Telemystery: The Code, Death in Paradise, Mission: Impossible, Scott & Bailey, and Silent Witness, 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 five series from our site being released this week.

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The Code

Season One

 

Lucy Lawless, David Wenham, and Adam Garcia headline the outstanding ensemble cast in this multi-award-winning political thriller.

Deep in the Australian outback, two joyriding teenagers are involved in a deadly crash, setting off an escalating chain of events that could unravel some of the government's darkest secrets. When smartphone footage of the accident finds its way into the hands of Internet journalist Ned Banks (Dan Spielman), he and his brother, Jesse (Ashley Zukerman), a brilliant but unstable hacker, become targets in a high-stakes national conspiracy. To emerge with their freedom — and their lives — they'll have to fortify their already volatile relationship in the face of those who want to do them harm.

The first season of this Australian drama aired in Fall 2014. A second season has been ordered.

Death in Paradise

Season Three

 

The light-hearted Caribbean crime drama resumes with a shock! Grieving over the murder of their wool-suited boss and friend Detective Inspector Richard Poole Camille, Fidel and Dwayne don't know what to make of Poole's gawky and accident-prone replacement. Only time will tell if DI Humphrey Goodman's disheveled British charm and razor-sharp crime-solving skills will win their respect and perhaps Camille's heart.

Collect clues and beautiful views as the team hunts for the killers of Poole, a local gigolo, an air stewardess, bird watcher, Commerce Minister and more.

Kris Marshall stars as the new man on the almost idyllic Caribbean island of Saint-Marie, with Sara Martins (Little White Lies) as Detective Sergeant Camille Bordey.

Mission: Impossible

The Original Television Series

 

The original TV action drama centering on the activities of the I.M.F. (Impossible Missions Force) was a sensation from the beginning. The inspired cast, fast-moving plots, neat gadgets, pre-recorded tapes that self-destruct — all these elements made this brilliant show one of television's crowning achievements.

Available for the first time in new, shelf-friendly packaging, this collection includes all 7 seasons and 171 episodes of the original series that aired on CBS from 1966 through 1973 on 46 discs.

Scott and Bailey

Season Three

 

Season 3 of the award-winning crime drama starring Suranne Jones and Lesley Sharp returns with one case that rocks the Manchester police department across eight harrowing episodes. Will the strong bond hold between detectives and friends Janet Scott and Rachel Bailey?

Just as their love lives fall apart, the mismatched but perfectly paired duo must face the toughest case of their careers. What to make of a decapitated elderly woman, her emaciated husband and their troubled daughter, who turns up on Janet's doorstep with information too hot to handle? Whiplash surprises keep you guessing in a tale of murder, kidnapping and deception that pushes Scott and Bailey to their limits.

Silent Witness

Series Two

 

If the living told the truth, forensic pathologist Dr. Samantha Ryan wouldn't have to spend so much time examining the dead. The living want us to believe that an Asian boxer died of a fatal blow in an exhibition fight, an AIDS sufferer died of AIDS, a young woman was stabbed by her jealous husband, and an old woman was beaten to death by a violent alcoholic. But the dead tell different stories with their grim clues.

Welcome back to the Cambridge Police Department, where a former lover distracts Sam from her already full agenda. Amanda Burton stars in four more episodes of this powerful crime-thriller series.

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Visit the Telemystery website to discover more television mystery series currently available on and coming soon to DVD, Blu-ray disc, or video on demand.

Everything She Forgot by Lisa Ballantyne, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during October 2015

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during October 2015 …

Everything She Forgot by Lisa Ballantyne, A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: William Morrow

  

Some things aren't meant to be remembered …

They're calling it the worst pileup in London history. Margaret Holloway is driving home, but her mind is elsewhere — on a troubled student, her daughter's acting class, the next day's meeting — when she's rear-ended and trapped in the wreckage. Just as she begins to panic, a disfigured stranger pulls her from the car seconds before it's engulfed in flames. Then he simply disappears.

Though she escapes with minor injuries, Margaret feels that something's wrong. She's having trouble concentrating. Her emotions are running wild. More than that, flashbacks to the crash are also dredging up lost associations from her childhood, fragments of events that had been wiped from her memory. Whatever happened, she didn't merely forget — she chose to forget. And somehow, Margaret knows deep down that it has something to do with the man who saved her life.

— Everything She Forgot by Lisa Ballantyne

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Dead Men Don't Crochet, A Molly Pink, Crochet Mystery by Betty Hechtman, 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, Berkley …

Dead Men Don't Crochet by Betty Hechtman

A Molly Pink, Crochet Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: Berkley

Price: $1.99 (as of 10/05/2015 at 1:00 PM ET).

  

The Tarzana Hookers are a motley crew of women, all of whom are not afraid to speak their minds. Except Sheila, a timid, anxiety-ridden crocheter in desperate need of money, who sells her beautiful scarves at a local consignment store. When the owner stiffs Sheila, the boisterous ladies rally to her support. Then the shop owner is found dead.

Molly Pink ignores the warnings from her homicide-detective boyfriend and sets out with her stitch mates to clear Sheila.

— Dead Men Don't Crochet by Betty Hechtman

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Coast to Coast: From Sea to Shining Sea, A Mystery Anthology by Andrew McAleer and Paul D. Marks, editors, New This Week from Down and Out Books

Down & Out Books is noir … is the private eye … is hard-boiled.

We've selected one of their recently published mystery, suspense, thriller or crime titles to feature here today …

Coast to Coast: From Sea to Shining Sea by Andrew McAleer and Paul D. Marks, editors

A Mystery Anthology

Publisher: Down & Out Books

Price: $4.99 (as of 10/05/2015 at 12:30 PM ET).

  

Crime in high places. Crime in low places. Crime from Coast to Coast.

Crime in the Faneuil Hall Marketplace of Boston to the Vincent Thomas Bridge in the Port of Los Angeles. From the wind-swept sails of the New England shoreline to the transitioning Italian-American neighborhood of North Beach in San Francisco and the Disney Concert Hall in L.A.

Crime is everywhere, from the murky depths of Echo Park Lake and the body dump of the Angeles National Forest, to the clear waters of Oyster Bay and the beaches of Cape Cod — even Mexico City — in this collection of stories that range from hardboiled to suspense-thrillers. And while these stories differ in locale, climate, mood and the tone and voices of the various writers, they all resonate with the dark underbelly of crime.

— Coast to Coast: From Sea to Shining Sea by Andrew McAleer and Paul D. Marks, editors

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The Last Drive and Other Stories, A Short Story Collection 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, Open Road …

The Last Drive and Other Stories by Rex Stout

A Short Story Collection

Publisher: Open Road

Price: $1.99 (as of 10/05/2015 at 12:00 PM ET).

  

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When Colonel Phillips begins his final game of golf, his greatest problem in life is that he has begun to slice the ball. Playing with his lawyer and nephews, Phillips fights his way back into the game and is on the verge of victory when he keels over. He clutches his chest, mumbles a few words, and is dead in minutes. The doctor has no doubt: The colonel was poisoned. Finding the culprit falls to the president of the golf club, amateur detective Canby Rankin, who will do whatever it takes to find the killer on the links.

Clever, charming, and absolutely baffling, it is the tale that inspired the first Nero Wolfe novel, Fer-de-Lance, and along with the other stories in this volume represents the early efforts of a modern genius.

— The Last Drive and Other Stories by Rex Stout

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A Conversation with Mystery Author Sharon Pape

We are delighted to welcome author Sharon Pape to Omnimystery News today.

Sharon is the author of a couple of mystery series — we're featuring the first in her Crystal Shop mysteries, Alibis and Amethysts (InterMix; August 2013 ebook formats), below — and we recently had the chance to catch up with her to talk more about her work.

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Omnimystery News: Tell us a little more about your series books. What is it about the lead characters that appeals to you as a writer?

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Sharon Pape

Sharon Pape: My first mystery series, "A Portrait of Crime", focuses on police sketch artist, Rory McCain, and deceased federal marshal for the Arizona Territory, Zeke Drummond. Rory inherits her uncle's old Victorian house and quickly learns it was the scene of Zeke's murder over a century earlier. It's a rocky road for these new housemates. Rory is a feisty, independent young woman whose views on a woman's place in society are at odds with Zeke's archaic perspective. In spite of their differences, they work together to solve the mystery of her uncle's death. There are four books in the series, and it's best to start with book one, Sketch Me If You Can, because Zeke's back story is a thread that runs through the books.

I chose these characters, because I wanted to explore what might happen if a woman and a man from different eras had to work and live together. I found there was plenty of opportunity for conflict as well as humor.

Alibis and Amethysts is the first book in my second series, "The Crystal Shop Mysteries." Jaye Saylor owns a crystal shop in Sedona, Arizona, a place purported to have psychic vortexes. Her best friend, Sierra, has a bakery in the town. They soon find themselves suspects in the murder of a rival baker, found dead in Sierra's backyard. They set out to find the real killer and clear their names, with the help of their Navajo friend, Daniel Yazzi, and a strange, little creature who seems to have adopted Jaye.

Jaye was born, because I wanted the main character to be someone who had a rough start in life, but grew into a strong, independent woman. Her sidekick, Sierra, is a quirky free spirit and the perfect foil for Jaye. Daniel and his family, especially his medicine-woman grandmother, play an important part in the story as well. My mysteries all have a paranormal element, because I love exploring where imagination can take me.

OMN: Why do you prefer writing series mysteries over stand-alones?

SP: I prefer writing mystery series, because the characters have the time and opportunity to evolve over the course of the books, both individually and in their relationships with the other characters. I wrote three paranormal stand alones earlier in my career, so I've tried both forms and enjoy the series structure more. It's great to return to a group of characters and pick up their stories again — like a reunion with old friends.

OMN: Into which genre would you place your books?

SP: My mysteries can best be described as cozy with a twist of the paranormal and a splash of humor. There's a lot of cross genre writing these days, and I love it. It's hard to confine my imagination to a single label and forbid it to play elsewhere. I think writers, as well as readers, benefit from this kind of free-range approach.

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

SP: I think it would be difficult to write fiction without using experiences I've had or the personalities and quirks of people I've known. So — yes, there are definitely bits of me in many of my characters, as well as bits of other people, but none of my characters is cloned completely from an actual person.

OMN: Describe your writing process for us.

SP: I don't like writing a detailed synopsis. It feels too confining, and I know from experience that I won't stick to it. I think letting the story develop as I go is one of the great joys about writing fiction. I do write character bios for the main characters, but lesser characters generally spring from my mind onto the page when I need them. Whenever I hit a speed bump in the plot, I head to the gym. Occupying my body with aerobic exercise, like the treadmill, frees my mind to solve the problem. The old "two birds, one stone" approach.

OMN: How did your books come to be titled?

SP: For my first mystery series, the editor and I brainstormed, finally coming up with the same idea at the same time. Since the main character is a police sketch artist, we decided to use the word "sketch" in each of the titles. We agreed on Sketch Me If You Can for the first book, after which I came up with the other titles: To Sketch a Thief, Sketch a Falling Star and Sketcher in the Rye.

For the second series, I proposed a title that was too similar to another author's titles, so I suggested Alibis and Amethysts instead, and it was approved.

To my surprise, having a title in mind before I start working on a book, has actually helped me create the plot lines.

OMN: What kinds of books did you read when you were young?

SP: As a child, I loved reading in general, but especially mysteries. Among my favorites were the Dana Girls books by Carolyn Keene, who also wrote Nancy Drew, and the mysteries by Enid Blyton. I'm sure that enjoying these books at an early age was instrumental in my decision to write mysteries myself.

OMN: What's next for you?

SP: I've just finished writing the first book of a new cozy mystery series about a family of sorcerers of ancient lineage. Although I'd love to write the next books in my other two series, I'll probably have to wait until the rights revert to me from the publisher.

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Sharon Pape started writing stories as soon as she learned how to put letters together to form words. From that day forward, writing has been a part of her life whether it was her first attempt at a novel in seventh grade or the little plays she wrote for her friends to perform for neighbors and family. After college, when she was busy teaching French and Spanish to high school students, she was also writing poetry — some of it in French. After several years, she left teaching to be a full time mom, and when her two children started school, she went back to writing. To her delight she found that the muse was still there, still waiting patiently for her to come around.

For more information about the author, please visit her website at SharonPape.com and her author page on Goodreads, or find her on Facebook and Twitter.

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Alibis and Amethysts by Sharon Pape

A Crystal Shop Mystery

Publisher: InterMix

Jaye Saylor is living her dream as the proud owner of Crystal Clear, a crystal and gemstone shop in the Red Rock area of Sedona, Arizona — a Mecca for tourists and new-age enthusiasts. And since tourists need sweets, Jaye gets to share her dream with her best friend, Sierra, who owns Cravings, a new local bakery.

But when the two friends discover the stone-cold body of a rival baker in Sierra's backyard, that dream turns into a petrifying nightmare. With the police eager to pin the murder on the two women, Jaye and Sierra are forced to investigate on their own. Sedona is known as a place of powerful psychic energy, and the friends will have to contend with some unexpected forces to catch a hardened killer and make their innocence crystal clear …

— Alibis and Amethysts by Sharon Pape

Today's Selection of Daily Deals for Monday, October 05, 2015

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature a selection of today's Daily Deals found on Monday, October 05, 2015 at 7:30 AM ET …

The first three mysteries in the Innocent Prisoners Project Series by Marti Green for $1.99 each is a Kindle Daily Deal. We're featuring the first in the series in this post.

Unintended Consequences by Marti Green

The Innocent Prisoners Project Series (1st in series)

Publisher: Thomas & Mercer

Kindle Daily Deal Price: $1.99

Nineteen years ago, Indiana police found the body of a young girl, burned beyond recognition and buried in the woods. They arrested George Calhoun for murdering his daughter, and his wife testified against him at the trial. George maintains he didn't do it. That the body isn't his little Angelina. But that's all he's ever said — no other defense, no other explanation. The jury convicted him. Now his appeals have been exhausted, and his execution is just six weeks away.

Dani Trumball, an attorney for the Help Innocent Prisoners Project, wants to believe him. After all, there was no forensic evidence to prove that the body in the woods was George's daughter. But if the girl isn't Angelina, then who is it? And what happened to the Calhouns' missing daughter? Despite the odds, the questions push Dani to take the case.

For nineteen years, George Calhoun has stayed silent. But he's ready to talk, and if the story he tells Dani is true, it changes everything.

— Unintended Consequences by Marti Green

Rewinder by Brett Battles

The Rewinder Series (1st in series)

Publisher: 47North

Kindle Daily Deal Price: $1.99

You will never read Denny Younger's name in any history book, but the world as you know it wouldn't be the same without him. Denny was born into one of the lowest rungs of society, but his bleak fortunes changed the day the mysterious Upjohn Institute recruited him. The role: "verifier of personal histories." The job title: Rewinder. After accepting the offer, Denny discovers he'll have to do his research in person … by traveling through time.

Using a device capable of opening a portal into any era from the past, Denny is sent back to serve as an eyewitness to significant moments in human history. But as he journeys across the centuries, he begins to suspect that his missions to "observe and report" have a much darker purpose. When a time jump drops Denny into the midst of a rebellion, he finds himself in over his head in a deadly game where even the smallest choices can have catastrophic consequences.

— Rewinder by Brett Battles

The Silenced by Heather Graham

The Krewe of Hunters Series (15th in series)

Publisher: MIRA

Nook Daily Find Price: $1.99

  

Where is Lara Mayhew?

Lara, a congressman's media assistant, suddenly quits her job — and disappears on the way to her Washington, DC, apartment.

Novice FBI agent Meg Murray, a childhood friend of Lara's, gets a message from her that same night, a message that says she's disillusioned and "going home." To Richmond, Virginia. Meg discovers that she never got there. And bodies fitting Lara's description are showing up in nearby rivers … Could she be the victim of a serial killer?

Meg is assigned to work with special agent Matt Bosworth, a hard-nosed pro in the FBI's unit of paranormal investigators — the Krewe of Hunters. They trace the route Meg and Lara took more than once in the past, visiting battlefields and graveyards from Harpers Ferry to Gettysburg. Places where the dead share their secrets with those who can hear … As Meg and Matt pursue the possibility of a serial killer, they find themselves in the middle of a political conspiracy. Is there a connection? If so, has Lara been silenced for good? And whom — besides each other — can they trust?

— The Silenced by Heather Graham

The Outlander by Gil Adamson

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: HarperCollins

Kobo Daily Deal Price: $1.99

  

In 1903 a mysterious young woman flees alone across the West, one heart-pounding step ahead of the law. At nineteen, Mary Boulton has just become a widow — and her husband's killer.

As bloodhounds track her frantic race toward the mountains, she is tormented by mad visions and by the knowledge that her two ruthless brothers-in-law are in pursuit, determined to avenge their younger brother's death. Responding to little more than the primitive fight for life, the widow retreats ever deeper into the wilderness — and into the wilds of her own mind — encountering an unforgettable cast of eccentrics along the way.

— The Outlander by Gil Adamson

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Today's Selection of Free MystereBooks for Monday, October 05, 2015

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature a selection of Free MystereBooks found on Monday, October 05, 2015 at 7:00 AM ET …

Dead List by Helen H. Durrant

A Tom Calladine and Ruth Bayliss Mystery

Publisher: Joffe Books

Price: FREE!

  

The Mystery at Belle Magnolia by Madison Kent

A Madeline Donovan Mystery

Publisher: Madison Kent

Price: FREE!

  

Buzzworm by Theo Cage

A Techno-Thriller

Publisher: Shaylee Press

Price: FREE!

  

A Spy Came Home by H. N. Wake

A Mac Ambrose Novel

Publisher: H. N. Wake

Price: FREE!

  

Daisy McDare Book Set by K. M. Morgan

Three Mysteries

Publisher: K. M. Morgan

Price: FREE!

  

Leon [Anonymous] by Adrian Robert Abarca

A Dramatic Thriller

Publisher: The Golden Mean

Price: FREE!

  

Accountable to None by Ashley Fontainne

The Eviscerating the Snake Trilogy

Publisher: RMSW Press

Price: FREE!

  

Life of Secrets by Bowen Greenwood

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Bowen Greenwood

Price: FREE!

  

Executive by Leslie Wolfe

A Political Techno-Thriller

Publisher: Leslie Wolfe

Price: FREE!

  

Surrender by Jennifer Burrows

The Surrender Trilogy

Publisher: Jennifer Burrows

Price: FREE!

  

Nothing Bundt Murder by Leigh Selfman

A Rosie Kale Culinary Cozy Mystery

Publisher: Lazy Cat Press

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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Jake's Wake, A Novel of Suspense by John Skipp and Cody Goodfellow, 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, 47North …

Jake's Wake by John Skipp and Cody Goodfellow

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: 47North

Price: $1.99 (as of 10/04/2015 at 8:00 PM ET).

  

Pastor Jake promised his followers everlasting life … he just didn't say what kind. So when the small-town televangelist and con man climbs out of his coffin at his own wake, it becomes Judgment Day for everyone gathered to mourn — or celebrate — his death. Jake is back, in the rotting flesh, filled with anger and vengeance. And accompanied by demons even more frightening than himself.

What follows is a long night of endless terror, a blood-drenched rampage by the man not even death could stop.

— Jake's Wake by John Skipp and Cody Goodfellow

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