A Cook in Time, An Angie Amalfi Mystery by Joanne Pence, Now Available at a Special Price

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A Cook in Time by Joanne Pence

An Angie Amalfi Mystery (7th in series)

Publisher: Avon

Price: $3.99 (as of 04/29/2016 at 8:00 PM ET).

  

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Always thinking of new and better business ideas, culinary queen Angie Amalfi is sure she's got a winner with "Fantasy Dinners," one — of — a — kind thematic feasts specifically created to suit a client's unique tastes. Unfortunately no one's biting except the Prometheus Group, a crackpot cadre of UFO — chasers and conspiracy geeks. Still, even a wacko customer's better than none, and designing an otherworldly repast should keep Angie busy while her overworked policeman beau Paavo investigates a series of bizarre murders.

But the more time she spends dealing with these alien abduction enthusiasts, the more Angie believes that maybe there is some kind of conspiracy afoot and that the Prometheans and Paavo's cases are somehow connected — — which is inspiring just the kind of unhealthy curiosity that could end up launching Angie out of this world … for good!

— A Cook in Time by Joanne Pence

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Blessed are the Dead, A Gabriella Giovanni Mystery by Kristi Belcamino, Now Available at a Special Price

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Blessed are the Dead by Kristi Belcamino

A Gabriella Giovanni Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Witness Impulse

Price: 99¢ (as of 04/29/2016 at 7:00 PM ET).

  

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To catch a killer, one reporter must risk it all …

San Francisco Bay Area newspaper reporter Gabriella Giovanni spends her days on the crime beat, flitting in and out of other people's nightmares, yet walking away unscathed. When a little girl disappears on the way to the school bus stop, her quest for justice and a front-page story leads her to a convicted kidnapper, Jack Dean Johnson, who reels her in with promises to reveal his exploits as a serial killer.

But Gabriella's passion for her job quickly spirals into obsession when she begins to suspect the kidnapper may have ties to her own dark past: her sister's murder.

— Blessed are the Dead by Kristi Belcamino

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New This Week: Ice Blue Deception, A Trace Armstrong Mystery by John Scot

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Ice Blue Deception by John Scot

A Trace Armstrong Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: Meedeeah Publishing

Price: $2.99 (as of 04/29/2016 at 6:30 PM ET).

  

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The body of Paul Armstrong is lying dead in the abandoned rear wing of the Fallbrook Hotel. Private detective, Trace Armstrong, is called upon to discern how his uncle died.

Staying in room seven of the hotel, Trace encounters the quirky Whittaker family, a large blue gemstone, and a strange apparition in his room. Further investigation leads to his uncle's property on remote De Luz Road, where he meets a mysterious blue-eyed Latin woman named Tessa. The pair are led on a dangerous search for a killer, where bodies are hidden, fires started, and jewels missing.

— Ice Blue Deception by John Scot

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Countdown to Death, A Novel of Suspense by Iain McChesney, Now Available at a Special Price

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Countdown to Death by Iain McChesney

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Wayzgoose Press

Price: 99¢ (as of 04/29/2016 at 6:00 PM ET).

  

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Ten strangers are lured to a remote Scottish island at the invitation of a reclusive industrialist. Stranded on Lord Black's wondrous estate, the disparate guests have more in common than they first realize.

Accused by a mysterious letter of having committed crimes in their past, one by one they are hunted down. But who is the killer? Will any of them live to find out?

— Countdown to Death by Iain McChesney

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New This Week: Murderous Muffins, A Celebrity Cupcake Cozy Mystery by Milda Harris

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Murderous Muffins by Milda Harris

A Celebrity Cupcake Cozy Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: Milda Harris

Price: $2.99 (as of 04/29/2016 at 5:30 PM ET).

  

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Ava is excited to go on a Hollywood Celebrity Homes Tour with her co-workers from Celebrity Cupcakes and Coffee. Besides hoping to spot someone famous, she's hoping that she'll finally get an opportunity to snuggle up next to Easton.

Too bad someone else has other ideas … murderous ones.

— Murderous Muffins by Milda Harris

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Killer Kung Pao, A Health Nut Mystery by Patrice Lyle, Now Available at a Special Price

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Killer Kung Pao by Patrice Lyle

A Health Nut Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Gemma Halliday Publishing

Price: 99¢ (as of 04/29/2016 at 5:00 PM ET).

  

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Dr. Piper Meadows heads to the Body, Mind & Spirit Expo expecting to solve health problems, not murder. But her first day starts off wrong when famous psychic Mystic Ming compares her hair to a "dung beetle's nest" and tries to get her kicked out of the show. But Piper's bad-hair day gets worse when her Aunt Alfa gets in a public scuffle with Mystic Ming, where he accuses her of trying to poison him with her peanut oil-based essential oils. When Mystic Ming drops dead from his serving of killer kung pao laced with peanut oil, it's no surprise that Aunt Alfa is fingered as the prime suspect.

Unwilling to let her auntie squander her golden years in prison, Piper orders a set of How To Be a PI flashcards and sets out to find the real killer. Secrets and suspects sprout up faster than wheat grass — including a handsome tattoo artist, Tattoo Tex, who intrigues Piper more than she'd like to admit. But can she trust him? Piper had better solve the case of the killer kung pao before the murderer turns his sights on victim number two … one sleuthing doctor!

— Killer Kung Pao by Patrice Lyle

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New This Week: Occam's Murder, A C. J. Whitmore Mystery by J. T. Toman

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Occam's Murder by J. T. Toman

A C. J. Whitmore Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: Cozy Cat Press

Price: $2.99 (as of 04/29/2016 at 4:30 PM ET).

  

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It is the first day of the new semester at prestigious Eaton University. In the Economics Department, the faculty is all atwitter over the upcoming election for department chair. The mild-mannered temporary chair, Peter Johansson, is running against with the ever-belligerent Walter Scovill. Who will win the post?

As the candidates attempt to bribe, threaten, and cajole their way to victory, a new concern arises. The election can only take place if the required quorum is present for the vote. That may prove difficult as the department's amateur sleuth, C.J. Whitmore, discovers that one of her fellow faculty members is dead due to a knife wound across the throat.

Can C.J. solve this murder and prevent any more deaths — — at least so there are sufficient faculty members alive to form a quorum?

— Occam's Murder by J. T. Toman

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AT Once, An Alex Troutt Thriller by John W. Mefford, Now Available at a Special Price

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AT Once by John W. Mefford

An Alex Troutt Thriller (3rd in series)

Publisher: Sugar Hill Press

Price: 99¢ (as of 04/29/2016 at 4:00 PM ET).

  

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FBI Agent Alex Troutt has no intentions of falling for anything. Apparently, neither do the bad guys, as the Boston area is once again targeted by extremists. Boston Strong of just a few years ago is now Boston on Edge. And this time, the targets are men of the cloth — priests.

At least that's how it looks at first.

As investigators struggle to make sense of the bombings, Alex is thrown for a loop when the FBI assistant director asks her to investigate one of their own — a colleague and friend who is suspected of having ties to a known terrorist. Torn between her values of friendship and the oath she gave when she accepted her FBI credentials, Alex must now lead two investigations simultaneously.

The bombings don't stop, and panic sets in as the carnage spreads beyond the realm of the original targets.

Bloody Sunday. The IRA. The movement toward peace. Wounds of decades ago have reopened, bleeding all over Boston. As she pieces together the puzzle, Alex begins to wonder just how innocent her colleague really is. It's almost too much for her to fathom.

Just how far will someone go to make a stand?

— AT Once by John W. Mefford

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Silence of the Lamps by Karen Rose Smith, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during April 2016

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during April 2016 …

Silence of the Lamps by Karen Rose Smith, A Caprice De Luca, Home Stager Mystery (5th in series)

Publisher: Kensington

  

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Caprice's house staging is disrupted by Drew Pierson, a caterer who opened Portable Edibles, a business in direct competition with her sister Nikki's Catered Capers. Nikki turned down Drew as a possible partner and he seems determined to undermine and bury her. However his successful launch of a deal for his blackberry barbecue sauce must have stirred up his enemies. When Nikki visits the house where Drew lives with his grandmother to resolve differences, she and Caprice find him dead — murdered with the base of a valuable Tiffany lamp.

Caprice discovers clues about Drew's sly business dealings — from stealing recipes from another chef, to friends who hold grudges, to a sister who will now inherit half of her grandmother's estate since Drew is dead. In the midst of her own romantic relationship upheaval, helping her uncle set up his pet sitting-business, assisting a friend care for a pregnant stray cat, Caprice follows the suspect trail, inadvertently putting herself in danger once more.

— Silence of the Lamps by Karen Rose Smith

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Settled Blood, A Kate Daniels Mystery by Mari Hannah, Now Available at a Special Price

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Settled Blood by Mari Hannah

A Kate Daniels Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: Witness Impulse

Price: 99¢ (as of 04/29/2016 at 3:00 PM ET).

  

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When a young girl is found dead at the base of Hadrian's Wall in Northern England, it's not long before detective Kate Daniels realizes her death was no ordinary homicide. She was thrown from a great height and was probably alive when she hit the ground.

Then a local businessman reports his daughter missing. Her description fits the dead girl exactly. Has Daniels found the identity of her victim — or is a killer playing a sickening game?

As the investigative team delves deeper into the case, half-truths are told, secrets exposed. And while Daniels makes her way through a mountain of obstacles, time is running out for one terrified girl.

— Settled Blood by Mari Hannah

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Extreme Prey by John Sandford, New in Bookstores during April 2016

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Extreme Prey by John Sandford, a Lucas Davenport Mystery (26th in series)

Publisher: Putnam

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Lucas Davenport finds himself in a very unusual situation — no longer employed by the Minnesota BCA. His friend the governor is just cranking up a presidential campaign, though, and he invites Lucas to come along as part of his campaign staff.

"Should be fun!" he says, and it kind of is — until they find they have a shadow: an armed man intent on killing the governor … and anyone who gets in the way.

— Extreme Prey by John Sandford

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Winners of the 2016 Edgar Awards Announced

The winners of the 2016 Edgar Allan Poe Awards were announced last night by the Mystery Writers of America at a gala banquet in New York City.

And they are …

• Best Novel: Let Me Die in His Footsteps by Lori Roy (Dutton)

• Best First Novel: The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen (Grove Press)

• Best Paperback Original: The Long and Faraway Gone by Lou Berney (William Morrow)

• Best Fact Crime: Whipping Boy: The Forty-Year Search for My Twelve-Year-Old Bully by Allen Kurzweil (Harper)

• Best Critical/Biographical: The Golden Age of Murder by Martin Edwards (HarperCollins)

• Best Short Story: "Obits" by Stephen King (Bazaar of Bad Dreams, Scribner)

• Best Juvenile: Footer Davis Probably Is Crazy by Susan Vaught (Simon & Schuster)

• Best Young Adult: A Madness So Discreet by Mindy McGinnis (HarperCollins)

• Best Television Episode Teleplay: Gently with the Women by Peter Flannery (George Gently)

• Robert L. Fish Memorial Award: "Chung Ling Soo's Greatest Trick" by Russell W. Johnson (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)

• Grand Master: Walter Mosley:

• Raven Awards: Margaret Kinsman, Sisters in Crime:

• Ellery Queen Award: Janet Rudolph, Mystery Readers International:

• The Simon & Schuster — Mary Higgins Clark Award: Little Pretty Things by Lori Rader-Day (Seventh Street Books)

The Berlin Package by Peter Riva, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during April 2016

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during April 2016 …

The Berlin Package by Peter Riva, A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Yucca Publishing

  

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A film producer, a handsome star, and an African safari guide must race to protect themselves and the world from a terrorist nuclear trade …

Film producer Pero Baltazar thought he was taking a Berlin filming assignment. He needed the work, needed to get back in the saddle after fighting off a life-threatening experience in East Africa — al-Shabaab had attacked his crew, intent on a much larger terrorist attack. Suddenly he finds himself under orders from his part-time employers at the State Department and the CIA when he is handed a mysterious package. It's an assignment he doesn't want. The problem is, it is a job contracted by mysterious patrons who are prepared to kill him if he doesn't deliver.

Pero — now in far too deep — turns to friends, old and new, to help him unravel the mystery of the package, uncover connections to Nazi concentration-camp gold recently sold by the US Treasury, and thwart the ex — Stasi chief, now head of a powerful banking group.

— The Berlin Package by Peter Riva

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Penance, A Holland Taylor Mystery by David Housewright, Now Available at a Special Price

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Penance by David Housewright

A Holland Taylor Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Open Road

Price: $1.99 (as of 04/29/2016 at 1:00 PM ET).

  

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Winner of the 1996 Edgar Award for Best First Novel.

Holland Taylor is comfortable in interrogation rooms. For years, the cold dark cells of the Minneapolis homicide squad were his turf, and with the help of his partner, he wrung confessions out of countless killers. But that was long ago. Tonight Taylor's on the other side of the desk. Tonight he's the suspect.

Taylor's career in the department ended after his wife and daughter were killed in a drunk driving accident. The culprit, John Brown, was sentenced to a measly six years for vehicular manslaughter, and Taylor vowed bloody vengeance in front of open court. After a few months of freedom, Brown is shot dead, and Taylor, now a private investigator, is called in as the obvious suspect. He didn't kill John Brown, but he'll find out who did — even if it means tearing Minneapolis apart from the inside out.

— Penance by David Housewright

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Invitation To Murder, A Mystery Novel by Beth Prentice, New This Week from Gemma Halliday Publishing

Gemma Halliday Publishing is a boutique publisher of light-hearted mystery, romantic suspense and romantic comedy novels, perfect for popping into your beach bag for a weekend away or cozying up beside a warm fire for a quiet night in.

We've selected one of their recently published titles to feature here today …

Invitation To Murder by Beth Prentice

A Mystery Novel

Publisher: Gemma Halliday Publishing

Price: 99¢ (as of 04/29/2016 at 12:30 PM ET).

  

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When Alexandra Anderson is invited to work place reunion at the televisions station where she formerly worked, she's excited to catch up with old friends. And the theme of the reunion is a Murder Mystery Party, so that should be fun, right? Wrong! Alexandra's first horror is coming face-to-face with her ex-boyfriend and his brand new, gorgeous wife. Second, the party happens to coincide with one of the worst storms of the season, knocking out utility lines and cell service. And when her less-than-beloved ex-boss becomes the Murder Party's fake victim, Alexandra and her "team" are tasked with solving the fake murder before anyone else. The only bright spot? The sexy cameraman on Alex's team with the sparkling blue eyes and soft, full lips.

But what starts out as a game becomes all too real when Alexandra stumbles upon the actual dead body of her ex's new wife. Did someone take the game too seriously? Is there a real murder among the party-goers? Can following the clues to a fake murder help Alex solve a real one? Trapped by the storm, with "players" disappearing and time running out, Alex finds herself in the middle of a deadly game of cat and mouse … where not everyone will make it out alive!

— Invitation To Murder by Beth Prentice

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