Two Emma Fielding Mysteries by Dana Cameron, Now at a Special Price

We are thrilled to let you know that HarperCollins has discounted nearly 100 of its mystery ebooks to just $0.99 cents each (as of the date and time of this post).

In separate posts, we're going to highlight some of these titles, primarily those written by authors with whom we are familiar and can recommend.

Below are two "Emma Fielding" mysteries by Dana Cameron featuring a New England-based professor and archaeologist.

Please remember: Prices are subject to change without notice, and were confirmed for this post as of 06/17/2013 at 1:00 PM ET. The price displayed on the vendor website at the time of purchase will be the price paid for the book. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your transaction.

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Past Malice by Dana Cameron
An Emma Fielding Mystery (3rd in series)
Publisher: HarperCollins

Asked to join a dig at the site of the eighteenth-century Chandler House, archaeologist Emma Fielding and her student crew have descended upon Stone Harbor, Massachusetts. But certain residents of the tiny coastal community are none too happy about Emma's arrival — especially when her excavation uncovers a pair of freshly slain corpses.

There are dark forces at play in this dangerously divided town, where a distrust of strangers wars with a desire for tourist dollars. And when a young local's life is snuffed out, Emma is determined to get to the twisted roots of the strange secrets buried in this killing ground. But a mystery that lies among the tumbled ruins of a once grand manor could change Stone Harbor forever. And for some murderous someone, one more death — Emma's — would be a small price to pay to keep it hidden.

    

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A Fugitive Truth by Dana Cameron
An Emma Fielding Mystery (4th in series)
Publisher: HarperCollins

The opportunity of a lifetime awaits archaeologist Emma Fielding in the Berkshire foothills of Western Massachusetts: the chance to study the eighteenth-century diary of Margaret Chandler, the accused witch and murderess whose home Emma excavated only months before. However, the three other Shrewsbury Foundation fellows she must share the premises with are a disturbingly odd bunch, and before too long one of them is dead.

But Emma can find no solace in the bleak beauty of the surrounding wilderness, for there are dark secrets encoded in Madam Chandler's writings, and shocking parallels between an ancient slaying and the strange brutal demise of her colleague.

When the killer strikes again, Emma realizes her own life is at stake. And suddenly there is no choice left: she is driven to investigate bloody crimes past and present — before her own death becomes a footnote in a chilling, three-centuries-old story.

    

Important Note: These books were listed at the above mentioned price on the date and time of this post. Prices can and do change without prior notice. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your purchase.

Two Molly Doyle Mysteries by Elaine Flinn, Now at a Special Price

We are thrilled to let you know that HarperCollins has discounted nearly 100 of its mystery ebooks to just $0.99 cents each (as of the date and time of this post).

In separate posts, we're going to highlight some of these titles, primarily those written by authors with whom we are familiar and can recommend.

Below are two "Molly Doyle" mysteries by the late Elaine Flinn featuring an amateur sleuth, who owns an antiques shop in Carmel-by-the-Sea.

Please remember: Prices are subject to change without notice, and were confirmed for this post as of 06/17/2013 at 12:30 PM ET. The price displayed on the vendor website at the time of purchase will be the price paid for the book. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your transaction.

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Dealing in Murder by Elaine Flinn
A Molly Doyle Mystery (1st in series)
Publisher: HarperCollins

Elizabeth Porter was a top-of-the-lineManhattan antiques dealer until her ex-husband and his lover's flagrantly criminal scam left her reputation in tatters. Now, using a new name, Molly Doyle, she's starting over a continent away in a rundown antiques shop in cozy Carmel, California. Molly is determined to make the best of it.

But the early antiques bird sometimes gets more than the worm, and one prompt arrival places her at a murder site with a corpse in her arms. After she turns up at a second seemingly unrelated death, the abrasive new police chief considers Molly the prime suspect. Now the only way to clear her name is for Molly to find her own path to a killer, which will leave her either exonerated … or dead.

    

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Deadly Collection by Elaine Flinn
A Molly Doyle Mystery (3rd in series)
Publisher: HarperCollins

Mackie O'Brien, an accomplished Carmel artist, has recently returned from a painting retreat in France after learning her parents died in an auto accident. An only child, Mackie is the heir to the small but exclusive Inn her parents owned, along with their stunning Spanish style seaside villa, Casa Del Alegria. The O'Brien's were former Hollywood set designers and their home is filled to the rafters with antiques and movie memorabilia worth a fortune.

Distraught over her the death of her parents, Mackie decides not to live in the house as it's too full of memories. She calls upon Molly to create a register of the contents of the home for an estate sale. While cataloging the items, Molly discovers more than priceless antiques and movie memorabilia. The mummified body of Hillary Thornton, a local fledging actress last seen at the villa decades earlier greets Molly when she has a gigantic bibliotheque unbolted from a wall in the home.

    

Important Note: These books were listed at the above mentioned price on the date and time of this post. Prices can and do change without prior notice. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your purchase.

Telemystery: Body of Proof, New This Week on DVD

Telemystery, your source for one of the most comprehensive listings of crime drama, amateur sleuth, private investigator, mystery and suspense television series, mini-series and made-for-television movies, now available on or coming soon to DVD, Blu-ray disc, or Video-on-Demand, is profiling one series from our site being released this week.

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Body of Proof
Season Three

Dana Delany is back as Dr. Megan Hunt, facing her greatest challenge yet in the third — and as we know now, final — season of this ABC series.

In the wake of Inspector Peter Dunlop's death, Megan returns to work to find her new partner is an old flame. Will her history with Detective Tommy Sullivan make working side by side impossible? Their search for justice becomes even more personal when a serial killer takes Megan's daughter, Lacey, hostage.

Get ready for a season of provocative twists and turns all leading up to the ultimate mystery of Megan's life. The stakes are higher and the thrills are bigger than ever!

Body of Proof Season 3 originally aired from February through May 2013.

      

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Visit the Telemystery website to discover more television mystery series currently available on and coming soon to DVD, Blu-ray disc, or video on demand.

New Mystery/Suspense from Carina Press: Fatal Mistake by Marie Force

Carina Press is a digital-first imprint from Harlequin, publishing books in an interesting and diverse selection of genres including contemporary romance, steampunk, gay/lesbian fiction, science-fiction, fantasy, and — but of course — mystery and suspense.

One new title is being released this week:

Fatal Mistake, the sixth book of the "Fatal Series" by Marie Force (listed under Romantic Suspense).

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Fatal Mistake
Marie Force
Book Six of the Fatal Series

A critical error … A Cinderella season cut short … A star player murdered …

D.C. is recovering from angry riots after one player's mistake blew the D.C. Federals' chance at the World Series, and Lt. Sam Holland is determined to unravel the twisted web of motives behind the star center fielder's death. Was it a disgruntled fan, a spurned lover or a furious teammate?

While Sam digs through clues, her husband, U.S. Senator Nick Cappuano, fights for his political life in the final days of his reelection campaign as financial irregularities threaten his future. It's a distraction Nick can ill afford with Sam in the midst of another high-profile murder investigation and both of them trying to help their adopted son, Scotty, cope with the murder of a ball player he admired.

Determined to bring the killer to justice, Sam must root out the truth before another mistake proves fatal.

      

This Week's Amazon TV Deal of the Week: New Tricks Season DVD Sets

This week's Amazon TV Deal of the Week is the first eight seasons of British crime/comedy series New Tricks.

Amanda Redman stars as Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman, a disgraced detective who — in the opening season — is being given one last chance to save her career. But to do so, she must lead a ragtag band of retired ex-detectives in a new department, the Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad (UCOS). Pullman's motley crew — grieving widower Jack Halford (James Bolam), obsessive/compulsive ex-Inspector Brian Lane (Alun Armstrong), and ex-Sergeant Gerry Standing (Dennis Waterman) — have a wealth of experience, but times have changed, and this trio of eccentric dinosaurs soon discover that the rules of the game are no longer what they used to be.

This week only, save 56% on each of the eight seasons of New Tricks currently available on DVD. Offer ends June 22nd, 2013.

(The ninth season of the series will be released on DVD on June 26th, 2013.)

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A Conversation with Mystery Author Erika Chase

with Erika Chase

We are delighted to welcome mystery author Erika Chase to Omnimystery News today, courtesy of Cozy Mystery Books Tours, which is coordinating her current book tour. We encourage you to visit all of the participating host sites; you can find her schedule here.

Erika's second "Ashton Corners Book Club" mystery is Read and Buried (Berkley Prime Crime, December 2012 mass market paperback and ebook formats).

We recently had the chance to catch up with Erika and talk about her series.

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Omnimystery News: Introduce our readers to the Ashton Corners book club.

Photo provided courtesy of
Erika Chase

Erika Chase: I have several recurring characters in my series. They're all members of a book club, which is the premise of this cozy series. I believe it's important for them to develop personally, as well as a group, in order to keep the series interesting, to allow for more variety in their "cases", and to grow as a community of readers and friends.

OMN: Give us the synopsis of Read and Buried in a tweet.

EC: Southern mystery reading book club members combine fictional interests and skills in sleuthing real life murderers.

OMN: Describe your writing process for us.

EC: I now write a synopsis first, because that's what my editor has asked for, and use that as a guide to keep the plot moving in the right direction. However, I find that the finished book only partially resembles the original outline. I still have the freedom to let the story evolve in whatever new twists or threads that may appear. I have even been known to change the murderer as the real culprit reveals him or herself in the writing of the story.

OMN: Where is Ashton Corners?

EC: Ashton Corners is a fictional town in Alabama but it's really (in my mind) a town not far from where I live. I started with the approximate size of the town I wanted and then searched my memory for someplace that resembled it. Using a map of the real town, I substitute street names, buildings, and also take great liberties with some aspects of the physical layout. What I ended up with is the fictional spirit of a town within known geographical guidelines.

OMN: What authors do you read for enjoyment?

EC: I write what I enjoy reading — cozies. They put things right in the world and leave you smiling. And along the way, you meet a variety of interesting characters who, hopefully, become friends and you want to keep meeting with them to discover what's going on in their lives. So, naturally the authors who have influenced my writing from when I first started trying are from the cozy or traditional writing field: Carolyn Hart, especially her "Death on Demand" series, Nancy Pickard, with her "Jennie Cain" series, Susan Dunlap, who wrote three series which I devoured, and Joan Hess with her "Claire Malloy" series. All, excellent writers and great inspirations.

OMN: What are some of your outside interests? And do any of these find their way into your books?

EC: I love choral singing and have been in several community (non-professional) choirs over the years, along with taking voice training. I gave this love to my main character Lizzie Turner and her weekly choir practices help to add another dimension to her life and also, at times, will provide a valuable clue to her sleuthing. (not something that applies to my life, however.)

OMN: What's next for you?

EC: Next up is the fourth book in the Ashton Corners Mystery Book Club series, Book Fair and Foul, which not surprisingly, partly take place at a book fair. The third book, Cover Story appears in August, 2013. And, there's a possibility of a brand new series on the horizon.

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In a parallel life Erika Chase is also known as Linda Wiken. A former mystery bookstore owner (Prime Crime Books in Ottawa, ON, Canada), Linda is also a short story writer. She is a member of those dangerous dames, The Ladies' Killing Circle.

Her short stories have appeared in the seven Ladies' Killing Circle anthologies (three of which she co-edited), and in the magazines Mysterious Intent and Over My Dead Body.

Before life in the world of mystery, she worked as an advertising copywriter, radio producer, journalist and community education worker. Besides writing and reading mysteries, her other passion is choral singing and she is a member of two choirs.

She shares her house with Keesha and Mojo, her two Siamese cats. Actually, they allow her to live there.

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Read and Buried
Erika Chase
An Ashton Corners Book Club Mystery (2nd in series)

Hosting an award-winning novelist is quite a Christmas coup for the Ashton Corners Mystery Readers and Cheese Straw Society. But when he's murdered in Lizzie Turner's house, she's got a holiday homicide on her hands …

For their very first guest author event, most of the book club members can't wait to pull out all the stops in Southern hospitality. But for Lizzie, Derek Alton is nothing but trouble — from his massive ego to his smarmy moves. When he's found murdered in her living room, it seems someone decided that this womanizing writer would be better off dead than read.

After suspicion falls on Lizzie's friend, she and her fellow book club members discover that Derek wasn't who he pretended to be. Cracking this case means going up against Lizzie's boyfriend, police chief Mark Dreyfus, and unearthing a novel's worth of nasty secrets. And as they get closer to uncovering Derek's scandalous final manuscript, someone hiding in plain sight is out to write finis to Lizzie's sleuthing for good …

        

The Chimera Seed by Matthew Tully is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Chimera Seed by Matthew Tully as today's free mystery ebook (A Sci-Fi Thriller; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, June 17, 2013 at 7:10 AM ET. Prices are subject to change without notice. The price displayed on the vendor website at the time of purchase will be the price paid for the book. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your transaction.

For a summary of all of today's featured titles, plus any that may have appeared before and are repeat freebies, visit our Free MystereBooks page. This page is updated daily, typically by 8 AM ET.

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The Chimera Seed
Matthew Tully
A Sci-Fi Thriller
Publisher: Comfort Publishing

As the sole heir to his late father's pharmaceutical company, Michael Tiernan inherits more than just the struggling family business. Following a reluctant trip to Sardinia to settle his father's assets, Michael discovers he is not only part owner of an extraordinary vineyard but of the key to immortality itself. The experimental drug Dionysinol is the culmination of his father's life's work and has the potential to transform human existence, but at what cost?

The phenomenal aging remedy is at the center of a dangerous tug-of-war motivated by greed, corruption and revenge in this tense tale of pharmaceutical espionage.

  

Important Note: This book was listed for free on the date and time of this post. Prices can and do change without prior notice. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your purchase.

For more free mystery ebooks, visit our Free MystereBooks page.

The Yiddish Policeman's Union by Michael Chabon is Today's Kindle Daily Deal

MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Yiddish Policeman's Union by Michael Chabon as today's Amazon Kindle Daily Deal.

The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Monday, June 17, 2013.

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The Yiddish Policeman's Union
Michael Chabon
An Alternate History Crime Novel
Harper

For sixty years Jewish refugees and their descendants have prospered in the Federal District of Sitka, a "temporary" safe haven created in the wake of the Holocaust and the shocking 1948 collapse of the fledgling state of Israel. The Jews of the Sitka District have created their own little world in the Alaskan panhandle, a vibrant and complex frontier city that moves to the music of Yiddish. But now the District is set to revert to Alaskan control, and their dream is coming to an end.

Homicide detective Meyer Landsman of the District Police has enough problems without worrying about the upcoming Reversion. His life is a shambles, his marriage a wreck, his career a disaster. And in the cheap hotel where Landsman has washed up, someone has just committed a murder — right under his nose. When he begins to investigate the killing of his neighbor, a former chess prodigy, word comes down from on high that the case is to be dropped immediately, and Landsman finds himself contending with all the powerful forces of faith, obsession, evil, and salvation that are his heritage.

Important Note: This book was listed at the price mentioned above on the date and time of this post. Prices can and do change without prior notice. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your purchase.

Mystery Godoku Puzzle for June 17, 2013

A new Mystery Godoku Puzzle has been created by the editors of the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books and is now available on our website.

Godoku is similar to Sudoku, but uses letters instead of numbers. To give you a headstart, we provide you a mystery clue to fill in a complete row or column (if you choose to use it!).

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This week's letters and mystery clue:

A D E H I N O R T

There is a bend here in this 2001 novel of romantic suspense by Nicholas Sparks (9 letters).

We now have two weeks of our puzzles on one page in PDF format for easier printing. Print this week's puzzle here.

Previous puzzles are stored in the Mystery Godoku Archives.

Enjoy the weekly Mystery Godoku Puzzle from the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books, and Thanks for visiting our website!

Today's Mystery and Suspense Update from Big Fish Games (130617)

Here is today's mystery and suspense update from Big Fish Games …

• The Daily Deal is Grim Tales: The Stone Queen, just $2.99 today only!

• The current Catch of the Week is Puppetshow: Return to Joyville, just $2.99 through Sunday, June 23, 2013 only.

• Today's Special Deal — It is Bonus Punch Monday! Receive a BONUS PUNCH with every game purchase, only on Mondays.

Visit the Omnimystery Entertainment Network for more games of mystery and suspense!

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Today's Daily Deal is Grim Tales: The Stone Queen

The family saga continues when your nephew Brandon encounters the mysterious Stone Queen in a lonely mountain town. She used to protect the miners here, but now she's out for revenge! The mystery deepens as you explore her shimmering Stone Kingdom, hiding just beneath the town. You must discover the truth behind the queen's anger and save both worlds before a greedy heart brings about their destruction. You'll meet new friends, but you'll also face new foes in thi intriguing Hidden-Object Puzzle Adventure game.

A sample version is available to download and play for free for one hour. You can purchase this game today only — Monday, June 17, 2013 — for $2.99.

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The current Catch of the Week is Puppetshow: Return to Joyville

Travel back in time to help stop a terrible fire that started Felicia down her destructive path! This time traveling adventure takes you back to Joyville when Felicia was a small child. With the help of Felicia, try to stop the fire that incinerated her fathers theater. This fire horribly burned Felicia, and caused her to turn evil. By changing the past, Felicia hopes for a chance at redemption. Discover who the true villain is in this captivating adventure!

A sample version is available to download and play for free for one hour. You can purchase this game at the special price of $2.99 through Sunday, June 23, 2013.

New Poster for Action Thriller Elysium

Earlier this week we posted a trailer for the sci-fi action thriller Elysium and now the studio, TriStar, has released a new poster (right; click for larger image).

In the year 2159, two classes of people exist: the very wealthy, who live on a pristine man-made space station called Elysium, and the rest, who live on an overpopulated, ruined Earth. The people of Earth are desperate to escape the planet's crime and poverty, and they critically need the state-of-the-art medical care available on Elysium — but some in Elysium will stop at nothing to enforce anti-immigration laws and preserve their citizens' luxurious lifestyle. The only man with the chance bring equality to these worlds is Max (Matt Damon), an ordinary guy in desperate need to get to Elysium. With his life hanging in the balance, he reluctantly takes on a dangerous mission — one that pits him against Elysium's Secretary Delacourt (Jodie Foster) and her hard-line forces — but if he succeeds, he could save not only his own life, but millions of people on Earth as well.

Written and directed by Neill Blomkamp, Elysium opens in theaters August 09, 2013.

Review: A Serpent's Tooth by Craig Johnson

A Mysterious Review of …

A Serpent's Tooth by Craig Johnson. A Walt Longmire Mystery.

Review summary: The topical issues of the region are nicely integrated here, but almost come across as too localized. Part of the reason to read any of the books in this series is to be a part of the setting, and yet this book seems not so inviting to outsiders. Still, the characters are appealing and the plot is suspenseful and well developed, and all things considered, this is a mystery well worth reading. (Click here for text of full review.)

Our rating:

A Serpent's Tooth
Craig Johnson
A Walt Longmire Mystery
Viking (June 2013)

Publisher synopsis: It's homecoming in Absaroka County, but the football and festivities are interrupted when a homeless boy wanders into town. A Mormon "lost boy", Cord Lynear is searching for his missing mother but clues are scarce. Longmire and his companions, feisty deputy Victoria Moretti and longtime friend Henry Standing Bear, embark on a high plains scavenger hunt in hopes of reuniting mother and son. The trail leads them to an interstate polygamy group that's presiding over a stockpile of weapons and harboring a vicious vendetta.