Today's Selection of Daily Deals for Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature a selection of today's Daily Deals found on Wednesday, April 29, 2015 at 7:30 AM ET …

Money, Money, Money by Ed McBain

A Novel of the 87th Precinct (51th in series)

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Kindle Daily Deal Price: $1.99

It is Christmas in the city, but it isn't the giving season. A retired Gulf War pilot, a careless second-story man, a pair of angry Mexicans, and an equally shady pair of Secret Service agents are in town after a large stash of money, and no one is interested in sharing.

The detectives at the 87th are already busy for the holidays. Steve Carella and Fat Ollie Weeks catch the squeal when the lions in the city zoo get an unauthorized feeding of a young woman's body. And then there's a trash can stuffed with a book salesman carrying a P-38 Walther and a wad of big bills.

The bad bills and the dead book salesman lead to the offices of a respected publisher, Wadsworth and Dodds. This is good news for Fat Ollie, because he's working on a police novel — one written by a real cop — and he's sure it's going to be a bestseller.

— Money, Money, Money by Ed McBain

Escaping Reality by Lisa Renee Jones

The Secret Life of Amy Bensen (1st in series)

Publisher: Gallery Books

Kindle Daily Deal Price: $1.99

At the young age of eighteen, tragedy and a dark secret force Lara to flee all she has known and loved to start a new life. Now years later, with a new identity as Amy, she's finally dared to believe she is forgotten — even if she cannot forget. But just when she lets her guard down, the ghosts of her past are quick to punish her, forcing her back on the run.

On a plane, struggling to face the devastation of losing everything again and starting over, Amy meets Liam Stone, a darkly entrancing billionaire recluse, who is also a brilliant, and famous, prodigy architect. A man who knows what he wants and goes after it. And what he wants is Amy. Refusing to take "no" as an answer, he sweeps her into a passionate affair, pushing her to her erotic limits. He wants to possess her. He makes her want to be possessed. Liam demands everything from her, accepting nothing less. But what if she is too devastated by tragedy to know when he wants more than she should give?

— Escaping Reality by Lisa Renee Jones

The Bullet-Catcher's Daughter by Rod Duncan

The Fall of the Gas-Lit Empire (1st in series)

Publisher: Angry Robot

Nook Daily Find Price: $2.99 (price-matched by Amazon)

  

Elizabeth Barnabus lives a double life — as herself and as her brother, the private detective. She is trying to solve the mystery of a disappearing aristocrat and a hoard of arcane machines. In her way stand the rogues, freaks and self-proclaimed alchemists of a travelling circus.

But when she comes up against an agent of the all-powerful Patent Office, her life and the course of history will begin to change. And not necessarily for the better …

— The Bullet-Catcher's Daughter by Rod Duncan

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Today's Selection of Free MystereBooks for Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature a selection of Free MystereBooks found on Wednesday, April 29, 2015 at 6:30 AM ET …

Cold Comfort by Scott Mackay

A Barry Gilbert Mystery

Publisher: Diversion Books

Price: FREE!

  

The Valentine Circle by Reinaldo DelValle

A Silas de San Michel Mystery

Publisher: Davinian Press

Price: FREE!

  

Fair Deal by Emma Summers

An Everglades Mystery

Publisher: Emma Summers

Price: FREE!

  

The First Faux Pas by Katy Leen

A Loora Weaver Mystery

Publisher: Katy Leen

Price: FREE!

  

For a summary of all of today's titles, plus any that may have been added since this post was created, visit our Free MystereBooks page. This page is updated daily, typically by 8 AM ET.

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Winners of the 2015 Spotted Owl Award Announced

The winners for the 2015 Spotted Owl Awards have been announced by Friends of Mystery for the best mystery novel of the year by an author who lives in the Pacific Northwest (Alaska, British Columbia, Canada, Idaho, Oregon or Washington) …

• One Kick by Chelsea Cain (Simon & Schuster)

• Plaster City by Johnny Shaw (Thomas & Mercer)

One Last Breath, A Cooper & Fry Mystery by Stephen Booth, Now Available at a Special Price

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One Last Breath by Stephen Booth

A Cooper & Fry Mystery (5th in series)

Publisher: Witness Impulse

Price: 99¢ (as of 04/28/2015 at 7:00 PM ET).

  

Around the ancient cave system in Derbyshire are thronging tourists, a medieval castle, and the thriving town of Castleton. With its underground tunnels and caverns, it's the perfect place for a man to hide — or vanish. Detectives Ben Cooper and Diane Fry are looking for such a man, one who is on a murderous rampage.

An escaped convict is on the loose, and, after thirteen years in prison, he may be seeking revenge on the son of the cop who put him away in the first place … Cooper's father.

— One Last Breath by Stephen Booth

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New This Week: Fall Guy, A Barry Gilbert Mystery by Scott Mackay

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Fall Guy by Scott Mackay

A Barry Gilbert Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: Diversion Books

Price: $2.99 (as of 04/28/2015 at 6:30 PM ET).

  

This is a new ebook edition of a mystery first published by Minotaur Books in 2001.

Detective Barry Gilbert is called into Toronto's Chinatown to investigate the death of Edgar Lau, a man whose history and connections take the detective on a ride across continents and cultures, and deep into an immigrant family's struggle to survive against harrowing odds.

Gilbert must piece together Edgar's labyrinthine history — from his days as a Vietnamese refugee who made a deadly trek to China by boat, to his affair with a prominent member of Toronto's city government, to his dealings with a Chinese drug baron. Throughout the investigation, damaging and sensitive questions are raised — questions somebody in Toronto's police department doesn't want answered.

It soon becomes clear to Gilbert that in addition to hunting down Edgar's killer, he must fight police corruption as well — a fight that could threaten the department's stability and future. This tale of murder and misdoing, family and betrayal, is a riveting police procedural by a masterful mystery author.

— Fall Guy by Scott Mackay

See also the first book in this series, Cold Comfort, which is currently FREE to download!

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Daybreak, A Novel of Suspense by Viktor Arnar Ingolfsson, Now Available at a Special Price

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Today, we're pleased to present the following title, now available at a special price courtesy of the publisher, AmazonCrossing …

Daybreak by Viktor Arnar Ingolfsson

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: AmazonCrossing

Price: $1.99 (as of 04/28/2015 at 6:00 PM ET).

  

When the shotgun-blasted body of a goose hunter is discovered, the police believe they have a list of suspects who may have wanted the victim dead, from his young wife to the caretaker of his property. But then a second body, another hunter, is found with a similar fatal wound. And then a third. As the pattern emerges — all goose hunters, all shot at the break of dawn — Reykjavik policemen Gunnar and Birkir face the terrifying possibility that a serial killer is stalking the idyllic Icelandic countryside.

Gunnar and Birkir set a trap for the one they call "the Gander," but it quickly becomes a wild goose chase as the murderer plays some tricks of his own. With the clock running out and the discovery of another body all but guaranteed, the cops must determine if there is a thread connecting the victims or if the killings are all part of a twisted game.

— Daybreak by Viktor Arnar Ingolfsson

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New This Week: Scratch the Surface, A Deuce Walsh Thriller by Josh K. Stevens

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Scratch the Surface by Josh K. Stevens

A Deuce Walsh Thriller (1st in series)

Publisher: 280 Steps

Price: $2.99 (as of 04/28/2015 at 5:30 PM ET).

  

Deuce Walsh is a former gangster trying to keep his past hidden in the middle of nowhere Midwest. Seven years ago, his colleagues — The Chianti Brothers — made a power play and left him for dead. He survived, but had to leave everything behind and start from scratch with a new identity.

But when his brother-in-law Colm, a degenerate gambler and wannabe wiseguy, gets himself into trouble, Deuce is brought back into the life of crime and finds himself helping Colm pay off a debt to the very people who tried to have him killed in the first place.

— Scratch the Surface by Josh K. Stevens

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Vanishing Point, A Sharon McCone Mystery by Marcia Muller, Now Available at a Special Price

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Vanishing Point by Marcia Muller

A Sharon McCone Mystery (23rd in series)

Publisher: Mysterious Press

Price: $1.99 (as of 04/28/2015 at 5:00 PM ET).

  

Sharon McCone is hired to investigate one of San Luis Obispo County's most puzzling cold cases. A generation ago, Laurel Greenwood, a housewife and artist, inexplicably vanished, leaving her young daughter alone. Now, new evidence suggests that the missing woman may have led a strange double life. But before McCone can penetrate the tangled mystery, she must first solve a second disappearance — that of her client, the now grown daughter of Laurel Greenwood.

The case, which forces Sharon to explore the darker sides of two marriages, comes uncomfortably close on the heels of her own marriage to Hy Ripinsky, and she begins to doubt the wisdom of her impulsive trip to the Reno wedding chapel.

— Vanishing Point by Marcia Muller

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A Draw of Death, A Helen Binney Mystery by Gin Jones, New This Week from Gemma Halliday

Gemma Halliday Publishing is a boutique publisher of light-hearted mystery, romantic suspense and romantic comedy novels, perfect for popping into your beach bag for a weekend away or cozying up beside a warm fire for a quiet night in.

We've selected one of their recently published titles to feature here today …

A Draw of Death by Gin Jones

A Helen Binney Mystery (3rd in series)

Publisher: Gemma Halliday Publishing

Price: 99¢ (as of 04/28/2015 at 4:30 PM ET).

  

After twenty years as a political wife, the now-divorced Helen Binney should be able to organize a small event for the local library without breaking a sweat. But she didn't plan on the guest speaker, a controversial celebrity poker player, literally drawing a hand of death. Whose buttons did he push a little too hard? Was it really, as the police believe, the niece of Helen's handsome lawyer/friend, Tate?

Getting to the truth would be a lot easier if it weren't for a cranky runaway cat, a group of poker players who put the "fanatic" in fan clubs, and death threats that may or may not be imaginary from an end-of-the-world cult. With the stakes so high, can Helen save Tate's niece without drawing death herself?

— A Draw of Death by Gin Jones

See all three books in the highly reviewed Helen Binney Mystery Series for $3.99 or less each on Kindle. A Holiday short story is also available featuring this character.

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The Sherlockian, A Novel of Suspense by Graham Moore, Now Available at a Special Price

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The Sherlockian by Graham Moore

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Twelve

Price: $2.99 (as of 04/28/2015 at 4:00 PM ET).

  

In December 1893, Sherlock Holmes-adoring Londoners eagerly opened their Strand magazines, anticipating the detective's next adventure, only to find the unthinkable: his creator, Arthur Conan Doyle, had killed their hero off. London spiraled into mourning — crowds sported black armbands in grief — and railed against Conan Doyle as his assassin.

Then in 1901, just as abruptly as Conan Doyle had "murdered" Holmes in "The Final Problem," he resurrected him. Though the writer kept detailed diaries of his days and work, Conan Doyle never explained this sudden change of heart. After his death, one of his journals from the interim period was discovered to be missing, and in the decades since, has never been found.

Or has it?

When literary researcher Harold White is inducted into the preeminent Sherlock Holmes enthusiast society, The Baker Street Irregulars, he never imagines he's about to be thrust onto the hunt for the holy grail of Holmes-ophiles: the missing diary. But when the world's leading Doylean scholar is found murdered in his hotel room, it is Harold — using wisdom and methods gleaned from countless detective stories — who takes up the search, both for the diary and for the killer.

— The Sherlockian by Graham Moore

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The Tiger Troubles by David A. Kelly, a New Ballpark Mysteries Mystery for Junior Sleuths

Omnimystery News is pleased to present in this post a new First Clues: Mysteries for Kids series title published this month …

The Tiger Troubles by David A. Kelly

Series: Ballpark Mysteries

Publisher: Random House

Formats: Paperback, eBook

Recommended for Junior Sleuths, Ages 7 to 9

  

Someone is blackmailing the Detroit Tigers' famous slugger, Tony! They've stolen his favorite trophy, and unless he fills a tiger-shaped bag with signed baseballs, he'll never see the trophy again. Luckily, all-star sleuths Mike and Kate are ready to pounce on the case. Can they track down the thief in time to save Tony's treasure?

— The Tiger Troubles by David A. Kelly

The Last Minute, A Sam Capra Thriller by Jeff Abbott, Now Available at a Special Price

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The Last Minute by Jeff Abbott

A Sam Capra Thriller (2nd in series)

Publisher: Grand Central

Price: $2.99 (as of 04/28/2015 at 3:00 PM ET).

  

Sam Capra must commit an impossible assassination — or he will lose the only person in the world who matters to him …

Sam Capra has one reason to live: to rescue his baby son from the people who abducted him. An ex-CIA agent, Sam now owns bars around the world as cover for his real mission-working undercover for a secret network as mysterious as it is powerful, while using his skills to find his child.

Now the kidnappers have offered a deadly deal: they'll surrender Sam's child … if Sam finds and murders the one man who can expose them. Teaming up with a desperate young mother whose daughter is also missing, Sam tracks his prey-and his son-across the country in a dangerous race against time, and must unravel a deadly conspiracy if he's to rescue the only person in the world that matters to him.

— The Last Minute by Jeff Abbott

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The Doll Maker by Richard Montanari, New in Bookstores during April 2015

Today's featured new hardcover mystery, suspense, or thriller title scheduled to be published during April 2015 is …

The Doll Maker by Richard Montanari, a Kevin Byrne and Jessica Balzano Mystery (6th in series)

Publisher: Mulholland Books

    

A quiet Philadelphia suburb. A woman cycles past a train depot with her young daughter. There she finds a murdered girl posed on a newly painted bench. Beside her is a formal invitation to a tea dance in a week's time.

Seven days later, two more young victims are discovered in an abandoned house, posed on painted swings. At the scene is an identical invitation. This time, though, there is something extra waiting for Detectives Kevin Byrne and Jessica Balzano: a delicate porcelain doll.

It's a message. And a threat. With the killers at large, Detectives Byrne and Balzano have just seven more days to find the link between the murders before another innocent child is snatched from the streets.

— The Doll Maker by Richard Montanari

For a list of more new hardcover titles to be published this month, visit our New Mysteries page for April 2015. For new paperback mysteries, visit The Mystery Bookshelf where a selection of April 2015 mysteries, novels of suspense, and thrillers are shelved.

The Postman Always Purls Twice by Anne Canadeo, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during April 2015

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during April 2015 …

The Postman Always Purls Twice by Anne Canadeo, A Black Sheep Knitters Mystery (7th in series)

Publisher: Gallery Books

  

When the cast and crew of a Hollywood movie arrive to film on location in quiet Plum Harbor, the village is aflutter at the A-list actresses. The Knitters are dazzled by the glamour and since Maggie's shop is an important set, they are privy to the backstage excitement and inside gossip.

But from the first day of filming, accidents and menacing coincidences abound. The show must go on, but no sooner have the lights, action, and stitching begun when the killer strikes again — this time, cutting one character from the script for good.

— The Postman Always Purls Twice by Anne Canadeo

To see more new paperback titles scheduled to be published this month, visit The Mystery Bookshelf for April 2015. For new hardcover mysteries, visit New Mysteries where for a list of April 2015 mysteries, novels of suspense, and thrillers is provided.

Five Mysteries in the Dorothy Parker Series by Agata Stanford, 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.

The first five titles in the highly reviewed Dorothy Parker Series by Agata Stanford are now available at a special price of $3.99 each. We're featuring the first book in the series, below …

The Broadway Murders by Agata Stanford

A Dorothy Parker Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Jenevacris Press

Price: $3.99 (as of 04/28/2015 at 1:00 PM ET).

  

When a Broadway producer is found dead in his luxurious apartment it is believed he choked on a cherry tomato. That he was not murdered is a surprise to the denizens of the Great White Way.

Dorothy Parker, her adorable Boston terrier named Woodrow Wilson, Robert Benchley and the newspaper men of the Algonquin Round Table go on a scavenger hunt with the Marx Brothers, do the rounds of speakeasies, attend Broadway's opening nights, dance at the Waldorf, and then pull up a chair at the Algonquin Hotel's famous daily luncheon and enjoy a tossed salad of bon mots, all while sleuthing about for clues to find a killer.

— The Broadway Murders by Agata Stanford

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