Today's Selection of Free MystereBooks for Thursday, February 05, 2015

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature a selection of Free MystereBooks found on Thursday, February 05, 2015 at 6:30 AM ET …

Death and Taxes by David Dodge

A Crime Novel

Publisher: Diversion Books

Price: FREE!

  

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Review: Hidden Agenda by Lisa Harris

A Mysterious Review of Hidden Agenda by Lisa Harris. A Southern Crimes Mystery.

Review summary: This romantic thriller is filled with unrelenting danger, and characters who are realistic in their actions and reactions. An electrifying mystery with a well-developed and executed storyline, and without all the profanity that typically accompanies these storylines, is highly recommended. (Click here for text of full review.)

Our rating:

Hidden Agenda
Lisa Harris
A Southern Crimes Mystery
Revell (January 2015)

Publisher synopsis: Michael Hunt is alive — and on the run. Presumed dead by friends and family, the undercover assignment he's been working for the past eight months has just been blown.

With a hit out on his life and corruption inside the Atlanta police department, Michael finds himself hunted by both the cartel and the law. His only hope is the daughter of the man who wants him dead.

        

New This Week: Buckeye Hunter, A Susan Hunter Mystery by Maddie Cochere

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Buckeye Hunter by Maddie Cochere

A Susan Hunter Mystery (7th in series)

Publisher: Breezy Books

Price: $2.99 (as of 02/04/2015 at 7:30 PM ET).

  

Susan travels to Southeast Ohio to assist in the grand opening of a Slimmers Weight Loss center. There she meets Jo, Pepper, and Jackie — local sleuths from Two Sisters and a Journalist.

When a murder is committed on Susan's doorstep, Jo is there to find the body. Susan can't believe the trouble swirling around her even though she is only two hours from home.

She makes a life-changing decision in this final book of the series.

— Buckeye Hunter by Maddie Cochere

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New This Week: Dog Have Mercy, A Golden Retriever Mystery by Neil S. Plakcy

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Dog Have Mercy by Neil S. Plakcy

A Golden Retriever Mystery (6th in series)

Publisher: Neil S. Plakcy

Price: $2.99 (as of 02/04/2015 at 6:30 PM ET).

  

Christmas approaches and reformed hacker Steve Levitan tries to help a fellow ex-con now working at the vet's office in Stewart's Crossing. His curiosity, and the crime-solving instincts of his golden retriever, Rochester, kick in when liquid potassium ampoules are stolen from the vet and Steve's new friend is a suspect.

Is this theft connected to a drug-running operation in North Philly? Or to a recent spate of deaths at the local nursing home? And can Steve continue to resist his computer-hacking impulses or will his desire to help others continue to lead him into trouble?

— Dog Have Mercy by Neil S. Plakcy

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Cajun Nights, An Andy Broussard Mystery by D. J. Donaldson, Now Available at a Special Price

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Cajun Nights by D. J. Donaldson

An Andy Broussard Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Astor + Blue

Price: $0.99 (as of 02/04/2015 at 6:00 PM ET).

  

Imagine investigating a case where each of the several victims had type O blood, drove an obsolete car, and hummed a nursery rhyme before committing murder and then suicide. That's young criminal psychologist Kit Franklyn's assignment and the solution just seems plain impossible.

Her obese, jovial boss, chief medical examiner Andy Broussard, is just as baffled as she is. Together, they devise strictly scientific possibilities. Not once do they consider black magic to be the culprit until an ancient Cajun sorcerer's curse surfaces, "Beware the songs you loved in youth."

— Cajun Nights by D. J. Donaldson

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Golgotha, An International Thriller by John Gardner, 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 …

Golgotha by John Gardner

An International Thriller

Publisher: Endeavour Press

Price: $3.99 (as of 02/04/2015 at 5:30 PM ET).

  

A world engulfed by war …

The collapse of Yugoslavia has led to a Europe-wide Russian invasion, with Britain no more than a puppet Russian state. Locked away by the US intelligence forces, British agent Paul Fadden is unexpectedly told he must play a role that will be critical for the survival of the western world. His assignment involves a UK and US-driven plan hatched long ago. Its aim was to protect Europe through hidden nuclear weapons.

A trail of clues were embedded by hypnosis in a group of sleeper agents who never knew of the part they were to play in this tense drama. The clues were hidden to ensure that no one agent knew the full picture. A lead that Fadden follows provides him with a further part of the puzzle along with the identity and contact details of two other agents which he must locate.

But, when Fadden discovers all too late that one agent's identity has been assumed by a Russian sympathiser, the Russian authorities now also hold the key to discovering the western authorities' secret weapon. Can Fadden unlock the tangled web of clues? Can he find out the information he needs in time for his actions to be used as bargaining power in the world leaders' negotiations with the Russians? Can he complete the puzzle before this valuable secret falls into the wrong hands?

— Golgotha by John Gardner

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Guarding Suzannah, The Serve and Protect Series by Norah Wilson, Now Available at a Special Price

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Guarding Suzannah by Norah Wilson

The Serve and Protect Series (1st in series)

Publisher: Norah Wilson

Price: $0.99 (as of 02/04/2015 at 5:00 PM ET).

  

Criminal defense attorney Suzannah Phelps is the bane of the Fredericton Police Department (they call her She-Rex for her habit of shredding cops in the witness box). She is currently being stalked, but is reluctant to report it to the police, whom she half suspects of being the perpetrators of the low-level harassment.

Detective John (Quigg) Quigley has always had a bit of a thing for Suzannah Phelps. When he learns of the harassment, it gives him the perfect opportunity to interact with her. They've struck sparks off each other in the courtroom, and he's burning to do the same in the bedroom.

But when the stalker ups his game, Quigg knows it's not a case of disgruntled cops razzing her. It's deadly serious, and he's determined to protect her. To do that, he must pose as her boyfriend, but the closer they get, the more the lines between pretense and reality blur.

— Guarding Suzannah by Norah Wilson

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New This Week: Dead Man Walker, A Reagan Summerside, Consignment Shop Mystery Novella by Duffy Brown

It’s springtime in Savannah, the azaleas and magnolias are in bloom, and Reagan Summerside’s consignment shop, the Prissy Fox, is bustling with customers out to enjoy the beautiful weather. On a day like today, what could go wrong in this mystery novella that serves as a prequel to the next book in this series, Demise in Denim, a preview of which is included.

Dead Man Walker by Duffy Brown

A Reagan Summerside, Consignment Shop Mystery Novella

Publisher: Berkley

Price: $2.99 (as of 02/04/2015 at 4:30 PM ET).

  

As a mortician beautician and housekeeper, Mercedes is no stranger to corpses or messy bathrooms. But the last thing she expects to find in a client's bathtub is a dead body! Now she's a murder suspect and it seems like her life is going down the drain. She turns to local lawyer Walker Boone to get her out of hot water.

But Walker has his own surprising connections to the dead man in the tub, and now he needs Reagan's help to clear his own name — and keep him alive …

— Dead Man Walker by Duffy Brown

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My Sister's Grave, A Novel of Suspense by Robert Dugoni, Now Available at a Special Price

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My Sister's Grave by Robert Dugoni

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Thomas & Mercer

Price: $1.99 (as of 02/04/2015 at 4:00 PM ET).

  

This title is one of over 30 mysteries and thrillers included in Amazon's Monthly Deals for $3.99 or Less promotion.

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.

— My Sister's Grave by Robert Dugoni

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A Root Awakening by Kate Collins, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during February 2015

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during February 2015 …

A Root Awakening by Kate Collins, An Abby Knight, Flower Shop Mystery (16th in series)

Publisher: Signet

  

Abby Knight's marriage may be in full bloom, but house hunting is no bed of roses …

Now that they've tied the knot, flower shop owner Abby Knight and her husband, Marco, want to put down roots. When it comes to picking a house, Marco can't wait to get his hands dirty, while Abby isn't ready for a fixer-upper. But conflict really sprouts when they're checking out a dilapidated Victorian and watch a construction worker take a life-threatening tumble.

Since witnesses claim the man shouted for help, suggesting that the fall was no accident, the victim's flamboyant wife hires Marco to find the person responsible. Meanwhile, Abby keeps secret from Marco her own investigation into the home's inhabitants, a family whose off-kilter behavior has aroused her suspicions. If only Abby's very pregnant cousin, Jillian, will stop distracting Abby with false labor pains, she can conclude her own inquiries before Marco finds out … and her case blossoms into a disaster.

— A Root Awakening by Kate Collins

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The Dark Place, A Gideon Oliver Mystery by Aaron Elkins, Now Available at a Special Price

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The Dark Place by Aaron Elkins

A Gideon Oliver Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: Open Road

Price: $1.99 (as of 02/04/2015 at 3:00 PM ET).

  

This title is one of over 30 mysteries and thrillers included in Amazon's Monthly Deals for $3.99 or Less promotion.

Deep in the primeval rainforest of Washington State's Olympic Peninsula, the skeletal remains of a murdered man are discovered. And a strange, unsettling tale begins to unfold, for forensic anthropologist Gideon Oliver determines that the murder weapon was a primitive bone spear of a type not seen for the last ten thousand years. And whoever — or whatever — hurled it did so with seemingly superhuman force. Bigfoot "sightings" immediately crop up, but Gideon is not buying them.

But something is continuing to kill people, and Gideon, helped by forest ranger Julie Tendler and FBI special agent John Lau, plunges into the dark heart of an unexplored wilderness to uncover the bizarre, astonishing explanation.

— The Dark Place by Aaron Elkins

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Darned If You Do by Monica Ferris, New in Bookstores during February 2015

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

Darned If You Do by Monica Ferris, a Betsy Devonshire, Needlecraft Mystery (18th in series)

Publisher: Berkley Hardcover

    

After a tree falls on Tom Riordan's house, landing him in the hospital, the police discover a mountain of junk piled high in his home. Locals in Excelsior, Minnesota — including Betsy and her Crewel World Monday Bunch — offer to help with the cleanup while Tom recuperates.

But when Tom is found murdered in his hospital bed, the sole heir to his property — his cousin Valentina — becomes the number one suspect. Betsy believes there's more to the case than meets the eye, but finding clues to the killer's identity in the clutter Tom left behind will be like looking for a needle in a haystack …

— Darned If You Do by Monica Ferris

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

Murder in the Queen's Garden by Amanda Carmack, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during February 2015

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during February 2015 …

Murder in the Queen's Garden by Amanda Carmack, A Kate Haywood, Elizabethan Mystery (3rd in series)

Publisher: Signet

  

1559. Elizabeth has been on the throne for six months, and life in England seems newly golden. But for the Royal Court, murder and betrayal are foretold in the stars …

Kate Haywood, the young queen's personal musician, has been keeping busy playing for a merry round of summer parties where famed astrologer Dr. John Dee and his fantastic horoscopes are all the rage. However, Elizabeth's favorite stargazer fails to predict the discovery of a skeleton in the queen's garden — and that the victim's identity will call his own innocence into question.

When the doctor's pupil is the victim of a second murder, the concerned queen enlists her trusted Kate to clear the accused killer of wrongdoing. But will the stars align to light Kate's path through a tangled thicket of treachery to save Elizabeth's prized astrologer and protect the queen from those who threaten her reign?

— Murder in the Queen's Garden by Amanda Carmack

To see more new paperback titles scheduled to be published this month, visit The Mystery Bookshelf for February 2015. For new hardcover mysteries, visit New Mysteries where for a list of February 2015 mysteries, novels of suspense, and thrillers is provided.

Wickingham Way, A Harbour Falls Mystery by S. R. Grey, Now Available at a Special Price

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Wickingham Way by S. R. Grey

A Harbour Falls Mystery (3rd in series)

Publisher: S. R. Grey

Price: $0.99 (as of 02/04/2015 at 1:00 PM ET).

  

When Maddy Fitch discovers there's a hit out on the love of her life — the handsome, but often secretive Adam Ward — she concludes life with such a powerful man may never be normal. But who wants normal? Not Maddy — mystery writer and sometimes-sleuth.

The heart-stopping action begins immediately in Wickingham Way when an attempt is made on Adam's life, prompting the couple to seek refuge at a "safe house." Tucked away in a cabin deep in the heart of Maine, Maddy and Adam fall deeper in love. But their happiness is cut short when someone they care for deeply is kidnapped, by the same organization that wants Adam Ward dead.

Adam and Maddy return to Harbour Falls, and a dangerous cat-and-mouse game ensues. Twists and turns abound, keeping Maddy and Adam on their toes. But will the consequences of the decisions they make prove deadly?

Only time will tell.

— Wickingham Way by S. R. Grey

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Storme Warning, A Wyatt Storme Thriller by W. L. Ripley, New This Week from Brash Books

Brash Books publishes innovative thrillers and novels of suspense from well-established authors and new voices in crime fiction.

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Storme Warning by W. L. Ripley

A Wyatt Storme Thriller (4th in series)

Publisher: Brash Books

Price: $2.99 (as of 02/04/2015 at 12:30 PM ET).

  

Vietnam vet and former Dallas Cowboys player Wyatt Storme just wants to be left alone in his remote Ozarks cabin — but violence and trouble have a knack for finding him. And when it does, he doesn't back down.

This time, Chick Easton, a hard-drinking, shockingly lethal ex-CIA agent, asks his buddy Storme for back-up when he's hired by the director of a big budget western to protect a bad-boy movie star who is getting well-deserved death threats. There's also an annoying catch: the director wants to shoot the star's new western on Storme's land. Storme reluctantly agrees to it all, unaware that a sociopathic mob enforcer that he once put in traction, and in prison, is on his way and gunning for revenge.

— Storme Warning by W. L. Ripley

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