Boredom is Deadly by Jackson Marlow is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature …

Boredom is Deadly by Jackson Marlow

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Pulp21

… as today's second free mystery ebook.

  

This title was listed for free as of August 29, 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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Life shifts from boredom to murder for young, Gillian Crawford, a rich, gorgeous resident of Boca Grande, the quaint, resort village on Gasparilla Island in Southwest Florida. With its beautiful, white powdered beaches, crystal clear blue waters, and trophy size fighting tarpon, the barrier island is the quintessential getaway spot for those seeking peace and quiet, until murder and mayhem strike — then everyone's a suspect.

Gillian, recently employed by a CIA sponsored think tank, has returned home on leave. Her parents, mistaken targets of island drug runners, are deceased. Her closest relative is a reclusive billionaire, Jonathan Alistair Cromwell, owner of the colossal, five star Boca Grande Hotel. Transitioning from clandestine role playing to idyllic island life has been a challenge. She is bored. Her Mensa worthy IQ partly to blame. The town folk have pegged her as eccentric and detached. Her circle of friends is small: Sam Mitchell, the sheriff and ex-boyfriend; Hadley Stevenson, senior chef at the hotel and gadget guru; Father Francis Flannigan, the local priest and keeper of secrets; and new resident and father figure, Solomon Crawford. Neither Solomon nor Gillian like to talk about their past, which suits them both just fine. But when his catches up with him, she is targeted too. Suddenly her uncle's hotel is a hotbed for international guests, as Russian mobsters, Islamic extremists, Neo-Nazis, and a tall, dark, handsome stranger, all check in. Each on the hunt for what Solomon absconded with years ago: pink diamonds and a birdcage of enriched ore, enough for a dirty bomb or two.

Caught up in a ring of espionage and intrigue, Gillian must stay one step ahead if she's going to catch Solomon's killer. And then there's the treasure. What's an island without treasure?

— Boredom is Deadly by Jackson Marlow

Hollywood Blood by M. Z. Kelly is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature …

Hollywood Blood by M. Z. Kelly

A Hollywood Alphabet Series Thriller

Publisher: M. Z. Kelly

… as today's free mystery ebook.

  

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If you think you've got problems, meet LAPD cop, Kate Sexton. She's just been promoted to the department's elite Robbery Homicide Division, along with her canine partner, Bernie, a first for the homicide unit. But things immediately go downhill when a famous singer's manager is shot and killed during one of Kate's mother's psychic séances. While Kate tries to balance her troubled relationship with her mother and an ex-cop, things get even crazier when the killer strikes again … and again … and then targets those closest to the investigation.

As she tracks the killer, things turn even more bizarre when Kate learns the suspect in the homicides is the leader of a blood thirsty cult out for revenge. To make matters worse, Bernie's sexual wanderlust is out of control, her best friend Natalie meddles in the case, and Kate's boss thinks she's leaking details about the murders to the press.

— Hollywood Blood by M. Z. Kelly

Raven Stole the Moon by Garth Stein is Today's Kobo Daily Deal

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature Raven Stole the Moon by Garth Stein as today's Kobo Daily Deal.

The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Friday, August 29, 2014, and has been price-matched by Amazon.com.

Raven Stole the Moon by Garth Stein

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Harper

Price: $1.99 (as of 08/29/2014 at 6:40 AM ET).

    

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When Jenna Rosen abandons her comfortable Seattle life to visit Wrangell, Alaska, it's a wrenching return to her past. The hometown of her Native American grandmother, Wrangell is located near the Thunder Bay Resort, where Jenna's young son, Bobby, disappeared two years before. His body was never recovered, and Jenna is determined to lay to rest the aching mystery of his death.

But whispers of ancient legends begin to suggest a frightening new possibility about Bobby's fate, and Jenna must sift through the beliefs of her ancestors, the Tlingit, who still tell of powerful, menacing forces at work in the Alaskan wilderness. Armed with nothing but a mother's protective instincts, Jenna's quest for the truth behind her son's disappearance is about to pull her into a terrifying and life-changing abyss.

— Raven Stole the Moon by Garth Stein

Murder at the Breakers by Alyssa Maxwell is Today's Kindle Daily Deal

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature Murder at the Breakers by Alyssa Maxwell as today's Kindle Daily Deal.

The deal price of $2.99 is valid only for today, Friday, August 29, 2014.

Murder at the Breakers by Alyssa Maxwell

An Emma Cross, Gilded Newport Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Kensington

Price: $2.99 (as of 08/29/2014 at 6:10 AM ET).

  

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As the nineteenth century comes to a close, the illustrious Vanderbilt family dominates Newport, Rhode Island, high society. But when murder darkens a glittering affair at the Vanderbilt summer home, reporter Emma Cross learns that sometimes the actions of the cream of society can curdle one's blood …

Newport, Rhode Island, August 1895: She may be a less well-heeled relation, but as second cousin to millionaire patriarch Cornelius Vanderbilt, twenty-one-year-old Emma Cross is on the guest list for a grand ball at the Breakers, the Vanderbilts' summer home. She also has a job to do — report on the event for the society page of the Newport Observer.

But Emma observes much more than glitz and gaiety when she witnesses a murder. The victim is Cornelius Vanderbilt's financial secretary, who plunges off a balcony faster than falling stock prices. Emma's black sheep brother Brady is found in Cornelius's bedroom passed out next to a bottle of bourbon and stolen plans for a new railroad line. Brady has barely come to before the police have arrested him for the murder. But Emma is sure someone is trying to railroad her brother and resolves to find the real killer at any cost.

— Murder at the Breakers by Alyssa Maxwell

Today's Mystery and Suspense Update from Big Fish Games (140829)

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

• The New Release is Mystery Trackers: Blackrow's Secret (Collector's Edition).

• The Daily Deal is The Curse of the Ring, 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 — Labor Day Sale: All games are Two for the Price of One! Use coupon code LABOR for Collector's Edition games and use coupon code DAY for Standard games. Offer valid through September 1st, 2014 only until 11:59 PM PT.

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

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The New Release is Mystery Trackers: Blackrow's Secret (Collector's Edition)

It's been two hundred years since the plague swept through here … Authorities quarantined the area around Blackrow Mansion, and it hasn't been opened since. But now, an up-and-coming starlet is receiving strange threats that have drawn her straight to the quarantine zone. What is hiding behind the rusted gates of the Forbidden District? Play innovative new mini-games and explore gorgeous hidden-object puzzles as you track down the truth behind Blackrow's secret!

This is a special Collector's Edition release full of exclusive extras you won't find in the standard version, including: Uncover a new secret in the bonus game; Wallpapers and concept art; Music tracks; and an Available Strategy Guide.

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

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Today's Daily Deal is The Curse of the Ring

Go on a fun adventure in Barbados! After trying on a cursed ring, you must now find 6 stolen treasures or pay the ultimate price! Cap'n J. Flint has cursed the so-called prophecy ring and sends you out to find the treasures taken by the mutineers. Explore gorgeous Hidden Object scenes and try to survive the curse of the ring!

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

Also available for this game:

• Get the Strategy Guide.
• Check out the Blog Walkthrough.

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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.

Review: Cat on a Cold Tin Roof by Mike Resnick

A Mysterious Review of Cat on a Cold Tin Roof by Mike Resnick. An Eli Paxton Mystery.

Review summary: This third in series mystery starts strong with an interesting premise, but then takes its time resolving the case of the missing cat. Though the story moves along briskly, not much happens between the opening and closing chapters. A nice, quick, generally enjoyable read, but not altogether memorable. (Click here for text of full review.)

Our rating:

Cat on a Cold Tin Roof
Mike Resnick
An Eli Paxton Mystery
Seventh Street Books (August 2014)

Publisher synopsis: Hard-luck gumshoe Eli Paxton is hired to find a missing cat — a very important cat, it turns out, because its collar is studded with diamonds worth a small fortune. What starts as a routine search of animal shelters soon becomes a perilous journey through a murky underworld. The woman who hired Paxton is the wealthy widow of a recently murdered financial adviser with an alias and mobster ties.

Paxton finds the cat, but not the collar. Eventually, he's forced to unravel an intricate plot involving a Bolivian drug cartel. On top of all this, the temperamental widow is more likely to throw things at Paxton than pay him for his services.

As he turns up one clue after another, leading him ever deeper into a treacherous maze, Paxton hopes, first, to survive, and then to make enough money to afford a new transmission for his broken-down car.

        

Deadly Debut, A Mystery Anthology by Clare Toohey, Editor, 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, Glenmere Press …

Deadly Debut by Clare Toohey, Editor

A Mystery Anthology

Publisher: Glenmere Press

Price: $0.99 (as of 08/28/2014 at 5:00 PM ET).

  

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It's curtains for Gotham in this anthology, taking the first bow in the Murder New York Style series. Written by members of the New York/Tri-State chapter of Sisters in Crime, these twisted tales reveal New York City's dramatic and dark underbelly.

In these pages, a Bronx teen steeped in Poe confronts a tormentor; on Manhattan's Upper East Side, a recovering alcoholic sweeps up deadly secrets (an Agatha Award nominee for Best Short Story); and in post-war Queens, a gutsy lie shatters lives. From a Brooklyn nanny's street smarts to a small grocer's grit, from a nightclub's belly dancers to a P.I. reared on jive, the characters in these mysteries will have you cheering.

Selected from the Chapter's first anthology, these urban short stories offer bites of action-packed murder and mystery that range in tone from fun to dark and in genre from cozy to noir. The amateur sleuths, police officers, private investigators, and female protagonists who grapple with crime in these pages are richly drawn and engagingly authentic.

— Deadly Debut by Clare Toohey, Editor

New This Week: A Hidden Element, The Element Trilogy by Donna Galanti

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 …

A Hidden Element by Donna Galanti

The Element Trilogy (2nd in series)

Publisher: Imajin Books

Price: $3.99 (as of 08/28/2014 at 4:30 PM ET).

  

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Evil lurks within…

When Caleb Madroc is used against his will as part of his father's plan to breed a secret alien community and infiltrate society with their unique powers, he vows to save his oppressed people and the two children kept from him.

Seven years later, Laura and Ben Fieldstone's son is abducted, and they are forced to trust a madman's son who puts his life on the line to save them all. The enemy's desire to own them — or destroy them — leads to a survival showdown.

Laura and Ben must risk everything to defeat a new nemesis that wants to rule the world with their son, and Caleb may be their only hope — if he survives. But must he sacrifice what he most desires to do so?

— A Hidden Element by Donna Galanti

The Hitwoman and the 7 Cops, The Confessions of a Slightly Neurotic Hitwoman by J. B. Lynn, 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 author …

The Hitwoman and the 7 Cops by J. B. Lynn

The Confessions of a Slightly Neurotic Hitwoman (7th in series)

Publisher: J. B. Lynn

Price: $0.99 (as of 08/28/2014 at 4:00 PM ET).

  

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All reluctant hitwoman Maggie Lee really wants is to have a calm, normal life.

She doesn't want to go around killing people for money. She doesn't want her sister to be terrified of her ex-pimp. She doesn't want her Dad to disappear from the Witness Protection program.

But Maggie rarely gets what she wants. Instead, she finds herself trying to keep everyone out of trouble.

With the help of her ragtag team of supporters: her semi-psychic friend, a handsome, charming con man, her almost-lover cop/hitman mentor, her curious Southern Belle cat, her haughty lizard, and her sweet, but dumb Doberman, Maggie does her best to stay a step ahead of Law Enforcement, while helping those she loves.

​But will Maggie end up being the one who needs to be saved?

— The Hitwoman and the 7 Cops by J. B. Lynn

The Danger Game by Kevin Brooks, a New Travis Delaney Mystery

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

The Danger Game by Kevin Brooks

Series: Travis Delaney

Publisher: Macmillan

Format(s): Paperback, eBook

Recommended for Apprentice Sleuths, Ages 13 and older

  

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

Fourteen-year-old Travis Delaney is trying to get his life back on track following the crash that killed his parents last summer. The police called it an accident, but Travis knows better. His parents were on to something, and whatever they were investigating … ended with their murder.

Since Travis's Grandad took over Delaney and Co, things have finally started to look up. But when his private investigation partner, Courtney, is attacked following a routine inquiry into a local business, Travis can't help but get involved, even though he's supposed to be focusing on his own investigation into thefts at school. But what he discovers draws him into more danger than he ever could have imagined.

Tangled up in a web of gang warfare, dirty police and secret organisations, Travis needs to find a way out. But at the heart of it all is a traitor. Someone close to Travis. Someone he's supposed to trust.

But trust is a dangerous thing.

— The Danger Game by Kevin Brooks

Fatal Brushstroke, An Aurora Anderson Mystery by Sybil Johnson, New This Week from Henery Press

Henery Press — the place to be for mystery — publishes books in the mystery/suspense genre focused on engaging stories with sharp twists and lively characters.

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

Fatal Brushstroke by Sybil Johnson

An Aurora Anderson Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Henery Press

Price: $2.99 (as of 08/28/2014 at 3:00 PM ET).

  

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A dead body in her garden and a homicide detective on her doorstep …

Computer programmer and tole-painting enthusiast Aurora (Rory) Anderson doesn't envision finding either when she steps outside to investigate the frenzied yipping coming from her own backyard. After all, she lives in Vista Beach, a quiet California beach community where violent crime is rare and murder even rarer.

Suspicion falls on Rory when the body buried in her flowerbed turns out to be someone she knows — her tole painting teacher, Hester Bouquet. Just two weekends before, Rory attended one of Hester's weekend painting seminars, an unpleasant experience she vowed never to repeat. As evidence piles up against Rory, she embarks on a quest to identify the killer and clear her name. Can Rory unearth the truth before she encounters her own brush with death?

— Fatal Brushstroke by Sybil Johnson

Strange Shores by Arnaldur Indridason, New in Bookstores during August 2014

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

Strange Shores by Arnaldur Indridason

A Reykjavik Murder Mystery (11th in series)

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 …

A young woman disappears from the frozen fjords of Iceland. In her wake, this woman has left a tempest of lies, betrayal and revenge.

Decades later, somewhere in the same wilderness, Detective Erlendur is on the hunt. He is looking for the missing woman but also for his long-lost brother, whose disappearance in a snowstorm when they were children has coloured his entire life. Slowly, the past begins to surrender its secrets.

But as Erlendur uncovers a story about the limits of human endurance, he realizes that many people would prefer their crimes to stay buried.

— Strange Shores by Arnaldur Indridason

The Ghost of Christmas Past, A Honey Driver Mystery by Jean G. Goodhind, New This Week from Accent Press

Accent Press is a dynamic publishing company, and produces a wide range of fiction and non-fiction titles.

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

The Ghost of Christmas Past by Jean G. Goodhind

A Honey Driver Mystery (8th in series)

Publisher: Accent Press

Price: $2.99 (as of 08/28/2014 at 1:30 PM ET).

  

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It's a Dickensian Christmas in Bath; frost lies thick on the ground and white mist drifts through the narrow alleys.

The Green River Hotel is hosting the very last office Christmas party of the season. The employees of the firm arrive and seem shell shocked that their miserly employer, frequently referred to as Scrooge, has paid for everything. How come the change of heart? They never get the chance to ask because old "Scrooge" doesn't turn up for the party. A deadly deed has been done, and it's up to Honey Driver and her darling DCI Doherty to solve the Christmas caper.

— The Ghost of Christmas Past by Jean G. Goodhind

Undercover in High Heels, A Maddie Springer, High Heels Mystery by Gemma Halliday, 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, Gemma Halliday …

Undercover in High Heels by Gemma Halliday

A Maddie Springer, High Heels Mystery (3rd in series)

Publisher: Gemma Halliday

Price: $0.99 (as of 08/28/2014 at 1:00 PM ET).

  

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Secret affairs, hunky gardeners, and housewives desperate enough to bare it all … welcome to Magnolia Lane, TV's hottest new prime time show. A place where L.A. shoe designer Maddie Springer should be in fashion heaven. That is until the body of a rising young starlet is found dead on the show's set.

Now it's up to Maddie to sift through a leading lady with a secret, an actor on the verge of a nervous breakdown, a sexy cyber scandal, and one tabloid reporter who'll stop at nothing to get the story of the century. Not to mention Maddie's hot-cold relationship with the case's familiar lead detective, Jack Ramirez.

In a world where secrets, lies, and deception can earn you an Oscar, Maddie plays the role of a lifetime to catch Hollywood's hottest killer. But if she doesn't watch her step, Maddie's fifteen minutes of fame just may be her last.

— Undercover in High Heels by Gemma Halliday

New This Week: Deadfall, A Ryan Moar Mystery by Michael D. Hartley

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 …

Deadfall by Michael D. Hartley

A Ryan Moar Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Abbott Press

Price: $3.99 (as of 08/28/2014 at 12:30 PM ET).

  

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A giant, ancient statue of Buddha is blown to pieces in Afghanistan, and there is one man to blame: terrorist Habib Khadr. Following this magnificent display of his power, Habib is quiet for decades until he surfaces again in Mexico. He has successfully evaded Interpol, and he now plans to cross the Sierra Madre Plateau into America.

Habib leaves a trail of murders in his wake, but he arrives in North Dakota, where he is reunited with his notoriously powerful wife. Together, they form a plot to rescue their son from Americanization and destroy Mount Rushmore. Meanwhile, private investigators — and spouses — Ryan Moar and Joanne Sutter have their own problems.

They investigate a young man named Moe Fouzi, who is about to marry an American heiress, although his intentions are not clear. Moe is not who he appears to be, and their investigation soon takes the detectives into the bloody path of Habib Khadr. Now, in the Black Hills of South Dakota, Ryan and Joanne must fight to save America's most prized monument and their own lives.

— Deadfall by Michael D. Hartley