Monday, April 7, 2014

Mystery Picks of the Day – April 7, 2014

Today the HBS Mystery Reader’s Circle features our Mystery Novels Picks of the Day. These are some of the BEST DEALS from outstanding Mystery Authors for the Kindle at Amazon.

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EMBRYO


Author: J.A. Schneider

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"Maria Moran's first inkling of trouble was the coppery taste in her mouth. It came suddenly, a rushing whoosh of something that made her gag, and when she reached to wipe her mouth, her hand came away smeared with blood."

So begins this first EMBRYO medical thriller about a young intern, Jill Raney, determined to investigate tragedies and terror at a famous fertility and genetic engineering hospital. When two pregnant women die and a fetus is delivered with severe chromosomal abnormalities, Jill's superiors - including handsome, smitten-with-her resident David Levine - insist there's no common link.

But her suspicions deepen with the grotesque murder near the hospital of another pregnant woman - her belly drained of amniotic fluid. And when a woman miscarries in the hospital and then disappears, Jill frantically searches for her - following a terrifying path that seems to link all the victims: Is someone playing with life...and the structures of human life itself?

An unforgettable tale of suspense with a shocking denouement, Embryo takes you deep into the mind of malignant genius.


Author Genre: Mystery & Thrillers, Suspense, Romance

Website: J.A. Schneider… Medical Thrillers & Suspense
Twitter: @JoyceSchneider1
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Author Description:
J.A. (Joyce Anne) Schneider is a former staffer at Newsweek. Words and story ideas are always teeming in her head - "a colorful place!" she says. She's a wife, mom, and loves thrillers. Once a Liberal Arts major (French and Spanish Literature), she has become increasingly fascinated with medicine and forensic science. Decades of being married to a physician who loves explaining medical concepts and reliving his experiences means that there'll be medical angles even in "regular" thrillers that she writes


Crossroads


Author: Chandler McGrew

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Sheila Bright talks to the dead including the ghost of her mother who wants to move to California. Kira Graves can produce money out of thin air. The two of them, Shape Shifters, Pookas, Lost Boys and more all inhabit the Crossroads, where good and evil collide.

When Kira's family and everyone else in their carnival are murdered by unearthly creatures called Grigs, Kira and her constant companion, Jen, flee toward a half-mythical place of safety called Graves Island, but they fail to reach it when Kira is drawn through the looking glass to another world. The planet of the Creators is swiftly deteriorating from a world of dreams into one of nightmares, and the only way to stop the Empty-Eyed Man from turning the entire universe into chaos is for Kira to destroy the tool he most desires, but what she must sacrifice to do so may be worth more to her than the prize.


Author Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thrillers

Website: Chandler McGrew
Twitter: @ChandlerMcGrew
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Author Description:
Although he is the author of four critically acclaimed supernatural/suspense thrillers, Chandler McGrew, lives in quiet seclusion in the mountains of Maine. He writes ten to twelve hours a day, fueled by liberal doses of coffee and Pepsi, with only an occasional dollop of single malt scotch to take the edge off.

Born in Texas he lived for almost a decade in Alaska where his first novel, Cold Heart, is set. I Love a Mystery called the book a 'tense and satisfying read.' While the Contra Costa Times said it was 'The best opening 10 pages I've read this year...reads like a good martini tastes: icy cold, with flecks of terror where the ice chips should be.'

Not a bad start for a man who didn't begin to write professionally until he was in his forties.

Chandler followed Cold Heart with Night Terror, a psychological thriller about a woman who has lost her only son and believes she may be losing her mind as well. Like all his novels the book is peopled by characters who might be your next door neighbor. Or they might be escapees from a boobie hatch. The Denver Post said the novel '...plays on the primal fears that cause most adults to lose sleep.'


Trust No One

Vista Security



Author: Diana Layne

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When reality is a web of lies and the truth endangers all you hold dear . . .Trust No One.

Drafted into the nebulous underworld of a secret agent right out of college, MJ Thornberg survived betrayal and attempted murder at the hands of her trusted partner. Instead of returning to the deadly realm of espionage, she chose to retire to a small Texas town and work as a mechanic while raising her soon-to-be-adopted baby daughter.

Ben Walker is a man with his own secrets. An agent with MJ's former employer, Vista Security, Ben is clawing his way out of a downward spiral from a job gone wrong when Vista sends him after MJ, with orders to use the threat of halting her baby's adoption to ensure her cooperation.

Furious and trusting no one, MJ intends on working the job solo until a sniper's bullet alters her plans. With no choice but to work with Ben, MJ must confront ghosts from her past, discover truths of her present, and trust that the future she deserves is in her hands to create.


Author Genre: Romance, Mystery & Thrillers, Historical Fiction

Website: Diana Layne
Author's Blog: Do You Want Mayo With That?
Twitter: @dianalaynebooks
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Author Description:
Native small town Texan Diana Layne is an award-winning author and an RWA® Golden Heart® finalist. She's a homeschooling mom of six kids who grew up riding horses and motorcycles, practicing the piano and reading every chance she could. As an only child she kept herself entertained with imaginary playmates and now writes in multiple genres from historical romances to mainstream suspense thrillers to small town love stories--and always has two or three novels in progress.


Boudicca: Britain's Queen of the Iceni

The Legendary Women of World History



Author: Laurel A. Rockefeller

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In 43 CE Roman conquest of Britannia seems all but certain -- until a chance meeting between King Prasutagus of the Iceni and a runaway slave of royal decent from the Aedui tribe in Gaul changes the fate of the British islands forever.

Based on the accounts of Roman historian Tacitus and supplemented with archaeology presented by the BBC.


Author Genre: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery

Website: The Peers of Beinan Series
IAN - Author Page
Twitter: @laurelworlds
E-Mail: peersofbeinan@gmail.com
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Author Description:
Laurel A. Rockefeller was born and raised in Lincoln, Nebraska where she received her bachelor of arts from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln in writing, psychology, and medieval and Asian history, the only triple major to attain Phi Beta Kappa in her graduating class of over 5000 students.

Initially published as a poet, Laurel's first national publication came in 1991 when the American Tolkien Society published her sonnet, "Why Bilbo?" in the winter 1991 edition honoring the 100th birthday of J.R.R. Tolkien. In June and July 2008, she contributed to "Bird Talk" magazine before joining Yahoo Voices in July 2009 where she regularly writes non-fiction articles on a broad range of topics.

In August, 2012 Laurel launched the Peers of Beinan medieval science fiction series with book one, "The Great Succession Crisis," book one of the Anlei's Legacy trilogy.

Laurel A. Rockefeller is a proud supporter of Nebraska-based Arbor Day Foundation which works to rebuild eco-systems through the plantings of trees across the United States, Indonesian-based Health in Harmony in their efforts to reforest Indonesia's disappearing rain forest habitat upon which countless endangered species depend, and Massachusetts-based Foster Parrots Ltd parrot rescue and sanctuary in their efforts to improve the lives of parrots and other exotic animals in captivity and in the wild.

Effective February 1st, 2014 part of the purchase price of every Peers of Beinan book sold (approximately 10% of total author royalties) is donated to these charities. With your help, Laurel plans to expand this effort to include the Indonesian Parrot Project which works with law enforcement to recover poached Indonesian parrots, restore recovered parrots back to health, and re-release as many wild parrots as possible back to the wild.

Laurel currently lives in Johnstown, Pennsylvania where she is working on book three, "Princess Anyu Returns."


The Game


Author: A.J. Carella

Price: FREE


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This first book in the new romantic suspense series from AJ Carella is a thrilling read.

Tara and Kyle come from completely different backgrounds but fate throws them together.

Kyle is damaged from the loss of his family. A series of bad decisions have left him working for the very criminals he once sought to put away. His heart is frozen and he cares about nothing, least of all himself.

Tara, given away by her mother when she was a child, has never known love.

Thrown together by circumstances, they soon realize that they need each other but are cruelly ripped apart.

Kyle must race against time to save Tara from the clutches of the man who controls her every move and who has kept the most devastating of betrayals until last.

This fast paced thriller takes you on a journey to the dark side of human nature.

Fate brought them together. Can The Game keep them apart?


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Website: A.J. Carella
Twitter: @AJCarella
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Author Description:
AJ grew up in Switzerland but now lives by the sea on the South Coast of England.

She grew up reading mystery and suspense, romantic suspense and thrillers. These days she spends her time writing what she loves to read, suspense and romantic suspense.
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