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It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site, subject to copyright and fair use.tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4285327832119375741.post-29058662231186289742009-07-14T13:01:00.001-04:002009-07-14T13:05:02.535-04:002009-07-14T13:05:02.535-04:00<p style="margin: 6px auto 12px; text-align: center;"><a rel="tag" href="http://new-mysteries.omnimystery.com/"><img title="New Hardcover Mystery Books for December 2008" style="border: 0px solid ; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 375px; height: 80px;" alt="New Hardcover Mysteries from the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books" src="http://new-mysteries.omnimystery.com/graphics/new-mysteries-news.jpg"></a></p> <p>Called his generation&rsquo;s finest writer of international intrigue and one of the greatest American spy novelists ever, <a href="http://authors.omnimystery.com/silva-daniel.html">Daniel Silva</a> writes books that are not only addictive page-turners, but sophisticated stories told with beautiful prose. Most of his novels feature master art restorer and sometime officer of Israeli intelligence Gabriel Allon. The 9th thriller in this series, <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="font-style: italic;" href="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/The-Defector/Daniel-Silva/e/9780399155680/?itm=1&amp;afsrc=1&amp;lkid=J28402402&amp;pubid=K104539&amp;byo=1">The Defector</a>, is scheduled to be in stores July 21st.<br> <br> <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/?afsrc=1&amp;lkid=J14933426&amp;pubid=K104539">Barnes &amp; Noble</a> has graciously allowed us to post an interview with author Daniel Silva on our site. Conducted by host Molly Pesce, Silva talks about how <span style="font-style: italic;">The Defector</span> came to be a continuation of the story started in his previous bestseller, <a style="font-style: italic;" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Moscow-Rules/Daniel-Silva/e/9780399155017/?itm=3&amp;afsrc=1&amp;lkid=J28402416&amp;pubid=K104539&amp;byo=1">Moscow Rules</a>, a thriller we reviewed last year, calling it "remarkably well done" (see <a href="http://www.mysteriousreviews.com/mystery-book-reviews/silva-moscow-rules.html">Mysterious Reviews: <span style="font-style: italic;">Moscow Rules</span> by Daniel Silva</a>).</p> <p style="margin: 12px auto 18px; text-align: center;"><iframe src="http://media.barnesandnoble.com/linking/index.jsp?skin=oneclip&amp;ehv=http://media.barnesandnoble.com&amp;fr_story=4c2a6b6b0e9ae3de0a05884c6f35a2f188796be2&amp;rf=ev&amp;hl=true" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0" height="355" scrolling="no" width="413"></iframe></p> <p>Return to <a rel="tag" href="http://www.mystery-books.com/">Mystery Books News</a> ...</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4285327832119375741-2905866223118628974?l=www.mystery-books.com'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mysterybooks/~4/2SNCtu2Y7m0" height="1" width="1"/>Omnimysteryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15095682686415338438info@omnimystery.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4285327832119375741.post-51028516092622870492009-07-14T09:56:00.000-04:002009-07-14T09:58:08.562-04:002009-07-14T09:58:08.562-04:00<p style="margin: 3px 3px 6px 12px; padding: 0px; width: 250px; height: 96px; float: right;"><img alt="International Mystery Writers Festival" title="International Mystery Writers Festival" style="border: 0px solid ; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 250px; height: 96px;" src="http://mystery-books-news.omnimystery.com/graphics/image-imwf.jpg"></p> <p>The <a href="http://www.californiachronicle.com/articles/yb/132924151" target="_blank">California Chronicle</a> is reporting that David Beckman, who writes, directs, and produces the television series <a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.mysteriesontv.com/monk.html">Monk</a>, will create a short film during the <a href="http://www.newmysteries.org/" target="_blank">International Mystery Writers Festival</a>, scheduled for August 12th through 16th in Owensboro, Kentucky. The movie will be written, cast, recorded and edited during three days of the mystery festival and premiere during the third annual Angie Award Ceremony at the RiverPark Center.<br> <br> Breckman got involved with the mystery festival after his friend, <a href="http://authors.omnimystery.com/goldberg-lee.html">Lee Goldberg</a>, told him about the event. Goldberg, who has also worked on <span style="font-style: italic;">Monk</span> and writes a series tie-in, participated in last year's mystery festival, where the American premiere of his film, <span style="font-style: italic;">Fast Track: No Limits</span>, was held.<br> <br> This year's mystery festival also features the U.S. premieres of four Agatha Christie plays: <span style="font-style: italic;">Three Blind Mice</span>, <span style="font-style: italic;">Yellow Iris</span>, <span style="font-style: italic;">Butter in a Lordly Dish</span>, and <span style="font-style: italic;">Personal Call</span>. They will be performed in the style of old-fashioned radio shows and will be broadcast live on WNIN-FM 88.3 on August 15th. </p> <p>Return to <a rel="tag" href="http://www.mystery-books.com/">Mystery Books News</a> ...</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4285327832119375741-5102851609262287049?l=www.mystery-books.com'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mysterybooks/~4/KeNoHi2VJAc" height="1" width="1"/>Omnimysteryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15095682686415338438info@omnimystery.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4285327832119375741.post-3206256998208827932009-07-13T20:59:00.003-04:002009-07-13T21:12:03.966-04:002009-07-13T21:12:03.966-04:00<p style="margin: 6px auto 12px; text-align: center; width: 375px; height: 80px;"><a rel="tag" href="http://www.mysteriousreviews.com/"><img title="Mysterious Reviews: Mysteries Reviewed by the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books" style="border: 0px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: block; text-align: center; width: 375px; height: 80px;" alt="Mysterious Reviews" src="http://www.mysteriousreviews.com/mysterious-reviews-news.jpg"></a></p><p><a href="http://www.mysteriousreviews.com/">Mysterious Reviews</a>, mysteries reviewed by the <a href="http://www.hsmb.com/">Hidden Staircase Mystery Books</a>, is publishing a new review of <span style="font-style: italic;">The Case of the Pen Gone Missing / El Caso de la Pluma Perdida</span> by Rene Saldana, Jr. For our blog readers, we are printing it first here in advance of its publication on our website.</p><p style="margin: 9px 0px 6px 12px; float: right; width: 150px; height: 225px;"><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1558855556/?tag=mystery-books-20"><img title="The Case of the Pen Gone Missing / El Caso de la Pluma Perdida by Rene Saldana, Jr." alt="The Case of the Pen Gone Missing / El Caso de la Pluma Perdida by Rene Saldana, Jr." src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1558855556.01._SCL_SX150_.jpg" style="border: 0px solid transparent; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 150px; height: 225px;"></a></p><p><a rel="tag" style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.mysteriousreviews.com/mystery-book-reviews/saldana-case-pen-gone-missing.html">The Case of the Pen Gone Missing / El Caso de la Pluma Perdida</a> by Rene Saldana, Jr.<br><a href="http://www.firstclues.com/mickey-rangel.html" style="font-style: italic;">A Mickey Rangel Mystery</a></p><p class="std10">Pinata Books (Paperback)<br>ISBN-10: 1-55885-555-6 (1558855556)<br>ISBN-13: 978-1-55885-555-7 (9781558855557)<br>Publication Date: May 2009<br>List Price: $9.95</p><p class="std10"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Review</span>: Are you trying to find a book that can settle you down in your favorite couch for a quick read? Then <span style="font-style: italic;">The Case of the Pen Gone Missing</span> by René Saldaña, Jr. is a great book for you. This Mickey Rangel Mystery, the first in a series, is a bi-lingual book. The first half of the book is the English version, and the second half is the same story in Spanish. Mickey Rangel is a 5th grade investigator who is trying to find out the identity of the pen thief. Toots is an innocent girl, possibly the prettiest girl in the school, who is hearing rumors that she stole the pen, but she didn’t. So she turns to Mickey for help.<br><br>Toots finds herself in a jam and goes up to Mickey – a boy she has never spoken to before – and asks for his help getting her out of trouble. She tells him the story of the missing pen. This isn’t just an ordinary pen, but instead it is Eddy’s dad’s fancy pen that has the White House logo on it and President Lee Black’s signature. Mickey sits back drinking his Yoo-Hoo and listens to this beautiful girl. As soon as she finishes her story, Mickey sets out to find the thief and clear Toots’ name.<br><br>Overall, <span style="font-style: italic;">The Case of the Pen Gone Missing</span> is a good book. The story is interesting and I wasn’t able to figure out the thief’s name too soon. Plus, I like the character Toots. She was funny and added a lot to the story. Mickey also is a good detective who will probably solve many more mysteries. I would have liked the book better, though if it was longer. I was able to read it in one sitting, so it felt more like a short story. I think the author could have had a stronger story and more developed characters if the book had been longer. But, it’s perfect for a quick read. I would recommend the book for elementary school students like myself who love mysteries about school.</p><p class="std10">Special thanks to Andrea Nauert for contributing her review of <span style="font-style: italic;">The Case of the Pen Gone Missing / El Caso de la Pluma Perdida</span> and to Arte Público Press for providing a copy of the book for this review.</p><p class="std10" style="text-align: center;">Review Copyright &copy; 2009 &mdash; Andrea Nauert &mdash; All Rights Reserved &mdash; Reprinted with Permission</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 6px 12px; width: 120px; height: 28px; float: right;"><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1558855556/?tag=mystery-books-20"><img title="Buy The Case of the Pen Gone Missing / El Caso de la Pluma Perdida by Rene Saldana, Jr. from Amazon.com" alt="Buy from Amazon.com" src="http://www.mysteriousreviews.com/mystery-reviews-graphics/buy-from-amazon.gif" style="margin: 6px 0px 0px 0px; border: 0px solid transparent; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 120px; height: 28px;"></a></p><p>If you are interested in purchasing <a title="Buy The Case of the Pen Gone Missing / El Caso de la Pluma Perdida by Rene Saldana, Jr. from Amazon.com" style="font-style:italic;" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1558855556/?tag=mystery-books-20">The Case of the Pen Gone Missing / El Caso de la Pluma Perdida</a> from Amazon.com, please click the button to the right.</p><p class="std10"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Synopsis</span>&nbsp;(from the publisher): When Toots Rodriguez approaches Mickey on the playground, he knows something is up. Toots, the prettiest girl in the fifth grade, never talks to Mickey, not even when they're assigned to work together on a class project. But Toots has come to Mickey because she's in trouble, and he's a detective. The real deal. He has a badge and a certificate after completing an online course two years ago.<br><br>''You have to believe me, Mickey. I didn't take that pen. I didn't.'' When Toots shines her big green eyes on him and insists repeatedly that she's innocent, Mickey's intuition tells him to run fast in the opposite direction. But he's a sucker for a pretty girl, so he takes on the case of the missing pen.<br><br>Rumor has it that Toots stole Eddy's pen. It's not just any old pen; it's his dad's pen. It has the White House logo on it. Eddy's father, a senator from South Texas, got the pen from the President of the United States when he visited the White House last year. As Mickey begins his investigation, though, all the clues point to Toots and her newly ex-boyfriend as the primary suspects.</p><p>Return to <a href="http://www.mystery-books.com/" rel="tag">Mystery Books News</a> ...</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4285327832119375741-320625699820882793?l=www.mystery-books.com'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mysterybooks/~4/fQ-G7FeEar0" height="1" width="1"/>Omnimysteryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15095682686415338438info@omnimystery.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4285327832119375741.post-51074463714529022742009-07-13T15:29:00.000-04:002009-07-13T15:29:00.859-04:002009-07-13T15:29:00.859-04:00<p style="margin: 6px auto 12px; text-align: center; width: 375px; height: 80px;"><a rel="tag" href="http://www.mysteriousreviews.com/"><img title="Mysterious Reviews: Mysteries Reviewed by the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books" style="border: 0px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: block; text-align: center; width: 375px; height: 80px;" alt="Mysterious Reviews" src="http://www.mysteriousreviews.com/mysterious-reviews-news.jpg"></a></p><p><a href="http://www.mysteriousreviews.com/">Mysterious Reviews</a>, mysteries reviewed by the <a href="http://www.hsmb.com/">Hidden Staircase Mystery Books</a>, is publishing a new review of <span style="font-style: italic;">Parker Takes a Bullet</span> by Lewis Hall. For our blog readers, we are printing it first here in advance of its publication on our website.</p><p style="margin: 9px 0px 6px 12px; float: right; width: 150px; height: 225px;"><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1439236410/?tag=mystery-books-20"><img title="Parker Takes a Bullet by Lewis Hall" alt="Parker Takes a Bullet by Lewis Hall" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1439236410.01._SCL_SX150_.jpg" style="border: 0px solid transparent; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 150px; height: 225px;"></a></p><p><a rel="tag" style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.mysteriousreviews.com/mystery-book-reviews/hall-parker-takes-bullet.html">Parker Takes a Bullet</a> by <a title="More information about Lewis Hall including a bibliography of books" href="http://authors.omnimystery.com/hall-lewis.html" rel="tag">Lewis Hall</a><br><span style="font-style: italic;">An Evelyn Parker Mystery</span></p><p class="std10">Elevated Lab Press (Trade Paperback)<br>ISBN-10: 1-4392-3641-0 (1439236410)<br>ISBN-13: 978-1-4392-3641-3 (9781439236413)<br>Publication Date: May 2009<br>List Price: $14.99</p><p class="std10"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Review</span>: Lewis Hall introduces Evelyn Parker, a 20ish woman who recently lost both her mother, to suicide, and her father, a cop killed by a suspicious fire in his home, in the first of a proposed series, <span style="font-style: italic;">Parker Takes a Bullet</span>.<br><br>Evelyn, who just recently moved out on her own and works in an animal shelter, is devastated by her father's death. She's convinced he was murdered, but his own police department isn't so sure. A large cash deposit recently made into his bank account suggests maybe he was a cop on the take in a deal that went bad. Determined to clear his name, Evelyn starts from some notes written by her father related to his most recent case, and a list he made with seemingly unrelated words: computers, big black car, no license, boxster, dead, bacon, baseball cap, Russian. When her investigation leads her to a Russian native who's a computer expert and the owner a Boxster, she knows she's making progress. But then the FBI step in looking for this very same person but for a different reason. Afraid that she'll never solve her father's murder if the FBI take away her best lead, she convinces him to evade the authorities all the while digging for information about her dad.<br><br><span style="font-style: italic;">Parker Takes a Bullet</span> is a fast-paced thriller with a strong, well-developed plot. Its weakest element, and a debatable one at that, is the character of Evelyn Parker, the series lead. Portrayed as an independent, no-nonsense, and otherwise reasonably intelligent young woman, she nevertheless constantly ignores sound advice, disregards direct orders, breaks laws, commits felonies, and endangers not only herself but everyone around her. She often uses a "the means justifies the end" rationale to support her actions. For example, recalling that her father once said, "A judge should focus on the motivation behind a crime, not on the act itself," she provides herself with comfort that stealing her father's files from police headquarters was the proper thing to do. (The frequent use of quotes by her father is actually one of the more appealing aspects of the book. No doubt intended to keep Evelyn grounded, she sometimes, well, rather frequently, twists them to suit her own, at present, needs.) Some readers might view Evelyn as a good triumphing over evil kind of superhero; others may just roll their eyes at some of her actions, from running (unarmed) after a man (armed) who just tried to kill her, to rather easily breaking out of a secure detention center, to shooting out the tires of a jet while standing in its path on an active runway. That the authorities continue to allow her to get away with all this is part of her charm. Or maybe they're just that inept.<br><br>Though Evelyn Parker is clearly the center of attention here, like her or not, it's the plot and, admittedly, the non-stop action that pull readers along. In the end there are a few unresolved plot points, but otherwise <span style="font-style: italic;">Parker Takes a Bullet</span> is an entertaining and unforgettable thriller.</p><p class="std10">Special thanks to Lewis Hall for providing a copy of <span style="font-style: italic;">Parker Takes a Bullet</span> for this review.</p><p class="std10" style="text-align: center;">Review Copyright &copy; 2009 &mdash; Hidden Staircase Mystery Books &mdash; All Rights Reserved</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 6px 12px; width: 120px; height: 28px; float: right;"><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1439236410/?tag=mystery-books-20"><img title="Buy Parker Takes a Bullet by Lewis Hall from Amazon.com" alt="Buy from Amazon.com" src="http://www.mysteriousreviews.com/mystery-reviews-graphics/buy-from-amazon.gif" style="margin: 6px 0px 0px 0px; border: 0px solid transparent; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 120px; height: 28px;"></a></p><p>If you are interested in purchasing <a title="Buy Parker Takes a Bullet by Lewis Hall from Amazon.com" style="font-style:italic;" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1439236410/?tag=mystery-books-20">Parker Takes a Bullet</a> from Amazon.com, please click the button to the right.</p><p class="std10"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Synopsis</span>&nbsp;(from the publisher): My dad a drug dealer?<br><br>At a time when she should have been thinking about what frothy dress to wear to the senior prom, Evelyn Parker, still reeling from her mother’s suicide, has to face this troubling question. Worse, the fact that her father’s incinerated body is found shortly after a huge cash deposit was made in his bank account leaves his colleagues in the Sheriff’s Department convinced he was on the take.<br><br>But, growing up the daughter of a detective, Evelyn learned a few things about police work. When the investigation into her father’s murder grinds to a halt, Evelyn decides to do some sleuthing of her own, determined to exonerate her dad. In the process she plays loose with the law, tails a too-charming suspect, uncovers a worldwide web of international crime, and learns that things are not always how they appear.</p><p>Return to <a href="http://www.mystery-books.com/" rel="tag">Mystery Books News</a> ...</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4285327832119375741-5107446371452902274?l=www.mystery-books.com'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mysterybooks/~4/xlOtAyfDJ7s" height="1" width="1"/>Omnimysteryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15095682686415338438info@omnimystery.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4285327832119375741.post-84202616353661431772009-07-13T15:09:00.000-04:002009-07-13T15:09:46.317-04:002009-07-13T15:09:46.317-04:00<p style="margin: 3px 3px 6px 12px; padding: 0px; width: 200px; height: 200px; float: right;"><img alt="TNT Television" title="TNT Television" style="border: 0px solid ; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://mystery-books-news.omnimystery.com/graphics/logo-tnt-television.jpg"></p> <p>In a <a href="http://news.turner.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=4511" target="_blank">press release</a> TNT announced that the network will launch a pair of online game sites in conjunction with the premieres of the second season of their crime caper <span style="font-style: italic;">Leverage</span> and their new police drama <span style="font-style: italic;">Dark Blue</span>.<br> <br> In <span style="font-style: italic;">Leverage: Art of the Con</span>, the Leverage team needs game players to recover files, documents and photos on Nate Ford's laptop by completing a series of missions. Those who accomplish each task will be entered in a drawing for a chance to win a multi-city trip to become an expert in the art of the con. One lucky winner will visit Paris, London and New York, sites of some of history&rsquo;s greatest capers. Games from the first season can be replayed at <a href="http://www.leveragehq.com/" target="_blank">LeverageHQ.com</a> until the new season starts on 07/15/2009.<br> <br> At <a href="http://www.darkblueundercover.com/" target="_blank">DarkBlueUndercover.com</a>, game players will become members of an elite undercover squad run by Carter Shaw. Each player will get a false identity and weekly missions to bring down a gun-running ring. The challenges will force players to make some of the difficult decisions that undercover cops face. Based on these decisions, players will either get caught by the group they are trying to infiltrate; get &ldquo;flipped&rdquo; and become seduced by a life of crime; or go deeper undercover. At the end of 10 weeks, those who have taken the challenge will be entered in a drawing for a chance to win a trip undercover in Los Angeles with VIP access to the hottest clubs and restaurants, a private helicopter tour of the Sunset strip, and a ride with a former undercover LAPD officer. An "undercover test" is currently available on the website that tests your observation skillls.<br> <br> <a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.mysteriesontv.com/leverage.html">Leverage</a> premieres Wednesday, July 15th at 9 PM (ET/PT); <span style="font-style: italic;">Dark Blue</span> follows at 10 PM (ET/PT). The <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001OQCVCY/?tag=mystery-books-20" target="_blank">first season of <span style="font-style: italic;">Leverage</span></a> will be available on DVD on 07/14/2009.<br> </p> <p>Return to <a rel="tag" href="http://www.mystery-books.com/">Mystery Books News</a> ...</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4285327832119375741-8420261635366143177?l=www.mystery-books.com'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mysterybooks/~4/LTjTl8sXmMI" height="1" width="1"/>Omnimysteryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15095682686415338438info@omnimystery.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4285327832119375741.post-19898405535473021852009-07-13T13:22:00.002-04:002009-07-13T13:30:28.895-04:002009-07-13T13:30:28.895-04:00<p style="margin: 3px 3px 6px 12px; padding: 0px; width: 150px; height: 227px; float: right;"><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0312327269/?tag=mystery-books-20"><img alt="Blitz, a DS Tom Brant Mystery, by Ken Bruen" title="Blitz, a DS Tom Brant Mystery, by Ken Bruen" style="border: 0px solid ; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 150px; height: 227px;" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0312327269.01._SCL_SX150_.jpg"></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118005896.html?categoryid=19&amp;cs=1" target="_blank">Variety</a> is reporting that actor Jason Statham (<a rel="nofollow" style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0019EXZY4/?tag=mystery-books-20" target="_blank">The Bank Job</a>) is in final negotiations to star in the film adaptation of <a href="http://authors.omnimystery.com/bruen-ken.html">Ken Bruen</a>'s thriller <a rel="nofollow" style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0312327269/?tag=mystery-books-20" target="_blank">Blitz</a>. It isn't clear from the article which character Statham will play, only that the role is that of a tough, uncompromising cop assigned the task of tracking down a serial killer targeting police officers. Paddy Considine (<a rel="nofollow" style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000VWYJ86/?tag=mystery-books-20" target="_blank">The Bourne Ultimatum</a>) will play his partner. The film will shoot on location in London beginning next month.<br> <br> In the book, the fourth in the Detective Sergeant Tom Brant series, DS Brant is in hot water for assaulting a police shrink, Chief Inspector Roberts' wife has died in a horrific car accident, and WPC Falls is still figuring out how to navigate her job as a black female investigator in the notorious unit. When a serial killer takes his show on the road, things get worse for all three. Nicknamed "The Blitz" by the rabid London media, the killer is aiming for tabloid immortality by killing cops in different beats around the city.</p> <p>Return to <a rel="tag" href="http://www.mystery-books.com/">Mystery Books News</a> ...</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4285327832119375741-1989840553547302185?l=www.mystery-books.com'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mysterybooks/~4/j4ya_pQYZUc" height="1" width="1"/>Omnimysteryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15095682686415338438info@omnimystery.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4285327832119375741.post-21100665945793802412009-07-13T12:24:00.000-04:002009-07-13T12:24:00.439-04:002009-07-13T12:24:00.439-04:00<p style="margin: 6px auto 12px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://games.omnimystery.com/"><img title="Games of Mystery, your source for mystery-themed games, parties, and vacations" style="border: 0px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 375px; height: 80px;" alt="Games of Mystery" src="http://games.omnimystery.com/mystery-games-graphics/banner-games-of-mystery-news.jpg"></a></p> <p><a href="http://games.omnimystery.com/" rel="tag">Games of Mystery</a>, your source for mystery-themed electronic and board games, parties for kids and adults, and getaway vacations including murder mystery weekends, is pleased to announce the availability of a&nbsp;new mystery game for the Nintendo DS. More mystery games for this platform are available on our recently updated <a href="http://games.omnimystery.com/games-ds.html" rel="tag">Games of Mystery: Nintendo DS</a> webpage.</p> <p style="margin: 6px 12px 6px 9px; float: left; width: 160px; height: 144px;"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001TZ0L22/?tag=mystery-books-20"><img title="Buy Sherlock Holmes: The Mystery of the Mummy from Amazon.com" style="border: 0px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 160px; height: 144px;" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B001TZ0L22.01._SCL_SX160_.jpg" alt="Sherlock Holmes: The Mystery of the Mummy"></a></p> <p>In <span style="font-style: italic;">Sherlock Holmes: The Mystery of the Mummy</span>, the first Sherlock Holmes game for the Nintendo DS, players embark on an adventure in which they assume the role of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Victorian super sleuth Sherlock Holmes and investigate the mysterious case of a missing archaeologist and a valuable Egyptian mummy in turn-of-the-century England. What begins as a simple case quickly becomes a web of intrigue, robbery, priceless artifacts, and murder that players will find hard to put down.<br> <br> Your skills as an investigative sleuth will be tested as you attempt to uncover the truth behind the mystery by exploring the many rooms of a large Victorian mansion, and solving the many puzzles and riddles that you will encounter using your DS stylus. Prepare yourself for uncertain leads, an illusive saboteur, the disappearance of an ancient mummy, a strange murder and perhaps more &hellip; the plot thickens.<br> <br> <a style="font-style: italic;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001TZ0L22/?tag=mystery-books-20">Sherlock Holmes: The Mystery of the Mummy Nintendo DS</a> is currently scheduled for release on July 14th, 2009. This game is also available for download from Big Fish Games: <a style="font-style: italic;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.bigfishgames.com/download-games/1650/sherlockholmesthem/index.html?afcode=af67f592a313">Sherlock Holmes: The Mystery of the Mummy (download version)</a>.<br> <br> Watch a video preview for <span style="font-style: italic;">Sherlock Holmes: The Mystery of the Mummy</span> below:<br> </p> <p style="margin: 12px auto 18px; text-align: center;"><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/g35OzHh4-hE&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/g35OzHh4-hE&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object></p> <p>Don't forget to visit <a href="http://games.omnimystery.com/" rel="tag">Games of Mystery</a> for all types of mysterious fun!</p> <p>Return to <a rel="tag" href="http://www.mystery-books.com/">Mystery Books News</a> ...</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4285327832119375741-2110066594579380241?l=www.mystery-books.com'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mysterybooks/~4/f0mvsM5F9mw" height="1" width="1"/>Omnimysteryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15095682686415338438info@omnimystery.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4285327832119375741.post-41564720407492562232009-07-13T07:31:00.004-04:002009-07-13T07:49:51.433-04:002009-07-13T07:49:51.433-04:00<p style="margin: 3px 3px 6px 12px; padding: 0px; width: 252px; height: 80px; float: right;"><img alt="Dark Blue, a Crime Drama on TNT" title="Dark Blue, a Crime Drama on TNT" style="border: 0px solid ; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 252px; height: 80px;" src="http://tvmysteries.omnimystery.com/graphics-titles/title-dark-blue-2.jpg"></p> <p>A new crime drama debuts this week on TNT: <span style="font-style: italic;">Dark Blue</span>.<br><br>According to the network, Dylan McDermott is Carter Shaw, the leader of a crack undercover team of police officers whose relentless pursuit of LA's worst criminals has cost him any semblance of a personal life; Omari Hardwick is Ty Curtis, a recently married cop who struggles to maintain his dual existence; Logan Marshall-Green is Dean Bendis, a shoot-from-the-hip officer whose activities make fellow team members question his loyalties; and Nicki Aycox is Jaimie Allen, a green patrol cop with a hidden past.<br> <br> <span style="font-style: italic;">Dark Blue</span> premieres this Wednesday, July 15th at 10 PM (ET/PT), and follows the second season premiere of&nbsp;our favorite new series, <a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.mysteriesontv.com/leverage.html">Leverage</a>. Watch a sneak peek of <span style="font-style: italic;">Dark Blue</span> below:</p> <p style="margin: 12px auto 18px; text-align: center;"><object classid='clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000' codebase='http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,0,0' id='tntplayer' height='390' width='324'><param name='movie' value='http://turner.a.mms.mavenapps.net/mms/rt/1/site/turner-tnt-pub01-live/current/launch.swf' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='allowscriptaccess' value='always' /><param name='bgcolor' value='#000000' /><param name='flashvars' value='playerId=tntplayer&PlaylistId=&singleClipReferralObject=5854766&swfName=turnerTNTViralPlayer.swf' /><param name='menu' value='false' /><param name='play' value='false' /><param name='quality' value='high' /><param name='salign' value='LT' /><param name='scale' value='noscale' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed type='application/x-shockwave-flash' pluginspage='http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer' id='mavenFlashPlayer' name='mavenFlashPlayer' height='390' width='324' src='http://turner.a.mms.mavenapps.net/mms/rt/1/site/turner-tnt-pub01-live/current/launch.swf' allowfullscreen='true' allowscriptaccess='always' bgcolor='#000000' flashvars='playerId=tntplayer&PlaylistId=&singleClipReferralObject=5854766&swfName=turnerTNTViralPlayer.swf' menu='false' play='false' quality='high' salign='LT' scale='noscale' wmode='transparent' /></embed></object></p> <p>Return to <a rel="tag" href="http://www.mystery-books.com/">Mystery Books News</a> ...</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4285327832119375741-4156472040749256223?l=www.mystery-books.com'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mysterybooks/~4/9gWb88YLuz4" height="1" width="1"/>Omnimysteryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15095682686415338438info@omnimystery.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4285327832119375741.post-37851705980367669122009-07-13T06:53:00.002-04:002009-07-13T06:54:05.035-04:002009-07-13T06:54:05.035-04:00<p style="margin: 6px auto 12px; text-align: center; width: 375px; height: 80px;"><a href="http://www.mysteriesontv.com/"><img title="Mysteries on TV, the most complete selection of detective, amateur sleuth, private investigator, and suspense television mystery series now available or coming soon to DVD" style="border: 0px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 375px; height: 80px;" alt="Mysteries on TV" src="http://www.mysteriesontv.com/mysteries-on-tv-news.jpg"></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.mysteriesontv.com/" rel="tag">Mysteries on TV</a>, your source for the most complete selection of detective, amateur sleuth, private investigator, and suspense television mystery series now available or coming soon to DVD, is profiling three series that have season DVDs being released this week.</p> <p style="text-align: center;">&mdash;&nbsp;&loz;&nbsp;&mdash;</p> <p style="margin: 3px 12px 6px 9px; width: 150px; height: 210px; float: left;"><a rel="tag" href="http://www.mysteriesontv.com/leverage.html"><img title="Leverage: Season One Available on DVD" alt="Leverage: Season One, a Mystery TV Series" style="border: 0px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 150px; height: 210px;" src="http://www.mysteriesontv.com/covers/leverage-s01-150x210.jpg"></a></p> <p><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.mysteriesontv.com/leverage.html" rel="tag">Leverage</a> is a slick and crafty crime caper drama following a team of expert thieves that takes down corrupt corporations and organizations in elaborate high-tech schemes. Insurance investigator Nate Ford (played Timothy Hutton) exposed scams and recovered stolen items worth millions. But his life hit the skids when his own employer allowed his ailing 8-year-old son to die. Years later, Nate gets even as the leader of a specialized team of thieves, computer experts and con artists that right corporate and governmental injustices against honest citizens. To expose corruption, Nate will do wrong for all the right reasons.<br> <br> The <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001OQCVCY/?tag=mystery-books-20" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Leverage: Season One</a> DVD set of 4 discs contain all 13 episodes of the 1st season that aired on TNT from December 2008 through February 2009. The second season of <span style="font-style: italic;">Leverage</span> debuts on TNT this Wednesday, July 15th, at 9 PM (ET/PT). See our preview of the new season, <a href="http://www.mystery-books.com/2009/07/leverage-returns-for-second-season-this.html">MBN: Leverage Returns for a Second Season</a>.</p> <p style="text-align: center;">&mdash;&nbsp;&loz;&nbsp;&mdash;</p> <p style="margin: 3px 12px 6px 9px; width: 150px; height: 210px; float: left;"><a rel="tag" href="http://www.mysteriesontv.com/wire-in-the-blood.html"><img title="Wire in the Blood: Season Six Available on DVD" alt="Wire in the Blood: Season Six, a Mystery TV Series" style="border: 0px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 150px; height: 210px;" src="http://www.mysteriesontv.com/covers/wire-in-the-blood-s06-150x210.jpg"></a></p> <p>Whether he's trying to crack a mystery involving internet chat rooms, a deadly hypnotist, DNA evidence or suicide cults, Dr. Tony Hill (played by Robson Green) has an extraordinary understanding of a criminal's mind, which has proven to be an asset to the police in northern England in <a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.mysteriesontv.com/wire-in-the-blood.html" rel="tag">Wire in the Blood</a>, a series based on characters created by mystery author <a href="http://authors.omnimystery.com/mcdermid-val.html" rel="tag">Val McDermid</a>. Working alongside Detective Inspector Fielding (Simone Lahbib), Hill is able to track down killers by actually visualizing the crimes. His ability to empathize with both victims and killers is something that drives his colleagues crazy, but his theories have time and again proven to be dead-on.<br> <br> The <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00268EY5Q/?tag=mystery-books-20" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Wire in the Blood: Season Six</a> DVD set of 4 discs contain the 4 2-part episodes of the 6th and final season that originally aired on ITV1 during the fall of 2008. ITV cancelled the series earlier this year citing high production costs.</p> <p style="text-align: center;">&mdash;&nbsp;&loz;&nbsp;&mdash;</p> <p>Visit the <a href="http://www.mysteriesontv.com/">Mysteries on TV</a> website to discover more <a href="http://www.mysteriesontv.com/" rel="tag">television mystery series</a> currently available on DVD.</p> <p>Return to <a href="http://www.mystery-books.com/" rel="tag">Mystery Books News</a> ...</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4285327832119375741-3785170598036766912?l=www.mystery-books.com'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mysterybooks/~4/hTkI2oFQXTw" height="1" width="1"/>Omnimysteryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15095682686415338438info@omnimystery.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4285327832119375741.post-85757519214854934372009-07-13T05:57:00.000-04:002009-07-13T05:57:00.050-04:002009-07-13T05:57:00.050-04:00<p style="margin: 6px auto 12px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; width: 375px; height: 80px;"><a rel="tag" href="http://godoku.omnimystery.com/"><img title="Find More Mystery Godoku Puzzles at MysteryGodoku.com" style="border: 0px solid transparent; margin: 0px auto 20px; padding: 0px; display: block; text-align: center; width: 375px; height: 80px;" alt="Mystery Godoku" src="http://godoku.omnimystery.com/graphics/mystery-godoku-news.jpg"></a></p> <p>A new <a href="http://godoku.omnimystery.com/" rel="tag">Mystery Godoku Puzzle</a> has been created by the editors of the <a href="http://www.hsmb.com/">Hidden Staircase Mystery Books</a> and is now available on our website.</p> <p>Godoku is similar to Sudoku, but uses letters instead of numbers. To give you a headstart, we provide you a mystery clue to fill in a complete row or column (if you choose to use it!).</p> <p style="margin: 3px 0px 6px 12px; padding: 0px; float: right; width: 170px; height: 181px;"><a href="http://godoku.omnimystery.com/"><img title="Mystery Godoku Puzzle for July 13, 2009" style="border: 0px solid ; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; float: right; width: 170px; height: 181px;" alt="Mystery Godoku Puzzle for July 13, 2009" src="http://godoku.omnimystery.com/puzzles/godoku-090713-p.jpg"></a></p> <p>This week's letters and mystery clue:</p> <p> <span style="font-weight: bold;">A E F I L O R T V</span></p> <p><a href="http://authors.omnimystery.com/parke-daryn.html">Daryn Parke</a>&rsquo;s debut thriller has this title (with &ldquo;The&rdquo;, 9 letters).</p> <p>We now have two weeks of our puzzles on one page in PDF format for easier printing. Print this week's puzzle <a href="http://godoku.omnimystery.com/print-090720.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> <p>Previous puzzles are stored in the <a href="http://godoku.omnimystery.com/mystery-godoku-archives.html">Mystery Godoku Archives</a>.</p> <p>Enjoy the weekly Mystery Godoku Puzzle from the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books, and Thanks for visiting our website!</p> <p style="text-align: center;"> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="http://www.qksz.net/1e-fpds"></script>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="http://www.qksz.net/1e-fpdt"></script></p> <p>Return to <a href="http://www.mystery-books.com/" rel="tag">Mystery Books News</a> ...</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4285327832119375741-8575751921485493437?l=www.mystery-books.com'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mysterybooks/~4/sGpJH5z5riM" height="1" width="1"/>Omnimysteryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15095682686415338438info@omnimystery.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4285327832119375741.post-89709294136789727322009-07-12T21:35:00.001-04:002009-07-12T21:39:30.851-04:002009-07-12T21:39:30.851-04:00<p style="margin: 6px auto 12px; text-align: center; width: 375px; height: 80px;"><a rel="tag" href="http://www.mysteriousreviews.com/"><img title="Mysterious Reviews: Mysteries Reviewed by the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books" style="border: 0px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: block; text-align: center; width: 375px; height: 80px;" alt="Mysterious Reviews" src="http://www.mysteriousreviews.com/mysterious-reviews-news.jpg"></a></p><p><a href="http://www.mysteriousreviews.com/">Mysterious Reviews</a>, mysteries reviewed by the <a href="http://www.hsmb.com/">Hidden Staircase Mystery Books</a>, is publishing a new review of <span style="font-style: italic;">The Bride Will Keep Her Name</span> by Jan Goldstein. For our blog readers, we are printing it first here in advance of its publication on our website.</p><p style="margin: 9px 0px 6px 12px; float: right; width: 150px; height: 225px;"><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0307345920/?tag=mystery-books-20"><img title="The Bride Will Keep Her Name by Jan Goldstein" alt="The Bride Will Keep Her Name by Jan Goldstein" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0307345920.01._SCL_SX150_.jpg" style="border: 0px solid transparent; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 150px; height: 225px;"></a></p><p><a rel="tag" style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.mysteriousreviews.com/mystery-book-reviews/goldstein-bride-keep-name.html">The Bride Will Keep Her Name</a> by <a title="More information about Jan Goldstein including a bibliography of books" href="http://authors.omnimystery.com/goldstein-jan.html" rel="tag">Jan Goldstein</a><br><span style="font-style: italic;">Non-series</span></p><p class="std10">Shaye Areheart (Hardcover)<br>ISBN-10: 0-307-34592-0 (0307345920)<br>ISBN-13: 978-0-307-34592-9 (9780307345929)<br>Publication Date: June 2009<br>List Price: $24.00</p><p class="std10"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Review</span>: Just a week before her dream wedding, Madison Mandelbaum begins receiving troubling messages asking the question, "Do you really know the man you are about to marry?", in <span style="font-style: italic;">The Bride Will Keep Her Name</span>, a novel by Jan Goldstein.<br><br>"Be careful what you wish for," Madison's mother was fond of saying. Like all young girls, Madison wished for a man who was tall, dark and handsome, one who would sweep her off her feet, fall in love with her and she with him. Her wish is about to come true, she is going to marry Colin Darcy, the man of her dreams. But a week before the wedding Madison receives a mysterious unidentifiable e-mail, the first of many that suggest Colin was involved with the murder of a call girl less than a year ago. Even details that seem to support the accusations are provided. She could not face Colin with her suspicions. Not yet. Together with her best friends since childhood, she begins an investigation. The more clues they find, the more guilty Colin looked. As the days dwindle down to the ceremonial festivities, Madison finally confronts Colin. He admits lying to her about some of his past. He even admits that he knew the dead girl and was with her the day before she was murdered, a crime that remains unsolved. He denies, however, having any part in the murder. Colin has no proof of his innocence and is suddenly arrested for the murder. Madison wants to believe him. Madison’s grandmother tells her to let her head follow her heart. But can she?<br><br><span style="font-style: italic;">The Bride Will Keep Her Name</span> is a briskly paced cross-genre novel, a chick-lit style mystery with generous amounts of good humor. The love between Madison and Colin is genuinely expressed and the secrets exposed just days before their wedding are both shocking and from unexpected sources. It's all quite entertaining and makes for a perfect summer read.</p><p class="std10">Special thanks to guest reviewer Betty of <a href="http://www.betzreview.com/" style="font-style: italic;">The Betz Review</a> for contributing her review of <span style="font-style: italic;">The Bride Will Keep Her Name</span> and to Goldberg McDuffie Communications for providing a copy of the book for this review.</p><p class="std10" style="text-align: center;">Review Copyright &copy; 2009 &mdash; Hidden Staircase Mystery Books &mdash; All Rights Reserved</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 6px 12px; width: 120px; height: 28px; float: right;"><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0307345920/?tag=mystery-books-20"><img title="Buy The Bride Will Keep Her Name by Jan Goldstein from Amazon.com" alt="Buy from Amazon.com" src="http://www.mysteriousreviews.com/mystery-reviews-graphics/buy-from-amazon.gif" style="margin: 6px 0px 0px 0px; border: 0px solid transparent; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 120px; height: 28px;"></a></p><p>If you are interested in purchasing <a title="Buy The Bride Will Keep Her Name by Jan Goldstein from Amazon.com" style="font-style:italic;" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0307345920/?tag=mystery-books-20">The Bride Will Keep Her Name</a> from Amazon.com, please click the button to the right. <a title="The Bride Will Keep Her Name by Jan Goldstein (Kindle edition)" style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002BH5HZI/?tag=mystery-books-20" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">The Bride Will Keep Her Name (Kindle edition)</a> is also available. Learn more about the <a title="Learn more about the Kindle from Amazon.com" href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00154JDAI/?tag=mystery-books-20" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Kindle, Amazon's Wireless Reading Device</a>.</p><p class="std10"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Synopsis</span>&nbsp;(from the publisher): Madison Mandelbaum is on top of the world. She's got a loving—though totally neurotic—family, two fabulous best friends, and best of all, she's head-over-heels in love with Colin Darcy, an investigative reporter for NBC, distant relation to the Queen, and—most importantly—Maddie’s fiancé. Be careful what you wish for, her mother’s always warned, but, with Colin on her arm, Maddie is certain, at last, nothing could possibly go wrong.<br><br>But with one dream-filled week to go before the wedding, an anonymous email arrives suggesting her fiancé may not be the man she thinks he is. Someone’s idea of a pre-wedding joke, she’s certain. Yet as more sinister phone calls, text messages, and disturbing clues turn up, all linking Colin to the murder of a sexy callgirl, Maddie realizes that she must get to the bottom of this. Fast.<br><br>As the clock counts down toward the ceremony of her dreams, Maddie’s life is turned inside out. Between dress fittings, entertaining future in-laws, planning rehearsal dinners, and putting on a brave face, Maddie and her bridesmaids are propelled into a stunning undercover investigation, plunging them into a seedy underworld of anonymous sex and backroom politics. As her breathtaking search brings her ever closer to the knowledge she desperately seeks, Maddie finds her heart being tested in ways she’d never dreamed. And in her non-stop, gasp-inducing race to take back her life and dreams, Maddie discovers just how far someone in love will go to cover up the truth, stumbling upon a shocking secret she never saw coming.</p><p>Return to <a href="http://www.mystery-books.com/" rel="tag">Mystery Books News</a> ...</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4285327832119375741-8970929413678972732?l=www.mystery-books.com'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mysterybooks/~4/q3tu95EEEqw" height="1" width="1"/>Omnimysteryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15095682686415338438info@omnimystery.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4285327832119375741.post-74082671121916254912009-07-12T14:06:00.000-04:002009-07-12T14:06:00.899-04:002009-07-12T14:06:00.899-04:00<p style="margin: 6px auto 12px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://games.omnimystery.com/"><img title="Games of Mystery, your source for mystery-themed games, parties, and vacations" style="border: 0px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 375px; height: 80px;" alt="Games of Mystery" src="http://games.omnimystery.com/mystery-games-graphics/banner-games-of-mystery-news.jpg"></a></p> <p><a href="http://games.omnimystery.com/" rel="tag">Games of Mystery</a>, your source for mystery-themed electronic and board games, parties for kids and adults, and getaway vacations including murder mystery weekends, is pleased to announce the availability of a new mystery game for the Nintendo DS and Wii. More mystery games for these platforms are available on our recently updated <a href="http://games.omnimystery.com/games-ds.html" rel="tag">Games of Mystery: Nintendo DS</a> and <a href="http://games.omnimystery.com/games-wii.html" rel="tag">Games of Mystery: Nintendo Wii</a> webpages.</p> <p style="margin: 6px 12px 6px 9px; float: left; width: 150px; height: 211px;"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002AF4XEM/?tag=mystery-books-20"><img title="Sudoku Ball: Detective (Nintendo DS and Wii)" style="border: 0px solid ; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 150px; height: 211px;" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B002AF4XEM.01._SCL_SX150_.jpg" alt="Sudoku Ball: Detective (Nintendo DS and Wii)"></a></p> <p><span style="font-style: italic;">Sudoku Ball: Detective</span> is sudoku with a twist: play your favorite puzzle game in a completely new, entertaining detective scenario, and experience multitudes of challenging puzzles to solve a mysterious crime! An exclusive sudoku ball design adds even more to your sudoku experience.<br> <br> Inspired by murder mystery games and famous English detective stories, you take on the role of a detective in a small town where a murder has been committed. It is up to you to find the murderer, by completing different styles of sudoku puzzles representing separate stages of the investigation: Search clues, pick locks, investigate evidence in the lab, and chase your suspect!<br> <br> <a style="font-style: italic;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002AF4XEC/?tag=mystery-books-20">Sudoku Ball: Detective (Nintendo DS)</a> and <a style="font-style: italic;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002AF4XEM/?tag=mystery-books-20">Sudoku Ball: Detective (Nintendo Wii)</a> are currently scheduled for release on July 14th, 2009.<br> <br> Watch a teaser trailer for <span style="font-style: italic;">Sudoku Ball: Detective</span> below:<br> </p> <p style="margin: 12px auto 18px; text-align: center;"><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/SueFzXfErKY&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/SueFzXfErKY&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p> <p>Don't forget to visit <a href="http://games.omnimystery.com/" rel="tag">Games of Mystery</a> for all types of mysterious fun!</p> <p>Return to <a rel="tag" href="http://www.mystery-books.com/">Mystery Books News</a> ...</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4285327832119375741-7408267112191625491?l=www.mystery-books.com'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mysterybooks/~4/_7-YCaxq5Ac" height="1" width="1"/>Omnimysteryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15095682686415338438info@omnimystery.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4285327832119375741.post-84443520862359555932009-07-12T11:35:00.001-04:002009-07-12T11:35:00.117-04:002009-07-12T11:35:00.117-04:00<p style="margin: 3px 3px 6px 12px; padding: 0px; width: 250px; height: 380px; float: right;"><img alt="Poster: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" title="Poster: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" style="border: 0px solid ; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 250px; height: 380px;" src="http://mystery-books-news.omnimystery.com/graphics/poster-harry-potter-half-blood-prince.jpg"></p> <p><span style="font-style: italic;">Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince</span> opens next Wednesday, July 15th. Based on the 6th and penultimate book in the <a href="http://www.firstclues.com/harry-potter.html">Harry Potter series</a> by J. K. Rowling, the film stars Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter, who enters his sixth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry with friends Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint) and Hermione Granger (Emma Watson).<br> <br> In <a rel="nofollow" style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0439785960/?tag=mystery-books-20" target="_blank">Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince</a>, the war against Lord Voldemort is not going well; even the Muggles have been affected. Dumbledore is absent from Hogwarts for long stretches of time, and the Order of the Phoenix has already suffered losses. And yet ... as with all wars, life goes on. Sixth-year students learn to apparate. Teenagers flirt and fight and fall in love. Harry receives some extraordinary help in potions from the mysterious Half-Blood Prince. And with Dumbledore's guidance, he seeks out the full, complex story of the boy who became Lord Voldemort -- and thus finds what may be his only vulnerability.<br> <br> Though scheduled to open on July 15th in theaters, the IMAX version (with only 3 exceptions) will not open until July 29th due to a contractual conflict. For more information about the film, visit the official website on <a href="http://harrypotter.warnerbros.com/harrypotterandthehalf-bloodprince/">WarnerBros.com</a>.<br> <br> Watch a featurette produced for the film below:</p> <p style="margin: 12px auto 18px; text-align: center;"><object width="448" height="259"><param name="movie" value="http://www.hulu.com/embed/27rNoseSz-8AoRyU1sNUhw"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.hulu.com/embed/27rNoseSz-8AoRyU1sNUhw" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowFullScreen="true" width="448" height="259"></embed></object></p> <p>Return to <a rel="tag" href="http://www.mystery-books.com/">Mystery Books News</a> ...</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4285327832119375741-8444352086235955593?l=www.mystery-books.com'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mysterybooks/~4/dWG_S2jOjXA" height="1" width="1"/>Omnimysteryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15095682686415338438info@omnimystery.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4285327832119375741.post-57376697421218888682009-07-12T09:40:00.000-04:002009-07-12T09:41:02.025-04:002009-07-12T09:41:02.025-04:00<p style="margin: 3px 0px 6px 12px; padding: 0px; width: 150px; height: 210px; float: right;"><a href="http://www.mysteriesontv.com/leverage.html"><img alt="Leverage (TV Crime Drama)" title="Leverage (TV Crime Drama)" style="border: 0px solid ; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 150px; height: 210px;" src="http://tvmysteries.omnimystery.com/covers/leverage-s01-150x210.jpg"></a></p> <p>Possibly our favorite new series last year was <a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.mysteriesontv.com/t-j-hooker.html">Leverage</a>, a crime caper starring Timothy Hutton as Nate Ford, the leader of a gang of professional thieves and con artists, who use elaborate scams designed to exact revenge against those who use power and wealth to victimize people. The 12-episode season debuted on TNT in December 2008 and ended with the team apparently breaking up, after destroying their corporate headquarters in Los Angeles. The <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001OQCVCY/?tag=mystery-books-20" target="_blank">first season of <span style="font-style: italic;">Leverage</span> on DVD</a> will be released on 07/14/2009.<br> <br> <span style="font-style: italic;">Leverage</span> returns for a second season this Wednesday, July 15th, at 9PM (ET/PT). In the opening episode, the team meets up in Boston for "The Beantown Bailout Job". Nate Ford reluctantly reassembles the team to pit the local Irish mob against a banker who is gaming a government bailout. If they survive, Nate has to deal with four thieves who've decided he needs them in his life, whether he likes it or not. <br> <br> Watch a recap of the first season below:</p> <p style="margin: 12px auto 18px; text-align: center;"><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,0,0" id="tntplayer" height="390" width="324"><param name="movie" value="http://turner.a.mms.mavenapps.net/mms/rt/1/site/turner-tnt-pub01-live/current/launch.swf"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000"><param name="flashvars" value="playerId=tntplayer&amp;PlaylistId=e5afcc8721471799808950c9d7fefe9409736a7a&amp;singleClipReferralObject=6200939&amp;swfName=turnerTNTViralPlayer.swf"><param name="menu" value="false"><param name="play" value="false"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="salign" value="LT"><param name="scale" value="noscale"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"> <embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" id="mavenFlashPlayer" name="mavenFlashPlayer" src="http://turner.a.mms.mavenapps.net/mms/rt/1/site/turner-tnt-pub01-live/current/launch.swf" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" bgcolor="#000000" flashvars="playerId=tntplayer&amp;PlaylistId=e5afcc8721471799808950c9d7fefe9409736a7a&amp;singleClipReferralObject=6200939&amp;swfName=turnerTNTViralPlayer.swf" menu="false" play="false" quality="high" salign="LT" scale="noscale" wmode="transparent" height="390" width="324"></embed></object></p> <p>Return to <a rel="tag" href="http://www.mystery-books.com/">Mystery Books News</a> ...</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4285327832119375741-5737669742121888868?l=www.mystery-books.com'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mysterybooks/~4/r4C22W1d6I8" height="1" width="1"/>Omnimysteryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15095682686415338438info@omnimystery.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4285327832119375741.post-50758285304392046372009-07-12T08:20:00.001-04:002009-07-12T08:20:00.418-04:002009-07-12T08:20:00.418-04:00<p style="margin: 6px auto 12px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://games.omnimystery.com/"><img title="Games of Mystery, your source for mystery-themed games, parties, and vacations" style="border: 0px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 375px; height: 80px;" alt="Games of Mystery" src="http://games.omnimystery.com/mystery-games-graphics/banner-games-of-mystery-news.jpg"></a></p> <p><a href="http://games.omnimystery.com/" rel="tag">Games of Mystery</a>, your source for mystery-themed electronic and board games, parties for kids and adults, and getaway vacations including murder mystery weekends, is pleased to announce the availability of a new <a href="http://games.omnimystery.com/games-nancy-drew.html">Nancy Drew game</a> for Windows PC.</p> <p style="margin: 6px 12px 6px 9px; float: left; width: 150px; height: 204px;"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0026EV5FW/?tag=mystery-books-20"><img title="Nancy Drew 20: Ransom of the Seven Ships" style="border: 0px solid ; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 150px; height: 193px;" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0026EV5FW.01._SCL_SX150_.jpg" alt="Nancy Drew 20: Ransom of the Seven Ships"></a></p> <p>The case in <a rel="nofollow" style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0026EV5FW/?tag=mystery-books-20" target="_blank">Nancy Drew 20: Ransom of the Seven Ships</a>: What could be better than an all-expense paid vacation in the Bahamas with Bess and George? But when Bess is kidnapped and held for ransom, it's up to you, as Nancy Drew, to discover the treasures of the sunken "Seven Virtues" fleet and find the missing artifact that the kidnappers are demanding in exchange for Bess. Team up with George to sail through the perilous waters of this mystery and defeat the dastardly villain!<br> <br> <a rel="nofollow" style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0026EV5FW/?tag=mystery-books-20" target="_blank">Nancy Drew 20: Ransom of the Seven Ships</a> is currently scheduled for release for Windows PC platforms on July 14th, 2009.<br> <br> View the trailer below:</p> <p style="margin: 12px auto 18px; text-align: center;"><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/B-ENboMKI-s&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/B-ENboMKI-s&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p> <p>Don't forget to visit <a href="http://games.omnimystery.com/" rel="tag">Games of Mystery</a> for all types of mysterious fun!</p> <p>Return to <a rel="tag" href="http://www.mystery-books.com/">Mystery Books News</a> ...</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4285327832119375741-5075828530439204637?l=www.mystery-books.com'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mysterybooks/~4/pLESZEBpWTk" height="1" width="1"/>Omnimysteryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15095682686415338438info@omnimystery.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4285327832119375741.post-84670972935561971012009-07-11T21:55:00.006-04:002009-07-11T22:23:06.897-04:002009-07-11T22:23:06.897-04:00<p style="margin: 6px auto 12px; text-align: center; width: 375px; height: 80px;"><a href="http://awards.omnimystery.com/"><img title="Mystery Book Awards: The Edgars, The Agathas, The Anthonys, and many more." style="border: 0px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 375px; height: 80px;" alt="Mystery Book Awards: The Edgars, The Agathas, The Anthonys, and many more." src="http://awards.omnimystery.com/graphics/awards-banner-news.jpg"></a></p> <p>Winners of the 2009 <a href="http://awards.omnimystery.com/mystery-awards-thriller.html">Thriller Awards</a> were announced this evening during ThrillerFest, an annual event hosted by the <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.thrillerwriters.org/" target="_blank">International Thriller Writers</a> organization. <a href="http://twitter.com/jasonpinter" target="_blank">Jason Pinter</a> tweeted the results from the ceremony.<br> <br> And the winners are:<br> <br> &loz;&nbsp;Best Novel: <span style="font-style: italic;">The Bodies Left Behind</span> by <a href="http://authors.omnimystery.com/deaver-jeffery.html">Jeffery Deaver</a><br> &loz;&nbsp;Best First Novel: <span style="font-style: italic;">Child 44</span> by <a href="http://authors.omnimystery.com/smith-tom-rob.html">Tom Rob Smith</a><br> &loz;&nbsp;Best Short Story: <span style="font-style: italic;">The Edge of Seventeen</span> by <a href="http://authors.omnimystery.com/sokoloff-alexandra.html">Alexandra Sokoloff</a><br> &loz;&nbsp;ThrillerMaster: David Morrell<br> </p> <p>Congratulations from everyone at MBN to the winners and nominees (and thanks to <a href="http://twitter.com/jasonpinter" target="_blank">@jasonpinter</a> for the real-time results)!<br> </p> <p>Return to <a href="http://www.mystery-books.com/" rel="tag">Mystery Books News</a> ...</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4285327832119375741-8467097293556197101?l=www.mystery-books.com'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mysterybooks/~4/MuvLDyNUXzQ" height="1" width="1"/>Omnimysteryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15095682686415338438info@omnimystery.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4285327832119375741.post-57174257110459656732009-07-11T11:06:00.001-04:002009-07-11T11:08:46.929-04:002009-07-11T11:08:46.929-04:00<p style="margin: 6px auto 12px; text-align: center; width: 375px; height: 80px;"><a rel="tag" href="http://www.mysteriousreviews.com/"><img title="Mysterious Reviews: Mysteries Reviewed by the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books" style="border: 0px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: block; text-align: center; width: 375px; height: 80px;" alt="Mysterious Reviews" src="http://www.mysteriousreviews.com/mysterious-reviews-news.jpg"></a></p><p><a href="http://www.mysteriousreviews.com/">Mysterious Reviews</a>, mysteries reviewed by the <a href="http://www.hsmb.com/">Hidden Staircase Mystery Books</a>, is publishing a new review of <span style="font-style: italic;">Haunting Bombay</span> by Shilpa Agarwal. For our blog readers, we are printing it first here in advance of its publication on our website.</p><p style="margin: 9px 0px 6px 12px; float: right; width: 150px; height: 225px;"><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/156947558X/?tag=mystery-books-20"><img title="Haunting Bombay by Shilpa Agarwal" alt="Haunting Bombay by Shilpa Agarwal" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/156947558X.01._SCL_SX150_.jpg" style="border: 0px solid transparent; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 150px; height: 225px;"></a></p><p><a rel="tag" style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.mysteriousreviews.com/mystery-book-reviews/agarwal-haunting-bombay.html">Haunting Bombay</a> by <a title="More information about Shilpa Agarwal including a bibliography of books" href="http://authors.omnimystery.com/agarwal-shilpa.html" rel="tag">Shilpa Agarwal</a><br><span style="font-style: italic;">Non-series</span></p><p class="std10">Soho Press (Hardcover)<br>ISBN-10: 1-56947-558-X (156947558X)<br>ISBN-13: 978-1-56947-558-4 (9781569475584)<br>Publication Date: April 2009<br>List Price: $24.00</p><p class="std10"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Review</span>: While still in draft form, Shilpa Agarwal’s debut novel received a First Words Literary Prize for South Asian Writers. A beautifully crafted mystery of amazing depth, sensitivity, and complexity, it is as haunting in its style as in its substance.<br><br>The matriarchal Mittal family – a controlling grandmother, her philandering son, devious daughter-in-law, and their 14-year-old twin boys, 17-year-old son, and a 13-year old displaced niece named Pinky – live with a handful of servants of varying loyalties in a well-to-do gated enclave in Bombay. The ghost of an infant girl lives there as well, by day quiet and harmless, by night covertly locked away in the family bathroom until one evening Pinky in a fit of pique unwittingly releases her to wreak havoc on the family’s lives while avenging her untimely and mysterious death. The mystery that spins out so tantalizingly in the compelling story of the interactions of the family, its servants, and the spirit is how and why the weeks-old baby drowned in a wash bucket of bath water. And who owned "the disembodied hand [that] appeared out of nowhere, pushing her down, down, down into the thick glassy water?" Ah, but the baby’s ghost knows, so it seeks revenge, striking terror into the entire household with its awesome displays of psychic power.<br><br>The ghost is vulnerable, however, and when the family members discover how it can be tamed, they try to trap it. But the plan is more easily conceived than carried through when weak links in the chain of family members break, enabling the ghost to live another day and in another way, leaving lives broken, the family turned topsy-turvy, and the baby’s murderer exposed. In reaching its surprise ending the story ebbs and flows with information about the characters past lives seamlessly revealed while they struggle with their current situations. One has become an alcoholic, another is a lesbian. One has drowned "the purple sunbird who nested in the greenery of their garden." One vies for control of the household while another refuses to relinquish it. One is banished, one runs away after being raped, another is kidnapped, three are love-struck, and a few see the ghost while others can only observe its wrathful antics. All have memories to deal with, pleasant or not, even the teenager who finds most things, "Bor-ing."<br><br>Besides developing an outstanding story filled with family tensions and dark drama, Agarwal holds her reader’s interest with passages of history and biting social commentary and references to Indian mythology, deities, and regional superstitions. She can evoke laughter as well as tears, fear as well as serenity, and she is masterful at springing surprises at just the right moment. Life comes alive in her kitchens where: "Onions, garlic, and ginger stood in piquant piles, freshly chopped and grated. A pan of oil simmered on the stove, black mustard seeds popping over the edge in sharp staccatos." Life is at risk in a hospital where: "An indolent ceiling fan lethargically stirred germs from one cot to its neighbour and back." Life is hell in the red-light district where the doorway to a brothel "reeked of waste: garbage festered in the corners with swarms of flies lifting up and settling back down in unison, vomit swam in the gutters, and cigarette butts littered the entrance," while, inside, the girls with their jasmine-scented hair serviced a clientele of "exceptionally hispid men whose breath smelled of rancid mutton." And life is not much better for the shipbreaking workers who lived "amidst the grave-yard of leaking barrels, open fires, and hazardous waste that possessed the coastline," and where, for the boss, "[E]verything was as it should be."<br><br>Full of insights into life, death, and the beyond in India, Shilpa Agarwal’s <span style="font-style: italic;">Haunting Bombay</span> is a memorable novel of exceptional merit.</p><p class="std10">Special thanks to M. Wayne Cunningham (<a href="mailto:mw_cunningham@telus.net">mw_cunningham@telus.net</a>) for contributing his review of <span style="font-style: italic;">Haunting Bombay</span> and to Soho Press for providing a copy of the book for this review.</p><p class="std10" style="text-align: center;">Review Copyright &copy; 2009 &mdash; M. Wayne Cunningham &mdash; All Rights Reserved &mdash; Reprinted with Permission</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 6px 12px; width: 120px; height: 28px; float: right;"><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/156947558X/?tag=mystery-books-20"><img title="Buy Haunting Bombay by Shilpa Agarwal from Amazon.com" alt="Buy from Amazon.com" src="http://www.mysteriousreviews.com/mystery-reviews-graphics/buy-from-amazon.gif" style="margin: 6px 0px 0px 0px; border: 0px solid transparent; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 120px; height: 28px;"></a></p><p>If you are interested in purchasing <a title="Buy Haunting Bombay by Shilpa Agarwal from Amazon.com" style="font-style:italic;" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/156947558X/?tag=mystery-books-20">Haunting Bombay</a> from Amazon.com, please click the button to the right. <a title="Haunting Bombay by Shilpa Agarwal (Kindle edition)" style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001YQF0YA/?tag=mystery-books-20" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Haunting Bombay (Kindle edition)</a> is also available. 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One stifling summer evening, she defies her family by unbolting the door, and in so doing accidentally unleashes the vengeful ghost of a drowned infant.<br><br>As the monsoons engulf the city, the ghost terrorizes the Mittal family. 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Dawes' latest novel, <a rel="nofollow" style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0446538965/?tag=mystery-books-20" target="_blank">Ravens</a>, hits bookstores next week. Although his last book sold more than 900,000 copies and was made into a film with Demi Moore and Alex Baldwin, only 45,000 copies of <span style="font-style: italic;">Ravens</span> will be printed. "He was last published in the dinosaur age," says his literary agent, Molly Friedrich. (His last book, for those who thought we wouldn't mention it, was <a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.mysteriesondvd.com/mystery-movies/green-the-juror.html">The Juror</a>, published in 1995.)<br> <br> Green shrugs off any concern that he's not publishing often enough. He says he could never write a book a year, and he isn&rsquo;t convinced that it's the right strategy for even the most admired authors.<br> <br> It's hard to argue with his success. His first book, <a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.mysteriesondvd.com/mystery-movies/green-cavemans-valentine.html">The Caveman's Valentine</a>, won the 1995 <a href="http://awards.omnimystery.com/mystery-awards-edgars.html" rel="tag">Edgar Award</a> for Best First Novel and was also made into a film starring Samuel L. Jackson.<br> <br> <span style="font-style: italic;">Ravens</span> took Mr. Green two years to finish, and aims to be realistic, right down to a chilling scene in which the lead character, Shaw McBride, plots his crime using various web sites, including Facebook, MySpace and <a href="http://www.virtualbirdseye.com/" target="_blank">VirtualBirdsEye.com</a>, which offers aerial views of everything from stadiums to houses. "There&rsquo;s a reason I hate technology," the author says. "The invasion of privacy is so terrifying."<br> <br> About <span style="font-style: italic;">Ravens</span>: When Shaw McBride and Romeo Zderko pull up at a convenience store off I-95 in Georgia, their only thought is to fix a leaky tire and be on their way again to Florida -- away from their dull Ohio tech-support jobs. But this happens to be the store from which a $318 million jackpot ticket has just been sold -- and when a pretty clerk accidentally reveals to Shaw the identity of the winning family, he hatches a ferociously audacious scheme: He and Romeo will squeeze the family for half their prize. That night, he visits the Boatwright home and takes the family hostage, while Romeo patrols the streets nearby, prepared to murder the Boatwrights' loved ones at any sign of resistance. At first, the family offers none. But Shaw's plot depends on maintaining constant fear -- merciless, unfaltering terror -- and soon, under the pressure, everyone's sanity begins to unravel. Publishers Weekly gives <span style="font-style: italic;">Ravens</span> a starred review, saying, "This exquisite novel of psychological suspense builds to a devastating resolution that will leave readers with the cold shudders for a long time afterward."<br> </p> <p>Return to <a rel="tag" href="http://www.mystery-books.com/">Mystery Books News</a> ...</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4285327832119375741-3268363360984528141?l=www.mystery-books.com'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mysterybooks/~4/p2uxXijj1uw" height="1" width="1"/>Omnimysteryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15095682686415338438info@omnimystery.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4285327832119375741.post-3063473126810196572009-07-10T11:38:00.003-04:002009-07-10T11:52:57.525-04:002009-07-10T11:52:57.525-04:00<p style="margin: 6px auto 12px; text-align: center; width: 375px; height: 80px;"><a rel="tag" href="http://www.mysteriousreviews.com/"><img title="Mysterious Reviews: Mysteries Reviewed by the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books" style="border: 0px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: block; text-align: center; width: 375px; height: 80px;" alt="Mysterious Reviews" src="http://www.mysteriousreviews.com/mysterious-reviews-news.jpg"></a></p><p><a href="http://www.mysteriousreviews.com/">Mysterious Reviews</a>, mysteries reviewed by the <a href="http://www.hsmb.com/">Hidden Staircase Mystery Books</a>, is publishing a new review of <span style="font-style: italic;">Murder on a Midsummer Night</span> by Kerry Greenwood. For our blog readers, we are printing it first here in advance of its publication on our website.</p><p style="margin: 9px 0px 6px 12px; float: right; width: 150px; height: 225px;"><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1590586328/?tag=mystery-books-20"><img title="Murder on a Midsummer Night by Kerry Greenwood" alt="Murder on a Midsummer Night by Kerry Greenwood" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1590586328.01._SCL_SX150_.jpg" style="border: 0px solid transparent; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 150px; height: 225px;"></a></p><p><a rel="tag" style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.mysteriousreviews.com/mystery-book-reviews/greenwood-murder-midsummer-night.html">Murder on a Midsummer Night</a> by <a title="More information about Kerry Greenwood including a bibliography of books" href="http://authors.omnimystery.com/greenwood-kerry.html" rel="tag">Kerry Greenwood</a><br><span style="font-style: italic;">A Phryne Fisher Mystery</span></p><p class="std10">Poisoned Pen Press (Hardcover)<br>ISBN-10: 1-59058-632-8 (1590586328)<br>ISBN-13: 978-1-59058-632-7 (9781590586327)<br>Publication Date: July 2009<br>List Price: $24.95</p><p class="std10"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Review</span>: Phryne Fisher mysteries are typically less about mystery and more about, well, Phryne herself. Fans of the series are likely to be more interested in Phryne's lifestyle and her household than her profession, but after 16 novels there's not much new to learn about her character. That's why it's so refreshing that she has not one, but two interesting cases to investigate in <span style="font-style: italic;">Murder on a Midsummer Night</span>, the 17th mystery in this series that began in 1989. There's still plenty of Phryne to fill the pages, but the appeal here is in the mysterious circumstances of a young man's death and, separately, the whereabouts of a long lost child.<br><br>The first case is one of Augustine Manifold, a dealer of antiques and trinkets, who is found drowned, an apparent suicide. The police are satisfied that he took his own life, but his mother is not. She hires Phryne to find out who murdered her son, and why. According to his friends, Manifold was excited about the future, one in which he believed would soon provide financial security for him and his mother for the rest of their days. Phryne suspects this "future" may have contributed to his death, which she quickly ascertains, and proves, is murder.<br><br>The second case is one of an inheritance. A wealthy woman has died, leaving her estate to her children, the "issue of her body". There is reason to believe that she may have had a child before the marriage that produced the four known adult children, who now stand to inherit. The family's solicitor requests Phryne look into it. It's a sensitive matter, the family being Catholic, but Phryne is known for her discretion in such matters.<br><br>Phryne's investigation of both cases is well-paced, with possibly a bit more backstory to the murder than the missing child, and in the author's usual manner, the clues to their solution are buried within the narrative, the quotes that precede every chapter and postscripts that end each chapter. Phryne feels a sense of accomplishment at the conclusion of her investigations and the reader will as well, as <span style="font-style: italic;">Murder on a Midsummer Night</span> is among the best of the series to date.<br><br>One historical note: The book takes place in 1929 Melbourne. The author is meticulous in her research of the period and place, and provides an extensive bibliography at the end of her novels. Early in this book, however, Phryne refers to Augustine Manifold as a "friend of Dorothy." The expression, used as a euphemism to describe a gay man when it was generally unacceptable to do so as such, is widely believed to have originated with the film <span style="font-style: italic;">The Wizard of Oz</span> (1939), though some believe the "Dorothy" may refer to Dorothy Parker, a prominent writer and poet, whose politically active life began in the late 1920s. Still, the earliest known references to "friend of Dorothy" seem to be the 1930s. Phryne Fisher, cosmopolitan woman that she is, would certainly be aware of people and events taking place in the most important cities of the time (London, Paris, New York). And wouldn't it be fascinating to consider that Phryne may have actually coined the phrase in 1929, years before it came into popular use elsewhere in the world?</p><p class="std10">Special thanks to Poisoned Pen Press for providing an ARC of <span style="font-style: italic;">Murder on a Midsummer Night</span> for this review.</p><p class="std10" style="text-align: center;">Review Copyright &copy; 2009 &mdash; Hidden Staircase Mystery Books &mdash; All Rights Reserved</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 6px 12px; width: 120px; height: 28px; float: right;"><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1590586328/?tag=mystery-books-20"><img title="Buy Murder on a Midsummer Night by Kerry Greenwood from Amazon.com" alt="Buy from Amazon.com" src="http://www.mysteriousreviews.com/mystery-reviews-graphics/buy-from-amazon.gif" style="margin: 6px 0px 0px 0px; border: 0px solid transparent; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 120px; height: 28px;"></a></p><p>If you are interested in purchasing <a title="Buy Murder on a Midsummer Night by Kerry Greenwood from Amazon.com" style="font-style:italic;" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1590586328/?tag=mystery-books-20">Murder on a Midsummer Night</a> from Amazon.com, please click the button to the right.</p><p class="std10"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Synopsis</span>&nbsp;(from the publisher): Melbourne, 1929. The year starts off for glamorous private investigator Phryne Fisher with a rather trying heat wave and more mysteries than you could prod a parasol at. Simultaneously investigating the apparent suicide death of a man on St. Kilda beach and trying to find a lost, illegimate child who could be heir to a wealthy old woman's fortune, Phryne needs all her wits about her, particularly when she has to tangle with a group of thoroughly unpleasant Bright Young Things.<br><br>But Phryne Fisher is a force of nature, and takes in her elegant stride what might make others quail, including terrifying seances, ghosts, Kif smokers, the threat of human sacrifices, dubious spirit guides and maps to buried pirate treasure ...</p><p>Return to <a href="http://www.mystery-books.com/" rel="tag">Mystery Books News</a> ...</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4285327832119375741-306347312681019657?l=www.mystery-books.com'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mysterybooks/~4/HnhpKBpO3TE" height="1" width="1"/>Omnimysteryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15095682686415338438info@omnimystery.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4285327832119375741.post-6798023939809704192009-07-10T11:11:00.000-04:002009-07-10T11:11:00.297-04:002009-07-10T11:11:00.297-04:00<p style="margin: 6px auto 12px; text-align: center; width: 375px; height: 80px;"><a href="http://promotions.omnimystery.com/"><img title="Author Book Tour: A Virtual Tour of Leading Blog Sites" style="border: 0px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 375px; height: 80px;" alt="Author Book Tour" src="http://author-tours.omnimystery.com/graphics/abt-banner-mbn.jpg"></a></p> <p>Mystery Books News is pleased to be coordinating this week's online book tour for husband and wife authors <a href="http://rosemary-larry-mild.omnimystery.com/" rel="tag">Rosemary and Larry Mild</a> for the third mystery in their Paco and Molly cozy mystery series, <a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1933515201/?tag=mystery-books-20" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Boston Scream Pie</a>.</p> <p style="margin: 6px 12px 6px 9px; padding: 0px; width: 150px; float: right;"><a href="http://rosemary-larry-mild.omnimystery.com/"><img style="border: 0px solid ; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 150px; height: 225px;" alt="Boston Scream Pie by Rosemary &amp; Larry Mild" title="Boston Scream Pie by Rosemary &amp; Larry Mild" src="http://rosemary-larry-mild.omnimystery.com/9781591332640.jpg"></a></p> <p>Today, Friday July 10th, Rosemary and Larry will be visiting 2 blog sites:<br> <br> &bull; <a style="text-decoration: underline;" href="http://thefriendlybooknook.com/">The Friendly Book Nook</a>, where <span style="font-style: italic;">Boston Scream Pie</span> is reviewed; and <br> &bull; <a style="text-decoration: underline;" href="http://nbbaker1102.wordpress.com/">Book Escape</a>, where Larry pens an entertaining article titled <span style="font-style: italic;">I, Manuscript</span>.<br> </p> <p>We're also thrilled to announce that Rosemary and Larry are giving away a signed copy of their new book to one lucky tour visitor. Visit each tour site on the day indicated and pick up a unique PIN to be used to enter the giveaway on that day. The entry form can be found on <a href="http://rosemary-larry-mild.omnimystery.com/">Rosemary and Larry's tour page</a>, which also has a complete schedule of their tour including a biography and more information about <span style="font-style: italic;">Boston Scream Pie</span>.</p> <p>We hope you have the opportunity to stop by each of the tour sites this week to learn more about Rosemary and Larry and their series characters Paco and Molly.</p> <p>Return to <a rel="tag" href="http://www.mystery-books.com/">Mystery Books News</a> ...</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4285327832119375741-679802393980970419?l=www.mystery-books.com'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mysterybooks/~4/pbm6haLEoYE" height="1" width="1"/>Omnimysteryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15095682686415338438info@omnimystery.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4285327832119375741.post-21707516523468678062009-07-10T10:25:00.001-04:002009-07-10T10:25:01.016-04:002009-07-10T10:25:01.016-04:00<p style="margin: 3px 3px 6px 12px; padding: 0px; width: 200px; height: 248px; float: right;"><img alt="Graham Greene" title="Graham Greene" style="border: 0px solid ; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 200px; height: 248px;" src="http://mystery-books-news.omnimystery.com/graphics/photo-graham-greene.jpg"></p> <p>The <a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2009/07/new-graham-greene.html" target="_blank">Los Angeles Times</a> is reporting that a long lost unpublished, unfinished mystery novel by Graham Greene has been discovered. Found at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas in Austin by Francois Gallix, the manuscript is believed to have been written by the author when he was 22.<br> <br> The story is set in a country house, and the first chapter opens as the guests assemble in the morning and notice that one, Richard Groves, whom everyone regards as "a lazy devil," is conspicuously absent. When their irritation at Groves&rsquo; absence turns into concern, they go to wake him and break down his locked bedroom door, only to find him murdered, slain by a knife in his chest.<br> <br><a target="_blank" href="http://www.strandmag.com/">The Strand Magazine</a> is taking the five chapters of the manuscript and will publish them as a serial, starting with its forthcoming July issue. "To me what is wonderful about all of this is that Greene published a few short stories in the old Strand," said Andrew Gulli, The Strand Magazine&rsquo;s managing editor, "so I feel we&rsquo;re continuing the tradition." Gulli added that his magazine would like to find a writer to finish the manuscript.<br> </p> <p>Return to <a rel="tag" href="http://www.mystery-books.com/">Mystery Books News</a> ...</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4285327832119375741-2170751652346867806?l=www.mystery-books.com'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mysterybooks/~4/FRvrG58Nkdw" height="1" width="1"/>Omnimysteryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15095682686415338438info@omnimystery.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4285327832119375741.post-74583491461842151162009-07-10T09:58:00.001-04:002009-07-10T09:58:00.481-04:002009-07-10T09:58:00.481-04:00<p style="margin: 6px auto 12px; text-align: center; width: 375px; height: 80px;"><a href="http://games.omnimystery.com/"><img title="Games of Mystery, your source for mystery-themed games, parties, and vacations" style="border: 0px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 375px; height: 80px;" alt="Games of Mystery" src="http://games.omnimystery.com/mystery-games-graphics/banner-games-of-mystery-news.jpg"></a></p> <p><a href="http://games.omnimystery.com/" rel="tag">Games of Mystery</a>, your source for mystery-themed electronic and board games, parties for kids and adults, and mystery getaway vacations, is pleased to announce the availability of a new mystery game from <a href="http://www.bigfishgames.com/index.html?afcode=af67f592a313" target="_blank">Big Fish Games</a> released today. You can find out more about these games by visiting our <a href="http://games.omnimystery.com/games-big-fish-download.html" rel="tag">Mystery Games: Big Fish Download Games</a> page or by clicking on the links provided below.</p> <p style="margin: 3px 12px 6px 9px; float: left; width: 175px; height: 150px;"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.bigfishgames.com/download-games/5802/return-to-mysterious-island-2-minas-fate/index.html?afcode=af67f592a313" target="_blank"><img alt="Return to Mysterious Island 2: Mina's Fate" title="Download and Buy Return to Mysterious Island 2: Mina's Fate" style="border: 0px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 175px; height: 150px;" src="https://games.bigfishgames.com/en_return-to-mysterious-island-2-minas-fate/return-to-mysterious-island-2-minas-fate_feature.jpg"></a></p> <p>Help Mina and her monkey, Jep, escape Mysterious Island! After being trapped on the island, and discovering its ancient secrets in <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.bigfishgames.com/download-games/2020/return-to-mysterious-island/index.html?afcode=af67f592a313">Return to Mysterious Island</a>, Mina is finally able to send out an SOS and rescuers soon appear. <span style="font-style: italic;">Return to Mysterious Island 2: Mina's Fate</span> finds these castaways barely making it to their seats, when a missile strikes the helicopter and sends it into free fall! Escape from the wreckage of a helicopter and return to civilization in this incredible adventure game!<br> <br> Also available: <a href="http://www.bigfishgames.com/download-games/5794/mysterious-island-minas-fate-strategy-guide/index.html?afcode=af67f592a313" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Return to Mysterious Island 2 Strategy Guide</a> .<br> <br> <a style="font-style: italic;" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.bigfishgames.com/download-games/5802/return-to-mysterious-island-2-minas-fate/index.html?afcode=af67f592a313" target="_blank">Return to Mysterious Island 2: Mina's Fate</a>, a Big Fish Game Club Exclusvie, may be downloaded and purchased for $6.99 with a <a href="http://www.bigfishgames.com/store/gameclub.html?afcode=af67f592a313" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Big Fish Game Club</a> membership. Due to its large size, a demonstration version is not available.<br> <br> Watch a preview video below:</p> <div style="margin: 0px auto 18px; text-align: center;" align="center"><a href="http://games.bigfishgames.com/en_return-to-mysterious-island-2-minas-fate/en_return-to-mysterious-island-2-minas-fate.flv" style="margin: 0px auto 12px; text-align: center; display: block; width: 400px; height: 300px;" id="player-5802"> </a></div> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.gamesofmystery.com/flowplayer/example/flowplayer-3.0.3.min.js"></script> <script> flowplayer("player-5802", "http://www.gamesofmystery.com/flowplayer/flowplayer-3.0.3.swf", { clip: { autoPlay: false, linkUrl: 'http://www.bigfishgames.com/index.html?afcode=af67f592a313', linkWindow: '_blank' } });</script> <p style="margin: 3px 0px 6px 12px; float: right; width: 80px; height: 80px;"><a href="http://www.bigfishgames.com/store/gameclub.html?afcode=af67f592a313" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img style="border: 0px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; height: 80px; width: 80px;" src="http://www.mygamespace.com/images/banners/gcads_80x80.jpg" alt="gcads_80x80" border="0"></a></p> <p>Other popular games on our <a href="http://games.omnimystery.com/games-big-fish-download.html" rel="tag">download Big Fish Mystery Games</a> page include several <a href="http://games.omnimystery.com/games-agatha-christie.html" rel="tag">Agatha Christie</a> and <a href="http://games.omnimystery.com/games-nancy-drew.html" rel="tag">Nancy Drew</a> games, games in the <a href="http://games.omnimystery.com/games-mystery-case-files.html" rel="tag">Mystery Case Files</a> series and in particular the latest, <a style="font-style: italic;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.bigfishgames.com/download-games/4294/mystery-case-files-return-to-ravenhearst/index.html?afcode=af67f592a313">Mystery Case Files: Return to Ravenhearst</a>, <a style="font-style: italic;" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.bigfishgames.com/download-games/4607/adventure-chronicles-lost-treasures/index.html?afcode=af67f592a313" target="_blank">Adventure Chronicles: The Search for Lost Treasure</a>, <a style="font-style: italic;" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.bigfishgames.com/download-games/4665/syberia/index.html?afcode=af67f592a313" target="_blank">Syberia</a> and <a style="font-style: italic;" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.bigfishgames.com/download-games/4701/syberia-2/index.html?afcode=af67f592a313" target="_blank">Syberia II</a>, <a style="font-style: italic;" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.bigfishgames.com/download-games/4598/serpent-of-isis/index.html?afcode=af67f592a313" target="_blank">The Serpent of Isis</a>, <a style="font-style: italic;" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.bigfishgames.com/download-games/5009/womens-murder-club-a-darker-shade-of-grey/index.html?afcode=af67f592a313" target="_blank">James Patterson's Women's Murder Club: A Darker Shade of Grey</a>, and <a style="font-style: italic;" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.bigfishgames.com/download-games/4554/nick-chase-a-detective-story/index.html?afcode=af67f592a313" target="_blank">Nick Chase: A Detective Story</a>.<br> <br> Read our new game reviews by Ms. Terri: <a href="http://www.mystery-books.com/2009/02/games-of-mystery-review-nancy-drew.html" rel="tag">Nancy Drew Dossier: Lights, Camera, Curses! (Review)</a>, <a href="http://www.mystery-books.com/2009/06/games-of-mystery-review-hardy-boys.html" rel="tag">The Hardy Boys: The Perfect Crime (Review)</a>, <a href="http://www.mystery-books.com/2009/07/games-of-mystery-review-enlightenus.html" rel="tag">Enlightenus (Review)</a>, and <a href="http://www.mystery-books.com/2009/03/games-of-mystery-review-nick-chase.html" rel="tag">Nick Chase: A Detective Story (Review)</a>.</p> <p style="margin: 12px 0px;">Big Fish Games: Bestsellers<br> <script language="JavaScript" src="http://www.feed2js.org//feed2js.php?src=http%3A%2F%2Frss.bigfishgames.com%2Frss.php%3Fusername%3Dmysterygames%26content%3Dglrank%26type%3D2%26gametype%3Dpc%26local%3Den&amp;num=6&amp;targ=y" type="text/javascript"></script></p> <p style="margin: 12px 0px;">Big Fish Games: New releases<br> <script language="JavaScript" src="http://www.feed2js.org//feed2js.php?src=http%3A%2F%2Frss.bigfishgames.com%2Frss.php%3Fusername%3Dmysterygames%26content%3Dglrelease%26type%3D2%26gametype%3Dpc%26local%3Den&amp;num=6&amp;targ=y" type="text/javascript"></script></p> <p style="margin: 12px 0px 12px -6px; text-align: center;"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://my.bigfishgames.com/index.php?afcode=af67f592a313" target="_blank"><img style="border: 0px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" src="http://www.mygamespace.com/images/banners/mbfgads_468x60.jpg" alt="mbfgads_468x60" border="0"></a></p> <p>And don't forget to visit <a href="http://games.omnimystery.com/" rel="tag">Games of Mystery</a> for all kinds of mysterious fun!</p> <p>Return to <a rel="tag" href="http://www.mystery-books.com/">Mystery Books News</a> ...</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4285327832119375741-7458349146184215116?l=www.mystery-books.com'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mysterybooks/~4/zeYiLp9yPUc" height="1" width="1"/>Omnimysteryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15095682686415338438info@omnimystery.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4285327832119375741.post-7954880616659103492009-07-10T07:43:00.002-04:002009-07-10T07:46:28.090-04:002009-07-10T07:46:28.090-04:00<p style="margin: 6px auto 12px; width: 375px; height: 80px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.firstclues.com/"><img title="A Mystery Book Review from First Clues: Mysteries for Kids" style="border: 0px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 375px; height: 80px;" alt="First Clues: Mysteries for Kids" src="http://www.firstclues.com/graphics/first-clue-mysteries-news.jpg"></a></p><p><a href="http://www.firstclues.com/" rel="tag">First Clues: Mysteries for Kids</a> is delighted to introduce a new feature for our website, book reviews written by students. These students offer their unique perspective on the book in their review and provide a valuable resource to parents looking for new mystery adventures for their kids to read.</p><p style="float: right; margin: 3px 0px 6px 12px; width: 150px;"><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" title="Buy Murder, My Tweet from Amazon.com" href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0152052194/?tag=first-mysteries-20"><img style="width: 150px;" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0152052194.01._SCL_SX150_.jpg" title="Murder, My Tweet by Bruce Hale" alt="Murder, My Tweet by Bruce Hale"></a></p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Murder, My Tweet</span> by Bruce Hale<br><a href="http://www.firstclues.com/chet-gecko.html" style="font-style: italic;">The Chet Gecko Series</a></p><p>Sandpiper (Paperback)<br>ISBN-10: 0-15-205219-4 (0152052194)<br>ISBN-13: 978-0-15-205219-5 (9780152052195)<br>Publication Date: April 2005<br>List Price: $4.95</p><p style="margin-top: 24px;">Review written by Andrea, Age 10, Grade 5. Date of review: July 2009.</p><p style="margin-top: 24px;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Review</span>: Are you anxiously searching for a mystery that will keep your eyes reading all day? Then the 10th book in the Chet Gecko Mystery series is for you. <span style="font-style: italic;">Murder, My Tweet</span> by Bruce Hale is a mystery that stars Chet Gecko, an investigator who is trying to figure out who is blackmailing the vice principal of Emerson Hicky Elementary School. Natalie, Chet Gecko’s friend, is a parakeet who gets suspended because Vice Principal Shrewer sees Natalie pick up the blackmail note. However, even though Ms. Shrewer saw Natalie, the blackmailer is someone else! Can Chet Gecko get his friend out of trouble and solve the mystery?<br><br>The blackmailing scheme causes a great deal of problems in the school. Although Natalie is blamed, she isn’t the blackmailer. Natalie knows that T-bone, a ringtail lemur who wants to be in the rock band known as Stench Bombs, is really the blackmailer – well at least one of them. Chet and Natalie meet up in a tree to discuss their plans for finding the blackmailers. Through sneaking around and looking for clues, Chet and Natalie come closer to finding the truth.<br><br>I liked <span style="font-style: italic;">Murder, My Tweet</span> because mysteries are my kind of book. Sometimes I pretend to be a secret agent – a lot like Chet Gecko! I especially liked the part when Natalie is allowed to go back to school. Also, another good part of the book is when Chet pours brown soup on battery controlled robots! The robots fall to the ground in a puddle of brown soup – now that’s not something you get to see every day! This was my first time reading a Chet Gecko book and this has inspired me to read more of them. Some parts of the book felt like I was watching TV in my head. There are many other things I like about the book, but I don’t want to spoil the book for you! I hope you think the book is as funny and enjoyable as I do.</p><p style="margin: 3px 0px 6px 12px; width: 120px; height: 28px; float: right;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0152052194/?tag=mystery-books-20"><img title="Buy Murder, My Tweet by Bruce Hale from Amazon.com" style="width: 120px; height: 28px;" alt="Buy from Amazon.com" src="http://www.mysteriousreviews.com/mystery-reviews-graphics/buy-from-amazon.gif"></a></p><p>If you are interested in purchasing <a title="Buy Murder, My Tweet by Bruce Hale from Amazon.com" style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0152052194/?tag=mystery-books-20" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Murder, My Tweet</a> from Amazon.com, please click the button to the right.</p><p><a href="http://www.firstclues.com/" rel="tag">First Clue Mysteries</a> is pleased to provide information on over 100 mystery series for children and young adults. Each series is conveniently listed under four different age categories (New Sleuths, ages 4 to 6; Future Sleuths, ages 7 to 9; Sleuths in Training, ages 10 to 12, and Apprentice Sleuths, ages 13 and older). If you have a favorite mystery series you'd like to see added to our site, please <a href="http://www.firstclues.com/about.html">contact us</a>.</p><p>All student book reviews are protected by copyright and may not be reproduced in any manner, print or electronic, without the express written consent of the copyright owner. Reviews are published here with permission of the copyright owner.</p><p>Return to <a href="http://www.mystery-books.com/" rel="tag">Mystery Books News</a> ...</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4285327832119375741-795488061665910349?l=www.mystery-books.com'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mysterybooks/~4/_YDLZ6OnJg0" height="1" width="1"/>Omnimysteryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15095682686415338438info@omnimystery.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4285327832119375741.post-54748477390482875642009-07-10T07:31:00.003-04:002009-07-11T07:30:17.747-04:002009-07-11T07:30:17.747-04:00<p style="margin: 6px auto 12px; text-align: center; width: 375px; height: 80px;"><a href="http://bestsellers.omnimystery.com/"><img title="Bestselling Mystery Books (a weekly list)" style="border: 0px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 375px; height: 80px;" alt="Mystery Bestsellers" src="http://bestsellers.omnimystery.com/graphics/bestsellers-news.jpg"></a></p> <p>A list of the top 15 <a href="http://bestsellers.omnimystery.com/" rel="tag">mystery hardcover bestsellers</a> for the week ending July 10, 2009 has been posted on the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books website.</p> <p>No change in the top four bestsellers this week with <a style="font-style: italic;" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0312383282/?tag=mystery-books-20">Finger Lickin' Fifteen</a> by <a rel="tag" href="http://authors.omnimystery.com/evanovich-janet.html">Janet Evanovich</a> retaining its position at the top of the list this week. James Patterson's latest debuts and two other titles that just missed the cut-off last week move into the top 15.</p> <p style="margin: 3px 0px 6px 12px; width: 160px; height: 237px; float: right;"><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0316018775/?tag=mystery-books-20"><img title="New on the Mystery Bestseller list this week: Swimsuit by James Patterson" style="border: 0px solid ; margin: 6px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; width: 160px; height: 241px;" alt="Swimsuit by James Patterson" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0316018775.01._SCL_SX150_PC_.jpg"></a></p> <p>In the thriller <a style="font-style: italic;" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0316018775/?tag=mystery-books-20">Swimsuit</a> by <a href="http://authors.omnimystery.com/patterson-james.html" rel="tag">James Patterson</a> and Maxine Paetro, a breathtakingly beautiful supermodel disappears from a swimsuit photo shoot at the most glamorous hotel in Hawaii. Only hours after she goes missing, Kim McDaniels's parents receive a terrifying phone call. Fearing the worst, they board the first flight to Maui and begin the hunt for their daughter. Ex-cop Ben Hawkins, now a reporter for the L.A. Times, gets the McDaniels assignment. The ineptitude of the local police force defies belief--Ben has to start his own investigation for Kim McDaniels to have a prayer. And for Ben to have the story of his life. All the while, the killer sets the stage for his next production. His audience expects the best -- and they won't be disappointed. <span style="font-style: italic;">Swimsuit</span> is a heart-pounding story of fear and desire, transporting you to a place where beauty and murder collide and unspeakable horrors are hidden within paradise. (Note: due to a tabulation error, <span style="font-style: italic;">Swimsuit</span> should have appeared on last week's mystery bestseller list at about the 13th position.)</p> <p style="margin: 3px 0px 6px 12px; width: 160px; height: 237px; float: right;"><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0399155724/?tag=mystery-books-20"><img title="New on the Mystery Bestseller list this week: Killer Summer by Ridley Pearson" style="border: 0px solid ; margin: 6px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; width: 160px; height: 236px;" alt="Killer Summer by Ridley Pearson" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0399155724.01._SCL_SX150_PC_.jpg"></a></p> <p>Moving up to number 9 is <a style="font-style: italic;" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0399155724/?tag=mystery-books-20">Killer Summer</a>, the third Walt Fleming mystery by <a href="http://authors.omnimystery.com/" rel="tag">Ridley Pearson</a>. Sun Valley, Idaho&mdash;playground of the wealthy and politically connected&mdash;is home to an annual wine auction that attracts high rollers from across the country, and Blaine County Sheriff Walt Fleming is the one who must ensure it goes off without a hitch. The world&rsquo;s most elite wine connoisseurs have descended on Sun Valley to taste and bid on the world&rsquo;s best wines, including three bottles claimed to have been a gift from Thomas Jefferson to John Adams. With sky-high prices all but guaranteed for these historic items, it&rsquo;s no wonder a group of thieves is out to steal them. Walt is responsible for all aspects of the glitzy event, from security of the dignitaries to the physical safety of the auction site to the transportation and safeguard of the wines themselves. Walt is enjoying a rare afternoon of freedom, fly-fishing with his nephew, Kevin, when a passing truck catches his eye&mdash; his suspicions throwing him headlong into the discovery of a complicated plan to steal the rare wine. When a bomb detonates just as the auction revs up, the investigation explodes as well, pulling Walt in a dozen different directions. It seems Walt is caught in the middle of a heist of epic proportions&mdash;and not the heist he had prepared for&mdash;all orchestrated by the ingenious mind of Christopher Cantell, a man who appears to have covered everything, including the way Walt&rsquo;s own sheriff&rsquo;s office will react. (MBN note: Visit <a href="http://contests.omnimystery.com/">Mystery Book Contests</a> to enter to win one of three tote bags filled with Ridley Pearson novels, including a signed copy of <span style="font-style: italic;">Killer Summer</span>.)</p> <p style="margin: 3px 0px 6px 12px; width: 160px; height: 237px; float: right;"><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0525950923/?tag=mystery-books-20"><img title="New on the Mystery Bestseller list this week: A Plague of Secrets by John Lescroart" style="border: 0px solid ; margin: 6px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; width: 160px; height: 236px;" alt="A Plague of Secrets by John Lescroart" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0525950923.01._SCL_SX150_PC_.jpg"></a></p> <p>Moving up to number 14 is <a style="font-style: italic;" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0525950923/?tag=mystery-books-20">A Plague of Secrets</a> by <a href="http://authors.omnimystery.com/lescroart-john.html" rel="tag">John Lescroart</a>, the 13th legal thriller featuring San Francisco attorney Dismas Hardy. The first victim is Dylan Vogler, a charming ex-convict who manages the Bay Beans West coffee shop in San Francisco&rsquo;s Haight-Ashbury district. When his body is found, inspectors discover that his knapsack is filled with high-grade marijuana. It soon becomes clear that San Francisco&rsquo;s A-list flocked to Bay Beans West not only for their caffeine fix. But how much did Maya Townshend&mdash;the beautiful socialite niece of the city&rsquo;s mayor, and the absentee owner of the shop&mdash;know about what was going on inside her business? And how intimate had she really been with Dylan, her old college friend? As another of Maya&rsquo;s acquaintances falls victim to murder, and as the names of the dead men&rsquo;s celebrity, political, and even law- enforcement customers come to light, tabloid-fueled controversy takes the investigation into the realms of conspiracy and cover-up. Prosecutors close in on Maya, who has a deep secret of her own&mdash;a secret she needs to protect at all costs during her very public trial, where not only her future but the entire political landscape of San Francisco hangs in the balance, hostage to an explosive secret that Dismas Hardy is privilege-bound to protect. <a href="http://www.mysteriousreviews.com/">Mysterious Reviews</a> says <a href="http://www.mysteriousreviews.com/mystery-book-reviews/lescroart-plague-secrets.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">A Plague of Secrets</span> by John Lescroart</a> "combines the best of a legal thriller, a police procedural, and a murder mystery into one terrific novel."</p> <p>On our bestseller page, we've added an icon <img src="http://bestsellers.omnimystery.com/graphics/icon-kindle.jpg" style="border: 0px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;"> next to every title that is available for immediate download onto the Amazon Kindle. To learn about this wireless reading device, visit the <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00154JDAI/?tag=mystery-books-20">Amazon Kindle</a> page for more information.</p> <p>The top four mystery bestsellers this week are shown below:</p> <p style="margin: 12px auto; padding: 0px; text-align: center; width: 360px;"><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0312383282/?tag=mystery-books-20"><img title="Mystery Bestseller 1: Finger Lickin' Fifteen by Janet Evanovich" alt="Finger Lickin' Fifteen by Janet Evanovich" style="border: 0px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 90px; height: 130px;" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0312383282.01._SX80_PC_.jpg"></a><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0316166308/?tag=mystery-books-20"><img title="Mystery Bestseller 2: The Scarecrow by Michael Connelly" alt="The Scarecrow by Michael Connelly" style="border: 0px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 90px; height: 130px;" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0316166308.01._SX80_PC_.jpg"></a><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0441017150/?tag=mystery-books-20"><img title="Mystery Bestseller 3: Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris" alt="Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris" style="border: 0px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 90px; height: 130px;" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0441017150.01._SX80_PC_.jpg"></a><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0385340575/?tag=mystery-books-20"><img title="Mystery Bestseller 4: Gone Tomorrow by Lee Child" alt="Gone Tomorrow by Lee Child" style="border: 0px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 90px; height: 130px;" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0385340575.01._SX80_PC_.jpg"></a></p> <p>Please visit the <a href="http://www.hsmb.com/">Hidden Staircase Mystery Books</a> where we are committed to providing readers and collectors of <a href="http://www.hsmb.com/" rel="tag">mystery books</a> with the best and most current information about their favorite authors, titles, and series.</p> <p>Return to <a rel="tag" href="http://www.mystery-books.com/">Mystery Books News</a> ...</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4285327832119375741-5474847739048287564?l=www.mystery-books.com'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mysterybooks/~4/dsmixHA0VHQ" height="1" width="1"/>Omnimysteryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15095682686415338438info@omnimystery.com0