Skeleton Key by Robert Richardson is Today's Fourth Featured Free MystereBook

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Skeleton Key by Robert Richardson

An Augustus Maltravers Mystery

Publisher: Endeavour Press

… as today's fourth free mystery ebook.

  

This title was listed for free as of October 07, 2014 at 7:30 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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The playwright and novelist Augustus Maltravers and his actress girlfriend Tess Davy have planned a relaxing week staying with friends in Bellringer Street, an historic thoroughfare near the grounds of Edenbridge House, stately home of the Earl of Pembury. The only foreseeable disruption looks to be the imminent arrival of their hosts' baby — which is quite disruptive enough as far as Maltravers is concerned.

But greater dramas start to unfold when a skeleton is stolen from the cellars of the House. At first it seems no more than a bizarre joke but, suddenly, Maltravers and Tess find themselves caught up in a terrifying cycle of vengeance and murder. The heir to the estate, Simon, Lord Dunford, is found murdered. Though he was a likable sort, he was thoroughly hated by his next-in-succession: his caddish cousin Oliver Hawkhurst and the estate's coldly efficient secretary, Mister York.

With everyone around them under suspicion, Maltravers and Tess find it increasingly difficult to get to the bottom of the mystery. Who had the strongest motive for murder? And will they strike again?

— Skeleton Key by Robert Richardson

Gone But Not Goodbye by A. R. Kennedy is Today's Third Featured Free MystereBook

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Gone But Not Goodbye by A. R. Kennedy

A Nathan Miccoli Mystery

Publisher: A. R. Kennedy

… as today's third free mystery ebook.

  

This title was listed for free as of October 07, 2014 at 7:20 AM ET. Prices are subject to change without notice. The price displayed on the vendor website at the time of the purchase will be the price paid for the book. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your transaction.

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Lily is haunted by the kidnapping, consumed by thoughts of him. Nathan is burdened with an inept partner, who may ruin his career as an NYPD detective, just as it's beginning.

Will Nathan be able to solve the mystery of why his partner's family is harassing him? And solve the last robbery case he may ever be assigned?

But the biggest mystery in his life is Lily.

— Gone But Not Goodbye by A. R. Kennedy

Lucky In Love by Deborah Coonts is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

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Lucky In Love by Deborah Coonts

A Lucky O'Toole Vegas Adventure Novella

Publisher: Cool Gus Publishing

… as today's second free mystery ebook.

  

This title was listed for free as of October 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.

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Lucky O'Toole, the Vice President of Customer Relations for the Babylon, one of Las Vegas' most over-the-top strip properties, is seriously regretting booking a reality television show, The Forever Game, into the small theatre at her hotel. One thing she knows for sure: Vegas does NOT need a dose of reality.

The four couples competing in the Forever Game add their own mischief to the incendiary mix normally available in Sin City while competing for a Las Vegas wedding extravaganza. The host of the show, Trey Gold, appears interested only in keeping the spotlight on himself while the contestants run-wild sampling all Vegas has to offer, threatening to blow the whole show out of the water. Not only must Lucky keep the couples from killing each other, killing their relationships, or ending up on the front page of the Review-Journal, she has to navigate the rocky road to love herself.

Teddie, her live-in lover is leaning more-and-more towards chasing a new dream as a singer, leaving Vegas … and Lucky behind. And a new French chef who seems determined to muddy the murky waters of love even further. Then there's Lucky's mother, Mona, who never could leave well enough alone …

— Lucky In Love by Deborah Coonts

Death at a Drop-In by Elizabeth Spann Craig is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

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Death at a Drop-In by Elizabeth Spann Craig

A Myrtle Clover Mystery

Publisher: Elizabeth Spann Craig

… as today's free mystery ebook.

  

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Cosette Whitlow is a society matron … if tiny Bradley, North Carolina, has one. She kindly volunteers for all the town's charities, but isn't nearly as kind to her own family, neighbors, and friends. In fact, Cosette is emphatically disliked by much of the town — including octogenarian Myrtle Clover. And Myrtle knows that dislike in Bradley can quickly turn deadly.

No one seems surprised when Cosette's body is discovered during a party she's hosting — she was struck on the head with a croquet mallet. Wanting to restore order to the small town, Myrtle resolves to track down the killer — before the killer strikes again.

— Death at a Drop-In by Elizabeth Spann Craig

The Devil's Necktie by John Lansing is Today's Kobo Daily Deal

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature The Devil's Necktie by John Lansing as today's Kobo Daily Deal.

The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Tuesday, October 07, 2014, and has been price-matched by Amazon.com.

The Devil's Necktie by John Lansing

A Jack Bertolino Thriller (1st in series)

Publisher: Gallery Books

Price: $1.99 (as of 10/07/2014 at 6:40 AM ET).

    

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Retired inspector Jack Bertolino had strict rules when dealing with confidential informants. But Mia had the kind of beauty that could make a grown man contemplate leaving his wife, his job, and his kids. After a passionate night together, Mia is found murdered — and Jack is the lead suspect.

Facing threats from the LAPD, the 18th Street Angels, and a Colombian drug cartel, Jack delves deeper into the seedy world of drug dealers and murderers and discovers that the top players knew Mia personally. And now Jack is torn between fearing for his life and seeking revenge for his slain lover … .either way, the body count will rise.

— The Devil's Necktie by John Lansing

Today's Mystery and Suspense Update from Big Fish Games (141007)

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

• The New Release is MouseCraft.

• The Daily Deal is Tales From The Dragon Mountain: The Strix, just $2.99 today only!

• The current Catch of the Week is Timeless: The Lost Castle, just $2.99 through Sunday, October 12, 2014 only.

• Today's Special Deal — All Mystery Case Files games are half off, today only! Use coupon code MCF. Offer expires October 7th, 2014 at 11:59 PM PT.

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

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The New Release is MouseCraft

Schrödinger is a crazy cat scientist, an inventor working on his latest project — a mysterious, mice-powered machine. One day he eventually runs out of money, but fortunately an unexpected proposal emerges. Help Schrödinger complete his experiment by leading mice to the cheese. Defeat different obstacles, gather collectibles and solve mind-challenging puzzles to uncover the secret of the mysterious mice-powered device!

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

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Today's Daily Deal is Tales From The Dragon Mountain: The Strix

Mina Lockheart's dreams became unbearable nightmares. She dreamt about her grandmother Kate and their old family house being eaten by flames. One day, Mina decided to travel back to their family estate to make peace with her own memories. What started as a simple trip of search for inner peace, turned out to be the greatest, unimaginable adventure of her life! Defeat the evil spirit called Strix in this fun 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:

• Check out the Blog Walkthrough.

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The current Catch of the Week is Timeless: The Lost Castle

Every night you've been haunted by visions of a man in a red hood, pleading for you to save an innocent soul. You pack your bags for Europe, but soon you'll find yourself headed for a different destination, stranded aboard a flying ship. In the distance, an ancient castle among the snowy mountains holds the key to releasing a young girl's spirit, but it also contains an ancient evil sleeping just under its foundations. Follow in the footsteps of the Man in Red and uncover his secrets in this mysterious Hidden-Object Puzzle Adventure game.

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

Blood and Broomsticks, 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 …

Blood and Broomsticks by Jean G. Goodhind

A Honey Driver Mystery (9th in series)

Publisher: Accent Press

Price: $2.99 (as of 10/06/2014 at 5:30 PM ET).

  

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An old friend of Honey Driver's is unfortunate enough to have their birthday at Hallowe'en, and can't resist making it a fancy dress party. Honey had planned for DCI Doherty, her policeman boyfriend, to go with her; he might have done if he wasn't more than a bit peeved that she smashed up his sports car.

Dressed appropriately, Honey attends the party at Moss End Hotel alone. The food is awful, the booze practically non-existent, and the complaints are loud and clear. The owners, Mr and Mrs Crook — amateurs who think themselves better than the professionals — are nowhere to be found and all the doors are locked. Once the revellers manage to open the doors, the Crooks are found, but are in no condition to deal with complaints. They're dead — murdered — and Honey and Doherty team up once more to investigate.

— Blood and Broomsticks by Jean G. Goodhind

New This Week: The Hawaiian Island Murders, A Morgan Crew Murder Mystery by Arthur A. Lee

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 October 2014 and priced $4.99 or less …

The Hawaiian Island Murders by Arthur A. Lee

A Morgan Crew Murder Mystery (8th in series)

Publisher: Leeward Publishers

Price: $2.99 (as of 10/06/2014 at 4:30 PM ET).

  

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It is the middle of winter, and it has been bitter cold and snowing in San Marcos, the Northern California home of Morgan and Sandy Crew. They decide to take Caroline on a warm, relaxing vacation to sun and sand of the Big Island of Hawai'i. Caroline's nanny, Betsy, a college student, chooses to stay home and study for upcoming exams.

The Crews have just settled into an elegant suite in their family owned beach-side resort, when an old friend asks for help. A young Hawaiian man who was unknowingly working for the Mafia, has been murdered, and a young, beautiful, and sensuous, pure Hawaiian woman, the mother of the dead man's child, needs to know how and why.

Meanwhile, Betsy becomes deeply involved in a search for a missing fellow student, a co-ed from a well-to-do family. Fearing that the young student is in trouble, Betsy defies the advice of Police Lt. Sommers, who tells her to leave the Missing Persons Investigation to him. But she has learned a great deal from Morgan. She perseveres, forcing herself to continue in spite of the fear she feels. She finds herself in one chilling and horrifying situation after another, which may finally cost Betsy her own life.

— The Hawaiian Island Murders by Arthur A. Lee

Dexter in the Dark, A Dexter Morgan Thriller by Jeff Lindsay, 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, Vintage …

Dexter in the Dark by Jeff Lindsay

A Dexter Morgan Thriller (3rd in series)

Publisher: Vintage

Price: $1.99 (as of 10/06/2014 at 4:00 PM ET).

  

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In his work as a Miami crime scene investigator, Dexter Morgan is accustomed to seeing evil deeds … particularly because, on occasion, he commits them himself. But Dexter's happy existence is turned upside down when he is called to an unusually disturbing crime scene at the university campus. Dexter's Dark Passenger — mastermind of his homicidal prowess — immediately senses something chillingly recognizable and goes into hiding. Dexter is alone for the first time in his life, and he realizes he's being hunted by a truly sinister adversary.

Meanwhile he's planning a wedding and trying to learn how to be a stepfather to his fiancée's two kids — who might just have dark tendencies themselves.

— Dexter in the Dark by Jeff Lindsay

Finding Sky by Susan O'Brien, a New 1st in Series Mystery Introducing Nicki Valentine

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) …

Finding Sky by Susan O'Brien

A Nicki Valentine Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Henery Press

  

What we know about the character: Nicki Valentine is a suburban mom and a PI in training. For more information about her first investigation, see a synopsis of the book, below.

She's a parent. She's (almost) a P.I. No one gets on your case like mom.

Suburban widow and P.I. in training Nicki Valentine can barely keep track of her two kids, never mind anyone else. But when her best friend's adoption plan is jeopardized by the young birth mother's disappearance, Nicki is persuaded to help. Nearly everyone else believes the teenager ran away, but Nicki trusts her BFF's judgment, and the feeling is mutual.

The case leads where few moms go (teen parties, gang shootings) and places they can't avoid (preschool parties, OB-GYNs' offices). Nicki has everything to lose and much to gain — including the attention of her unnervingly hot P.I. instructor. Thankfully, Nicki is armed with her pesky conscience, occasional babysitters, a fully stocked minivan, and nature's best defense system: women's intuition.

— Finding Sky by Susan O'Brien

Murder on the Rocks, A Mack's Bar Mystery by Allyson K. Abbott, 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, Kensington …

Murder on the Rocks by Allyson K. Abbott

A Mack's Bar Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Kensington

Price: $1.99 (as of 10/06/2014 at 3:00 PM ET).

  

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Mack's Bar is one of those nice, friendly places where everybody knows your name. That's great when someone's buying you a round, but not so hot when you find yourself atop a list of murder suspects — with your fingerprints on the bloody knife!

Mackenzie "Mack" Dalton is a Milwaukee bar owner with a nose for trouble — literally. A neurological glitch has left her with extra perceptive senses. So when she stumbles upon a dead body in the alley behind the bar — the same spot where her own father was shot eight months earlier — she can tell right away there's something fishy in the air.

The lead detective thinks there's a link between the two deaths, and he'll need Mack's help to sniff out the murderer amid the crowd of eccentric regulars. But when all the evidence points to her as the most likely culprit, it could be an early last call for Mack — and celebratory cocktails for a killer.

— Murder on the Rocks by Allyson K. Abbott

Supping with the Devil by Sally Spencer, New in Bookstores during October 2014

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

Supping with the Devil by Sally Spencer, a Monika Paniatowski Mystery (7th in series)

Publisher: Severn House

      

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

More about our featured title, below …

DCI Monika Paniatowski recognises her latest assignment as advisor to the Earl of Ridley's rock festival for what it really is — an attempt by the chief constable to destroy her career. Yet it soon becomes apparent that matters are not as simple as they appear. Why, for instance, did the earl choose to employ the notorious Devil's Disciples motorcycle gang to provide the security for the festival? And to what lengths will his mother, the dowager countess, go to destroy it?

But it is when the half-naked body of a tabloid journalist is discovered in the middle of Whitebridge that things really start to hot up.

— Supping with the Devil by Sally Spencer

Dead for a Spell by Raymond Buckland, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during October 2014

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during October 2014 …

Dead for a Spell by Raymond Buckland

A Bram Stoker Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: Berkley Trade

  

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

More about our featured title, below …

Bram Stoker, business manager for London's Lyceum Theatre, is never surprised to find the supernatural waiting in the wings — especially when a chilling murder appears to have origins in the occult …

March 1881. The Lyceum is abuzz with the news that American actor Edwin Booth is going to be sharing the stage with their own Shakespearean star, Henry Irving. But stage manager Harry Rivers has other matters preoccupying him. One of the regular actresses has disappeared, and after a disturbing tarot card reading, Harry's boss, Bram Stoker, is convinced that something wicked is coming their way.

When the poor girl's body is found, Stoker's suspicions prove to be founded — the murder scene is riddled with strange clues that Stoker recognizes as the trappings of an occult ritual. Someone is conjuring up a pernicious plot against cast and crew of the Lyceum, and if Harry doesn't track down the slaying sorcerer quickly, it could spell disaster for those he holds dearest …

— Dead for a Spell by Raymond Buckland

Over 50 Akashic Noir Short Story Collections 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 over 50 Akashic Noir Short Story Collections, now available at a special price of $2.99 each courtesy of the publisher. We're featuring just one of these books here in this post …

Boston Noir by Dennis Lehane, editor

A Short Story Collection

Publisher: Akashic

Price: $2.99 (as of 10/06/2014 at 1:00 PM ET).

  

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Dennis Lehane has proven himself to be a master of both crime fiction and literary fiction. Here, he extends his literary prowess to that of master curator. In keeping with the Akashic Noir series tradition, each story in this collection is set in a different neighborhood of the city — the impressively diverse collection extends from Roxbury to Cambridge, from Southie to the Boston Harbor, and all stops in between.

Lehane's own contribution — the longest story in the volume — is set in his beloved home neighborhood of Dorchester and showcases his phenomenal ability to grip the heart, soul, and throat of the reader.

— Boston Noir by Dennis Lehane, editor

New This Week: Murderous Muffins, A Chubby Chicks Club Mystery by Lois Lavrisa

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 October 2014 and priced $4.99 or less …

Murderous Muffins by Lois Lavrisa

A Chubby Chicks Club Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: Sunlake Press

Price: $0.99 (as of 10/06/2014 at 12:30 PM ET).

Pre-order this cozy mystery today for only $0.99; the price goes up to $3.99 on the release date of October 11th, 2014.

  

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Beware of breakfast …

Bezu is a beautiful southern belle with gentile manners. But her problems are anything but. Deep in debt, she's illegally taken in a few lodgers. A sweet stripper and her bodybuilder boyfriend, an Asian man loudly learning English through pop music, and a mysterious stranger with the most amazing blue-green eyes — and a secret.

When one of them mysteriously dies and it looks like her muffins were the murder weapon, Bezu and her fellow Chubby Chicks Club member, Cat, must discover who the killer is before she ends up in jail … or worse. Will they succeed?

— Murderous Muffins by Lois Lavrisa