The Murder of Mayor White by Victoria Vickers is Today's Fourth Featured Free MystereBook

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The Murder of Mayor White by Victoria Vickers

A Ramona Russet Mystery

Publisher: Victoria Vickers

… as today's fourth free mystery ebook.

  

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Ramona Russet, the quirky owner of Ramona's Café and Samantha MacDougall, assistant and sidekick reluctantly agree to help their new competitor after he is accused of poisoning the town's mayor.

Secrets layered by lies unfold as the two tea-drinking, scone-baking, sherry-sipping, 50-plus duo fumble along in their quest for the truth. The search uncovers more than the murderer — it reveals secrets meant to die with the mayor.

— The Murder of Mayor White by Victoria Vickers

Veronika Layne Gets the Scoop by Julia Park Tracey is Today's Third Featured Free MystereBook

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Veronika Layne Gets the Scoop by Julia Park Tracey

A Hot Off the Press Mystery

Publisher: Booktrope

… as today's third free mystery ebook.

  

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Veronika Layne. Sassy, tattooed, twenty-something newspaper reporter. Never saw herself working for the "man." When her small weekly is swallowed up by Singh Media Group, that's exactly where she ends up. Stuck writing fluff pieces that might as well be ads, how can she resist digging into rumors that a real estate developer is destroying native burial grounds?

Warned away at every turn by her editor, she worries whether the story will see the light of day. And dazzled by her sexy rival-turned-coworker, what is she going to do about her love life?

— Veronika Layne Gets the Scoop by Julia Park Tracey

No More Brothers by Susan Russo Anderson is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

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No More Brothers by Susan Russo Anderson

A Serafina Florio Mystery

Publisher: Susan Russo Anderson

… as today's second free mystery ebook.

  

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When Serafina discovers a body stuffed into a sack that's listing on the shore, she plunges into the investigation despite dark secrets, diminishing funds, and a budding romance with the dashing Loffredo, count of Oltramari.

Evidence leads her to a forest on the edge of the Madonie Mountains where a harrowing encounter with a soldier living rough pitches her headlong into danger. Yet she continues with the search, galloping against the wind with her friend, Rosa, to the harbor of Messina where a ship bearing a strange cargo is about to disembark. Will she catch the killer? Will love prevail? Can she keep her family together?

— No More Brothers by Susan Russo Anderson

Tweedledum and Tweedledee by Willow Rose is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

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Tweedledum and Tweedledee by Willow Rose

An Emma Frost Mystery

Publisher: Jan Sigetty Boeje

… as today's free mystery ebook.

  

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In the middle of the night Alberto Alonzo sneaks out to play at the casino with his mother's credit card in his hand. The next morning he is gone and no one knows where he is and, for his family, a real-life nightmare unfolds.

Emma Frost is with her family on a cruise in the Mediterranean Sea when the boy goes missing from the ship. The boy is the son of a world-famous race driver. When the wife is killed shortly thereafter, everyone turns their attention to the race driver and thinks he killed them both.

But soon, another teenager disappears in the middle of the night and Emma suddenly finds herself leading a desperate manhunt to track down the killer before he strikes again.

— Tweedledum and Tweedledee by Willow Rose

The Midwife's Tale by Sam Thomas is Today's Kobo Daily Deal

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature The Midwife's Tale by Sam Thomas as today's Kobo Daily Deal.

The deal price of $2.99 is valid only for today, Sunday, December 21, 2014, and has been price-matched by Amazon.

The Midwife's Tale by Sam Thomas

A Bridget Hodgson Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Minotaur Books

Price: $2.99 (as of 12/21/2014 at 6:40 AM ET).

    

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It is 1644, and Parliament's armies have risen against the King and laid siege to the city of York. Even as the city suffers at the rebels' hands, midwife Bridget Hodgson becomes embroiled in a different sort of rebellion. One of Bridget's friends, Esther Cooper, has been convicted of murdering her husband and sentenced to be burnt alive. Convinced that her friend is innocent, Bridget sets out to find the real killer.

Bridget joins forces with Martha Hawkins, a servant who's far more skilled with a knife than any respectable woman ought to be. To save Esther from the stake, they must dodge rebel artillery, confront a murderous figure from Martha's past, and capture a brutal killer who will stop at nothing to cover his tracks. The investigation takes Bridget and Martha from the homes of the city's most powerful families to the alleyways of its poorest neighborhoods. As they delve into the life of Esther's murdered husband, they discover that his ostentatious Puritanism hid a deeply sinister secret life, and that far too often tyranny and treason go hand in hand.

— The Midwife's Tale by Sam Thomas

The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler is Today's Kindle Daily Deal

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler as today's Kindle Daily Deal.

The deal price of $2.99 is valid only for today, Sunday, December 21, 2014.

The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler

A Philip Marlowe Mystery

Publisher: Vintage

Price: $2.99 (as of 12/21/2014 at 6:10 AM ET).

  

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Marlowe befriends a down on his luck war veteran with the scars to prove it. Then he finds out that Terry Lennox has a very wealthy nymphomaniac wife, who he's divorced and re-married and who ends up dead.

And now Lennox is on the lam and the cops and a crazy gangster are after Marlowe.

— The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler

Today's Mystery and Suspense Update from Big Fish Games (141221)

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

• Our Featured Title is Hidden Memories of a Bright Summer.

• The current Catch of the Week is European Mystery: Scent of Desire, just $2.99 through Sunday, December 21, 2014 only.

• Today's Special Deal — Happy Holidays! All Standard and Collector's Edition Games are Half Off! Use coupon code JOY to get any Collector's Edition game for just $9.99; use coupon code CHEER to get any Standard game for just $4.99. Offer valid through December 21st, 2014 only until 11:59 PM PT.

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

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Our Featured Title is Hidden Memories of a Bright Summer

A letter out of the blue tells you that you have inherited your aunt's estate. But, you couldn't have imagined what awaits you there. Having spent the summer with your aunt when you were seven years old, you recall the estate being larger than life. Now, it has passed to you and unfortunately, it's been left derelict and in a complete mess. After exploring one of the rooms, a single page from a secret diary was found and it's addressed to you! After reading more, you realize that there is more to this estate than meets the eye. What secret is this mysterious diary hiding?

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

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The current Catch of the Week is European Mystery: Scent of Desire

Stop a maniac's murderous trail of fragrance and deception! You've barely settled into your retirement in the peaceful French countryside, when you receive an urgent request from Paris. Young women are disappearing in broad daylight, the authorities are baffled, and the person responsible is still on the loose! How could any able-bodied detective refuse such a case? Stay on scent of the murderer in this intriguing 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.

Lady in the Lake, A Jeffrey Flint Mystery by Jason Foss, 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 …

Lady in the Lake by Jason Foss

A Jeffrey Flint Mystery (4th in series)

Publisher: Endeavour Press

Price: $3.99 (as of 12/20/2014 at 5:30 PM ET).

  

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When an ancient sword is found beside a Somerset lake, the insurance company engages archaeologist Dr Jeffrey Flint to investigate whether this really is Excalibur, the fabled blade of King Arthur. Convinced the sword is a fake, Flint is confronted by a bizarre academic conundrum where death is always lurking beneath the surface.

With the aid of his tenacious assistant, Tyrone Drake, Flint follows a trail which weaves in and out of English folklore. Where ancient legends are met by relentless media hype, a conspiracy take shape, and tragedy soon surrounds the mystery of the lady in the lake.

— Lady in the Lake by Jason Foss

New This Week: Hollywood Homicide, A Hollywood Alphabet Series Thriller by M. Z. Kelly

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 …

Hollywood Homicide by M. Z. Kelly

A Hollywood Alphabet Series Thriller (8th in series)

Publisher: M. Z. Kelly

Price: $3.99 (as of 12/20/2014 at 4:30 PM ET).

  

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Kate Sexton's career takes a new turn when she's assigned to LAPD's new homicide unit, Section One. Kate soon realizes that Section One cases are the highest profile and most difficult homicides in the department. After teaming with her new partner, Ted Grady, Kate responds to a horrific crime scene where she finds the body of Hollywood Starlet, Scarlett Endicott.

All signs point to a Hollywood fixer, Pearce Landon, having been at work trying to clean the crime scene before leaving in a hurry when the police were called. Kate isn't convinced of Landon's involvement and sets out to find Scarlett's real killer, at the same time the fixer tries to prove his own innocence. As Kate tries to deal with a difficult new boss and find the emotional strength to deal with her past relationships, she and Ted have to deal with some of Hollywood's elite power brokers, a psychiatrist known as the "shrink to the stars," and a hired killer.

— Hollywood Homicide by M. Z. Kelly

Silver Lake Secrets by Alison Stone, New from Harlequin Love Inspired Suspense in December 2014

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

Silver Lake Secrets by Alison Stone

Imprint: Love Inspired Suspense

  

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

High-stakes homecoming …

Nicole Braun left Silver Lake under a cloud of suspicion — and someone isn't about to let her forget her troubled past now that she's returned home. The single mom has worked hard to overcome her reputation, but suddenly she's the target of an unknown enemy. Only local police chief Brett Eggert has the power to protect her and her young son. But nothing prepares the lawman for the discovery that Nicole's little boy is the nephew he never knew he had.

With Nicole's secret revealed, Brett is more determined than ever to ensure her safety and find out what's behind her deadly homecoming.

— Silver Lake Secrets by Alison Stone

New This Week: Security, A Jack Randall Thriller by Randall Wood

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 …

Security by Randall Wood

A Jack Randall Thriller (4th in series)

Publisher: Tension Bookworks

Price: $2.99 (as of 12/20/2014 at 3:00 PM ET).

  

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Deep under the city of Niagara Falls lies the largest tunnel ever constructed. Soon to be completed it will supply a steady supply of water to the Robert Moses Power Plant, a facility that supplies most of the energy for the upper east coast of the United States. Jack and his team arrive to inspect the security of the project before it goes into operation, but Al Qaeda has other plans.

Taking over the facility the terrorist now hold the staff and the entire eastern seaboard hostage. Jack finds himself cut off and trapped. He has two problems. One, he's 400 feet underground, and two, one of the hostages is his wife.

The terrorist think they have the upper hand, but they don't know Jack.

— Security by Randall Wood

Moriarty by Anthony Horowitz, New in Bookstores during December 2014

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

Moriarty by Anthony Horowitz, A Sherlock Holmes Novel

Publisher: Harper

        

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.

More about our featured title, below …

Days after the encounter at the Swiss waterfall, Pinkerton detective agent Frederick Chase arrives in Europe from New York. Moriarty's death has left an immediate, poisonous vacuum in the criminal underworld, and there is no shortage of candidates to take his place — including one particularly fiendish criminal mastermind.

Chase and Scotland Yard Inspector Athelney Jones, a devoted student of Holmes's methods of investigation and deduction originally introduced by Conan Doyle in "The Sign of Four", must forge a path through the darkest corners of England's capital — from the elegant squares of Mayfair to the shadowy wharfs and alleyways of the London Docks — in pursuit of this sinister figure, a man much feared but seldom seen, who is determined to stake his claim as Moriarty's successor.

— Moriarty by Anthony Horowitz

Lone Star Survivor by Colleen Thompson, New from Harlequin Romantic Suspense in December 2014

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

Lone Star Survivor by Colleen Thompson

Imprint: Romantic Suspense

  

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A soldier's memories are more dangerous than anything he's encountered in the line of duty …

"Killed in action" a year ago, US Army captain Ian Rayford shocks everyone when he stumbles half-dead onto his family's Texas ranch. Suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, Ian can barely remember his relatives. His former fiancée, a psychologist specializing in PTSD, arrives to help Ian recover. But not everyone wants her to unearth the dangerous secrets he's carrying.

Now engaged to another man, Dr. Andrea Warrington fights her feelings for Ian even as she helps him remember how much they once loved each other. Yet the closer Ian gets to his past, the more someone else has to ensure the treacherous truth stays buried.

— Lone Star Survivor by Colleen Thompson

The Calling, A Hazel Micallef Mystery by Inger Ash Wolfe, 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, Mariner Books …

The Calling by Inger Ash Wolfe

A Hazel Micallef Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Mariner Books

Price: $1.99 (as of 12/20/2014 at 1:00 PM ET).

  

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Detective Inspector Hazel Micallef has lived all her days in the small town of Port Dundas and is now making her way toward retirement with something less than grace. Hobbled by a bad back and a dependence on painkillers, and feeling blindsided by divorce after nearly four decades of marriage, sixty-one-year-old Hazel has only the constructive criticism of her old goat of a mother and her own sharp tongue to buoy her. But when a terminally ill Port Dundas woman is gruesomely murdered in her own home, Hazel and her understaffed department must spring to life. And as one terminally ill victim after another is found — their bodies drained of blood, their mouths sculpted into strange shapes — Hazel finds herself tracking a truly terrifying serial killer across the country while everything she was barely holding together begins to spin out of control.

Through the cacophony of her bickering staff, her unsupportive superiors, a clamoring press, the town's rumor mill, and her own nagging doubts, Hazel can sense the dead trying to call out. But what secret do they have to share? And will she hear it before it's too late?

— The Calling by Inger Ash Wolfe

New This Week: Trouble in Texas, A John Whyte Mystery by Thom Nicholson

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 …

Trouble in Texas by Thom Nicholson

A John Whyte Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Five Star

Price: $3.99 (as of 12/20/2014 at 12:30 PM ET).

  

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There's trouble in Texas. John Whyte, late colonel Union Cavalry Corps, is Alan Pinkerton's newest detective and he's more than ready to answer the call for help from his friend and former commander, General Phil Sheridan.

Some unreconstructed rebels are intimidating and driving out of Texas the Union tax collectors. In addition, murderous outlaws who have no regard for human life are robbing nearly every Union Army payroll shipment. Are the two seemingly separate problems somehow connected? If so, why?

John Whyte is going to find out, and if trouble comes his way because of it, then let the lead start to fly.

— Trouble in Texas by Thom Nicholson