Caribbean Moon by Rick Murcer is Today's Third Featured Free MystereBook

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Caribbean Moon by Rick Murcer

A Manny Williams Thriller

Publisher: Murcer Press

… as today's third free mystery ebook. This is a repeat freebie that was last featured on our site on January 27, 2013.

  

This title was listed for free as of July 31, 2014 at 7:20 AM ET. Prices are subject to change without notice. The price displayed on the vendor website at the time of the purchase will be the price paid for the book. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your transaction.

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Small-town detective/workaholic, Manny Williams, is thrilled with the prospect of finally taking the long-awaited vacation he had promised his wife, Louise.

The couple's exotic getaway begins in sunny San Juan, Puerto Rico, by attending the June wedding of a fellow Lansing police officer, followed with an incredible week-long Southern Caribbean cruise on the glamorous Ocean Duchess. Tropical paradise appears to be a perfect recipe for desperately needed R and R  … until the first dead body.

A bizarre, seemingly random murder in their posh San Juan Hotel, and the heinous cruise ship deaths of two of Lansing's law enforcement family, brings Manny, and his unique skills, out of cruise mode and head-long into the FBI-led investigation. Manny soon discovers that in this killer's twisted perception nothing is off limits, prompting a race against time that could cost him everything.

— Caribbean Moon by Rick Murcer

Port Starbird by Garrett Dennis is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

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Port Starbird by Garrett Dennis

A Storm Ketchum Adventure

Publisher: TBD Press

… as today's second free mystery ebook.

  

This title was listed for free as of July 31, 2014 at 7:10 AM ET. Prices are subject to change without notice. The price displayed on the vendor website at the time of the purchase will be the price paid for the book. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your transaction.

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Storm Ketchum, a damaged emigre to the coastal town of Avon on North Carolina's Outer Banks, likes to mind his own business and isn't any kind of detective — until he's forced to become one by extraordinary circumstances. On the verge of losing his modest waterfront home to an unscrupulous developer, Ketch stumbles onto the scene of a crime that might expose the perpetrator of an unsolved murder and enable him to save not only his own home, but also the similarly threatened bohemian boatyard community he's inexorably drawn into. And in case Plan A fails, he's hard at work on a Plan B that's both laudable and pitiable — if he can't stop them from seizing his property and ruining what's left of his historic town, he's hell-bent on turning the event into a unique political statement that won't soon be forgotten.

Together with his loyal dog, a salty charter boat captain, the sketchy denizens of the boatyard, and an alluring scuba diving instructor who may or may not have a hidden agenda, Ketch struggles to make sense of his new reality, while trying to save some of the things that really matter along the way.

— Port Starbird by Garrett Dennis

Death at the Manor by Celina Grace is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

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Death at the Manor by Celina Grace

An Asharton Manor Mystery Novella

Publisher: Celina Grace

… as today's free mystery ebook.

  

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It is 1929. Asharton Manor stands alone in the middle of a pine forest, once the place where ancient pagan ceremonies were undertaken in honour of the goddess Astarte. The Manor is one of the most beautiful stately homes in the West Country and seems like a palace to Joan Hart, newly arrived from London to take up a servant’s position as the head kitchen maid. Getting to grips with her new role and with her fellow workers, Joan is kept busy, but not too busy to notice that the glittering surface of life at the Manor might be hiding some dark secrets. The beautiful and wealthy mistress of the house, Delphine Denford, keeps falling ill but why? Confiding her thoughts to her friend and fellow housemaid, feisty Verity Hunter, Joan is unsure of what exactly is making her uneasy, but then Delphine Denford dies …

Armed only with their own good sense and quick thinking, Joan and Verity must pit their wits against a cunning murderer in order to bring them to justice.

— Death at the Manor by Celina Grace

The Heiresses by Sara Shepard is Today's Nook Daily Find

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature The Heiresses by Sara Shepard as today's Nook Daily Find.

The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Thursday, July 31, 2014.

The Heiresses by Sara Shepard

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Harper

Price: $1.99 (as of 07/31/2014 at 6:30 AM ET).

  

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The only thing more flawless than a Saybrook's solitaire is the family behind the diamond empire. Beauties, entrepreneurs, debutantes, and mavens, the Saybrooks are the epitome of high society. Anyone would kill to be one of them. But be careful what you wish for, because if you were a Saybrook, you'd be haunted by secrets and plagued by a dark streak of luck.

Tragedy strikes the prominent family yet again on a beautiful morning in May when thirty-four-year-old Poppy, the most remarkable Saybrook of them all, flings herself from the window of her office. Everyone is shocked that someone so perfect would end her own life — until her cousins receive an ominous warning: One heiress down, four to go.

Was it suicide … or murder? And who will be next: Aster, the beautiful but reckless girl who's never worked a day in her life — and who's covering up her father's darkest secret? Her older sister, Corrine, whose meticulously planned future is about to come crashing down around her? Perhaps it will be Natasha, the black sheep of the family who suddenly disinherited herself five years ago. Or maybe the perpetually single Rowan, who had the most to gain from her cousin's death.

— The Heiresses by Sara Shepard

Going Twice by Sharon Sala is Today's Romantic Suspense Kindle Daily Deal

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature Going Twice by Sharon Sala as today's Romantic Suspense Kindle Daily Deal.

The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Thursday, July 31, 2014.

Going Twice by Sharon Sala

A Forces of Nature Novel

Publisher: Harlequin MIRA

Price: $1.99 (as of 07/31/2014 at 6:10 AM ET).

  

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As bodies pile up in the wake of a storm — stripped, tortured and grimly posed — authorities must admit the unthinkable. The serial killer dubbed the Stormchaser has returned following a tornado and taken it upon himself to bring the death toll up to where he believes it belongs.

FBI investigator Wade Luckett is back on the case, assisted by an agent Wade knows professionally and personally: his ex-wife, Jo. Neither time nor the tragedy that tore them apart have blunted the ache Wade feels for brave, beautiful Jo. And though she tries to deny it, she feels the same. But the stirrings of renewed romance will have to wait until they catch a killer.

The Stormchaser has no intention of getting caught. He's set his sights on a new victim. Jo can forget about the lifetime she dreams of spending with Wade. She'll be lucky to see another day.

— Going Twice by Sharon Sala

Today's Mystery and Suspense Update from Big Fish Games (140731)

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

• Our Featured Title is Safecracker.

• The current Catch of the Week is The Torment of Whitewall, just $2.99 through Sunday, August 03, 2014 only.

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

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Our Featured Title is Safecracker

As an expert safecracker, you are hired by the wealthy family of a recently deceased billionaire to search for the last will and testament of their late relative, Duncan W. Adams. An avid safe collector and an "eccentric" to say the least, Adams has hidden the deed to his riches in one of the 35 safes scattered in his extravagant mansion. The stakes are high. Use your expertise, wits, and puzzle solving skills to crack them all and earn your pay check!

Also available for this game:

• Get the Strategy Guide

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The current Catch of the Week is The Torment of Whitewall

Uncover the mystery of the Night Stalker! A shadowy figure has been stalking the streets of Whitewall, and young women have been disappearing without trace. Only one girl has managed to escape from the mysterious attacker, but she's not talking to anyone … Rumor has it that something strange and terrible happened to her that night. Rumor has it that this so-called Night Stalker is some kind of monster. As more and more people are driven from their homes by fear, you are called in to end the town's terrible torment.

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, August 03, 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.

Her Royal Spyness, A Lady Victoria Georgiana Charlotte Eugenie Mystery by Rhys Bowen, 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. Today, we're pleased to feature the following title, now available at a special price courtesy of the publisher, Berkley …

Her Royal Spyness by Rhys Bowen

A Lady Victoria Georgiana Charlotte Eugenie Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Berkley

Price: $1.99 (as of 07/30/2014 at 5:00 PM ET).

  

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Her ridiculously long name is Lady Victoria Georgiana Charlotte Eugenie, daughter to the Duke of Atholt and Rannoch. And she is flat broke. As the thirty-fourth in line for the throne, she has been taught only a few things, among them, the perfect curtsey. But when her brother cuts off her allowance, she leaves Scotland, and her fiancé Fish-Face, for London, where she has:

a) worked behind a cosmetics counter — and gotten sacked after five hours
b) started to fall for a quite unsuitable minor royal
c) made some money housekeeping (incognita, of course), and
d) been summoned by the Queen to spy on her playboy son.

Then an arrogant Frenchman, who wants her family's 800-year-old estate for himself, winds up dead in her bathtub. Now her most important job is to clear her very long family name.

— Her Royal Spyness by Rhys Bowen

The Eve of Murder, A Frank Miller Mystery by James Whitworth, New This Week from Endeavour Press

Endeavour Press is the UK's leading independent digital publisher, promoting and selling ebook editions of works by new authors as well as bringing out ebook editions of out of print books.

We've selected one of their recently published mystery, suspense, thriller or crime titles to feature here today …

The Eve of Murder by James Whitworth

A Frank Miller Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: Endeavour Press

Price: $2.99 (as of 07/30/2014 at 4:30 PM ET).

  

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The Yorkshire coastal town of Whitby is getting ready for the literary festival that is going to put it back on the cultural map. But as the opening day draws near, the body of Georgina Callan, the festival's organizer, is found dead on West Cliff — at exactly the same spot where her father threw himself to his death many years before. Except her death was no suicide. She has been strangled.

An elderly dog walker reveals that he has seen her at the Cliff almost every night for the last year. She always has company, yet her male companion is not her husband. Was her death an isolated attack? Or is there a serial killer at large in the town?

Meanwhile, Don Watson, the famous writer and literary figure, is coming to Whitby to speak at the festival. He needs police protection because he has been receiving death threats.

Detective Inspector Frank Miller has a big job on his hands: solve the murder before the festival starts and keep Don Watson safe. Can Miller stop another killing? Or is this the eve of murder?

— The Eve of Murder by James Whitworth

The Hydra Protocol, A Jim Chapel Mission by David Wellington, 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. Today, we're pleased to feature the following title, now available at a special price courtesy of the publisher, William Morrow …

The Hydra Protocol by David Wellington

A Jim Chapel Mission (2nd in series)

Publisher: William Morrow

Price: $1.99 (as of 07/30/2014 at 4:00 PM ET).

  

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To prevent nuclear annihilation, wounded Special Forces operative Jim Chapel must infiltrate a top secret Russian military base and disable an unstable supercomputer …

A routine mission in Cuban waters to retrieve a hidden key code from a sunken Soviet submarine quickly changes course when Cuban officials are tipped off. It turns out that Nadia, the beautiful stranger who saves Chapel from being discovered, is actually a Russian agent, and her intel is shocking. Hidden during the Cold War, a forgotten Russian supercomputer controls hundreds of nuclear missiles, all aimed at the United States. Just one fail-safe error and America will be obliterated. And there have been glitches in the computer's programming.

To disarm Hydra before it plunges the United States into nuclear winter, Nadia and Chapel must travel across Eastern Europe and infiltrate a secret base hidden deep in the steppes of Central Asia. But as these uneasy allies discover, not everyone wants the weapon out of commission.

Jim Chapel is out of his depth, and out of his element, but not out of the game.

— The Hydra Protocol by David Wellington

Memory Maze by Gordon Korman, a New The Hypnotists Adventure

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

Memory Maze by Gordon Korman

Series: The Hypnotists

Publisher: Scholastic Press

Format(s): Hardcover, eBook

Age Range: Cadet Sleuths, Ages 10 to 12

  

For more information about the book, see a synopsis, below.

The past and the present collide to build a memory maze that Jax Opus may never escape …

Jax Opus knows he's not like other kids. And it isn't his skill on the basketball court or his test scores that set him apart. No, Jax is different because he can hypnotize people. In fact, he might be the best hypnotist the world has seen in a very long time.

You would think Jax would be happy about this. But really? It's ruining his life. He and his family are hiding from a master hypnotist who wants Jax out of the picture . . . forever. And the FBI is also starting to ask questions about Jax and his abilities.

Jax thinks life might be getting a little better when a very rich, very powerful man asks him to help out with something. The reward will be great. And the price — well, the price is that Jax starts taking on the man's memories. And some of them are pretty deadly.

— Memory Maze by Gordon Korman

Dead Man's Folly, A Hercule Poirot Mystery by Agatha Christie, 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. Today, we're pleased to feature the following title, now available at a special price courtesy of the publisher, William Morrow …

Dead Man's Folly by Agatha Christie

A Hercule Poirot Mystery

Publisher: William Morrow

Price: $1.99 (as of 07/30/2014 at 3:00 PM ET).

An adaptation of this novel will air on PBS's Masterpiece Mystery! this coming Sunday, August 3rd, 2014.

  

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While organizing a mock murder hunt for the village fete hosted by Sir George and Lady Stubbs, a feeling of dread settles on the famous crime novelist Adriane Oliver. Call it instinct, but it's a feeling she just can't explain … or get away from.

In desperation she summons her old friend, Hercule Poirot -- and her instincts are soon proved correct when the "pretend" murder victim is discovered playing the scene for real, a rope wrapped tightly around her neck.

But it's the great detective who first discovers that in murder hunts, whether mock or real, everyone is playing a part.

— Dead Man's Folly by Agatha Christie

Murder in Retribution by Anne Cleeland, New in Bookstores during July 2014

Today's featured new hardcover mystery, suspense, or thriller title scheduled to be published during July 2014 is …

Murder in Retribution by Anne Cleeland

The New Scotland Yard Series (2nd)

Publisher: Kensington

        

For a list of more new hardcover titles to be published this month, visit our New Mysteries page for July 2014. For new paperback mysteries, visit The Mystery Bookshelf where a selection of July 2014 mysteries, novels of suspense, and thrillers are shelved.

More about our featured title, below …

Despite their investigative prowess, Chief Inspector Michael Sinclair, Lord Acton, and rookie detective Kathleen Doyle stir more than a few feathers at CID Headquarters when their relationship comes to light. But office politics quickly become trivial when a rash of underworld murders shatters London's normally austere façade. With a growing list of successfully solved cases to her name, the ever-dauntless Doyle shakes off the gossip and sets out to investigate the escalating turf war.

As the body count climbs, Doyle uncovers a seedy world where fractious members of the Russian mafia and an Irish terrorist group are fighting for control of a lucrative underground business. But their crooked deals and volleying acts of revenge are almost too much for Scotland Yard to keep up with, and when Doyle notices that Acton seems unusually troubled by the crimes, she begins to wonder what sparked the conflict in the first place.

Perhaps there's nothing more to the murders than under-the-table business dealings gone awry. Or perhaps a single act of vigilante justice fanned the flames that ignited a vicious turf war. As Doyle and Acton fight not to become the next victims, they'll find that the truth may be best left unspoken, and retribution may be best left to fate.

— Murder in Retribution by Anne Cleeland

New This Week: Not a Drill, A Jack Reacher Short Story by Lee Child

In this eBook exclusive short story from Lee Child, Jack Reacher is again on the move. But even a pleasant hike on a beautiful summer day turns into a walk on the wild side … and perhaps something far more sinister.

Not a Drill by Lee Child

A Jack Reacher Short Story

Publisher: Delacorte Press

Price: $1.99 (as of 07/30/2014 at 2:00 PM ET).

  

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Jack Reacher is on the road, hitching a ride with some earnest young Canadians who are planning a hike through some of the last unspoiled wilderness in North America in the dense forests of Maine. They part ways after sharing a hot meal, and Reacher checks out a quiet town surrounded by countryside serene enough to cool even his raging wanderlust.

But not for long. First the trail is suddenly and inexplicably closed. Then the military police show up in force. Maybe it's a drill. Or maybe it's trouble — the kind of trouble that always finds Reacher, no matter how far he travels off the beaten path.

— Not a Drill by Lee Child

Deserves to Die by Lisa Jackson, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during July 2014

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during July 2014 …

Deserves to Die by Lisa Jackson

The Regan Pescoli and Selena Alvarez Series (6th)

Publisher: Zebra

  

To see more new paperback titles scheduled to be published this month, visit The Mystery Bookshelf for July 2014. For new hardcover mysteries, visit New Mysteries where for a list of July 2014 mysteries, novels of suspense, and thrillers is provided.

More about our featured title, below …

As he watches, her body drifts below the water's surface, forever altered. Before he disposes of each victim, he takes a trophy. It's a sign of his power, and a warning — to the one destined to suffer most of all.

In Grizzly Falls, Montana, Detectives Selena Alvarez and Regan Pescoli are struggling with a new commander and a department in the midst of upheaval. It's the worst possible time for a homicide. A body has been found, missing a finger. Alvarez hopes this means a murderer with a personal grudge, not a madman. But then a second body turns up &helllip

As the clues begin pointing toward a suspect, Pescoli's unease grows. Even with Alvarez barely holding it together and her own personal life in chaos, she senses there's more to this case than others believe. A killer has made his way to Grizzly Falls, ready to fulfill a vengeance years in the making. And Pescoli must find the target of his wrath — or die trying.

— Deserves to Die by Lisa Jackson

Gone, A Hannah Smith Mystery by Randy Wayne White, 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. Today, we're pleased to feature the following title, now available at a special price courtesy of the publisher, Putnam …

Gone by Randy Wayne White

A Hannah Smith Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Putnam

Price: $2.99 (as of 07/30/2014 at 1:00 PM ET).

  

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Hannah Smith is a tall, strong, formidable Florida woman, the descendant of generations of strong Florida women. She makes her living as a fishing guide, but her friends, neighbors, and clients also know her as an uncommonly resourceful woman with a keen sense of justice, as someone who can't be bullied — and they have taken to coming to her with their problems.

Her methods can be unorthodox, though, and those on the receiving end of them often wind up very unhappy — and sometimes very violent. When a girl goes missing, and Hannah is asked to find her, that is exactly what happens …

— Gone by Randy Wayne White