Telemystery: Bones, Castle, CSI, Death in Paradise, Grimm, Hawaii Five-0, and Sleepy Hollow, New This Week on DVD

Telemystery, your source for one of the most comprehensive listings of crime drama, amateur sleuth, private investigator, mystery and suspense television series, mini-series and made-for-television movies, now available on or coming soon to DVD, Blu-ray disc, or Video-on-Demand, is profiling seven series from our site being released this week.

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Bones
Season Nine

TV's most anticipated wedding day has arrived on this Fox drama based on characters created by crime novelist Katy Reichs. And since dealing with death is part of their jobs, it probably won't part FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz) and quirky forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan — aka Bones (Emily Deschanel). But Bones and Booth must still address serial killer Christopher Pelant's threat to murder five people if the couple marries.

Meanwhile, they work to solve murder mysteries involving a terrorist, a man who shows up at his own funeral, and dancing vegetables, among others, as they devote themselves to each other and their young daughter.

The 10th season premieres on Thursday, September 25th at 8 PM ET/PT.

      

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Castle
Season Six

After Castle's stunning romantic proposal to Beckett, what happens next? TV's magnetic crime-fighting couple faces a whole new set of challenges as they juggle wedding plans and their most intriguing cases yet in the sixth season of this ABC drama.

Beckett's new job with the Justice Department takes her away from the wisecracking love of her life. But Castle's devotion to his new fiancee — and her fascinating line of work — jeopardizes her career and creates a chain of events that might separate them forever.

Back on the home front, Castle is none too pleased to discover his daughter has seemingly been captivated by, and now living with, her new, free-spirited boyfriend.

It's a season of surprises you won't want to miss!

The 7th season premieres Monday, September 29th at 10 PM ET/PT.

      

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CSI
Season Fourteen

Crime never stops, and neither do the brilliant minds of crime scene investigation unit. From serial slaughter and arson to mysterious disappearances and cannibal killings, lead investigator D.B. Russell (Ted Danson) uses science to shed light on the darkest crimes in this 14th season of the CBS drama.

With the help of blood-work expert Julie Finlay (Elisabeth Shue) and veteran investigators Nick Stokes (George Eads), Sara Sidle (Jorja Fox) and Greg Sanders (Eric Szmanda), the evidence never slips through the cracks. Backed up by the forensics and detective work of the rest of the unit (including Paul Guilfoyle, Robert David Hall, Wallace Langham, Elisabeth Harnois, David Berman and Jon Wellner), the truth always triumphs.

The 15th season premieres on Sunday, September 28th at 10 PM ET/PT.

      

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Death in Paradise
Season Two

Detective Richard Poole is still trapped on the stunning Caribbean island of Saint-Marie, but, for him, the sun, sea, and sand aren't quite paradise. Faced with puzzling murders and a local team with unorthodox approaches, Poole must use his eye for detail, relentless logic, and stubborn refusal to leave anything unexplained to solve these cases.

He's joined by a new partner, the feisty Camille Bordey: instinctive, wild, exotic, and brilliant. Together they face a pirate curse, murdered nuns, and a case that must be solved while a hurricane bears down on the island.

  

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Grimm
Season Three

Portland homicide detective Nick Burkhardt is back — but not exactly himself — in the third season of this NBC supernatural crime drama.

With his abilities manifesting in new and unusual ways, Nick is stronger than ever with his partner, Hank, and reunited love, Juliette, by his sideas he tracks down Wesen criminals with renewed determination.

But things are changing all around him. As Captain Renard embroils himselfwith the birth of a royal child and Monroe and Rosalee's relationship intensifies, the ties between humans and the Wesen world will becomeeven more irrevocably intertwined.

The 4th season premieres on Friday, October 24th at 9 PM ET/PT.

        

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Hawaii Five-0 2010
Season Four

The Hawaii Five-0 team faces some of their biggest challenges yet as they fight to keep paradise safe from the most dangerous criminals on the islands.

In this fourth season of the CBS crime drama, Steve McGarrett (Alex O'Loughlin) and Detective Danny "Danno" Williams (Scott Caan) pursue an expert hacker, and are taken hostage by an escaped convict who convinces them of his innocence, while the danger of Kono's (Grace Park) relationship with the son of a Yakuza boss escalates.

Chin Ho (Daniel Dae Kim) is investigated by Internal Affairs about his ties to the head of a drug cartel, and Catherine (Michelle Borth) gains a spot on the team but must repay a debt of honor in Afghanistan.

Joining the team this season is Captain Lou Grover (Chi McBride), who recently moved his family from Chicago to head the SWAT unit on the island.

The 5th season premieres on Friday, September 26th at 9 PM ET/PT.

      

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Sleepy Hollow
Season One

This suspenseful and witty Fox series inspired by Washington Irving's supernatural classic stars Tom Mison as Ichabod Crane, a British expatriate who dies in the American Revolution, is revived in upstate New York during the time of the cell phone — as is the evil Headless Horseman, who plans to annihilate mankind!

Teaming with a feisty police lieutenant (Nicole Beharie), Crane races to vanquish the newly unearthed dark forces — or face the impending apocalypse.

The 2nd season premieres on Monday, September 22nd at 9 PM ET/PT.

        

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Visit the Telemystery website to discover more television mystery series currently available on and coming soon to DVD, Blu-ray disc, or video on demand.

Fall of Night by Jonathan Maberry, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during September 2014

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during September 2014 …

Fall of Night by Jonathan Maberry

Dead of Night (2nd)

Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin

  

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Stebbins Little School is full of bodies. It's unthinkable to Desdemona Fox. Children are sobbing as panicked teachers and neighbors beat down their family members outside of the school … or the things that used to be their family members. Parents don't eat their children do they?

Officers Fox and Hammond, along with journalist Billy Trout, are calling it the beginning of the end. This is the zombie apocalypse. An insane escaped serial killer is infecting Stebbins County with a deadly virus, and now the whole world is watching while Fox, Trout, and the remaining inhabitants of Stebbins fight for their life against … what? The undead? The President and the National Guard are ready to nuke Stebbins, PA off the map and cut their losses. But the infection is spreading and fast. Worse, the scientist who created the virus is missing. It's a numbers game as the body count rises; Fox has to contain the infected and evacuate the living before it's too late, and the clock is ticking …

— Fall of Night by Jonathan Maberry

Post Pattern, A Burnside Mystery by David Chill, Now Available at a Special Price

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

Post Pattern by David Chill

A Burnside Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: David Chill

Price: $0.99 (as of 09/15/2014 at 1:00 PM ET).

  

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A former USC football player back in the day, Burnside has recently left the LAPD following a scandal and has started his own private investigation agency. After someone fires a shot at a football star from a rival university, Burnside takes on the case which leads him into both the underbelly and the aristocracy of Los Angeles.

Burnside unravels a complex series of baffling leads as he weaves his way through the investigation. As the body count piles up, he encounters beautiful girls, wayward athletes and overworked cops on his way to cracking a case that no one else wants to touch. And as he works through the various twists and turns in the story, Burnside also comes to grips with a betrayal from his past that keeps returning to him, no matter how much he tries to avoid it.

— Post Pattern by David Chill

New This Week: Irrevocable Trust, A Sasha McCandless Legal Thriller by Melissa F. Miller

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 …

Irrevocable Trust by Melissa F. Miller

A Sasha McCandless Legal Thriller (6th in series)

Publisher: Brown Street Books

Price: $2.99 (as of 09/15/2014 at 12:30 PM ET).

  

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The Federal Witness Protection Program has never lost a witness — until now …

When Allison Bennett is brutally murdered in rural North Carolina, six children are left motherless, and a dangerous enemy puts into motion a plan to bring Sasha and Leo to their knees.

The first year of marriage is challenging enough. But throw in a murderous escaped felon bent on revenge and six grieving kids with nowhere else to turn, and suddenly Sasha and Leo are facing their most difficult test to date.

It will take all their courage, ingenuity, and teamwork to prevail — and if they can get through this, surviving marriage will be a breeze.

— Irrevocable Trust by Melissa F. Miller

No One Lives Twice, A Lexi Carmichael Mystery by Julie Moffett, 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, Carina Press …

No One Lives Twice by Julie Moffett

A Lexi Carmichael Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Carina Press

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I'm Lexi Carmichael, geek extraordinaire. I spend my days stopping computer hackers at the National Security Agency. My nights? Those I spend avoiding my mother and eating cereal for dinner. Even though I work for a top-secret agency, I've never been in an exciting car chase, sipped a stirred (not shaken) martini, or shot a poison dart from an umbrella.

Until today, that is, when two gun-toting thugs popped up in my life and my best friend disappeared. So, I've enlisted the help of the Zimmerman twins — the reclusive architects of America's most sensitive electronic networks — to help me navigate a bewildering maze of leads to find her.

Along the way, my path collides with a sexy government agent and a rich, handsome lawyer, both of whom seem to have the hots for me. Hacking, espionage, sexy spy-men — it's a geek girl's dream come true. If it weren't for those gun-toting thugs …

— No One Lives Twice by Julie Moffett

A Conversation with Thriller Writer Alan Brenham

with Alan Brenham

We are delighted to welcome novelist Alan Brenham to Omnimystery News today.

Alan's new suspense thriller is Cornered (July 2014; Black Opal Books trade paperback and ebook formats) and we recently had the opportunity to talk with him more about it.

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Omnimystery News: When starting out a new book, how do you go about researching the various plot points? Have you come across any particularly challenging or exciting topics?

Photo provided courtesy of
Alan Brenham

Alan Brenham: For fact-checking, I use the Internet for some but the vast majority is through experts.

For Cornered, I relied on question-and-answer emails with the Temple PD Chief of Police, the Bell County DA, the Assistant Director of the Austin PD forensics lab, and the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit's Team Four. A lengthy in-person interview was done with a Temple PD detective for a birds-eye view of how modern investigative work was done in Temple. For legal aspects, I relied on my own knowledge of relevant law, procedure and the courts.

The most challenging topic was the information about profiling from the FBI. It was daunting because I had to weave my way through the FBI's bureaucracy to get to the special agents at the Behavioral Analysis Unit's Team Four. And the agent I finally was able to interview jokingly informed me that their methods are nothing like you see on the TV show Criminal Minds and that they do not have a private jet to fly all over the country.

The most exciting topic would be the forensic facts. The Austin PD's Forensic Science Center's assistant director took me on a tour of the entire facility including ballistics, and the DNA lab.

OMN: Alan Brenham is a pen name. Why did you decide to use one?

AB: When I first began writing Price of Justice, I wanted to use my birth name but discovered that an attorney-author in New York had already staked claim to it. So, not wanting to create any reader confusion between attorney-author Alan Behr of New York and attorney-author Alan Behr of Texas, Alan Brenham was born and appears on the cover of all of my novels. The obvious advantage is that the Alan Behr in New York doesn't get credit for my crime novels. The main disadvantage is when I'm signing books, I have to really focus on the author name. I caught myself starting to write my real name instead of Alan Brenham.

OMN: Have any specific authors influenced how and what you write today?

AB: The authors who most influenced how and what I write are Michael Connelly, John Sandford, James Hayman, Michael McGarrity, and Jeffery Deaver. Connelly with his principal character Detective Harry Bosch got me started. Along came Sandford and his man, Lucas Davenport. Between the two of them, I got the general gist of how it was done. McGarrity's New Mexico settings for his protagonist Kevin Kearney taught me the importance of setting in a novel. In my opinion, McGarrity is the master of settings. Wanting to branch out, I discovered James Hayman, Jeffery Deaver and John Grisham. Hayman's McCabe and Savage duo gave me ideas of how co-protagonists function in a suspenseful novel. Deaver's Kathryn Dance showed me how a male author would write a female detective. And John Grisham … although he writes legal thrillers created an interest in me to write legal thrillers — a genre I'll try after my third book has been handed off to my publisher.

OMN: Suppose your books were to be adapted for television or film. Who do you see playing the key roles?

AB: When I begin planning and outlining for a novel, I select actors who fit my preconceived image of the character. For my novel Cornered, Christian Bale would be my choice for the role of Detective Matt Brady. To me, he has some of the same facial features as the real-life detective I consulted with in Temple. Sarah Jones is the perfect actress for the role of Dr. Tracy Rogers. I became a fan of hers when she starred in the TV show Alcatraz. Cassidy Freeman would play the role of Brady's ex-girlfriend, Cassandra Evans. I've seen her in the TV show Longmire. The bad guys, Derek Weaver and Bruno Chiles, would be played by Michael Rooker and Michael Mando, respectively. Rooker is a perfect Derek Weaver based on his performance in The Walking Dead. Mando just strikes me as what Bruno Chiles would look like if he were real.

OMN: Create a Top 5 list for us on any topic.

AB: Top 5 places I've visited:

(1) Alaska — the mountains (I love mountains) and the wildlife. Words do not do the state justice. You have to see it to believe it.

(2) Garmisch, Germany — I spent a week there and loved every minute. The Bavarian flavor, the beer, and the food. It's another place for your bucket list. It was featured in Price of Justice.

(3) London, UK — So much to see and so little time. It was one of the stops on my trips to Europe as a special deputy US Marshal. Contrary to some views, I found the people to be friendly and courteous.

(4) Berlin, Germany — actually this wasn't a visit. I lived here for a few years when the Berlin Wall was up and the city was divided into four military sectors. A lot of WW II history.

(5) Tennessee-Virginia (Shenandoah Mountains) — Over Thanksgiving many years ago, I drove through the Shenandoah Mountains on my way to Maryland. Standing on one peak, green valley as far as I could see. Two words — very beautiful.

OMN: What's next for you?

AB: My next project is the completion of my thriller novel, titled Rampage. It will be the sequel to Price of Justice. Temptation, loyalty, and trust are the feelings Detective Scarsdale will be facing as he and his new female partner, Tatum Harper, hunt down a killer. When Rampage is finished, I'll dive right into the fourth book, featuring an assistant district attorney who finds himself on the wrong side of the law.

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Alan Brenham is a pen name used by Alan Behr, who served as a law enforcement officer and criminal investigator for seventeen years before earning a law degree from Baylor University. After obtaining his law license, he worked as a prosecutor and criminal defense attorney for twenty-two years. His personal and official travels took him to several European and Middle Eastern countries, Alaska and almost every island in the Caribbean. He has lived in Berlin, Germany while working with US military forces. Alan and his wife, Lillian, currently live in the Austin, Texas area.

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

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Cornered
Alan Brenham
A Suspense Thriller

He's haunted by the memory of a kidnapping case gone wrong …

Not wanting history to repeat itself, Detective Matt Brady struggles to solve the disappearances of seven young women, but he quickly finds himself pitted against a criminal organization that knows as much about police procedure as he does — an organization that will do whatever it takes to stay one step ahead of him.

His troubles are compounded when a young veterinarian injects herself into the investigation and is targeted to become victim number eight. When he tries to protect her, he finds himself in the crosshairs of a professional cop killer. Can Brady solve the case in time to save his new love, or will this investigation be the death of both of them?

        

Shrine To Murder by Roger Silverwood is Today's Fourth Featured Free MystereBook

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature …

Shrine To Murder by Roger Silverwood

A Michael Angel Mystery

Publisher: Endeavour Press

… as today's fourth free mystery ebook.

  

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Bromersley. A small, peaceful town in Yorkshire. But when it is hit by a spate of brutal murders, the community is thrown into turmoil. An elderly man is found murdered in his bed, killed by a single, precise stab wound to the chest, and on a mirror the killer has left a message painted in his victim's blood. Soon after another body appears, with another chilling message from the mysterious murderer.

Detective Inspector Michael Angel is put in charge of the desperate search for the serial killer. But the clues to the killer's identity are as sparse as they are puzzling. A character in early Roman dress is observed at every murder and a laurel leaf is left on every corpse. The DNA evidence links a woman of oriental origin to the murders but this profile doesn't fit any of the suspects.

With the death count rising, Angel is in a race against the clock to find the killer. Can he prevent further bloodshed? Or is he powerless to stop this town's chilling shrine to murder?

— Shrine To Murder by Roger Silverwood

Murphy's War by J. R. Tate is Today's Third Featured Free MystereBook

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature …

Murphy's War by J. R. Tate

A Novel of Romantic Suspense

Publisher: J Tate Publications

… as today's third free mystery ebook.

  

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Sean Murphy knows all about the dark side of growing up in a violent Irish family deep into gang activity. What he doesn't know about is love, but he wants to learn when he meets Gracie. She's the light to his darkness, but how can he have her when violence threatens his every action? Can he risk dragging the only woman he ever cared for into the middle of his dangerous life?

He longs to leave the gang, but his only option out is in a body bag. Will his love for Gracie trump his allegiance to his family? As an all out war with a rival Italian gang rages, he is thrust into the thick of the battle, unable to see an escape from the way of life he's come to loathe.

— Murphy's War by J. R. Tate

Scarcity by Randall Wood is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature …

Scarcity by Randall Wood

A Jack Randall Thriller

Publisher: Tension Bookworks

… as today's second free mystery ebook.

  

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A teenage girl is kidnapped in Mexico City as a young boy in Afghanistan is wounded by artillery fire. A plane crashes in Florida while a man desperately waits for a new heart in Maryland. A senator's daughter is critically injured in a car accident as a captured drug runner makes a deal with the DEA.

Before he can settle into his new job with Homeland Security, Jack Randall of the FBI finds himself pulled into the seedy world of black market organ trading. With help from an old friend from Interpol he soon uncovers an evil well fed by the desperation of good people. An evil that strikes with the power to force its deeds on anyone. Jack soon learns that in order to defeat such an enemy, he may have to go to war against his own people, and himself.

— Scarcity by Randall Wood