Wrapped in Death & Chocolate by C. S. Patra is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature …

Wrapped in Death & Chocolate by C. S. Patra

A Stacey McKinnon Mystery

Publisher: C. S. Patra

… as today's second free mystery ebook.

  

This title was listed for free as of December 08, 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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Meet the girls of Portman's Creamery. Led by Irene and Chrissie Garcia-Galvan, they take on the cases that can't be solved and find the ones who did it. Join Pippa, Becca, Mary Beth, Stacey, and Winky as they solve some of their toughest crimes.

The latest one takes place within a chocolate factory. When a young woman is found in a vat of chocolate, the case throws everyone into the world of modeling, scandals, and secrets.

— Wrapped in Death & Chocolate by C. S. Patra

Gems & Gunshots by Laina Turner is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature …

Gems & Gunshots by Laina Turner

A Presley Thurman Mystery

Publisher: Laina Turner

… as today's free mystery ebook.

  

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Presley heads to San Diego to hang out with Cooper and enjoy the great west coast weather. She didn't expect that while hanging out at the local coffee shop she would be a witness to a robbery and murder at Gemstone's Unlimited. Much to Cooper's dismay Presley feels compelled to investigate.

She discovers that not only was the store owner a womanizer but also was filing false insurance claims for diamonds that weren't really stolen. Was that why he was being blackmailed? Was that why someone robbed his store? Presley is determined to find out!

— Gems & Gunshots by Laina Turner

Indelible by Karin Slaughter is Today's Nook Daily Find

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature Indelible by Karin Slaughter as today's Nook Daily Find.

The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Monday, December 08, 2014.

Indelible by Karin Slaughter

A Grant County Mystery (4th in series)

Publisher: HarperCollins

Price: $1.99 (as of 12/08/2014 at 6:30 AM ET).

  

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Two armed men enter the police station in tiny Heartsdale, Georgia, and open fire. When the shooting stops, an officer is dead, Police Chief Jeffrey Tolliver is seriously wounded, and the survivors — including a class of grade-school children and medical examiner Sara Linton — are held hostage.

In a tense standoff that could erupt at any moment into more bloodletting — with her ex-husband on the threshold of death — Sara must search for answers and an escape in the memories of a time at the start of their relationship when another brutal, shocking crime shattered their small-town world. Because the sins of the past have caught up with Sara and Jeffrey … with a vengeance.

— Indelible by Karin Slaughter

Today's Mystery and Suspense Update from Big Fish Games (141208)

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

• The New Release is Nevertales: Smoke and Mirrors.

• The current Catch of the Week is Strange Cases: The Faces of Vengeance, just $2.99 through Sunday, December 14, 2014 only.

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

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The New Release is Nevertales: Smoke and Mirrors

Alice belongs to two worlds, the real one where she's following her dream to become the head of a company, and the storybook realm of Taleworld where she was born. These two worlds collide when her owl friend Gears returns with an urgent message. Her father has been arrested by the Queen of Hearts and will be executed for treason! Alice must use her unique mirror powers to travel between the real world and Taleworld to make her way to the Queen's castle. Alice's mother is leading the resistance, but will they be strong enough to defeat the Queen?

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 Strange Cases: The Faces of Vengeance

FBI Agent Claire Ellery is grasping for any clue she can find about her missing ward, Anna. Strange tarot cards were found at the sight of her abduction, but the kidnapper has remained strangely silent, until an unmarked envelope arrives addressed to her. The clues will lead her straight to the heart of the criminal's hideout, in the abandoned Mercury Shopping Mall. Unfortunately for Claire, this masked kidnapper is always one step ahead, watching her every move. Who is he, and why did he kidnap Anna? Navigate the corridors of his deadly traps 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.

Death of an Innocent, A Richard and Amelia 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 …

Death of an Innocent by Roger Ormerod

A Richard and Amelia Patton Mystery (6th in series)

Publisher: Endeavour Press

Price: $3.99 (as of 12/07/2014 at 5:30 PM ET).

  

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Richard Patton, an ex-Detective Inspector is enjoying early retirement. He is asked by his wife's old college friend, a successful novelist, to unofficially investigate a suspected burglary at her house overlooking the Norfolk Broads. Although the place is full of treasures, apparently there has been nothing stolen; no sign of fingerprints or footprints, just a broken roof tile and, Raffles-like, three telltale bags of Earl Grey tea. Yet Patton, digging deeper, soon discovers evidence of an apparent murder, a young woman's drowning which has been officially accepted as accidental.

At this point, Richard finds his loyalties severely strained, and as his investigation progresses, he unearths a background of family strife that could have been enough to provoke violence. But it is still unclear how the dead young woman could have been the victim. As he starts to dig into the case, Richards tries to work out the motive for the crime, but he soon realises he faces conflicting loyalties.

Reluctantly he withdraws, only to learn that another death has occurred. Realizing he might have prevented this second fatality, he returns to a final, angry and dramatic interrogation, which ultimately reveals the truth.

— Death of an Innocent by Roger Ormerod

A Killer in the Wind, A Suspense Thriller by Andrew Klavan, 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, Mysterious Press …

A Killer in the Wind by Andrew Klavan

A Suspense Thriller

Publisher: Mysterious Press

Price: $1.99 (as of 12/07/2014 at 5:00 PM ET).

  

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Three years ago, working vice for the NYPD, Dan Champion uncovered a sex slavery ring run by a kingpin known only as the Fat Woman. Obsessed with bringing her down, Champion infiltrated a world of sexual obsession and perversity. He broke the case, but the case also broke him. He started taking drugs and soon began to form hallucinations … a dead child prowling the streets of New York … a beautiful woman named Samantha who would have given him the love he always wanted — if she'd only been real.

Now Champion is a small town detective, chasing burglars and juvenile delinquents, hanging out at the local tavern where he is romancing a waitress. The ghosts and hallucinations are finally behind him as he begins to rebuild his life. Then one night Champion is called to examine the body of a woman who has washed ashore. Yet when he looks at her face, he sees that it's Samantha, the woman he dreamed about long ago … a woman who doesn't exist.

Suddenly, Champion is haunted again, only this time it's by a team of expert killers who want to make sure he never finds the truth: the truth about the dead child who wanders through his imagination; the truth about the lover who inhabits his dreams; and the truth about a killer who has been on the run — in the wind — for a lifetime. The ghosts of the dead are all around him, and Champion has to find out who murdered them, fast, or he could become one of them himself.

— A Killer in the Wind by Andrew Klavan

New This Week: Sin City Assassin, A Bill Dix Mystery by C. L. Swinney

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 …

Sin City Assassin by C. L. Swinney

A Bill Dix Mystery (3rd in series)

Publisher: RJ Parker Publishing

Price: $2.99 (as of 12/07/2014 at 4:30 PM ET).

  

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Dix and Peterson are on vacation in Vegas with their wives when a gunfight breaks out at a casino and both officers are used as human shields. Steve is hit a couple times, then all hell breaks lose.

A team of assassins are in from Toronto and leaving several bodies including cops in their wake. With Steve recuperating in hospital and fending off assassin attempts, Dix is asked to head up a task force to capture these ruthless killers who are hired by a psychopath.

— Sin City Assassin by C. L. Swinney

Cat Coming Home, A Joe Grey Mystery by Shirley Rousseau Murphy, Now Available at a Special Price

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Cat Coming Home by Shirley Rousseau Murphy

A Joe Grey Mystery (16th in series)

Publisher: HarperCollins

Price: $1.99 (as of 12/07/2014 at 4:00 PM ET).

  

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Escaping Los Angeles and the ugly memories of her son's recent murder, Maudie Toola returns to her childhood home of Molena Point, bringing her orphaned grandson, whom she must now raise.

But she's unaware that the killer has followed her, nor does she know that the small seaside village is dealing with a series of brutal assaults.

Meanwhile, a new tomcat appears on the scene, a wise and elderly wanderer who bears an important message from a state prisoner, for the chief of police. But this cat has a personal agenda too — just as does Maudie, who harbors her own secret about her son's killer. As the lonely prison cat provides the link between the mysteries, Joe Grey and his pals, in turn, help him find a surprising new home, a safe retreat in time for the holidays.

— Cat Coming Home by Shirley Rousseau Murphy

The Boy Who Glowed in the Dark by Orest Stelmach, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during December 2014

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during December 2014 …

The Boy Who Glowed in the Dark by Orest Stelmach

A Nadia Tesla Mystery (3rd in series)

Publisher: Thomas & Mercer

  

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 …

"The fate of the world depends on us."

With one mysterious e-mail, Bobby Kungenook — the teenage hockey phenom living undercover and guarding part of a revolutionary scientific breakthrough — realizes someone else shares his secret. The sender summons Bobby from New York to a rendezvous in radioactive Japan. There, with the help of Bobby's guardian, Nadia Tesla, the two will forever alter mankind's destiny.

But dangerous people from Bobby's haunted past are hot on his heels, determined to possess what could be the power of life and death. And when the enigmatic e-mail sender, Genesis II, is kidnapped after a bloody showdown on the scarred streets of Fukushima, Bobby must tap into his remarkable abilities to pursue the brutal captors into the forbidding reaches of Siberia — and the land where his journey began.

As the Nadia Tesla series races to its stunning conclusion on the frozen shores of Lake Baikal, the boy from reactor four will claim his fate and become a legend.

— The Boy Who Glowed in the Dark by Orest Stelmach

Night of Reunion, A Novel of Suspense by Michael Allegretto, 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 …

Night of Reunion by Michael Allegretto

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Open Road

Price: $1.99 (as of 12/07/2014 at 3:00 PM ET).

  

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At Christmas, a psychotic killer returns to torment a happy family …

After her release from the hospital, Christine drives straight to Colorado. The heat in her car is busted and her clothes are thin, but Christine doesn't mind the chill. She is going to find Alex, and when she does, she will have vengeance to keep her warm. Years ago, after giving up her son for adoption, this delicate young beauty flew into a fit of jealous madness, killing her child and his new mother. The boy's adoptive father, Alex, got away. He did not go far enough.

Living in Denver with his new wife and her six-year-old son, Alex is happy for the first time in years. When he learns of Christine's release from the hospital, the police assure him that she won't be allowed to harm his new family. But when strange things start happening around their rambling old house, Alex begins to fear that Christine is closer than he thinks.

— Night of Reunion by Michael Allegretto

Blood Rubies by Jane K. Cleland, New in Bookstores during December 2014

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

Blood Rubies by Jane K. Cleland, a Josie Prescott, Antiques Mystery (9th in series)

Publisher: Minotaur Books

        

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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Ana Yartsin is on the verge of becoming a celebrity chef. Her custom Fabergé egg-shaped cakes have brought her national attention, as has the story behind the cakes: Her family owns the spectacular Fabergé Spring Egg snow globe, a magnificent example of the master craftsman's work that includes five ruby-red tulips. As she prepares to be filmed for a reality TV show about the launch of her bakery in Rocky Point, New Hampshire, Ana hires antiques expert Josie Prescott to appraise the precious egg and snow globe.

The show's pilot will show Ana planning the desserts for the upcoming wedding of her friend Heather to investment guru, Jason. When Josie arrives at Ana's home, however, she finds Jason murdered and the priceless snow globe smashed beyond repair. All that remains for Josie to examine are bits and pieces — which to her shock reveal that the Spring Egg was a fake.

What has happened to the real Fabergé snow globe, if it even existed? And what does that have to do with Jason's murder? Never one to resist a puzzle, Josie teams up with her reporter friend Wes to investigate.

— Blood Rubies by Jane K. Cleland

Damascus Countdown, A David Shirazi Thriller by Joel C. Rosenberg, 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, Tyndale House …

Damascus Countdown by Joel C. Rosenberg

A David Shirazi Thriller (3rd in series)

Publisher: Tyndale House

Price: $2.99 (as of 12/07/2014 at 2:00 PM ET).

  

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All eyes are on the Middle East. Israel has successfully launched a first strike on Iran, taking out all of their nuclear sites and six of their nuclear warheads — and causing The Twelfth Imam to order a full-scale retaliation. U.S. President William Jackson threatens to support a U.N. Security Council resolution condemning the Jewish State for unprovoked and unwarranted acts of aggression.

Meanwhile, CIA operative David Shirazi has infiltrated the Iranian regime and intercepted information indicating that two Iranian nuclear warheads survived the attack and have been moved to a secure and undisclosed location. In danger not only from the ongoing missile strikes on Iran but also from the increasingly hostile and suspicious governments of multiple countries, David and his team are in a race against time to find the remaining nuclear warheads before disaster strikes.

— Damascus Countdown by Joel C. Rosenberg

Inspector Specter by E. J. Copperman, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during December 2014

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during December 2014 …

Inspector Specter by E. J. Copperman

An Alison Kerby, Haunted Guesthouse Mystery (6th in series)

Publisher: Berkley

  

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 …

Just when she thought she'd seen everything …

Detective Lieutenant Anita McElone is one of Harbor Haven's finest. She's also a hard-boiled ghost skeptic. So when she shows up on the doorstep of Alison Kerby's Haunted Guesthouse to ask for supernatural help in solving the murder of her former partner, it's hard to tell which woman is more flabbergasted. But McElone is dead serious, so Alison promises to help in any way she can — even asking her resident ghosts, Paul and Maxie, for help with the case.

As Paul's spirit source reveals some troubling information about the deceased detective, Alison wrestles with what to tell McElone. First, though, she has to find her … because the lieutenant has suddenly disappeared.

— Inspector Specter by E. J. Copperman

Jingle Bell Bark, A Melanie Travis Mystery by Laurien Berenson, Now Available at a Special Price

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Jingle Bell Bark by Laurien Berenson

A Melanie Travis Mystery (11th in series)

Publisher: Kensington

Price: $2.99 (as of 12/07/2014 at 1:00 PM ET).

  

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It's Christmas again, and Melanie Travis barely has time to pencil in some holiday festivities. Especially once she finds herself making a list of murder suspects — and checking it twice …

This year, all Melanie wants for Christmas is a dull moment. Between her son Davey, her teaching job, and showing her Standard Poodle puppy, Eve, there just aren't enough hours in the day. But when Davey's usual bus driver, Henry Pruitt, disappears and is replaced by a surly, pierced, twentysomething, Melanie is concerned. The elderly, amiable Henry was a friend to all in the neighborhood, so she decides to check on him … only to find that he died two days earlier, under suspicious circumstances.

As if that weren't bad enough, Henry's two Golden Retrievers are now bereft of both master and home. Melanie can't just abandon them, so she brings them to her Aunt Peg, the most stubborn woman on the planet, who's now determined to find out the truth about Henry's death, no matter what it takes. Soon, the indomitable Aunt Peg has Melanie leashed to another murder investigation. And unless she sniffs out this Scrooge of a killer fast, a lump of coal in her stocking may not be the worst thing Melanie gets this Christmas …

— Jingle Bell Bark by Laurien Berenson

Mystery Godoku Puzzle for December 08, 2014

A new Mystery Godoku Puzzle has been created by the editors of the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books and is now available on our website.

Godoku is similar to Sudoku, but uses letters instead of numbers. To give you a headstart, we provide you a mystery clue to fill in a complete row or column (if you choose to use it!).

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This week's letters and mystery clue:

A D E H I L T W Y

Jessica Bell's 2014 suspense novel has this title (9 letters).

We now have two weeks of our puzzles on one page in PDF format for easier printing. Print this week's puzzle here.

Previous puzzles are stored in the Mystery Godoku Archives.

Enjoy the weekly Mystery Godoku Puzzle from the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books, and Thanks for visiting our website!