Inspector Colbeck's Casebook by Edward Marston, New in Bookstores during August 2014

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

Inspector Colbeck's Casebook by Edward Marston

The Robert Colbeck, Railway Detective Short Stories Series (1st)

Publisher: Allison & Busby

        

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 …

In this thrilling selection of stories, a young porter is found dead in a coal tub; Colbeck devises a trap to catch a thief; and a burnt train carriage holds a gruesome secret in a small coastal village. As Colbeck and his trusty aide Sergeant Victor Leeming begin to piece together clues and motives for each crime, it becomes clear the pair must stay a step ahead of the culprits to solve the cases. With a new suspect at every turn, can the duo unearth the real villains?

Including "The End of the Line" and "The Barber of Ravenglass", jealousy, vengeance and duplicity all collide in this supercharged anthology, proving once again, that Inspector Colbeck is the master of mysteries.

— Inspector Colbeck's Casebook by Edward Marston

Death Flies on Final, A Beckmann Family Mystery by Jackie Lewin, 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 present the following title, now available at a special price courtesy of the publisher, Thomas & Mercer …

Death Flies on Final by Jackie Lewin

A Beckmann Family Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: Thomas & Mercer

Price: $1.99 (as of 08/25/2014 at 1:30 PM ET).

  

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What was the owner of a small-town FBO doing draped across the top of his brand-new cadillac-shot through the heart? That's what Grace and Albert Beckmann wondered as they flew their Piper Turbo Arrow in for a quick fuel stop, and found instead a murder.

The victim, James Delacroix, was a man everyone loved to hate: the partners he cheated, the children he mistreated, the women he used. And why was he wearing a ring that had disappeared in war-torn Europe over fifty years before?

The Beckmanns would have been happy to let someone else solve the crime, but fate intervened. At least, the murder gave their sons, Spence and Paul, a chance to prove themselves at everything from cyberspace to skid row survival.

— Death Flies on Final by Jackie Lewin

Mother's Day Out, A Margie Peterson Mystery by Karen MacInerney, 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 present the following title, now available at a special price courtesy of the publisher, Thomas & Mercer …

Mother's Day Out by Karen MacInerney

A Margie Peterson Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Thomas & Mercer

Price: $1.99 (as of 08/25/2014 at 1:00 PM ET).

Read our review of this book on Mysterious Reviews.

  

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Margie Peterson is a typical stay-at-home mom until she trades dishes for detective work to become Austin's least likely PI. Soon she's knee-deep in cheating husbands, transvestites, and trouble …

With a husband who works long hours trying to make partner and two rambunctious kids that are running her ragged, Margie Peterson is like any other worn-out suburban mom. When she decides to take a job as a PI for a seedy local detective agency, everything changes. It doesn't take long for Margie to get in over her head: her first day on the job she totals her minivan, mistakenly enters a drag contest, and winds up in the bathroom with a dead transvestite. But when Margie finds her home number in the victim's phone, things really start to get interesting.

— Mother's Day Out by Karen MacInerney

The Freezer, A Tanner Sequence Novel by Timothy S. Johnston, New This Week from Carina Press

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.

We've selected one of their recently published titles to feature here today …

The Freezer by Timothy S. Johnston

A Tanner Sequence Novel (2nd in series)

Publisher: Carina Press

Price: $2.99 (as of 08/25/2014 at 12:30 PM ET).

  

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2402 AD: CCF homicide investigator Kyle Tanner and his girlfriend are on their way to Pluto, en route to a new life together. Just one little death to check out in the asteroid belt first. But when you're as tangled up in conspiracy as Tanner is, a few hours on a case can change your life. Or end it.

The mystery is a strange one — one man dead, a cryptic message his dying breath. Still, Tanner's ready to wrap it up until another gruesome murder shakes him to his core. The discovery of a microscopic bomb near his own heart offers the first faint clue, but the clock is ticking. He has four days …

A desperate search for answers takes Tanner to The Freezer, an isolated facility on one of Jupiter's moons. With anti-CCF dissidents targeting the facility, a team of scientists conducting experiments the military would rather remain hidden, and a mysterious man in white hunting him on the ice, Tanner will have to choose his allies carefully. Putting his faith in the wrong person will leave him bleeding out in seconds.

— The Freezer by Timothy S. Johnston

Please Welcome Back Crime Novelist G. R. Case

with G. R. Case

We are delighted to welcome back crime novelist G. R. Case to Omnimystery News.

Earlier this month we featured an excerpt from G. R.'s debut thriller 30 Days (Cool Blue Books; April 2014 trade paperback and ebook formats), and last week we had the opportunity to talk with him a little more about it.

Today G. R. tells us what storytelling means to him.

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Photo provided courtesy of
G. R. Case

I know I will never win a Grammy Award for a heart-felt song, nor will I ever become world-renown for painting a masterpiece on canvas. I have a different type of gift that allows me to see, hear, and feel the struggles and triumphs of characters in various situations.

The art of storytelling is as old as humanity itself, whereby, it has been conducted orally to disseminate a vital cultural heritage from one generation to the next, or it is expressed through the written word. It is a privilege and honor to be able to share with readers a story that has been crafted from a vision, outline, rough draft, and finished book. Like readers, I get a chance to see characters go through a "roller-coaster" ride on the emotional spectrum. Sometimes I just want to say to the characters, "Don't do it!" However, as a novelist, I have to remain true to my craft and don't intervene with a character's journey. After all, I am only a scribe documenting a character's action as it unfolds.

I am fine with not winning a Grammy Award or not being a painter, but after years of writing many novels, maybe one day I'll carve out my place in history.

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G. R. Case resides just outside of the Chicago area with his family. His passion is crafting every story by taking the reader on a journey into the minds of vast characters. In addition to storytelling, he enjoys following his favorite Chicago sports teams. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice and a Masters of Arts in Sociology.

For more information about the author, please visit his website at GRCase.com or find him on Facebook and Twitter.

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30 Days
G. R. Case
A Crime Thriller

Vengeance is due …

Marcus Freling is a military veteran working as a mail carrier enjoying life. His pride and joy is his thirteen-year-old niece. Innocence is lost when her young life is snuffed out by a senseless random drive-by shooting in Harlem, NY. Over the next several months, Marcus's sorrow turns to anger. Anger gives way for a yearning to inflict vengeance on Troy, the drug dealer, whom fired the kill shot. Troy is questioned by Detective Rodgers about the murder but is released due to lack of evidence.

Marcus lurks in the shadows of Troy's existence, fiendishly watching his every move over the next year. He kidnaps Troy and holds him hostage in a secluded farmhouse in the Catskill Mountains. He heaps unrelenting torture upon Troy over the next thirty days. He insanely serves as the defense attorney, prosecutor, and judge at Troy's mock trial in a barn behind the house. Rodgers uncovers Marcus's plot and ventures into the mountains to stop him. Will he get there before it is too late?

        

The Gourmet Detective by Peter King is Today's Open Road Daily Deal

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature The Gourmet Detective by Peter King as today's Open Road Daily Deal.

The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Monday, August 25, 2014.

The Gourmet Detective by Peter King

A Raymond Lefebvre, Gourmet Detective Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Open Road

Price: $1.99 (as of 08/25/2014 at 7:50 AM ET).

  

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Within the inner circle of haute cuisine, a detective witnesses a delectable murder …

They call him the gourmet detective; the only thing sharper than his mind is his palate. When chefs need a rare ingredient, an ancient wine, or simply a new idea to gain that extra Michelin-star boost, they come to the detective's cozy London office and plead for his help. For top-notch cooking, he is always happy to lend his taste buds to the cause.

Now Raymond Lefebvre, executive chef at one of London's finest French restaurants, has asked for the detective's help with a bit of kitchen espionage. Lefebvre's crosstown rival is winning international accolades cooking a dish called Oiseau Royal, and Lefebvre wants the recipe. Getting it takes the detective deep into the Circle of Careme, where the most elite chefs in Britain gather to swap recipes, techniques, and gossip. But when the chefs of Careme start to die, the detective starts to salivate. There is no finer appetizer than murder.

— The Gourmet Detective by Peter King

Death Turns a Trick by Julie Smith is Today's Third Featured Free MystereBook

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature …

Death Turns a Trick by Julie Smith

A Rebecca Schwartz Mystery

Publisher: booksBnimble

… as today's third free mystery ebook. This is a repeat freebie that was last featured on our site on June 12, 2013.

  

This title was listed for free as of August 25, 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.

Rebecca Schwartz, nice Jewish lawyer with a few too many fantasies, is happily playing the piano in a whorehouse when she suddenly finds herself assigned to make sure a near-naked state senator escapes a police raid. That dirty job done, a lovely evening turns even more delightful when she's picked up by the cops and spends the next two hours at the Hall of Justice. Could this day get any worse? Of course! Guess who arrives home to find a dead hooker on her living room floor?

Handsome Parker Phillips, Rebecca's new beau and the most attractive man she's met in ages, is arrested for the murder. (Worse, she suspects he might actually have done it.)

On the plus side, another very attractive man is following the case — reporter Rob Burns of the San Francisco Chronicle, a possible ally. And there are other possibilities.

— Death Turns a Trick by Julie Smith

Night of Shadows by Marilyn Haddrill and Doris Holmes is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature …

Night of Shadows by Marilyn Haddrill and Doris Holmes

A Novel of Romantic Suspense

Publisher: Sagecrest Publishing

… as today's second free mystery ebook. This is a repeat freebie that was last featured on our site on November 11, 2012.

  

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More on today's free book, below.

Her sister, Joan, has been missing for more than a week and this time Melinda Bailey is really worried. True, her sister has always been a bit impulsive and flighty, but it is not like her to go off without a suitcase, without even a word to her husband, Preston. When Melinda wants to come out to New Mexico to help search for her, Preston says no. And that makes Melinda worry even more. Could he be involved in Joan's disappearance?

Ignoring his protests, Melinda hops the next flight out of Atlanta, then rents a truck to drive out to Sacramento Ranch. Bad weather makes her lose her way, though, and she nearly drowns in the flood waters. She owes her life to Mac McClure, Joan's brother-in-law, who pulls her to safety. After a rocky start, they become friends … with potential. But can she trust him? Melinda is certain that Joan did not walk off on her own. Something scandalous is casting a shadow over the ranch. Can she unravel the plot in time to save her sister — and herself?

— Night of Shadows by Marilyn Haddrill and Doris Holmes

Jazz Funeral by Julie Smith is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature …

Jazz Funeral by Julie Smith

A Skip Langdon Mystery

Publisher: booksBnimble

… as today's free mystery ebook. This is a repeat freebie that was last featured on our site on December 13, 2012.

  

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More on today's free book, below.

Everybody loved easygoing Ham Brocato, producer of the successful New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival; even so, he ends up stabbed to death in his kitchen on the eve of the fest. Spunky New Orleans Homicide Detective Skip Langdon acquires a ready-made suspect list from the victim's live-in lover, feisty and swiftly rising star Ti-Belle Thiebaud, and sets out to solve the murder. To complicate the case, the victim's sixteen-year-old aspiring blues musician sister has disappeared, and Skip suspects that if the young woman isn't herself the murderer, she's in mortal danger from the person who is.

Skip doesn't miss much as she probes the victim's tangled relationships, including Ariel Bruge, Ham's assistant, apparently a woman scorned; his father George, enmeshed with family members in a bitter disagreement over the family's lucrative Po' Boy chain; and Patty, the distraught stepmother.

With her long-distance love, Steve Steinman, and her quirky landlord, Jimmy Dee, to assist her, Skip trails an elusive killer through a sweltering early summer in the steamy Big Easy, a lively blend of both big city and gossipy small town, in a tale of southern kinships gone awry.

— Jazz Funeral by Julie Smith

Crash by Lisa McMann is Today's Kobo Daily Deal

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature Crash by Lisa McMann as today's Kobo Daily Deal.

The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Monday, August 25, 2014, and has been price-matched by Amazon.com.

Crash by Lisa McMann

A Visions Novel (1st in series)

Publisher: Simon Pulse

Price: $1.99 (as of 08/25/2014 at 6:40 AM ET).

    

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Jules lives with her family above their restaurant, which means she smells like pizza most of the time and drives their double-meatball-shaped food truck to school. It's not a recipe for popularity, but she can handle that.

What she can't handle is the recurring vision that haunts her. Over and over, Jules sees a careening truck hit a building and explode … and nine body bags in the snow.

The vision is everywhere — on billboards, television screens, windows — and she's the only one who sees it. And the more she sees it, the more she sees. The vision is giving her clues, and soon Jules knows what she has to do. Because now she can see the face in one of the body bags, and it's someone she knows. Someone she has been in love with for as long as she can remember.

Jules has to act — and act fast — to keep her vision from becoming reality.

— Crash by Lisa McMann

Today's Mystery and Suspense Update from Big Fish Games (140825)

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

• The New Release is Lost Legends: The Weeping Woman.

• The Daily Deal is Forest Legends: The Call of Love, just $2.99 today only!

• The current Catch of the Week is Deadly Voltage: Rise of the Invincible, just $2.99 through Sunday, August 31, 2014 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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The New Release is Lost Legends: The Weeping Woman

As an investigative reporter, you travel around the globe to uncover the truth behind local legends. Next stop: Mexico! Every year, the town of San Cristobal holds a huge festival to soften the heart of the Weeping Woman — a bitter spirit who kidnapped children long ago. For many years, the children of San Cristobal slept peacefully. However, three years ago, a child went missing during the festival for real, with another child vanishing each year since! Now another child has been taken — right before your eyes! Has the Weeping Woman truly returned to take revenge? Find out in this thrilling mystery adventure!

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

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Today's Daily Deal is Forest Legends: The Call of Love

Deep in the heart of an enchanted forest, a forbidden love blooms. Guide the human Eveline as she sets out to rescue her beloved from the clutches of a tyrant, learns the truth about magic and discovers her extraordinary destiny! Epic in scope and exploring themes of love and belief, this adventure will captivate you from beginning to end!

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.

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The current Catch of the Week is Deadly Voltage: Rise of the Invincible

A mysterious force from a parallel universe wreaks havoc on a small town as a scientist fights to stop it from taking over the world! With its dazzling animation, super-charged gameplay and electrifying story, this is a hidden object adventure for all ages! Plug in today!

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

New This Week: Getting Mama Out of Hell, A Novel of Suspense by Laurie Moore

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 …

Getting Mama Out of Hell by Laurie Moore

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Five Star

Price: $3.99 (as of 08/24/2014 at 4:30 PM ET).

  

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When British visitors Elle Winthrop and her daughter Elizabeth die near DFW Airport, they learn there's life after death, and that Elle's mother is living in eternal damnation. In order to redeem a Get Out of Hell Free card, they must return to Fort Worth and convince five people to do an extraordinarily good deed in Mama's name within thirty days.

Only this time, Elle returns as Sylvester "Sly" Gooch, a twelve-year-old African-American juvenile delinquent with a colorful police history, while Elizabeth reappears as Adelaide Hollingsworth, a wealthy white octogenarian and mugging victim — and Sly's the prime robbery suspect.

When Sly discards his ankle monitor, and Addie discovers her family's scheme to take her money, the two must work together while dodging the police in a race against time.

— Getting Mama Out of Hell by Laurie Moore

The Past Came Hunting, A Novel of Suspense by Donnell Ann Bell, 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 present the following title, now available at a special price courtesy of the publisher, Bell Bridge Books …

The Past Came Hunting by Donnell Ann Bell

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Bell Bridge Books

Price: $1.99 (as of 08/24/2014 at 4:00 PM ET).

  

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Fifteen years ago a young Colorado Springs police officer arrested a teen runaway accused of aiding a convenience store robbery and attempted murder. She was innocent, but still served prison time briefly. Her testimony sent the real thief to jail for much longer.

Now she's a young widow raising a son, and the man she put in prison is free and seeking revenge. She moves to a home in a new neighborhood — then learns that her next-door neighbor is the by-the-book officer who arrested her.

Now he's a Colorado Springs P.D. Lieutenant. Like it or not, he may be the only one who can protect her and her son from the past he helped create.

— The Past Came Hunting by Donnell Ann Bell

New This Week: Death Works at Night, An Ian McBriar Mystery by Mauro Azzano

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 …

Death Works at Night by Mauro Azzano

An Ian McBriar Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: Black Opal Books

Price: $3.99 (as of 08/24/2014 at 3:30 PM ET).

  

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A phone call in the middle of the night sends a police officer on one of the most perplexing cases of his career …

Detective Sergeant Ian McBriar is called to investigate a death that seems to have no motive and an obvious suspect that has no alibi. And the deeper he goes, the darker the trail of death becomes.

Set against the backdrop of 1974 Toronto, Ian must also prove his love to the woman he has come to care about and to her son who has come to look on him as a father.

— Death Works at Night by Mauro Azzano

In Cold Blood, A Beatrix Rose Thriller by Mark Dawson, Now Available at a Special Price

Amazon Kindle Countdown Deals are limited-time discounts on Kindle-exclusive books.

Omnimystery News is pleased to present you with one of today's titles … but take advantage of this deal now as the price will go up to its digital list price soon! (See the countdown clock on the book product page to see how much time remains on this deal.)

In Cold Blood by Mark Dawson

A Beatrix Rose Thriller (1st in series)

Publisher: Unputdownable

Price: $0.99 (as of 08/24/2014 at 3:00 PM ET).

  

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Beatrix Rose was the most dangerous assassin in an off-the-books government kill squad until her former boss betrayed her. A decade later, she emerges from the Hong Kong underworld with payback on her mind. They gunned down her husband and kidnapped her daughter, and now the debt needs to be repaid. It's a blood feud she didn't start but she is going to finish.

Beatrix has already crossed one name off her Kill List. Her second target is a mercenary being held hostage by Somali terrorists. Can she infiltrate the most dangerous failed state on the planet and scrub him off the List, too?

— In Cold Blood by Mark Dawson