The Crossing Places, A Ruth Galloway Mystery by Elly Griffiths, Now Available at a Special Price

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The Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths

A Ruth Galloway Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Mariner Books

Price: $2.99 (as of 01/04/2015 at 1:00 PM ET).

  

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When she's not digging up bones or other ancient objects, tart-tongued archaeologist Ruth Galloway lives happily alone in a remote area called Saltmarsh near Norfolk, land that was sacred to its Iron Age inhabitants — not quite earth, not quite sea. When a child's bones are found on a desolate beach nearby, Detective Chief Inspector Harry Nelson calls Galloway for help.

Nelson thinks he has found the remains of Lucy Downey, a little girl who went missing ten years ago. Since her disappearance he has been receiving bizarre letters about her, letters with references to ritual and sacrifice. The bones actually turn out to be two thousand years old, but Ruth is soon drawn into the Lucy Downey case and into the mind of the letter writer, who seems to have both archaeological knowledge and eerie psychic powers, luring Ruth into completely new territory — and serious danger.

— The Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths

The Dog Did It, A Gabe and Tigger Mystery by Jim Toombs, Now Available at a Special Price

Amazon Kindle Countdown Deals are limited-time discounts on Kindle-exclusive books.

Omnimystery News is pleased to present you with one of today's titles … but take advantage of this deal now as the price will go up to its digital list price soon! (See the countdown clock on the book product page to see how much time remains on this deal.)

The Dog Did It by Jim Toombs

A Gabe and Tigger Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Jim Toombs

Price: $0.99 (as of 01/04/2015 at 12:30 PM ET).

  

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The Texas Hill Country will take your breath away. Brandt, on the other hand, is such a low-key town that drying paint makes the ten o'clock news. The only thing that brought Gabe Chance back to his hometown was the death of his mother. After he wraps up her affairs he's heading straight back to the cool California coast and leaving drought-stricken Brandt in his rearview mirror.

Some things are easier said than done.

The estate she left him is surprisingly rich for the widow of a salesman. But, then again, he's been gone for a decade or two and hasn't been keeping up very well. Just as surprising are the long, strong strings she wrapped around it to keep him here. Mother's dog is now his dog: shaggy, sheddy, boisterous and irritating. If he wants the estate he has to keep the dog. In Brandt. In Mother's house. Bummer times 3.

Before the ink can even dry on his mother's death certificate, an old girlfriend's husband dies in a tragic and violent accident. Steeped in denial, she refuses to accept that it was an accident. She asks him to "go take a look".

Gabe takes that look and man and dog become unlikely allies in unraveling a mystery of ancient Spanish treasures, unknown fortunes, and villains who make Dumb and Dumber seem like Stephen Hawking and Albert Einstein.

— The Dog Did It by Jim Toombs

Mystery Godoku Puzzle for January 05, 2015

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 C D I K N Q S U

William P. Wood's 2014 crime thriller 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!

The Killing League by Dani Amore is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature …

The Killing League by Dani Amore

A Wallace Mack Thriller

Publisher: Slogan Books

… as today's second free mystery ebook.

  

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A retired FBI profiler uncovers the Killing League, a competition among active serial killers to prove who is the greatest killer, and learns that he and a woman whose life he saved are the grand prize.

— The Killing League by Dani Amore

Restrike by Reba White Williams is Today's First Featured Free MystereBook

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Restrike by Reba White Williams

A Coleman and Dinah Greene Mystery

Publisher: Magnolia Publishing

… as today's first free mystery ebook.

  

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Cousins Coleman and Dinah Greene moved to New York to make their mark on the art world. Coleman is the editor of an arts magazine and Dinah is the owner of a print gallery. But their challenges are mounting as one of Coleman's writers is discovered selling story ideas to a competitor and The Greene Gallery is in the red.

When billionaire Heyward Bain announces plans to fund a fine print museum, Coleman is intrigued and plans to get to know Bain. Dinah hopes to sell him enough prints to save her gallery. At the same time, swindlers, attracted by Bain's lavish spending, want to grab his money.

When a print dealer dies, Coleman is suspicious, but she can't persuade the NYPD of a connection between the dealer's death and Bain's buying spree. After one of Coleman's editors is killed and Coleman is attacked, the police must acknowledge the connection, and Coleman becomes even more determined to discover the truth about Bain.

— Restrike by Reba White Williams

Alien — The Official Movie Novelization by Alan Dean Foster is Today's Sci-Fi Thriller Kindle Daily Deal

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature Alien — The Official Movie Novelization by Alan Dean Foster as today's Sci-Fi Thriller Kindle Daily Deal.

The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Sunday, January 04, 2015.

Alien — The Official Movie Novelization by Alan Dean Foster

A Sci-Fi Thriller

Publisher: Titan Books

Price: $1.99 (as of 01/04/2015 at 6:20 AM ET).

  

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The thing looked like the hand of a skeleton with many fingers curled into the palm. Something like a short tube protruded from the palm and something like a tail was coiled beneath the base of the hand. There, on the back, was a dim, convex shape like a glazed over eye. Disgusting! But if that was an eye and not some slimy excrescence … he moved closer to take a look. And the eye moved; it stared right back at him.

Then, the ovoid sprang at him, exploded at him with the energy contained in that coiled tail. He raised an arm to protect himself. Too late! The thing's fingers gripped his faceplate. The weaving tube in the palm's center was stroking the glass. It started to sizzle. The faceplate was dissolving! The creature was through the plate. Must get it off! It was pushing at his mouth, tight around skull, tube down throat, can't breathe …

"Kane, answer me," Dallas' voice came from above, but from down below, there was no reply.

— Alien — The Official Movie Novelization by Alan Dean Foster

Eight Mysteries in J. D. Robb's In Death Series is Today's Kindle Daily Deal

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature Eight Mysteries in J. D. Robb's In Death Series as today's Kindle Daily Deal.

The deal price of $1.99 each is valid only for today, Sunday, January 04, 2015. We're highlighting the first book in the series in this post.

Naked in Death by J. D. Robb

An Eve Dallas Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Berkley

Price: $1.99 (as of 01/04/2015 at 6:10 AM ET).

  

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In a world of danger and deception, she walks the line — between seductive passion and scandalous murder …

Eve Dallas is a New York police lieutenant hunting for a ruthless killer. In over ten years on the force, she's seen it all — and knows her survival depends on her instincts. And she's going against every warning telling her not to get involved with Roarke, an Irish billionaire — and a suspect in Eve's murder investigation.

But passion and seduction have rules of their own, and it's up to Eve to take a chance in the arms of a man she knows nothing about — except the addictive hunger of needing his touch.

— Naked in Death by J. D. Robb

New This Week: Gateway Murders, A Cole Sullivan Mystery by Russell Warnberg

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 January 2015 and priced $4.99 or less …

Gateway Murders by Russell Warnberg

A Cole Sullivan Mystery (3rd in series)

Publisher: Fountain Blue Publishing

Price: $3.99 (as of 01/03/2015 at 5:30 PM ET).

  

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Detective Isaac Trader was looking for a quiet little place to end a long distinguished career in Manchester. He hoped he had found it when he was hired as a detective in one of Maine's tranquil little towns for what he hoped would be a peaceful few years.

Unfortunately for both Trader and this quaint little berg, the trouble begins almost immediately. It starts with drugs and goes downhill from there. Drug addicts are being murdered and typically Detective Sullivan would step in, but Trader, being older and more experienced, was able to take charge, yet it was only a matter of time before Sullivan and Trader team up.

— Gateway Murders by Russell Warnberg

The Remains, A Novel of Suspense by Vincent Zandri, Now Available at a Special Price

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The Remains by Vincent Zandri

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Thomas & Mercer

Price: $1.99 (as of 01/03/2015 at 5:00 PM ET).

  

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It's been thirty years since the terrifying abduction of twin sisters Rebecca and Molly Underhill by a deranged man who lived in a cabin behind their house in upstate New York. Fearful of retribution against their family, the girls kept the incident secret.

Rebecca, now a painter and art teacher, and alone since Molly died of cancer, suddenly begins getting strange and anonymous text messages — the first with just her name. Is Molly trying to communicate with her? Not possible, thinks Rebecca, who's never believed in God or an afterlife.

And it couldn't be their attacker from so many years ago; he was imprisoned for a similar crime at about that same time. Surely he'd still be in jail or dead by now — wouldn't he?

But things get stranger. Rebecca's art student Francis, an autistic savant, gives her a series of paintings he's done. Rebecca, with increasing dread, realizes the sequence of scenes depicted in the paintings match the nightmares she's had every night since the horrific ordeal three decades earlier. How could Franny know? Is it a ghostly warning of some kind?

Unnerved, Rebecca spills the whole frightening account of the abduction to her ex-husband and friend, Michael, who, dismayed by the story, vows to help sort out the mysterious texts and disturbing series of paintings.

— The Remains by Vincent Zandri

New This Week: Ephemeral, A Brainrush Thriller by Richard Bard

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 January 2015 and priced $4.99 or less …

Ephemeral by Richard Bard

A Brainrush Thriller

Publisher: Richard Bard

Price: $3.99 (as of 01/03/2015 at 4:30 PM ET).

  

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A gifted boy forced to grow up too fast … A father who will do anything to protect him … A madman bent on destroying them both …

In Amsterdam, a visionary scientist is laying the groundwork for a cybernetic life-extension project that will transfer individual consciousness to a personalized avatar. Halfway around the world, his brilliant grandson is secretly planning to use the same technology to infiltrate the world's most secure networks. But the scientific advances necessary to perfect the brain-to-computer interface are slow in coming, too slow for the aging founder of the Everlast foundation — who may die before realizing his dream of immortality — and too slow for his ruthless grandson, who will stop at nothing to attain the recognition that is his birthright.

Caught in the middle are Jake Bronson and his seven-year-old son, Alex, whose combined mental gifts might provide the key to leapfrogging the impasse.

Jake's family and closest friends have been taken by a mysterious organization with access to every surveillance system on the planet. Jake must lever every scrap of his own failing brain if he is to have any chance of evading capture, rescuing his loved ones, and stopping a madman's plans for global chaos dead in its tracks.

— Ephemeral by Richard Bard

Killing Time, A One-Eyed Jacks Novel of Romantic Suspense by Cindy Gerard, Now Available at a Special Price

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Killing Time by Cindy Gerard

A One-Eyed Jacks Novel of Romantic Suspense (1st in series)

Publisher: Pocket B

Price: $1.99 (as of 01/03/2015 at 4:00 PM ET).

  

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"We can do this easy," she whispered close to his ear as he groaned in agony, "or it can go real hard on you." Well, of course he wasn't going to go easy …

Lured to the Idaho wilderness by a rogue operative, hard-living hero Mike Brown joins Eva Salinas on a hunt for the cold-blooded traitor behind a fatal military operation that haunts them both.

— Killing Time by Cindy Gerard

The Sheriff by Angi Morgan, New from Harlequin Intrigue in January 2015

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

The Sheriff by Angi Morgan

Series: West Texas Watchmen

Imprint: Intrigue

  

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Sheriff Pete Morrison knew the the secret in his past could destroy his father. Yet instead of resigning his job and exposing the lie, he found himself protecting Andrea Allen — a beautiful astronomer who witnessed a gun-smuggling operation and a college student's abduction. Determined to be independent, a relationship with her conflicted protector isn't in the cards. No matter how safe she feels in Pete's strong arms.

But when things take a turn for the worse and Andrea exchanges herself for the abducted student, only Pete can save her from the horrible fate that awaits her.

— The Sheriff by Angi Morgan

The One That Got Away, A Novel of Suspense by Helen McCloy, Now Available at a Special Price

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The One That Got Away by Helen McCloy

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Orion

Price: $2.99 (as of 01/03/2015 at 3:00 PM ET).

  

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A castle, a deserted village, and murder in the Scottish Highlands …

When child psychologist and US Naval Intelligence officer Lieutenant Peter Dunbar takes on a secret mission in the Scottish Highlands at the end of World War II, he finds himself drawn into the lives of a troubled boy and his beautiful young cousin.

But why does Johnny Stockton refuse to explain why he keeps running away from his comfortable home? And how might the answer be entangled with the mystery of an escaped German prisoner and a dying man's message?

— The One That Got Away by Helen McCloy

The German Agent by J. Sydney Jones, New in Bookstores during January 2015

Today's featured new hardcover mystery, suspense, or thriller title scheduled to be published during January 2015 is …

The German Agent by J. Sydney Jones, Non-Series

Publisher: Severn House

      

For a list of more new hardcover titles to be published this month, visit our New Mysteries page for January 2015. For new paperback mysteries, visit The Mystery Bookshelf where a selection of January 2015 mysteries, novels of suspense, and thrillers are shelved.

More about our featured title, below …

February, 1917. A lone German agent is dispatched to Washington to prevent the British delivering a telegram to President Woodrow Wilson — by any means possible. For this is the Zimmermann telegram: it contains a devastating piece of news which is sure to bring the USA into the war on the side of Britain and her allies.

Having fought in the trenches himself, Max Volkman knows that America's involvement will only prolong the slaughter of innocents and is implacable in his determination to kill the British envoy carrying the telegram. But when his pursuit of the Englishman leads him to the home of American heiress Catherine Fitzgerald, wife to one of Washington's most powerful politicians, he is presented with a terrible choice: loyalty to his comrades in the trenches or the loss of the one woman he has ever truly loved.

His decision will determine the outcome of the First World War.

— The German Agent by J. Sydney Jones

Buried by Elizabeth Goddard, New from Harlequin Love Inspired Suspense in January 2015

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

Buried by Elizabeth Goddard

Series: Mountain Cove

Imprint: Love Inspired Suspense

  

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Nowhere to hide …

Fleeing to Alaska is the only option for Leah Marks after witnessing a murder. Afraid for her life, the legal investigator hopes a remote cabin will be a safe shelter. But the killer has tracked her to Mountain Cove. As he chases her into snow-packed Dead Falls Canyon, an avalanche buries them both. Saved by daring search and rescue specialist Cade Warren, Leah longs to tell him the truth. But how can she, without bringing even more danger into Cade's life? Especially when they discover the killer is very much alive and waiting to take them both down.

— Buried by Elizabeth Goddard