Old Murders Never Die by Marja McGraw is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature …

Old Murders Never Die by Marja McGraw

A Sandi Webster Mystery

Publisher: Marja McGraw

… as today's second free mystery ebook.

  

This title was listed for free as of August 06, 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.

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.

More on today's free book, below.

Sandi Webster, private investigator, is in for the adventure of a lifetime when she and her partner, Pete, become stranded in a ghost town inhabited by a mysterious horse-riding cowboy and haunted by some unsolved Old West murders.

What better way to spend a well-earned vacation than running down old clues and searching vintage houses that haven't been entered in over a hundred and twenty years?

— Old Murders Never Die by Marja McGraw

Icy Blue Descent by J. C. Simmons is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature …

Icy Blue Descent by J. C. Simmons

A Jay Leicester Mystery

Publisher: Nighttime Press

… as today's free mystery ebook.

  

This title was listed for free as of August 06, 2014 at 7:00 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.

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.

More on today's free book, below.

Jay Leicester, an Aviation Consultant/Private Investigator, is hired by a young woman to find her sister. What appears to be an ordinary matter of a missing person is suddenly magnified, as Leicester plunges into the world of high finance, drug dealers, and murder.

He ranges from Mississippi to Miami to islands in the Bahamas, tracking men and women who are pursuing the fast buck in the drug trade, and comes close to an icy blue descent into death.

— Icy Blue Descent by J. C. Simmons

A Taste fur Murder by Dixie Lyle is Today's Kobo Daily Deal

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature A Taste fur Murder by Dixie Lyle as today's Kobo Daily Deal.

The deal price of $2.99 is valid only for today, Wednesday, August 06, 2014, and has been price-matched by Amazon.com.

A Taste fur Murder by Dixie Lyle

A Deirdre "Foxtrot" Lancaster Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Price: $2.99 (as of 08/06/2014 at 6:40 AM ET).

    

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Meet Deirdre "Foxtrot" Lancaster. Trusted employee of eccentric zillionairess Zelda Zoransky, Foxtrot manages a mansion, a private zoo, and anything else that strikes her boss's fancy. Her job title is Administrative Assistant, but chaos handler would be more accurate. Especially after she glimpses a giant ghost-beast in Zelda's pet cemetery. For some strange reason, Foxtrot is seeing animal spirits.

Still reeling, Foxtrot comes home to find her cat Tango — her dead cat Tango — alive and well and communicating telepathically. But that's not all: There's an ectoplasmic dog named Tiny who changes breeds with a shake of his tail … and can sniff out a clue like nobody's business. So when a coworker drops dead while organizing closets, Tiny is on the case. Can Foxtrot and her new companions ferret out the killer among a menagerie of suspects — human and otherwise — before death takes another bite?

— A Taste fur Murder by Dixie Lyle

Undercurrents by Ridley Pearson is Today's Kindle Daily Deal

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature Undercurrents by Ridley Pearson as today's Kindle Daily Deal.

The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Wednesday, August 06, 2014.

Undercurrents by Ridley Pearson

A Lou Boldt and Daphne Matthews Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Rosetta Books

Price: $1.99 (as of 08/06/2014 at 6:10 AM ET).

  

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Police Sergeant Lou Boldt heads a special task force within Seattle's Homicide bureau. His job: find and stop the Cross Killer, a twisted, perverse serial murderer who has eluded police for six months and paralyzed the city.

But when a body washes up on the shore of Puget Sound, Boldt thinks the killer has finally made a mistake. This body shows some of the work of the Cross Killer — but a job badly botched. Did this woman die while trying to escape? Did she knowingly jump in the water to preserve a clue? And is she now desperately trying to tell Boldt something?

With the help of the alluring Daphne Matthews, a police psychologist, Boldt pieces together the complex puzzle.

— Undercurrents by Ridley Pearson

Today's Mystery and Suspense Update from Big Fish Games (140806)

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

• New This Week is Hoyle Illusions.

• The Daily Deal is Jennifer Wolf and the Mayan Relics, just $2.99 today only!

• The current Catch of the Week is Reality Show: Fatal Shot, just $2.99 through Sunday, August 10, 2014 only.

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

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New This Week is Hoyle Illusions

In turn of the century New York City, two rival magicians will compete to decide once and for all, which of the two is the better illusionist — Johannes the Great or Merlin the Amazing! But, before the performance, something goes terribly wrong. Johannes' assistant, Sophie, is kidnapped and ransomed to her sweetheart, Peter — for the price of Johannes' defeat and death onstage. Play as Peter and Sophie in this epic hidden object adventure as you attempt to outsmart villains, magic spells, illusions, and other obstacles! Will you get to the theater on time and save the day?

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

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Today's Daily Deal is Jennifer Wolf and the Mayan Relics

Invited to join her father on an archaeological dig, Jennifer Wolf instead finds him missing. Play as Jennifer as she explores the ruins of the Maya civilization in search of her father. Collect precious Maya relics and uncover ancient secrets. Will you see your father again?

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

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The current Catch of the Week is Reality Show: Fatal Shot

Uncover the truth behind a shocking on-air murder! Everyone knows that breaking into showbiz can be tough. But for participants on Fright Reality Show, it can be murder. After a man is killed on the set of the hit series, the victim's wife arrives at your office, begging for justice. Follow the clues, from the city streets to the top floors of the station's headquarters to uncover the truth behind this shocking crime. But be careful! Things are rarely what they seem on TV …

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

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.

Review: A Better World by Marcus Sakey

A Mysterious Review of A Better World by Marcus Sakey. The Brilliance Saga.

Review summary: This second book in the Brilliance saga doesn't really advance the story much from its far better predecessor, and while it has some good moments, it is basically a bridge between two points and not a novel that can stand on its own. (Click here for text of full review.)

Our rating:

A Better World
Marcus Sakey
The Brilliance Saga
Thomas & Mercer (June 2014)

Publisher synopsis: The brilliants changed everything.

Since 1980, 1% of the world has been born with gifts we'd only dreamed of. The ability to sense a person's most intimate secrets, or predict the stock market, or move virtually unseen. For thirty years the world has struggled with a growing divide between the exceptional … and the rest of us.

Now a terrorist network led by brilliants has crippled three cities. Supermarket shelves stand empty. 911 calls go unanswered. Fanatics are burning people alive.

Nick Cooper has always fought to make the world better for his children. As both a brilliant and an advisor to the president of the United States, he's against everything the terrorists represent. But as America slides toward a devastating civil war, Cooper is forced to play a game he dares not lose — because his opponents have their own vision of a better world.

And to reach it, they're willing to burn this one down.

    

Trial by Fire, A Helen West Mystery by Frances Fyfield, New This Week from Witness Impulse

Every week, Witness Impulse — an imprint of William Morrow — releases new suspense and thriller digital originals, typically priced at just $2.99 each.

Omnimystery News is pleased to present you with one of this week's titles …

Trial by Fire by Frances Fyfield

A Helen West Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: Witness Impulse

Price: $2.99 (as of 08/05/2014 at 4:30 PM ET).

First published in the US by Pocket Books in 1990, this is its first US appearance as an ebook.

  

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A woman's abandoned corpse is found in a shallow grave in a posh suburb. The death hits close to home for prosecutor Helen West as she and detective Geoffrey Bailey have just moved into a new house within the gated neighborhood where the body was dumped. But tensions continue to rise when the victim is identified as the wife of the developer who built the estates, and all of the neighbors begin to accuse one another.

As Helen and Geoffrey dig deeper into the secrets of their sleepy commuter village, they discover a hidden world of passion, envy, and betrayal.

— Trial by Fire by Frances Fyfield

The Cater Street Hangman, A Charlotte and Thomas Pitt Mystery by Anne Perry, 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, Open Road …

The Cater Street Hangman by Anne Perry

A Charlotte and Thomas Pitt Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Open Road

Price: $0.99 (as of 08/05/2014 at 4:00 PM ET).

  

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Panic and fear strike the Ellison household when one of their own falls prey to the Cater Street murderer …

While Mrs. Ellison and her three daughters are out, their maid becomes the third victim of a killer who strangles young women with cheese wire, leaving their swollen-faced bodies on the dark streets of this genteel neighborhood. Inspector Pitt, assigned to the case, must break through the walls of upper-class society to get at the truth.

His in-depth investigation gradually peels away the proper veneer of the elite world, exposing secrets and desires until suspicion becomes more frightening than truth. Outspoken Charlotte Ellison, struggling to remain within the confining boundaries of Victorian manners, has no trouble expressing herself to the irritating policeman.

As their relationship shifts from antagonistic sparring to a romantic connection, the socially inappropriate pair must solve the mystery before the hangman strikes again.

— The Cater Street Hangman by Anne Perry

The Mystery in the Forbidden City by Harper Paris, a New Greetings from Somewhere Mystery

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

The Mystery in the Forbidden City by Harper Paris

Series: Greetings from Somewhere

Publisher: Little Simon

Format(s): Hardcover, Paperback, eBook

Recommended for New Sleuths, Ages 4 to 6

  

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

From the Great Wall to the dumplings, Ethan and Ella love China so far. And the Forbidden City in Beijing doesn't leave anything to be desired, either! When the twins get separated from their parents, however, they get do some exploring on their own.

As they are wandering, the twins happen across an ancient-looking scroll that appears to have a map on it. Being the mystery-solving duo they are, Ethan and Ella attempt to navigate the map … but they get lost in the palace. There are thousands of rooms, and they all seem to look the same! Will the twins figure out where the map is leading them? And will they ever make their way out of the Forbidden City?

— The Mystery in the Forbidden City by Harper Paris

Cat of Many Tails, An Ellery Queen Mystery by Ellery Queen, 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, Open Road …

Cat of Many Tails by Ellery Queen

An Ellery Queen Mystery

Publisher: Open Road

Price: $0.99 (as of 08/05/2014 at 3:00 PM ET).

  

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New York City is terrorized by a serial killer, and only Ellery Queen can stop the panic …

In the dog days of August, it is no surprise to see New Yorkers perspire. But this summer, a killer called the Cat gives the city a new reason to sweat. He selects his victims seemingly at random and strangles them, then escapes without leaving a clue. As the death toll climbs, and the press whips the public into horrified frenzy, Gotham teeters on the edge of anarchy.

Ellery Queen, the brilliant amateur sleuth, has gone into retirement when the Cat begins to kill. As his father, a seasoned homicide detective, leads the investigation into the murder, Ellery tries to avoid getting involved. But as the body count rises, he can no longer resist the urge to hunt. The Queens are known for their curiosity — and everyone knows how curiosity can affect a cat.

— Cat of Many Tails by Ellery Queen

Dead Line by Chris Ewan, New in Bookstores during August 2014

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

Dead Line by Chris Ewan

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Minotaur Books

        

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

More about our featured title, below …

If you're a security expert, what do you do if your fiancée suddenly goes missing, presumably kidnapped?

If you're Daniel Trent, a highly trained specialist in hostage negotiation, the answer is simple: You find out who took her and you make them talk. But what if your chief suspect is taken as well? How do you get him back quickly — and alive — so you can find out what really happened to your fiancée?

Daniel tries desperately to secure the release of Jérôme Moreau from a ruthless gang in order to interrogate him on the whereabouts of his fiancée. When things don't go according to plan, Daniel must use all his skills and instincts to find the answers he's looking for, but will he be in time?

— Dead Line by Chris Ewan

Telemystery: The Naked City, 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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Naked City
Season One

There are eight million stories in the Naked City …

One of the most innovative police shows in television history, Naked City puts a human face on crime, going beyond a simplistic portrayal of good vs. evil to delve into the complex personal dramas of the people involved.

Filmed on location in New York City, the series starred Harry Bellaver, James Franciscus, and John McIntire as police officers of the 65th Precinct, but most episodes centered around an extensive list of actors, who guest starred each week.

This anthology-style crime drama aired on ABC for four seasons, from 1958 through 1963, all of which are being released on DVD today.

Season One:  

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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.

Death by Devil's Breath by Kylie Logan, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during August 2014

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during August 2014 …

Death by Devil's Breath by Kylie Logan

The Maxie Pierce, Chili Cook-Off Series (2nd)

Publisher: Berkley

  

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

More about our featured title, below …

Cold-blooded murder can be hot as hell …

In Las Vegas, the stakes are high — and so is the Scoville scale. Maxie Pierce and the Chili Showdown are in town for a very heated contest devoted to judging the legendary and notorious-for-being-self-combustible Devil's Breath chili. The guest judges are casino performers with a taste for chili and an eye for publicity.

Maxie is already going mad organizing the event, dealing with her snide half sister, Sylvia, and trying to figure out her hothead of security, Nick. But when a local hack comedian drops dead in the middle of the Showdown, it isn't the spicy dish — it's poison. And Maxie is going to have to shuffle through a full deck of suspects to pick out the culprit.

— Death by Devil's Breath by Kylie Logan

After the Funeral, 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 …

After the Funeral by Agatha Christie

A Hercule Poirot Mystery

Publisher: William Morrow

Price: $1.99 (as of 08/05/2014 at 1:00 PM ET).

  

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"He was murdered, wasn't he?"

When Cora Lansquenet is savagely murdered, the extraordinary remark she had made the previous day at her brother Richard's funeral suddenly takes on a chilling significance. At the reading of Richard's will, Cora was clearly heard to say, "It's been hushed up very nicely, hasn't it. But he was murdered, wasn't he?"

Did Cora's accusation a dark truth that sealed her own fate? Or are the siblings' deaths just tragic coincidences?

Desperate to know the truth, the Lansquenet's solicitor turns to Hercule Poirot to unravel the mystery. For even after the funeral, death isn't finished yet …

— After the Funeral by Agatha Christie

Dark Sacrifice, A Southern Gothic Novel of Romantic Suspense by Angie Sandro, New This Week from Forever Yours

Forever Yours is a digital-only imprint of Grand Central Publishing tailored to fit the way you read today, with the best in historical and contemporary romance, paranormal romance and romantic suspense.

We've selected a new title in from their romantic suspense category to feature here today …

Dark Sacrifice by Angie Sandro

A Southern Gothic Novel of Romantic Suspense

Publisher: Forever Yours

Price: $3.99 (as of 08/05/2014 at 12:30 PM ET).

  

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Mala LaCroix sees dead people — really. After using her psychic gifts to catch a killer, she's locked in a psych ward and must strike a deal with the devil to secure her release. Apprenticed to a dark arts practitioner, Mala vows to free herself and save her loved ones from danger. But she doesn't know who to turn to when her crush on Landry Prince turns into something more serious.

Landry has sacrificed everything to protect Mala. A near-death experience changes him forever, and now he, too, possesses supernatural powers he doesn't understand. Mala and Landry must band together to defeat the dark forces — both human and otherworldly — who would use their abilities for evil. Even as they fall for each other, they must prepare to battle for their very souls …

— Dark Sacrifice by Angie Sandro