The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature …

The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie

A Tommy and Tuppence Adventure

Publisher: Open Road

… as today's free mystery ebook.

  

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Tommy and Tuppence uncover an audacious plot to destroy Great Britain …

In postwar London, childhood friends Tommy Beresford and Prudence "Tuppence" Cowley are having a grand old time — except for the fact that they can barely afford a pot of tea between them. With no jobs to be had and no rich relations to bankroll them, they decide to form a joint venture: Young Adventurers, Ltd. They're willing to go anywhere and do anything so long as the pay as right. Maybe, suggests Tuppence, a clergyman's daughter, they'll even get to steal a diamond necklace.

Before Tommy can place their first advertisement, Tuppence gets a job offer. Mr. Whittington wants to send her to Paris for three months, all expenses paid. The catch is that she has to pretend to be someone else — an American — and she can't talk to anyone she knows while she's there. It sounds too good to be true, and when Tuppence tries to protect herself with a pseudonym — "Jane Finn," an odd name that Tommy recently overheard — Whittington's reaction is equal parts anger and admiration. Accusing Tuppence of blackmail, he gives her fifty pounds and disappears.

Of course, the Young Adventurers refuse to leave it at that. Setting out to find the mysterious Jane Finn, they stumble into a deadly conspiracy that stretches all the way back to the sinking of the Lusitania and now threatens to undo everything England won in the Great War.

— The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie

The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes is Today's Kobo Daily Deal

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes as today's Kobo Daily Deal.

The deal price of $2.99 is valid only for today, Monday, September 15, 2014, and has been price-matched by Amazon.com.

The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes

A Suspense Thriller

Publisher: Mulholland Books

Price: $2.99 (as of 09/15/2014 at 6:40 AM ET).

    

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The girl who wouldn't die hunts the killer who shouldn't exist …

Harper Curtis is a killer who stepped out of the past. Kirby Mazrachi is the girl who was never meant to have a future.

Kirby is the last shining girl, one of the bright young women, burning with potential, whose lives Harper is destined to snuff out after he stumbles on a House in Depression-era Chicago that opens on to other times.

At the urging of the House, Harper inserts himself into the lives of the shining girls, waiting for the perfect moment to strike. He's the ultimate hunter, vanishing into another time after each murder, untraceable-until one of his victims survives.

Determined to bring her would-be killer to justice, Kirby joins the Chicago Sun-Times to work with the ex-homicide reporter, Dan Velasquez, who covered her case. Soon Kirby finds herself closing in on the impossible truth …

— The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes

Caveat Emptor by Ruth Downie is Today's Kindle Daily Deal

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature Caveat Emptor by Ruth Downie as today's Kindle Daily Deal.

The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Monday, September 15, 2014.

Caveat Emptor by Ruth Downie

A Gaius Petreius Ruso Mystery (4th in series)

Publisher: Bloomsbury

Price: $1.99 (as of 09/15/2014 at 6:10 AM ET).

  

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Gaius Petreius Ruso and Tilla, now newlyweds, have moved back to Britannia, where Ruso's old friend and colleague Valens has promised to help him find work. But it isn't the kind of work he'd had in mind — Ruso is tasked with hunting down a missing tax man named Julius Asper. Of course, there's also something else missing: money. And the council of the town of Verulamium is bickering over what's become of it.

Compelled to delve deeper by a threat from his old sparring partner, Metellus, Ruso discovers that the good townsfolk may not be as loyal to Rome as they like to appear. While Tilla tries to comfort Asper's wife, an anonymous well-wisher is busy warning the couple to get away from the case before they get hurt.

Despite Ruso's best efforts to get himself fired as investigator, he and his bride find themselves trapped at the heart of an increasingly treacherous conspiracy involving theft, forgery, buried treasure, and the legacy of Boudica, the Rebel Queen.

— Caveat Emptor by Ruth Downie

Today's Mystery and Suspense Update from Big Fish Games (140915)

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

• The New Release is Witches' Legacy: The Ties that Bind.

• The current Catch of the Week is Nightmare Realm: In the End … , just $2.99 through Sunday, September 21, 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 Witches' Legacy: The Ties that Bind

How time flies! It seems like only yesterday that Lynn was just a little girl, but now she's all grown up and marrying Edward. You couldn't be happier for your adopted daughter — until you discover that Edward is missing! A mysterious letter promised answers to his past, urging him to return to his birthplace. As a witch hunter, Edward is accustomed to danger … but he may have gotten in over his head this time. You and Lynn rush to follow his trail, unaware that a dark presence is watching you. Can you track down Edward in time? Find out in this exciting Hidden Object Puzzle Adventure game!

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 Nightmare Realm: In the End …

When your daughter, Emily, is suddenly seized by a mysterious force, you must journey to the Nightmare Realm to search for a cure. But nothing could have prepared you for what you find there … You soon find yourself trapped, racing against time to save your family. Can you track down the creature that cursed your daughter and uncover the secrets behind the Nightmare Realm before it's too late?

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.

The Killing Hour, The Christchurch Noir Crime Series by Paul Cleave, 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, Atria Books …

The Killing Hour by Paul Cleave

The Christchurch Noir Crime Series (2nd in series)

Publisher: Atria Books

Price: $1.99 (as of 09/14/2014 at 6:30 PM ET).

  

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Imagine waking up covered in blood — but it's not your blood. There's a nasty bump on your head, and you can't remember a thing about last night. The morning paper reports that two young women were brutally murdered. You recognize their names. Pieces of the night before come back to you through the haze. And now you're the suspect in their grisly deaths. Welcome to Charlie's world.

On the run, Charlie suspects a man named Cyris, but no one believes that Cyris exists. Not the police and not Charlie's ex-wife Jo, though she wants to trust that the man she once loved is innocent. Soon, Charlie has Jo bound and gagged in the trunk of his car, fleeing across the countryside while the killing hour approaches yet again.

— The Killing Hour by Paul Cleave

Love Kills, A Britt Montero Mystery by Edna Buchanan, 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, Simon & Schuster …

Love Kills by Edna Buchanan

A Britt Montero Mystery (9th in series)

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Price: $1.99 (as of 09/14/2014 at 6:00 PM ET).

  

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"Where the hell is Britt Montero?"

So says Sgt. Craig Burch of Miami's Cold Case Squad.

When a bulldozer in the Everglades unearths the skull of an infamous kidnapper, the Cold Case Squad is brought in to investigate. Britt was the last person to see him alive, and the detectives have questions only she can answer.

On a remote desert island where she has sought solace, Montero finds a camera on an isolated beach. The film inside yields photos of a happy young couple on their honeymoon. Soon after, Britt is shocked to learn the newlyweds were lost at sea.

When only the groom is rescued, the connection between the reporter and the new widower astonishes her — and Britt is even more astonished when she finds out the truth. Ultimately, her search for the bridegroom's secrets and the Cold Case Squad's search for the kidnapper's killer collide.

Britt finds herself desperate and in danger, and only one person can help — Cold Case Squad Lt. K. C. Riley, McDonald's childhood sweetheart. The two women must confront their differences in order to survive and to protect the life of someone they both care about deeply.

— Love Kills by Edna Buchanan

New This Week: Field of Fire, An Alex Duarte Mystery by James O. Born

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 …

Field of Fire by James O. Born

An Alex Duarte Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Backlist Publishing

Price: $3.99 (as of 09/14/2014 at 5:30 PM ET).

The first three books in this series — including Burn Zone and Escape Clause — are now available for $3.99 each

  

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Since returning from Bosnia, ATF agent Alex "Rocket" Duarte has been slowly reacclimating to life in South Florida. But when a gunrunner's car explodes, Duarte's life kicks into high gear in a high-profile hunt for what appears to be a serial bomber.

Teamed up with a lawyer from the Department of Justice who herself is looking into possibly related bombings in Virginia and Seattle, Duarte crisscrosses the country, following the bomber and hoping to anticipate his next move, but as he peels away the layers of deception, the lines between friends and enemies begin to blur — and the results are explosive.

— Field of Fire by James O. Born

Blind Fury, An Anna Travis Mystery by Lynda La Plante, 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, Touchstone …

Blind Fury by Lynda La Plante

An Anna Travis Mystery (6th in series)

Publisher: Touchstone

Price: $1.99 (as of 09/14/2014 at 5:00 PM ET).

The 2nd through 6th books in this series are all currently available for $1.99 each. Read our review of this book on Mysterious Reviews.

  

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When the body of a young woman is discovered close to a highway service station, Detective Inspector Anna Travis is brought on to the team of investigators by her former lover and boss, Detective Chief Superintendent Langton. As more evidence is uncovered, the team realizes that they are contending with a triple murder investigation — and no suspect.

But then a murderer Anna helped arrest years ago makes contact from prison. Cameron Welsh insists that he can help track down the killer, but he will divulge his secrets only to Anna herself. Does he really have an insight into another criminal's mind, or is he merely intent on getting into hers?

The team soon realizes that they are dealing with a killer whose deviousness has enabled him to commit horrific crimes, yet remain undetected for years. As the case draws to a close, Welsh's obsession for Anna fuels a terrifying rage that will have disastrous consequences for Anna, who finds herself staring into the face of a desperate personal tragedy.

— Blind Fury by Lynda La Plante

New This Week: Deadly Deeds, A Helen Santos Mystery by Kathryn Patterson

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 …

Deadly Deeds by Kathryn Patterson

A Helen Santos Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Lake Ozark Press

Price: $2.99 (as of 09/14/2014 at 4:30 PM ET).

  

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Dr Kristin Malina is a forensic consultant for the VFSC. On a hot night she finds herself at a crime scene where a man has been decapitated and his wife almost beaten to death. Clues indicate that the assault is the work of Walter Dunn, a closer friend of the couple. But as Dr Malina and her partner Frank Moore track down the killer, someone gets to him before they do, and they now have a double homicide on their hands.

Caught in a strange triangle between those left behind and those who are forced to move on, Dr Malina finds her life turned upside down as she relentlessly tracks down the real murderer before she becomes the next victim.

— Deadly Deeds by Kathryn Patterson

Pierced, A Suspense Thriller by Thomas Enger, 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, Atria Books …

Pierced by Thomas Enger

A Suspense Thriller

Publisher: Atria Books

Price: $1.99 (as of 09/14/2014 at 4:00 PM ET).

  

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If you find out who set me up, I'll tell you what happened the day your son died.

That is the message crime reporter Henning Juul — back at work after being terribly burned and scarred for life in a fire that killed his son — receives from a jailed extortionist named Tore Pulli who's been convicted for a murder he claims he didn't commit.

Truth has never meant more for Henning Juul. And when Pulli is found dead in his prison cell — an apparent suicide — Juul decides to dig deeper. He knows the murders Pulli was convicted of do not bear his signature, and he's convinced that Pulli would never have taken his own life. Striking up a fragile partnership with Iver Gundersen, a journalist now living with Juul's ex-wife, Juul uncovers an internal power struggle in the gang world, where the desire for serious money is destroying the traditional, honor-based hierarchy. Uncovering more questions than answers, Henning soon realizes that he has to find not one but several killers … ruthless murderers who have never been more dangerous than they are now.

— Pierced by Thomas Enger

The Skeleton Takes a Bow by Leigh Perry, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during September 2014

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during September 2014 …

The Skeleton Takes a Bow by Leigh Perry

A Georgia Thackery, Family Skeleton Mystery (2nd)

Publisher: Berkley

  

To see more new paperback titles scheduled to be published this month, visit The Mystery Bookshelf for September 2014. For new hardcover mysteries, visit New Mysteries where for a list of September 2014 mysteries, novels of suspense, and thrillers is provided.

More about our featured title, below …

And the best performance as a skull goes to …

After years of hiding in the Thackery family house, Sid the skeleton is delighted to finally have his moment in the spotlight. He's starring in a high school production of Hamlet. Well, not so much starring in as being a prop. At least part of him has a part — he's using his head to play Yorick of "Alas, poor Yorick" fame. Every day, Georgia Thackery's daughter, Madison, who's also in the play, brings in his skull, and every night, she takes him home …

Until one night when he's accidentally left at school — and hears the sounds of someone being murdered. But the next day, there's no body and no one seems to be missing.

Sid is not a numbskull — he knows what he heard. Georgia thinks he imagined it — until a week later when a body is found. Now Georgia and Sid will both need to keep their heads as they stick their necks out and play sleuth to catch the conscience of a killer …

— The Skeleton Takes a Bow by Leigh Perry

The Crucifix Killer, A Robert Hunter Mystery by Chris Carter, 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, Simon & Schuster …

The Crucifix Killer by Chris Carter

A Robert Hunter Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Price: $1.99 (as of 09/14/2014 at 3:00 PM ET).

  

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When the body of a young woman is discovered in a derelict cottage in the middle of Los Angeles National Forest, Homicide Detective Robert Hunter finds himself entering a horrific and recurring nightmare. Naked, strung from two wooden posts, the victim was sadistically tortured before meeting an excruciatingly painful death. All the skin has been ripped from her face — while she was still alive. On the nape of her neck has been carved a strange double-cross: the signature of a psychopath known as the Crucifix Killer.

But that's impossible. Because two years ago, the Crucifix Killer was caught and executed. Could this therefore be a copycat killer? Or could the unthinkable be true? Is the real killer still out there, ready to embark once again on a vicious and violent killing spree, selecting his victims seemingly at random, taunting Robert Hunter with his inability to catch him?

Hunter and his rookie partner are about to enter a nightmare beyond imagining.

— The Crucifix Killer by Chris Carter

The Marco Effect by Jussi Adler-Olsen, New in Bookstores during September 2014

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

The Marco Effect by Jussi Adler-Olsen

A Carl Mørck, Department Q Mystery (5th in series)

Publisher: Dutton

        

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 …

All fifteen-year-old Marco Jameson wants is to become a Danish citizen and go to school like a normal teenager. But his uncle Zola rules his former gypsy clan with an iron fist. Revered as a god and feared as a devil, Zola forces the children of the clan to beg and steal for his personal gain. When Marco discovers a dead body — proving the true extent of Zola's criminal activities — he goes on the run. But his family members aren't the only ones who'll go to any lengths to keep Marco silent … forever.

Meanwhile, the last thing Detective Carl Mørck needs is for his assistants, Assad and Rose, to pick up a missing persons case on a whim: Carl's nemesis is his new boss, and he's saddled Department Q with an unwelcome addition. But when they learn that a mysterious teen named Marco may have as much insight into the case as he has fear of the police, Carl is determined to solve the mystery and save the boy. Carl's actions propel the trio into a case that extends from Denmark to Africa, from embezzlers to child soldiers, from seemingly petty crime rings to the very darkest of cover-ups.

— The Marco Effect by Jussi Adler-Olsen

Nine, A Suspense Thriller by Jan Burke, 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, Simon & Schuster …

Nine by Jan Burke

A Suspense Thriller

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Price: $1.99 (as of 09/14/2014 at 2:00 PM ET).

  

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When a brutal felon on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list turns up dead in Los Angeles County, few mourn him; in fact, the public begins to cheer his unknown assailants as heroes. But as more brutalized corpses of fugitive outlaws are found, Sheriff's Homicide Detective Alex Brandon knows that the vigilante group the public has nicknamed "The Exterminators" may be far more ruthless and sadistic than its victims.

The corpses bear eerie similarities to victims of a serial killer investigated by Brandon ten years ago. The perpetrator died at the hands of his own deeply traumatized teenaged stepson, Kit Logan. Logan, protected by his wealthy family, never spent a day in jail; instead, he was sent to a private reform school for the truant sons of L.A.'s most affluent. Alex Brandon, unable to locate Logan for questioning, has a chilling sense he is being manipulated. But why?

— Nine by Jan Burke

Desperate Measures by Christy Barritt, 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 …

Desperate Measures by Christy Barritt

Imprint: Love Inspired Suspense

  

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

Accused of murdering her estranged husband, widowed mother Samantha Rogers panics and flees. But the real killer is now after her and her son. She's desperate to find a safe haven where her past is secret. So when John Wagner offers her room and board in exchange for work on a remote island in the Chesapeake Bay, she moves to Smuggler's Cove.

Samantha longs to tell her handsome boss why she's always looking over her shoulder. But when danger arrives on shore, the truth may put John in a killer's crosshairs.

— Desperate Measures by Christy Barritt