Today's Selection of Free MystereBooks for Saturday, May 02, 2015

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature a selection of Free MystereBooks found on Saturday, May 02, 2015 at 6:30 AM ET …

At Their Own Game by Frank Zafiro

A Crime Novel

Publisher: Frank Scalise

Price: FREE!

  

Flower of Heaven by Julien Ayotte

A Suspense Thriller

Publisher: Julien Ayotte

Price: FREE!

  

The One Who Got Away by Amy Gamet

The Love and Danger Series

Publisher: Amy Gamet

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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Review: The Five O'Clock Ghost by Dori Hillestad Butler

A Mysterious Review of The Five O'Clock Ghost by Dori Hillestad Butler. The Haunted Library Series.

Review summary: This is a charming story with a well-structured mystery, though one with a solution that almost certainly will be far too obscure for today's generation of children. Even so, this is a generally enjoyable book with an engaging cast of characters for readers aged 6 to 8 (Lexile measure 530L). (Click here for text of full review.)

Our rating:

The Five O'Clock Ghost
Dori Hillestad Butler
The Haunted Library Series
Grosset & Dunlap (March 2015)

Publisher synopsis: Kaz and Claire are called in for another ghostly mystery, and this ghost is always right on time.

When Claire's friend tells the young detectives about his five o'clock ghost, Kaz wonders if it could be his own missing brother, Little John. Kaz and Claire search the house up and down, but they can't find any trace of Little John — or any other ghost. Yet when five o'clock comes along, the strange occurrences come back again ...

The Edge of Normal, A Reeve LeClaire Mystery by Carla Norton, Now Available at a Special Price

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The Edge of Normal by Carla Norton

A Reeve LeClaire Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Minotaur Books

Price: $1.99 (as of 05/01/2015 at 7:00 PM ET).

  

In many ways, Reeve LeClaire looks like a typical twenty-two year old girl. She's finally landed her own apartment, she waitresses to pay the bills, and she wishes she wasn't so nervous around new people. She thinks of herself as agile, not skittish. As serious, not grim. But Reeve is anything but normal.

Ten years ago, she was kidnapped and held captive. After a lucky escape, she's spent the last six years trying to rebuild her life, a recovery thanks in large part to her indispensable therapist Dr. Ezra Lerner. But when he asks her to help another girl rescued from a similar situation, Reeve realizes she may not simply need to mentor this young victim — she may be the only one who can protect her from a cunning predator who is still out there, watching every move.

— The Edge of Normal by Carla Norton

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New This Week: Death Notice, A Kat Campbell Mystery by Todd Ritter

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Death Notice by Todd Ritter

A Kat Campbell Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Lancaster Court

Price: $4.99 (as of 05/01/2015 at 6:30 PM ET).

  

This is a new ebook edition of a book published in hardcover by Minotaur Books in 2010.

On a frigid March morning, Perry Hollow Police Chief Kat Campbell finds the corpse of a local farmer in a homemade coffin on the side of the road. A gash on his neck has been sewn shut. So have his lips. Making matters even worse — the killer sent warning of the crime to Henry Goll, the reclusive obituary writer for the local newspaper.

Teaming up with State Police investigator Nick Donnelly, Kat and Henry find themselves racing to stop a serial killer before he can strike again. It's a task that threatens their towns, their families and their very lives.

— Death Notice by Todd Ritter

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Shadow of the Rock, A Spike Sanguinetti Mystery by Thomas Mogford, Now Available at a Special Price

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Shadow of the Rock by Thomas Mogford

A Spike Sanguinetti Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Walker Books

Price: $1.99 (as of 05/01/2015 at 6:00 PM ET).

  

A humid summer night in Gibraltar. Lawyer Spike Sanguinetti finds Solomon Hassan, an old school friend, waiting on his doorstep. Solomon has been accused of murdering a Spanish girl, Esperanza, in Tangiers — slicing her throat on a beach. He has managed to skip across the Straits but the Moroccan authorities want him back.

In order to delay the extradition, Spike travels to Tangiers. Helped by Solomon's boss, Nadeer — the founder of a renewable-energy company called Dunetech, who are about to close a deal to finance an enormous solar-power site in the Sahara — Spike realises that if he can delay Solomon's trial until after the deal signs, Nadeer will persuade the Governor of Tangiers to bury the extradition demand.

While in Tangiers, Spike meets a beautiful Bedouin girl called Zahra who believes Dunetech are linked to the disappearance of her father. As Spike tries to discover more he finds himself in a dangerous game of secrets, corruption and murderous lies.

— Shadow of the Rock by Thomas Mogford

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His Last Confession, An Inspector Drewes Thriller by Mel Hodgkinson, 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 …

His Last Confession by Mel Hodgkinson

An Inspector Drewes Thriller

Publisher: Endeavour Press

Price: $3.99 (as of 05/01/2015 at 5:30 PM ET).

  

February 1870. Inspector Drewes of the Dawfield police force is spending an uninteresting evening at his desk. Uninteresting, that is, until he gets a visit from his former constable, Withers, who has just heard an intriguing deathbed confession given by a notorious thief. The confession sparks a huge investigation and Inspector Drewes finds himself at the helm, capably assisted by Withers, who proves a master of disguise.

They discover that three possible murders and a spate of thefts have gone unsolved by the police. They need to find the perpetrator — and fast. Things only get more difficult for Drewes when it turns our that the thief has targeted his own family: an heirloom necklace passed down from his mother has gone missing.

Drewes' investigations take him from the high-society parties of the era to the servants' quarters of the houses they are held in, as he leaves no stone unturned — and no method of investigation untried — in his quest to solve this most complex and fascinating of cases …

— His Last Confession by Mel Hodgkinson

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Blueberry Muffin Murder, A Hannah Swensen Mystery by Joanne Fluke, Now Available at a Special Price

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Blueberry Muffin Murder by Joanne Fluke

A Hannah Swensen Mystery (3rd in series)

Publisher: Kensington

Price: $1.99 (as of 05/01/2015 at 5:00 PM ET).

  

Preparations are underway for Lake Eden, Minnesota's annual Winter Carnival — and Hannah Swensen is set to bake up a storm at her popular shop, The Cookie Jar. Too bad the honor of creating the official Winter Carnival cake went to famous lifestyle maven Connie Mac — a half-baked idea, in Hannah's opinion. She suspects Connie Mac is a lot like the confections she whips up on her cable TV cooking show — sweet, light, and scrumptious-looking, but likely to leave a bitter taste in your mouth.

Hannah's suspicions are confirmed when Connie Mac's limo rolls into town. Turns out America's "Cooking Sweetheart" is bossy, bad-tempered, and downright domineering. Things finally boil over when Hannah arrives at The Cookie Jar to find the Winter Carnival cake burnt to a crisp — and Connie Mac lying dead in her pantry, struck down while eating one of Hannah's famous blueberry muffins.

Next thing Hannah knows, the police have declared The Cookie Jar's kitchen crime scene off-limits. She's a baker without an oven — and the Carnival is right around the corner. Hannah's only alternative is to cook up a plan to save her business — by finding the killer herself …

— Blueberry Muffin Murder by Joanne Fluke

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New This Week: A Walk on the Haunted Side, A Haunted Tour Guide Mystery by Rose Pressey

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A Walk on the Haunted Side by Rose Pressey

A Haunted Tour Guide Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: Rose Pressey

Price: $3.99 (as of 05/01/2015 at 4:30 PM ET).

  

The dead want Ripley Van Raden's attention …

Two of Ripley Van Raden's favorite things are books and ghosts. Not necessarily in that particular order. Rip, as her friends call her, guides people on a haunted tour through her hometown of Devil's Moon, Kentucky.

Ripley is also a librarian by day. That's where the books come in. Of course it's no surprise that the library is haunted too. The ghost of the first librarian roams the stacks of Bilson Library, sending Ripley text messages and emails. That's the only way the ghost knows how to communicate. It's a good thing Ripley has the unlimited data plan.

When a famous author comes to town for a book signing, he's interested in seeing some of the spookier sides of Devil's Moon. Ripley takes him to a haunted house that's rumored to be haunted by a woman who places a curse on anyone who has the misfortune of walking through the door.

When the author turns up dead, Ripley must find out if it was the curse that killed him, or a real murderer. At least she has the help of hunky Brannon Landon, paranormal investigator and police officer.

The paranormal forces are much darker than Ripley ever imagined. Now Ripley must find the killer before she becomes a permanent resident of the Devil's Moon Cemetery.

— A Walk on the Haunted Side by Rose Pressey

See also the first book in this series, These Haunts Are Made For Walking, for $3.99 on Kindle.

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The Mill River Recluse, A Mill River Mystery by Darcie Chan, Now Available at a Special Price

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The Mill River Recluse by Darcie Chan

A Mill River Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Ballantine Books

Price: $2.99 (as of 05/01/2015 at 4:00 PM ET).

  

From the outside, Mill River looks like any sleepy little Vermont town where everyone knows everyone and people never need to lock their doors. There are newcomers for whom this appeals, from police officer Kyle Hansen and his daughter Rowen, who are starting over after heartache, to Claudia Simon, the schoolteacher who is determined to reinvent herself.

But on closer inspection, there are those in Mill River — including a stealthy arsonist, a covetous nurse, and a pilfering priest — who have things they wish to hide. None more than the widow Mary McAllister, who for the past sixty years has secluded herself in her marble mansion overlooking the town. Most of the residents have never even seen the peculiar woman. Only the priest, Father O'Brien, knows the deep secrets that keep Mary isolated — and that, once revealed, will forever change the community.

— The Mill River Recluse by Darcie Chan

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The Shadow Cartel by Layton Green, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during May 2015

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during May 2015 …

The Shadow Cartel by Layton Green, A Dominic Grey Thriller (4th in series)

Publisher: Thomas & Mercer

  

The sins of the past always return …

Called upon by a former love to look into the death of a family friend in Miami, veteran investigator Dominic Grey is sucked into the darkest reaches of international narcotics trafficking. The murders of multiple drug dealers during a bizarre religious ceremony, combined with the appearance of a mythical assassin, take DEA agent Federico Hernandez and CIA operative Lana Valenciano down the same deadly path.

Lying in wait is an enemy known only as the General: a criminal mastermind whose uncanny ability to avoid detection while cowing even the most ruthless of rival cartels has made him a legend.

Thrown together on a covert manhunt, Grey and the two government agents race across the Americas to unearth a dark chapter in the history of the CIA that has spilled into the present — and put them in the crosshairs of an underworld puppeteer with a frightening reach.

— The Shadow Cartel by Layton Green

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

The Great Chocolate Scam, A Death by Chocolate Mystery by Sally Berneathy, Now Available at a Special Price

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The Great Chocolate Scam by Sally Berneathy

A Death by Chocolate Mystery (3rd in series)

Publisher: Sally Berneathy

Price: 99¢ (as of 05/01/2015 at 3:00 PM ET).

  

Finally Rick has agreed to sign the divorce papers and give Lindsay her freedom! She is sitting in her lawyer's office waiting for him when she gets the call.

Rick is dead. Murdered by a bomb that blew up his car in his own driveway.

Lindsay is his sole heir. Or is she? She's never met any of Rick's family. Though he told her various conflicting stories about them, she came to believe they didn't exist, that Rick was an alien stranded here when the mother ship left without him. But then Rick's mother and two brothers show up followed by a woman who claims to be his ex-wife and a boy she claims is Rick's son. Everyone except Lindsay wants to inherit Rick's estate. What's so valuable that someone killed for it and is ready to kill again?

— The Great Chocolate Scam by Sally Berneathy

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14th Deadly Sin by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro, New in Bookstores during May 2015

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

14th Deadly Sin by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro, a Women's Murder Club Mystery (14th in series)

Publisher: Little, Brown

    

With a beautiful baby daughter and a devoted husband, Detective Lindsay Boxer can safely say that her life has never been better. In fact (for a change), things seem to be going well for all the members of the Women's Murder Club as they gather to celebrate San Francisco Medical Examiner Claire Washburn's birthday. But the party is cut short when Lindsay is called to a gruesome crime scene, where a woman has been murdered in broad daylight.

As Lindsay investigates, shocking video footage of another crime surfaces. A video so horrific that it shakes the city to its core. Their faces obscured by masks, the cold-blooded criminals on the tape could be anyone-and now all of Lindsay's co-workers are suspects. As a rash of violence sweeps through San Francisco, and public fear and anger grow, Lindsay and her friends must risk their lives in the name of justice-before it's too late.

— 14th Deadly Sin by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro

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

Pattern of Betrayal by Mae Fox and Jan Fields, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during May 2015

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during May 2015 …

Pattern of Betrayal by Mae Fox and Jan Fields, A Julie Ellis, Vineyard Quilt Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: Annie's

  

When Julie Ellis traded her high stress life as an antiquities bounty hunter in the big city for the slower pace of Missouri wine country, she expected to find peace and tranquility among the beautiful rolling hills — not murder and mayhem …

As the new innkeeper of the Quilt Haus Inn, Julie breathes a sigh of relief when preparations for their first quilting murder mystery weekend are finally complete. The props are set, the scripts are ready, and each guest has a role to play. But when the lights cut out, someone goes off script, and a real dead body takes center stage.

Every guest is a suspect in the murder and as the clues unfold, it seems they all have something to hide. Can Julie identify the killer before someone else checks out … permanently?

— Pattern of Betrayal by Mae Fox and Jan Fields

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

A Deceptive Clarity, A Chris Norgren Mystery by Aaron Elkins, Now Available at a Special Price

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A Deceptive Clarity by Aaron Elkins

A Chris Norgren Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Open Road

Price: $2.99 (as of 05/01/2015 at 1:00 PM ET).

  

First in a series of just three mysteries that we think is better than the author's more widely known Gideon Oliver series.

Chris Norgren, museum curator and Renaissance art expert, heads to Berlin to assist in mounting a sensational exhibit: The Plundered Past — twenty priceless Old Masters looted by the Nazis, thought for decades to be lost forever, and only recently rediscovered. But things quickly get out of hand when Chris's patrician, fastidious boss, after smelling a forgery in the lot, turns up dead the very next day — on the steps of a dismal Frankfurt brothel, of all places.

Now Chris faces two daunting tasks: finding a fake painting among the masterpieces and a real killer whose sights are now set on him.

— A Deceptive Clarity by Aaron Elkins

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Killer Unleashed, A Humorous Romantic Mystery by Beth Prentice, 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 …

Killer Unleashed by Beth Prentice

A Humorous Romantic Mystery

Publisher: Gemma Halliday Publishing

Price: 99¢ (as of 05/01/2015 at 12:30 PM ET).

  

Previously published by the author as It Started With Theo.

Meet Chloe: she has a house, a best friend, and absolutely no idea how to say "no." So when her elderly neighbor asks her to surrender a little dog named Theo to the animal shelter, of course Chloe agrees. And when Theo pulls out his big puppy dog eyes, Chloe reluctantly gains a dog. And that's when the trouble starts.

An attempted dog snatching, a break in, a masked attacker, and a hit and run all add up to big problems. Everybody seems to be looking for something. If only Chloe knew what that something was. And with a sexy new neighbor named Brody, a creepy new neighbor named Rick, and her ex-boyfriend Jack snooping around, the men in Chloe's life seem to be multiplying. With the help of her new neighbor, Chloe may just be able to figure out what key Theo holds to the whole mess … if she can keep them both alive!

— Killer Unleashed by Beth Prentice

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