanding, an emissary from the adult world just beyond their reach, Coach Colette French draws Addy and the other cheerleaders into her life. Only Beth, unsettled by the new regime, remains outside Coach's golden circle, waging a subtle but vicious campaign to regain her position as "top girl" — both with the team and with Addy herself.

Then a suicide focuses a police investigation on Coach and her squad. After the first wave of shock and grief, Addy tries to uncover the truth behind the death — and learns that the boundary between loyalty and love can be dangerous terrain.

  

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Dangerous Lady by Amanda Scott is Today's Romantic Suspense Kindle Daily Deal

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Dangerous Lady by Amanda Scott as today's Romantic Suspense Kindle Daily Deal.

The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Tuesday, June 03, 2014.

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Dangerous Lady
Amanda Scott
A Novel of Romantic Suspense
Open Road

Accompanied by her chaperone, her dresser, and her adored pet monkey, Lady Letitia Deverill comes to London to serve as maid of honor to the young Queen Victoria. An impassioned Tory in a sea of Whigs, Letty has no intention of changing her political views. The headstrong noblewoman soon discovers she has enemies at court, and none more formidable than the powerful — and irresistible — Viscount Justin Raventhorpe.

Justin, a staunch Whig, is enchanted by this outspoken woman. Brought together by a mysterious shared inheritance, Justin and Letty give in to their mutual desire. As scandal threatens their passionate union, a deadly conspiracy against the throne thrusts Letty into mortal peril, and Justin realizes how far he'll go for a love that has become his most dangerous obsession.

  

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Today's Mystery and Suspense Update from Big Fish Games (140603)

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

• Our Featured Title is Time Mysteries: Inheritance.

• The Daily Deal is Adelantado Trilogy: Book One, just $2.99 today only!

• The current Catch of the Week is Fairly Twisted Tales: The Price of a Rose, just $2.99 through Sunday, June 08, 2014 only.

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

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Our Featured Title today is Time Mysteries: Inheritance

Vivien Ambrose has just discovered how to travel through time! After an evil time traveler kidnaps her father, it's up to Vivien to follow them to the past. Using a mysterious crystal ball, visit the past, and meet Vivien's ancestors. Set off through history to collect seven magical rings to power up the crystal ball in this Hidden Object 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

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Today's Daily Deal is Adelantado Trilogy: Book One

Discover the fabulous secrets that a jungle hides! Help the brave and noble officer, Don Diego De Leon, to find and save the lost expedition. Befriend the natives who can be of valuable assistance to you. Help them as you restore buildings, harvest foods, and create a settlement. Upgrade your skills and earn fabulous trophies. Treasures await you in this exciting Strategy game!

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

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The current Catch of the Week is Fairly Twisted Tales: The Price of a Rose

Bella vowed to stay with the beast to save her father's life, but is he truly as evil as the townspeople say? Is someone trying to hurt Bella? Who's trying to take control of the kingdom and its riches? It's up to you to discover the truth behind the town gossip. Travel across fantastic landscapes and explore the beast's magical castle to uncover why he was cursed in this intriguing Hidden-Object Puzzle Adventure game!

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, June 08, 2014.

Also available for this game:

• Get the Strategy Guide.
• Check out the Blog Walkthrough.

No Time for Goodbye, A Suspense Thriller by Linwood Barclay, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature No Time for Goodbye by Linwood Barclay, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Bantam.

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 (06/02/2014 at 6:00 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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No Time for Goodbye by Linwood Barclay
A Suspense Thriller
Publisher: Bantam

The house was deathly quiet. That was the first sign that something was terribly wrong. Fourteen-year-old Cynthia Bigge woke that morning to find herself alone. Her family — mother, father, and brother — had vanished without a word, without a note, without a trace. Twenty-five years later, Cynthia is still looking for answers. Now she is about to learn the devastating truth.

Cynthia and Terry Archer still live in Milford, Connecticut, not far from the old Bigge house on Hickory Street. With a solid marriage and a young daughter, the Archers seem on track for a successful future. But the questions raised by Cynthia's past still haunt her, and her obsession to find the answers threatens to destroy everything they've worked for. For Cynthia, there can be no closure until she finds out why her family disappeared — and how they could have left her behind.

Terry thinks the segment on the popular TV crime-stopper program Deadline is a mistake. But his wife hopes that someone watching will have a lead to her missing family. Sure enough, it's Cynthia who spots the strange car cruising the neighborhood, hears the untraceable phone calls, and discovers the ominous "gifts". And as Cynthia's nerves begin to unravel, no one's innocence is guaranteed, not even her own. By the time the first body is found, it's clear that her past is more of a mystery than she ever imagined — or may ever survive.

Someone has returned to this Connecticut town to finish what was started twenty-five years ago. And by the time Terry and Cynthia discover the killer's shocking identity, it will be too late even for goodbye.

  

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Deadlock, A John Hutchinson Mystery by Robert Liparulo, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Deadlock by Robert Liparulo, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Thomas Nelson.

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 (06/02/2014 at 5:30 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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Deadlock by Robert Liparulo
A John Hutchinson Mystery (2nd in series)
Publisher: Thomas Nelson

Special Forces veteran-turned-billionaire Brendan Page has some dirty not-so-little secrets. He's built an empire on supplying futuristic weapons and highly trained soldiers to the world's most powerful armies.

But he's saved his most destructive weapons for himself.

John Hutchinson, a Denver newspaper columnist and avid bow-hunter, has figured out the truth about Brendan Page and is determined to bring him down. But he's up against a warmonger linked to assasinations, kidnappings, and terrorist activities.

Hutch quickly uncovers a plan that seems unfathomable in its recklessness and loss of life. Yet he's just one man up against impossible odds — with no Plan B. Thankfully, it's just the kind of environment Hutch thrives best in … if he can survive the next three days.

  

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Minotaur Mysteries: Physical Education, An Alison Bergeron, Murder 101 Mystery by Maggie Barbieri

Minotaur Books, an imprint of Macmillan and a leading publisher of mystery and suspense books, currently has over 200 books available for $4.99 or less.

Today, we are pleased to feature one of these titles, Physical Education by Maggie Barbieri, now just $1.99. (Price verified on June 02, 2014 as of 5:00 PM ET.)

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Physical Education by Maggie Barbieri
An Alison Bergeron, Murder 101 Mystery (6th in series)
Publisher: Minotaur Books

Read our review of Physical Education by Maggie Barbieri

College English professor and sometime amateur sleuth Alison Bergeron would've been thrilled to hear that her husband, NYPD Detective Bobby Crawford, was leaving Homicide if that were the whole story, but it turns out that Bobby's next assignment is even worse — undercover. As if worrying about his involvement in a case he won't talk about at all wasn't bad enough, Alison is forced to take over the women's basketball team at St. Thomas after the coach dies of a heart attack during a game. She may not know much about basketball, but she's no stranger to sleuthing, and it isn't long before she suspects that the coach's death may be more than unexpected but premeditated as well.

With Bobby deep undercover and Alison always on her way to deep trouble, it's only a matter of time before they run smack into each other.

  

Fatal Distraction, The Hunt for Justice Series by Diane Capri, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Fatal Distraction by Diane Capri, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, AugustBooks.

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 (06/02/2014 at 4:30 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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Fatal Distraction by Diane Capri
The Hunt for Justice Series
Publisher: AugustBooks

Relentless victims' rights advocate Jess Kimball and Jack Reacher both deliver justice when the legal system fails. Reacher waits until trouble finds him and then he does whatever it takes. But Jess pursues legal justice and draws lines she will not cross. How can she win against killers who refuse to follow the rules?

Three years ago, beloved Florida Governor Helen Sullivan's world shattered when her only son died in a senseless car crash, killing his best friend, too. Helen quickly discovered Eric's crash was no accident and lured the killer to her son's funeral to be caught.

When the shooting ceased in the small country church, Helen believed her nightmare was over. Instead, she'd unwittingly escalated her duel with a cunning and patient assassin.

Now, investigative journalist Jess Kimball is driven to find the horrifying truth. Is the Central Florida Child Killer guilty? Or is the real killer still out there?

Helen and Jess together face the determined killer in a pitched battle of wit and nerve. Who will survive?

  

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Sleepwalker, A Novel of Romantic Suspense by Karen Robards, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Sleepwalker by Karen Robards, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Gallery Books.

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 (06/02/2014 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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Sleepwalker by Karen Robards
A Novel of Romantic Suspense
Publisher: Gallery Books

It's not that Micayla Lange is afraid of the clinking she hears coming from the first floor of the empty McMansion she's housesitting for her uncle Nicco. She's a cop, after all. It's just that finding out her boyfriend was cheating on her was enough drama for one night. Now she's alone on New Year's Eve, wearing flannel pajamas and wielding a Glock 22 as she zeroes in on the unmistakable source of the sound: Uncle Nicco's private office.

Jason Davis steals things for a living, so unexpected developments are a natural part of the job. Getting caught red-handed by a hot, pigtail-sporting police officer in what is supposed to be a gangster's deserted house is just one more twist in the game. Kind of like finding incriminating photos in Nicco Marino's safe, only to discover the cop — and the security cameras — have gotten a real good look at his face.

Unfortunately for Mick, she also got a good look at the damned pictures. Her "uncle" might love her like family, but if he knows she's seen evidence that implicates him in the murder of a city councilman, she doesn't like her chances. Which is why she's having a hard time reconciling her professional instincts with what she is rapidly concluding is an inescapable fact: She's about to help a criminal get away with a suitcase full of stolen money. And she's going with him.

Mick and Jason's race for their lives hurtles them through the dangerous Michigan wilderness on speedboat and snowmobile. As their adventure heats up and their enemies close in, Mick is torn between her duty to the force and the combustible passion engulfing her and her unlikely partner in crime. She'll have to turn Jason in sooner or later … if they survive. But will they ever get a second chance at love?

  

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The Equalizer by Midge Bubany, a New 1st in Series Mystery Introducing Cal Sheehan

We are pleased to present you with one of this month's new 1st in Series mysteries: The Equalizer by Midge Bubany and introducing Cal Sheehan.

What we know about the character: Cal Sheehan is a Deputy Investigator in Minnesota.

For more information about his first investigation, see a synopsis of the book, below.

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The Equalizer by Midge Bubany
Series: A Cal Sheehan Mystery
Publisher: North Star Press
Format(s): Trade Paperback

Deputy Investigator Cal Sheehan tackles the first homicide investigation of his career: a shocking double murder in an outstate Minnesota county park. In the mix of the tale, Cal is distracted by his dysfunctional family and two aggressive women trying to manipulate their way into his life.

But Cal is unaware of just how manipulating both women are — and to what extent they will each go to get what they want.

  

Turning Angel, A Penn Cage Thriller by Greg Iles, at a Special Price during June 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 Turning Angel by Greg Iles. This Kindle book was listed at $1.99 as of the date and time of this post, Monday, June 02, 2014 at 3:00 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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Turning Angel by Greg Iles
A Penn Cage Thriller (2nd in series)
Publisher: Scribner

On the surface, Kate Townsend seems the most unlikely murder victim imaginable. A star student and athlete, she'd been accepted to Harvard and carried the hope and pride of the town on her shoulders. But like her school and her town, Kate also had a secret life — one about which her adult lover knew little. When Drew Elliott begs Penn Cage to defend him, Penn allows his sense of obligation to override his instinct and agrees. Yet before he can begin, both men are drawn into a dangerous web of blackmail and violence. Drew reacts like anything but an innocent man, and Penn finds himself doubting his friend's motives and searching for a path out of harm's way.

More dangerous yet is Shad Johnson, the black district attorney whose dream is to send a rich white man to death row in Mississippi. At Shad's order, Drew is jailed, the police cease hunting Kate's killer, and Penn realizes that only by finding Kate's murderer himself can he save his friend's life.

With his daughter's babysitter as his guide, Penn penetrates the secret world of St. Stephen's, a place that parents never see, where reality veers so radically from appearance that Penn risks losing his own moral compass. St. Stephen's is a dark mirror of the adult world, one populated by steroid-crazed jocks, girls desperate for attention, jaded teens flirting with nihilism, and hidden among them all — one true psychopath.

  

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Lights Out! by Donald Bain, New in Bookstores in June 2014

Today's new hardcover mystery title, scheduled to be published during June 2014 by Severn House, is Lights Out! by Donald Bain.

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

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Lights Out!
Donald Bain

At the age of fifty-three, married Canadian engineer Carlton Smythe meets a mysterious woman in a Buenos Aires bar — and falls head over heels in love for the first time in his life. Desperate to find the funds to escape his loveless marriage to Cynthia and embark on a new life in Argentina with the beautiful Gina Ellanado, Smythe devises an audacious money-making scheme, brilliant in its simplicity and boldness.

But to pull it off, he will need to do business with some wholly undesirable criminal elements, including reputed local Mafia boss Dominick Martone and some USA counterparts. And that's when things start to spin wildly out of control.

      

Minotaur Mysteries: The Fourth Man, A Frank Frølich and Inspector Gunnarstranda Mystery by K. O. Dahl

Minotaur Books, an imprint of Macmillan and a leading publisher of mystery and suspense books, currently has over 200 books available for $4.99 or less.

Today, we are pleased to feature one of these titles, The Fourth Man by K. O. Dahl, now just $2.99. (Price verified on June 02, 2014 as of 2:00 PM ET.)

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The Fourth Man by K. O. Dahl
A Frank Frølich and Inspector Gunnarstranda Mystery (5th in series)
Publisher: Minotaur Books

In the course of a routine police raid, Detective Inspector Frank Frølich of the Oslo Police saves Elizabeth Faremo from getting inadvertently caught in the crossfire. Some weeks later, Frølich coincidentally runs into her again — but their ensuing affair is no accident. By the time he learns that she is no stranger — but rather the sister of a wanted member of a larceny gang — it is already too late.

In the middle of one night, Frølich receives a call that a young guard has been killed in the course of a robbery. Scrambling to respond, he realizes that Elizabeth is no longer in his bed. In a turn of events cryptic, erotic, and complex, he finds himself a prime murder suspect and under the watch of his doubting colleagues. Led through the dark underworld of Oslo, Frølich must find out if he is being used … before his life unravels beyond repair.

  

Murder, Simply Stitched by Isabella Alan, New on The Mystery Bookshelf in June 2014

Today's featured paperback original mystery title, scheduled to be published during June 2014 by Signet, is Murder, Simply Stitched by Isabella Alan.

For a list of more new paperback mysteries, thrillers, and novels of suspense published this month, visit our Mystery Bookshelf page for June 2014. For hardcover titles, visit New Mysteries for a selection of books published during June 2014.

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Murder, Simply Stitched
Isabella Alan
Series: An Angela Braddock, Amish Quilt Shop Mystery

When Angela Braddock enters her quilts in an Amish auction, she never expects one of her neighbors to end up going, going, gone…

Angie is finding her niche as the new owner of her late aunt’s Amish quilt shop, Running Stitch. But as the summer is winding down, so is business. To bolster support for the shop, Angie decides to sell her quilts in the Rolling Brook Amish Auction, including some of her aunt’s most prized works.

The quilts promise to be a hit—but the gavel comes down on the lively event when Angie stumbles upon the body of township trustee Wanda Hunt behind a canning shed. The cause of death: a poisoned blueberry fry pie from Rachel Miller’s bakery table. Now Angie’s closest friend is a murder suspect. With Angie taking the lead, she and the other women of her aunt’s quilting circle set out to patch together the clues and stop a killer set on shredding the simple peace of Rolling Brook.

  

Another Sun, An Anne Marie Laveaud Mystery by Timothy Williams, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Another Sun by Timothy Williams, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Soho Crime.

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 (06/02/2014 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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Another Sun by Timothy Williams
A Anne Marie Laveaud Mystery (1st in series)
Publisher: Soho Crime

Read our review of Another Sun by Timothy Williams

The sun-drenched Caribbean island of Guadeloupe is technically part of France, subject to French law and loyal to the French Republic. But in 1980, the scars of colonialism are still fresh, and ethnic tensions and political unrest seethe just below the surface of everyday life.

French-Algerian judge Anne Marie Laveaud relocated to this beautiful Caribbean island confident that she could make it her new home. But her day-to-day life is rife with frustration. Now she is assigned a murder case in which she is sure the chief suspect, an elderly ex-con named Hégésippe Bray, is a political scapegoat. Her superiors are dismissive of her efforts to prove Bray innocent, and to add insult to injury, Bray himself won't even speak to her because she's a woman. But she won't give up, and Anne Marie's investigations lead her into a complex tangle of injustice, domestic terrorists, broken hearts, and maybe even voodoo.

  

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A New MystereBook: Blood Moon Rising by Mark Dawson

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 June 2014 priced $4.99 or less …

Blood Moon Rising by Mark Dawson is the second book in this series, and continues the action-packed quest for revenge begun by Beatrix Rose in In Cold Blood.

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Blood Moon Rising by Mark Dawson
A Beatrix Rose Thriller
Publisher: Unputdownable
Publication Date: June 01, 2014
Price: $2.99 (as of 06/02/14 12:30 PM ET)

Ten years ago, Beatrix Rose headed an off-the-books hit squad that did the dirty work of the British Government. When she discovered that the commander of the squad was corrupt, he sent five of his assassins to rub her out.

But they failed. Bad mistake.

There were six names on Beatrix's Death List and now there are four. She’s going to account for the others, one by one, even if it kills her.

Beatrix has returned from Somalia with a fresh target in her sights. Bryan Duffy is in Iraq, surrounded by mercenaries, with no easy way to get to him and no easy way to get out.

Will Duffy prove to be a challenge too far?

  

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