Telemystery: Criminal Minds, Elementary, Harry, and Revenge, New This Week on DVD

Telemystery, your source for one of the most comprehensive listings of crime drama, amateur sleuth, private investigator, mystery and suspense television series, mini-series and made-for-television movies, now available on or coming soon to DVD, Blu-ray disc, or Video-on-Demand, is profiling four series from our site being released this week.

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Criminal Minds

Season Ten

   

To solve the most twisted crimes, the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) explores the darkest places — inside the depths of Criminal Minds. Seasoned undercover, FBI Agent Kate Callahan (Jennifer Love Hewitt) joins the elite team led by Supervisory Special Agent Aaron Hotchner (Thomas Gibson) as they pursue a serial killer who hacks his victims beyond all recognition.

Experienced profiler David Rossi (Joe Mantegna) is dogged by a mysterious woman from his past, while Dr. Spencer Reid (Matthew Gray Gubler) grapples with the death of a mentor. Derek Morgan (Shemar Moore) and Jennifer "JJ" Jareau (A.J. Cook) take on a case that evokes grim memories from their personal histories, while technical analyst Penelope Garcia (Kirsten Vangsness) heads to death row to confront a perp from her past.

Regardless of the risks, the brilliant thinkers of the BAU fearlessly uncover the darkest secrets in order to unlock the most unpredictable solutions.

The 11th season of this CBS crime drama premieres on September 30th, 2015.

Elementary

Season Three

   

In the City That Never Sleeps, one mind never rests. The eccentric detective Sherlock Holmes (Jonny Lee Miller) possesses an unquenchable thirst for intellectual puzzles and a ruthless instinct for justice. As a consulting detective to the NYPD, he takes on bizarre cases that baffle the most seasoned cops.

But he can't do it alone. Holmes relies on Joan Watson (Lucy Liu), a former physician who's the one person who can keep up with his racing mind. Their partnership may be challenging, but it's nowhere near as difficult as the impossible mysteries that lead them on breathtaking chases through New York City's maddening maze.

The fourth season of this CBS drama will premiere on November 5th, 2015.

Harry

The Complete Series

  

Still grieving his wife's suicide, Detective Harry Anglesea (Oscar Kightley) returns to Auckland's Major Crime Unit after bereavement leave in his native Samoa. Although he's eager to jump back into his job, his self-destructive behavior hints that he may not be ready. His 13-year-old daughter, Mele, is even less ready for life as usual and desperately needs her father's attention. But Harry and his boss, DSS Jim "Stocks" Stockton (Sam Neill), soon become engrossed in a high-profile case.

After a series of violent robberies turns fatal, the city clamors for the police to catch the killer. Harry traces the crime from a drug-crazed gunman to the street gangs that peddle methamphetamine, though there may be larger forces at play. But the investigations leads him on a downward spiral that could destroy his career and what remains of his family.

Gritty and suspenseful, this award-winning drama probes the narcotics underworld of New Zealand's largest city and the toll it takes on those caught in its grip.

Revenge

Season Four

   

Enter the tantalizing and twisted world of the Hamptons and prepare for a family reunion like no other. A startling new adversary emerges, and the ultimate secret is revealed in this fourth and final season of the series.

This will not be a quiet summer for Emily Thorne. As Memorial Day approaches, her world is rocked by an astonishing revelation. Dark secrets will cause Emily to question the choices she's made, just as Victoria Grayson begins going down her own twisted path of vengeance. Relationships simmer, bonds are tested, and lifelong rivals unite against a frightening common foe, in the final season overflowing with seduction, suspense and surprise.

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The Guilty One by Sophie Littlefield, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during August 2015

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during August 2015 …

The Guilty One by Sophie Littlefield, A Novel of Psychological Suspense

Publisher: Gallery Books

  

A man stands on the Golden Gate Bridge, poised to jump … if a woman on the other end of the phone tells him to …

Maris's safe suburban world was shattered the day her daughter was found murdered, presumably at the hands of the young woman's boyfriend. Her marriage crumbling, her routine shattered, Maris walks away from her pampered life as a Bay Area mom the day she receives a call from Ron, father of her daughter's killer. Wracked with guilt over his son's actions (and his own possible contribution to them), he asks Maris a single question: should he jump?

With a man's life in her hands, Maris must decide, perhaps for the first time, what she truly wants. Retribution? Forgiveness? Or something more? Having lost everything, she's finally free to recreate herself without the confining labels of "wife," "mother," or "mourner." But will this shocking offer free her, or destroy her?

— The Guilty One by Sophie Littlefield

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

Death Blows, A Jace Valchek, Bloodhound Files Mystery by D. D. Barant, 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, St. Martin's Press …

Death Blows by D. D. Barant

A Jace Valchek, Bloodhound Files Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Price: $3.99 (as of 08/24/2015 at 1:00 PM ET).

  

FBI profiler Jace Valchek was pulled into this parallel realm to hunt for Aristotle Stoker, a human serial killer who preys on vampires and werewolves. Now she works for the National Security Agency of the Unnatural States of America — and her boss is a vampire.

At a bizarre crime scene, Jace finds a bloodsucker murdered by magic, fried to the bone and dressed in the costume of the comic book hero the Flash — a character who isn't supposed to exist here. Comic books have been outlawed for their powers, including crossover spells like the one that transported Jace to this world. Soon, she's following a trail of dead bodies into the sinister underworld of black-market comics — where a deranged madman gives new meaning to the term "super-villain" …

— Death Blows by D. D. Barant

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Killer Carat Cream, A Piper Meadows, Health Nut Mystery by Patrice Lyle, 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 Carat Cream by Patrice Lyle

A Piper Meadows, Health Nut Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: Gemma Halliday Publishing

Price: $1.99 (as of 08/24/2015 at 12:30 PM ET).

  

Diamonds are a girl's best exfoliator …

When naturopath and self-proclaimed chocoholic, Dr. Piper Meadows, hosts a spa night for the launch of the super-exfoliating diamond-dust Carat Cream, she never expects her guests to actually be "drop dead" gorgeous. But that's just what happens when celebrity dermatologist Dr. Jasmine dies after using a jar laced with poison. Suddenly Piper's products are under scrutiny … as is her eccentric, fun-loving Aunt Alfa, who has a history with police and poisonings.

Add in an ornery psychic from the "other side," a pampered potbellied pig, and a handful of eclectic suspects, and Piper has her work cut out for her. With her more-delish-than-dark-chocolate-covered-almonds boyfriend, Tattoo Tex, along to help, Piper sets out to find the out the truth as she consults her PI flash cards to catch a killer intent on ridding the world of more than just dead skin cells.

— Killer Carat Cream by Patrice Lyle

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Corruption of Blood, A Butch Karp and Marlene Ciampi Mystery by Robert K. Tanenbaum, 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, Open Road …

Corruption of Blood by Robert K. Tanenbaum

A Butch Karp and Marlene Ciampi Mystery (6th in series)

Publisher: Open Road

Price: $1.99 (as of 08/24/2015 at 12:00 PM ET).

  

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Karp becomes counsel to the Congressional investigation into the assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy —and uncovers more than he bargained for …

After many years working on some of the toughest felony cases in New York, prosecutor Butch Karp takes on one of the most notorious homicide cases in modern history: The U.S. Congress invites him to become legal counsel to the Congressional committee charged to reinvestigate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

Teaming up with his crime-fighting wife, Marlene, and two loyal assistants, Karp knows the only way to determine what occurred is to let the facts and the evidence lead inexorably to a just result. But when he begins to dig up long-buried secrets, he makes enemies who will threaten his case — and the lives of the people he loves most.

— Corruption of Blood by Robert K. Tanenbaum

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A Conversation with Mystery Author David Hagerty

We are delighted to welcome author David Hagerty to Omnimystery News today.

David's new mystery, They Tell Me You Are Wicked (Evolved Publishing; August trade paperback and ebook formats), is the first in a new series, and we recently had the chance to talk with him more about it.

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Omnimystery News: Tell us a little more about your new series character.

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David Hagerty

David Hagerty: Duncan Cochrane is a well-intentioned businessman and aspiring politician who finds it impossible to stay pure. As a magnate of Chicago's North Shore suburbs, he expects to be insulated from the degradations of urban living. Then he runs for governor of Illinois. Six weeks before the election, his daughter is murdered in his own house. Soon he is dragged into situations he doesn't understand and never expected to face. Her death brings him into close contact with cops and crooks alike. From them, he learns the limitations of power and the long reach of corruption.

OMN: How do you expect him to develop over the course of the series?

DH: At the start of the first book, he wants only to become the next political powerhouse of Illinois, replacing Richard Daley and the Chicago Machine of the 1970s. The death of his middle child redirects that ambition toward vengeance. By the second book, he has achieved his professional goals only to discover the frustration of authority. Stymied by the political process and desperate to protect other people's children, he moves into unfamiliar and dangerous territory — Chicago's most infamous housing project, Cabrini Green — to find a sniper, all while hiding the truth about his own daughter's death. In the third volume, he pursues an anonymous terrorist who has poisoned an over-the-counter drug while trying to protect his family and his reputation from ruin.

OMN: Into which genre would you place these books?

DH: Most readers and editors would label my series as traditional mysteries, although they include elements of political thrillers.

OMN: How much of your own personal or professional experience have you included in the book?

DH: They Tell Me You Are Wicked was inspired by the most sensational event ever to occur in my hometown: the murder of Sen. Charles Percy's daughter. It is the only killing ever recorded in Kenilworth and remains unsolved fifty years later.

When I first heard the story, I knew it would not only make a great mystery novel but would be a venue to explore the relationship between crime and politics. Too often I think books exist in their own world, divorced from any reality. I wanted to make my mine feel like something one might read in the headlines.

Thus, Duncan is patterned on many people who decided to run for office after achieving huge success in other careers, only to find themselves belittled and flummoxed by politics (think Ross Perot, Ben Carson, even Donald Trump or Carly Fiorina).

Despite its true crime beginnings, one of the things I like best about writing the series is how little of my own life it includes. While the stories are set in my homeland of Chicago, the characters could not be more different from me. Unlike Duncan, who lives a bold and public and dangerous life, I spend most of my free time by myself in front of a computer.

I doubt that I would fare well in the world of my characters. I prefer to live through them.

OMN: Having lived in Illinois at that time, we're familiar with the crime and the sensation it caused at the time. In general, how do you go about researching specific plot points?

DH: Since my books are all set in an historical context, I like to load them with real places and people. My characters eat in landmark restaurants, stay in historic hotels, and navigate the political machine that ruled the city for many generations. Their lives intersect with many real people, everyone from Jesse Jackson to John Wayne Gacy. They even read real headlines from real newspapers.

I think these details give the books authenticity, so it's important to me to get them right. The internet has made research much easier (imagine spending hours combing through old newspaper stories just to find the depth of a snowstorm, which I did at a Chicago library), but it's no substitute for being there. Almost every setting is one that I frequented while growing up. The true events are ones that I recall. Most of all, the characters are inspired by people I met growing up among the wealthy and powerful (though no one would use those labels for my family).

OMN: What is the best advice you've received as an author?

DH: Many years ago, I attended a reading by James Ellroy at Cody's Books in Berkeley. After he finished battering the audience with his machine-gun prose, I moved to the back of the autograph line so I could get in a last question. By the time I reached the front of the cue, the audience had dispersed, and Ellroy was pocketing his pen while looking for the exits. "Any advice for an aspiring writer?" I said, sheepishly. He paused in his wrap up, stared me in the eye, and said "Write the kind of shit you like to read."

I've followed that advice ever since.

OMN: How did They Tell Me You Are Wicked come to be titled?

DH: While researching Chicago authors, I read some of the poems of Carl Sandberg, who is the city's resident muse. One of his most famous works contains the verses:

They tell me you are wicked and I believe them, for I
 have seen your painted women under the gas lamps
 luring the farm boys.

Once I saw that, I never considered another title.

OMN: Create a Top 5 list for us on any topic.

DH: Top 5 Foods to Eat on a Visit to Chicago:

1. Deep Dish Pizza, preferably from Giordano's;
2. Italian Beef, dripping with jus;
3. Ribs, ideally from Carson's;
4. Sauerbraten from the Berghoff Restaurant (with a beer, of course); and
5. A hot dog, drug through the garden (don't ask, just order it).

OMN: There is no other way to eat a hot dog! What's next for you?

DH: I'm already drafting the next volume in my series, They Tell Me You Are Crooked, set two years after the first novel ends. It includes the same cast of characters but in a new setting, with new problems and mysteries, but old dilemmas. I expect to finish by the middle of 2016 and for it to be published early in 2017. Then it's on to the third volume, They Tell Me You Are Brutal.

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Stories about crimes have always resonated with David Hagerty. Maybe it's because he started his career as a police reporter, or because he worked for a time as a teacher in the county jail. More than a decade ago, when he decided to finally get serious about writing, he started with short stories based on real misdeeds he'd witnessed. Over time these got picked up by various magazines online and in print. More than a dozen now exist, with most of the latest in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine and Big Pulp.

For more information about the author, please visit his website at DavidHagerty.net and his author page on Goodreads, or find him on Facebook and Twitter.

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They Tell Me You Are Wicked by David Hagerty

A Duncan Cochrane Mystery

Publisher: Evolved Publishing

Duncan Cochrane is set on being the next governor of Illinois, until his daughter is murdered six weeks before the election. Then the candidate can only focus on finding her killer.

As the police investigation follows a trio of unlikely leads, Duncan realizes that his best shot at justice is the bully pulpit of the campaign trail, so he returns to the race and makes crime fighting his mantra.

Soon he discovers that his own ambitions may have caused her death, yet by then he knows that he must win the election or risk political and personal failure.

— They Tell Me You Are Wicked by David Hagerty

Today's Selection of Daily Deals for Monday, August 24, 2015

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature a selection of today's Daily Deals found on Monday, August 24, 2015 at 7:30 AM ET …

Thief of Hearts by Tess Gerritsen

A Novel of Romantic Suspense

Publisher: Mira

Kindle Daily Deal Price: 99¢

Reformed cat burglar Clea Rice has witnessed enough crime to put her on the straight and narrow. But little does she suspect that her search for justice will land her in the arms of a wealthy English gentleman.

As her attraction to Jordan Tavistock grows, so does the danger. Now her biggest concern isn't whether a cat burglar and a proper gentleman can find happiness … it's whether they'll survive long enough to find out.

— Thief of Hearts by Tess Gerritsen

You by Caroline Kepnes

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Atria

Nook Daily Find Price: $1.99 (price-matched by Amazon)

  

When a beautiful, aspiring writer strides into the East Village bookstore where Joe Goldberg works, he does what anyone would do: he Googles the name on her credit card.

There is only one Guinevere Beck in New York City. She has a public Facebook account and Tweets incessantly, telling Joe everything he needs to know: she is simply Beck to her friends, she went to Brown University, she lives on Bank Street, and she'll be at a bar in Brooklyn tonight — the perfect place for a "chance" meeting.

As Joe invisibly and obsessively takes control of Beck's life, he orchestrates a series of events to ensure Beck finds herself in his waiting arms. Moving from stalker to boyfriend, Joe transforms himself into Beck's perfect man, all while quietly removing the obstacles that stand in their way — even if it means murder.

— You by Caroline Kepnes

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Today's Selection of Free MystereBooks for Monday, August 24, 2015

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature a selection of Free MystereBooks found on Monday, August 24, 2015 at 6:30 AM ET …

The Cypress Trap by J. C. Gatlin

A Suspense Thriller

Publisher: Blurb Publishing

Price: FREE!

  

Copp in the Dark by Don Pendleton

A Joe Copp Thriller

Publisher: Pendleton Artists

Price: FREE!

  

Wolf Eye Sly by Terri Lyndie

The Wolf Eye Lighthouse Series

Publisher: Terri Lyndie

Price: FREE!

  

A Grave Location by Stephen Stanley

A Luke Littlefield Mystery

Publisher: Stonefield Publishing

Price: FREE!

  

Wedded Blintz by Leighann Dobbs

A Lexy Baker Cozy Mystery

Publisher: Leighann Dobbs

Price: FREE!

  

Creamy Murder With Strong Intent by Tom Soule

A Kim's Cozy Mystery

Publisher: Tim Soule

Price: FREE!

  

Depawsit Slip by Nancy C. Davis

A Vanessa Abbot Cat Cozy Mystery

Publisher: C Collins Publishing

Price: FREE!

  

The Case of the Ghost Dog by Ken T. Seth

A Cluefinder Club Mystery for Kids

Publisher: K Imagine Publishing

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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Dead Man's Bluff, A Murder Mystery by Roderic Jeffries, 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 …

Dead Man's Bluff by Roderic Jeffries

A Murder Mystery

Publisher: Endeavour Press

Price: $3.99 (as of 08/23/2015 at 6:30 PM ET).

  

Daniel Knott was a bad farmer and a worse husband. When his charred remains are found among the burnt-out farm buildings, the police feel the solution to the tragedy will be close at hand. That is, until another body is found. It may have been identified as an agricultural salesman who had dodgy business dealings with Knott, but local Inspector Clayton is far from convinced.

Against his superior's orders, Clayton digs deeper into the case. What he discovers will tear initial suspicions, and the local community, into pieces …

— Dead Man's Bluff by Roderic Jeffries

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The Gospel Makers, A David Webb Thriller by Anthea Fraser, 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 …

The Gospel Makers by Anthea Fraser

A David Webb Thriller (11th in series)

Publisher: Endeavour Press

Price: $3.99 (as of 08/23/2015 at 5:30 PM ET).

  

The Revelationists, flocking to organize in rural Shillingham, are a secretive bunch. They are taking over the village with their extreme religious mantra, and seem to be reaching a cult-like status. Detective Chief Inspector David Webb is instinctively suspicious of the group, so when one of his police officers, Nina Petrie, offers to investigate undercover, he agrees. But Detective Inspector Petrie soon finds herself being sucked in …

Could the apocalyptic message the sect is preaching be based on reality? Or are they using illegal means to dupe their followers?

When a wine merchant is found murdered in his hotel room the plot thickens. And Webb's attention quickly shifts to the discovery of the dead man. Who was he, and who were the mysterious couple he was last seen with? Even after his identity has been established, there appears to be no motive for his murder …

Did he have anything to do with the Revelationists? Or was his death at the same as The Gospel Makers increasing popularity just a coincidence … ?

— The Gospel Makers by Anthea Fraser

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