New This Week: The Body on the Barstool, A Top Shelf Mystery by Lolli Powell

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The Body on the Barstool by Lolli Powell

A Top Shelf Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Laurel Heidtman

Price: $2.99 (as of 12/02/2016 at 6:30 PM ET).

  

New Yorker Erica "Ricki" Fontaine's n'er-do-well uncle has dropped dead and left her a dive bar in a small Ohio River town. With a lousy apartment, less-than-promising job prospects, and even worse romantic ones, the inheritance comes at just the right time. Ricki packs up her cat and heads for the Buckeye State.

Now she's trying to change the Top Shelf from a bar known for its Friday night fights into the kind of drinking establishment where you can bring your granny. But finding her ex-husband dead on a barstool at opening time one morning just might put a kink in those plans.

— The Body on the Barstool by Lolli Powell

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Four Corners of Night, A Novel of Suspense by Craig Holden, 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, Dell …

Four Corners of Night by Craig Holden

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Dell

Price: $1.99 (as of 12/02/2016 at 6:00 PM ET).

  

It's 9:00 A.M. in an unnamed Midwestern city. Bank Arbaugh and Mack Steiner have just come off a typical night shift — patrolling the city, scaring off prostitutes, shaking up the usual suspects. Sitting in Denny's, waiting for bacon and eggs, they get a call over the radio: A teenage girl is missing. With a glance, the two cops — best friends since childhood, as close as brothers — know their lives have shifted off balance, because seven years before, Bank's own daughter went missing and has not been found to this day.

Two parallel stories: two girls from opposite sides of town, seven years separating them. As evidence mounts, one case begins to illuminate the other, until finally, the inevitable conclusion is revealed.

— Four Corners of Night by Craig Holden

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New This Week: Something Baked And Something Blue, A Patty Cakes Bake Shop Cozy Mystery by Holly Plum

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Something Baked And Something Blue by Holly Plum

A Patty Cakes Bake Shop Cozy Mystery (3rd in series)

Publisher: Holly Plum

Price: 99¢ (as of 12/02/2016 at 5:30 PM ET).

  

See all three mysteries in the Patty Cakes Bake Shop Cozy Series for 99¢ each on Kindle.

Being stuck at a beach resort during a hurricane isn't so bad … unless there's a killer wandering the halls …

Bakery owner Joy Cooke is hired to bake a cake for a bridal shower at the Diamond Shell Hotel. But when someone is murdered, and an incoming hurricane traps all guests indoors, Joy finds herself spending the night amongst a killer. Not to mention, Joy's number one competitor Maple McWayne is involved.

With the help of Maple, a bridesmaid in distress, and a crazy parrot named Charles, Joy searches for the killer. Will she discover the truth or be tossed into the eye of the storm?

— Something Baked And Something Blue by Holly Plum

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Tell No Lies, The Aldridge Sisters Series by Tanya Anne Crosby, 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, Oliver-Heber Books …

Tell No Lies by Tanya Anne Crosby

The Aldridge Sisters Series (2nd in series)

Publisher: Oliver-Heber Books

Price: 99¢ (as of 12/02/2016 at 5:00 PM ET).

  

A gruesome murder and kidnapping reawaken fears of a serial killer on the loose …

Augusta Aldridge believes in Ian Patterson's innocence, even after he was arrested for killing two young women. She was with him the night one of the crimes occurred, hidden in the shadows beneath a beachside pier, locked in a wild, unthinking embrace with a man whose dangerous fascination may have fatally lured other victims. Now that another body has been discovered, and a thirteen-year old boy has gone missing, the police suspect a copycat killer, but Augusta is certain they have the wrong man.

She's going to risk her reputation — and her life — to prove Ian's innocence and save young Cody. But the clock is ticking …

— Tell No Lies by Tanya Anne Crosby

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New This Week: Last Showing, A Novel of Suspense by Rachel Carrington

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Last Showing by Rachel Carrington

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Rachel Carrington

Price: $2.99 (as of 12/02/2016 at 4:30 PM ET).

  

Two killers. One target. Both with different motives.

With the breakup of her marriage, Sophia Reynolds' mind isn't completely on her job. Maybe that's why she didn't listen to her husband's previous warnings. Showing a house after dark shouldn't have been dangerous, but she's viciously attacked, becoming a target for a sadistic serial killer.

She escapes him barely alive, and when her estranged husband, Detective Levi Reynolds, sees the damage that's been inflicted, vengeance becomes his best friend. He's willing to do whatever he has to do to track down Stefan Greenwald, the man who almost took his wife's life.

As the evidence unfolds, it becomes clear Greenwald isn't working alone, and the fight to save Sophia's life gets harder by the minute. Levi may have to lay aside his badge to protect his wife the only way he knows how.

— Last Showing by Rachel Carrington

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Dry Bones in the Valley, A Novel of Suspense by Tom Bouman, Now Available at a Special Price

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Dry Bones in the Valley by Tom Bouman

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: W. W. Norton

Price: $1.99 (as of 12/02/2016 at 4:00 PM ET).

  

Winner of the 2015 Edgar Award for Best First Novel. Winner of the 2014 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Best Mystery/Thriller.

When an elderly recluse discovers a corpse on his land, Officer Henry Farrell follows the investigation to strange places in the countryside, and into the depths of his own frayed soul.

In Wild Thyme, Pennsylvania, secrets and feuds go back generations. The lone policeman in a small township on the sparse northern border, Henry Farrell expected to spend his mornings hunting and fishing, his evenings playing old-time music. Instead, he has watched the steady encroachment of gas drilling bring new wealth and erode neighborly trust. The drug trade is pushing heroin into the territory. There are outlaws cooking meth in the woods, guys Henry grew up with. When a stranger turns up dead, Henry's search for the killer will open old wounds, dredge up ancient crimes, and exact a deadly price.

— Dry Bones in the Valley by Tom Bouman

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The Food of Love by Amanda Prowse, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during December 2016

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during December 2016 …

The Food of Love by Amanda Prowse, A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Lake Union Publishing

  

A loving mother. A perfect family. A shock wave that could shatter everything.

Freya Braithwaite knows she is lucky. Nineteen years of marriage to a man who still warms her soul and two beautiful teenage daughters to show for it: confident Charlotte and thoughtful Lexi. Her home is filled with love and laughter.

But when Lexi's struggles with weight take control of her life, everything Freya once took for granted falls apart, leaving the whole family with a sense of helplessness that can only be confronted with understanding, unity and, above all, love.

— The Food of Love by Amanda Prowse

To see more new paperback titles scheduled to be published this month, visit The Mystery Bookshelf for December 2016. For new hardcover titles, visit New Mysteries where for a list of December 2016 mysteries, novels of suspense, and thrillers is provided.

Unfinished Business, A Malone Mystery by Patricia Gligor, Now Available at a Special Price

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Unfinished Business by Patricia Gligor

A Malone Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: Post Mortem Press

Price: 99¢ (as of 12/02/2016 at 3:00 PM ET).

  

The Westwood Strangler is dead. Or so everyone believes …

Ann Kern is busy preparing for her favorite holiday. She's especially looking forward to her sister's annual Christmas visit. But, several things threaten to ruin her festive mood.

The National Weather Service issues a severe winter storm warning for the Cincinnati area, predicting blizzard conditions, and Ann worries that her sister and her new boyfriend won't be able to make the drive from South Carolina.

Then, a woman is found strangled in Ann's neighborhood and everyone, including the police, assumes it's the work of a copycat killer. However, when two more women are murdered in their homes, the police announce their conviction that the Westwood Strangler is responsible.

When Ann hears the news, the sense of safety and security she's worked so hard to recapture since her attack on Halloween night, shatters. If the intruder who died in her apartment wasn't the Westwood Strangler, who is? And, who will be the next victim?

— Unfinished Business by Patricia Gligor

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Denny's Law by Elizabeth Gunn, New in Bookstores during December 2016

Today's featured new hardcover mystery, suspense, or thriller title scheduled to be published during December 2016 is …

Denny's Law by Elizabeth Gunn, a Sarah Burke Mystery (6th in series)

Publisher: Severn House

 

The murder of a man seen fighting in a house during a Fourth of July street parade plunges Sarah Burke's whole household — her fragile mother Aggie, shrewd and ever-helpful live-in boyfriend Will and even her hard-charging niece, Denny — into her latest case.

The investigation leads to a money-laundering ring with international connections, and Sarah and her smart, hard-working crew of detectives must follow the puzzle, set against the backdrop of Tucson's unique character — an ancient, beautiful valley with a polyglot ethnic community and a bilingual, modern city — without knowing where it might take them. Could the answers lie closer to home than she realises?

— Denny's Law by Elizabeth Gunn

For a list of more new hardcover titles to be published this month, visit our New Mysteries page for December 2016. For new paperback titles, visit The Mystery Bookshelf where a selection of December 2016 mysteries, novels of suspense, and thrillers are shelved.

Walk Into Silence by Susan McBride, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during December 2016

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during December 2016 …

Walk Into Silence by Susan McBride, A Jo Larsen Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Thomas & Mercer

  

A woman vanishes from a Texas town. Did she simply run off, or is something darker at play?

When Patrick Dielman shows up at Detective Jo Larsen's desk insisting that his wife, Jenny, is missing, Jo wonders if it's a case of a bored housewife running away.

But as she digs deeper into Jenny's life, Jo learns that Dielman keeps a stranglehold on the family finances, down to the last nickel, and that Jenny's first marriage dissolved following the death of her young son. By all accounts — including her doctor's — she never recovered from the loss. Between a controlling husband, a tragic past, and a callous ex-husband, Jo can't be sure if she should suspect foul play or accept that the woman may have wanted to disappear.

For Jo, whose own demons are shadowing her every step, finding Jenny becomes more than the typical protect-and-serve.

— Walk Into Silence by Susan McBride

To see more new paperback titles scheduled to be published this month, visit The Mystery Bookshelf for December 2016. For new hardcover titles, visit New Mysteries where for a list of December 2016 mysteries, novels of suspense, and thrillers is provided.

High Strung, A Glass Bead Mystery by Janice Peacock, 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, Vetrai Press …

High Strung by Janice Peacock

A Glass Bead Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Vetrai Press

Price: 99¢ (as of 12/02/2016 at 1:00 PM ET).

  

After inheriting a house in Seattle, Jax O'Connell is living the life of her dreams as a glass beadmaker and jewelry designer. When she gets an offer to display her work during a bead shop's opening festivities, it's an opportunity Jax can't resist — even though the store's owner is the surliest person Jax has ever met.

The weekend's events become a tangled mess when a young beadmaker is found dead nearby and several oddball bead enthusiasts are suspects. Jax must string together the clues to clear her friend Tessa's name — and do it before the killer strikes again.

— High Strung by Janice Peacock

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New This Week: Dying to Break Free, An India Kirby Witch Mystery by Sarah Kelly

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Dying to Break Free by Sarah Kelly

An India Kirby Witch Mystery (3rd in series)

Publisher: Lepak Monkey Publishing

Price: 99¢ (as of 12/02/2016 at 12:30 PM ET).

  

See all three mysteries in the India Kirby Witch Series for 99¢ each on Kindle.

Lifeguard by day. Witch detective by night. Solving murder mysteries is what India does …

Florida beach lifeguard India Kirby never believed in magic …

Until a man appeared right out of thin air and told her she was a witch. Since then she's learned a whole bunch of magical skills but is sworn to complete secrecy.

When India and cop boyfriend Xavier head to Mississippi to visit his family, the last thing they expected was cantankerous neighbor Jim Quinn to be murdered. And, worst of all, he was pushed off the third-floor balcony of his creepy mansion, right onto the truck Xavier's dad Mark uses for work. An aggressive local cop's determined to pin the murder on Mark, so India and Xavier spring into action to clear his name.

As they try to track down the killer before they strike again, they find the neighborhood holds many more secrets than they bargained for …

And India's heart is torn as she has to keep her own secret from Xavier.

— Dying to Break Free by Sarah Kelly

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Today's Selection of Daily Deals for Friday, December 02, 2016

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature a selection of today's Daily Deals found on Friday, December 02, 2016 at 7:30 AM ET …

Drop Dead Perfect by Rick Murcer

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Thomas & Mercer

Kindle Daily Deal Price: $1.99

A disturbing and gruesome serial killer is on the loose with a distinct calling card: after every murder, he stages his victim's body with meticulous attention to detail — perfectly dressed, perfectly made-up, and pinned with the disconcerting message "NOT HER." This serial killer won't settle for anything less than perfection.

Forensics expert Ellen Harper is assigned to investigate the bizarre string of crimes. Reeling from a recent divorce, she channels her emotions and energy into protecting the women of Chicago from the deranged killer. To complicate matters, Brice Rogers, a good-looking detective with some issues of his own, is working the case at her side.

As the body count climbs, Ellen must attempt to conquer her own demons, piece together the workings of a mind born of hate, and find the murderer before he kills again. And again.

— Drop Dead Perfect by Rick Murcer

The Language of the Dead by Stephen Kelly

A World War II Mystery

Publisher: Pegasus Books

Kindle Daily Deal Price: $1.99

As the shadow of World War II descends over Europe, Detective Inspector Thomas Lamb hunts for an elusive killer behind the veil of a seemingly charming English village.

German bombers are arriving daily, seeking to crush England. But in a rural Hampshire village, things have remained fairly quiet — until an elderly loner, Will Blackwell, is brutally murdered. The method of his killing bears the hallmarks of the traditional vanquishing of a witch, and indeed, local legend claims that as a boy, Blackwell encountered a ghostly black dog sent from the devil, who struck a bargain for Blackwell's soul.

Not long after the murder, a young woman who is carrying the illegitimate child of a fighter pilot also is violently killed; then a local drunkard ends up in the race of an abandoned mill with the back of his head bashed in. As the Germans continue their relentless attack, Detective Inspector Thomas Lamb rushes to solve the crimes. Do the killer's motivations lie in the murky regions of the occult?

— The Language of the Dead by Stephen Kelly

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Today's Selection of Free MystereBooks for Friday, December 02, 2016

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature a selection of Free MystereBooks found on Friday, December 02, 2016 at 7:00 AM ET …

Christmas Tree Catastrophe by Lyndsey Cole

A Lily Bloom Mystery

Publisher: Lyndsey Cole

Price: FREE!

  

Dark Before Dawn by Stacy Juba

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Thunder Horse Press

Price: FREE!

  

A Tank Full of Trouble by Victoria L. K. Williams

A Citrus Beach Mystery

Publisher: Victoria L. K. Williams

Price: FREE!

  

Queen of Spades by Donald Churchwell

The Deadlier Than the Male Series

Publisher: Donald Churchwell

Price: FREE!

  

Concrete Alibi by M. MacGregor

A Scottish Murder Mystery

Publisher: M. MacGregor

Price: FREE!

  

Rice Bowl Murder by Evalynne Shaw

A Hungry Hubcap Cozy Culinary Mystery

Publisher: Summer Prescott Books

Price: FREE!

  

The Effect by Remington Kane

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Remington Kane

Price: FREE!

  

Snow Angel by Melanie Jackson

A Chloe Boston Cozy Mystery

Publisher: Melanie Jackson

Price: FREE!

  

Bad Habits by T. Patrick Brown

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Brown PAW Press

Price: FREE!

  

Box of Bones by Jeremy Bates

A Suspense Novella

Publisher: Ghillinnein Books

Price: FREE!

  

Champagne Kisses of Death by Addison Harper

A Hampton Port Cozy Mystery Short

Publisher: Addison Harper

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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