Jamie Bond Mysteries Boxed Set, The 1st 3 Jamie Bond Mysteries by Gemma Halliday and Jennifer Fischetto, Now Available at a Special Price

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Jamie Bond Mysteries Boxed Set by Gemma Halliday and Jennifer Fischetto

The 1st 3 Jamie Bond Mysteries

Publisher: Gemma Halliday

Price: $6.99 (as of 10/10/2014 at 1:00 PM ET).

  

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Unbreakable Bond (#1)

Her name is Bond. Jamie Bond. And her life is about to be shaken and stirred in a cocktail of sex, lies, scandal, and one very dead body.

Jamie Bond is a former cover model who switches gears to take over the family business: The Bond Agency, a high-powered P.I. firm located in Los Angeles that specializes in domestic espionage — catching cheating husbands. Jamie's assembled a team of other disenchanted former models to help her take names and kick derrieres among L.A.'s wealthiest philandering husbands. Her current client: Mrs. Veronica Waterston, the young, distraught wife of superior court judge, Thomas Waterston, known for his tough sentencing, right-wing leanings, and his fondness for blondes with double D's. Easy target. But Jamie's simple case takes an unexpected turn for the worse when the not-so-good judge winds up on the ten o'clock news with a bullet through his head. It's clear that someone has set Jamie up, and suddenly she's on the run, under fire, and in serious jeopardy of losing it all. With a hot A.D.A. on her trail, a killer on the loose, and her life on the line, Jamie must prove once and for all that nobody messes with a Bond.

Secret Bond (#2)

Her name is Bond. Jamie Bond. And she is licensed to kill any pre-nup you can throw at her.

Catching cheating husbands became Jamie Bond's life when her father was shot and wounded on the job, forcing Jamie to take over the family business: The Bond Agency. But three years later, the P.I. is shocked when the gun that wounded her father surfaces during a high-profile murder trial. Is this the connection Jamie's been waiting for to finally nail her father's shooter? But, oddly enough, Derek Bond doesn't seem interested. In fact, if Jamie didn't know better she'd say he's even trying to stop her from looking into it. Along with her team of bombshell investigators, Jamie suddenly finds herself in the middle of a cold case that's heating up the media, dodging old grudges and new enemies, while questioning the motives of those closest to her. If she can live with the truth, the secrets Jamie uncovers may bring down more than a marriage this time.

Lethal Bond (#3)

Her name is Bond. Jamie Bond. And her luck may have just run out …

P.I. Jamie Bond knows there's corruption in the Los Angeles County D.A.'s office. What she doesn't know is how far it runs and if her on-again, off-again love interest, A.D.A. Aiden Prince, is involved. Is he aware of the danger lurking in his halls of justice? Is he dating his exotic beauty of a co-chair? And why are drug dealers making middle of the night calls to the D.A.? Jamie is determined to find out. But between one case of an "open marriage" wife who fears her husband is secretly monogamous, an Elvis obsessed musician crushing on her employee, and an over-sexed baby-boomer father, Jamie has her hands full. Not to mention one hot photographer, Danny Flynn, who seems determined to take their relationship from "best friend" to "best night of her life." The boundaries between personal and professional blur in a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse, where no one can be trusted … and not everyone will make it out alive.

— Jamie Bond Mysteries Boxed Set by Gemma Halliday and Jennifer Fischetto

New This Week: Crosses to Bear, A Vatican Knights Thriller by Rick Jones

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 …

Crosses to Bear by Rick Jones

A Vatican Knights Thriller (6th in series)

Publisher: Hive Collective

Price: $2.99 (as of 10/10/2014 at 12:30 PM ET).

  

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In a Galveston, Texas lab, a lethal strain has been stolen by a terrorist faction. In New Mexico, the population of a small town is completely wiped out. In Las Vegas, a vicious underground clan called the Community surfaces at night to prey on the weak. In Paris, two old foes of Kimball Hayden reunite as a kill team to hunt him down.

Now considered dead by the Vatican, Kimball Hayden is leading a secretive life living on the streets of Las Vegas. But when a parish comes under the threat of a vicious mob, he finds himself thrown back into a world of violence.

Once again Kimball finds himself in the role as the "priest who is not a priest" fighting to protect those who cannot protect themselves. And when Vatican City is threatened with complete annihilation, he returns to fight a battle against a foe he cannot possibly defeat.

— Crosses to Bear by Rick Jones

Please Welcome Mystery Author David E. Grogan

with David E. Grogan

We are delighted to welcome author David E. Grogan to Omnimystery News.

Dave's debut mystery The Siegel Dispositions (Camel Press; November 2014 trade paperback) introduces ex-Navy JAG, now civilian attorney Steve Stilwell. We asked Dave to tell us more about how the book came to be written and published, which is the subject of his guest post for us today.

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David E. Grogan

The Siegel Dispositions represents the end of an arduous but rewarding journey, which began at The George Washington University Law School. At the time, I was a mid-grade Navy officer in the Judge Advocate General's Corps. The Navy sent me back to law school for a year to study International Law so I could do things like negotiate treaties and advise Warfighters on the Law of War.

One unexpected gem I discovered at George Washington was a class in Human Rights, taught by an internationally renowned scholar, Professor Thomas Buergenthal. Initially, I wasn't enthusiastic about taking the course because Human Rights seemed like common sense, not something I needed to study. I couldn't have been more wrong. Professor Buergenthal opened my eyes to the critical importance of Human Rights both in policy and in practice. As an Auschwitz survivor, he spoke with particular authority, and his class discussions were the high point of my week.

Professor Buergenthal's course inspired me to learn more about Human Rights. One night I ran across a website that gave me the idea for a story — a story that might promote an awareness of Human Rights, but in a subtle, subliminal way. Now all I had to do was write it.

After graduating from George Washington, I was assigned to the Navy staff at the Pentagon. As an officer, I was expected to stay in shape, so I ran from the Pentagon to the Lincoln Memorial and back three or four times each week. With nothing else to do on the run but think, I formulated scenes in my head and then, after my kids went to bed at night, transcribed them. I often wouldn't finish until after midnight, only to get up for work at four-thirty the next morning to start the process all over again. A little more than a year later, I had a 124,000-word draft of The Siegel Dispositions, chock full of new author mistakes and extraneous material.

The product of blood, sweat, passion, and tears, and more importantly, critical editing, refining and tightening up over the course of several years, the book now stands at 85,000 words. The Siegel Dispositions begins in 1997 with the murder of an Auschwitz survivor in Düsseldorf, Germany. The ensuing story then weaves the five primary characters through murders, twists and turns in Germany, the United States, Israel and Syria. I'd like to highlight two of those characters because they are central to the story yet present polar opposites.

The protagonist is Steve Stilwell, a JAG who retires from the Navy after twenty-two years and then begins to practice law in Williamsburg, Virginia. While I've drawn some of Steve's background from my own to adhere to the rule "write about things you are familiar with," Steve is purely fictional. In fact, he's actually an aspirational character, the kind of attorney I want to be — not the attorney I am. Recently retired and a Navy man through and through, Steve looks at every situation through a Navy lens, and it shapes the way he approaches problems. He can always be counted on to do what he thinks is right, even if it might turn out to be wrong; and just like in the fog of war, it unfortunately sometimes does.

Michelle Siegel, a prime murder suspect, is a woman you will love to hate. Blonde, beautiful, aggressive and affected, she is every man's dream and every man's nightmare. The victim of one destructive relationship and another overprotective one, she is manipulative and narcissistic, but flashes of vulnerability give a glimpse through her veneer. Even so, Steve is never sure whether the vulnerability is fact or fiction. Michelle's duplicity, compounded by Steve's tacit difficulty dealing with beautiful women, creates tension throughout the story.

Just as The Siegel Dispositions represents a culmination of effort, it also represents a new beginning. My many and varied experiences in the Navy, and in particular my travels around the world, will give Steve Stilwell an unending stream of catastrophes to deal with and interesting people to confront or represent. Rumor has it, his next client will need help resolving a case in Saigon, but with the attorney-client privilege in effect, we won't know until the sequel is out on the streets.

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David E. Grogan was born in Rome, New York, and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. He studied accounting at the College of William & Mary in Virginia and later attended law school at the University of Virginia. He is a licensed attorney in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

After law school, Dave joined the Navy and served on active duty for over 26 years as a Navy Judge Advocate. During his career, he prosecuted and defended court-martial cases, traveled to capitals around the world, lived in Japan, Cuba and Bahrain, and deployed to the Persian Gulf onboard the nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS ENTERPRISE. Dave's Navy experiences influence every aspect of his writing.

Dave's current home is in Virginia Beach, where he lives with his wife, Sharon, and dog, Marley.

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

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The Siegel Dispositions
David E. Grogan
A Steve Stilwell Mystery

On September 30, 1997, in Düsseldorf, Germany, an old Jewish man named Emil Weisentrope is shot dead. That same day in Williamsburg, Virginia, Steve Stilwell hangs out his shingle after serving 22 years as a Navy "JAG". Steve's first assignment as a civilian attorney is to update the will of a 70-year-old Auschwitz survivor, Professor Felix Siegel. Accompanying the professor is his beautiful but surly adopted daughter, Michelle. Michelle will inherit, but there's a catch. The first $1.5 million of Siegel's fortune goes to three wartime friends … if they survive him. If they don't, their shares belong to Michelle.

After Professor Siegel's untimely and violent death, Steve begins his search for the beneficiaries, only to learn that two — including Emil Weisentrope — have already died under suspicious circumstances. Although the German police investigating the Weisentrope case are convinced Michelle is behind the killings, Steve needs to be sure. Determined to find the connection between the Siegel dispositions and the murders, he begins a frantic search for answers. His own life and that of the final beneficiary hang in the balance as he struggles to stay ahead of a cold-blooded and elusive killer.

    

For Your Sins by Richard Pitman and Joe McNally is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature …

For Your Sins by Richard Pitman and Joe McNally

A Frankie Houlihan Mystery

Publisher: Richard Pitman and Joe McNally

… as today's free mystery ebook.

  

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More on today's free book, below.

Gerry Monroe, is a bitter ex-jockey who has feigned injury to cover his fear of riding. His fierce ambition to 'be someone' mutates into a psychotic obsession to bring misery to those who have succeeded where he failed.

Kelly Corell is a Dublin gangster with a reputation for violence and an idea that will net him millions and devastate the world of horseracing. And Peter Culling is a dying vet who wants to live forever … Culling doesn't care who is sacrificed to help finance his wild scheme.

Frankie Houlihan is a young priest distracted from his vocation by just one thing — horseracing. Standing beside the most dangerous steeplechase fence at Cheltenham, Frankie hurries to help a fallen jockey, Kathy Spencer. Their meeting was to change many lives forever.

Frankie Houlihan finds himself confronting the real world and the maelstrom of terror wrought by Monroe, Corell and Culling. Will he be sucked in and destroyed, or can he battle through and finally find peace?

— For Your Sins by Richard Pitman and Joe McNally

The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz is Today's Kindle Daily Deal

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz as today's Kindle Daily Deal.

The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Friday, October 10, 2014.

The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz

An Isabel Spellman Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

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

  

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Meet Isabel "Izzy" Spellman, private investigator. This twenty-eight-year-old may have a checkered past littered with romantic mistakes, excessive drinking, and creative vandalism; she may be addicted to Get Smart reruns and prefer entering homes through windows rather than doors — but the upshot is she's good at her job as a licensed private investigator with her family's firm, Spellman Investigations. Invading people's privacy comes naturally to Izzy. In fact, it comes naturally to all the Spellmans. If only they could leave their work at the office. To be a Spellman is to snoop on a Spellman; tail a Spellman; dig up dirt on, blackmail, and wiretap a Spellman.

Izzy walks an indistinguishable line between Spellman family member and Spellman employee. Duties include: completing assignments from the bosses, aka Mom and Dad (preferably without scrutiny); appeasing her chronically perfect lawyer brother (often under duress); setting an example for her fourteen-year-old sister, Rae (who's become addicted to "recreational surveillance"); and tracking down her uncle (who randomly disappears on benders dubbed "Lost Weekends"). But when Izzy's parents hire Rae to follow her (for the purpose of ascertaining the identity of Izzy's new boyfriend), Izzy snaps and decides that the only way she will ever be normal is if she gets out of the family business. But there's a hitch: she must take one last job before they'll let her go — a fifteen-year-old, ice-cold missing person case. She accepts, only to experience a disappearance far closer to home, which becomes the most important case of her life.

— The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz

Today's Mystery and Suspense Update from Big Fish Games (141010)

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

• The New Release is League of Light: Wicked Harvest (Collector's Edition).

• The Daily Deal is Mystery Heritage: Sign of the Spirit, 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.

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

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The New Release is League of Light: Wicked Harvest (Collector's Edition)

The League of Light needs your help solving another exciting case! Children have been going missing in the town of Blake's Mountain in the days leading up to the fabled Red Moon. No one really knows what will happen on that night, but everyone agrees it can't be good … Strange creatures creep through the shadows, and the citizens fear for their safety. Can you uncover the secrets of Blake's Mountain and rescue the missing children in this spooky Hidden Objects Puzzle Adventure game? We believe in you, detective!

This is a special Collector's Edition release full of exclusive extras you won't find in the standard version, including: Save the Healer’s daughter in the bonus game; Find hidden owls to solve the riddles of Blake’s Mountain; Fill your achievements room, and unlock extra content; and a Comprehensive 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 Mystery Heritage: Sign of the Spirit

Investigate a mysterious and deadly curse! A recent death in the Williams family brings about rumors of an age old family curse placed upon them by a witch. Was this death part of the witch's revenge? You have been called in to investigate this and stop hysteria from reaching the rest of the town. Was this death the result of the curse, or is it part of something deeper? Find out in this thrilling 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 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.

New This Week: Tuna Tango, A Will Service Adventure by Steven Becker

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 …

Tuna Tango by Steven Becker

A Will Service Adventure (2nd in series)

Publisher: The White Marlin Press

Price: $2.99 (as of 10/09/2014 at 5:30 PM ET).

  

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Will Service is living the Keys lifestyle until a hurricane swamps his boat and destroys his unfinished house. A family friend offers him an opportunity to get back on his feet, and he takes the challenge of rebuilding an iconic fish house on St. Petersburg Beach, a job unique to his abilities.

The stakes are raised when a black market fish smuggling business is discovered on the property, and one of his delinquent workers steals a huge Bluefin tuna. The poachers take his girlfriend hostage to ensure his cooperation and protect their business forcing Will into a race to save her and shut down their operation.

— Tuna Tango by Steven Becker

Quoth the Raven, A Gregor Demarkian Mystery by Jane Haddam, 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 …

Quoth the Raven by Jane Haddam

A Gregor Demarkian Mystery (4th in series)

Publisher: Open Road

Price: $1.99 (as of 10/09/2014 at 5:00 PM ET).

  

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On Halloween, college students get rowdy and the faculty gets killed …

Since Father Tibor Kasparian escaped the Soviet Union, he has done his best to keep his philosophy to himself — not out of fear, but because he knows that few people could stomach an honest account of life under Stalinism. When he gets an invitation to spend a semester teaching philosophy at Independence College, Kasparian hesitates, but his friend Gregor Demarkian, a former FBI investigator, convinces him to accept. They will both wish he had decided to stay away.

At Independence, Halloween is the biggest party of the year — it's also the anniversary of the day that the school's colonial founders pledged themselves to the American Revolution. As the students prepare to burn an effigy of King George, the hated professor Donegal Steele vanishes, and his secretary turns up dead. To keep his old friend from becoming the next victim, Demarkian will have to do his homework.

— Quoth the Raven by Jane Haddam

Judgment, A Cassidy & Spenser Thriller by Carey Baldwin, New This Week from Witness Impulse

Every week, Witness Impulse — an imprint of William Morrow — releases new suspense and thriller digital originals, typically priced at just $2.99 each.

Omnimystery News is pleased to present you with one of this week's titles …

Judgment by Carey Baldwin

A Cassidy & Spenser Thriller (1st in series)

Publisher: Witness Impulse

Price: $2.99 (as of 10/09/2014 at 4:30 PM ET).

  

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When a coed falls prey to a sadistic murderer, forensic psychiatrist Dr. Caitlin "Caity" Cassidy and FBI profiler, Special Agent Atticus Spenser, are called in to testify — one for the defense, one for the prosecution. With warring approaches to justice, these two rivals have been butting heads for years — both inside the courtroom and out. And at first, this case appears to be no different.

But when a brutal attack leaves the accused man dead and Caity in critical condition, petty differences take a backseat to saving lives. As the lone survivor, Caity knows too much, and the killer — a madman calling himself the Man in the Maze — is coming back for round two. Now Caity and Spense must join forces to uncover the killer's identity before Caity's time — and luck — runs out.

— Judgment by Carey Baldwin

If Cooks Could Kill, An Angie Amalfi Mystery by Joanne Pence, 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, HarperCollins …

If Cooks Could Kill by Joanne Pence

An Angie Amalfi Mystery (10th in series)

Publisher: HarperCollins

Price: $3.99 (as of 10/09/2014 at 4:00 PM ET).

  

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With another failed business behind her, dilettante chef Angie Amalfi is cooking up a new scheme: Pairing up her best friend Connie with a handsome professional football player who just happens to be related to the owner of her favorite Italian restaurant. Soon Connie takes more interest in a suspicious loner than Angie's "dream man" and her despondent friend decides to recreate herself as a restaurant consultant.

But when police begin to suspect that Connie and her new love interest are connected with a brutal murder and robbery, Angie and her homicide detective fiance Paavo must try to track down the real killer. And when the trail of clues begins to lead back to Angie's favorite restaurant, it's up to Angie to set things right — or the only recipe on the menu may be one for disaster.

— If Cooks Could Kill by Joanne Pence

Death of a Christmas Caterer by Lee Hollis, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during October 2014

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during October 2014 …

Death of a Christmas Caterer by Lee Hollis

A Hayley Powell, Food and Cocktails Mystery (5th in series)

Publisher: Kensington

  

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 …

Who better than food and cocktails columnist Hayley Powell to book a caterer for the Island Times holiday party? But Hayley's quest for a cook turns into the pursuit of a killer who caters to no one …

Office Christmas parties can sometimes mean career suicide — but they rarely lead to murder. Hayley thought Garth Rawlings would be the perfect caterer for this year's bash, but when the gourmet sees her budget, he goes galloping.

Unfortunately his run is short-lived. Garth is found dead on the floor of his kitchen, with his delectable creations burning in the oven. Faced with a spread of suspects, Hayley is determined to discover who would want to take out the Christmas caterer, because — no matter what the season — justice must be served …

— Death of a Christmas Caterer by Lee Hollis

Murder & Mayhem in Goose Pimple Junction, A Tess Tremaine Mystery by Amy Metz, 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, Southern Ink Press …

Murder & Mayhem in Goose Pimple Junction by Amy Metz

A Tess Tremaine Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Southern Ink Press

Price: $0.99 (as of 10/09/2014 at 3:00 PM ET).

  

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When Tess Tremaine starts a new life in the colorful town of Goose Pimple Junction, curiosity leads her to look into a seventy-five-year-old murder. Suddenly she's learning the foreign language of southern speak, resisting her attraction to local celebrity Jackson Wright, and dealing with more mayhem than she can handle.

A bank robbery, murder, and family tragedy from the 1930s are pieces of the mystery that Tess attempts to solve. As she gets close to the truth, she encounters danger, mystery, a lot of southern charm, and a new temptation for which she's not sure she's ready.

— Murder & Mayhem in Goose Pimple Junction by Amy Metz

Dark Spies by Matthew Dunn, New in Bookstores during October 2014

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

Dark Spies by Matthew Dunn, a Will Cochrane, Spycatcher Mystery (4th in series)

Publisher: William Morrow

        

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 …

On the run from the CIA, intelligence operative Will Cochrane heads to the U.S. to uncover a diabolical spymaster at the center of an international conspiracy in this thrilling follow up to Slingshot.

When Will Cochrane encounters a Russian spymaster — codenamed Antaeus — who everyone believes is dead, he is thrust into a deadly game set in motion by powerful players deep inside the U.S. intelligence community. Will has worked with the CIA for years and knows them all. But now he knows there's no one he can trust.

His orders from Langley are clear: ANTAEUS MUST NOT BE TOUCHED. FURTHER INQUIRIES REQUIRE PROJECT FERRYMAN CLEARANCE. But as Antaeus and his men then attempt to execute the CIA's best agents, Will decides to take his own shot at the spymaster, knowing it will make him a marked man.

Now, the only way to save his career — and his life — is to get into the U.S. and expose the truth about Project Ferryman. But to accomplish that he's got to outmaneuver four deadly Russian assassins and an elite FBI team controlled by shadowy officials who will stop at nothing to keep their sins and secrets safe.

— Dark Spies by Matthew Dunn

Picked to Die by Sheila Connolly, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during October 2014

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during October 2014 …

Picked to Die by Sheila Connolly

A Meg Corey, Orchard Mystery (8th in series)

Publisher: Berkley

  

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 …

It's harvest time in Granford, Massachusetts, and orchard owner Meg Corey and her fiancé, Seth, are both racing to beat the New England winter. Meg is bringing in her apple crop with a team of workers, while Seth is working to restore an old building in the center of town. But when his project is set back due to the unexpected discovery of a skeleton under the building — and even worse, a young man related to one of Meg's former apple pickers is found dead behind the local feed store — the couple's carefully laid plans are quickly spoiled …

Meg can't help but wonder: are they just unlucky, or is there something rotten in Granford? If so, she knows she's got to seek out the bad apple before it ruins the whole bunch …

— Picked to Die by Sheila Connolly

The Body in the Gallery, A Faith Fairchild Mystery by Katherine Hall Page, 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, HarperCollins …

The Body in the Gallery by Katherine Hall Page

A Faith Fairchild Mystery (17th in series)

Publisher: HarperCollins

Price: $3.99 (as of 10/09/2014 at 1:00 PM ET).

  

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Faith's catering business has been slow with the downturn of the economy, so when her friend Patsy Avery proposes that she take over the café at Aleford's Ganley Art Museum, it seems like a not-to-be-missed opportunity. And Patsy has an ulterior motive — she discovers that the Romare Bearden piece she lent the museum has been switched with a fake and wants Faith to snoop around to find the culprit.

Life at the museum doesn't stay calm for long and Faith is soon enmeshed in the Ganley's murky past and present as she struggles to make connections among apparently disparate items: the fake Bearden, Pepperidge Farm Goldfish crackers, and a Jane Doe corpse that turns up as an unintended part of an art installation. At home, son Ben, now in the hell known as middle school, becomes involved in a cyberbullying escapade and husband Tom wants his wife to morph into June Cleaver.

Her investigation takes Faith into Boston's art scene and historic Beacon Hill, as well as into the lives behind the façade of the Ganley's very proper board of trustees. She is at her wit's — and almost dead — end, as the killer strikes again, and again.

— The Body in the Gallery by Katherine Hall Page