Hunt the Wolf, A SEAL Team Six Thriller by Don Mann with Ralph Pezzullo, Now at a Special Price

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Hunt the Wolf by Don Mann with Ralph Pezzullo, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Mulholland Books.

The ebook format of this title was priced at $2.99 from the listed vendors (below) as of the date and time of this post (04/30/2014 at 1:00 PM 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.

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Hunt the Wolf by Don Mann with Ralph Pezzullo
A SEAL Team Six Thriller (1st in series)
Publisher: Mulholland Books

In the midst of a grueling training exercise, Thomas Crocker, USN, unearths a pocket of terrorism that leads straight from the slopes of K2 to the cities of Europe and the Middle East.

Crocker and his team, who are trained for the most intense kinds of combat in the most extreme environments, must blaze through a perilous web of terrorist cells to track down a ruthless sheikh who is running an international kidnapping ring before his captives pay the ultimate price.

  

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A New MystereBook: Dying Before I Do by Judy Fitzwater

Here is 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 April 2014 priced $4.99 or less …

Dying Before I Do by Judy Fitzwater is the seventh mystery in this series. All of Jennifer Marsh's writer friends — Leigh Ann, Teri, April, and Monique — plus Emmie Walker and Muffy are back to help Jennifer plan her wedding and solve the mystery as bullets, arrows, and poison threaten to derail it.

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Dying Before I Do by Judy Fitzwater
A Jennifer Marsh Mystery
Publisher: Judy Fitzwater
Publication Date: April 29, 2014
Price: $3.99 (as of 04/30/14 12:30 PM ET)

Love and murder: two words that should never go together. But when Jennifer and long-time beau Sam Culpepper finally decide to tie the knot, murder rears its ugly head to intervene.

Now Jennifer has more to contend with than choosing colors and flowers for the most important day of her life. She and Sam must thwart whoever is bent on keeping the secrets of an old kidnapping case. One man is dead, and young reporter Teague McAfee is next in line.

Jennifer finds herself embroiled in a twisty tale of love gone wrong, while dodging her friends who are determined to give Jennifer and Sam the perfect wedding.

  

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Cinemystery News: Tomas Alfredson to Adapt, Direct Jo Nesbø's The Snowman

Tomas Alfredson (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) is on board to direct an adaptation of Jo Nesbø's seventh Harry Hole mystery The Snowman, which he will co-write with Søren Sveistrup. (More about the book, below.)

Working Title, which optioned the book, will produce for Universal Studios. (News via Variety.)

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The Snowman by Jo Nesbo
A Harry Hole Mystery (7th in series)
Publisher: Vintage

Oslo in November. The first snow of the season has fallen. A boy named Jonas wakes in the night to find his mother gone. Out his window, in the cold moonlight, he sees the snowman that inexplicably appeared in the yard earlier in the day. Around its neck is his mother's pink scarf.

Hole suspects a link between a menacing letter he's received and the disappearance of Jonas's mother — and of perhaps a dozen other women, all of whom went missing on the day of a first snowfall. As his investigation deepens, something else emerges: he is becoming a pawn in an increasingly terrifying game whose rules are devised — and constantly revised — by the killer.

  

An Excerpt from Black Chalk by Christopher J. Yates

Black Chalk
by Christopher J. Yates

We are delighted to welcome back thriller writer Christopher J. Yates to Omnimystery News.

Christopher first visited with us earlier this month, when we discussed his new thriller Black Chalk (Random House; April 2014 trade paperback and ebook formats), and today we're pleased to feature an excerpt from it, the opening paragraphs.

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I(I) HE PHONES EARLY. ENGLAND GREETS the world five hours ahead of us and I answer before my day has gained its groove.
  Before long I have agreed to everything he says.
  Don't worry, he says. I promise you, it'll be fun.
  It'll be fun. Pause. Click.
  Yes, that's what we said about the Game all those years ago. It'll be so much fun!
  I hold the phone to my chest for some time after the call has ended. And then, crossing the room, I open my curtains for the first time in three years. Because now he has found me, tracked me down, and there remains no good reason to stay hidden any longer. For three cloistral years the quantity of time I have spent inside this apartment has averaged twenty-tree hours and fifty-nine minutes each day. I am a hermit, as pale as my bones, as hairy as sackcloth. But now I intend to grow stronger. I must ready myself for the impending visit of the ancient friend.
  Because the timing of the call was of course no coincidence. In five weeks' time, fourteen years to the day since last we saw each other, this hermit turns thirty-four. And let me state from the outset that, whether I win or lose, I hope this story will serve as my warning to the world. A cautionary tale. My confession.

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Photo provided courtesy of
Christopher J. Yates

Christopher J. Yates was born and raised in Kent and studied law at Oxford University before working as a puzzle editor in London. He now lives in New York City with his wife and dog.

To learn more about the author and his work, please visit his website at ChristopherJYates.com or find him on Facebook and Twitter.

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Black Chalk
Christopher J. Yates
A Psychological Thriller

One game. Six students. Five survivors. It was only ever meant to be a game played by six best friends in their first year at Oxford University; a game of consequences, silly forfeits, and childish dares. But then the game changed: the stakes grew higher and the dares more personal and more humiliating, finally evolving into a vicious struggle with unpredictable and tragic results.

Now, 14 years later, the remaining players must meet again for the final round. Who knows better than your best friends what would break you?

        

Dying To Meet You by Patricia Scott is Today's Sixth Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Dying To Meet You by Patricia Scott as today's sixth free mystery ebook (A Mel Goring Mystery; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, April 30, 2014 at 7:45 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.

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Dying To Meet You
Patricia Scott
A Mel Goring Mystery
Publisher: Endeavour Press

A woman's body is found on the seashore near the Harling Pier. Detective Superintendent Viviane Peterson, the new face in at the police station, is put on the case. She soon realises that the young woman was a fellow police office — Linda Handley — and that she was strangled by the Cancer star sign pendant hanging around her neck. Linda's best friend, Mel Goring, is an investigative journalist for the local paper. And she is determined to get to the bottom of the case.

When another young woman is found murdered in the same way, wearing a similar necklace, the case turns deadly serious. Is the killer targeting his victims based on their star signs?

As Mel gets closer to DI Nick Trask — a colleague of DS Peterson — she finds herself becoming more and more involved in the case. Can Mel step back and let the police team solve the murders? Or will she risk her life in a desperate attempt to unmask the killer?

  

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Manhunt by James Barrington is Today's Fifth Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Manhunt by James Barrington as today's fifth free mystery ebook (An Agent Paul Richter Thriller; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, April 30, 2014 at 7:30 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.

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Manhunt
James Barrington
An Agent Paul Richter Thriller
Publisher: Endeavour Press

There's a mole in the British secret service. A senior SIS officer is passing secrets to the Russians. With the security of Britain's most secret computer system as stake, the intelligence agencies are racing against time to root out the traitor. But conventional detective work is too slow. An alternative strategy has to be formulated and a deception operation is set in motion to flush out the mole. Paul Richter, an unemployed ex-Naval aviator, is the unwitting and ultimately expendable bait in the trap.

But as the net closes around the traitor in France, a female Russian intelligence officer flees Moscow, seeking asylum from her British counterparts. The evidence she brings points the finger of suspicion in a very different direction. Richter soon finds himself battling against both the British security establishment and trained teams of Russian assassins with orders to kill both him and the woman he's trying to protect.

With time running out and nobody above suspicion in the "wilderness of mirrors" that is the world of intelligence, can Richter get the most sought after asset in the spy world back to England in one piece? Or will the manhunt end in his own death?

  

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False Ransom by Ivan Infante is Today's Fourth Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature False Ransom by Ivan Infante as today's fourth free mystery ebook (A Mike Chance Thriller; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, April 30, 2014 at 7:15 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.

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False Ransom
Ivan Infante
A Mike Chance Thriller
Publisher: Ivan Infante

A gritty period noir set in 1938 that follows a fugitive conman as he becomes involved in the kidnapping of a mob boss's daughter and ensnared in the Los Angeles underworld.

  

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Hairspray and Homicide by Cindy Bell is Today's Third Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Hairspray and Homicide by Cindy Bell as today's third free mystery ebook (A Bekki the Beautician Cozy Mystery; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, April 30, 2014 at 7:00 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.

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Hairspray and Homicide
Cindy Bell
A Bekki the Beautician Cozy Mystery
Publisher: Cindy Bell

When Bekki catches her cheating boyfriend in the act she decides to return to her home town to repair her broken heart. The quiet town of Harroway where nothing much happens.

Her mother is retiring and she is going to run her family's hair and beauty salon. But, when the owner of the rival salon, Daisy, is found murdered after Bekki threatened her, Bekki becomes the prime suspect. She must do whatever she can to clear her name and find the real murderer.

Wanting a break from men in general, after being burned by her ex, the last thing Bekki expects is to run into her old flame, Detective Nick Malonie. While sexy, handsome Detective Nick is trying to do his job and prevent her from doing it for him she is finding it very hard to avoid him.

Will Bekki be able to resist her feelings for Nick and find the real killer?

  

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A Good Man Gone by A. W. Hartoin is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature A Good Man Gone by A. W. Hartoin as today's second free mystery ebook (A Mercy Watts Mystery; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, April 30, 2014 at 6:45 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.

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A Good Man Gone
A. W. Hartoin
A Mercy Watts Mystery
Publisher: A. W. Hartoin

It's summer in St. Louis and Mercy Watts is on vacation from her parents. The great detective and his nosy wife are on a cruise and Mercy thinks she's off the hook for doing any investigating for them. But when a family friend has a fatal heart attack, Dad has one of his famous feelings and orders Mercy to look into it.

Mercy tries not to get sucked in. She really does, but she's her father's daughter. Soon Gavin's death leads to a more grisly one, the death of a bride on her wedding day. Can the two be connected? Was Gavin murdered? Now Mercy can't stop. You do for family. That's all there is to it.

  

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Contents Under Pressure by Edna Buchanan is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

MystereBooks is pleased to feature Contents Under Pressure by Edna Buchanan as today's free mystery ebook (A Britt Montero Mystery; Kindle format only).

This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, April 30, 2014 at 6:30 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.

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Contents Under Pressure
Edna Buchanan
A Britt Montero Mystery
Publisher: Diversion Books

Meet Britt Montero, a crime reporter for a major Miami newspaper. She practically sleeps with a police scanner by her bedside. She's smart — and reckless — enough to pursue a story no matter where it takes her.

When a high-speed police chase leads to the death of a black football hero, Britt discovers that what seems like a cut-and-dry case is actually an intricate web of racially charged violence. As the city she loves explodes into a major riot, Britt is caught-up in life-threatening events that bring the case to its shocking twist.

  

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Today's Mystery and Suspense Update from Big Fish Games (140430)

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

• Our Featured Title is Film Fatale: Lights, Camera, Madness!.

• The Daily Deal is Northmark: Hour of the Wolf, just $2.99 today only!

• The current Catch of the Week is Mysteries of the Mind: Coma, just $2.99 through Sunday, May 04, 2014 only.

• Today's Special Deal — Today only: All Standard and Collector's Edition Games are Half Off! Use coupon code TICK to get any Collector's Edition game for just $9.99; use coupon code TOCK to get any Standard game for just $4.99. Offer valid April 30th, 2014 only until 11:59 PM PT.

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

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Our Featured Title today is Film Fatale: Lights, Camera, Madness!

Rita Ray, your mother and world famous film star, has disappeared and you need to find her before it's too late! Travel to the island of former film director M. W. Vernon, and explore your mother's last known whereabouts. Beware the various traps that await you on the amazing movie sets, search for clues in incredible locations, and find Rita Ray!

A sample version is available to download and play for free for one hour.

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Today's Daily Deal is Northmark: Hour of the Wolf

Experience the thrills of adventure in this card-based RPG. Choose to become a mighty warrior, cunning mage or powerful druid as you fight for glory and survival in arena combat. Explore every corner of the kingdom from fiery deserts to deep forests and cold mountain peaks and journey to the kingdoms of the elves and dwarves. Danger waits at every turn as you investigate the chilling mystery that threatens your homeland. Can you defeat assassins, thieves and hideous monsters?

A sample version is available to download and play for free for one hour. You can purchase this game today only — Wednesday, April 30, 2014 — for $2.99.

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The current Catch of the Week is Mysteries of the Mind: Coma

Everyone deserves a second chance. You've been in an accident and are fighting your way out of a coma. Inside your mind, you must explore your deepest memories in order to right the past and set yourself free. First you'll go back to visit your mother, with whom you were estranged before she died. Now's your chance to uncover the mystery of your rift and show her what she meant to you. Explore nostalgic locations and meet other people from your past in this moving, dramatic hidden-object puzzle adventure game. There's also a guiding spirit whose true identity is yours to uncover. What happened all those years ago when your family was changed forever? The thing that really keeps you trapped might surprise you.

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, May 04, 2014.

Also available for this game:

• Get the Strategy Guide.
• Check out the Blog Walkthrough.
• For a more in-depth experience, see the Collector's Edition.

A New MystereBook: Til Death Do Us Part by Jenna Harte

Here is 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 April 2014 priced $4.99 or less …

Til Death Do Us Part by Jenna Harte is the fourth entry in this series of Valentine mysteries featuring Tess Madison Valentine, a chocolate and French lingerie connoisseur, and Jack Valentine, her handsome love interest.

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Til Death Do Us Part by Jenna Harte
A Valentine Mystery
Publisher: Moxie Vie
Publication Date: April 28, 2014
Price: $2.99 (as of 04/29/14 6:00 PM ET)

Tess and Jack are living in wedded bliss, until Jack's childhood friend, famous actress Ava Dumont shows up in town to film a movie. Years ago, fans of her popular TV courtroom drama, speculated on whether or not Ava and her handsome co-star, Reece Wilder's off-screen chemistry was as hot as it was on screen. The question was seemingly answered when Reece married Ava's nemesis, D-List actress, Amya Grosse. Now estranged and seeking a divorce, Reece has pushed to do a movie with a reluctant Ava.

But, their highly anticipated on and off screen-reunion is ruined when Amya turns up dead in Reece's hotel room. Jack's loyalty and Tess' curiosity put them in the middle of a murder in which everyone they meet had a reason to want to Amya dead. Will they be able to discover the murderer or will "till death do us part" come much sooner than they'd dreamed?

  

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A New MystereBook: Quinn Gets the Blues by L. H. Thomson

Here is 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 April 2014 priced $4.99 or less …

Quinn Gets the Blues by L. H. Thomson is the fifth case for Philadelphia PI Liam Quinn.

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Quinn Gets the Blues by L. H. Thomson
A Liam Quinn Mystery
Publisher: J. I. Loome
Publication Date: April 28, 2014
Price: $2.99 (as of 04/29/14 5:30 PM ET)

Once upon a time, the great Lonny Walters was really somebody, a king of the electric blues guitar. Now, he's lying face down in the mud behind a New Jersey dive bar with two bullets in the back of his head. Quinn's friend Clinton needs answers, but the list of Lonny's enemies just keeps growing.

There's a dirty cop making his life difficult, and a whole bunch of good ones doing the same; there's a crazy ex-wife, a former Harmonica-playing partner, and a manager who may not be telling all he knows.

Can everyone's favorite Philly detective keep a good man out of jail?

  

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Deadly Diamonds, A Michael Knight and Lex Devlin Mystery by John F. Dobbyn: Amazon's The Big Deal Promotion

Every so often Amazon releases a new selection of Kindle books priced up to 85% off as part of The Big Deal Promotion.

Today's featured mystery, suspense, or thriller title is Deadly Diamonds by John F. Dobbyn. This Kindle book was listed at $1.99 as of the date and time of this post, Tuesday, April 29, 2014 at 4:30 PM ET, and should be available at this price through Sunday, May 11, 2014.

More information about the book is below; if other vendors have priced-matched this title, links to their sites are also shown.

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Deadly Diamonds by John F. Dobbyn
A Michael Knight and Lex Devlin Mystery (4th in series)
Publisher: Oceanview Publishing

What do Boston, Dublin, and Sierra Leone have in common? The movement of "blood diamonds" at enormous profit but grave human expense: mafia killings in Boston and Ireland and child enslavement and murder in Sierra Leone. And who is ensnared in the middle of all of this - Michael Knight and Lex Devlin. Can they stop the enormously profitable trade of these tainted jewels?

They must come between the Italian mafia in North Boston and the Irish mafia in South Boston including some remnants of the IRA in Ireland. They must also pit themselves against the enslaved and deadly child-army in Sierra Leone, who smuggle these diamonds into the mainstream for cash to buy weapons and drugs. At great personal risk, Knight and Devlin struggle to find a solution that satisfies this disparate combination of characters and, hopefully, dampens the diamond flow.

  

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A New MystereBook: Short Change by Patricia Smiley

Here is 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 April 2014 priced $4.99 or less …

Short Change by Patricia Smiley is the third mystery in this series featuring Los Angeles-based business consultant Tucker Sinclair. It was originally published in hardcover by NAL in 2007. This is its first appearance as an ebook.

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Short Change by Patricia Smiley
A Tucker Sinclair Mystery
Publisher: Patricia Smiley
Publication Date: April 27, 2014
Price: $2.99 (as of 04/29/14 4:00 PM ET)

Tucker is a free woman. She's finally escaped from the oppressively corporate Aames & Associates and now runs her own business consulting firm. But with freedom comes unpredictability. What was supposed to be a short stint helping private investigator Charley Tate get his practice established turns into a full-time job. Charley pushes her to go beyond the call of duty — to try to save not only his business, but possibly his life.

It all starts when Eve Lawson stumbles into the Tate Investigations office hoping to find out who is following her. But who would want to follow a bland writer working on a book about the post-World War II real estate boom in Los Angeles? With Eve's wardrobe hopelessly stuck in the eighties, Tucker can only imagine it's the fashion police. But work means much-needed income for Tucker and Charley. They soon learn that they've struck gold when this far-fetched case explodes into murder — and Eve Lawson, who's gone missing, is the prime suspect.

  

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