Dangerous Betrayal by J. R. Tate is Today's Third Featured Free MystereBook

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature …

Dangerous Betrayal by J. R. Tate

A Crime Thriller

Publisher: J. R. Tate

… as today's third free mystery ebook. This is a repeat freebie that was last featured on our site on March 04, 2013.

  

This title was listed for free as of August 14, 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.

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.

Previously titled Dance with the Devil.

Lane O'Reily, a Baltimore Homicide Detective, takes on the case of a lifetime when he is handed a murder investigation involving a string of young women. Desperate to solve the case before another victim turns up, he must rely heavily on his only witness, a survivor to the crimes.

She begins harassing and stalking him and with his marriage, career, and life on the line, he must decide if the obsessive witness is leading him down a path to the murderer, or down a trail littered with lies, betrayal and ultimately, a dead end.

— Dangerous Betrayal by J. R. Tate

How To Be a Ghost by Audrey Claire is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature …

How To Be a Ghost by Audrey Claire

A Libby Grace Mystery

Publisher: Audrey Claire

… as today's second free mystery ebook.

  

This title was listed for free as of August 14, 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.

Divorced mom Libby Grace works as an elementary school teacher and has no social life to speak of. The most she has to worry about is finding a way to fix a leaky faucet without a budget for a plumber. The next thing Libby knows she's standing at the foot of her son's bed without her body!

Libby can't remember what happened to her. Is she dead? Is she somewhere unconscious worrying in a hospital? She doesn't know for sure because she can't find her body. The last place she remembers being is the local hardware store, but instead of her own body, she finds the corpse of the store's owner, husband to the mayor of her small town.

In order to solve the mystery surrounding her disappearance, Libby must figure out who killed George Walsh. Along the way, she gets help from her reclusive neighbor, Ian McClain, who turns out to be one of the undead in a very different sense.

— How To Be a Ghost by Audrey Claire

Spit in the Ocean by Shelley Singer is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature …

Spit in the Ocean by Shelley Singer

A Jake Sampson and Rose Vicente Mystery

Publisher: booksBnimble

… as today's free mystery ebook.

  

This title was listed for free as of August 14, 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.

The vault emptied out, not a shot fired. In fact, it resembled a burglary more than a bank job, but when you rob a sperm bank, that's sometimes all it takes. Here's the set-up: The North Coast Sperm Bank in tiny Wheeler, California has been knocked over, and the perp's tossed its assets in the ocean, leaving a religious-nut note of explanation. Just a prank, says Wheeler law enforcement. But the bank says: Not so fast, that stuff was valuable!

Enter P.I. Jake Samson and his ever-sharp Watson, Rosie Vicente, hired by the bank to find out who made the unauthorized withdrawal. No sooner have they dragged their bedraggled Bay Area selves into the storm even now brutalizing Wheeler than a bank employee slips in the mud and falls to her death.

— Spit in the Ocean by Shelley Singer

The Guilty One by Lisa Ballantyne is Today's Nook Daily Find

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature The Guilty One by Lisa Ballantyne as today's Nook Daily Find.

The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Thursday, August 14, 2014, and has been price-matched by Amazon.com.

The Guilty One by Lisa Ballantyne

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: William Morrow

Price: $1.99 (as of 08/14/2014 at 6:30 AM ET).

    

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An eight-year-old boy is found dead in a playground … and his eleven-year-old neighbor is accused of the crime. Leading the defense is London solicitor Daniel Hunter, a champion of lost causes.

A damaged boy from a troubled home, Daniel's young client, Sebastian, reminds Daniel of his own turbulent childhood — and of Minnie, the devoted woman whose love saved him. But one terrible act of betrayal irrevocably shattered their bond.

As past and present collide, Daniel is faced with disturbing questions. Will his sympathy for Sebastian and his own memories blind him to the truth? What happened in the park — and who, ultimately, is to blame for a little boy's death? Rethinking everything he's ever believed, Daniel begins to understand what it means to be wrong … and to be the guilty one.

— The Guilty One by Lisa Ballantyne

Hemlock by Kathleen Peacock is Today's Teen Kindle Daily Deal

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature Hemlock by Kathleen Peacock as today's Teen Kindle Daily Deal.

The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Thursday, August 14, 2014.

Hemlock by Kathleen Peacock

A Supernatural Mystery Series (1st in series)

Publisher: HarperCollins

Price: $1.99 (as of 08/14/2014 at 6:10 AM ET).

  

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Mackenzie and Amy were best friends. Until Amy was brutally murdered.

Since then, Mac's life has been turned upside down. She is being haunted by Amy in her dreams, and an extremist group called the Trackers has come to Mac's hometown of Hemlock to hunt down Amy's killer: A white werewolf.

Lupine syndrome — also known as the werewolf virus — is on the rise across the country. Many of the infected try to hide their symptoms, but bloodlust is not easy to control.

Wanting desperately to put an end to her nightmares, Mac decides to investigate Amy's murder herself. She discovers secrets lurking in the shadows of Hemlock, secrets about Amy's boyfriend, Jason, her good pal Kyle, and especially her late best friend. Mac is thrown into a maelstrom of violence and betrayal that puts her life at risk.

— Hemlock by Kathleen Peacock

Today's Mystery and Suspense Update from Big Fish Games (140814)

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

• The New Release is Les Misérables: Jean Valjean.

• The current Catch of the Week is The Mirror Mysteries: Forgotten Kingdoms, just $2.99 through Sunday, August 17, 2014 only.

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

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The New Release is Les Misérables: Jean Valjean

"Les Misérables" is one of the most renowned literary masterworks and has been adapted for film several times. It is now available as an adventure and hidden object game, with detailed graphics. Play as Jean Valjean in 19th-century Paris and discover the story of the hero! In 1815, Jean Valjean is freed from prison labor, and is an outcast filled with hate and a sense of injustice. He steals silverware from Monseigneur Bienvenu, who has provided him with food and shelter. However, the bishop's generosity teaches him the meaning of virtue and integrity. Explore legendary scenes and meet famous characters from the Novel! Be part of the revolt in the Rue Saint Denis and keep your promise to Fantine by saving Cosette from the Thénardiers. Escape from Javert's manhunt and be part of the revolts in the barricades by helping Marius and Gavroche. Experience many other twists and turns!

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

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The current Catch of the Week is The Mirror Mysteries: Forgotten Kingdoms

In this second installation of the series, Tommy is all grown up and on the hunt for the mirror that changed the lives of him and his family forever. Now he's missing, and it is up to you to help his sister retrieve Tommy and locate the evil mirror. Plunge through the mirror and into unimagined realms and magical worlds as you continue the saga and aid Tommy's sister on her quest. The mirror is back — can you and extinguish his power for good?

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.

Review: An Event in Autumn by Henning Mankell

A Mysterious Review of An Event in Autumn by Henning Mankell. A Kurl Wallander Mystery Novella.

Review summary: Relatively short and crisply written, this well-crafted mystery is an excellent example of the author's work, and one that will capture and retain the reader's interest throughout. It is recommended. (Click here for text of full review.)

Our rating:

An Event in Autumn
Henning Mankell
A Kurl Wallander Mystery Novella
Vintage (August 2014)

Publisher synopsis: After nearly thirty years in the same job, Inspector Kurt Wallander is tired, restless, and itching to make a change. He is taken with a certain old farmhouse, perfectly situated in a quiet countryside with a charming, overgrown garden. There he finds the skeletal hand of a corpse in a shallow grave.

Wallander’s investigation takes him deep into the history of the house and the land, until finally the shocking truth about a long-buried secret is brought to light.

        

Aunty Lee's Delights, A Singaporean Mystery by Ovidia Yu, 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 …

Aunty Lee's Delights by Ovidia Yu

A Singaporean Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: William Morrow

Price: $1.99 (as of 08/13/2014 at 5:00 PM ET).

  

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After losing her husband, Rosie Lee could have become one of Singapore's "tai tai", an idle rich lady. Instead she is building a culinary empire from her restaurant, Aunty Lee's Delights, where spicy Singaporean meals are graciously served to locals and tourists alike. But when a body is found in one of Singapore's tourist havens and one of her guests fails to show at a dinner party, Aunty Lee knows that the two events are likely connected.

The murder and disappearance throws together Aunty Lee's henpecked stepson, Mark, his social-climbing wife, Selina, a gay couple whose love is still illegal in Singapore, and an elderly Australian tourist couple whose visit may mask a deeper purpose. Investigating the murder are Police Commissioner Raja and Senior Staff Sergeant Salim, who quickly discover that Aunty Lee's sharp nose for intrigue can sniff out clues that elude law enforcers.

— Aunty Lee's Delights by Ovidia Yu

New This Week: The Sleeping Dead, A Psychological Thriller by Richard Farren Barber

Omnimystery News is pleased to present 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 August 2014 and priced $4.99 or less …

The Sleeping Dead by Richard Farren Barber

A Psychological Thriller

Publisher: DarkFuse

Price: $2.99 (as of 08/13/2014 at 4:30 PM ET).

  

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When Jackson Smith attends an interview to escape his dead-end job, he witnesses a man jumping to his death through an office window. But this suicide is only the first of many he encounters. All around him, men and women begin taking their own lives. These seemingly random events make little sense to Jackson until he hears voices urging him to join the others.

As Jackson fights the desire to self-destruct, he flees through a mad city where the river and streets pile high with bodies of the sleeping dead, those who have simply surrendered to the strange voices.

Jackson's only chance is to find an escape to this madness before giving in to the strange voices in his head.

— The Sleeping Dead by Richard Farren Barber

Unfinished Business, A Novel of Suspense by Tim Baker, 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, Blindogg Books …

Unfinished Business by Tim Baker

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Blindogg Books

Price: $0.99 (as of 08/13/2014 at 4:00 PM ET).

  

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We all have things to do … until we die. When you die, your 'to do' list gets cancelled. Unless your corpse is prepared for burial by Meg Hargrave.

For thirteen years, Meg has prepared corpses at the Peaceful Slumber Funeral Parlor. When she prepares the corpse of a World War II veteran something extraordinary happens. She becomes aware of a task that had been weighing heavily on the man's mind and she feels compelled to finish it.

Next is a woman killed in a car crash while driving to see her suicidal brother. Meg soon finds herself determined to give him the will to live.

Each new corpse brings a new mission and she is powerless to stop it. It's a bizarre, nightmarish curse until Meg realizes that she is the last hope for these souls to rest in peace. Until she embalms the corpse of a sociopath.

Detective Dave Steere is investigating night club owner Mike McMahon. When McMahon is murdered and the evidence points to Meg, Steere's gut tells him that something isn't right. Now he has to figure out if he's tracked down a murderer, a victim … or something he can't explain.

— Unfinished Business by Tim Baker

Bitter Crossing by D. A. Keeley, a New 1st in Series Mystery Introducing Peyton Cole

Omnimystery News is pleased to present you with one of this month's new 1st in Series titles, a mystery, thriller or suspense novel that introduces a recurring character (or characters) …

Bitter Crossing by D. A. Keeley

Peyton Cote (1st in series)

Publisher: Midnight Ink

  

What we know about the character: Peyton Cote is a U.S. Border Patrol agent. She's also a single mom. And balancing her professional and private lives is never easy. For more information about her first murder, see a synopsis of the book, below.

Having spent the last seven years in Texas, Border Patrol Agent Peyton Cote is returning home to northern Maine, hoping it will be a safer environment for her young son.

But the criminal element has turned what was once a quiet corner of the country into an illicit trade route … and there's no telling what they'll do to protect their interests.

When Peyton finds a baby abandoned in a frozen field near the border, she's pulled into a deadly conspiracy that puts everything — her life, her career, her family — at risk.

— Bitter Crossing by D. A. Keeley

What Comes Next, A Suspense Thriller by John Katzenbach, 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, Mysterious Press …

What Comes Next by John Katzenbach

A Suspense Thriller

Publisher: Mysterious Press

Price: $1.99 (as of 08/13/2014 at 3:00 PM ET).

  

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When a retired academician witnesses a lovely young woman snatched off the street, he is unsatisfied by the police response and vows to find her on his own. She has been kidnapped and held prisoner by a married couple who have started an exclusive website, named "What Comes Next", on which viewers can watch, in real time, what befalls their victims.

What befalls the pretty teenager at the hands of the depraved couple, as thousands follow every moment of her nightmare …

— What Comes Next by John Katzenbach

Clam Wake by Mary Daheim, New in Bookstores during August 2014

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

Clam Wake by Mary Daheim

The Bed-and-Breakfast Series (29th)

Publisher: William Morrow

        

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 …

With the holidays gone and Hillside Manor almost empty, Innkeeper Judith McMonigle Flynn has a bad case of the blues. A housesitting stint at her aunt and uncle's retirement home on Whoopee Island with cousin Renie seems like the ideal pick-me-up. Surrounded by retirees in the off-season sounds peaceful and pleasant — or so the duo thinks. But it isn't long before a dead body pops up in their vicinity. Not surprising in an area full of older folks — until they learn it wasn't a bad ticker that did in the victim, but a very sharp knife. With clouds of suspicion hovering over her and Renie, Judith reluctantly begins sleuthing — if only to prove they didn't commit the crime.

But what she finds is puzzling. The victim reputedly didn't have an enemy in the world — except for the killer. Digging for clams and answers, the cousins discover that retirement can be deadly — at least among the eclectic, eccentric residents of Obsession Shores.

— Clam Wake by Mary Daheim

Extra Sensory Deception by Allison Kingsley, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during August 2014

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during August 2014 …

Extra Sensory Deception by Allison Kingsley

The Raven's Nest Series (4th)

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 …

As the owners of the Raven's Nest bookstore, cousins Stephanie and Clara Quinn are the premier booksellers in the quaint town of Finn's Harbor, Maine. But with Clara's inherited ability to read minds and see the future, she's also the premier crime solver …

You don't have to be a psychic to know: The rodeo is coming to town! Clara's boyfriend, Rick Sanders, invites her to the show to meet his high school buddy and expert calf roper, Wes Carlton. But when Clara's Quinn Sense offers her a disturbing vision involving a rodeo clown, she worries that there will be more danger at the rodeo than just the traditional bucking bronco.

Of course, her premonition turns out to be accurate, and a dead body is discovered behind the concert stage, strangled by Wes's piggin' string. Rick is sure that there's no way Wes could have murdered anyone, but he's going to need Clara's Quinn Sense to keep the authorities from roping the wrong suspect …

— Extra Sensory Deception by Allison Kingsley

Changelings, A Castlemere Detectives Mystery by Jo Bannister, 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, Minotaur Books …

Changelings by Jo Bannister

A Castlemere Detectives Mystery (7th in series)

Publisher: Minotaur Books

Price: $1.99 (as of 08/13/2014 at 1:00 PM ET).

  

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The town of Castlemere is under siege. Someone is making very dangerous — and convincing — threats to destroy the city if it doesn't come up with a ransom of one million pounds. Now time is Castlemere's enemy-it seems the town's bells are tolling not for the passage of time but of people.

With the casualty rate rising, the pressure is on Detective Superintendent Frank Shapiro to catch the blackmailing killer. But the mastermind slips through his fingers just as these precious hours slip through Castlemere's. Along with her professional troubles, Detective Inspector Liz Graham finds she has problems of her own. Panic in the town is at the boiling point when someone suggests her gentle art teacher husband is to blame, and her world begins to crumble. To make matters worse, her sergeant, Cal Donovan, disappears from his autumnal cruise into the watery wastes of the Castlemere Levels. Cal's deserted boat has been located near the tine village of East Beekham, a flyspeck on the map where no one is quite what he seems.

Then again, since the gentle have turned violent and the peaceful turned accusatory, nothing in the entire region is what it seems …

— Changelings by Jo Bannister