Today's Selection of Daily Deals for Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature a selection of today's Daily Deals found on Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at 7:30 AM ET …

Season of Storms by Susanna Kearsley

A Novel of Romantic Suspense

Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark

Kindle Daily Deal Price: $1.99

As Far As You Can Go by Lesley Glaister

A Novel of Psychological Suspense

Publisher: Open Road

Open Road Daily Deal Price: $1.99

Crude Carrier by Rex Burns

The Touchstone Agency Mysteries

Publisher: Open Road

Open Road Daily Deal Price: $2.99

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Today Only — 15% Off Fire Tablets at Amazon!

Amazon was recently voted #1 in customer satisfaction by the American Customer Satisfaction Index. To say thank you to its customers, for today only, you can save 15% off all Fire tablets! If you've been waiting for a special deal to pick up a new Fire tablet, take advantage of this offer today! (Offer good Tuesday, February 24th, 2015 only.)

Today's Selection of Free MystereBooks for Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature a selection of Free MystereBooks found on Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at 6:30 AM ET …

The Murder Pit by Jeff Shelby

A Moose River Mystery

Publisher: Jeff Shelby

Price: FREE!

  

Miami Requiem by J. B. Turner

A Deborah Jones Crime Thriller

Publisher: J. B. Turner

Price: FREE!

  

Sudden Death by Malcolm Hamer

A Chris Ludlow Golf Mystery

Publisher: Endeavour Press

Price: FREE!

  

Perfect by Douglas Wickard

A Sami Saxton Mystery

Publisher: Douglas Wickard

Price: FREE!

  

For a summary of all of today's titles, plus any that may have been added since this post was created, visit our Free MystereBooks page. This page is updated daily, typically by 8 AM ET.

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New This Week: Service Before Self, A Novel of Suspense by Tegon Maus

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 February 2015 and priced $4.99 or less …

Service Before Self by Tegon Maus

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Tirgearr Publishing

Price: $3.99 (as of 02/23/2015 at 6:30 PM ET).

  

A recent transplant to Southern California, Toby Grant has landed his dream job. He's a service tech for Handy Dandy Services — the premier handyman service in the southland.

Things don't go well for Toby on the first day when he is teamed up with Ryan Burnell, a twenty year veteran of Handy Dandy. Toby quickly learns the hardships of being Ryan's partner, and finds himself in one uncomfortable situation after another.

In an effort to understand his new partner, Toby accidentally uncovers Ryan's past involvement with drugs, burglary, and murder. He also learns about Ryan's last partner of five years — Delsin Honaw — who had been murdered … stabbed twenty-seven times.

Haunted by one misunderstanding after another, Toby learns the true meaning of the company's motto — "Service before Self."

— Service Before Self by Tegon Maus

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Review: Risky Undertaking by Mark de Castrique

A Mysterious Review of Risky Undertaking by Mark de Castrique. A Barry Clayton Mystery.

Review summary: Despite a cast of diverse characters led by the engaging Barry Clayton and the brisk pace of the narrative, there's something about this murder mystery that just doesn't click. The series as a whole is a strong one, and definitely worth following, but this latest entry isn't up the standard set by its predecessors. (Click here for text of full review.)

Our rating:

Risky Undertaking
Mark de Castrique
A Barry Clayton Mystery
Poisoned Pen Press (November 2014)

Publisher synopsis: When Cherokee burial remains are unearthed on the site expanding a local cemetery, the dual occupations of Barry Clayton, part-time deputy and full-time undertaker, collide. Then, during the interment of the wife of one of Gainesboro, North Carolina's most prominent citizens, Cherokee activist Jimmy Panther leads a protest. Words — and fists — fly. When Panther turns up executed on the grave of the deceased woman, Barry is forced to confront her family as the chief suspects. But the case lurches in a new direction with the arrival of Sheriff Tommy Lee Wadkin's Army pal, Boston cop Kevin Malone. He's on the trail of a Boston hit man who arrived at the Cherokee reservation only days before the murder. Malone is convinced his quarry is the triggerman. But who paid him? And why?

The accelerating investigation draws Barry onto the reservation where Panther's efforts to preserve Cherokee traditions threatened the development of a new casino, a casino bringing millions of dollars of construction plus huge yearly payouts to every member of the tribe. Leading an unlikely team — his childhood nemesis Archie Donovan and his elderly fellow undertaker Uncle Wayne — Barry goes undercover. But the stakes are higher than he realized in this risky undertaking. And the life of a Cherokee boy becomes the wager. Barry must play his cards very carefully …

        

New This Week: Last Hand, An Alice James and Jim Snow Las Vegas Mystery by Rex Kusler

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 February 2015 and priced $4.99 or less …

Last Hand by Rex Kusler

An Alice James and Jim Snow Las Vegas Mystery (8th in series)

Publisher: Rex Kusler

Price: $3.99 (as of 02/23/2015 at 5:30 PM ET).

  

Tracy Green was a master at playing the odds. A professional stock trader, she made extra money as the head of a team of card counters. They had remained under the radar for years, operating shrewdly six times each year during the busiest holidays. But their luck finally went south the night they were barred from playing at the Clifton Casino in downtown Las Vegas.

That wasn't the worst event of the evening — a couple hours later Tracy encountered a deadly flaw in the notion of her own invincibility. She was shot to death in her lavish home on a secluded road north of Las Vegas.

With little evidence and meager leads, Private Detectives Alice James and Jim Snow muddle through this new investigation as they continue to deal with Snow's lackadaisical attitude and Alice's desire for at least a modicum of professionalism.

— Last Hand by Rex Kusler

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Into the Devil's Underground, A Suspense Thriller by Stacy Green, 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, Twisted Minds Press …

Into the Devil's Underground by Stacy Green

A Suspense Thriller

Publisher: Twisted Minds Press

Price: 99¢ (as of 02/23/2015 at 5:00 PM ET).

  

"Why are you here?" Butterflies swarmed in her stomach. Sweat rolled down her forehead and stung her eyes. Laugh lines appeared at the corners of the man's eyes. "You don't know, Miss Emilie?" Her heart skidded to a stop. How does he know my name? Throat constricted, she shook her head. "For you, Miss Emilie. I'm here for you."

For Emilie Davis, it was business as usual in her job as bank manager of WestOne until two men storm in demanding cash. However, it doesn't take long before Emilie learns one of the men isn't there for money — he's convinced they have a connection and has come to claim her. And he won't give up.

When hostage negotiator Nathan Madigan and Las Vegas SWAT enter the bank on a rescue mission, Emilie's captor makes a shocking escape into the abyss that lies beneath the city: the Las Vegas storm drains, a refuge for the downtrodden and the desperate.

Through the darkness of the Devil's Underground and secrets from her past, Emilie finds there is no escape from her stalker. She turns to Nathan, who is determined to save her no matter what it takes.

But will it be enough?

— Into the Devil's Underground by Stacy Green

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New This Week: Midnight Sun, A Grant and Daniels Novel of Romantic Suspense by Charlotte Raine

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 February 2015 and priced $4.99 or less …

Midnight Sun by Charlotte Raine

A Grant and Daniels Novel of Romantic Suspense (1st in series)

Publisher: Arrabella Publishing

Price: $3.99 (as of 02/23/2015 at 4:30 PM ET).

  

Wyatt, Alaska is a place of family, beauty, and unspeakable tragedy. A couple of years after Aaron Grant lost his wife and daughter in a fire, one of his daughter's best friends, Sarah, is kidnapped. After spending the last two years as the town drunk, he reluctantly investigates the kidnapping along with the ambitious FBI Agent Teresa Daniels. The case takes several twists and turns, which will end up leaving the whole town of Wyatt in the wake of destruction.

In the Arctic and Antarctic Circles, the sun never sets during the summer, but the light creates shadows, where anything can creep and kill.

— Midnight Sun by Charlotte Raine

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The Secret Chord, A Conor McBride Novel of Suspense by Kathryn Guare, 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, Kiltumper Close Press …

The Secret Chord by Kathryn Guare

A Conor McBride Novel of Suspense (2nd in series)

Publisher: Kiltumper Close Press

Price: $2.99 (as of 02/23/2015 at 4:00 PM ET).

  

An Irishman on the run. He's left a lot of things behind him … but they're not far enough back …

Conor McBride has lost everything, and if he can't find a way to disappear in a hurry, the next thing he loses could be his life. Running from enemies he's never met and haunted by his own destructive actions, Conor needs a refuge secure enough to hold his secrets.

A farmhouse inn tucked amidst the green mountains of Vermont seems ideal, but when his past catches up with him, Conor discovers the beautiful young innkeeper has secrets of her own, and that hers are more likely to get them both killed.

— The Secret Chord by Kathryn Guare

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Flamenco, Flan, and Fatalities by Mary McHugh, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during February 2015

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during February 2015 …

Flamenco, Flan, and Fatalities by Mary McHugh, A Happy Hoofers Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: Kensington

  

Murder is nothing to tap at …

The high-kicking Happy Hoofers — Tina, Janice, Pat, Mary Louise, and Gini — have been booked to flaunt their fabulous flamenco footwork on a luxury train ride through northern Spain. But when a blowhard talk show host is found deader than four-day-old flan — with Gini as suspect numero uno — the feisty friends waste no time stepping into their sleuthing shoes to protect one of their own.

The dynamite dancers will have to step up their game before a clever killer brings the curtain down on one of them … for good!

— Flamenco, Flan, and Fatalities by Mary McHugh

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.

The Three Miss Margarets, A Novel of Suspense by Louise Shaffer, 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, Ballantine …

The Three Miss Margarets by Louise Shaffer

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Ballantine

Price: $1.99 (as of 02/23/2015 at 3:00 PM ET).

  

Miss Peggy, Dr. Maggie, and Miss Li'l Bit, friends and confidantes for nearly a lifetime, find it funny and bewildering that they have become icons in Charles Valley, Georgia. Little does the rest of the town know that beneath the irreproachable façades of its three doyennes lies an explosive decades-old secret that is about to be revealed.

Thirty-odd years ago the three Miss Margarets did something extraordinary, clandestine, and very illegal. Although they are haunted by the night that changed their lives, they believe that their crime was simply a matter of righting an egregious wrong. But when a stranger's arrival in town and a tragic death open the floodgate of memory, their loyalty, friendship, and honor are tested in ways they could never have imagined — particularly when they have to contend with Laurel Selene, a young woman who has spent her life nursing an alcoholic mother and a huge grudge. Now Laurel is on the verge of discovering what happened the night the three Miss Margarets swore their oath of secrecy. Once she knows, will she reveal the truth about the three women she was raised to despise? Or will she face her own troubled history and put the dark legacy they all share behind them?

— The Three Miss Margarets by Louise Shaffer

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Empire Rising by Rick Campbell, New in Bookstores during February 2015

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

Empire Rising by Rick Campbell, a Christine O'Connor Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: St. Martin's Press

    

Xiang Chenglei, Chinese president and party secretary, has both a problem and a plan. The problem is that China's limited supply of oil is threatening to derail its economic growth and prosperity. Having failed to win access to a greater supply diplomatically, he sets his backup plan in motion. And what is war, but diplomacy by other means?

The U.S. Pacific Fleet is the major military force in the area, and when Taiwan is invaded, the fleet is sent in to repel the invading Chinese forces. The U.S. military expects it to be an easy operation, but after a decades-long, top-secret buildup, China has military capabilities far greater than the United States is aware of. With hidden batteries of long range missiles, advanced cyber warfare capabilities, and a submarine fleet wielding a secret weapon, China is able to overwhelm the American fleet. In fact, China all but wipes out the U.S. Pacific Fleet — leaving them free to turn to their real objective — invasion and expansion across Asia, starting with the four main islands of Japan.

While the Atlantic Fleet surges westward to defend its allies and respond to the destruction of their counterparts, it falls to an unlikely alliance of three people to stop this incursion and prevent an all-but-inevitable global war. National Security Advisor Christine O'Connor has critical information, but she's trapped in Beijing; Captain Murray Wilson, commanding officer of the submarine USS Michigan must somehow infiltrate the Chinese submarine blockade; and Navy SEAL Jake Harrison must lead a strike team into the most hostile of territories with only hours to implement the most daring plan ever.

— Empire Rising by Rick Campbell

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.

The Connicle Curse by Gregory Harris, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during February 2015

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during February 2015 …

The Connicle Curse by Gregory Harris, A Colin Pendragon Mystery (3rd in series)

Publisher: Kensington

  

Victorian London's private detective Colin Pendragon learns that the cost of wealth can indeed be dear as he investigates the grisly fate of a well-heeled financier …

When wealthy Edmond Connicle suddenly disappears, his distraught wife enlists the services of master sleuth Colin Pendragon and his loyal partner, Ethan Pruitt. Already on the case, however, is Scotland Yard's Inspector Varcoe. He suspects the Connicles' West African scullery maid of doing in her employer, especially when a badly burned body is discovered on the estate grounds with a sack of Voodoo festishes buried beneath it.

But all is not as it seems, and as more bodies are found, the pressure mounts on Varcoe, forcing him to forge an uneasy alliance with his nemesis, Pendragon. At the same time, Mrs. Connicle's fragile mental state appears increasingly more precarious. Could madness, not black magic, be at the root of these murders? To untangle the twisted truth, Pendragon and Pruitt must penetrate the hidden lives of the elite and expose the malevolent machinations of a ruthless killer …

— The Connicle Curse by Gregory Harris

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.

The Burma Effect, A Frank Delaney Thriller by Michael E. Rose, 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, Momentum …

The Burma Effect by Michael E. Rose

A Frank Delaney Thriller (2nd in series)

Publisher: Momentum

Price: $1.99 (as of 02/23/2015 at 1:00 PM ET).

  

Sometimes an obsession can become a death wish …

The search for Nathan Kellner, a bohemian bon vivant with a taste for young women and a variety of illicit substances, brings Delaney first to London, then to Thailand and Burma, where evidence points to an elaborate plot to destabilize the Burmese military regime.

Untangling that plot thrusts Delaney directly into the line of fire between the generals at the head of Burma's all-powerful junta and those who would use any means to see them overthrown.

— The Burma Effect by Michael E. Rose

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Mantle of Malice, The Tudor Enigma Series by April Taylor, New This Week from Carina Press

Carina Press is a digital-first imprint from Harlequin, publishing books in an interesting and diverse selection of genres including contemporary romance, steampunk, gay/lesbian fiction, science-fiction, fantasy, and — but of course — mystery and suspense.

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

Mantle of Malice by April Taylor

The Tudor Enigma Series (3rd in series)

Publisher: Carina Press

Price: $2.99 (as of 02/23/2015 at 12:30 PM ET).

  

England's infant heir has been kidnapped, and there's only one man who can find him …

Luke Ballard has dedicated his talents — and his life — to protecting the throne. As Henry IX's Privy Inquirer and Dominus Elemancer, his loyalty is no longer in question. But when Queen Madeline's coronation is interrupted with the news that Arthur, the baby Prince of Wales, has been abducted, Luke is given an ultimatum: retrieve the royal heir and prevent future threats to the royal family or lose his head.

That the young prince has been taken by dark forces is clear. The evil sorcerers of Custodes Tenebris will not rest until they hold power in England with Catholic Mary as a puppet Queen. Luke has bested them before, but he's never needed to defeat evil while falling in love — Arthur's nursemaid, the beautiful Blanche Oliver, has won him over with her seductive charms.

As Luke's investigation leads into the dark recesses of his own family's past, Blanche's hold on him deepens. With the fate of the Tudors hanging in the balance, Luke will need to draw upon untested strength and sort truth from feminine fiction … for the enemy's reach is long and time is running out.

— Mantle of Malice by April Taylor

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