Today's Selection of Free MystereBooks for Tuesday, October 06, 2015

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature a selection of Free MystereBooks found on Tuesday, October 06, 2015 at 7:00 AM ET …

WDYG by Matt Ingwalson

An Owl and Raccoon Mystery

Publisher: Matt Ingwalson

Price: FREE!

  

Death of a Raven by Margaret Duffy

An International Thriller

Publisher: Endeavour Press

Price: FREE!

  

A Body at Bunco by Elizabeth Spann Craig

A Myrtle Clover Mystery

Publisher: Elizabeth Spann Craig

Price: FREE!

  

A Matter of Policy by Sam Merwin Jr.

An Amy Brewster Mystery

Publisher: PageTurner

Price: FREE!

  

Saving Sarah by Sebastian Gladwell

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Sebastian Gladwell

Price: FREE!

  

Grandkids Gone Wild by Hope Callaghan

A Garden Girls Cozy Mystery

Publisher: Hope Callaghan

Price: FREE!

  

There Are No Innocents by B. R. Stateham

A Turner Hahn and Frank Morales Mystery

Publisher: B. R. Stateham

Price: FREE!

  

Fly Paper Soup by Cleve Sylcox

A David Winter Mystery

Publisher: Cleve Sylcox

Price: FREE!

  

Haunted From Within by Ian C. P. Irvine

A Medical Thriller Omnibus

Publisher: Lilyhill

Price: FREE!

  

Dead by Morning by Kayla Krantz

The Rituals of the Night Series

Publisher: Kayla Krantz

Price: FREE!

  

Seaside Mystery by Anne Digby

A Jill Robinson Adventure

Publisher: Straw Hat

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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Macdeath, An Ivy Meadows Mystery by Cindy Brown, 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, Henery Press …

Macdeath by Cindy Brown

An Ivy Meadows Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Henery Press

Price: 99¢ (as of 10/05/2015 at 8:00 PM ET).

  

Read our review of Macdeath by Cindy Brown on Mysterious Reviews.

Like every actor, Ivy Meadows knows that Macbeth is cursed. But she's finally scored her big break, cast as an acrobatic witch in a circus-themed production of Macbeth in Phoenix, Arizona. And though it may not be Broadway, nothing can dampen her enthusiasm — not her flying cauldron, too-tight leotard, or carrot-wielding dictator of a director.

But when one of the cast dies on opening night, Ivy is sure the seeming accident is "murder most foul" and that she's the perfect person to solve the crime (after all, she does work part-time in her uncle's detective agency). Undeterred by a poisoned Big Gulp, the threat of being blackballed, and the suddenly too-real curse, Ivy pursues the truth at the risk of her hard-won career — and her life.

— Macdeath by Cindy Brown

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Review: Hollow Man by Mark Pryor

A Mysterious Review of Hollow Man by Mark Pryor. A Novel of Suspense.

Review summary: This is a very strange crime novel, and not all that appealing or exciting or even suspenseful. Maybe it's because the central character, the titular "hollow man", is the narrator, clueing the reader in on everything he's thinking and planning. Or maybe it's because the whole story just doesn't come together well. (Click here for text of full review.)

Our rating:

Hollow Man
Mark Pryor
A Novel of Suspense
Seventh Street Books (September 2015)

Publisher synopsis: Dominic is a prosecutor, a musician, and an Englishman living in Texas. He's also a psychopath.

His main goal is to hide his condition and lead a seemingly normal life in hopes to pay off his debts and become a full-time musician in Austin's club scene. But on one lousy day his carefully-controlled world starts to shatter: he's demoted at work and accused of stealing a fellow musician's song.

He also meets a beautiful woman in a lime green dress — perhaps the biggest threat to his safety of all. At her urging, Dominic hatches a plan to steal a van he knows will be filled with cash. He picks two friends as accomplices, insisting on no guns and no violence. But a security guard catches them in the act and simple theft turns into capital murder.

Cracks start to show in the conspiracy and, with no allegiance to anyone but himself, Dominic has to decide whether to stick by his partners in crime, or let his true nature come out to play.

The Kill List, A Jamie Sinclair Mystery by Nichole Christoff, Now Available at a Special Price

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Today, we're pleased to present the following title, now available at a special price courtesy of the publisher, Alibi …

The Kill List by Nichole Christoff

A Jamie Sinclair Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Alibi

Price: 99¢ (as of 10/05/2015 at 7:00 PM ET).

  

As a top private eye turned security specialist, Jamie Sinclair has worked hard to put her broken marriage behind her. But when her lying, cheating ex-husband, army colonel Tim Thorp, calls with the news that his three-year-old daughter has been kidnapped, he begs Jamie to come find her. For the sake of the child, Jamie knows she can't refuse. Now, despite the past, she'll do everything in her power to bring little Brooke Thorp home alive.

Soon Jamie is back at Fort Leeds — the army base in New Jersey's Pine Barrens where she grew up, the only child of a two-star general — chasing down leads and forging an uneasy alliance with the stern military police commander and the exacting FBI agent working Brooke's case. But because Jamie's father is now a U.S. senator, her recent run-in with a disturbed stalker is all over the news, and when she starts receiving gruesome threats echoing the stalker's last words, she can't shake the feeling that her investigation may be about more than a missing girl — and that someone very powerful is hiding something very significant … and very sinister.

— The Kill List by Nichole Christoff

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New This Week: The Term Sheet, A Startup Thriller by Lucas Carlson

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 October 2015 and priced $4.99 or less …

The Term Sheet by Lucas Carlson

A Startup Thriller

Publisher: Craftsman Founder

Price: 99¢ (as of 10/05/2015 at 6:30 PM ET).

  

David Alexander always dreamt of starting his own company. But in the exciting world of tech startups, where venture capital rules and billion-dollar businesses are the holy grail, things can and do collapse — in the blink of an eye …

David's thrown into this world and his adventures spiral him into a dark hole of terrorist plots, government espionage and classified information. It's not as elegant a universe as he had first thought.

One wrong decision could put the country in jeopardy, collapse David's company, or even cost him his life.

— The Term Sheet by Lucas Carlson

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Shut Your Eyes Tight, A Dave Gurney Mystery by John Verdon, Now Available at a Special Price

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Today, we're pleased to present the following title, now available at a special price courtesy of the publisher, Broadway Books …

Shut Your Eyes Tight by John Verdon

A Dave Gurney Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: Broadway Books

Price: $1.99 (as of 10/05/2015 at 6:00 PM ET).

  

When he was the NYPD's top homicide investigator, Dave Gurney was never comfortable with the label the press gave him: super detective. He was simply a man who, when faced with a puzzle, wanted to know. He was called to the investigative hunt by the presumptuous arrogance of murderers — by their smug belief that they could kill without leaving a trace. There was always a trace, Gurney believed.

Except what if one day there wasn't?

Dave Gurney, a few months past the Mellery case that pulled him out of retirement and then nearly killed him, is trying once again to adjust to his country house's bucolic rhythms when he receives a call about a case so seductively bewildering that the thought of not looking into it seems unimaginable — even if his beloved wife, Madeleine, would rather he do anything but.

The facts of what has occurred are horrible: a blushing bride, newly wed to an eminent psychiatrist and just minutes from hearing her congratulatory toast, is found decapitated, her head apparently severed by a machete. Though police investigators believe that a Mexican gardener killed the young woman in a fit of jealous fury, the victim's mother — a chilly high-society beauty — is having none of it. Reluctantly drawn in, Dave is quickly buffeted by a series of revelations that transform the bizarrely monstrous into the monstrously bizarre.

Underneath it all may exist one of the darkest criminal schemes imaginable. And as Gurney begins deciphering its grotesque outlines, some of his most cherished assumptions about himself are challenged, causing him to stare into an abyss so deep that it threatens to swallow not just him but Madeleine, too.

Desperate to protect Madeleine and bring an end to the madness, Gurney ultimately discovers that the killer has left a trace after all. Unfortunately, the revelation may come too late to save his own life.

— Shut Your Eyes Tight by John Verdon

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Sherlock Holmes and the Chinese Junk Affair and Other Stories, Three Sherlock Holmes Adventures by Roy Templeman, 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 …

Sherlock Holmes and the Chinese Junk Affair and Other Stories by Roy Templeman

Three Sherlock Holmes Adventures

Publisher: Endeavour Press

Price: $3.99 (as of 10/05/2015 at 5:30 PM ET).

  

In Sherlock Holmes and The Chinese Junk Affair, Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson are called upon once again to save Queen and Country. Upon receiving a card from Sherlock's brother Mycroft, the duo are debriefed by the Prime Minister on an astounding fact: a man named Rodger Hardy claims to be able to transport matter from one place to another through electricity, in what he calls transposition.

As the threat of Hardy selling his discovery to other countries weighs on the Prime Minister, he enlists Holmes to find out whether such a feat is possible, and whether or not Britain has anything to worry about.

Can Sherlock solve what seems to be an unsolvable mystery in time, and help Britain?

In Sherlock Holmes and the Tick Tock Man, Holmes and Watson are holidaying in Derbyshire when rumours of an unexplained death reach them. The town's German clock-maker was found dead in his cottage, door wide open, and his pet raven has taken to flying around town, screeching foreign words and putting everyone on edge. The local vicar and physician confide in the duo that, despite the clock-maker's will indicating he had left a hefty amount of money to the vicarage, no such sum had been found in the cottage, making them believe the death to be premeditated. Unable to resist the mystery, the Dr Watson and Sherlock Holmes soon find themselves tangled in a web of secrets.

Can Holmes find out what happened, or will the mystery go unanswered?

In Sherlock Holmes and the Trophy Room, Sherlock and John are hired by Viscount Siddems to solve a seemingly impossible conundrum. His most prized trophies, kept in a trophy room and surrounded by man traps and geese, so no one can get in unwanted at night, are disappearing from the room, one by one. Seeking help in finding the mystery thief, Lord Siddems enlists the help of the duo to catch the perpetrator and unmask his methods of getting past his security measures.

Can Sherlock unmask the thief before he steals again?

— Sherlock Holmes and the Chinese Junk Affair and Other Stories by Roy Templeman

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The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax, A Mrs. Pollifax Mystery by Dorothy Gilman, Now Available at a Special Price

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Today, we're pleased to present the following title, now available at a special price courtesy of the publisher, Fawcett …

The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman

A Mrs. Pollifax Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: Fawcett

Price: $1.99 (as of 10/05/2015 at 5:00 PM ET).

  

When Emily Pollifax answers the phone that Sunday morning, she quickly forgets all about her Garden Club tea that afternoon. For the voice on the other end belonged to a man she had never seen, a man from the CIA who asked her if she could leave immediately on a mission that would take her halfway across the world!

What could Mrs. Pollifax say but yes?

— The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman

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Motor City Shakedown, A Bright & Fletcher Mystery by Jonathan Watkins, New This Week from Carina Press

Carina Press is a digital-first imprint from Harlequin, publishing books in an interesting and diverse selection of genres including contemporary romance, steampunk, gay/lesbian fiction, science-fiction, fantasy, and — but of course — mystery and suspense.

We've selected one of their recently published titles to feature here today …

Motor City Shakedown by Jonathan Watkins

A Bright & Fletcher Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Carina Press

Price: $3.99 (as of 10/05/2015 at 4:30 PM ET).

  

This is a new ebook edition of a mystery first published by the author in paperback in 2012.

Darren Fletcher, once the rising star of Detroit's criminal justice system, has fallen far. All the way to an office in a smoky dive bar on the wrong side of the city. But a single phone call could be the key to climbing out of his downward spiral: a police brutality victim needs his help, and the family's willing to pay. Big-time.

Issabella Bright's daily panic attacks aren't entirely due to her decision to forgo a flashy firm and go out on her own, but that's a large part of it. She never thought she'd resort to ambulance chasing, until the story about a SWAT raid gone wrong proves too intriguing to ignore — it's the perfect chance to prove she made the right decision.

But Issabella's not the only one after the job.

Darren's connections are enough to get past the cops stonewalling them both at the hospital, but only a judge's order makes Issabella even consider teaming up with the disheveled attorney and his weird — and weirdly effective — methods. But as the case deepens and it becomes clear the Detroit PD is concealing a much bigger conspiracy, Darren and his methods may be all that keep her alive.

— Motor City Shakedown by Jonathan Watkins

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Mission Flats, A Novel of Suspense by William Landay, Now Available at a Special Price

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Today, we're pleased to present the following title, now available at a special price courtesy of the publisher, Delacorte Press …

Mission Flats by William Landay

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Delacorte Press

Price: $3.99 (as of 10/05/2015 at 4:00 PM ET).

  

By a shimmering lake in western Maine, a body lies sprawled in a deserted cabin. The dead man was an elite D.A. from Boston whose beat was the city's toughest neighborhood: Mission Flats. For local police chief Ben Truman, investigating the murder will mean leaving his quiet home and joining a vengeful manhunt in a world of hard streets and harder bargains. The cops have zeroed in on a suspect, a ruthless predator targeted for prosecution by the murdered D.A. But Ben distrusts the Boston police — especially when he uncovers a secret history of murder and retribution stretching back twenty years.

As past and present collide, as tribal loyalties threaten to lynch an innocent man — or let a guilty one go free — one thing remains certain: The most powerful revelations are yet to come.

— Mission Flats by William Landay

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Ghost of a Potion by Heather Blake, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during October 2015

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during October 2015 …

Ghost of a Potion by Heather Blake, A Carly Bell Hartwell, Magic Potion Mystery (3rd in series)

Publisher: NAL

  

It's Halloween in Hitching Post, Alabama, and potion shop owner Carly Bell Hartwell has an especially spooky customer to handle …

With all the ghosts that haunt her at this time of year, Carly doesn't exactly rush to celebrate Halloween. Even a costume ball organized by her boyfriend Dylan's mother, Patricia Davis Jackson, holds little allure. But to please Dylan, who wants peace between the two women, Carly reluctantly agrees to go.

Gossip around town is that architect Haywood Dodd plans to make a big announcement at the party. But before he can address the crowd, he's found dead with Patricia standing over him, holding the murder weapon. Anxious to clear Patricia's name and perhaps broker a truce with her, Carly would love to use her snooping skills to find the real killer. Only she has bigger problems to deal with — ghosts are flocking to her for help, including a very persistent Haywood Dodd …

— Ghost of a Potion by Heather Blake

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

Audition for Murder, A Maggie Ryan Mystery by P. M. Carlson, 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, The Mystery Company …

Audition for Murder by P. M. Carlson

A Maggie Ryan Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: The Mystery Company

Price: $2.99 (as of 10/05/2015 at 3:00 PM ET).

  

Nick and Lisette O'Connor need a change. They leave New York City for a semester as artists-in-residence at a college upstate, professional leads in a campus production of Hamlet. Threats and accidents follow Lisette, and Nick worries it might be more than just petty jealousy.

Maggie Ryan, a student running lights for the show, helps investigate a mystery steeped in the turmoil of 1967 America.

— Audition for Murder by P. M. Carlson

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Parchment and Old Lace by Laura Childs and Terrie Farley Moran, New in Bookstores during October 2015

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

Parchment and Old Lace by Laura Childs and Terrie Farley Moran, a Carmela Bertrand, Scrapbooking Mystery (13th in series)

Publisher: Berkley

    

Carmela couldn't imagine a finer evening than dinner at Commander's Palace with her beau, Detective Edgar Babcock. The food and the company are equally divine — with the exception of Isabelle Black stopping by to brag about her upcoming wedding. Resuming the romance with a walk in the evening air, the couple is interrupted once again — this time by a terrifying scream from inside the cemetery.

Having just seen Isabelle, Carmela and Edgar now find her lying across an aboveground tomb, strangled to death with a piece of vintage lace. Carmela would rather leave the investigating to Edgar, but she can't say no to Isabelle's sister Ellie, the tarot card reader at Juju Voodoo, when she asks her to help. As she untangles the enemies of Isabelle's past, Carmela hopes she can draw out the killer before someone else gets cold feet.

— Parchment and Old Lace by Laura Childs and Terrie Farley Moran

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