Danger Music, A Novel of Suspense by Jacqueline Diamond, Now Available at a Special Price

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Danger Music by Jacqueline Diamond

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: K. Loren Wilson

Price: 99¢ (as of 08/30/2015 at 8:00 PM ET).

  

Freelance writer Kenny Rubin has an unusual magazine assignment: to solve the strangulation death five years earlier of aspiring actress Melinda Rivers. And she's supposed to do it before the airing of a TV movie that's probing the same subject.

Many of the people involved in making the movie knew Melinda, and as Kenny begins interviewing the principals, people around her start dying. Someone, it appears, is afraid the truth really might surface. Despite having to battle the manic phase of her bipolar disorder, she must put the pieces together before she delivers herself into the hands of a killer.

— Danger Music by Jacqueline Diamond

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The Waiting, A Supernatural Thriller by Joe Hart, Now Available at a Special Price

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The Waiting by Joe Hart

A Supernatural Thriller

Publisher: Black Spine Books

Price: 99¢ (as of 08/30/2015 at 7:00 PM ET).

  

Evan Tormer is haunted.

His life has been shattered by events beyond his control and regret is his constant companion. His wife is gone, lost to an unbeatable cancer. His son has been mentally and physically handicapped by a tragic accident. He's been fired for using company funds in a failed attempt to save his wife's life.

On a whim, Evan accepts an invitation to housesit on a picturesque island in northern Minnesota. At first it seems like the perfect second chance for he and his son to recover and rebuild their life together.

But there is something very, very wrong with the house and all that occupies it. And worst of all, Evan doesn't know if the house is haunted …

 … or if it's all in his mind.

— The Waiting by Joe Hart

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New This Week: Safer Dead, A Crime Thriller by James Hadley Chase

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Safer Dead by James Hadley Chase

A Crime Thriller

Publisher: Book Revivals Press

Price: 99¢ (as of 08/30/2015 at 6:30 PM ET).

  

This is a new ebook edition of a mystery first published in hardcover in 1954.

Chet Sladen, a crime writer, is asked to investigate the cold trail of a showgirl who has disappeared fourteen months earlier. It seems hopeless, and the police have lost interest. But when questions are asked, things start to happen, witnesses are murdered and an attempt is made on Sladen's life.

The showgirl is dead encased in cement at the bottom of a lake, but this is part of a larger plot. Following clues that lead to numerous murders, Sladen will solve the case.

— Safer Dead by James Hadley Chase

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Known Dead, A Novel of Suspense by Donald Harstad, Now Available at a Special Price

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Known Dead by Donald Harstad

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Bantam

Price: 99¢ (as of 08/30/2015 at 6:00 PM ET).

  

The ambush exploded in an Iowa marijuana field. The weapons were high caliber. The pot was high grade. And the reporters said afterward: "We have two known dead … "

Deputy Sheriff Carl Houseman knew the dead all right: One was a small-time doper, the other a good cop. But Houseman doesn't know why they died, or who cut them down in a blaze of automatic rifle fire. Now, as the Feds descend on Nation County, Houseman and his fellow cops are suddenly walking point — searching for answers amidst the violence, treachery, and evil in their own backyard …

— Known Dead by Donald Harstad

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The Importance of Being Honest, A Michael Angel Mystery by Roger Silverwood, 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 Importance of Being Honest by Roger Silverwood

A Michael Angel Mystery (4th in series)

Publisher: Endeavour Press

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

  

When a wealthy businessman is found dead, submerged in the vat of a major gin distillery, Detective Inspector Michael Angel is called in to unravel the mystery. Several suspects stand to gain financially from his savage murder. And yet none of them is burly enough to have delivered the fatal blow …

Consumed by the case, DI Angel has barely enough time to get a grip on the evidence before his attention is drawn elsewhere. It is not long before jailbird and bank robber Morris Yardley is also occupying DI Angel's time, insisting that the Inspector acts as a go-between to secure his freedom. That is, only once he has confessed where the gold from his latest heist is kept. The clues are as unusual as they come in this chilling murder investigation.

Can DI Angel connect the most unusual of clues — an old lady in a sweet shop, a dog called Schwarzenegger and a whiff of menthol — before it is too late? Or will the murderer outwit DI Angel and evade justice forever … ?

— The Importance of Being Honest by Roger Silverwood

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Return to Atlantis, A Nina Wilde and Eddie Chase Thriller by Andy McDermott, Now Available at a Special Price

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Return to Atlantis by Andy McDermott

A Nina Wilde and Eddie Chase Thriller (8th in series)

Publisher: Bantam

Price: 99¢ (as of 08/30/2015 at 5:00 PM ET).

  

Nina Wilde and Eddie Chase have stunned the world with their discoveries, from the legendary sword Excalibur to the golden city of El Dorado. Now, by bringing together three ancient statues from three different continents, Nina is about to tap into a colossal energy source — one not felt since the days of Atlantis.

But when the statues are stolen and Eddie is falsely accused of murder, forcing him to go on the run to hunt the man responsible, a violent struggle erupts among a secret, vastly powerful group that wants to control Nina and the earth energy. From a glittering, high-tech skyscraper in Japan to a harrowing chase beneath the Vatican and an underground military vault in Nevada, she and Eddie must piece together an astounding puzzle. For Nina Wilde is the key to a plot that will change the world forever. And Eddie is the key to keeping her alive.

— Return to Atlantis by Andy McDermott

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New This Week: Dangerous Allies, The Ruby Danger Series by Rickie Blair

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Dangerous Allies by Rickie Blair

The Ruby Danger Series (1st in series)

Publisher: Barkley Books

Price: $3.99 (as of 08/30/2015 at 4:30 PM ET).

  

Tabloid darling Ruby Delaney is determined to put the parties, booze, and notorious paparazzi photos behind her. A cruise with her husband is the fresh start she needs. But their luxury liner has barely left port when she stumbles across evidence that her spouse is involved in a massive stock fraud linked to the ruthless Russian mob. She's stunned to discover he plans to disappear with millions and frame her for the crime.

Ruby stages a disappearing act of her own, but her impulsive action backfires when the mob becomes convinced she's vanished with their share of the take. In a frantic race for her life, Ruby leaves a trail of collateral damage. She doesn't know who to trust, and above all — how to get off a cruise ship, undetected, in the middle of the Caribbean.

— Dangerous Allies by Rickie Blair

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After Midnight, A Denver Heroes Novel of Romantic Suspense by Kathy Clark, Now Available at a Special Price

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After Midnight by Kathy Clark

A Denver Heroes Novel of Romantic Suspense (1st in series)

Publisher: Loveswept

Price: 99¢ (as of 08/30/2015 at 4:00 PM ET).

  

Aside from the reporter riding along in the passenger seat of his cruiser, it's a typical Saturday night on the job for Sam Morgan of the Denver Police Department. Then shots ring out, and a routine stop involving a pimp and a hooker spirals into senseless violence. Now Sam is lying in a hospital bed, haunted by fleeting memories of the stunning blonde who saved his life — and then just disappeared.

Kate McKinney was hired to play a prostitute on a reality-TV show, not stand around as actual bullets start flying. Unable to shake the feeling that trouble is stalking her, Kate turns to the only man she can trust: the wounded cop whose blue eyes send chills through her body. He doesn't believe she was just playing a role, but the predator hiding in the shadows is all too real — and, as Sam and Kate edge closer to the truth, so is the heat that ignites between them.

— After Midnight by Kathy Clark

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The Mark of Halam by Thomas Ryan, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during August 2015

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during August 2015 …

The Mark of Halam by Thomas Ryan, A Jeff Bradley Thriller (2nd in series)

Publisher: Thomas & Mercer

  

USS Ulysses: State-of-the-art nuclear submarine. Deterrent. Target.

When an Olympic medalist is the subject of an attempted assassination, former SAS trooper Jeff Bradley knows his past is once again casting a shadow over his new life. A note left by the assassin confirms his suspicions: Bradley made an enemy back in Kosovo, and the man is out for revenge. But Jeff knows the killer is not working alone: higher up the ranks sits Avni Leka, a terrorist warlord who will stop at nothing to achieve his bloody goal.

And it's not just Bradley who is under threat. A hijacking leads him to sense something bigger is being planned — a plot that, if successful, will end thousands of innocent lives, and could light the touchpaper of global conflict.

He can't allow it to happen. But events are spiralling out of control. Bradley knows he must reach the eye of the storm before it tears his world apart.

— The Mark of Halam by Thomas Ryan

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.

Ghost Dancer, A Novel of Suspense by John Case, Now Available at a Special Price

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Ghost Dancer by John Case

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Ballantine Books

Price: 99¢ (as of 08/30/2015 at 3:00 PM ET).

  

Photojournalist Mike Burke carried his camera into every war zone and hellhole on earth — and came back with the pictures (and battle scars) to prove it. He was flying high until, quite suddenly, he wasn't. When Burke's helicopter crashed and burned in Africa, he came away with his life but lost his heart to the beautiful woman who saved him. That's when he decided it was time to stop dancing with the devil. But a wicked twist of fate puts an end to Burke's dreams, leaving him adrift in Dublin with bittersweet memories … and no appetite for danger. But the devil isn't done with him yet.

An ocean away, Jack Wilson leaves prison burning for revenge. Like Burke, Wilson has had something taken from him. And he, too, dreams of starting over. Only Wilson's dream is the rest of the world's nightmare. Driven by his obsession with a Native American visionary, and guided by the secret notebooks of Nikola Tesla, the man who is said to have "invented the twentieth century," Wilson dreams of the Apocalypse — and plans to make it happen.

As a terrifying worldwide chain reaction is set in motion, Burke alone grasps the impending horror of Wilson's malevolent plan. With nothing left to lose, Burke pursues an American terrorist — a twisted genius who journeys from a lawless weapons arsenal in the Transdneister to the diamond fields of the Congo … to an isolated Nevada ranch. It is here, in a climactic showdown, that a determined Mike Burke faces a nemesis who knows no fear.

— Ghost Dancer by John Case

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The Nature of the Beast by Louise Penny, New in Bookstores during August 2015

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

The Nature of the Beast by Louise Penny, an Armand Gamache Mystery (11th in series)

Publisher: Minotaur Books

    

Hardly a day goes by when nine year old Laurent Lepage doesn't cry wolf. From alien invasions, to walking trees, to winged beasts in the woods, to dinosaurs spotted in the village of Three Pines, his tales are so extraordinary no one can possibly believe him. Including Armand and Reine-Marie Gamache, who now live in the little Quebec village.

But when the boy disappears, the villagers are faced with the possibility that one of his tall tales might have been true.

And so begins a frantic search for the boy and the truth. What they uncover deep in the forest sets off a sequence of events that leads to murder, leads to an old crime, leads to an old betrayal. Leads right to the door of an old poet.

And now it is now, writes Ruth Zardo. And the dark thing is here.

A monster once visited Three Pines. And put down deep roots. And now, Ruth knows, it is back.

Armand Gamache, the former head of homicide for the Sûreté du Québec, must face the possibility that, in not believing the boy, he himself played a terrible part in what happens next.

— The Nature of the Beast by Louise Penny

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

The Grid by Harry Hunsicker, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during August 2015

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during August 2015 …

The Grid by Harry Hunsicker, A Jon Cantrell Thriller (3rd in series)

Publisher: Thomas & Mercer

  

A former federal law enforcement contractor with a somewhat spotty record, Jon Cantrell has seen — and done — just about everything. Now he's a sheriff, keeping the peace in small-town Texas. He thought that he'd finally settled into a quiet, less-complicated life — until his deputy gets himself murdered. Soon Cantrell's search for the killer points to an online-dating site designed for extramarital affairs and to a woman who may have been the unfortunate deputy's last date.

Meanwhile, someone is staging a series of seemingly random attacks on the regional power grid, and Cantrell is reluctantly pulled back into the federal fray when he accepts an off-the-books assignment to uncover the culprit. With the power company and the feds impatient for an arrest — and clues in his deputy's case pointing to something more sinister — Cantrell must run parallel, conflicting investigations. But will he find what he's looking for? Or is he about to take a fall?

— The Grid by Harry Hunsicker

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.

Double for Death, A Tecumseh Fox Mystery by Rex Stout, Now Available at a Special Price

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Double for Death by Rex Stout

A Tecumseh Fox Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Book Revivals Press

Price: 99¢ (as of 08/30/2015 at 1:00 PM ET).

  

Tecumseh Fox thinks that he is seeing double when financier Ridley Thorpe is shot twice, two gorgeous suspects appear, two very good motives are revealed, and two murder weapons surface.

— Double for Death by Rex Stout

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New This Week: The Skeleton in the Closet, A Southern Ghost Hunter Mystery by Angie Fox

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The Skeleton in the Closet by Angie Fox

A Southern Ghost Hunter Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: Angie Fox

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

  

A haunted library is no place for a girl who can see ghosts, but when Verity Long stumbles on a dead body in the middle of the main reading room, she has to believe someone … even a dead someone … must have witnessed the crime.

Her ghostly sidekick Frankie warns her to stay out of it. The very alive, very handsome deputy sheriff, Ellis Wydell, inadvertently places her directly in the middle of it. And her ex-fiancé, Ellis's brother, is back with an agenda of his own.

Undaunted, Verity presses forward, uncovering scandalous secrets, long-forgotten ghosts, and a shocking trail of clues that places her directly in the path of a killer.

— The Skeleton in the Closet by Angie Fox

See also the highly reviewed first mystery in this series, Southern Spirits, for $4.99 on Kindle.

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Mystery Godoku Puzzle for August 31, 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 H M N R S

Vacationing in Maine, Houston and Bouchard track a serial killer in this Vaughn Hardacker thriller, with The (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!