New This Week: Safari Stew, The Blenders Series by Veronica Helen Hart

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 …

Safari Stew by Veronica Helen Hart

The Blenders Series (3rd in series)

Publisher: Champagne Books

Price: $4.95 (as of 04/06/2015 at 5:30 PM ET).

  

Doll Reynolds receives word that her missing husband, Barclay, has been discovered teaching in a South African university. Rather than call the school, she arranges a trip to confirm the information for herself. Six of her Blender friends join her for support.

Old Howard arranges a luxurious safari as a side trip to either celebrate finding Barclay or to console Doll if she doesn't. Either way, the trip leads to murder.

— Safari Stew by Veronica Helen Hart

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First Case, A Mac McRyan Prequel Mystery Novella by Roger Stelljes, 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 author …

First Case by Roger Stelljes

A Mac McRyan Prequel Mystery Novella

Publisher: Roger Stelljes

Price: 99¢ (as of 04/06/2015 at 5:00 PM ET).

  

A prestigious job at a top law firm, a beautiful home, and a gorgeous wife all made for an ideal life. But then life gets in the way and changes the course you have selected. For Mac McRyan, a family tragedy meant forgoing a lucrative legal career for one in the "family business" — the St. Paul Police Department.

After four years as a cop, the ruggedly handsome Mac crosses the crime scene tape for the first time as a homicide detective. The back alley murder of a young trial lawyer from a high profile law firm doesn't add up. In an emotionally charged investigation full of unexpected twists and turns, Mac will need to follow a convoluted trail of evidence, secrets, and hidden agendas to help solve a murder mystery that is his first case.

— First Case by Roger Stelljes

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New This Week: Game On, The Bod Squad Series by Gabra Zackman

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Game On by Gabra Zackman

The Bod Squad Series (1st in series)

Publisher: Pocket Star

Price: $1.99 (as of 04/06/2015 at 4:30 PM ET).

  

From Washington, DC, to Paris, Legs is tailing Charles Oakley Palmer III, a white-collar criminal she's determined to bring to justice. But will romance or betrayal blossom along the way?

The first in a sizzling new series about a team of highly skilled investigators who go undercover to catch criminals — while juggling romance, world travel, and danger around every corner.

— Game On by Gabra Zackman

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Homicide in Hardcover, A Brooklyn Wainwright, Bibliophile Mystery by Kate Carlisle, Now Available at a Special Price

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Homicide in Hardcover by Kate Carlisle

A Brooklyn Wainwright, Bibliophile Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: NAL

Price: $1.99 (as of 04/06/2015 at 4:00 PM ET).

  

Murder is always a bestseller …

The streets of San Francisco would be lined with hardcovers if rare book expert Brooklyn Wainwright had her way. And her mentor wouldn't be lying in a pool of his own blood on the eve of a celebration for his latest book restoration.

With his final breath he leaves Brooklyn a cryptic message, and gives her a priceless — and supposedly cursed — copy of Goethe's Faust for safekeeping.

Brooklyn suddenly finds herself accused of murder and theft, thanks to the humorless — but attractive — British security officer who finds her kneeling over the body. Now she has to read the clues left behind by her mentor if she is going to restore justice …

— Homicide in Hardcover by Kate Carlisle

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Swansong by Damien Boyd, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during April 2015

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during April 2015 …

Swansong by Damien Boyd, A Nick Dixon Mystery (4th in series)

Publisher: Thomas & Mercer

  

Isobel Swan, a sixth form student, has been murdered. First, her ring finger is severed, then her throat is cut. With the investigation going nowhere fast, Detective Inspector Nick Dixon is sent undercover as a trainee teacher into Isobel's boarding school.

But to find the killer, he must first confront his inner demons and lay to rest the ghosts lurking in his own past. If he can …

As Dixon digs deeper, the stakes have never been higher and a murder has never felt so personal.

— Swansong by Damien Boyd

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

It Takes a Witch, A Darcy Merriweather, Wishcraft Mystery by Heather Blake, Now Available at a Special Price

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It Takes a Witch by Heather Blake

A Darcy Merriweather, Wishcraft Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: NAL

Price: $1.99 (as of 04/06/2015 at 3:00 PM ET).

  

Darcy Merriweather has just discovered she hails from a long line of Wishcrafters — witches with the power to cast spells by making a wish. She's come to Enchanted Village to learn her trade but finds herself in the middle of a murder investigation …

— It Takes a Witch by Heather Blake

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The Alpine Zen by Mary Daheim, New in Bookstores during April 2015

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

The Alpine Zen by Mary Daheim, an Emma Lord Mystery (26th in series)

Publisher: Ballantine

    

As an early summer heat wave beats down on Alpine, Emma and her staff are treading very lightly. For unfathomable reasons, the paper's House & Home editor, Vida Runkel, is in a major snit, refusing to speak to her colleagues, or even her boss. So when a peculiar young woman walks in claiming her parents have been murdered, and that she's in mortal danger, too, it fits right in with the rest of the craziness. Then, to the utter bafflement of her colleagues, Vida vanishes without a word to anyone. And just when Emma and her husband, Sheriff Milo Dodge, start to unsnarl these tangles, a male body, dead too long to identify, surfaces at the town dump — making what seemed merely weird feel downright sinister.

Has the hot weather driven everyone nuts, or are cold-blooded forces committing deadly misdeeds?

— The Alpine Zen by Mary Daheim

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.

Lemon Pies and Little White Lies by Ellery Adams, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during April 2015

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during April 2015 …

Lemon Pies and Little White Lies by Ellery Adams, An Ella Mae LaFaye, Charmed Pie Shoppe Mystery (4th in series)

Publisher: Berkley

  

Ella Mae LeFaye's Charmed Pie Shoppe has become a phenomenon beyond her wildest dreams, providing the enchanted town of Havenwood, Georgia, with spellbinding desserts and magical pies. Her personal life is also heating up as she takes on the responsibilities of leadership within her magical community. In fact, the only thing weighing her down is the fact that handsome Hugh Dylan won't return her calls …

Still, when Havenwood is rocked by a series of mysterious deaths, Ella Mae must put romantic longings aside — especially when she realizes that the mystical symbols left at each crime scene are dangerously personal. Now she will have to whip up all her supernatural skills to uncover a killer out to settle an ancient score — before the murderer devastates everything Ella Mae is determined to protect …

— Lemon Pies and Little White Lies by Ellery Adams

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

Murder Is Binding, A Tricia Miles, Booktown Mystery by Lorna Barrett, 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, Berkley …

Murder Is Binding by Lorna Barrett

A Tricia Miles, Booktown Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Berkley

Price: $1.99 (as of 04/06/2015 at 1:00 PM ET).

  

The streets of Stoneham, New Hampshire are lined with bookstores … and paved with murder …

When she moved to Stoneham, city slicker Tricia Miles met nothing but friendly faces. And when she opened her mystery bookstore, she met friendly competition. But when she finds Doris Gleason dead in her own cookbook store, killed by a carving knife, the atmosphere seems more cutthroat than cordial.

Someone wanted to get their hands on the rare cookbook that Doris had recently purchased-and the locals think that someone is Tricia. To clear her name, Tricia will have to take a page out of one of her own mysteries-and hunt down someone who isn't killing by the book.

— Murder Is Binding by Lorna Barrett

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Death at China Rose, An Addie Gorsky, Sunshine State Murder Mystery by Daryl Anderson, 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 …

Death at China Rose by Daryl Anderson

An Addie Gorsky, Sunshine State Murder Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: Carina Press

Price: $2.99 (as of 04/06/2015 at 12:30 PM ET).

  

In this swamp of double-dealing, almost everyone has an agenda …

When Harry Pitts — owner of the rundown China Rose Fish Camp — is beaten to death in his home, the bloody scene suggests a frenzied, random act of violence. But PI Addie Gorsky believes the crime is connected to another case — the disappearance of Harry's daughter eleven years ago.

All murders begin in the past, but Addie soon realizes that this case is rooted in old Florida, back in the time of wily pirates and proud conquistadors, and the trove of treasure that legend claims is buried in this backwater.

Addie dives headfirst into the wild heart of China Rose, surrounded by grinning gators, killer bees and gaping cottonmouths. But these predators pale in comparison to the cunning two-legged killer Addie is hunting … and who soon begins hunting her.

— Death at China Rose by Daryl Anderson

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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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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

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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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