Today's Selection of Daily Deals for Saturday, February 18, 2017

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature a selection of today's Daily Deals found on Saturday, February 18, 2017 at 7:30 AM ET …

The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Ecco

Kindle Daily Deal Price: $1.99

"There is nothing hidden that will not be revealed … "

On a brisk autumn day in 1686, eighteen-year-old Nella Oortman arrives in Amsterdam to begin a new life as the wife of illustrious merchant trader Johannes Brandt. But her new home, while splendorous, is not welcoming. Johannes is kind yet distant, always locked in his study or at his warehouse office — leaving Nella alone with his sister, the sharp-tongued and forbidding Marin.

But Nella's world changes when Johannes presents her with an extraordinary wedding gift: a cabinet-sized replica of their home. To furnish her gift, Nella engages the services of a miniaturist — an elusive and enigmatic artist whose tiny creations mirror their real-life counterparts in eerie and unexpected ways …

Johannes' gift helps Nella to pierce the closed world of the Brandt household. But as she uncovers its unusual secrets, she begins to understand — and fear — the escalating dangers that await them all. In this repressively pious society where gold is worshipped second only to God, to be different is a threat to the moral fabric of society, and not even a man as rich as Johannes is safe. Only one person seems to see the fate that awaits them. Is the miniaturist the key to their salvation … or the architect of their destruction?

— The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton

The Last Policeman by Ben H. Winters

The Last Policeman Trilogy (1st in series)

Publisher: Quirk Books

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

  

Winner of the 2013 Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original.

What's the point in solving murders if we're all going to die soon, anyway?

Detective Hank Palace has faced this question ever since asteroid 2011GV1 hovered into view. There's no chance left. No hope. Just six precious months until impact.

The economy spirals downward while crops rot in the fields. Churches and synagogues are packed. People all over the world are walking off the job — but not Hank Palace. He's investigating a death by hanging in a city that sees a dozen suicides every week — except this one feels suspicious, and Palace is the only cop who cares.

— The Last Policeman by Ben H. Winters

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