Relatively Guilty by William McIntyre is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature …

Relatively Guilty by William McIntyre

The Best Defense Series

Publisher: William McIntyre

… as today's second free mystery ebook.

  

This title was listed for free as of September 07, 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.

Everyone is guilty … but some are more guilty than others …

A policeman with a caved-in skull, his young wife found clutching the blood-stained murder weapon; it all looks pretty open and shut until Robbie detects the faint whiff of a defence and closes in on a witness who might cast a precious doubt on proceedings.

So why is it, the nearer he gets to the truth and a possible acquittal, that Robbie Munro's murder client becomes more and more eager to opt for a life sentence?

— Relatively Guilty by William McIntyre

A Dead Red Alibi by R. P. Dahlke is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature …

A Dead Red Alibi by R. P. Dahlke

The Dead Red Mystery Series

Publisher: Dead Bear Publishing

… as today's free mystery ebook.

  

This title was listed for free as of September 07, 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.

A successful, but reclusive young artist with a secret life. A wannabe lawman and his dotty gun-toting granddad. An abandoned mine pit, a curious dad and the local police chief found with him.

When Lalla and her dad take a trip to Arizona to inspect her new property, Dad disappears. But when Lalla enlists the help of a local tracker she's relieved to find him unharmed, but in the bottom of a mine pit. Unfortunately, he's got company — a local police chief, and it looks like he's been murdered. Then too, a young woman artist living nearby has also been murdered. What're the chances that these two murders are going to be related? Well, if you're Lalla Bains, you don't guess, you start looking for the killer!

— A Dead Red Alibi by R. P. Dahlke

Changeling by Philippa Gregory is Today's Nook Daily Find

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature Changeling by Philippa Gregory as today's Nook Daily Find.

The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Sunday, September 07, 2014.

Changeling by Philippa Gregory

An Order of Darkness Novel (1st in series)

Publisher: Simon Pulse

Price: $1.99 (as of 09/07/2014 at 6:30 AM ET).

  

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The year is 1453 and all signs point to it being the end of the world. Accused of heresy and expelled from his monastery, handsome seventeen-year-old Luca Vero is recruited by a mysterious stranger to record the end of times across Europe. Commanded by sealed orders, Luca is sent to map the fears of Christendom and travel to the very frontier of good and evil.

Seventeen-year-old Isolde, a Lady Abbess, is trapped in a nunnery to prevent her from claiming her rich inheritance. As the nuns in her care are driven mad by strange visions, walking in their sleep, and showing bleeding wounds, Luca is sent to investigate and driven to accuse her.

Forced to face the greatest fears of the dark ages — witchcraft, werewolves, madness — Luca and Isolde embark on a search for truth, their own destinies, and even love as they take the unknown ways to the real historical figure who defends the boundaries of Christendom and holds the secrets of the Order of Darkness.

— Changeling by Philippa Gregory

20 Mysteries and Thrillers by Iris Johansen is Today's Kindle Daily Deal

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature 20 Mysteries and Thrillers by Iris Johansen as today's Kindle Daily Deal.

The deal price of $2.99 each is valid only for today, Sunday, September 07, 2014. We're hightlighting a recently published suspense thriller co-written with her son Roy Johansen in this post.

Close Your Eyes by Iris Johansen and Roy Johansen

A Suspense Thriller

Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Price: $2.99 (as of 09/07/2014 at 6:10 AM ET).

  

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What you don't see … can kill you …

The FBI doesn't usually consult with music therapists to solve their cases. But Kendra Michael's astonishing powers of observation and analysis have made her a favorite of law enforcement agencies all across the country. Blind for the first twenty years of her life, she cares little for investigative work but can't deny her unique skill, or the results she's been able to facilitate. Kendra learned at an early age to become hyper-aware of her surroundings, perfecting the art of picking up the most subtle audio, olfactory, and tactile cues in the world around her. Like a secret weapon, she is in high demand.

Former FBI agent Adam Lynch, known as The Puppetmaster, has weapons of his own. He's a notorious master manipulator, skillfully handling criminals and colleagues alike to get the results he wants. Now he needs Kendra's special brand of help, but she's not interested until Lynch reveals that Agent Jeff Stedler — Kendra's ex — is missing and may have run directly into the path of a serial killer. What began as a heinous murder investigation escalates into something even larger and more frightening: a multi-million dollar conspiracy to hide a secret that's worth killing for, again and again and again.

— Close Your Eyes by Iris Johansen and Roy Johansen

Today's Mystery and Suspense Update from Big Fish Games (140907)

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

• The New Release is Labyrinths of the World: Shattered Soul (Collector's Edition).

• The Daily Deal is Awakening: The Sunhook Spire, just $2.99 today only!

• The current Catch of the Week is Spirits of Mystery: The Dark Minotaur, just $2.99 through Sunday, September 07, 2014 only.

• Today's Special Deal — End of Summer Sale! All Games Are 60% Off this weekend only! Use coupon code SUMMER at check-out to purchase any Collector's Edition game for $7.99 or use coupon code SUNSET for Standard Edition games at just $3.99. Offer valid through September 7th, 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 Labyrinths of the World: Shattered Soul (Collector's Edition)

Your sister Margaret wrote you about a strange invention. When you arrive to visit her, she's vanished! What's left behind are the traces of a bizarre event: Margaret's soul has been broken into fragments and placed in different worlds, where they'll be used as part of a mysterious device. It's up to you to save not just Margaret's soul — but the fate of each world in turn as you navigate the labyrinths and plot twists in this exciting hidden-object puzzle adventure game!

This is a special Collector's Edition release full of exclusive extras you won't find in the standard version, including: Battle the evil scientist in the bonus game; Dress up your guide character in the dressing room; Re-play hidden scenes and mini-games; Soundtracks, wallpapers, and concept arts; 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 Awakening: The Sunhook Spire

Long ago, a kingdom was cast into darkness. Its king and queen were cursed to a deep sleep. Their daughter, Princess Sophia, ascended the throne and brought hope to the kingdom. In her quest to awaken her parents from their slumber, Sophia learned of a powerful Enchantress who could undo the spell. Alas! On her way to the Enchantress' lair at Sunhook Spire, she was beset by treacherous mercenaries. Can the young Queen escape the mercenaries and get to Sunhook Spire safely? After a thousand years of separation, will Sophia finally meet her parents? Scale the heights of Sunhook Spire, rescue the Enchantress and uncover the tower's mysteries in this epic journey!

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 Spirits of Mystery: The Dark Minotaur

In the dark of night, an elusive figure breaks in to the royal menagerie and steals four magic animals, your childhood companions and dearest friends. It is up to you to save them! Take the journey to discover more about the Dark Minotaur who threatens the magical world. Can you save them in time?

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

Also available for this game:

• Get the Strategy Guide.
• Check out the Blog Walkthrough.
• For a more in-depth experience, see the Collector's Edition.

Review: The Black Hour by Lori Rader-Day

A Mysterious Review of The Black Hour by Lori Rader-Day.

Review summary: This novel of suspense has a most intriguing premise but also has several problems executing fully upon it, most notably having a very unlikeable character cast as its lead. Still, despite its drawbacks, the storyline does have merit as a creative whydunit. (Click here for text of full review.)

Our rating:

The Black Hour
Lori Rader-Day
Seventh Street Books (July 2014)

Publisher synopsis: He also shot himself. Now he's dead and she's back on campus, trying to keep up with her class schedule, a growing problem with painkillers, and a question she can't let go: Why?

All she wants is for life to get back to normal, but normal is looking hard to come by. She's thirty-eight and hobbles with a cane. Her first student interaction ends in tears (hers). Her fellow faculty members seem uncomfortable with her, and her ex — whom she may or may not still love — has moved on.

Enter Nathaniel Barber, a graduate student obsessed with Chicago's violent history. Nath is a serious scholar, but also a serious mess about his first heartbreak, his mother's death, and his father's disapproval. Assigned as Amelia's teaching assistant, Nath also takes on the investigative legwork that Amelia can't do. And meanwhile, he's hoping she'll approve his dissertation topic, the reason he came to grad school in the first place: the student attack on Amelia Emmet.

Together and at cross-purposes, Amelia and Nathaniel stumble toward a truth that will explain the attack and take them both through the darkest hours of their lives.

        

New This Week: Missing Brandy, A Fina Fitzgibbons Mystery by Susan Russo Anderson

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 September 2014 and priced $4.99 or less …

Missing Brandy by Susan Russo Anderson

A Fina Fitzgibbons Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: Susan Russo Anderson

Price: $3.99 (as of 09/06/2014 at 5:30 PM ET).

  

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Thirteen-year-old Brandy Liam is missing. Her mother, attorney Trisha Liam, hires private investigator Fina Fitzgibbons to find her daughter. But the kidnappers have the ability to wield sudden death. They've killed before and they'll kill again.

Despite mortal peril, Fina plunges into a relentless search for Brandy that includes a harrowing ride in the trunk of a killer's car.

— Missing Brandy by Susan Russo Anderson

New This Week: Laugh of Death, A Lexi Graves Mystery by Camilla Chafer

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 September 2014 and priced $4.99 or less …

Laugh of Death by Camilla Chafer

A Lexi Graves Mystery (6th in series)

Publisher: Audacious

Price: $3.99 (as of 09/06/2014 at 4:30 PM ET).

  

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When a broken man arrives in town, desperate to locate his missing girlfriend, loved-up PI Lexi Graves can hardly wait to reunite the lost lovers. However, the further Lexi delves into the case, the more she begins to sense the missing woman doesn't want to be found.

To make matters worse, just as Lexi and her boss slash boyfriend are enjoying a romantic date, their restaurant is robbed by a pair of thieves. Her best friend, Lily, owns a bar that also falls prey to the gang. Following Lily's hunch about who's behind it, Lexi eagerly rushes to help her friend solve the case.

Between stakeouts, shootouts, and the determination to prove true love wins all, Lexi redoubles her efforts. She enlists her friends and family network to bring the lost lovers together once more, while doling out to the thieves their rightful comeuppance. But just as Lexi begins closing in on her quarry, a frightening twist plunges her into the most dangerous situation she has ever encountered.

— Laugh of Death by Camilla Chafer

The Enchanted Isle, A Novel of Suspense by James M. Cain, 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, Open Road …

The Enchanted Isle by James M. Cain

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Open Road

Price: $1.99 (as of 09/06/2014 at 4:00 PM ET).

  

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While searching for her father, a runaway stumbles into a deadly mess …

At thirteen, Mandy was too old for spanking when her stepfather first took her over his knee. She's didn't mind the pain, but hated the look in his eye and his lingering hand. By the time she's fifteen, this young spitfire can't take any more of his unwanted groping. With seventy-four bucks in her pocket, she packs her things and buys the bus ticket that will change her life.

She meets Rick at the bus stop — a handsome young thug who's a few days removed from his last bath. He's charming and sympathetic, so she buys him a ticket and, on the ride to Baltimore, tells him that she's going to find her real father. But wouldn't it be better, Rick suggests, to greet Daddy in style? Of course, a mink coat would cost a little money, but Rick knows just where to get it. His plan is daring, foolish, and highly dangerous. What teenage runaway could resist?

— The Enchanted Isle by James M. Cain

Nightmares Can Be Murder by Mary Kennedy, a New 1st in Series Mystery Introducing Taylor Blake and her sister Allison

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) …

Nightmares Can Be Murder by Mary Kennedy

A Dream Club Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Berkley

  

What we know about the characters: Taylor Blake and her sister Allison — who is also interested in dream interpretation — run a candy store in Savannah, Georgia. For more information about their first murder, see a synopsis of the book, below.

Business consultant Taylor Blake has returned to Savannah, Georgia, to help her sister Allison turn her dream of running an old-fashioned candy store into a reality. Allison is also interested in dream interpretation and invites Taylor to her Friday night Dream Club, where members meet once a week to share and analyze their dreams.

When a local dance instructor, Chico Hernandez, is found dead in his studio, and the murder scene has an eerie resemblance to one of the dreams shared at their meeting, Taylor can't help but be intrigued. And when her sister, who was briefly involved with the dance teacher, becomes the prime suspect, Taylor and their fellow club members can't be caught napping. It's up to them to dream up a solution to the murder before Allison faces a real-life nightmare.

— Nightmares Can Be Murder by Mary Kennedy

Long Knives, A Jenna James Legal Thriller by Charles Rosenberg, 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 …

Long Knives by Charles Rosenberg

A Jenna James Legal Thriller (1st in series)

Publisher: Thomas & Mercer

Price: $1.99 (as of 09/06/2014 at 3:00 PM ET).

  

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When much-despised Marbury Marfan senior partner Simon Rafer turns up in a cold pool of blood with an ornate dagger in his back, it comes as a surprise to no one — least of all to Robert Tarza, who is first on the scene. A long-time partner at Marbury, Tarza knows dozens of attorneys in the firm who had good motive to want Rafer in the ground. But despite his own decades of conflict with Rafer — and a recent heated quarrel over a rare ancient coin Simon bought from him — Robert never imagined that homicide Detective Spritz would zero in on him as prime suspect.

As Spritz's case builds with uncanny speed, Robert quickly falls from his respected position at Marbury to a criminal being dragged through the tabloids. Along with his kick-butt defense attorney, Jenna James, he is forced to play detective in a race to find the real killer — and uncovers a web of fraud amongst his closest colleagues in the process. In the end, only Jenna's untested trial skills can keep him out of prison.

— Long Knives by Charles Rosenberg

Death in the Dolomites by David P. Wagner, New in Bookstores during September 2014

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

Death in the Dolomites by David P. Wagner

A Rick Montoya, Italian Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press

      

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

More about our featured title, below …

Rick Montoya is looking forward to a break from his translation business in Rome — a week of skiing in the Italian Alps with old college buddy Flavio. But Rick's success helping the Italian police with a murder in Tuscany sends the Campiglio cops his way. An American banker working in Milano is missing. The man's sister, an attractive and spoiled divorcée, has no idea where he could be, nor do the locals who saw him on his way to the slopes. With the discovery of a body, Rick and Inspector Albani widen their list of suspects. Picturesque resort Campiglio harbors old rivalries, citizens on the make, and a cut-throat political campaign. Why would these local issues, any of them, connect to the missing banker?

The investigation doesn't keep Rick and Flavio from enjoying perfect ski conditions in the Dolomites and glorious after-ski wines and bowls of fresh pasta. As for women — Rick has to wonder if the banker's sister is just hitting him up for information. The action heats up, testing laid-back Rick whose uncle, a Roman cop, keeps urging him to make the police his career.

— Death in the Dolomites by David P. Wagner

New This Week: Hard Fall, A Lucy Guardino, FBI Thriller by C. J. Lyons

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 September 2014 and priced $4.99 or less …

Hard Fall by C. J. Lyons

A Lucy Guardino, FBI Thriller (5th in series)

Publisher: Legacy Books

Price: $2.99 (as of 09/06/2014 at 2:00 PM ET).

This is an introductory price, 50% off the regular $5.99 price.

  

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59 days ago FBI Special Agent Lucy Guardino had a perfect life … and almost lost it all.

There comes a time in every hero's life when they fall harder and father than ever before and they face a choice that changes everything: to give up or claw their way back again. Lucy thought she'd made her choice two months ago when she sacrificed everything to save her family, but now she has to decide whether or not she can save herself …

When honor, duty, and family collide … who would you save?

— Hard Fall by C. J. Lyons

Danger at the Border by Terri Reed, New from Harlequin Love Inspired Suspense in September 2014

Omnimystery News is pleased to introduce a new mystery, suspense, or thriller title from Harlequin, published this month …

Danger at the Border by Terri Reed

Series: Northern Border Patrol

Imprint: Love Inspired Suspense

  

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

When a mysterious toxin threatens lives and livelihoods near the border between the U.S. and Canada, Dr. Tessa Cleary is called to trace the source. But when the no-nonsense doctor is forced to work with border patrol agent Jeff Steele, she finds the lone wolf's dedication to his job — and country — chipping away at the walls around her heart.

Just as Tessa and Jeff are about to uncover the toxin's deadly source, armed thugs kidnap them in the forest. Now they must trust each other to survive before time runs out for everyone.

— Danger at the Border by Terri Reed

Uncivil Seasons, A Justin Savile and Cuddy Magnum Mystery by Michael Malone, 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, Sourcebooks Landmark …

Uncivil Seasons by Michael Malone

A Justin Savile and Cuddy Magnum Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark

Price: $2.99 (as of 09/06/2014 at 1:00 PM ET).

Originally published in hardcover by Doubleday in 1983, this is the first in a series of three mysteries to feature these characters.

  

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The polite Piedmont town of Hillston, North Carolina, wants to go on believing it is still too temperate to require homicide experts. But when the wife of a state senator is found beaten to death, the inner circle of Hillston's ruling families arranges to have the case assigned to Detective Justin Savile, the charming black sheep of the dynasty that founded the town.

Aided by his wise-cracking, working-class partner, Cuddy Magnum, and a young woman from the Carolina mountains whose strength and love rescues him from his own destructive impulses, Savile sets out to unravel the deceit hidden in Hillston's past. His obsessive pursuit of one of this own and his determination to save a petty thief from being railroaded for murder not only lead to other deaths, but bring the detective very near to losing his own life.

— Uncivil Seasons by Michael Malone