Today's Selection of Daily Deals for Friday, August 14, 2015

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature a selection of today's Daily Deals found on Friday, August 14, 2015 at 7:30 AM ET …

Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear

A Maisie Dobbs Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Blackstone Audio

Audible Daily Deal Price: $3.95

Maisie Dobbs got her start as a maid in an aristocratic London household when she was thirteen. Her employer, suffragette Lady Rowan Compton, soon became her patron, taking the remarkably bright youngster under her wing. Lady Rowan's friend, Maurice Blanche, often retained as an investigator by the European elite, recognized Maisie's intuitive gifts and helped her earn admission to the prestigious Girton College in Cambridge, where Maisie planned to complete her education.

The outbreak of war changed everything. Maisie trained as a nurse, then left for France to serve at the Front, where she found — and lost — an important part of herself. Ten years after the Armistice, in the spring of 1929, Maisie sets out on her own as a private investigator, one who has learned that coincidences are meaningful, and truth elusive. Her very first case involves suspected infidelity but reveals something very different.

In the aftermath of the Great War, a former officer has founded a working farm known as The Retreat, that acts as a convalescent refuge for ex-soldiers too shattered to resume normal life. When Fate brings Maisie a second case involving The Retreat, she must finally confront the ghost that has haunted her for over a decade.

— Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear

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Today's Selection of Free MystereBooks for Friday, August 14, 2015

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature a selection of Free MystereBooks found on Friday, August 14, 2015 at 6:30 AM ET …

Lemon Meringue Murder by Kathy Hunter

A Green Springs Cozy Mystery

Publisher: Kathy Hunter

Price: FREE!

  

A Model for Murder by Britt Malka

A Guardian Angel Cozy Mystery

Publisher: Britt Malka

Price: FREE!

  

Retirement Can Be Murder by Susan Santangelo

A Baby Boomer Mystery

Publisher: Baby Boomer Mysteries Press

Price: FREE!

  

That Perfect Place by M. L. Carr

A Novel of Romantic Suspense

Publisher: M. L. Carr

Price: FREE!

  

The Quick and the Dead by Alison Joseph

A Sister Agnes Mystery

Publisher: Endeavour Press

Price: FREE!

  

Seaghost by William H. Lovejoy

A Military Thriller

Publisher: Endeavour Press

Price: FREE!

  

Legacies by J. L. Williams

An Emerson James Mystery

Publisher: J. L. Williams

Price: FREE!

  

Incy Wincy Spider by Alex Focus

A Louie Breccia Mystery

Publisher: Killing For Pages

Price: FREE!

  

Sharpe Edge by Lisa B. Thomas

A Cozy Suburbs Mystery

Publisher: Lisa B. Thomas

Price: FREE!

  

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New This Week: In the Cloud, A Clarke Lantham Mystery by J. Daniel Sawyer

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 August 2015 and priced $4.99 or less …

In the Cloud by J. Daniel Sawyer

A Clarke Lantham Mystery (6th in series)

Publisher: AWP Mystery

Price: $2.99 (as of 08/13/2015 at 6:30 PM ET).

  

An early morning phone call from law enforcement? Never a good sign in Clarke Lantham's world — but for a private detective desperate to make ends meet, a government paycheck for a measly three hour delivery job couldn't come at a better time. Playing postman might be a little beneath a PI's pay grade, but only an idiot says "no" to five hundred dollars for an early morning coffee-and-cake run.

But when a Jeep runs him off the road and gunmen descend upon the accident, Lantham finds himself the unintentional custodian of the other driver and his business partner: two hapless geeks with a doomed tech company.

With no phone, no car, no partner, and no hope of rescue, Lantham must survive a deadly game of hunter-prey through steep mountain terrain in a fog bank as dark and deadly as the secrets surrounding the package he was hired to deliver …

 … before the gunmen's employer finds another target, closer to home.

— In the Cloud by J. Daniel Sawyer

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Black Rain, A Danielle Laidlaw Thriller by Graham Brown, Now Available at a Special Price

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Black Rain by Graham Brown

A Danielle Laidlaw Thriller (1st in series)

Publisher: Dell

Price: 99¢ (as of 08/13/2015 at 6:00 PM ET).

  

Covert government operative Danielle Laidlaw leads an expedition into the deepest reaches of the Amazon in search of a legendary Mayan city. Assisted by a renowned university professor and protected by a mercenary named Hawker, her team journeys into the tangled rain forest — unaware that they are replacements for a group that vanished weeks before, and that the treasure they are seeking is no mere artifact but a breakthrough discovery that could transform the world.

Shadowed by a ruthless billionaire, threatened by a violent indigenous tribe, and stalked by an unseen enemy that leaves battered corpses in its wake, the group desperately seeks the connection between the deadly reality of the Mayan legend, the nomadic tribe that haunts them, and the chilling secret buried beneath the ancient ruins.

— Black Rain by Graham Brown

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Scream for Sarah, A Suspense Thriller by Veronica Heley, 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 …

Scream for Sarah by Veronica Heley

A Suspense Thriller

Publisher: Endeavour Press

Price: $3.99 (as of 08/13/2015 at 5:30 PM ET).

  

Sarah thought herself too sensible to get into awkward situations. And, proud of her independence, she has always despised women who rely on others. But when charming and attractive Toby offers to help her clear out her grandmother's isolated country cottage, she finds herself surprisingly pleased by the attention. Even though she couldn't quite remember inviting him in the first place.

Toby seemed like good husband material to Sarah, and with a long line of failed romances behind her, she was pleased to find a man that liked her. She didn't doubt his motives until the tramp arrived. Then she discovered that Toby had his own plans for her … and for the cottage.

And she learned to scream as loudly as any other woman in fear for her life …

— Scream for Sarah by Veronica Heley

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Hard Landing, A Spider Shepherd Thriller by Stephen Leather, Now Available at a Special Price

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Hard Landing by Stephen Leather

A Spider Shepherd Thriller (1st in series)

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton

Price: 99¢ (as of 08/13/2015 at 5:00 PM ET).

  

Dan "Spider" Shepherd is used to putting his life on the line. Working for an elite undercover squad he has lied, cheated and conned in order to bring Britain's most wanted criminals to justice.

But when a powerful drugs baron starts to kill off witnesses to his crimes, Shepherd is given his most dangerous assignment yet. He has to go undercover in a top security prison, a world where one wrong move will mean certain death.

As Shepherd gambles everything to move in on his quarry, he soon realises that the man he is hunting is even more dangerous than the police realise. And that he is capable of striking outside the prison walls and hitting Shepherd where it hurts most.

— Hard Landing by Stephen Leather

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New This Week: Headhunters, A John Milton Thriller by Mark Dawson

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Headhunters by Mark Dawson

A John Milton Thriller (7th in series)

Publisher: Unputdownable

Price: $4.99 (as of 08/13/2015 at 4:30 PM ET).

  

Bury your enemies, and bury them deep.

John Milton thought he was done with Avi Bachman. The most dangerous man he's ever known has been incarcerated in Angola, the brutal Louisiana prison. Inmates rarely leave Angola. Once you go in, the only way out is in a box.

But Bachman is no ordinary prisoner. He was an assassin for the Mossad, and he has favours to call in.

Milton is in the Australian outback with an old friend and his flirtatious kid sister, looking for a summer's peace to put his troubled mind to rest. But Bachman has other plans. He thinks that Milton killed his wife, and now he wants revenge.

From Australia to Israel, from Hong Kong to Croatia, here is the conclusion of this brutal chapter in Milton's life. The two headhunters are on a collision course, and only one of them will walk away.

— Headhunters by Mark Dawson

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A Diet to Die For, A Skinny Mystery by Sarah Steding, Now Available at a Special Price

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A Diet to Die For by Sarah Steding

A Skinny Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Pocket Books

Price: $1.99 (as of 08/13/2015 at 4:00 PM ET).

  

Meet Jen Stevens — a hungry New York City event planner who's 31 years old, 30 pounds overweight, and flirting with disaster when it comes to sticking to her diet. Working for the food-centric Yummy Channel, it's hard to resist temptation. But when there's a crime for Jen to solve, it's easy as pie …

Baker extraordinaire Bess Brantwood is one of the Yummy Channel's brightest stars — and biggest divas. Despite the off-camera drama, Jen has to admit that Bess's chocolate buttercream cupcakes drizzled with caramel are simply to die for — and kill for, as it turns out — when Bess's body, like a baked good gone bad, is discovered … in a Dumpster.

Who iced the cupcake queen? Jen is determined to find out. With the help of her BFFs — fab foodblogger Gabby and lively life coach Elizabeth — she starts sifting for clues. She's got all the ingredients to solve the perfect crime, including one delectable detective, one divalicious diary, and enough industry rivals for a battle of the network stars. But is Jen prepared to risk her life as well as her waistline? No matter how you slice it, revenge is sweet — and loaded with carbs.

— A Diet to Die For by Sarah Steding

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No Comfort for the Lost by Nancy Herriman, a New 1st in Series Mystery Introducing Celia Davies and Nicholas Greaves

Omnimystery News is pleased to present in this post one of this month's new 1st in Series titles, a mystery, thriller or suspense novel that introduces a recurring character (or characters) …

No Comfort for the Lost by Nancy Herriman

Series: A Celia Davies and Nicholas Greaves, Old San Francisco Mystery

Publisher: NAL

  

What we know about the characters: Celia Davies is a nurse and Nicholas Greaves is a police detective in 1860s San Francisco. More about their first murder …

A courageous nurse and a war-scarred police detective in 1860s San Francisco champion the down-trodden and fight for justice …

After serving as a nurse in the Crimea, British-born Celia Davies left her privileged family for an impulsive marriage to a handsome Irishman. Patrick brought her to San Francisco's bustling shores but then disappeared and is now presumed dead. Determined to carry on, Celia partnered with her half-Chinese cousin Barbara and her opinionated housekeeper Addie to open a free medical clinic for women who have nowhere else to turn. But Celia's carefully constructed peace crumbles when one of her Chinese patients is found brutally murdered … and Celia's hotheaded brother-in-law stands accused of the crime.

A veteran of America's civil war, detective Nicholas Greaves is intent on discovering the killer of the girl, whose ethnicity and gender render her as powerless in death as they did in life. Nicholas's efforts are complicated by Celia, who has a knack for walking into dangerous situations that may lead to answers … or get them both killed. For as their inquiries take them from Chinatown's squalid back alleys to the Barbary Coast's violent shipping docks to the city's gilded parlors, Celia and Nicholas begin to suspect that someone very close to them holds the key to a murderous conspiracy …

— No Comfort for the Lost by Nancy Herriman

Video Cowboys, A Georgia Barnett Mystery by Yolanda Joe, Now Available at a Special Price

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Video Cowboys by Yolanda Joe

A Georgia Barnett Mystery (3rd in series)

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Price: $1.99 (as of 08/13/2015 at 3:00 PM ET).

  

Georgia is at the center of a chaotic scene, but not as a TV reporter breaking an incredible story. She and her partner, Zeke, are taken hostage when a bomb-wielding gunman holds up a bank. He doesn't want money, though. He wants national media to focus on the story of his missing daughter. In exchange for access to the airwaves, Georgia can walk. Zeke, however, is going nowhere fast.

With her tough cop boyfriend away on assignment, Georgia's taking help where she finds it. Enter the Video Cowboys, a rough-and-tumble camera crew hungry to ride with Georgia on a nail-biting, action-packed investigation that leads them all over Chicago. With a trigger-happy police force facing off against a desperate father, Georgia is under the gun to find the missing girl and save Zeke from the crossfire. And time is running out …

— Video Cowboys by Yolanda Joe

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In the Dark Places by Peter Robinson, New in Bookstores during August 2015

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

In the Dark Places by Peter Robinson, an Alan Banks Mystery (22nd in series)

Publisher: William Morrow

    

It's a double mystery: Two young men have vanished, and the investigation leads to two troubling clues in two different locations.

As Banks and his team scramble for answers, the inquiry takes an even darker turn when a truck careens off an icy road in a freak hailstorm. In the wreckage, rescuers find the driver, who was killed on impact, as well as another body — a body that was dead well before the crash.

Snow falls. The body count rises. And Banks, perceptive and curious as ever, feels himself being drawn deeper into a web of crime, and at its center something — or someone — dark and dangerous lying in wait.

— In the Dark Places by Peter Robinson

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Murder in the Paperback Parlor by Ellery Adams, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during August 2015

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during August 2015 …

Murder in the Paperback Parlor by Ellery Adams, A Jane Steward, Book Retreat Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: Berkley

  

Storyton Hall, the perfect getaway for literature lovers — except when a guest tries to get away with murder …

With Valentine's Day just around the corner, Jane Steward is organizing a week of activities for fans of love stories at her book-themed resort. But her Regency readers barely have time to brush up on their Jane Austen before tragedy strikes Storyton Hall. Rosamund York, one of the most celebrated authors in attendance, is killed.

Rosamund had as many enemies as she did admirers, including envious fellow novelists, a jealous former lover, and dozens of angry fans. It's up to Jane, with the help of her book club, the Cover Girls, to catalogue the list of suspects and find a heartless killer quickly — before the murderer writes someone else off …

— Murder in the Paperback Parlor by Ellery Adams

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Serious as a Heart Attack, A Crime Thriller by Louisa Luna, Now Available at a Special Price

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Serious as a Heart Attack by Louisa Luna

A Crime Thriller

Publisher: Washington Square Press

Price: $1.99 (as of 08/13/2015 at 1:00 PM ET).

  

Queenie Sells is having what she thinks is a good day. After getting fired from her job at a calendar company for botching Daylight Savings, she is informally hired by a wealthy acquaintance to track down his girlfriend, a stripper named Trigger Happy. But Queenie's seemingly good luck turns hard when she finds Trigger dead in her apartment.

Now Queenie's daily routine of being a drunk smart-ass is put on hold as she becomes both a suspect for the murder and the target for an unknown predator. Hopping from bar to bar, from Coney Island clam stands to the Waldorf-Astoria, she inadvertently lands on the trail of Trigger's killer and puts herself in the line of fire.

Along the way she meets Rey, a private eye with a soft spot for tough-talking ladies; Detective Olds, the stuttering cop who thinks Queenie's the culprit; and a dozen New York denizens, among them a cult recruiter, a hit man, a thief, and even Rip Torn — some strange, some sad, some sweet, and some deadly, every one dropping in and out of Queenie's life as she searches for each fragile piece of the puzzle that may eventually lead her to the truth.

With danger closing in on her, Queenie can't help but realize the precariousness of her own mortality. As she stares out of the window at an old lady on the corner, she thinks, "There is nothing separating you from that old lady right now — maybe something, maybe time is all, but that's really nothing when you think about it." After all, thinks Queenie, it's just days. But unless she can find the killer before the killer finds her, Queenie's days are seriously numbered.

— Serious as a Heart Attack by Louisa Luna

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New This Week: The Preference, A Holly Jennings Thriller by A. K. Alexander

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The Preference by A. K. Alexander

A Holly Jennings Thriller (3rd in series)

Publisher: A. K. Alexander

Price: $4.99 (as of 08/13/2015 at 12:30 PM ET).

  

Do You Prefer Red or White? It's a simple question … When couples from Las Vegas to Colorado Springs receive an e-mail with an offer to win a free trip to Napa Valley by simply stating their preference of either red or white wine, little do they know the killing spree their "preference" sets in motion.

He calls himself The Connoisseur. He stalks and murders young, beautiful red headed or blonde women depending on "his clients" preference. The Connoisseur is methodical, sadistic and with a need to seek what he considers justice for himself.

Homicide detective Holly Jennings wants nothing more than to nail The Connoisseur. However, when his next victim doesn't fit his Modus Operandi, Holly has to consider the possibility of two killers, a copycat, or a hunter who may actually know how to outwit her. Ella Jennis is a brunette and from a wealthy winery family out of Temecula, Ca. When disturbing photos of Ella in captivity surface on the internet, Holly is certain that time is running out to save the latest preference.

— The Preference by A. K. Alexander

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The Shape of Fear, A Pierre Chambrun Mystery by Hugh Pentecost, Now Available at a Special Price

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The Shape of Fear by Hugh Pentecost

A Pierre Chambrun Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: Open Road

Price: $1.99 (as of 08/13/2015 at 12:00 PM ET).

  

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At New York's stateliest hotel, the manager has a revolution on his hands …

When the leading lights of international society come to New York, no place will do but the Beaumont Hotel. And inside the famous halls of this Manhattan landmark, manager Pierre Chambrun holds every key. Suave, charming, and unflappable, he is as comfortable with the kitchen staff as with the hotel's most luminous guests. And now he has a murder to solve.

For longer than anyone can remember, white-haired gentleman Murray Cardew has lived in the Beaumont, his presence lending the debonair class of a bygone era. But when the dapper old fellow is found murdered in his room, suspicion falls on Digger Sullivan, a rakish playboy who was recently caught trying to rob his ex-lover's suite. And as Chambrun and his press man, the indefatigable Mark Haskell, investigate Sullivan's past, they find a tangled conspiracy of murder and intrigue with roots in one of the deadliest conflicts the African continent has ever seen.

— The Shape of Fear by Hugh Pentecost

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