▷▷▷ Mystery Story: September 2010

Thursday, September 30, 2010

Blood & Ashes: The Debut Oscar Jade Thriller! (Paperback)

Blood & Ashes: The Debut Oscar Jade Thriller! (Paperback)
By Mark Loeffelholz

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Related tags: 1940s(13), mystery(13), crime drama(13), hard boiled(12), suspense(12), thriller(12), private detective(12), action(12), miami beach(12), oscar jade(4), beach crime, art deco hotels

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Welcome to Miami Beach, December 1941...

"Jade's right hand went to the butt of his holstered Smith & Wesson. 'Easy does it, pal. If I were here to kill you, you'd be dead already. And if you pull anything funny out of that desk, I will kill you. I'll explain it all to the cops, and tell your wife she doesn't have to worry about you anymore...and then I'll sleep like a baby.'" - Blood & Ashes, Chapter 4

Oscar Jade is a cynical, down-on-his-luck private detective-with a mysterious past and an uncertain future-who lives and works out of the beachfront Pelican Bar & Grill, where he's behind in his rent on the one-room apartment upstairs. When a good-looking dame hires him to protect her from her husband, Jade must wind his way through a maze of lies, half-truths and betrayals-a sordid minefield of other peoples' mistakes and misdeeds, where one sin builds upon another and somebody down the line, one way or another, ends up getting stuck with the bill. Soon Jade finds himself up against a mob boss with a lethal reputation, squarely in the middle of a deadly no-holds-barred conflict between two rival factions of a New York crime syndicate...

"...Flashing red police lights danced across the brickwork, and men in uniforms kept an expanding semicircle of gawkers at a distance. Sudden death has a way of drawing an audience, like a traveling sideshow. Nobody wants to be the dog-faced boy, but everybody wants a look at one. It was the same way with dead bodies." - Blood & Ashes, Chapter 14

Blood & Ashes is an old-fashioned, hardboiled 'private eye' story; hearkening back to the heyday of Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler and Mickey Spillane-a world of cigarettes and booze, heavies and anti-heroes, victims and femme fatales...a world before DNA testing, cell phones and the internet, when a gumshoe's toolbox was limited to shifty street contacts, his skills and his nerve-and, when the time came, the gun in his hand. The story is set on the sun-drenched streets of Miami Beach-playground for the rich, the famous and the notorious-a place where it seems everyone has come to escape something...but sometimes, the past can't forget, and it won't let go. Sometimes it follows you, no matter how far you run-and when you can't run anymore...hire Oscar Jade.

"...You need to get all these stupid ideas out of your head, about how you're gonna be tough guys and not give anything up, 'cause we're not having a picnic, and I'm not gonna to be playing shuffleboard with you here. You're out in the middle of nowhere. Nobody's gonna hear you screaming, or crying, or praying to God. The cops aren't coming to rescue you. This is old country - things have been dying out here for a long, long time, and there's no funerals, or write-ups in the paper. It just gets covered up, and forgotten. You'll be gone, just like the dinosaurs..." - Blood & Ashes, Chapter 19

"Welcome Oscar Jade, and his equally enigmatic creator, Mark Loeffelholz; here are two studs who share in that wonderfully American crime fiction spirit - hell, that American literary spirit: the impulse to enjoy soaking confessions in the dirty pool of high-minded morality, and then hanging those suckers out to dry for all the neighbors to see. I'm cannon-balling back into Blood & Ashes for a second read...just for the fun of it." - John Hospodka, author of South Side Trilogy (www.bohemianpupil.com)

Classic, retro-style crime noir-infused with breathless, high-octane violent action-Blood & Ashes will leave you 'Jaded'...and wanting more. Read more

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Sherlock Holmes Essentials: The Favorite Stories of Conan Doyle, Volume One (BBC Radio Series) (Audio CD)

Sherlock Holmes Essentials: The Favorite Stories of Conan Doyle, Volume One (BBC Radio Series) (Audio CD)
By Arthur Conan Doyle

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Related tags: sherlock holmes, murder mystery, mytery, anthology, british mysteries, mystery, audio book, bbc audiobooks america

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Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional detective is one of the most enduringly popular sleuths of all time. This six-story series has the consistency of the same team of directors, producers, dramatizers and leading actors, including Clive Merrison as Holmes and Michael Williams as Watson. This value-priced collection includes the following stories: The Adventure of the Speckled Band; The Red-Headed League; A Scandal in Bohemia; The Adventure of the Dancing Men; The Adventure of the Empty House; and The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual. Read more

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Five Uneasy Pieces (Kindle Edition)

Five Uneasy Pieces (Kindle Edition)
By Debbi Mack

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The short stories in this novella-length collection share the theme of having an odd twist or edginess that makes them gritty, slightly off-balance or unusual. They represent a range of genres from hardboiled mystery to noir to parody. Altogether, this collection has something for everyone who enjoys dark or edgy crime fiction.

Includes the first three chapters of LEAST WANTED, the sequel to IDENTITY CRISIS.

About the author:

Debbi Mack is the author of hardboiled mystery IDENTITY CRISIS, the first Sam McRae novel and winner of the 2009 Preditors & Editors Readers Poll for Best Mystery Novel. Her short stories have appeared in two of the CHESAPEAKE CRIMES anthologies and The Back Alley Webzine, where her Derringer nominated short story, "The Right to Remain Silent," was first published.

What They Are Saying About FIVE UNEASY PIECES:

"In her introductory note to FIVE UNEASY PIECES, Debbi Mack claims she finds writing short stories 'difficult.' Well, you wouldn't know it from the 'pieces' themselves. Each rings true as a tuning fork, whether for dialogue, setting, or depth. A lean collection of gems."
—Jeremiah Healy, author of OFF-SEASON and THE CONCISE CUDDY

"FIVE UNEASY PIECES packs a nasty punch that will keep mystery fans enthralled." —Simon Wood, author of TERMINATED

"In her first collection of short works, FIVE UNEASY PIECES, 2010 Derringer Award nominee Debbi Mack creates modern-day noir worlds where voyeurism and sleuthing are as natural to its inhabitants as breathing. Never content to leave well enough alone, Mack’s fascinating cavalcade of off-kilter protagonists spy and insinuate themselves into other people’s lives – to mostly tragic effect.

"While descriptive, observational humor was a hallmark of Mack’s excellent hardboiled crime novel IDENTITY CRISIS, here she uses it sparingly, and instead infuses a handful of riveting mini-mysteries with a real sense of dread, fear, and unease that lingers long after the lights are out. Recommended."
—J.T. Cummins, author of COBBLESTONES

"Mack really packs twists and surprises into these five shorts." —C.J. West, author of THE END OF MARKING TIME
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Wednesday, September 29, 2010

"Boogiepop And Others" and 7 other products newly tagged mystery

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Boogiepop And Others (Paperback)
By Kouhei Kadono

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Midnight Crystal (Book Three of the Dreamlight Trilogy) (Paperback)
By Jayne Castle

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Murder on the Orient Express (Video On Demand)
By Philip Martin

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The Clue of the Old Sea Chest (The Powell Family Series) (Paperback)
By Bernard Palmer

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Dead Beautiful (Hardcover)
By Yvonne Woon

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The Buried Sky (Kindle Edition)
By Keith Hartman

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In Search of Stones A Pilgrimage of Faith, Reason, and Discovery (Hardcover)
By M. Scott (M.D.) Peck

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Strange Tales of Mystery and Imagination (Mass Market Paperback)
By Alex Hamer

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Wild Heart (Zebra Debut) (Paperback)

Wild Heart (Zebra Debut) (Paperback)
By Lori Brighton

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Wanton. . .

Leo Roberts is next in line for an earldom and the power and fortune that come with it, but he is uncultured, unrefined--and completely untamed. . .until governess Ella Finch arrives upon the scene. Can so young and inexperienced a woman tutor him in the manners and mores of his class? Leo's mysterious past has rendered him an outsider, too wild for polite society. But he finds her innocence most intriguing. . .

Willing

What manner of man he may be, Ella does not know. Yet he fascinates her and she must know more. Capturing Leo's reckless heart is about to free her in ways she never dreamed of. . .and his sensual touch releases the deepest yearnings of her body and soul. . .

"A first-class debut. Lori Brighton is a bright new voice to watch closely." --Hannah Howell

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Sad Cypress: Hercule Poirot Investigates (Kindle Edition)

Sad Cypress: Hercule Poirot Investigates (Kindle Edition)
By Agatha Christie

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Beautiful young Elinor Carlisle stood serenely in the dock, accused of the murder of Mary Gerrard, her rival in love. The evidence was damning: only Elinor had the motive, the opportunity and the means to administer the fatal poison.

Yet, inside the hostile courtroom, only one man still presumed Elinor was innocent until proven guilty: Hercule Poirot was all that stood between Elinor and the gallows.

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Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Coming Together Against The Odds (Paperback)

Coming Together Against The Odds (Paperback)
By Alessia Brio

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Related tags: erotica(20), iwofa(20), erotic romance(19), charity(18), anthology(15), mystery(15), brenna lyons(9), autism(4), autistic(3), jasmine black(2)

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All behavior is communication. The trick is to figure out just what it's saying. No behavior communicates as clearly or on as many levels as sex. All the physical and emotional senses are engaged. Add the element of intrigue, and the intellect is engaged as well. Phaze Books, in partnership with editor, Alessia Brio, is proud to announce the release of Coming Together: Against the Odds, a collection of erotic fiction with a mystery theme, with an introduction written by the one and only Maxim Jakubowski. All proceeds from the sale of this special anthology will benefit Autism Speaks. Read more

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"Tigers Confidential: The Untold Inside Story of the 2008 Season" and 6 other products newly tagged mystery

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Tigers Confidential: The Untold Inside Story of the 2008 Season (Hardcover)
By Andy Van Slyke

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Deadly Waters (Mysteries in Our National Parks) (Paperback)
By Alane Ferguson

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Stolen (Blackpool Mysteries) (Mass Market Paperback)
By Jordan Gray

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Decadent Deceptions (Kindle Edition)
By Keta Diablo

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Shutter Island (Mass Market Paperback) (Unknown Binding)
By Dennis Lehane (Author)

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Christina's Ghost (Paperback)
By Betty Ren Wright

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Abby and the Secret Society, #23 (Baby-Sitters Club Mystery) (Paperback)
By Ann M. Martin

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Hard Luck Diggings (Hardcover)

Hard Luck Diggings (Hardcover)
By Jack Vance

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A legend has to start somewhere...

As so many writers have said, it's in the shorter and mid-length work that the storytelling craft is best learned. Hard-Luck Diggings brings together fourteen such pieces from the first twelve years of Grand Master Jack Vance's genre-defining career, from back when he first worked to pay the mortgage, buy the groceries, travel the world, eventually building his own private 'dream castle' and starting a family.

Like any writer serious about staying in the game, we see him targeting the markets of the day, doing what was needed to meet the tastes of editors and their readerships while at the same time perfecting his own special way of doing things so that his name, his distinctive voice, stood a chance (in modern marketing parlance) of becoming a viable 'brand.'

Hard-Luck Diggings brings that fascinating process to life in fine style. As well as serving up vintage entertainment from one of the field's genuine masters, it provides an illuminating armchair tour of how the Jack Vance enterprise came to be, full of zest and life, the thrill of the upward climb and of so much more to be done. This is a book to be savoured with a twinkle in the eye, a knowing smile, but most of all, with a love of adventure and high romance firmly in place. Read more

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Monday, September 27, 2010

YÜ; A Ross Lamos Mystery (Paperback)

YÜ; A Ross Lamos Mystery (Paperback)
By Joy Shayne Laughter

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Related tags: fiction(2), mystery, past lives, joy shayne laughter, historical, gay fiction, metaphysical

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Forbidden love, the Imperial Court of the Han Dynasty,jades worth millions on the black market ... Ross Lamos, 21stCentury Karmic Detective, knows that somehow, the history of the three jades is his as well. Yü, the Stone of Heaven, jade art born from the genius of ancient China. Lamos has built his career dealing Asian art and antiquities by hiding his very useful psychic Touch. When he holds the jades, the yü will reveal an extraordinary history. Lamos will risk everything to protect the jades, and finally remember his role in a love story that changed the course of a Dynasty ... the love between an extraordinary Concubine and a Prince, the son of her Emperor, and the Poet caught between them all ... a story hidden for two thousand years in three pieces of yü. Yü is the award winning first novel by Joy Shayne Laughter and begins the Ross Lamos mystery series. Read more

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Remix (Kindle Edition)

Remix (Kindle Edition)
By Lexi Revellian

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Caz Tallis restores rocking horses in her London workshop. When shabby but charismatic Joe and his dog turn up on her roof terrace, she is reluctantly drawn into investigating a rock star’s murder from three years before – an unsolved case the police have closed. Somebody is prepared to kill to prevent it being reopened – and is Caz's judgment clouding as she falls in love?

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Blood & Ashes: The Debut Oscar Jade Thriller! (Kindle Edition)

Blood & Ashes: The Debut Oscar Jade Thriller! (Kindle Edition)
By Mark Loeffelholz

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WELCOME TO MIAMI BEACH - 1941

"...You need to get all these stupid ideas out of your head, about how you're gonna be tough guys, and not give anything up, 'cause we're not having a picnic, and I'm not going to be playing shuffleboard with you here. You're out in the middle of nowhere. Nobody's gonna hear you screaming, or crying, or praying to God. The cops aren't coming to rescue you. This is old country - things have been dying out here for a long, long time, and there's no funerals, or writeups in the paper. It just gets covered up, and forgotten. You'll be gone, just like the dinosaurs..." Oscar Jade, a private detective who lives in a one-room flop above a beachfront watering hole, has a screaming hangover. A good-looking dame walks into his life and says that her husband wants her dead. A man with a gun is following her. It's just another day in paradise... Promotional Quote: "Welcome Oscar Jade, and his equally enigmatic creator, Mark Loeffelholz: here are two studs who share in that wonderfully American crime fiction spirit...the impulse to enjoy soaking confessions in the dirty pool of high-minded morality, and then hanging those suckers out to dry for all the neighbors to see." - John Hospodka, author of South Side Trilogy (www.bohemianpupil.com) Read more

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