The Fraud by Brad Parks, New in Bookstores during July 2015

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

The Fraud by Brad Parks, a Carter Ross Mystery (6th in series)

Publisher: Minotaur Books

    

A rash of carjackings terrorizing Newark become newsworthy when one such theft ends in the murder of a wealthy banking executive. The affable, wisecracking Ross is assigned the story, but he's weary of only writing about victims of crime who happen to be rich and white. To balance his reporting, he finds a Nigerian immigrant of more modest means who was also killed during a recent carjacking.

When it turns out the two victims knew each other, sharing an unexplained round of golf at a tony country club shortly before their deaths, Carter is plunged onto the trail of a deadly band of car thieves that includes a sociopathic ex-convict. When his unborn child is put in harm's way, it becomes more than just a story for Carter. And he'll stop at nothing to rescue the baby-even if it costs him his own life.

— The Fraud by Brad Parks

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Leverage by Janie Crouch, New from Harlequin Intrigue in July 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 …

Leverage by Janie Crouch

Series: Omega Sector

Imprint: Intrigue

  

He'd been hired to transport precious cargo — and it put a beautiful twist in his solitary life …

Former operative turned pilot Dylan Branson has one mission: deliver vital codes to Omega Sector before millions of lives are lost. Surprisingly, the codes reside in the photographic memory of Shelby Keelan, a beautiful computer expert who's so far survived two murder attempts. Used to doing things solo, Dylan will get Shelby to Washington, DC, then walk away. So he's stunned to discover she's as much a loner as he is — and how much that appeals to him. Now, with both their lives in danger after his plane is sabotaged midair, Dylan no longer thinks of Shelby as just a job. Or that he'll be able to let her go once it's over.

— Leverage by Janie Crouch

In the Best Families, A Nero Wolfe Mystery by Rex Stout, 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, Bantam …

In the Best Families by Rex Stout

A Nero Wolfe Mystery (17th in series)

Publisher: Bantam

Price: $1.99 (as of 07/12/2015 at 1:00 PM ET).

  

An elderly woman asks Nero Wolfe to uncover the source of her husbands money, but as he is led to confront the most dangerous racketeer in America, Wolfe unexpectedly announces his retirement and goes into hiding. Has Nero Wolfe, the worlds most famous sleuth, ended his career in cowardice and disgrace?

— In the Best Families by Rex Stout

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New This Week: Blood Ring, A Booker T. Adams Mystery by John W. Mefford

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Blood Ring by John W. Mefford

A Booker T. Adams Mystery (4th in series)

Publisher: Sugar Hill Press

Price: 99¢ (as of 07/12/2015 at 12:30 PM ET).

  

Her dimpled smile and alluring gaze wouldn't work this time. Neither would her charm, curves, and effervescent youth — qualities that had always kept her moving in all the right circles. The high life.

Not this time. This time was terrifyingly different.

Shackled by her own regrets and the hell delivered by her captors, she struggles to find a sliver of hope where there is none. Time ticks …

Having made a name for himself in just a few short months as a Dallas PI, Booker T. Adams yanks the brake on everything once the sister of his business partner and friend, Alisa Lopes, goes missing.

Meanwhile, a family grieves for the loss of their child, another teen who thought she could have it all. Hired to find her killer, Booker treads through a layer of slime, trying to uncover who could be preying on a generation blinded by the hyper-active pursuit of fame and fortune — someone who enjoys it far too much.

With time running out before another shining star turns up in a body bag, Booker chases an invisible executor, grasping at any shred of evidence to find the young beauty.

For Alisa. For the grieving family. For every girl plucked off the street never to be heard from again. It has to stop. Today. In Dallas.

Booker will either succeed or die trying. And so will countless others.

— Blood Ring by John W. Mefford

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Mystery Godoku Puzzle for July 13, 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 E F L M O P R Y

Celine Keating's April 2015 psychological thriller has this title (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!

Winners of the 2015 Thriller Awards Announced

The winners of the 2015 Thriller Awards were announced last night by the International Thriller Writers at a gala banquet in New York City. The awards recognize the best thrillers published during 2014.

And the winners are …

• Best Novel: The Fever by Megan Abbott (Little, Brown)

• Best First Novel: The Weight of Blood by Laura McHugh (Spiegel & Grau)

• Best Paperback Original: Moonlight Weeps by Vincent Zandri (Down & Out Books)

• Best Short Story: "The Last Wrestling Bear in West Kentucky" by Tim L. Williams (Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine)

• Best Young Adult: Nearly Gone by Elle Cosimano (Penguin Books)

• Best e-Book Original: Hard Fall by C. J. Lyons (Legacy Books)

Today's Selection of Daily Deals for Sunday, July 12, 2015

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature a selection of today's Daily Deals found on Sunday, July 12, 2015 at 7:30 AM ET …

Geek out with over 70 comics, graphic novels, and sci-fi Kindle books at up to 80% off is a Kindle Daily Deal. We're featuring a technothriller in this post.

Lethal Code by Thomas Waite

A Lana Elkins Thriller (1st in series)

Publisher: 47North

Kindle Daily Deal Price: $1.99

America's worst nightmare has come true: a "cyber — Pearl Harbor" attack by unknown terrorists has crippled the nation's power grid — and brought the land of the free to its knees. As widespread panic and violence ravage the country, its ruthless captors issue their ultimatums … and vow an apocalyptic reckoning.

A defenseless nation scrambles to fight an invisible invasion. Chief among America's last line of defense is Lana Elkins, head of a major cyber-security company — and former top NSA operative — who returns to her roots to spearhead the Agency's frantic efforts to combat the enemy's onslaught on its own terms. While she and her superiors take action to infiltrate a terrorist hotbed overseas, much closer to home ruthless jihadists with a nuclear bomb hijack a busload of schoolchildren — including Lana's daughter — and race toward a rendezvous with Armageddon in America's greatest city.

— Lethal Code by Thomas Waite

A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle

A Sherlock Holmes Novel

Publisher: Naxos AudioBooks

Audible Daily Deal Price: $1.95

The very first Sherlock Holmes novel …

Here, in the most remarkably precise manner, Doyle produced two of the most well-known characters in English fiction. Their individual traits and their relationships, their ambitions and foibles are introduced against the backdrop of an exciting story of revenge and persistence, which starts in Victorian England but moves to the American West, and the environment of the early Mormon communities.

— A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle

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Today's Selection of Free MystereBooks for Sunday, July 12, 2015

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature a selection of Free MystereBooks found on Sunday, July 12, 2015 at 6:30 AM ET …

The River by Janet Cooper

Murder in the Lowcountry

Publisher: Janet Cooper

Price: FREE!

  

Work Rest Repeat by Frank Tayell

A Post-Apocalyptic Detective Novel

Publisher: Frank Tayell

Price: FREE!

  

The Case of the Haunted Hotel by Ken T. Seth

The Cluefinder Club Special Edition

Publisher: K Imagine Publishing

Price: FREE!

  

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A String of Murders, A Dressed for Death Mystery by Darlene Franklin, 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, Winged Publications …

A String of Murders by Darlene Franklin

A Dressed for Death Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: Winged Publications

Price: 99¢ (as of 07/11/2015 at 7:00 PM ET).

  

Blackmail turns deadly …

Cici Wilde's fiancé, Audie Howe, calls her with disturbing news. Her store's been broken into and worse, someone murdered the intruder. The victim clutches a string of pearls in one hand and a threatening e-mail in the other. It reads "I know what you're doing. Meet me at Cici's Vintage Clothing at 8:30 p.m. Saturday night."

With the discovery of the body, a recent spate of ugly e-mails throughout the Grace Gulch community becomes intensely personal. The murderer purposely lured the victim to Cici's store. Why? The answer lies in the strand of pearls, a gift from arts patron Magda Grace Mallory. She has loaned them to Audie, director of the MGM Theater, for use in the upcoming production of Arsenic and Old Lace.

Evidence points to members of the close theater community. Is it Gene Mallory, Magda's ne'er-do-well son? Lauren Packer, Magda's lawyer? Peppi Lambert, Grace Gulch newcomer and good friend of Cici's sister? Or Suzanne Jay, theater diva with a shady past? When a second murder is committed with the same string of pearls, Cici battles through baffling clues to find the killer before he strikes again.

— A String of Murders by Darlene Franklin

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New This Week: Death by Deceit, An Ian McBriar Murder Mystery by Mauro Azzano

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 July 2015 and priced $4.99 or less …

Death by Deceit by Mauro Azzano

An Ian McBriar Murder Mystery (3rd in series)

Publisher: Black Opal Books

Price: $3.99 (as of 07/11/2015 at 6:30 PM ET).

  

The phone rings at four in the morning. For Ian McBriar, now a Detective Inspector with the Toronto Police Department, early morning phone calls are never a good thing. And this is no exception. Starting with a grizzly death and a warehouse fire, Ian follows the trail of a cold-case unsolved murder and a baffling series of clues, hunting for an elusive serial killer. And, this time, it's not only his life on the line.

The deeper he digs, the more perplexing the case becomes, the more bodies pile up — and the more dangerous it is for everyone Ian cares about.

— Death by Deceit by Mauro Azzano

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Sherlock Holmes and the Chilford Ripper, A Sherlock Holmes Pastiche by Roger Jaynes, 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 Chilford Ripper by Roger Jaynes

A Sherlock Holmes Pastiche

Publisher: Endeavour Press

Price: $3.99 (as of 07/11/2015 at 5:30 PM ET).

  

On a cold September evening, Dr. Watson receives an alarming telegram from the respectable Doctor Geoffrey Blake. A monster is loose in the normally quiet Essex town of Chilford — a fiend who had already not only murdered, but mutilated three of the town's inhabitants in the bloody style of the infamous Jack the Ripper. And for no apparent reason. The simple life of the villagers has been disrupted as a ripper lurks in the shadows, ready to pounce on his next victim.

Despite the efforts of the young Constable Newton's attempts to catch the wicked killer, Doctor Blake decides to take the matter upon his hands and visits 221B Baker Street to disclose the ghastly events and convince Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson to uncover the dreaded mystery before the killer strikes again. The dangerous journey leads them to a group of five ex-servicemen who guard a troubling secret with the intention of suppressing the truth that could shake the whole town. Holmes and Watson are forced to reconcile the dispute that has erupted between the residents as they carefully time their plan which will ultimately reveal the murderer's identity.

Can the duo find the missing piece of the puzzle and expose the ripper before he destroys Chilford? Or will the ripper find a way to strike again?

— Sherlock Holmes and the Chilford Ripper by Roger Jaynes

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New This Week: Stormy Night, A Storm Donovan Thriller by Steve Rollins

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Stormy Night by Steve Rollins

A Storm Donovan Thriller (2nd in series)

Publisher: Adventure Ink

Price: 99¢ (as of 07/11/2015 at 4:30 PM ET).

  

Manhattan attorney Storm Donovan craves a legal challenge, but an investigation into the seamy underworld of federal crime and punishment just might be the death of him …

When Storm goes to his favorite New York City hotel bar, a nearby bombing and armed robbery of the Federal Reserve Bank causes him to get locked down in the hotel. He passes the brief time with Miss Alex Jones, a sexy boat builder.

Alex resurfaces in his life as Storm takes on the defense of John Bainbridge, one of the suspects in the high-profile bank robbery case. But there is a big problem with defending him — Bainbridge can't speak. Storm starts digging into the case, and the danger heats up. When Storm's attorney access is blocked, and his client is whisked away to yet another prison stronghold, he begins to suspect that more is going on with this case than meets the eye.

As Storm's investigation deepens, even the smallest misstep could get him killed. Will Storm find out what really happened at the Federal Reserve Bank on that stormy night? And will justice prevail?

— Stormy Night by Steve Rollins

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Double Crossing, A Western Mystery by Meg Mims, 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, Prairie Rose Publications …

Double Crossing by Meg Mims

A Western Mystery

Publisher: Prairie Rose Publications

Price: 99¢ (as of 07/11/2015 at 4:00 PM ET).

  

August, 1869: Lily Granville is stunned by her father's murder. Only one other person knows about a valuable California gold mine deed — both are now missing. Lily heads west on the newly opened transcontinental railroad, determined to track the killer. She soon realizes she is no longer the hunter but the prey.

As things progress from bad to worse, Lily is uncertain who to trust — the China-bound missionary who wants to marry her, or the wandering Texan who offers to protect her … for a price. Will Lily survive the journey and unexpected betrayal?

— Double Crossing by Meg Mims

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Headline: Murder by Maggie K. Black, New from Harlequin Love Inspired Suspense in July 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 …

Headline: Murder by Maggie K. Black

Imprint: Love Inspired Suspense

  

A gang of masked gunmen murder a man right in front of reporter Olivia Brant. Now they're after her — the newswoman witness who won't rest until she gets her story. She's rescued in the nick of time by a six-foot-four former bodyguard, but Olivia hardly feels safe. She's certain Daniel Ash is connected to her investigation into the dead man's business dealings, but how? With no one left to trust, Olivia accepts Daniel's offer of shelter at his abandoned country house in rural Ontario. But the killers are not far behind, and determined that Olivia takes the evidence she's uncovered to her grave.

— Headline: Murder by Maggie K. Black

Into the Darkest Corner, A Novel of Suspense by Elizabeth Haynes, 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, Harper …

Into the Darkest Corner by Elizabeth Haynes

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Harper

Price: $3.99 (as of 07/11/2015 at 3:00 PM ET).

  

Catherine Bailey has been enjoying the single life long enough to know a catch when she sees one. Gorgeous, charismatic and spontaneous, Lee seems almost too perfect to be true. And her friends clearly agree, as each in turn falls under his spell.

But what begins as flattering attentiveness and passionate sex turns into raging jealousy, and Catherine soon learns there is a darker side to Lee. His increasingly erratic, controlling behaviour becomes frightening, but no one believes her when she shares her fears. Increasingly isolated and driven into the darkest corner of her world, a desperate Catherine plans a meticulous escape.

Four years later, Lee is behind bars and Catherine — now Cathy — compulsively checks the locks and doors in her apartment, trusting no one. But when an attractive upstairs neighbour, Stuart, comes into her life, Cathy dares to hope that happiness and love may still be possible … until she receives a phone call informing her of Lee's impending release. Soon after, Cathy thinks she catches a glimpse of the former best friend who testified against her in the trial; she begins to return home to find objects subtly rearranged in her apartment, one of Lee's old tricks. Convinced she is back in her former lover's sights, Cathy prepares to wrestle with the demons of her past for the last time.

— Into the Darkest Corner by Elizabeth Haynes

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