Today's Selection of Free MystereBooks for Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature a selection of Free MystereBooks found on Wednesday, July 29, 2015 at 6:30 AM ET …

Serial Date by D. V. Berkom

A Leine Basso Thriller

Publisher: Duct Tape Press

Price: FREE!

  

She's Not There by Marla Madison

A TJ Peacock & Lisa Rayburn Mystery

Publisher: Marla Madison

Price: FREE!

  

The Waiting Game by R. A. Chandler

A Garvey Fields Mystery

Publisher: R. A. Chandler

Price: FREE!

  

Mai Tais and Murder by Andrew Culver

A Murder Mystery

Publisher: Andrew Culver

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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The Sands of Time, A Novel of Suspense by Sidney Sheldon, Now Available at a Special Price

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The Sands of Time by Sidney Sheldon

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: HarperCollins

Price: $3.99 (as of 07/28/2015 at 9:00 PM ET).

  

When four nuns are forced to flee their Spanish convent in 1976 to face a hostile world, they find themselves pawns in a violent struggle between the outlawed Basque underground movement and the Spanish army under the command of Colonel Ramon Acoca, who is bent on destroying them all.

Megan, the orphan, would give anything to learn the identity of her parents. She fights against her overpowering attractions for the legendary and idealistic Jaime Miro. Lucia, the fiery Sicilian beauty, is wanted by the police, but risks her future and fortune for a dying revolutionary. Even the serenity of the convent cannot erase Graciela's nightmares of the past. How can she again face a world of carnal love? It is Teresa whose confused conscience finally drives her to seek help from Colonel Ramon Acoca, a terrible mistake that will betray her friends.

— The Sands of Time by Sidney Sheldon

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Murder 101, A Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus Mystery by Faye Kellerman, Now Available at a Special Price

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Murder 101 by Faye Kellerman

A Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus Mystery (22nd in series)

Publisher: William Morrow

Price: $1.99 (as of 07/28/2015 at 8:00 PM ET).

  

As a detective lieutenant with the LAPD, Peter Decker witnessed enough ugliness and chaos for a lifetime. Now, he and his wife Rena are ready to enjoy the quiet beauty of upstate New York, where they can be closer to their family.

But working for the Greenbury Police Department isn't as fulfilling as Decker hoped. Yet just when he thinks he's made a mistake, Decker is called to an actual crime — a possible break-in at the local cemetery.

At first, it seems like a false alarm but soon escalates into murder when a co-ed at an exclusive consortium of liberal-arts colleges is brutally slaughtered. Poking into the hallowed halls of academia to find a killer, Decker is drawn deep into a web of nasty secrets, cold-case crimes, international intrigue, and ruthless people who kill for sport.

Decker will need to use every bit of his keen mind and his thirty years of experience as a homicide cop to stop a callous killer and uncover a cabal so bizarre that it defies logic.

— Murder 101 by Faye Kellerman

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The Guilty One, A Novel of Suspense by Lisa Ballantyne, Now Available at a Special Price

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The Guilty One by Lisa Ballantyne

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: William Morrow

Price: $1.99 (as of 07/28/2015 at 7:00 PM ET).

  

An eight-year-old boy is found dead in a playground … and his eleven-year-old neighbor is accused of the crime. Leading the defense is London solicitor Daniel Hunter, a champion of lost causes.

A damaged boy from a troubled home, Daniel's young client, Sebastian, reminds Daniel of his own turbulent childhood — and of Minnie, the devoted woman whose love saved him. But one terrible act of betrayal irrevocably shattered their bond.

As past and present collide, Daniel is faced with disturbing questions. Will his sympathy for Sebastian and his own memories blind him to the truth? What happened in the park — and who, ultimately, is to blame for a little boy's death? Rethinking everything he's ever believed, Daniel begins to understand what it means to be wrong … and to be the guilty one.

— The Guilty One by Lisa Ballantyne

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New This Week: Eyes of Betrayal, A Romantic Thriller by Patricia A. Rasey

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Eyes of Betrayal by Patricia A. Rasey

A Romantic Thriller

Publisher: Patricia A. Rasey

Price: $2.99 (as of 07/28/2015 at 6:30 PM ET).

  

This is a new ebook edition of a book first published in paperback by Amber Quill Press in 2003.

Ex-gang member of the Lords of Lucifer, Egan "Villain" Tate, hopes to hide out in the small sleepy town of Ohio, hometown to his good friend Snake Gallego. He has his reasons for needing to keep a low profile. Unfortunately, he's thrown into the limelight when the woman he rides into town with is found dead, a murder reminiscent of killings that plagued the county several years earlier.

Dr. Whitney Montgomery finds herself attracted to Villain against her better judgment. He's the one man, her friend Detective LeAnne McVeigh warns her against. But when the ex-biker gets blamed for a crime he says he didn't commit and she's his only ally, she must lie to her best friend to keep Villain out of jail.

Has a copycat killer truly emerged, or does Henry County have a ghost on its hands?

— Eyes of Betrayal by Patricia A. Rasey

See also the first book in this series, Kiss of Deceit, for $2.99 on Kindle.

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Secret of the Painted Lady, A Danger Cove Renovation Mystery by Elizabeth Ashby and Christina A. Burke, Now Available at a Special Price

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Secret of the Painted Lady by Elizabeth Ashby and Christina A. Burke

A Danger Cove Renovation Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Gemma Halliday Publishing

Price: 99¢ (as of 07/28/2015 at 6:00 PM ET).

  

If these walls could talk … they'd scream murder …

Alex Jordan is the owner of Finials and Facades Renovation and Restoration Services, making her able to pursue her love of restoring Victorian-style homes in the town of Danger Cove. But her recent acquisition of the stately Marlton House has led to a showdown with town real estate mogul, and now she has needs to restore the old house and flip it for a profit as quickly as possible. But Alex gets more than she bargained for when a Hawaiian shirt-clad tourist with a bullet in his head turns up in the home's bathtub. Pairing up with the unlikely partner of the town florist, George Fontaine, Alex vows to solve the murder.

As Alex worries over deadlines, she stumbles across another body on the cliffs of Danger Cove. However, this "body" is a super-sexy man with amnesia … or so he says. Throw in a stash of stolen diamonds, a matchmaking grandmother, a foulmouthed parrot, and a mysterious killer with Alex in his sights, and Alex is in a race against time to salvage the job, solve the murder, and save her own life.

— Secret of the Painted Lady by Elizabeth Ashby and Christina A. Burke

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New This Week: Torn Roots, Kindle Worlds: The Lei Crime Series by Scott Bury

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Torn Roots by Scott Bury

Kindle Worlds: The Lei Crime Series

Publisher: Kindle Worlds

Price: $1.99 (as of 07/28/2015 at 5:30 PM ET).

  

Hawaii is known for volcanoes and sandy beaches. Beauty and danger reign …

After breaking a case of murdered poachers in Maui's national park, Detective Pono Kaihale accepts a short-term position as Acting Lieutenant in Hana on the island's rain-forest coast. He is looking forward to redirecting lost hikers and moderating mild lovers' spats, and enjoying the natural beauty of the southeast shore. But by his second week on the job, Pono finds trouble here comes in unexpected forms.

As environmentalists, property developers, protesters, arsonists, kidnappers and a rogue Homeland Security agent converge on his new post, Pono feels like the eye of a brewing storm. And when a new FBI agent gets involved, Pono realizes the stakes are much higher than a quiet period in his career.

Lives will be lost if he doesn't solve this mystery quickly.

— Torn Roots by Scott Bury

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The Most Dangerous Thing, A Novel of Suspense by Laura Lippman, Now Available at a Special Price

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The Most Dangerous Thing by Laura Lippman

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: William Morrow

Price: $3.99 (as of 07/28/2015 at 5:00 PM ET).

  

Some secrets can't be kept …

Years ago, they were all the best of friends. But as time passed and circumstances changed, they grew apart, became adults with families of their own, and began to forget about the past — and the terrible lie they all shared. But now Gordon, the youngest and wildest of the five, has died and the others are thrown together for the first time in years.

And then the revelations start.

Could their long-ago lie be the reason for their troubles today? Is it more dangerous to admit to what they've done or is it the strain of keeping the secret that is beginning to wear on them and everyone close to them? Each one of these old friends has to wonder if their secret has been discovered — and if someone within the circle is out to destroy them.

— The Most Dangerous Thing by Laura Lippman

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New This Week: Delving Deeper, A Deuce Walsh Thriller by Josh K. Stevens

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Delving Deeper by Josh K. Stevens

A Deuce Walsh Thriller (2nd in series)

Publisher: 280 Steps

Price: $3.99 (as of 07/28/2015 at 4:30 PM ET).

  

Having helped his brother-in-law Colm pay off his gambling debt to the Chianti Brothers, ex-gangster Deuce Walsh quickly realizes that his week just went from bad to worse.

The Chianti Brothers want Deuce to run one final job for them to repay what they consider to be a debt that he owes them, and in order to finish it Deuce has only one choice: to unite his former crew, all of whom think he's been dead for seven years.

— Delving Deeper by Josh K. Stevens

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Raven Black, The Shetland Island Quartet by Ann Cleeves, Now Available at a Special Price

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Raven Black by Ann Cleeves

The Shetland Island Quartet (1st in series)

Publisher: Minotaur Books

Price: $2.99 (as of 07/28/2015 at 4:00 PM ET).

  

Winner of the 2006 CWA Gold Dagger Award.

A lonely outcast named Magnus Tait stays home waiting for visitors who never come. But the next morning the body of a murdered teenage girl is discovered nearby, and suspicion falls on Magnus.

Inspector Jimmy Perez enters an investigative maze that leads deeper into the past of the Shetland Islands than anyone wants to go.

— Raven Black by Ann Cleeves

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A Deceptive Homecoming by Anna Loan-Wilsey, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during July 2015

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during July 2015 …

A Deceptive Homecoming by Anna Loan-Wilsey, A Hattie Davish Mystery (4th in series)

Publisher: Kensington

  

Traveling secretary Hattie Davish is returning to her once-quiet hometown, where a deluge of deadly secrets leaves her feeling anything but welcome …

When her good friend Virginia Hayward's father passes away, Hattie Davish rushes to her hometown of St. Joseph, Missouri. She's looking forward to visiting the place where she grew up, even if the circumstances bringing her there are bleak.

But upon her arrival, she learns that all is not well in St. Joe. Virginia is cold and distant, Frank Hayward's death is shrouded in mystery, and a string of troubling incidents have descended on Hattie's alma mater, Mrs. Chaplin's School for Women. Frank was the school's bookkeeper, and as Hattie begins investigating the bizarre goings-on, she becomes convinced that someone other than Frank was in the casket — but who?

Her search for the truth takes her from the town cemetery, to the home of an infamous outlaw, to the dungeon-like tunnels beneath the State Lunatic Asylum — and brings her face-to-face with a killer bent on the deadliest lesson of all …

— A Deceptive Homecoming by Anna Loan-Wilsey

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

Dante's Wood, A Mark Angelotti Mystery by Lynne Raimondo, Now Available at a Special Price

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Dante's Wood by Lynne Raimondo

A Mark Angelotti Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Seventh Street Books

Price: $2.99 (as of 07/28/2015 at 3:00 PM ET).

  

Read our review of Dante's Wood by Lynne Raimondo on Mysterious Reviews.

Psychiatrist Mark Angelotti knows that genes don't lie. Or do they?

Back at work after a devastating illness, Mark believes he has put his past behind him when he is asked to examine Charlie Dickerson, a mentally handicapped teenager whose wealthy mother insists he is a victim of sexual abuse. Mark diagnoses a different reason for Charlie's ills, but his prescription turns deadly when a teacher is murdered and Charlie confesses to the police.

Volunteering to testify on Charlie's behalf, Mark's worst fears are realized when paternity tests show the victim was pregnant with Charlie's child. Now it's up to Mark to prove Charlie's innocence in a case where nothing is as first meets the eye.

Not even genes — Mark's or Charlie's — can be trusted to shine a light on the truth.

— Dante's Wood by Lynne Raimondo

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Badlands by C. J. Box, New in Bookstores during July 2015

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

Badlands by C. J. Box, A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Minotaur Books

    

Twenty miles across the North Dakota border, where the scenery goes from rolling grass prairie to pipeline fields, detective Cassie Dewell has been assigned as the new deputy sheriff of Grimstad — a place people used to be from, but were never headed to — now the oil capital of North Dakota. With oil comes money, with money comes drugs, and with drugs comes the dirtiest criminals wanting to corner the market.

In the same small town resides twelve-year-old Kyle Westergaard. Even though Kyle has been written off as the "slow" kid, he has dreams deeper than anyone can imagine. While delivering newspapers, he witnesses a car accident and now has a lot of money and packets of white powder in his possession.

When the temperature drops to 30 below and a gang war heats up, Cassie finds that the key to it all might come in the most unlikely form: an undersized boy on a bike who keeps showing up where he doesn't belong.

— Badlands by C. J. Box

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

The Tempest by James Lilliefors, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during July 2015

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during July 2015 …

The Tempest by James Lilliefors, A Luke Bowers and Amy Hunter Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: Witness

  

Tourists like Susan Champlain pass through the Chesapeake Bay region every year. But when Susan pays Pastor Luke Bowers a visit, he's disturbed by what she shares with him. Her husband has a short temper, she says, and recently threatened to make her "disappear" because of a photo Susan took on her phone.

Luke is concerned enough to tip off Tidewater County's chief homicide investigator, Amy Hunter. That night, Susan's body is found at the foot of the Widow's Point bluff. Hunter soon discovers Susan left behind clues that may connect her fate to a series of killings in the Northeast, a powerful criminal enterprise, and to a missing Rembrandt masterpiece, The Storm on the Sea of Galilee.

Whoever is behind the killings has created a storm of deception and betrayal, a deliberate "tempest" designed to obscure the truth. Now Hunter and Bowers must join forces to trace the dangerous secret glimpsed in Susan's photo. But will they be the next targets on a killer's deadly agenda … ?

— The Tempest by James Lilliefors

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

Cross Bones, A Temperance Brennan Mystery by Kathy Reichs, Now Available at a Special Price

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Cross Bones by Kathy Reichs

A Temperance Brennan Mystery (8th in series)

Publisher: Scribner

Price: $1.99 (as of 07/28/2015 at 1:00 PM ET).

  

When an Orthodox Jewish man is found shot to death in Montreal, Temperance Brennan is called in to examine the body and to figure out the puzzling damage to the corpse. Unexpectedly, a stranger slips her a photograph of a skeleton and assures her it is the key to the victim's death. Before she knows it, Tempe is involved in an international mystery as old as Jesus, and one that could lead to the rewriting of two thousand years of religious history.

As Tempe investigates, she learns that the stranger's picture shows bones uncovered during an archaeological dig. She discovers the Montreal shooting victim ran an import business that just might have been a front for the trading of black market antiquities. Along with Detective Andrew Ryan and biblical archaeologist Jake Drum, Tempe travels to Israel to probe the origins of the skeleton and the ancient crypt in which it was found. Together they make a startling discovery that raises radical questions about Christ's death and places them squarely in the middle of a swirling controversy. Could one of the tombs really be Christ's last resting place? Are the bones in the ancient ossuary the last remnants of James, the brother of Jesus, as the inscription claims? Or has someone concocted an elaborate hoax?

Using her skills as a forensic scientist, Tempe plunges into the most controversial case of her career. The stakes have never been higher — the more she learns, the greater the danger. And though Ryan is sexier and more engaging than ever, he may not be able to protect Tempe in this place where there seem to be so many foes.

— Cross Bones by Kathy Reichs

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