Shallow Roots by Anomie K. Hatcher is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

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Shallow Roots by Anomie K. Hatcher

An Iowa Girl Mystery

Publisher: Anomie K. Hatcher

  

This title was listed for free as of January 17, 2015 at 7:10 AM ET.

Maggie MacGilloway's life is one of Midwestern contentment. She has a good job. She is in love and she can see a future. Then a phone call pulls the string that beings to unravel the fabric of her life. The death of an old friend thrusts her past life into her present. The consummate sadness of recent loss leaves her searching for answers and needing the support of old friends.

Uncertain as to who is on the level, Maggie is inexorably pulled into a journey where she questions her own sanity and her faith in the goodness of others. As the details are revealed, she finds her own life in danger.

— Shallow Roots by Anomie K. Hatcher

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When No One Is Watching by Joseph Hayes is Today's First Featured Free MystereBook

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When No One Is Watching by Joseph Hayes

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Joseph Hayes

  

This title was listed for free as of January 17, 2015 at 7:00 AM ET.

On the eve of announcing his run for Congress, a charismatic Chicago politician causes a deadly accident. Panicked, he frames his best friend, a good-hearted alcoholic, and flees the scene. As one man tries to pick up the pieces of his shattered life, the other embarks on a meteoric rise to political stardom.

But when a dogged detective digs deeper into the case, the political superstar must decide just how far he is willing to go to keep his dark secret.

— When No One Is Watching by Joseph Hayes

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Start a New Series with 40 Kindle Books is Today's Kindle Daily Deal

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature Start a New Series with 40 Kindle Books as today's Kindle Daily Deal. The deal price of $1.99 or less each is valid only for today, Saturday, January 17, 2015. We're highlighting the first title in one of the mystery and suspense series in this post.

In the Blood by Steve Robinson

A Jefferson Tayte, Genealogical Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Thomas & Mercer

Price: $1.99 (as of 01/17/2015 at 6:10 AM ET).

Family history was never supposed to be like this …

When American genealogist Jefferson Tayte accepted his latest assignment he had no idea it might kill him. But while murder was never part of the curriculum he is kidding himself if he thinks he can walk away from this one.

Why can't I trace them? What happened to them?

Driven by the irony of being a genealogist who doesn't know who his own parents are, Tayte soon finds that the assignment shares a stark similarity to his own struggle. Someone has gone to great lengths to erase an entire family bloodline from recorded history and he's not going home until he's found out why. After all, if he's not good enough to find this family, how can he ever expect to be good enough to someday find his own?

Set in Cornwall, England, past and present, Tayte's research centres around the tragic life of a young Cornish girl, a writing box, and the discovery of a dark family secret that he believes will lead him to the family he is looking for. Trouble is, someone else is looking for the same answers and they will stop at nothing to find them.

— In the Blood by Steve Robinson

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Seeing Red, A Novel of Suspense 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 …

Seeing Red by Roger Ormerod

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Endeavour Press

Price: $3.99 (as of 01/16/2015 at 5:30 PM ET).

  

On a lonely road on the borders of Wales, Gledwyn Griffiths crashes his car and dies. It seems like a simple road accident to everyone except the man's grieving daughter, Angie. She becomes obsessed with the possibility of a conspiracy to murder her vulnerable, colour blind father.

Detective Sergeant Harry Kyle had promised a favour to a friend — Angie's exasperated husband. He persuades Harry to visit Angie and convince her that her suspicious are groundless, lest she becomes mad. But the more that Harry probes into the circumstances surrounding Gledwyn Griffiths's death, the more suspicious he in turn becomes and the fonder he grows of Angie …

And the more credible a murder plot becomes. As the evidence leads Harry to the culprit, an attack will leave him seeing red.

— Seeing Red by Roger Ormerod

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Review: My Sister's Grave by Robert Dugoni

A Mysterious Review of My Sister's Grave by Robert Dugoni. A Legal Thriller.

Review summary: The overall theme here is that the law, and the process of law, isn't nearly as black and white as most would like to believe, with a vast gray area in the middle open to interpretation and manipulation. A superb whodunit start to finish, this legal thriller is highly recommended. (Click here for text of full review.)

Our rating:

My Sister's Grave
Robert Dugoni
A Legal Thriller
Thomas & Mercer (November 2014)

Publisher synopsis: Tracy Crosswhite has spent twenty years questioning the facts surrounding her sister Sarah's disappearance and the murder trial that followed. She doesn't believe that Edmund House — a convicted rapist and the man condemned for Sarah's murder — is the guilty party. Motivated by the opportunity to obtain real justice, Tracy became a homicide detective with the Seattle PD and dedicated her life to tracking down killers.

When Sarah's remains are finally discovered near their hometown in the northern Cascade mountains of Washington State, Tracy is determined to get the answers she's been seeking. As she searches for the real killer, she unearths dark, long-kept secrets that will forever change her relationship to her past — and open the door to deadly danger.

    

City of Liars and Thieves, A Historical Mystery by Eve Karlin, New This Week from Alibi

Alibi is a digital-only imprint of Random House dedicated to publishing mystery and thriller books.

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City of Liars and Thieves by Eve Karlin

A Historical Mystery

Publisher: Alibi

Price: $2.99 (as of 01/16/2015 at 4:30 PM ET).

  

It is high time to tell the truth. Time for justice … How she was murdered and why she haunts me. It is not only Elma's story, it's mine.

On the bustling docks of the Hudson River, Catherine Ring waits with her husband and children for the ship carrying her cousin, Elma Sands. Their Greenwich Street boardinghouse becomes a haven for Elma, who has at last escaped the stifling confines of her small hometown and the shameful circumstances of her birth. But in the summer of 1799, Manhattan remains a teeming cesspool of stagnant swamps and polluted rivers. The city is desperate for clean water as fires wreak devastation and the death toll from yellow fever surges.

Political tensions are rising, too. It's an election year, and Alexander Hamilton is hungry for power. So is his rival, Aaron Burr, who has announced the formation of the Manhattan Water Company. But their private struggle becomes very public when the body of Elma Sands is found at the bottom of a city well built by Burr's company.

Resolved to see justice done, Catherine becomes both witness and avenger. She soon finds, however, that the shocking truth behind this trial has nothing to do with guilt or innocence.

— City of Liars and Thieves by Eve Karlin

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Unmarked Grave, An Ardis Cole Mystery by Vickie Britton and Loretta Jackson, Now Available at a Special Price

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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.)

Unmarked Grave by Vickie Britton and Loretta Jackson

An Ardis Cole Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: Rowe Publishing

Price: $0.99 (as of 01/16/2015 at 4:00 PM ET).

  

Ardis Cole travels to Scotland to do a facial reconstruction on a skull her friend Bruce McBrier has discovered in the woods outside his ancestral castle. Because of an ancient ax buried in the skull, Bruce presumes the skull to be a historical relic, possibly the remains of a medieval ancestor murdered in battle.

When Ardis makes the shocking discovery that the remains are that of a more recent murder, Constable Mark Ridley asks her help in going ahead with the facial reconstruction in hopes the victim can be identified.

But someone is willing to go to great lengths … even murder … to keep the skull's deadly secret.

— Unmarked Grave by Vickie Britton and Loretta Jackson

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Butterfly Kills by Brenda Chapman, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during January 2015

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during January 2015 …

Butterfly Kills by Brenda Chapman, A Stonechild and Rouleau Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: Dundurn

  

Two separate crimes, two tragic outcomes …

Jacques Rouleau has moved to Kingston to look after his father and take up the position of head of the town's Criminal Investigations Division. One hot week in late September, university student Leah Sampson is murdered in her apartment. In another corner of the city, Della Munroe is raped by her husband. At first the crimes appear unrelated, but as Sergeant Rouleau and his new team of officers dig into the women's pasts, they discover unsettling coincidences. When Kala Stonechild, one of Rouleau's former officers from Ottawa, suddenly appears in Kingston, Rouleau enlists her to help.

Stonechild isn't sure if she wants to stay in Kingston, but agrees to help Rouleau in the short-term. While she struggles with trying to decide if she can make a life in this new town, a ghost from her past starts to haunt her.

As the detectives delve deeper into the cases, it seems more questions pop up than answers. Who murdered Leah Sampson? And why does Della Monroe's name keep showing up in the murder investigation? Both women were hiding secrets that have unleashed a string of violence. Stonechild and Rouleau race to discover the truth before the violence rips more families apart.

— Butterfly Kills by Brenda Chapman

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Unseen, A Novel of Suspense by James Pence, 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, Mountainview Books …

Unseen by James Pence

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Mountainview Books

Price: $0.99 (as of 01/16/2015 at 3:00 PM ET).

  

Where is Justine Bishop? And why did she abandon her children? Thomas Kent is determined to find out …

Asked to pick up a "package" at the airport by an old friend he barely remembers, Thomas is shocked when he finds two desperate children looking to him for help. As he's reluctantly drawn into the murderous plot of a ruthless cult, Thomas is forced to come face-to-face with his own torturous guilt over the tragic loss of his family and faith.

Why does the cult so desperately want the kids? Their mother, Justine Bishop, holds the key. He just has to find her … or die trying.

— Unseen by James Pence

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Insatiable Appetites by Stuart Woods, New in Bookstores during January 2015

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

Insatiable Appetites by Stuart Woods, a Stone Barrington Mystery (32nd in series)

Publisher: Putnam

    

It's a time of unexpected change for Stone Barrington. A recent venture has achieved a great victory, but is immediately faced with a new challenge: an underhanded foe who's determined to wreak havoc at any cost. Meanwhile, when Stone finds himself responsible for distributing the estate of a respected friend and mentor, the process unearths secrets that range from merely surprising to outright alarming. And when a lethal beauty from Stone's past resurfaces, there's no telling what chaos will follow in her wake …

Ever a master of keeping cool under pressure, even Stone might have his work cut out for him this time … because when grand ambitions collide with criminal inclinations, the results may be more deadly than he could have anticipated.

— Insatiable Appetites by Stuart Woods

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.

Longmire Season 3 Available to Pre-Order on DVD

Scheduled for DVD release on Tuesday, March 3rd, 2015 and available to pre-order …

Longmire

Season Three

   

Absaroka County (Wyoming) Sheriff Walt Longmire is back for the third season of the formerly A&E, now Netflix drama Longmire. In this gripping two-disc, 10-episode set, characters must test their courage and face challenges that will ultimately define them.

Last season, Walt Longmire (Robert Taylor) and his deputies each braved a storm and did it nobly. But for every storm, there is an aftermath. After winning his heated re-election as Absaroka County sheriff against his ambitious deputy Branch Connally (Bailey Chase), Longmire faces a stampede of problems both personal and professional. Branch is mysteriously shot on "the Rez" by the White Warrior spirit of a dead man, while Longmire's loyal friend Henry Standing Bear (Lou Diamond Phillips), is arrested in connection to the murder of Longmire's wife's killer. Longmire's daughter, Cady (Cassidy Freeman), decides to take up Henry's case and fight in court to clear Henry's name. Meanwhile, his deputy Vic Moretti (Katee Sackhoff) sees the return of a stalker from her Philadelphia past. Longmire must navigate these taxing situations as he butts heads with tribal police, big money connections and longstanding enemies.

This series is based on the "Walt Longmire" mystery novels written by Craig Johnson.

The third season DVD is scheduled for release on March 3rd, 2015. It is already available to download on Amazon Instant and iTunes.

When A&E abruptly canceled the series after this third season, the outcome of the cliffhanger ending was in doubt. Fortunately, Netflix announced last Fall that it would produce and stream a fourth season. No date was provided, but it is expected to be available sometime this year.

Wrongful Death by Lynda La Plante, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during January 2015

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during January 2015 …

Wrongful Death by Lynda La Plante, An Anna Travis Mystery (9th in series)

Publisher: Bourbon Street Books

  

Six months ago, London nightclub owner Josh Reynolds was found dead. Ruled a suicide, the police investigation was closed. Then a young man, awaiting trial for armed robbery, tells his guards that Reynolds was murdered, and that he has information to share.

DCI Anna Travis is scheduled to leave for training at Quantico, as part of an exchange between the Met and the FBI. But before she can leave, she's got to review the case thanks to her boss, DCS James Langton. Joining her team is senior FBI agent and crime scene expert Jessie Dewar.

The American's brash manner quickly ruffles feathers throughout the Met, and what should have been a simple matter of tying up loose ends becomes a political powder keg when the competence of the original investigation team is challenged. Suddenly, Anna is faced with a dangerous choice. Will she close ranks to protect her people, or push to find the truth no matter what the consequences?

— Wrongful Death by Lynda La Plante

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Capitol Murder, A Dana Cutler Thriller by Phillip Margolin, Now Available at a Special Price

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Today, we're pleased to present the following title, now available at a special price courtesy of the publisher, Harper …

Capitol Murder by Phillip Margolin

A Dana Cutler Thriller (3rd in series)

Publisher: Harper

Price: $3.99 (as of 01/16/2015 at 1:00 PM ET).

  

Convicted serial killer Clarence Little has escaped from death row in Oregon, and his former attorney Brad Miller receives threatening messages in Washington, D.C., where he is now working for Senator Jack Carson, a high-ranking member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. A dead body, murdered according to Little's M.O., is found in the senator's Georgetown home, and Carson has disappeared.

While Brad's friend and private investigator Dana Cutler is in Oregon digging into Carson's shady background, a terrorist cell is poised to destroy a packed professional football stadium in one of the biggest attacks on American soil.

As the senator's personal life begins to dovetail with the cell's evil plan, Brad and Dana will risk it all to uncover the truth and save their country.

— Capitol Murder by Phillip Margolin

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Murder Is Our Mascot, A Schooled in Murder Mystery by Tracy D. Comstock, New This Week from Gemma Halliday

Gemma Halliday Publishing is a boutique publisher of light-hearted mystery, romantic suspense and romantic comedy novels, perfect for popping into your beach bag for a weekend away or cozying up beside a warm fire for a quiet night in.

We've selected one of their recently published titles to feature here today …

Murder Is Our Mascot by Tracy D. Comstock

A Schooled in Murder Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Gemma Halliday Publishing

Price: $0.99 (as of 01/16/2015 at 12:30 PM ET).

  

Murder is the new mascot at Ellington High …

A murdered coach and a missing counselor has thrown the school into a foreign curriculum of anger, fear, and suspicion. English teacher Emily Taylor is determined to prove that her missing friend is not a murderer. But if she's not, then who is? And where could her friend be?

Against the advice of fellow math teacher and former crush Tad, Emily and her best friend Gabby dig into the dead coach's pasts. But someone doesn't want Emily unearthing their secrets and is determined to see that she gets a failing grade in the sleuthing department. Soon, Emily finds herself scrambling for a new lesson plan to solve the murder … before the killer sets his own deadline!

— Murder Is Our Mascot by Tracy D. Comstock

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Friday Night Frights by R. D. Sherrill is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

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Friday Night Frights by R. D. Sherrill

A Jack and Ashley Mystery

Publisher: R. D. Sherrill

  

This title was listed for free as of January 16, 2015 at 7:10 AM ET.

A serial killer is on the loose in Texas, his blood lust compelling him in a human hunt under the Friday night lights of the Texas gridiron. Tasked with stopping the brazen slasher's reign of terror is Texas Ranger Ashley Reynolds. The young, head-strong criminal profiler is drafted for the mission after a fellow ranger falls prey to the killer's blade, revealing just before her death that the offender has connections within the Texas Rangers.

Unable to trust anyone in her own company, Ashley joins forces with Federal Agent Jack Looper, the sleuth's superior instincts overshadowed only by his immense ego. The reluctant partners span the Lone Star State on the heels of the killer, even as both agents fight demons of their very own. As they close in on the killer, it becomes unclear who is the hunter and who is the prey as the calculating culprit draws them in to his maniacal game plan of death.

— Friday Night Frights by R. D. Sherrill

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