CSI creator Anthony Zuiker’s new series Whodunnit? premieres on ABC this Sunday, June 23 at 9:00pm ET/PT, and the first tie-in novel is now available online. You can preview the first five chapters of Whodunnit?: Murder in Mystery Manor here, and the ebook can be purchased from iTunes (link), or for the Kindle from Amazon.com. (If you don’t have a Kindle, you can download the free Kindle reading app to read Kindle ebooks on your computer.)

Canadian fans can buy the Kindle ebook from Amazon.ca, and here is the link for the free Kindle reading app. According to Amazon.fr and Amazon.co.uk, a paperback version of Whodunnit?: Murder in Mystery Manor will be available from those sites on Tuesday, June 25.

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation will re-air season thirteen’s “Dead Air” this Wednesday at 10:00pm ET/PT. Here is the episode’s official description:

The CSIs investigate the demise of a prominent news anchor during a live broadcast.

Former CSI: Crime Scene Investigation actress Lauren Lee Smith (Riley Adams) has joined the cast of FX’s new series The Strain, Deadline reports. Smith departed CSI after her one-year run during Season Nine. In The Strain she’ll play Kelly Goodweather, Dr. Ephraim Goodweather’s (Corey Stoll) ex-wife. After winning a difficult custody battle she embarks on a new life with her boyfriend, but when she fails to heed her husband’s warning about the contagion spreading in Manhattan, she pays the ultimate price. The project reunites Smith with former CSI co-executive producers David Weddle and Bradley Thompson, who left after Season Eleven.

CBS announced the 2013-2014 premiere dates, and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation will kick off season 14 on Wednesday, September 25 at 10:00pm ET/PT.

Fans of all three CSI series can visit the CBS Store to find DVD sets on sale for up to 59% off.

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Larry Sullivan is most familiar to CSI: Crime Scene Investigation fans as recurring officer Andy Akers, but the actor will appear in an upcoming episode of the ABC Family series Switched at Birth airing Monday, July 22 at 8:00pm ET/PT. (Minor spoilers ahead!) According to the Hollywood Reporter, Sullivan’s character Leo “may be the adoptive father of Angelo’s (Gilles Marini) baby.” Switched creator Lizzy Weiss posted a picture on Twitter, which you can find below—click the thumbnail to see it full-sized:

According to IMDb, Sullivan will also appear in five upcoming episodes of the NBC daytime soap opera Days of Our Lives starting next Tuesday, June 18.

Jaclyn Smith will reprise her role as David Hodges’ (Wallace Langham) mother, Olivia Hodges, during CSI: Crime Scene Investigation’s upcoming fourteenth season. (Minor spoilers after the jump.)

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Legendary rock band Black Sabbath appeared in the season thirteen finale of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, “Skin in the Game”, where they debuted the song “End of the Beginning” from their new album, 13. The episode featured a shortened version of the song, but you can find a video of the full version embedded after the jump:

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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation will re-air season thirteen’s “Risky Business Class” this Wednesday at 10:00pm ET/PT. Here is the episode’s official description:

When five people are killed in a small plane crash a mile off the Vegas strip, the CSI team is called to investigate. Also, Sara feels the strain of having a long-distance relationship with Grissom when a former lover of hers is involved with the crash investigation.

Former leading man Gary Sinise (Mac Taylor) stopped by the soundstage that used to house the CSI: New York set on Monday, and he posted a picture on Twitter. You can click the thumbnail below to see the original, slightly-larger image:

Sinise’s former costars AJ Buckley (Adam Ross) and Eddie Cahill (Don Flack) commented on the picture, and the actors’ Tweets can be found after the jump:

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As CSI Files previously reported, CSI creator Anthony Zuiker has a brand new murder mystery reality show debuting later this month. Whodunnit? premieres on ABC on Sunday, June 23 at 9:00pm ET/PT. “Each episode has an elaborate death at the end,” Zuiker told the NY Daily News. “And that death is the mystery that needs to be solved in the next episode.”

The contestant who makes it to the end and unmasks the killer will take home $250,000, but Whodunnit? is not your typical competition series. “It’s very cinematic,” Zuiker explained. “Tonally, thematically, it plays like a TV drama. There’s no question that you’re watching a reality show, but it’s put together in a way that no one has seen before.”

You can watch a promo for Whodunnit? on Facebook.

Gary Sinise (CSI: New York’s Mac Taylor) has been performing with the Lt Dan Band for a full decade. In honor of the anniversary, Sinise unveiled a new website to celebrate the band’s commitment to “Honor. Gratitude. Rock & Roll.” You can check it out here, and be sure to read the letter from Sinise, which can be found at the right side of the page. “Ten years ago, I could never have predicted that this band would have performed hundreds of shows for thousands of great people all over the world,” Sinise said. “Our performances for our service members on military bases around the globe have meant so much, and each time we play a concert that is open to the public I am amazed at the outpouring of love and kindness.”

The full text is available on LtDanBand.com.

Related: Sinise Forms Foundation To Support The US Military, Sinise Celebrates July 4th With Release Of ‘For The Common Good’, ‘For The Common Good’ Now Available On DVD

Actor and author Hill Harper (CSI: New York’s Dr Sheldon Hawkes) will release his fifth book later this year. It is titled Letters to an Incarcerated Brother: Encouragement, Hope, and Healing for Inmates and Their Loved Ones. You can click on the thumbnail below to see a larger version of the cover (opens in a new tab), and the official description can be found after the jump.

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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation will re-air season thirteen’s “Strip Maul” this Wednesday at 10:00pm ET/PT. Here is the episode’s official description:

The CSI team lends a hand to local law enforcement on the strip with several arrests until a John Doe is found in car. Also, things become personal for Captain Brass when he discovers some facts about his daughter.

The final moments of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation’s season 13 finale, “Skin in the Game”, found Morgan Brody in danger, and Elisabeth Harnois promises “a lot more to come” when season 14 gets underway in the fall. “It’s going to get a little crazy,” the actress told the Press Association. Based on the season-ending cliffhanger, she added, “I’m really excited to see what is going to happen. I hope they explore more of the father-daughter relationship and her pretty dark past because they’ve hinted in previous episodes at how she was a rebellious kid, and I would like to see some of the backstory there. The writers have told me they enjoy writing this complicated relationship and its healing, which they haven’t done before.”

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