Today's Selection of Free MystereBooks for Wednesday, October 07, 2015

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature a selection of Free MystereBooks found on Wednesday, October 07, 2015 at 7:00 AM ET …

Poor Poor Ophelia by Carolyn Weston

A Murder Mystery

Publisher: Brash Books

Price: FREE!

  

Hard to Find by Traci Tyne Hilton

A Tillgiven Mystery

Publisher: Traci Tyne Hilton

Price: FREE!

  

Evidence of Trust by Stacey Joy Netzel

The Colorado Trust Series

Publisher: Stacey Joy Netzel

Price: FREE!

  

Snow Swept by Derrick Hibbard

The Snow Swept Trilogy

Publisher: Sail Away Press

Price: FREE!

  

On Trial by Zanna Mackenzie

An Amber Reed Mystery

Publisher: Zanna Mackenzie

Price: FREE!

  

The Ivory Bow by K. T. Tomb

A Chyna Stone Adventure

Publisher: Quests Unlimited Press

Price: FREE!

  

Regret Things by Matt Ingwalson

A Sin and Nicki Thriller

Publisher: Matt Ingwalson

Price: FREE!

  

Payback by Alex Zenon

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Endeavour Press

Price: FREE!

  

Vengeance is Mine by Sven Andersson

A Suspense Thriller

Publisher: Endeavour Press

Price: FREE!

  

A John Jordan Collection by Michael Lister

The 1st Three Mysteries

Publisher: Pulpwood 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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Hello, Darkness, A Novel of Suspense by Sandra Brown, Now Available at a Special Price

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Hello, Darkness by Sandra Brown

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Price: $2.99 (as of 10/06/2015 at 8:00 PM ET).

  

For Paris Gibson, her popular late-night radio show is both an escape and her one real contact with the outside world.

Since moving to Austin to ease the pain of past, tragic mistakes, she has led a life of virtual solitude, coming alive only when she hosts her show. To her loyal listeners, she is a wise and trusted friend who not only takes their music requests, but also listens to their problems and occasionally dispenses advice.

Paris's world of isolation is brutally threatened, however, when one listener — a man who identifies himself only as "Valentino" — tells her that her on-air advice to the girl he loves has caused her to leave him and that now he intends to exact his revenge. First he plans to kill the girl, whom he has abducted — which he says he will do in seventy-two hours — then he will come after Paris.

Joined by the Austin police department, Paris plunges into a race against time in an effort to find Valentino before he can carry out his threat to kill — and to kill again. To her dismay, she finds that one of the people she must work with is crime psychologist Dean Malloy, a man with whom she shares a history that had a catastrophic effect on both their lives. His presence arouses old passions, forcing Paris to confront painful memories that she had come to Austin to forget.

As the clock ticks down, and Valentino's threats come closer and closer to becoming a reality, Paris suddenly finds herself forced to deal with a killer who may not be a stranger at all.

— Hello, Darkness by Sandra Brown

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Review: Isolation by Mary Anna Evans

A Mysterious Review of Isolation by Mary Anna Evans. A Faye Longchamp Mystery.

Review summary: The books in this series are typically stellar examples of mysteries that combine events of the past with events in the present, and this is no exception. With many poignant moments, a good deal of suspenseful action, and an overall captivating history as backstory, this is one of the best mysteries of the year. (Click here for text of full review.)

Our rating:

Isolation
Mary Anna Evans
A Faye Longchamp Mystery
Poisoned Pen Press (August 2015)

Publisher synopsis: Archaeologist Faye Longchamp-Mantooth has dug herself a deep hole and she can't make her way out of it. As she struggles to recover from a shattering personal loss, she sees that everyone she loves is trying to reach out to her. If only she could reach back. Instead she's out digging holes all over her home, the Florida island of Joyeuse. In their old plantation home, Joe Wolf Mantooth is surrounded by family — Faye, the wife he loves; their toddler son he adores; and his father, who hasn't gotten around to telling him how long he's been out of prison or how he got there — yet Joe has never felt so helpless or alone.

Then a close friend at the local marina is brutally murdered, the first in a string of crimes against women that rocks Micco County. Joe, desperate to help Faye, realizes she is in danger from both her inner demons and someone who has breached the island's isolation. Local law and environmental officials say they want to help, but to Faye and Joe they feel more like invaders. A struggling Faye reaches back over a century into her family's history for clues. And all the while, danger snakes further into their lives, threatening the people they love, their cherished home, even the very ground — some of it poisoned — beneath their feet.

The Paris Lawyer, A Novel of Suspense by Sylvie Granotier, Now Available at a Special Price

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The Paris Lawyer by Sylvie Granotier

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Le French Book

Price: $2.99 (as of 10/06/2015 at 7:00 PM ET).

  

As a child, Catherine Monsigny was the only witness to a heinous crime. Now, she is an ambitious rookie attorney in sophisticated modern-day Paris. On the side, she does pro bono work and hits the jackpot: a major felony case that could boost her career.

A black woman is accused of poisoning her rich farmer husband in a peaceful village in central France, where the beautiful, rolling hills hold dark secrets. While preparing the case, Catherine's own past comes back with a vengeance.

— The Paris Lawyer by Sylvie Granotier

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The Sound of Murder, An Ivy Meadows Mystery by Cindy Brown, New This Week from Henery Press

Henery Press — the place to be for mystery — publishes books in the mystery/suspense genre focused on engaging stories with sharp twists and lively characters.

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

The Sound of Murder by Cindy Brown

An Ivy Meadows Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: Henery Press

Price: $2.99 (as of 10/06/2015 at 6:30 PM ET).

  

All Ivy Meadows wants is to be an actor. And a private investigator. Plus she'd really like a pair of clean underwear, a place to stay since her apartment caught fire, and to overcome her fear of singing in public. Minor inconveniences aside, Ivy might be on a roll. She's just landed her first real PI case, a seeming suicide in a retirement community. Not only that, but a big New York producer is coming to Arizona to see Ivy in the world premiere of The Sound of Cabaret (singing nuns AND Berlin burlesque).

But all is not raindrops on roses. A creep in a convertible is tailing Ivy, a local posse member is way too interested in her investigation, and something is seriously wrong with one of her castmates. And that suicide — could it be murder? As the curtain rises, Ivy finds herself smack in the sights of a serial killer.

— The Sound of Murder by Cindy Brown

See also the first mystery in this series, Macdeath, for 99¢ on Kindle.

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Cry No More, A Novel of Suspense by Linda Howard, Now Available at a Special Price

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Cry No More by Linda Howard

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Ballantine Books

Price: $1.99 (as of 10/06/2015 at 6:00 PM ET).

  

Count your blessings; they can be snatched away in an instant.

It is a sentiment Milla Edge knows too well. With an astonishing blend of savvy, instinct, and passion, Milla displays an uncanny gift for finding lost children. When all seems helpless, desperate souls from across the country come to her for hope and results. Driven by an obsessive desire to fill the void in other people's lives, Milla throws herself into every case — all the while trying to outrun the brutal emotions stemming from a horrific tragedy in her past.

Traveling to a small village in Mexico on a reliable tip, Milla begins to uncover the dire fate of countless children who have disappeared over the years in the labyrinth of a sinister baby-smuggling ring. The key to nailing down the organization may rest with an elusive one-eyed man. To find him, Milla joins forces with James Diaz, a suspicious stranger known as the Tracker who conceals his own sinister agenda.

As the search intensifies, the mission becomes more treacherous. For the ring is part of something far larger and more dangerous, reaching the highest echelons of power and influence. Caught between growing passion and imminent peril, Milla suddenly finds herself the hunted — in the crosshairs of an invisible, lethal assassin who aims to silence her permanently.

— Cry No More by Linda Howard

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Death in Hellfire, A John Rawlings Murder Mystery by Deryn Lake, 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 …

Death in Hellfire by Deryn Lake

A John Rawlings Murder Mystery (12th in series)

Publisher: Endeavour Press

Price: $3.99 (as of 10/06/2015 at 5:30 PM ET).

  

July 1767. Apothecary-turned-sleuth John Rawlings is preparing to undertake his latest investigation — into the notorious Hellfire Club. Rumoured to have been founded by Sir Francis Dashwood and its members the highest echelons of British society, the club is a byword for scandalous behaviour. Armed with an aristocratic back story, a faithful companion and a dubious Irish accent, Rawlings descends on Sir Francis's home attempting to gain an invite to the debauched gatherings at Hellfire headquarters, Medmenham Abbey.

But events soon take a darker turn when one of the club's attendees is found dead. Should Rawlings abandon his aristocratic disguise in order to investigate? After all, one member of the household, a beautiful former lover, already knows him for who he really is. When another visitor to the house is discovered dead soon afterwards, it becomes clear the deaths are not accidental and that Rawlings must take control.

Can he crack the case before another victim is killed?

— Death in Hellfire by Deryn Lake

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Odds On, A Novel of Suspense by Michael Crichton writing as John Lange, Now Available at a Special Price

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Odds On by Michael Crichton writing as John Lange

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Open Road

Price: $1.99 (as of 10/06/2015 at 5:00 PM ET).

  

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They thought their daring hotel robbery scheme was airtight, but three men are about to learn that nothing is that simple at the Hotel Reina …

To rob the finest resort in fascist Spain, three Americans need to blend in among the Mediterranean elite. And to do so, they will each need a gorgeous girl as cover. They find a depraved millionaire, a drug-addled nymphomaniac, and an assistant hotel manager who enjoys mingling with her handsome guests after hours.

The would-be thieves have used an IBM supercomputer to plan the perfect heist. Their crime has been calculated to the last detail, with every possible contingency planned for, save one: the women. The Hotel Reina is crawling with femmes fatales, and these crooks will be lucky to escape with the shirts on their backs.

— Odds On by Michael Crichton writing as John Lange

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Dead in the Water, An Olivia Grant Mystery by Phyllis A. Humphrey, 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 …

Dead in the Water by Phyllis A. Humphrey

An Olivia Grant Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Gemma Halliday Publishing

Price: 99¢ (as of 10/06/2015 at 4:30 PM ET).

  

Feeling at loose ends after her recent divorce, dedicated chocoholic Olivia Grant decides to visit relatives in jolly old England. Only things are anything but inviting when upon arrival Olivia stumbles on the dead body of her uncle's much-younger widow floating in the estate's lily pond. The police's theory: the victim had been drinking and fell in the pond while out walking her dog. But, if that's true, Olivia wonders how the dog got back in the house. Much to the chagrin of her eccentric British relatives, Olivia tries her hand at amateur sleuthing. Hey, if Kinsey Milhone can do it, so can she!

What Olivia didn't count on was a family member with a secret worth blackmailing over, a trip to a home for aging criminals, and the appearance of a mysterious Mr. X. When another dead body falls at Olivia's feet she knows she's closing in on the killer … but will she catch him before he catches up to her?

— Dead in the Water by Phyllis A. Humphrey

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The Hanging Judge, A Novel of Suspense by Michael Ponsor, Now Available at a Special Price

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The Hanging Judge by Michael Ponsor

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Open Road

Price: $2.99 (as of 10/06/2015 at 4:00 PM ET).

  

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When a drive-by shooting in Holyoke, Massachusetts, claims the lives of a Puerto Rican drug dealer and a hockey mom volunteering at an inner-city clinic, the police arrest a rival gang member. With no death penalty in Massachusetts, the US attorney shifts the double homicide out of state jurisdiction into federal court so he can seek a death sentence.

The Honorable David S. Norcross, a federal judge with only two years on the bench, now presides over the first death penalty case in the state in decades. He must referee the clash of an ambitious female prosecutor and a brilliant veteran defense attorney in a high-stress environment of community outrage, media pressure, vengeful gang members, and a romantic entanglement that threatens to capsize his trial — not to mention the most dangerous force of all: the unexpected.

— The Hanging Judge by Michael Ponsor

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The Sans Pareil Mystery by Karen Charlton, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during October 2015

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during October 2015 …

The Sans Pareil Mystery by Karen Charlton, A Stephen Lavender Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: Thomas & Mercer

  

On a cold February night in Regency London, a dark curtain falls on the Sans Pareil Theatre following the death of April Clare, a promising young actress, whose body is found in mysterious circumstances.

Detective Stephen Lavender and his dependable deputy, Constable Woods, quickly discover that nothing is quite as it seems. As successive mysteries unfold, they soon realise that it is not only the actors from the Sans Pareil who are playing a part.

With the Napoleonic War looming dangerously across the Channel, this is a time of suspicion and treachery. Following the clues from the seedy back streets of Covent Garden up through the echelons of society, Lavender and Woods begin to fear that the case is much bigger than they'd dared imagine — and worse, that they are at risk of becoming mere players in a master criminal's shadowy drama.

It will take all of Lavender's skill and wit, and help from the beautiful Magdalena, to bring the mystery of the Sans Pareil Theatre to a dramatic conclusion in the final act.

— The Sans Pareil Mystery by Karen Charlton

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.

The Crossword Murder, The Crossword Mysteries by Nero Blanc, Now Available at a Special Price

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The Crossword Murder by Nero Blanc

The Crossword Mysteries (1st in series)

Publisher: Open Road

Price: $1.99 (as of 10/06/2015 at 3:00 PM ET).

  

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Solving puzzles can be murder when a PI and a crossword editor join forces to catch a killer …

Playboy Thompson C. Briephs has just been found strangled in his bed. The police believe the Newcastle Herald crossword editor, a scion of a blue-blooded New England family, died from kinky sex gone wrong. But cop-turned — private investigator Rosco Polycrates thinks there's a six-letter word for what happened. Enlisting the help of Annabelle Graham, the crossword editor for a rival paper, Rosco unearths a crazy quilt of suspects who had it in for the victim — and one of them was blackmailing him.

Belle is certain the answers lie in Briephs's twisty puzzlers. Now she and Rosco will have to employ some dazzling wordplay of their own to stop a cunning killer from crossing paths with another victim.

— The Crossword Murder by Nero Blanc

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The Hot Countries by Timothy Hallinan, New in Bookstores during October 2015

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

The Hot Countries by Timothy Hallinan, a Poke Rafferty Mystery (7th in series)

Publisher: Soho Crime

    

Back when Poke Rafferty first arrived in Bangkok to write a travel guide, some of the old-timers in the Expat Bar on Patpong Road helped him make sense of the city. Now these men — many of whom have been living in Southeast Asia since the Vietnam War — have grown old and, in some cases, frail. When a talkative stranger named Arthur Varney turns up, they accept him without suspicion, failing to see that he's actually using them to get to Poke.

Varney wants two things: money Poke doesn't have and a person Poke is unwilling to hand over. It becomes apparent quite quickly that there's nothing Varney won't do to secure his goals. As his actions threaten the foundation of Poke's life in Thailand, the aging men of the Expat Bar discover that they might still be a force to reckon with.

— The Hot Countries by Timothy Hallinan

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.

The Big Chili by Julia Buckley, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during October 2015

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during October 2015 …

The Big Chili by Julia Buckley, A Lilah Drake, Undercover Dish Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Berkley

  

Lilah Drake's Covered Dish business discreetly provides the residents of Pine Haven, Illinois, with delicious, fresh-cooked meals they can claim they cooked themselves. But when one of her clandestine concoctions is used to poison a local woman, Lilah finds herself in a pot-load of trouble …

After dreaming for years of owning her own catering company, Lilah has made a start into the food world through her Covered Dish business, covertly cooking for her neighbors who don't have the time or skill to do so themselves, and allowing them to claim her culinary creations as their own. While her clientele is strong, their continued happiness depends on no one finding out who's really behind the apron.

So when someone drops dead at a church Bingo night moments after eating chili that Lilah made for a client, the anonymous chef finds herself getting stirred into a cauldron of secrets, lies, and murder — and going toe to toe with a very determined and very attractive detective. To keep her clients coming back and her business under wraps, Lilah will have to chop down the list of suspects fast, because this spicy killer has acquired a taste for homicide …

— The Big Chili by Julia Buckley

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.

Saving the Queen, A Blackford Oakes Mystery by William F. Buckley, Jr., Now Available at a Special Price

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Saving the Queen by William F. Buckley, Jr.

A Blackford Oakes Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Open Road

Price: $1.99 (as of 10/06/2015 at 1:00 PM ET).

  

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When the Queen's life is threatened, it takes a remarkable CIA agent to save her …

Blackford Oakes has never been afraid of obeying orders. During the war, it's what kept him alive. When he leaves the air force for Yale, Oakes is studious, temperate, and polite. He knows how to follow rules — but he also knows the secret to breaking them: Never tell a little lie when a big lie will do. He's exactly the man the CIA is looking for.

Just before Oakes graduates, an old friend recruits him to work for the Company. His military background, knowledge of French, and family in London make Oakes a perfect choice for the most glamorous role the CIA has to offer: deep-cover agent. When his 1st assignment reveals Soviet espionage inside Buckingham Palace and a plot against the young Queen, Oakes will throw the rulebook out the window.

— Saving the Queen by William F. Buckley, Jr.

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