Telemystery: Barney Miller and Grantchester, New This Week on DVD

Telemystery, your source for one of the most comprehensive listings of crime drama, amateur sleuth, private investigator, mystery and suspense television series, mini-series and made-for-television movies, now available on or coming soon to DVD, Blu-ray disc, or Video-on-Demand, is profiling one series from our site being released this week.

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Barney Miller

Season Seven

 

Season Seven — 22 episodes, which aired on ABC during the 1980/1981 television season — finds the boys of the 12th Precinct coping with both bulletproof vests and being turned into a homicide-only squad, while Detective Harris' career as an author brings him undesirable side-effects.

Grantchester

Season One

  

It's 1953 and Sidney Chambers (James Norton) is vicar of Grantchester, a village just outside Cambridge, England. Sidney's is a quiet life. He tends to his flock, keeps up with his jazz collection, and does his best to contain his passion for beautiful heiress Amanda Kendall.

But when one of his parishioners dies in suspicious circumstances, Sidney quickly finds that people confide things in a parish priest that they would never tell police. Pushed into the dangerous world of lies, betrayal, and murder, Sidney joins forces with the overworked and weary Detective Inspector Geordie Keating (Robson Green, Wire in the Blood, Reckless). The cleric and cop bond over their war service, their love of a good pub, and their competitive instincts.

It's the start of a beautiful friendship that will take Sidney and Geordie through a series of challenging cases, revealing the dark side of early 1950s England — jealousy, prejudice, class conflict, and plain old passion.

Can you still see the best in people when the world of murder asks you to see the worst?

This 6-episode crime drama is based on the popular mysteries by James Runcie, and has been renewed for a second season.

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Visit the Telemystery website to discover more television mystery series currently available on and coming soon to DVD, Blu-ray disc, or video on demand.

Today's Selection of Daily Deals for Monday, April 06, 2015

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature a selection of today's Daily Deals found on Monday, April 06, 2015 at 7:30 AM ET …

The Girl in the Woods by Gregg Olsen

A Waterman and Stark Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Pinnacle Books

Kindle Daily Deal Price: $1.99

Born of Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon

The League Series (1st in series)

Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Kindle Daily Deal Price: $2.99

Shadowlands by Kate Brian

A YA Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Hyperion

Nook Daily Find Price: $1.99

  

For more deals that may have been found after this post was created, see our Daily Deals page on Omnimystery News for an updated list.

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Today's Selection of Free MystereBooks for Monday, April 06, 2015

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature a selection of Free MystereBooks found on Monday, April 06, 2015 at 6:30 AM ET …

The Tenth Chamber by Glenn Cooper

A Suspense Thriller

Publisher: Lascaux Media

Price: FREE!

  

The Bones Will Tell by Vickie McKeehan

A Skye Cree Mystery

Publisher: Beachdevils Press

Price: FREE!

  

Clarity Hunters by James Schubring

The Clarity Series

Publisher: James Schubring

Price: FREE!

  

The Breaks by Eden Sharp

An Angela McGlynn Thriller

Publisher: Maximum City Publishing

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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Reagan's Ashes, A Novel of Suspense by Jim Heskett, 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.)

Reagan's Ashes by Jim Heskett

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Royal Arch Books

Price: 99¢ (as of 04/05/2015 at 6:00 PM ET).

  

His last wish: deliver the urn to Rocky Mountain National Park and release his ashes into Lake Nanita. To find closure, she'll hike the same route they completed after her latest involuntary stay at the hospital.

But not alone, as she'd hoped. Her cousin Dalton surprises her at the trailhead and insists on tagging along. Soon, his eerie stares and half-volume mutterings set her on edge. As they trudge further into the mountains, dodging moose and lightning strikes, she catches him rifling through her backpack multiple times. She confronts him but he shrugs it off. His claims that he came along for support wear thin, but she's too deep into the park simply to turn around.

When Reagan discovers a hidden compartment in the lid of the urn, a tiny silver key tumbles onto the floor of her tent. But there's no telling what lock the key might open. More unsettling, however, is that her lithium has gone missing. With only a meager Swiss Army knife for protection, she'll have to fend off her cousin, resist the creeping mania, and escape the forest to find the lock. If the man Dalton works for locates it first, he'll reduce Reagan to the same pile of dust and ash.

— Reagan's Ashes by Jim Heskett

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New This Week: Case Pending, A Luis Mendoza Mystery by Dell Shannon

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 April 2015 and priced $4.99 or less …

Case Pending by Dell Shannon

A Luis Mendoza Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: NightHawk Books

Price: $2.99 (as of 04/05/2015 at 5:30 PM ET).

  

Originally published in 1960, this is a new ebook edition of this first in series title.

The girl's battered body was found in an empty lot in a Southern California city. Though Detective-Sergeant Hackett disliked his superior on the case, Lieutenant Luis Mendoza, he had to respect the way Mendoza started out to find who had killed the girl. There were almost no clues, it seemed, even after the police had identified the victim — Elena Ramirez, whose hair was peroxided and who had been killed on her lonely way home from a roller-skating rink. Then later there was the doll — a large, expensive doll that seemed to have vanished.

And, unknown to Mendoza, there was young Martin Lindstrom, big for his age, a good student, who found a spot of blood on the sleeve of his jacket and thought to himself miserably, not again, not again. But when he brought his worries to his strict, hard-working mother, she told him to be quiet, to forget it, to get on with his homework.

— Case Pending by Dell Shannon

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Black Knight in Red Square, A Porfiry Rostnikov Mystery by Stuart M. Kaminsky, 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, Open Road …

Black Knight in Red Square by Stuart M. Kaminsky

A Porfiry Rostnikov Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: Open Road

Price: $1.99 (as of 04/05/2015 at 5:00 PM ET).

  

A terrorist at the Moscow Film Festival plots an international incident …

Built in the twilight of the Tsarist state, Moscow's Metropole Hotel is a poignant reminder of the decadence of the last regime. But today its corridors are musty, its rooms are dank, and now its restaurant is the scene of a quadruple murder. Four men — one American, one Japanese, and two citizens of Mother Russia — share a meal of smoked salmon, caviar, and two bottles of vodka. In the morning, all are found dead, blood on their lips and faces contorted in pain.

To keep the killings under wraps, the Kremlin hands the investigation over to famously discreet police investigator Porfiry Rostnikov. A terrorist is targeting foreigners to embarrass the Soviet state, and the killer will happily sacrifice any Russian who gets in the way.

— Black Knight in Red Square by Stuart M. Kaminsky

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New This Week: Courage Resurrected, A Ray Courage Mystery by R. Scott Mackey

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 April 2015 and priced $4.99 or less …

Courage Resurrected by R. Scott Mackey

A Ray Courage Mystery (3rd in series)

Publisher: Big Hound Publishing

Price: $4.99 (as of 04/05/2015 at 4:30 PM ET).

  

Ray Courage's wife Pam died thirteen years before in a car accident. Or did she? Ray's world is turned upside down when he receives a series of e-mails from someone claiming to be his dead wife, accusing him of attempting to kill her and vowing revenge. Ray sets out to find the identity of the e-mailer only to discover the circumstances of his wife's apparent death appear to be all but accidental. Soon Police Detective Carla Thurber comes to suspect Ray of killing his wife, and of a subsequent murder of Pam's confidant.

Meanwhile, a murderous predator who does not want the facts of Pam's death to surface aims to stop Ray. In the greatest challenge of his life, Ray must outrun the police and elude those who are out to kill him as he seeks the truth about his wife's death.

— Courage Resurrected by R. Scott Mackey

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Whiskey and Water, A Whiskey Mattimoe Mystery by Nina Wright, 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, Ampichellis Ebooks …

Whiskey and Water by Nina Wright

A Whiskey Mattimoe Mystery (4th in series)

Publisher: Ampichellis Ebooks

Price: 99¢ (as of 04/05/2015 at 4:00 PM ET).

  

Magnet Springs is in a frenzy over multiple sightings of dead mayor Gil Gruen and the self-induced exile of their resident Seven Suns of Solace adviser, Noonan Starr, just when she's needed most. While opportunity knocks at Whiskey's door in the form of a sexy Scotsman with real estate agent potential, a charming karma-obsessed self-help author with dating potential, and Whiskey's ex-husband, who possesses the potential to drive her out of her mind, mayhem abounds.

When one of Whiskey's tenants is found murdered on the shores of Lake Michigan and the children in the young woman's charge disappear, it's up to canine-challenged Whiskey to rescue Magnet Springs from a scandal unlike any other it's ever known. Can Whiskey help the town discover the truth about Twyla Rendel's death and lay Gil Gruen to rest for good before it's too late?

— Whiskey and Water by Nina Wright

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Harbor Island by Carla Neggers, New from Harlequin MIRA in April 2015

Omnimystery News is pleased to introduce a new mystery, suspense, or thriller title available this month from Harlequin, one of the world's leading publishers of books for women …

Harbor Island by Carla Neggers

Series: Sharpe & Donovan

Imprint: MIRA

  

Emma Sharpe, granddaughter of world-renowned art detective Wendell Sharpe, is a member of a small Boston-based FBI team. For a decade, Emma and her grandfather have been trailing a thief whose first heist was an ancient Celtic cross. Since then, the Sharpes receive a replica after every new theft — reminding them of their failure to capture their prey.

When Emma finds a murder victim holding a small, cross-inscribed stone — one she recognizes all too well — her fiancé, FBI deep-cover agent Colin Donovan, is troubled. But together they dig deeper, certain there is more to this murder than meets the eye.

As the danger escalates, the couple faces questions about their relationship. Can they give their hearts and souls to their work and have anything left for each other? Before they can focus on their future, they must outwit one of the smartest, most ruthless killers they've ever encountered.

— Harbor Island by Carla Neggers

Secret Justice, A Willa Carson Mystery by Diane Capri, 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, AugustBooks …

Secret Justice by Diane Capri

A Willa Carson Mystery (3rd in series)

Publisher: AugustBooks

Price: 99¢ (as of 04/05/2015 at 3:00 PM ET).

  

During Tampa's annual Gasparilla Pirate Festival, murder chases Judge Willa's beloved secretary into a world of corruption, bank fraud, and art theft while Willa's dad, Jim Harper, suffers hell of his own making …

Just as Willa is recovering from the shock of meeting her father's new trophy wife, her secretary Margaret Wheaton becomes mysteriously involved with a nefarious jeweler.

When both Margaret's husband and the jeweler end up dead, Margaret is the number one suspect. Judge Willa sets out to prove Margaret innocent.

— Secret Justice by Diane Capri

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False Tongues by Kate Charles, New in Bookstores during April 2015

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

False Tongues by Kate Charles, a Callie Anson Mystery (4th in series)

Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press

    

The Reverend Callie Anson should have learned her lesson by now: revisiting the past is seldom a good idea. But she succumbs to peer pressure and attends a reunion at her theological college in Cambridge, where she is forced to confront painful memories — and the presence of her clueless ex, Adam.

Margaret Phillips, the Principal of the college, has a chance for happiness but before she can grasp it she has to deal with her own ghosts — as well as corrosive, intrusive gossip. Both Margaret and Callie learn something about themselves, and about forgiveness, from wise retired priest John Kingsley.

Meanwhile, in London, police officers Neville Stewart and Mark Lombardi are involved with the latest stabbing of a teenager. Was the victim — gifted, popular schoolboy Sebastian Frost — all he seemed to be, or was there something in his life that led inevitably to his death? The police find themselves plunged into the queasy world of cyber-bullying, where nothing may be as it seems.

While they're apart, Callie and Mark's relationship is on hold, and his Italian family continues to be an issue. Will Mark realize, before it's too late, that while his family will always be important to him, he is entitled to something for himself?

— False Tongues by Kate Charles

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

Agent Undercover by Lisa Childs, New from Harlequin Intrigue in April 2015

Omnimystery News is pleased to introduce a new mystery, suspense, or thriller title available this month from Harlequin, one of the world's leading publishers of books for women …

Agent Undercover by Lisa Childs

Series: Special Agents of the Altar

Imprint: Intrigue

  

She's wanted by unknown assailants, the government … and the man sworn to protect her …

A man like FBI special agent Ash Stryker would never be caught dead at a speed-dating event. But that's where he tracks down Claire Molenski, a computer programmer suspected of selling government information. When he rescues her from a botched kidnapping, he realizes not only that she's innocent, but also that the only way to protect her is to pose as her boyfriend.

Claire knows that their relationship is a ruse. Once the case is closed, she'll never see Ash again, and that scares her almost as much as the abduction attempts. But the way he acts toward her makes her wonder just how much of an act their relationship really is. And if she'll be able to survive long enough to find out.

— Agent Undercover by Lisa Childs

Hard Fall, A Lucy Guardino FBI Thriller by C. J. Lyons, 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, Legacy Books …

Hard Fall by C. J. Lyons

A Lucy Guardino FBI Thriller (5th in series)

Publisher: Legacy Books

Price: $1.99 (as of 04/05/2015 at 1:00 PM ET).

  

59 days ago FBI Special Agent Lucy Guardino had a perfect life … and almost lost it all …

There comes a time in every hero's life when they fall harder and father than ever before and they face a choice that changes everything: to give up or claw their way back again. Lucy thought she'd made her choice two months ago when she sacrificed everything to save her family, but now she has to decide whether or not she can save herself …

When honor, duty, and family collide … who would you save?

— Hard Fall by C. J. Lyons

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New This Week: Brownstone Burial, A Paulette Palinsky, Travel Mystery by Patricia Gulley

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 April 2015 and priced $4.99 or less …

Brownstone Burial by Patricia Gulley

A Paulette Palinsky, Travel Mystery

Publisher: Patricia Gulley

Price: $2.99 (as of 04/05/2015 at 12:30 PM ET).

  

1947 murders come to haunt Paulette Palinsky when she leaves her small town for the big city of New York in 1963 to escape her reputation of cavorting with spirits. She is starting a new career as an airline reservations agent when she finds herself falling in love with those wonderful old New York houses: Brownstones. Thrilled when she finds a small studio in one, she forgets how old they are and the secrets they may hold.

The first ghost to make contact used to be a NY detective and knows exactly what she needs to do to get the case reopened. Reluctantly, Paulette agrees, and learns that three murders happened that day in 1947, and that her landlord is the son of one of the ghosts and the nephew of the other two. He isn't happy with her poking her nose into his family affairs. Pauly finds herself sandwiched between the living and the dead, finding clues that soon involve the airline she works for.

— Brownstone Burial by Patricia Gulley

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Mystery Godoku Puzzle for April 06, 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 D E H I K N R T

In the title of a murder mystery by CM Thompson, what lies here (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!