Today's Mystery and Suspense Update from Big Fish Games (141226)

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

• The New Release is Hidden Expedition: Smithsonian Castle (Collector's Edition).

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The New Release is Hidden Expedition: Smithsonian Castle (Collector's Edition)

Your old buddy and H.E.L.P. operative Sam calls you in to investigate a strange anomaly at the Smithsonian Castle. You soon learn there's more to this anomaly than meets the eye, and H.E.L.P's reach stretches back to the Smithsonian's historic founding. Unlock the secrets of time travel as you follow the clues into the Smithsonian Castle's Civil War past.

This is a special Collector's Edition release full of exclusive extras you won't find in the standard version, including: Race H.E.L.P. agents to Helen’s time machine; Collect Fact Cards to learn about the Smithsonian’s history; Unlock new puzzles and replay minia-games and HOPs; Collect original music, wallpapers, and videos; and Access the comprehensive Strategy Guide.

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

The Adventure of the Bloody Tower, A Dr. John H. Watson Case by Donald MacLachlan, 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 Adventure of the Bloody Tower by Donald MacLachlan

A Dr. John H. Watson Case

Publisher: Endeavour Press

Price: $3.99 (as of 12/25/2014 at 5:30 PM ET).

  

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The year is 1883. In Oxford Dr John Watson finds himself caught up in a debate between various professors over the character of King Richard III. Was he a monster? The murderer of his brother's young boys? Usurper? Or a legitimate heir to the crown? Tyrant? Or a good king?

With Sherlock Holmes busy on another case, Watson finds himself forced to accept a tricky challenge: to prove once and for all whether Richard III was guilty of the crimes he has been accused of, or whether it was all malicious slander created by Tudor propagandists. Watson has to dig back through ancient records to get the heart of the matter. And what he finds shocks him to the core …

With each new revelation things become more and more confused in Watson's mind. Could Richard really be an innocent victim? Was someone else to blame for the deaths of the Princes in the Tower?

— The Adventure of the Bloody Tower by Donald MacLachlan

The Retribution, A Tony Hill and Carol Jordan Mystery by Val McDermid, 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, Atlantic Monthly Press …

The Retribution by Val McDermid

A Tony Hill and Carol Jordan Mystery (7th in series)

Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press

Price: $1.99 (as of 12/25/2014 at 5:00 PM ET).

  

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Tony Hill has had a good run. He and detective Carol Jordan have put away scores of dangerous criminals at a rate that colleagues envy. But there is one serial killer who has shaped and defined their careers, and whose evil surpasses all others: Jacko Vance, ex-celebrity and sociopath whose brilliance and utter lack of remorse have never left Tony's mind in the ten years since his imprisonment. Now Jacko has escaped from prison — even more twisted and cunning than before, he is focused on wreaking revenge on Tony and Carol for his years spent in prison.

Tony and Carol don't know when Jacko will strike, or where. All they know is that Jacko will cause them to feel fear like they've never known.

— The Retribution by Val McDermid

New This Week: Heartless, A Mia Kazmaroff Mystery by Susan Kiernan-Lewis

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 …

Heartless by Susan Kiernan-Lewis

A Mia Kazmaroff Mystery (4th in series)

Publisher: Susan Kiernan-Lewis

Price: $3.99 (as of 12/25/2014 at 4:30 PM ET).

  

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How dangerous could a little online dating be?

Victoria Baskerville had been hurt in love. Badly. Although she spent her days trolling a popular online dating site, these days she wasn't looking for love but a special kind of vengeance. The real shock to friends and family when Victoria was brutally stabbed to death in her trendy Buckhead condo, was all the degenerate "love matches" that came creeping out into the light.

A prominent Atlanta defense attorney turns to the unorthodox methods of Burton & Kazmaroff Detective Agency to clear one of those love matches — a sexual deviant who, like all the others, was being blackmailed by Victoria.

Jack and Mia — finally together in every sense of the word — work together to find Victoria's real killer — whether scumbag or saint. But Mia has a personal agenda that she focuses all her paranormal abilities on — find the killer but do it without letting the scumbags who hurt Victoria off the hook.

Sounds like a plan. The only problem — can she do it before one Internet killing turns viral?

— Heartless by Susan Kiernan-Lewis

Dirty Magic, A Prospero's War Novel by Jaye Wells, 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, Orbit …

Dirty Magic by Jaye Wells

A Prospero's War Novel (1st in series)

Publisher: Orbit

Price: $2.99 (as of 12/25/2014 at 4:00 PM ET).

  

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Magic is a drug. Careful how you use it …

The Magical Enforcement Agency keeps dirty magic off the streets, but there's a new blend out there that's as deadly as it is elusive. When patrol cop Kate Prospero shoots the lead snitch in this crucial case, she's brought in to explain herself. But the more she learns about the investigation, the more she realizes she must secure a spot on the MEA task force.

Especially when she discovers that their lead suspect is the man she walked away from ten years earlier — on the same day she swore she'd given up dirty magic for good. Kate Prospero's about to learn the hard way that crossing a wizard will always get you burned, and that when it comes to magic, you should never say never.

— Dirty Magic by Jaye Wells

Welcome to Moldy Manor by Geronimo Stilton, a New Geronimo Stilton Mystery for Junior Sleuths

Omnimystery News is pleased to present in this post a new First Clues: Mysteries for Kids series title published this month …

Welcome to Moldy Manor by Geronimo Stilton

Series: Geronimo Stilton

Publisher: Scholastic Press

Format(s): Paperback, eBook

Recommended for Junior Sleuths, Ages 7 to 9

  

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

Rancid rat hairs! I'd been spending so much money lately, I had none left in the bank! Even worse, when my grandfather found out, he sent me off to Moldy Manor. There, miserly Uncle Stingysnout would teach me to be better at saving. How terrible! Could I learn to be less wasteful without going crazy?

— Welcome to Moldy Manor by Geronimo Stilton

Get Busy Dying, A Roy Ballard Mystery by Ben Rehder, 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 author …

Get Busy Dying by Ben Rehder

A Roy Ballard Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: Ben Rehder

Price: $0.99 (as of 12/25/2014 at 3:00 PM ET).

  

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Everyone thinks Boz Gentry died in a fiery traffic accident, but Roy Ballard and Mia Madison aren't convinced. As legal videographers, it's their job to provide evidence of insurance fraud — and the more they dig into the Gentry case, the more they realize this might be the most elaborate scheme they've ever encountered.

Of course, when millions of dollars are at stake, con men will take drastic steps to protect their scam — including arson, assault, or even murder. Can Roy and Mia unravel the conspiracy before the criminals get desperate enough to kill?

— Get Busy Dying by Ben Rehder

The Lost by James Patterson and Emily Raymond, New in Bookstores during December 2014

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

The Lost by James Patterson and Emily Raymond, a Witch & Wizard Mystery (5th in series)

Publisher: Little, Brown

        

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 …

Whit and Wisty Allgood have fought and defeated their world's most pernicious threats: the evil dictator, The One Who Is The One, as well as his wicked father and son.

But just as the heroic witch and wizard start to settle into their new roles in governance, a deadly crime wave grips their city, with all signs pointing to a magical mastermind every bit as powerful and heartless as The One. Now the siblings find themselves persecuted as the city turns against all those who possess magic. They're questioning everything, including each other and their abilities.

Can they confront the citizens' growing hostility and their own doubts in time to face the new enemy barreling toward their gates?

— The Lost by James Patterson and Emily Raymond

Paw and Order by Diane Kelly, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during December 2014

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during December 2014 …

Paw and Order by Diane Kelly

A Megan Luz, Paw Enforcement Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: St. Martin's Press

  

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 …

Police officer Megan Luz and her loyal K-9 partner Brigit are back on the beat — and under the gun — when the local rodeo show goes to the dogs …

After capturing the notorious Fort Worth "Tunabomber," Megan and Brigit are practically celebrities. Which is why the police chief lassoed them into doing rodeo duty — mostly as a public relations stunt for the department. Megan's not a fan of calf roping, bull riding, or goat milking contests. But when a thief appears to be working the circuit, her trusty K-9 partner starts sniffing for clues …

The culprit is "Robin Hood," a young Texas golddigger who steals from the rich to give to the poor — namely, herself. With Brigit hot on the trail, Megan has to juggle her on-again off-again reputation in the FWPD with her on-again off-again relationship with sexy bomb-squader Seth Rutledge. This time, Megan is determined to rope in her suspect and her man … before chaos, and/or her trusted furry partner, is unleashed.

— Paw and Order by Diane Kelly

Deadly Décor, A Caprice De Luca Mystery by Karen Rose Smith, Now Available at a Special Price

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Deadly Décor by Karen Rose Smith

A Caprice De Luca Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: Kensington

Price: $1.99 (as of 12/25/2014 at 1:00 PM ET).

  

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Quiet Kismet, Pennsylvania, may look like any other small town, but as a home stager, Caprice De Luca can see behind closed doors — and it seems someone has designs on murder …

Life is a full house for Caprice these days. She's dating, she's rescuing adorable cocker spaniels, and she's decorating the roomy interiors of Kismet's most well-heeled residents with fun fantasy themes. But she's worried about her pregnant sister. Bella's marriage is coming apart like a bad wallpaper job, and to make matters worse, she's decided to meet up with a former flame Bob Preston, a house painter Caprice frequently employs. When he's found dead in a pool of green paint swirling with blood, it's time for Caprice to stage an investigation.

With all eyes trained on Bella's husband, Caprice shifts her attention from finding the perfect curtains to finding the perfect culprit …

— Deadly Décor by Karen Rose Smith

New This Week: Alibi for Arson, A Diedre Fischer Mystery by P. Moody

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 …

Alibi for Arson by P. Moody

A Diedre Fischer Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: P. Moody

Price: $1.99 (as of 12/25/2014 at 12:30 PM ET).

  

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Diedre Fischer is a young Palm Beach insurance fraud lawyer on the rebound from a long-term relationship with the head of her law firm. Heading off to a party with her best friend, she soon finds herself swept off her feet by a former professional quarterback. But this charming man of her dreams is anything but. Her new suitor sees an opportunity with her and plots a sinister scheme of arson and insurance fraud — with Diedre set up to take the fall.

With revelations around every corner, Diedre's wits are put to the test as she works to prove her innocence.

— Alibi for Arson by P. Moody

A Crossworder's Delight by Nero Blanc is Today's Open Road Daily Deal

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature A Crossworder's Delight by Nero Blanc as today's Open Road Daily Deal.

The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Thursday, December 25, 2014.

A Crossworder's Delight by Nero Blanc

A Holiday Crossword Mystery (11th in series)

Publisher: Open Road

Price: $1.99 (as of 12/25/2014 at 7:50 AM ET).

  

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The Holiday Decoration Competition is in full swing at Newcastle's historic Paul Revere Inn. As the rivalry heats up, crossword editor Belle Graham unearths an abandoned treasure: a book of dessert recipes written in the form of crosswords handed down from mother to daughter.

While Belle is busy deciphering the ingredients for delectable dishes like "Holiday Slay Ride," another mystery is unraveling. A valuable Longfellow poem has been stolen from its place of honor on the wall of the inn's front parlor. Called in to investigate, Belle's PI husband, Rosco Polycrates, discovers he has a new partner in crime. Twelve-year-old E. T. Whitman, a bit of a wordsmith himself, has all sorts of theories about the theft. But the case is far from a piece of cake. And the search for the culprit brings the detecting trio closer to a truth that's been buried for decades.

— A Crossworder's Delight by Nero Blanc

Charity Begins with Murder by Annie McDowall is Today's Fourth Featured Free MystereBook

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Charity Begins with Murder by Annie McDowall

A Murder Mystery

Publisher: Annie McDowall

… as today's fourth free mystery ebook.

  

This title was listed for free as of December 25, 2014 at 7:30 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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South London, 2005, and Nikki Elliot has been spending the best part of a year living on the dole and developing a taste for daytime television. Finding her last boss's dead body had put her off having a job. But the government is cracking down on the unemployed, and Nikki's personal adviser at the Jobcentre has given her an ultimatum: go for the job at Action in Caring, a small charity, or lose your benefits.

Things start to go badly wrong from Nikki's first day when her new boss dies at the management committee meeting. Was it an accident, or had someone spiked the sandwiches? And just how true were the rumours that the finance manager had an unhealthy liking for young boys? Or were the only things being fiddled by Gordon Smedley Action in Caring's accounts?

When more people die, Nikki realises that something big is happening. And when she's beaten over the head outside the Bedford pub in Balham, she starts to feel scared. Working with Suresh Shah, former flatmate and now South London Press journalist, and with the help of a cast of characters including Felicity Balmforth, witchy yoga teacher; Dora Popp, who sees more than people think; and Maria de Souza, visionary leader of Young Futures , Nikki unravels the mystery and unmasks the person responsible for death, corruption, and dodgy dealings in south London.

— Charity Begins with Murder by Annie McDowall

Take Two and Call Me in the Morgue by D. W. Ulsterman is Today's Third Featured Free MystereBook

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Take Two and Call Me in the Morgue by D. W. Ulsterman

A Bennington P.I. Mystery

Publisher: D. W. Ulsterman

… as today's third free mystery ebook.

  

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Former D.C. politico turned private investigator Frank Bennington finds himself in a race to save the life of a friend. It is a case that opens doors some feel are better left closed, particularly those representing the interests of corporations and their government cohorts earning billions of dollars off of the sick and dying.

— Take Two and Call Me in the Morgue by D. W. Ulsterman

Tahoe Ghost Boat by Todd Borg is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

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Tahoe Ghost Boat by Todd Borg

An Owen McKenna Mystery

Publisher: Thriller Press

… as today's second free mystery ebook.

  

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Gertie O'Leary is a 15-year-old girl with a messy bird's nest of red hair, a serious softball pitch, and a dream to be a movie director. She also has a $2 million price on her head.

When a gang led by a killer the FBI calls Mikhailo the Monster takes Gertie as the centerpiece of an extortion plot, Tahoe Detective Owen McKenna gets involved in the case.

McKenna finds out that Gertie's stepfather has just died in what looks like a boating accident and that Gertie's mother cares more about not losing money to blackmail than saving her daughter.

As the unwanted child of divorced, self-focused parents, Gertie has no defenders. So McKenna appoints himself her savior. But McKenna is one man up against a small army of twisted murderers whose orders are to kill the girl …

— Tahoe Ghost Boat by Todd Borg