The Double Stroller Hand Grenade, A Comic Crime Thriller by Derrick Hibbard, Now Available at a Special Price

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The Double Stroller Hand Grenade by Derrick Hibbard

A Comic Crime Thriller

Publisher: Sail Away Press

Price: 99¢ (as of 05/16/2015 at 3:00 PM ET).

  

Peter Wilcox is a bright-eyed and fluffy-tailed new attorney, who witnesses the "hit" of the managing partner in his law firm. Because of this inadvertent run-in and supposed link with the mafia, Peter can't find another job anywhere and is forced to tend his kids full-time while his wife, Alison, brings home the bacon. Peter hates the new job: His young kids are a whirlwind of destruction wherever they go, his daughter suffers from a crippling fear of an imaginary alligator, and he and Alison seem to be growing further and further apart as she works long hours.

As it turns out, Alison is not an interior designer, as Peter was led to believe, but is the assassin who killed Peter's boss — a fact that Peter is none-too-happy about — and things really get crazy when Alison's Mafioso peers decide that she is better off dead. What follows is a hilarious romp, as the emasculated Peter has to deal with a super-cool-femme-fatale of a wife, while he and his two kids are mercilessly thrust into a world of gangsters and professional hit men.

— The Double Stroller Hand Grenade by Derrick Hibbard

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The Fatal Flame by Lyndsay Faye, New in Bookstores during May 2015

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

The Fatal Flame by Lyndsay Faye, a Timothy Wilde Mystery (3rd in series)

Publisher: Putnam

    

No one in 1840s New York likes fires, but Copper Star Timothy Wilde least of all. So when an arsonist with an agenda begins threatening Alderman Robert Symmes, a corrupt and powerful leader high in the Tammany Hall ranks, Wilde isn't thrilled to be involved. His reservations escalate further when his brother Valentine announces that he'll be running against Symmes in the upcoming election, making both himself and Timothy a host of powerful enemies.

Meanwhile, the love of Wilde's life, Mercy Underhill, unexpectedly shows up on his doorstep and takes under her wing a starving orphan with a tenuous grasp on reality. It soon becomes clear that this wisp of a girl may be the key to stopping those who have been setting fire to buildings across the city — if only they can understand her cryptic descriptions and find out what she knows.

— The Fatal Flame by Lyndsay Faye

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Scene of the Crime: Killer Cove by Carla Cassidy, New from Harlequin Intrigue in May 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 …

Scene of the Crime: Killer Cove by Carla Cassidy

Imprint: Intrigue

  

A man returns to his hometown to solve a cold case …

A family tragedy brings Bo McBride to his Mississippi town two years after a devastating loss made him leave. Now he's back and only Claire Silver is ready to welcome him home. The sassy blonde teacher wants his help in finding a killer who has plagued the town …

Although she could only admire him from afar, Claire was always drawn to Bo. Their unofficial investigation is complicated by the passion igniting between them. And by the obsessed stalker who has targeted Claire. With the threat escalating, Bo vows he'll do whatever it takes to protect her. And Claire vows to put her faith in the man ready to risk everything to safeguard her future.

— Scene of the Crime: Killer Cove by Carla Cassidy

Guardian of Lies, A Paul Madriani Thriller by Steve Martini, Now Available at a Special Price

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Guardian of Lies by Steve Martini

A Paul Madriani Thriller (10th in series)

Publisher: HarperCollins

Price: $3.49 (as of 05/16/2015 at 1:00 PM ET).

  

A woman pauses in the hallway of a darkened San Diego beach house at night — listening for just the right moment when she can flee before her companion notices that she's gone.

A man outside watches the same mansion, waiting for a sign that he can enter on his mission of blood and carnage.

So begins this riveting new tale about Paul Madriani and his latest case — that of Katia, a woman accused of an unlikely crime — a trial that will unravel a careful but horrifying conspiracy. Madriani soon realizes that he's signed onto something much more sinister than a botched heist. As he searches for the truth that will clear Katia's name, he finds himself on a path that takes him from Southern California to Costa Rica, and, ultimately, to a secret buried since Castro's rise to power.

Together with his partner, Harry Hinds, Madriani must piece together the threads of a decades-old conspiracy involving priceless gold coins, an aging American spy, a disaffected Russian soldier, and a forgotten weapon from the days of JFK and the Cuban Missile Crisis. As the separate strands of the story come together, Madriani finds information that will ultimately lead him to the one person who holds the key to it all: a man some call "The Guardian of Lies."

— Guardian of Lies by Steve Martini

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New This Week: Ghosts of Witches Past, A Sister Witches Mystery by Lauren Quick

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Ghosts of Witches Past by Lauren Quick

A Sister Witches Mystery (4th in series)

Publisher: Lauren Quick

Price: $2.99 (as of 05/16/2015 at 12:30 PM ET).

  

It's the winter solstice in snowy Everland and the witching world is all aglow in twinkling illuma lights, enchanted fir trees, and sparkling snow. Holiday cheer is in the air for everyone — everyone, that is, except Elspeth Mayhem.

Elspeth feels bewildered after losing so much time away from her daughters — Clover, Vivi, and Honora. The holidays remind her that, upon her return to Everland, she'd found three grown witches with lives of their own instead of the girls she'd left behind. Hoping to learn more about them, Elspeth turns to her old friend Esmeralda Card and her magical crystal ball to help her see into the past, her daughters' pasts.

With Esmeralda as her guide, Elspeth visits Vivi's early days in The Potion Garden when a strange wizard tried to steal her potions, tags along on Honora's first case as a wannabe P.I. in the seedy magical streets of Stargazer City, and witnesses Clover's first success as a word witch as she sells her first Spellbinders novel while writing a dark fairy tale that might be a little too realistic.

After witnessing their wild adventures, Elspeth reunites with her daughters and gives them a special Mayhem surprise to remind them of where they came from — a family of unique witches.

— Ghosts of Witches Past by Lauren Quick

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Today's Selection of Daily Deals for Saturday, May 16, 2015

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature a selection of today's Daily Deals found on Saturday, May 16, 2015 at 7:30 AM ET …

The White Queen by Philippa Gregory

The Cousins War Series (1st in series)

Publisher: Touchstone

Kobo Daily Deal Price: $1.99 (price-matched by Amazon)

  

Elizabeth Woodville is a woman of extraordinary beauty and ambition. Her mother is Jacquetta, also known as the mystical lady of the rivers, and she is even more determined to bring power and wealth to the family line. While riding in the woods one day, Elizabeth captures the attentions of the newly crowned King Edward IV and, despite her common upbringing, marries him in secret.

When she is raised up to be his queen, the English court is outraged, but Elizabeth rises to the demands of her exalted position and fights for her family's dominance. Yet despite her best efforts, and even with the help of her mother's powers, her two sons become pawns in a famous unsolved mystery that has confounded historians for centuries: the lost princes in the Tower of London.

— The White Queen by Philippa Gregory

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Today's Selection of Free MystereBooks for Saturday, May 16, 2015

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature a selection of Free MystereBooks found on Saturday, May 16, 2015 at 6:30 AM ET …

Till Death by Becky McGraw

A Deep Six Security Novel

Publisher: Becky McGraw

Price: FREE!

  

Pineapple Lies by Amy Vansant

A Pineapple Port Mystery

Publisher: Amy Vansant

Price: FREE!

  

[sic] by Scott Kelly

A Teen Murder Mystery

Publisher: Scott Kelly

Price: FREE!

  

Cruel Comfort by James Harper

An Evan Buckley Thriller

Publisher: James Harper

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: A Deadly Affair at Bobtail Ridge by Terry Shames

A Mysterious Review of A Deadly Affair at Bobtail Ridge by Terry Shames. A Samuel Craddock Mystery.

Review summary: This is a very good mystery with an intriguing storyline. It's never clear where the plot is going and how it will be resolved, both positive elements. The cast of characters is well drawn and the small town setting is completely on point. A strong entry in this series, one that is recommended. (Click here for text of full review.)

Our rating:

A Deadly Affair at Bobtail Ridge
Terry Shames
A Samuel Craddock Mystery
Seventh Street Books (April 2015)

Publisher synopsis: In the course of their developing friendship, Samuel Craddock has learned to accept that his neighbor Jenny Sandstone's personal life is strictly secret. But when her dying mother tells Craddock that Jenny is in danger, he is confronted with a dilemma. He wants to respect Jenny's privacy, but he is haunted by the urgency in the dying woman's voice.

When Jenny is the victim of a suspicious car accident, Craddock has no choice but to get involved. He demands that she tell him what he needs to know to protect her and to solve the mysteries surrounding the strange events that began taking place as soon as Jenny's mother passed away.

Forced to confront the past, Jenny plunges into a downward spiral of rage and despair. She is drinking heavily and seems bent on self-destruction. Craddock must tread lightly as he tries to find out who is behind the threats to her. But only by getting to the bottom of the secrets buried in Jenny's past can he hope to save her both from herself and from whoever is out to harm her.

New This Week: Cold Blue Midnight, A Suspense Thriller by Ed Gorman

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Cold Blue Midnight by Ed Gorman

A Suspense Thriller

Publisher: Crossroad Press

Price: $3.99 (as of 05/15/2015 at 6:30 PM ET).

  

This is a new ebook edition of a mystery published in hardcover by St. Martin's Press in 1996.

In Indiana the condemned die at midnight. Killers like Peter Tapley, a twisted man who lived in his mother's shadow and took his hatred out on trusting young women.

Six years after Tapley's execution, his ex-wife Jill is trying to live down his crimes. But somewhere in the chilly night someone won't let her forget. Someone who still blames her for her husband's hideous deeds. Someone who plans to make her pay … in blood.

— Cold Blue Midnight by Ed Gorman

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Sherlock Holmes and the Abbey School Mystery, A Sherlock Holmes Patische by John Hall, 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 …

Sherlock Holmes and the Abbey School Mystery by John Hall

A Sherlock Holmes Patische

Publisher: Endeavour Press

Price: $3.99 (as of 05/15/2015 at 5:30 PM ET).

  

Ten years on from Holmes and Watson's sleuthing days, something is amiss at the prestigious and exclusive Abbey School. Young Lord Whitechurch is accused of stealing money from the headmaster's office. But as one of the wealthiest pupils, why would he do that? This seemingly trivial mystery is soon overshadowed by the apparent suicide of the Third's form master, Mr Greville. And Holmes is not convinced that this was a tragic accident.

His interest piqued, Holmes enlists the help of his trusty side-kick Dr. Watson, who takes over Greville's teaching position as he investigates the staff and unearths the school's secrets. And when Watson encounters a certain Mr. Tromarty, he begins to wonder if there is a connection to the late Moriarty …

Then another member of staff is found dead — and Holmes and Dr. Watson must work fast to unravel the mysterious web of circumstances and suspicion. And it's not just the school that is in danger … Holmes and Watson suspect that the country itself could be under threat …

Can Holmes and Watson solve the Abbey School Mystery before others meet their untimely end? Or will death and destruction extend beyond the school gates?

— Sherlock Holmes and the Abbey School Mystery by John Hall

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Bodies on the Potomac, A Political Thriller by Daniel O'Neil, Now Available at a Special Price

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Bodies on the Potomac by Daniel O'Neil

A Political Thriller

Publisher: Open Road

Price: 99¢ (as of 05/15/2015 at 5:00 PM ET).

  

Karl Blumenthal's Bluffton, South Carolina automobile dealership is being terminated by Universal Motors. He believes it's because he's failed to financially back the reelection efforts of the sitting US president.

For guidance, Blumenthal calls on good friend and former Washington power broker Taylor Clark. But Clark is skeptical. However, when a live round fired from a silenced pistol narrowly misses him, Clark begins to fear the worst — that the country could be on the edge of the messiest national scandal since Watergate.

Clark immediately engages his boss, Loraine Sinatra, a feared Washington operator who secretly controls a black unit buried deep within one of America's least understood but most powerful and autonomous law enforcement organizations. Clark and Sinatra search desperately for footing in the investigation, tapping sources they haven't called on for years. When they arrive seconds too late to prevent a firearms confrontation on Blumenthal's front lot, it becomes clear that a national catastrophe looms. It isn't long before they discover that Bluffton is nothing more than a single speck in a bold scheme masterminded by Russian billionaire Mikael Azarov to bend the president of the United States to Moscow's will by seizing control of Universal Motors for himself.

Azarov's daring plot places his $25 billion fortune at risk — but he has killed before, and he's willing to kill again if that's what it takes to win. It's up to Clark to stop him.

— Bodies on the Potomac by Daniel O'Neil

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New This Week: Shadow of a Butterfly, A Paul Manziuk and Jacquie Ryan Mystery by J. A. Menzies

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Shadow of a Butterfly by J. A. Menzies

A Paul Manziuk and Jacquie Ryan Mystery (3rd in series)

Publisher: Murder Will Out Mysteries

Price: $4.99 (as of 05/15/2015 at 4:30 PM ET).

  

A luxury residence in downtown Toronto. A group of artsy seniors. Caring staff. An idyllic scene? Or a setting for murder?

Death in a seniors' complex? Not that unusual. But the murder of a resident of Serenity Suites, a high-rise for affluent seniors in downtown Toronto, is highly unusual. Detective Inspector Paul Manziuk and his head-strong new partner, Constable Jacqueline Ryan, take on the difficult task of figuring out "whodunit."

Suspects include a famous Broadway actress and her young musician husband; a best-selling thriller writer; the former host of a popular radio talk show; a ballerina with a shady past; and a retired children's singer who might be reading too many mysteries.

Residents fear a murderer who thinks he's doing elderly people a favour, and wonder who'll be next.

Homicide detectives Paul Manziuk and Jacqueline Ryan, themselves dealing with personal issues, try to allay the residents' fears while following every rabbit trail that comes up. As they sort through half-truths and long-buried secrets, they realize that those with opportunity had no motive, and those with motive, no opportunity. They know they're missing something, but what?

— Shadow of a Butterfly by J. A. Menzies

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The Mammoth Book of Dickensian Whodunnits, A Short Story Collection by Mike Ashley, editor, Now Available at a Special Price

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The Mammoth Book of Dickensian Whodunnits by Mike Ashley, editor

A Short Story Collection

Publisher: Robinson

Price: $2.99 (as of 05/15/2015 at 4:00 PM ET).

  

Charles Dickens created some of the most memorable characters in English literature. But just what became of the convict that frightened young Pip in Great Expectations?

Was he guilty, or framed? And what really did become of Edwin Drood? Was the case ever solved? Mike Ashley presents over 25 vivid new whodunnits from the world of Dickens — recorded for posterity by such writers as Michael Pearce, Amy Myers, Peter Tremayne, Alanna Knight, Kage Baker, and Edward D. Hoch.

Many of the stories feature one or more of Dickens's characters, as a sleuth or as the victim of crime; while others are set in Dickens's real life, with him investigating people closely associated with him, such as Wilkie Collins, Elizabeth Gaskell or Hablot Browne. Interlinking the stories is a narrative that brings alive Dickens's own life and part in the early development of crime sleuthing.

— The Mammoth Book of Dickensian Whodunnits by Mike Ashley, editor

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The Fugitive by John Grisham, a New Theodore Boone Mystery for Cadet Sleuths

Omnimystery News is pleased to present in this post a new First Clues: Mysteries for Kids series title published this month …

The Fugitive by John Grisham

Series: Theodore Boone

Publisher: Dutton

Formats: Hardcover, Audiobook, eBook

Recommended for Cadet Sleuths, Ages 10 to 12

  

On a field trip to Washington, DC, Theo spots a familiar face on the Metro: Duffy, who jumped bail and was never seen again. Theo's quick thinking helps bring Duffy back to Strattenburg to stand trial. But now that Duffy knows who he is, Theo is in greater danger than he's ever been in before.

Even when everything is on the line, Theodore Boone will stop at nothing to make sure a killer is brought to justice.

— The Fugitive by John Grisham

An Island Lost, A Novel of Suspense by Christina Larmer, Now Available at a Special Price

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An Island Lost by Christina Larmer

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Christina Larmer

Price: 99¢ (as of 05/15/2015 at 3:00 PM ET).

  

When Vilia Lea's estranged mother dies she leaves her an intriguing inheritance — a remote island on the tip of Papua New Guinea, and a series of tantalizing clues to the disappearance of her father 30 years ago. Thus begins an enthralling family mystery that sweeps Vilia from the streets of Manhattan to the wilds of the Pacific. Along the journey she discovers what true love and family really mean …

Sipping latté in a NY café, Vilia is not surprised to hear that her mother has drowned herself back home in Australia, but she is shocked to learn she has now inherited a tropical island on the tip of Papua New Guinea, and it's from this remote region that her father disappeared mysteriously when she was just three.

Suddenly, reluctantly, Vilia is swept out of her fastidious Manhattan lifestyle and into the wild unpredictability of the Pacific. From the crowded streets of New York city to the remote Tubu Island and beyond, Vilia follows a series of clues to uncover the truth about her father's vanishing. Did he run off with the missing hausgirl? Fall foul to a tragic accident? Or was there something darker, more sinister at play?

Along her journey of discovery, Vilia encounters the ancestors of proud headhunters, eccentric expatriates and an elusive witchdoctor with a story to tell. But is it a story she is willing to hear?

— An Island Lost by Christina Larmer

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