Deadly Ties by Susan Holmes is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature …

Deadly Ties by Susan Holmes

A Waterside Kennels Mystery

Publisher: Elderstone Press

… as today's free mystery ebook.

  

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Come to a place haunted by legends … where the search for treasure just might lead to murder …

Come to the hills of the Ozarks and meet Maggie Porter and her dogs — a champion Labrador Retriever, an aging Cocker Spaniel, and a Beagle retired from federal service. Maggie has returned home to reopen the family dog kennel business, where she's plagued by problems from the start. Serious trouble arises when a gossip-loving employee turns up dead holding an heirloom locket belonging to Maggie's mother.

More trouble arrives in the shape of anonymous threats and mysterious break-ins. And when a security crisis puts everything she loves at risk, Maggie realizes somebody doesn't want Waterside back in business.

As the region sizzles in record heat, a "Treasure of the Ozarks" campaign disrupts her quest for answers even as it breathes new life into old tales and brings out tourists and treasure hunters alike. With her loyal dogs at her side, Maggie must dig for the truth behind the violence. Along the way, she learns that everyone has something to hide — and some secrets are worth killing for.

— Deadly Ties by Susan Holmes

The Bone Thief by Jefferson Bass is Today's Kobo Daily Deal

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature The Bone Thief by Jefferson Bass as today's Kobo Daily Deal.

The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Tuesday, August 26, 2014, and has been price-matched by Amazon.com.

The Bone Thief by Jefferson Bass

A Bill Brockton, Body Farm Mystery (5th in series)

Publisher: HarperCollins

Price: $1.99 (as of 08/26/2014 at 6:40 AM ET).

    

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It seems a routine case for Dr. Bill Brockton, the exhumation of a body to obtain a bone sample for a DNA paternity test. But a shocking discovery awaits Brockton and his colleagues when the coffin is opened: the corpse inside has been horribly violated. The grisly find embroils the Body Farm's founder in a dangerous investigation into a flourishing black market in body parts, as Brockton is recruited for an FBI sting to bring down a postmortem chop shop — using corpses from the Body Farm as bait.

But as he descends deeper into a ghoulish empire on the trail of a ruthless grave robber, Brockton faces a devastating choice that could compromise the investigation and place him in even graver peril. And for the sake of a damaged friend — a medical examiner who has lost his hands — Brockton may be forced to risk his principles, his freedom … and even his life.

— The Bone Thief by Jefferson Bass

Uniform Justice by Donna Leon is Today's Kindle Daily Deal

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature Uniform Justice by Donna Leon as today's Kindle Daily Deal.

The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Tuesday, August 26, 2014.

Uniform Justice by Donna Leon

A Guido Brunetti Mystery (12th in series)

Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press

Price: $1.99 (as of 08/26/2014 at 6:10 AM ET).

  

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Venetian detective Commissario Guido Brunetti is called to investigate a parent's worst nightmare. A young cadet has been found hanged, a presumed suicide, in Venice's elite military academy. Brunetti's sorrow for the boy, so close in age to his own son, is rivaled only by his contempt for a community that is more concerned with protecting the reputation of the school, and its privileged students, than understanding this tragedy.

The young man is the son of a doctor and former politician, a man of an impeccable integrity all too rare in Italian politics. Dr. Moro is clearly and understandably devastated by his son's death; but while both he and his apparently estranged wife seem convinced that the boy's death could not have been suicide, neither appears eager to talk to the police or involve Brunetti in any investigation of the circumstances in which he died.

As Brunetti pursues his inquiry, he is faced with a wall of silence. Is the military protecting its own? And what of the other witnesses? Is this the natural reluctance of Italians to involve themselves with the authorities, or is Brunetti facing a conspiracy far greater than this one death?

— Uniform Justice by Donna Leon

Today's Mystery and Suspense Update from Big Fish Games (140826)

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

• The New Release is Statue of Liberty: The Lost Symbol.

• The current Catch of the Week is Deadly Voltage: Rise of the Invincible, just $2.99 through Sunday, August 31, 2014 only.

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

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The New Release is Statue of Liberty: The Lost Symbol

The iconic flame of the Statue of Liberty has disappeared! Play as FBI special agent Susan Pierce and travel to Liberty Island to clear up the disappearance of one of the most important symbols of the United States! With Ranger Cooper's help, you'll have to resolve this mysterious affair and uncover its perpetrators. As your search progresses, you'll unveil old secrets that the island is concealing. Explore the island, discover secret rooms and piece together the course of events to bring the truth to light!

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 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.

Ekahi, A Holly St. James Mystery by Georgette Livingston, 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 …

Ekahi by Georgette Livingston

A Holly St. James Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Thomas & Mercer

Price: $1.99 (as of 08/25/2014 at 4:30 PM ET).

  

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This is the first book (of six) in this series of romantic mysteries. All are titled after the Hawaiian word for the number of the book in the series.

— Ekahi by Georgette Livingston

Consequential Damages, A Legal Thriller by Joseph Hayes, 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, Shadowpoint Publishing …

Consequential Damages by Joseph Hayes

A Legal Thriller

Publisher: Shadowpoint Publishing

Price: $0.99 (as of 08/25/2014 at 4:00 PM ET).

  

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Rick Black and Jake McShane are former law school classmates with very different approaches to life and the law. Rick is a brilliant, ultracompetitive trial lawyer who believes winning is everything. He openly mocks the legal system, claiming that a lawyer who is a great storyteller can fool a jury every time. He is determined to exploit that weakness in our system, regardless of the havoc that wreaks on innocent lives.

When an upstanding pillar of the community is victimized by Rick's unscrupulous tactics, Jake is determined to bring his former classmate to justice — if he can do so without sacrificing his own integrity. Their approaches, skills and convictions are put to the test when they clash as opposing counsel in a high-stakes class action lawsuit.

Dirty tricks, intimidation, intrigue — even homicide — become part of the backdrop as the litigation unfolds.

— Consequential Damages by Joseph Hayes

The Bullet-Catcher's Daughter by Rod Duncan, a New 1st in Series Mystery Introducing Elizabeth Barnabus

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) …

The Bullet-Catcher's Daughter by Rod Duncan

Elizabeth Barnabus (1st in series)

Publisher: Angry Robot

  

What we know about the character: Elizabeth Barnabus lives a double life — as herself and as her brother, the private detective. For more information about her first investigation, see a synopsis of the book, below.

Elizabeth is trying to solve the mystery of a disappearing aristocrat and a hoard of arcane machines. In her way stand the rogues, freaks and self-proclaimed alchemists of a travelling circus.

But when she comes up against an agent of the all-powerful Patent Office, her life and the course of history will begin to change. And not necessarily for the better …

— The Bullet-Catcher's Daughter by Rod Duncan

Lowcountry Bribe, A Carolina Slade Mystery by C. Hope Clark, 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 …

Lowcountry Bribe by C. Hope Clark

A Carolina Slade Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Bell Bridge Books

Price: $1.99 (as of 08/25/2014 at 3:00 PM ET).

  

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A killer wants to make certain she buys the farm …

Threats, a missing boss, a very dead co-worker, a high-level investigation and a sinister hog farmer: Lowcountry Ag Department manager Carolina Slade is a bean-counting civil servant in hot water. Carolina Slade is a by-the-book county manager for the Department of Agriculture-a civil servant who coordinates federal loans for farmers in the coastal lowcountry of South Carolina.

When one of her clients, a hog farmer named Jessie Rawlings, offers her a bribe, Slade reports Jessie to her superiors. The next thing she knows, she's besieged by Resident Agent-In-Charge Wayne Largo from the Feds' IG Office in Atlanta. He and his partner have come to investigate Slade's accusations, and if possible catch Jessie in the act of handing over money.

However, the IG isn't telling Slade everything. The agents are also investigating the disappearance of Slade's boss the year before in connection to possible land fraud. And when the sting on Jessie goes bad, the case is put on hold and Wayne is called back to Atlanta, leaving Slade to fear not only for her life and job, but for her childrens' safety.

— Lowcountry Bribe by C. Hope Clark

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

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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