New This Week: Ayrshire Murders, A Kyle Shaw Mystery by E. R. Dillon

Omnimystery News is pleased to present a mystery, suspense, or thriller ebook that we recently found by sleuthing (as it were) through new or recently reissued titles from independent publishers during August 2014 and priced $4.99 or less …

Ayrshire Murders by E. R. Dillon

A Kyle Shaw Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Five Star

Price: $3.99 (as of 08/21/2014 at 4:30 PM ET).

  

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An historical mystery set in an age of rudimentary forensics and political intrigues, in a land where a kinsman may act as blood avenger against those who perpetrate violence against a family member …

Kyle Shaw, a Scotsman by birth and a lawman by trade, returns to the lowlands in 1297 — a time when all of Scotland stands on the brink of rebellion against English domination. Kyle discovers that his estranged father apparently had some connection with the English soldiers who loot and plunder the Scottish countryside at will.

While Kyle seeks to thwart the raiders, someone begins murdering English soldiers from a nearby garrison one at a time and mutilating their corpses.

— Ayrshire Murders by E. R. Dillon

Scorpion Deception, A Scorpion Thriller by Andrew Kaplan, Now Available at a Special Price

Omnimystery News is always searching for newly discounted mystery, suspense, thriller and crime novels for our readers to enjoy. Today, we're pleased to feature the following title, now available at a special price courtesy of the publisher, Harper …

Scorpion Deception by Andrew Kaplan

A Scorpion Thriller (3rd in series)

Publisher: Harper

Price: $0.99 (as of 08/21/2014 at 4:00 PM ET).

  

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In Switzerland, a brutally efficient hit squad storms the U.S. embassy, stealing classified files and leaving no witnesses alive. Under intense political pressure to find those behind the attack — with Congressional leaders demanding military action — the CIA turns to the deadliest agent they know: Scorpion. But Scorpion is unwilling to get involved … until he learns his name is at the top of one of the stolen lists.

What Scorpion uncovers sends the CIA scrambling: evidence linking the attack to an unknown Iranian power broker known as "the Gardener." Scorpion follows the trail to Zurich and Barcelona, where he meets his match in Scale, an agent as lethal as the viper that is his namesake. A deadly dance of deception ensues, bringing Scorpion into Tehran's inner circle, but not even the political elite know who the Gardener is — or what his next move might be.

— Scorpion Deception by Andrew Kaplan

The Magus of Hay, A Merrily Watkins Mystery by Phil Rickman, Now Available at a Special Price

Omnimystery News is always searching for newly discounted mystery, suspense, thriller and crime novels for our readers to enjoy. Today, we're pleased to feature the following title, now available at a special price courtesy of the publisher, Atlantic Books …

The Magus of Hay by Phil Rickman

A Merrily Watkins Mystery (12th in series)

Publisher: Atlantic Books

Price: $0.99 (as of 08/21/2014 at 3:30 PM ET).

  

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When a man's body is discovered in the picturesque town of Hay-on-Wye, his death appears to be "unnatural" in every sense. Merrily Watkins, parish priest, single mother, and exorcist, is drafted in to investigate …

A man's body is found below a waterfall. It looks like suicide or an accidental drowning — until DI Frannie Bliss enters the dead man's home. What he finds there sends him to Merrily Watkins, the Diocese of Hereford's official advisor on the paranormal.

It's been nearly 40 years since Hay was declared an independent state by its self-styled king — a development seen at the time as a joke, a publicity scam. But behind this pastiche a dark design was taking shape, creating a hidden history of murder and ritual-magic, the relics of which are only now becoming horribly visible.

It's a situation that will take Merrily Watkins — alone for the first time in years — to the edge of madness.

— The Magus of Hay by Phil Rickman

The Ten Commandments, A David Webb Mystery by Anthea Fraser, Now Available at a Special Price

Amazon Kindle Countdown Deals are limited-time discounts on Kindle-exclusive books.

Omnimystery News is pleased to present you with one of today's titles … but take advantage of this deal now as the price will go up to its digital list price soon! (See the countdown clock on the book product page to see how much time remains on this deal.)

The Ten Commandments by Anthea Fraser

A David Webb Mystery (14th in series)

Publisher: Endeavour Press

Price: $0.99 (as of 08/21/2014 at 3:00 PM ET).

  

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The body of an unknown man is found in a pub car park on a warm summer's evening. He has been brutally bludgeoned to death, and there are no witnesses.

When DCI Webb is called to the case, he has a nasty sense that he's been here before. Six years previously, Trevor Philpott's body was found in identical circumstances. But the case was never closed, and the killer is still at large.

As Webb delves back into the details of the previous case he uncovers more unsolved mysteries. Are the cases connected? Has the same killer been responsible for more murders over the years?

DCI Webb must return to the past, if he has any hope of stopping more killings in the future …

— The Ten Commandments by Anthea Fraser

Don't Look Back by Gregg Hurwitz, New in Bookstores during August 2014

Today's featured new hardcover mystery, suspense, or thriller title scheduled to be published during August 2014 is …

Don't Look Back by Gregg Hurwitz

Non-Series

Publisher: St. Martin's Press

        

For a list of more new hardcover titles to be published this month, visit our New Mysteries page for August 2014. For new paperback mysteries, visit The Mystery Bookshelf where a selection of August 2014 mysteries, novels of suspense, and thrillers are shelved.

More about our featured title, below …

Eve Hardaway, newly single mother of one, is on a trip she's long dreamed of — a rafting and hiking tour through the jungles and mountains of Oaxaca, in southern Mexico. Eve wanders off the trail, to a house in the distance with a menacing man in the yard beyond it, throwing machetes at a human-shaped target. Disturbed by the sight, Eve moves quickly and quietly back to her group, taking care to avoid being seen. As she creeps along, she finds a broken digital camera, marked with the name Teresa Hamilton. Later that night, in a rarely used tourist cabin, she finds a discarded prescription bottle — also with the name Teresa Hamilton. From the camera's memory card, Eve discovers Teresa Hamilton took a photo of that same menacing looking man in the woods. Teresa Hamilton has since disappeared.

Now the man in the woods is after whoever was snooping around his house. With a violent past and deadly mission, he will do anything to avoid being discovered. A major storm wipes out the roads and all communication with the outside world. Now the tour group is trapped in the jungle with a dangerous predator with a secret to protect. With her only resource her determination to live, Eve must fight a dangerous foe and survive against incredible odds — if she's to make it back home alive.

— Don't Look Back by Gregg Hurwitz