An Excerpt from The Clock Strikes Midnight by Joan C. Curtis

The Clock Strikes Midnight
by Joan C. Curtis

We are delighted to welcome author Joan C. Curtis to Omnimystery News today.

Joan's new novel of suspense The Clock Strikes Midnight (MuseItUp Publishing; November ebook formats) is published this coming week and we are pleased to introduce you to it with an excerpt. And you are welcome to join Joan this Tuesday, November 25th, at her Facebook Launch Party, where you can win prizes, get free gifts, and more!

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SILENCE. JANIE CONTINUED TO WAIT. Nothing. The silence grew louder. He had stopped moving. Maybe he had gone back to sleep or maybe she had dozed off, and he had left. She could only hear herself breathing. The sound of her exhales seemed to echo as if she were in a tunnel. She slowed her breathing, but it still sounded loud enough to set off an alarm. Everything was so black she could barely tell if her eyes were open or closed.
  If she concentrated real hard, eyes closed, she could hear the tick, tock of the grandfather clock in the living room. Tick, tock. Tick, tock. How many tick-tocks made a minute? An hour? Tick, tock.
  Why hadn't the grandfather clock been sold or moved to Marlene's house? Aunt Sarah had left the old home intact. The only thing she carefully removed was the dust. It was like a mausoleum to her mother and her miserable life. They should have sold it all off. Every last item.
  She touched the gun. It remained tucked in her coat pocket along with the screwdriver. She reached into the other pocket for the flashlight. It wasn't there. Oh my God! She fumbled around on the closet floor in search of it. All she felt was dust. Her heart sank. She must have left it on the dresser upstairs.
  Footsteps raced down the stairs, faster this time. The backdoor slammed shut and a voice shouted, "Ralph, you in here?"
  She froze. The big man was back.
  "Jinx, c'm 'ere."
  Ralph's voice felt as if it were next to the closet door, and the sound of it made the hair on her arms stand up.
  She bit her lower lip. Her heart pounded. Both sets of feet lumbered up the stairs as if they were in no hurry.
  Now was the time, while they were upstairs. Go now! She had to get out of there. She had delayed too long. Go!
  Finally, she unfolded herself to release the cramps in her dead legs. She inched herself back into a standing position, still listening. Creak went the ceiling above. She considered opening the door and peeking out. Her hand moved to the doorknob and stopped. Her stomach clinched imagining him waiting for her, the sunlight catching the green glint in his eyes and the red in his hair. She could almost feel his breath on her neck and smell the rancid onion he always ate. She froze. Her heart blasted against her chest. Taking a deep breath, she squared her shoulders and cracked the door.
  Another creak sounded maybe from the staircase. She edged from the closet as quietly as she could. With the lights off and no windows she had trouble seeing. The last thing she wanted to do was knock something over that might alert them to her presence. Moving one foot in front of the other with her arms outstretched, she inched along like a blind person., she coaxed herself.
  Suddenly a big hand grabbed her arm and yanked her to the floor.

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Joan C. Curtis

Having grown up in the South with a mother from Westchester County New York, Joan has a unique take on blending the southern traditions with the eye of a northerner. She spent most of her childhood in North Carolina and now resides in Georgia.

For more information about the author, please visit her website at JoanCurtis.com and her author page on Goodreads, or find her on Facebook and Twitter.

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The Clock Strikes Midnight
Joan C. Curtis
A Novel of Suspense

Janie Knox wants nothing more than to live her life quietly in Savannah, Georgia and never return to her hometown of Atlanta. At age 17, a week after a jury convicted her stepfatherof killing her mother,she packed all her worldly possessions in a single duffle bag, hopped on a bus, and vowed never to return. But, when she learns that she's got three months to live, she journeys back home to finish what she couldn't do when she left — kill her stepfather.

As the clock ticks away, Janie's uses the last days of her life to right the wrongs that have haunted her for 20 years. She faces more than she bargained for when she discovers her sister's life in shambles. Meanwhile her stepfather, recently released from prison, blackmails the sisters and plots to extract millions from the state in retribution.

        

A Conversation with Suspense Novelist Brett Garcia Rose

with Brett Garcia Rose

We are delighted to welcome back author Brett Garcia Rose to Omnimystery News.

Last week we introduced his new suspense thrillerNoise (Velocity Imprints; June 2014 trade paperback and ebook formats) with an excerpt, and today we're catching up with Brett to talk a little more about it.

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Omnimystery News: Tell us a little more about Noise. Is it the first in a series?

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Brett Garcia Rose

Brett Garcia Rose: I knew when I started Noise that Leon would be a standalone character, even though I am often encouraged to write a sequel. His character was very dark, and I felt like his story peaked in the one book. My current novel, Ren, is the first in a series. I don't think the difference has as much to do with the story as with the characters themselves, particularly the emotional component. With Noise, a large part of the story was the character arc; how Leon's desperation first breaks and then transforms him. If there were a sequel, he'd be a different character; a result of that transformation, which reads more like flashback than series, but you never know.

OMN: Into which fiction genre would you place Noise?

BGR: I'd prefer that these categories didn't exist, at least not in such a stratified manner. I'd like to characterize my books as Literary Thrillers, but I've not yet seen such a classification. So thriller. Hard-boiled, maybe. Mystery? Perhaps.

OMN: Tell us something about Noise that isn't mentioned in the publisher's synopsis.

BGR: I wrote the entire book sitting by the bay in South Beach wearing earplugs. My neighbors all thought I was crazy, surrounded by so much activity, yet all I did was write. I did get a nice tan though, and I moved away a couple of weeks before the book was released.

OMN: Describe how you go about transforming your storyline ideas into a novel.

BGR: I don't really plan at all, although I do use Scrivener for first drafts, as it makes it easier to jump around and refer back, as well as attaching notes to various sections and characters. I also write primarily in scenes, which lends itself very well to the tool and to the storyboarding approach to writing. Regarding the characters, I find that some just die out or never really get going, and I have to erase their trails from the story. Other times minor characters become pivotal and grow much larger than anticipated, which adds to the story.

OMN: How true are you to the setting of your books?

BGR: My books are not overly descriptive, as they tend to be short and action based, which makes the scene setting easier (and is the type of writing I like to read). I do try to be true to geography, however. In Noise, there was a scene where a tunnel was dug underneath a warehouse in a waterfront Brooklyn neighborhood. I researched the area, right down to the origins of that particular block (which was fascinating in itself) and the underlying glacial bedrock to see if a tunnel could even exist there. In Ren, I took liberties with the construction of the second avenue subway tunnel (location, timing, method) but I did make sure it was all possible. So I try to be true to the geography and environment, but I allow settings to change based upon the rules that govern the existing reality. And I think that's very important, at least to my style of writing. If a setting seems at all unreasonable or unlikely, then the reader will have a hard time placing him or herself into that setting, and the scene will ring false.

OMN: How did Noise come to be titled? And were you involved with the cover design?

BGR: The title, Noise, was there from the start; the main character is deaf, so the word refers to something entirely different (decide for yourself what that is).

I received 10 or so cover concepts, most of them more realistic looking than the one I chose. A few featured lions or characters set against a NYC background, which seemed a little too young adult/romance to me. Most people I spoke with advised me not to go with the current cover (I call it the scream), but I felt it matched the book best.

OMN: What kind of feedback have you received from readers?

BGR: Oddly, some of the harshest criticisms match some of the best reviews, mainly focusing on brevity and minimal characterizations. That's just a style issue. Some readers like density, some like movement. I also like when reviewers comment on the writing style and the emotional content, which is something hard to find in action, noir type books, and something I strove to achieve. These are the readers I most like to reach. The best, of course, are the ones who complain, with a smile, that I kept them up all night and made them miss the train to work.

OMN: What's next for you?

BGR: Move to a new city and finish Ren.

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Brett Garcia Rose is a writer, software entrepreneur, and former animal rights soldier and stutterer. His work has been published in Sunday Newsday Magazine, The Barcelona Review, Opium, Rose and Thorn, The Battered Suitcase, Fiction Attic, Paraphilia and other literary magazines and anthologies. He travels extensively, but calls New York City home.

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

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Noise
Brett Garcia Rose
A Suspense Thriller

The world is an ugly place, and I can tell you now, I fit in just fine.

Lily is the only person Leon ever loved. When she left a suicide note and disappeared into a murky lake ten years ago, she left him alone, drifting through a silent landscape. Or did she?

A postcard in her handwriting pulls Leon to the winter-cold concrete heart of New York City. What he discovers unleashes a deadly rage that has no sound. A grisly trail of clues leads to The Bear, the sadistic Russian crime lord who traffics in human flesh. The police-some corrupt, some merely compromised-are of little help. They don't like Leon's methods, or the mess he leaves in his wake.

Leon is deaf, but no sane person would ever call him disabled. He survived as a child on the merciless streets of Nigeria. He misses nothing. He feels no remorse. The only direction he's ever known is forward. He will not stop until he knows. Where is Lily?

        

Murder in the Buff by Maggie Toussaint is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature …

Murder in the Buff by Maggie Toussaint

A Murder Mystery

Publisher: Muddle House

… as today's second free mystery ebook.

  

This title was listed for free as of November 23, 2014 at 7:10 AM ET. Prices are subject to change without notice. The price displayed on the vendor website at the time of the purchase will be the price paid for the book. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your transaction.

For a summary of all of today's featured titles, plus any that may have appeared before and are repeat freebies, visit our Free MystereBooks page. This page is updated daily, typically by 8 AM ET.

More on today's free book, below.

Reporter Molly Darter is beyond uncomfortable when her boss sends her to a naturist community to pick up the details for an obituary. The nudists shock Molly with their claim that Barbara Jean was murdered.

Molly's no cop; besides, she has enough trouble on her plate dealing with her cheating husband, taking care of her precocious son, and waging war on her trampy sister.

Everything changes when revealing photos of her father consorting with Barbara Jean at the produce stand come Molly's way. To protect her father, she noses around in the dead woman's past, uncovering scandalous secrets.

Things heat up further when her estranged husband's undercover drug ring investigation collides with her murder probe. Only one thing's for certain. The killer is watching every move Molly makes.

— Murder in the Buff by Maggie Toussaint

The Broken Saint by Mike Markel is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature …

The Broken Saint by Mike Markel

A Seagate and Miner Mystery

Publisher: Mike Markel

… as today's free mystery ebook.

  

This title was listed for free as of November 23, 2014 at 7:00 AM ET. Prices are subject to change without notice. The price displayed on the vendor website at the time of the purchase will be the price paid for the book. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your transaction.

For a summary of all of today's featured titles, plus any that may have appeared before and are repeat freebies, visit our Free MystereBooks page. This page is updated daily, typically by 8 AM ET.

More on today's free book, below.

Seagate and Miner investigate the murder of Maricel Salizar, a young Filipino exchange student at Central Montana State. The most obvious suspect is the boyfriend, who happens to have gang connections. And then there's Amber, a fellow student who's obviously incensed at Maricel for a sexual indiscretion involving Amber's boyfriend.

But the evidence keeps leading Seagate and Miner back to the professor, an LDS bishop who hosted her in his dysfunctional home. Seagate takes it in stride that the professor can't seem to tell the truth about his relationship with the victim, but her devout partner, Ryan Miner, believes that a high-ranking fellow Mormon who violates a sacred trust deserves special punishment.

— The Broken Saint by Mike Markel

A Test of Wills by Charles Todd is Today's Kobo Daily Deal

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature A Test of Wills by Charles Todd as today's Kobo Daily Deal.

The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Sunday, November 23, 2014, and has been price-matched by Amazon.

A Test of Wills by Charles Todd

An Ian Rutledge Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: William Morrow

Price: $1.99 (as of 11/23/2014 at 6:40 AM ET).

    

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It's 1919, and the War to End All Wars has been won. But for Scotland Yard Inspector Ian Rutledge, recently returned from the battlefields of France, there is no peace. Suffering from shell shock, tormented by the mocking, ever-present voice of the young Scot he had executed for refusing to fight, Rutledge plunges into his work to save his sanity. But his first assignment is a case certain to spell disaster, personally and professionally.

In Warwickshire, a popular colonel has been murdered, and the main suspect is a decorated war hero and close friend of the Prince of Wales. The case is a political minefield, and no matter what the outcome, Rutledge may not escape with his career intact. But, win or lose, the cost could be even higher: the one witness who could break the case is himself a shell shock victim, teetering on the edge of reality. And in this war-ravaged man, Rutledge sees his own possible future, should he lose grip on his mind …

— A Test of Wills by Charles Todd

Hostage by Chris Bradford is Today's Nook Daily Find

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature Hostage by Chris Bradford as today's Nook Daily Find.

The deal price of $2.99 is valid only for today, Sunday, November 23, 2014, and has been price-matched by Amazon.

Hostage by Chris Bradford

The Bodyguard YA Series (1st in series)

Publisher: Puffin

Price: $2.99 (as of 11/23/2014 at 6:30 AM ET).

    

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With the rise of teen stars, the intense media focus onceleb families and a new wave of billionaires, adults are no longer the only target for hostage-taking, blackmail and assassination — kids are too. That's why they need a young bodyguard like Connor Reeves to protect them.

Recruited into the ranks of a covert young bodyguard squad, 14-year-old Connor Reeves embarks on a rigorous close protection course. Training in surveillance, anti-ambush exercises, hostage survival and unarmed combat, he's put through his paces and wonders if he will actually survive the course. But when the US President summons Connor to protect his impulsive teenage daughter, Connor's training is put to the ultimate test. For Connor discovers that the First Daughter, Alicia, doesn't want to be guarded. She just wants to have fun. And with no clue Connor is her bodyguard, Alicia tries to elude her Secret Service agents and lead Connor astray. But unknown to her, a terrorist sleeper cell has been activated.

Its mission: to take the president's daughter hostage …

— Hostage by Chris Bradford

The First Six Mysteries in the Charles Lennox Series by Charles Finch is Today's Kindle Daily Deal

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature The First Six Mysteries in the Charles Lennox Series by Charles Finch as today's Kindle Daily Deal.

The deal price of $2.99 each is valid only for today, Sunday, November 23, 2014. We're highlighting the first book in the series in this post.

A Beautiful Blue Death by Charles Finch

A Charles Lennox Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Minotaur Books

Price: $2.99 (as of 11/23/2014 at 6:10 AM ET).

  

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On any given day in London, all Charles Lenox, Victorian gentleman and armchair explorer, wants to do is relax in his private study with a cup of tea, a roaring fire and a good book. But when his lifelong friend Lady Jane asks for his help, Lenox cannot resist another chance to unravel a mystery, even if it means trudging through the snow to her townhouse next door.

One of Jane's former servants, Prudence Smith, is dead — an apparent suicide. But Lenox suspects something far more sinister: murder, by a rare and deadly poison. The house where the girl worked is full of suspects, and though Prudence dabbled with the hearts of more than a few men, Lenox is baffled by an elusive lack of motive in the girl's death.

When another body turns up during the London season's most fashionable ball, Lenox must untangle a web of loyalties and animosities. Was it jealousy that killed Prudence? Or was it something else entirely, something that Lenox alone can uncover before the killer strikes again — disturbingly close to home?

— A Beautiful Blue Death by Charles Finch

Today's Mystery and Suspense Update from Big Fish Games (141123)

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

• The New Release is Final Cut: The True Escapade (Collector's Edition).

• The Daily Deal is Dark Canvas: Blood and Stone, just $2.99 today only!

• The current Catch of the Week is Dreamscapes: The Sandman, just $2.99 through Sunday, November 23, 2014 only.

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

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The New Release is Final Cut: The True Escapade (Collector's Edition)

Your brother is directing a revival of a long abandoned project. A brilliant, one can say fabled, masterpiece that wrecked many careers, "The True Escapade". With you assisting him and your fiancé playing the villain in the movie, its success is assured. But an accident on a scene makes your fiancé a prime suspect for murder and in the hands of a shadowy kidnaper with strange motives. Suddenly you are thrust in the spotlight in a murder mystery of your life.

This is a special Collector's Edition release full of exclusive extras you won't find in the standard version, including: Discover the origins of the curse of "The True Escapade"; Soundtracks, wallpapers and concept art; Achievements and collectibles; and an Integrated 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 Dark Canvas: Blood and Stone

Who used the encasing device in the grisly murder of the Sculptor and his bride? What loathsome secrets are hiding behind the high walls of elegant, Grecian estates? Explore a beautiful and romantic Greek village by the sea, as you use your investigative reporting skills to track down a desperate, haunted killer — before they kill again!

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 Dreamscapes: The Sandman

Young Laura didn't have bad dreams after her father gave her the Dreamcatcher. But one day Laura loses the Dreamcatcher and she gets trapped in a nightmare that might never end. Be the one to save her! Travel to Laura's dreamworlds, fight her deepest fears and solve numerous puzzles to find hints to Laura's salvation in this breathtaking 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.

The Key to the Case, A Richard Patton Mystery by Roger Ormerod, New This Week from Endeavour Press

Endeavour Press is the UK's leading independent digital publisher, promoting and selling ebook editions of works by new authors as well as bringing out ebook editions of out of print books.

We've selected one of their recently published mystery, suspense, thriller or crime titles to feature here today …

The Key to the Case by Roger Ormerod

A Richard Patton Mystery

Publisher: Endeavour Press

Price: $3.99 (as of 11/22/2014 at 5:30 PM ET).

  

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Richard Patton, an ex-Detective Inspector, has been around the block when it comes to seemingly unsolvable crimes. So when a well-known crook, Ronnie Cope, asks him to help prove he is innocent of a burglary Richard sets aside his knowledge of Ronnie's dubious reputation and agrees to look into it. He wants the facts, and he isn't afraid to dig them out. But the facts come almost too fast for Richard to keep up. Ronnie's alibi turns out to involve another burglary.

Meanwhile, Milo Dettinger, the surly proprietor of the local gaming club, also seeks out Richard's expertise, believing his son's alleged suicide was something more sinister. Richard complies, but soon discovers that the only possible murder suspect is Milo himself.

And then there's the recent rape and murder of a young woman, Ruby Carter. Coincidences? Or are the three cases linked? Richard thinks he is digging out facts, but that's difficult to do when somebody's lying …

— The Key to the Case by Roger Ormerod

New This Week: Dickens of a Death, A Murder Mystery by Ashantay Peters

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 November 2014 and priced $4.99 or less …

Dickens of a Death by Ashantay Peters

A Murder Mystery

Publisher: The Wild Rose Press

Price: $3.99 (as of 11/22/2014 at 4:30 PM ET).

  

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Dickens' Days — an annual event of Victorian decorations and dress, caroling, roasted chestnuts, and this year, murder. The tyrannical Days Coordinator stops at nothing to fulfill his goals. Until death halts him in his tracks.

Katie Sheridan's best friend Ginger and Ginger's mother top the suspect list when the victim is found outside their home. The weapon? A potpourri of toxic holiday decorations. No one railroads her friends, so Katie begins snooping.

Detective Dirk Johnson believes keeping Katie safe is difficult even when he's at her side, but breaks up with her to keep the lead investigator position. He must solve the case within days or turn the file over to a detective with less experience and a direct connection with the mayor. Will small-town politics allow a killer to go free or will Katie and Dirk find a Christmas miracle?

— Dickens of a Death by Ashantay Peters

Big Little Lies, A Novel of Suspense by Liane Moriarty, 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, Putnam …

Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Putnam

Price: $3.99 (as of 11/22/2014 at 4:00 PM ET).

  

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Sometimes it's the little lies that turn out to be the most lethal …

A murder … a tragic accident … or just parents behaving badly? What's indisputable is that someone is dead. But who did what?

Madeline is a force to be reckoned with. She's funny and biting, passionate, she remembers everything and forgives no one. Her ex-husband and his yogi new wife have moved into her beloved beachside community, and their daughter is in the same kindergarten class as Madeline's youngest (how is this possible?). And to top it all off, Madeline's teenage daughter seems to be choosing Madeline's ex-husband over her. (How. Is. This. Possible?).

Celeste is the kind of beautiful woman who makes the world stop and stare. While she may seem a bit flustered at times, who wouldn't be, with those rambunctious twin boys? Now that the boys are starting school, Celeste and her husband look set to become the king and queen of the school parent body. But royalty often comes at a price, and Celeste is grappling with how much more she is willing to pay.

New to town, single mom Jane is so young that another mother mistakes her for the nanny. Jane is sad beyond her years and harbors secret doubts about her son. But why? While Madeline and Celeste soon take Jane under their wing, none of them realizes how the arrival of Jane and her inscrutable little boy will affect them all.

— Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty

Wink of an Eye by Lynn Chandler Willis, a New 1st in Series Mystery Introducing Gypsy Moran

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) …

Wink of an Eye by Lynn Chandler Willis

A Gypsy Moran Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Minotaur Books

  

What we know about the character: Gypsy Moran is a private investigator in Texas. For more information about his first murder, see a synopsis of the book, below.

On the run from a double-cross, Las Vegas private investigator Gypsy Moran shows up unexpectedly at his sister Rhonda's house in Wink, Texas. She introduces Gypsy to one of her former students, 12-year-old Tatum McCallen, who is in need of Gypsy's services. Tatum wants to hire Gypsy to investigate his father Ryce's alleged suicide. His dad was a deputy with the Sheriff's department and was found hanged in their backyard. Tatum believes his father was murdered after he went inquiring after the disappearance of several teenage girls, all undocumented immigrants.

Against his better judgment, Gypsy agrees to snoop around to see what he can find. Between dealing with his now married high school sweetheart, a sexy reporter, and hostile police officers, Gypsy has his work cut out for him.

— Wink of an Eye by Lynn Chandler Willis

Personal, A Jack Reacher Thriller by Lee Child, 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, Delacorte Press …

Personal by Lee Child

A Jack Reacher Thriller (19th in series)

Publisher: Delacorte Press

Price: $3.99 (as of 11/22/2014 at 3:00 PM ET).

  

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You can leave the army, but the army doesn't leave you. Not always. Not completely, notes Jack Reacher — and sure enough, the retired military cop is soon pulled back into service. This time, for the State Department and the CIA …

Someone has taken a shot at the president of France in the City of Light. The bullet was American. The distance between the gunman and the target was exceptional. How many snipers can shoot from three-quarters of a mile with total confidence? Very few, but John Kott — an American marksman gone bad — is one of them. And after fifteen years in prison, he's out, unaccounted for, and likely drawing a bead on a G8 summit packed with enough world leaders to tempt any assassin.

If anyone can stop Kott, it's the man who beat him before: Reacher. And though he'd rather work alone, Reacher is teamed with Casey Nice, a rookie analyst who keeps her cool with Zoloft. But they're facing a rough road, full of ruthless mobsters, Serbian thugs, close calls, double-crosses — and no backup if they're caught. All the while Reacher can't stop thinking about the woman he once failed to save. But he won't let that that happen again. Not this time. Not Nice.

Reacher never gets too close. But now a killer is making it personal.

— Personal by Lee Child

The Forgers by Bradford Morrow, New in Bookstores during November 2014

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

The Forgers by Bradford Morrow, A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Mysterious Press

      

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

More about our featured title, below …

The rare book world is stunned when a reclusive collector, Adam Diehl, is found on the floor of his Montauk home: hands severed, surrounded by valuable inscribed books and original manuscripts that have been vandalized beyond repair. Adam's sister, Meghan, and her lover, Will — a convicted if unrepentant literary forger — struggle to come to terms with the seemingly incomprehensible murder.

But when Will begins receiving threatening handwritten letters, seemingly penned by long-dead authors, but really from someone who knows secrets about Adam's death and Will's past, he understands his own life is also on the line — and attempts to forge a new beginning for himself and Meg.

— The Forgers by Bradford Morrow

Silent Night Standoff by Susan Sleeman, New from Harlequin Love Inspired Suspense in November 2014

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

Silent Night Standoff by Susan Sleeman

Series: First Responders

Imprint: Love Inspired Suspense

  

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

When armed robbers strike her bank, hostage negotiator Skyler Brennan's life is on the line. Rescue comes from the last person she thought she could count on — the ex-boyfriend who chose his job over their relationship. FBI agent Logan Hunter knows how much is resting on this case. The promotion of his dreams … and the safety of the woman he's never been able to forget. But when an unexpected twist in the case pulls Logan in two separate directions, he'll have to make an impossible choice. Will he manage to have it all by Christmas — a career and love — or will he lose them both?

— Silent Night Standoff by Susan Sleeman