The Mermaid & the Crocodile by Edee M. Fallon is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

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The Mermaid & the Crocodile by Edee M. Fallon

The Kill List Series

Publisher: Edee M. Fallon

… as today's second free mystery ebook.

  

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Roberta England was born and raised with one goal in mind: to destroy the family that destroyed hers. With the death of her father barely behind her and the FBI in her way, she must choose to continue her plan of revenge or leave behind the only life she has ever known.

Soon, the hunter becomes the hunted and life as she knows it will change forever, if she is willing to let go of her past for the sake of her future.

— The Mermaid & the Crocodile by Edee M. Fallon

Don't Be a Stranger by A. R. Winters is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

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Don't Be a Stranger by A. R. Winters

A Valerie Inkerman Mystery

Publisher: A. R. Winters

… as today's free mystery ebook.

  

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When Valerie Inkerman's roommate Jerry gets her a waitressing gig at cushy Hamptons party, she has no idea that murder is on the menu. But when one of the guests is found dead and Jerry is accused of being the killer, Val knows she needs to utilise all her skills as a private investigator to clear his name.

Trying to track down the victim's possible enemies and find new leads, Val faces distractions in the form of old acquaintances and a hot dinner date. But as Val's leads all turn into dead ends, the killer seems to stay step ahead of her all the time. Val knows she's close to finding out the truth, but will she be able to put the pieces of the puzzle together before time runs out for Jerry or the killer strikes again?

— Don't Be a Stranger by A. R. Winters

An Expert in Murder by Nicola Upson is Today's Kobo Daily Deal

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature An Expert in Murder by Nicola Upson as today's Kobo Daily Deal.

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

An Expert in Murder by Nicola Upson

A Josephine Tey Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: HarperCollins

Price: $1.99 (as of 12/07/2014 at 6:40 AM ET).

    

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March 1934. Revered mystery writer Josephine Tey is traveling from Scotland to London for the final week of her play Richard of Bordeaux, the surprise hit of the season, with pacifist themes that resonate in a world still haunted by war. But joy turns to horror when her arrival coincides with the murder of a young woman she had befriended on the train ride — and Tey is plunged into a mystery as puzzling as any in her own works.

Detective Inspector Archie Penrose is convinced that the killing is connected to the play, and that Tey herself is in danger of becoming a victim of her own success. In the aftermath of a second murder, the writer and the policeman must join together to stop a ruthless killer who will apparently stop at nothing.

— An Expert in Murder by Nicola Upson

The Bullet-Catcher's Daughter by Rod Duncan is Today's Kindle Daily Deal

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature The Bullet-Catcher's Daughter by Rod Duncan as today's Kindle Daily Deal.

The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Sunday, December 07, 2014.

The Bullet-Catcher's Daughter by Rod Duncan

An Elizabeth Barnabus Novel (1st in series)

Publisher: Angry Robot

Price: $1.99 (as of 12/07/2014 at 6:20 AM ET).

  

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Elizabeth Barnabus lives a double life — as herself and as her brother, the private detective. She is trying to solve the mystery of a disappearing aristocrat and a hoard of arcane machines. In her way stand the rogues, freaks and self-proclaimed alchemists of a travelling circus.

But when she comes up against an agent of the all-powerful Patent Office, her life and the course of history will begin to change. And not necessarily for the better …

— The Bullet-Catcher's Daughter by Rod Duncan

Ricochet by Sandra Brown is Today's Kindle Daily Deal

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature Ricochet by Sandra Brown as today's Kindle Daily Deal.

The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Sunday, December 07, 2014.

Ricochet by Sandra Brown

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Price: $1.99 (as of 12/07/2014 at 6:10 AM ET).

  

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When Detective Sergeant Duncan Hatcher is summoned to the home of Judge Cato Laird in the middle of the night to investigate a fatal shooting, he knows discretion and kid-glove treatment will be key to staying in the judge's good graces and keeping his job.

It's an open-and-shut case: Elise, the judge's beautiful trophy wife, interrupted a burglary and killed the intruder in self-defense. Yet Duncan is suspicious of the beautiful woman's story of innocence and his gut tells him her account of the shooting is only partially true.

Determined to learn the dead man's connection to the Lairds, Duncan investigates further but soon finds his career, and integrity, in jeopardy. Despite his suspicions, Duncan is increasingly drawn to Elise―even if she is a married woman, a proven liar, and a murder suspect.

When Elise seeks Duncan out privately, he initially dismisses her incredible allegation as the manipulative lie of a guilty woman. But if she's telling the truth, then that single fatal gunshot at her home takes on even more sinister significance, possibly involving Duncan's nemesis, the brutal crime lord Robert Savich.

And then Elise goes missing …

— Ricochet by Sandra Brown

Today's Mystery and Suspense Update from Big Fish Games (141207)

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

• The New Release is Vampire Legends: The Untold Story of Elizabeth Bathory (Collector's Edition).

• The Daily Deal is Cursery: The Crooked Man and the Crooked Cat, just $2.99 today only!

• The current Catch of the Week is Azada: Elementa, just $2.99 through Sunday, December 07, 2014 only.

• Today's Special Deal — This weekend only: Buy One Collector's Edition and Get a Second for Just $1.99! Select two Collector's Editions games, use coupon code COLLECT and the second game will be just $1.99. Use as many times as you'd like. Offer valid through December 7th, 2014 only until 11:59 PM PT.

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

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The New Release is Vampire Legends: The Untold Story of Elizabeth Bathory (Collector's Edition)

Another bloodcurdling tale ripped from the pages of history. This time, the horrifying legend of Elizabeth Bathory is yours to discover! You're a gifted finder of lost things, and a wealthy lord has enlisted your help in recovering his daughter, who never returned from the Countess' mansion. Can you find her before she succumbs to the horrors that will go down forever in history?

This is a special Collector's Edition release full of exclusive extras you won't find in the standard version, including: Play the bonus game to uncover more secrets; Earn achievements; Collect tarot cards throughout the game; Soundtracks, wallpapers, screensavers and concept art; Try the available 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 Cursery: The Crooked Man and the Crooked Cat

For more than a century, girls of a certain age have been mysteriously vanishing, never to be seen again. Some say they were taken by the Crooked Man, who always travels with a strange little black cat at his side. Now he's kidnapped your very own sister! You've got to unravel the riddles in the Cursery and find out who's the mastermind behind this whole evil plot.

Save your sister, as well as his other kidnap victims … Defeat the Crooked Man and his servant … Uncover the story behind the Crooked Man's actions … Reveal the mystery of the cursed nursery rhymes, the Cursery …

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 Azada: Elementa

Journey to amazing worlds as this whimsical saga continues! After its precious elements are stolen, Azada chooses you to find the elemental mages who can save this special world. But bad-guy Panoptes is waiting around every corner to stop you at any cost — or is he? Nothing in Azada is as it seems …

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.

Crusader, A Richard the Lionheart Thriller by Paul Bannister, 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 …

Crusader by Paul Bannister

A Richard the Lionheart Thriller (1st in series)

Publisher: Endeavour Press

Price: $3.99 (as of 12/06/2014 at 5:30 PM ET).

  

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1165 AD. The Third Crusade is on the horizon, and Henry II is on the throne. Young Frederick Banastre has grown up hearing about his father's adventures in the Second Crusade. And now Frederick is being sent to court to become a steward to the young prince Richard, readying him for his own chance at glory.

Frederick and Richard soon become firm friends, with the royal household their personal playground. But as the King ages, and the heir to the throne, Young Henry, prepares to take over, Frederick and Richard need to prove themselves on the battlefield. They journey to France in an attempt to quell rebellious uprisings, and cement English rule.

But then disaster strikes, and with both Henrys in mortal danger, the way is paved for the rise of Richard the Lionheart …

— Crusader by Paul Bannister

New This Week: Savage Autumn, A Murder Mystery by Bill Craig

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 December 2014 and priced $4.99 or less …

Savage Autumn by Bill Craig

A Murder Mystery

Publisher: Crossfire Press

Price: $3.99 (as of 12/06/2014 at 4:30 PM ET).

  

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When a young girl is murdered in Harmony Hill, newly hired Police Chief Drew McCarthy must find the killer while dealing with small town politics and small town secrets.

But when her father is murdered and her laptop vanishes, McCarthy finds out how deadly small town secrets can be …

— Savage Autumn by Bill Craig

Killed on the Ice, A Matt Cobb Mystery by William L. DeAndrea, 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 …

Killed on the Ice by William L. DeAndrea

A Matt Cobb Mystery (4th in series)

Publisher: Open Road

Price: $1.99 (as of 12/06/2014 at 4:00 PM ET).

  

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Matt Cobb, the TV network's expert troubleshooter, faces a literal case of cold-blooded murder. At two in the morning, he stands in a Manhattan ice rink, over the grisly body of Dr. Paul Dinkover. The network was supposed to be taping a figure-skating special, and this discovery can't be a coincidence.

The victim is a psychologist, one so thoroughly disagreeable that any number of people could be considered suspects — including beautiful Wendy Ichimi, the show's celebrity skater. But while Cobb's men are mysteriously attacked, he can't stop thinking about the way Dinkover died gripping an American flag, a symbol or clue he can't unravel. And as the leads and tension mount, it will take all of Cobb's strength to keep his cool and remain on his two feet.

— Killed on the Ice by William L. DeAndrea

The Beautiful and the Wicked by Liv Spector, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during December 2014

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during December 2014 …

The Beautiful and the Wicked by Liv Spector

A Lila Day Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: William Morrow

  

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

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In exclusive Star Island, Miami, blood isn't always thicker than water …

The night of his fiftieth birthday, software billionaire Jack Warren went missing hundreds of miles out to sea, his blood spattered aboard his yacht, his body gone. His mistress, Callie Day, was charged with his murder — but she had already vanished without a trace.

Now, ten years later, detective Lila Day still refuses to believe that her sister is a cold-blooded killer. To clear Callie's name and solve this long-cold case, Lila asks her friend Teddy Hawkins to do what he has done before — send her back to time, to solve the crime before it takes place.

And so she goes back to 2008, with only a month to prove her sister's innocence and bring Warren's real killer to justice. But as she dives ever deeper into the world of high-speed yachting and corporate intrigue, and the night of Warren's birthday draws ever closer, the truth becomes murkier than ever. And then Lila discovers information that shocks her deeply — a terrible truth that changes everything she thought she knew about her sister, and herself.

— The Beautiful and the Wicked by Liv Spector

The Case of the Buried Clock, A Perry Mason Novel by Erle Stanley Gardner, 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, Della Street Press …

The Case of the Buried Clock by Erle Stanley Gardner

A Perry Mason Novel

Publisher: Della Street Press

Price: $1.99 (as of 12/06/2014 at 3:00 PM ET).

This title is one of over 60 mysteries and thrillers included in Amazon's The Big Deal for December 2014.

  

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After catching his shady son-in-law, Jack Hardisty, in the act of embezzling, wealthy banker Vincente Blane plans to hang him out to dry. Then murder turns Blane's restful mountain retreat into Hardisty's final resting place.

When the evidence points to wronged wife Millicent, her father makes a point of calling in Perry Mason. And it's up to the legendary legal eagle to unravel the case's most baffling mystery: a buried clock at the murder scene. But as time runs short, the ticking of the clock sounds more and more like the rattling of family skeletons that everyone wants silenced …

Use this link to see more Perry Mason titles priced at $1.99.

— The Case of the Buried Clock by Erle Stanley Gardner

Scorched Eggs by Laura Childs, New in Bookstores during December 2014

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

Scorched Eggs by Laura Childs, a Cackleberry Club Mystery (6th in series)

Publisher: Berkley

        

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

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Suzanne, Petra, and Toni — co-owners of the Cackleberry Club Café — are equally good at serving up breakfast and serving up justice. This time they turn up the heat on a deadly firebug …

As Suzanne is getting her hair colored at Root 66, she's stunned to witness the County Services office next door suddenly go up in flames. Concerned neighbors throng the streets, and the fire department does their best. Unfortunately, their best isn't enough to save longtime civil service worker — and friend to the Cackleberry Club — Hannah Venable.

Soon enough, it's discovered that an accelerant was used to fan the flames. Someone set the fire on purpose — was Hannah the intended victim? Suzanne, Petra, and Toni vow to smoke out the culprit.

Unfortunately, the list of suspects is as varied as the Cackleberry Club's menu. When Suzanne finds a possible connection between the fire and the nearby Prairie Star Casino, she comes to realize that the arsonist wanted something very big and bad kept secret. And if the ladies aren't careful, they may be the ones gambling with their lives …

— Scorched Eggs by Laura Childs

Checkmate by Steven James, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during December 2014

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during December 2014 …

Checkmate by Steven James

A Patrick Bowers Mystery (8th in series)

Publisher: Signet

  

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

More about our featured title, below …

When a clandestine FBI facility is attacked, Special Agent Patrick Bowers is drawn into the vicious, ruthless story that a killer from his past is bent on telling the world.

Clues lead to long-forgotten secrets buried deep beneath Uptown Charlotte, North Carolina. Now Bowers is caught up in trying to stop one of the deadliest attacks ever planned on American soil.

— Checkmate by Steven James

A Stillness in Bethlehem, A Gregor Demarkian Mystery by Jane Haddam, Now Available at a Special Price

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A Stillness in Bethlehem by Jane Haddam

A Gregor Demarkian Mystery (7th in series)

Publisher: Open Road

Price: $1.99 (as of 12/06/2014 at 1:00 PM ET).

  

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In a small New England town, a Christmas controversy is grounds to kill …

Bethlehem, Vermont, is a sleepy little town, distinguished from the neighboring hamlets by its Christmas pageant. The holiday spectacular dates back generations; as the village's only tourist attraction, it brings in much of the money that keeps Bethlehem afloat. The festivities are held on publicly owned land, which might be a slight violation of the separation of church and state, but no one has ever complained until Tish Verek comes to town.

Verek is a true-crime writer from New York, and not long after she kicks up a fuss about the pageant, she's shot dead in an apparent hunting accident. Anyone in Bethlehem could have fired the fatal bullet, and it's up to ex — FBI investigator Gregor Demarkian to decide which Christmas-obsessed villager is really a grinch in disguise.

— A Stillness in Bethlehem by Jane Haddam

New This Week: Blood to the Bone, A Sherlock Holmes, Fight Card Mystery by Jack Tunney

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 December 2014 and priced $4.99 or less …

Blood to the Bone by Jack Tunney

A Sherlock Holmes, Fight Card Mystery

Publisher: Fight Card Books

Price: $2.99 (as of 12/06/2014 at 12:30 PM ET).

  

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Deptford, England, 1888 … Richard Stokes — one half of a tag-team carnival boxing duo — has vanished, leaving his loving wife, pugilist Eby Stokes, homeless and penniless with only questions and no answers. A mutual friend asks Holmes to look into the disappearance. Watson believes the matter to be a common case of abandonment, and Holmes' interest merely an excuse to try his hand in the boxing booths of a visiting circus. However, when they are almost killed, Holmes and Watson's only remaining clue to Stokes disappearance harkens back to a boxing club disbanded in shame more than sixty years earlier.

Why did Stokes abandon his wife? What possible significance could the long extinct Pugilistic Club have in the matter? Who is behind the fire that almost took the lives of Holmes and Watson? Joining forces with Eby Stokes, Holmes and Watson are determined to find the answers.

The kaleidoscope lights of the carnival hide many secrets, including a threat to the foundation of the British Empire. The game's afoot and, this time, it's a matter of life and death in and out of the ring …

— Blood to the Bone by Jack Tunney