Mystery Godoku Puzzle for November 16, 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!).

— ◊ —

This week's letters and mystery clue:

A B C H I K L N T

The first Mike Walton thriller by Simon Gervais has this kind of line in its title, 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!

Today's Selection of Free MystereBooks for Sunday, November 15, 2015

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature a selection of Free MystereBooks found on Sunday, November 15, 2015 at 7:00 AM ET …

Winter Tears by Susan Finlay

The Outsiders Series

Publisher: Susan Finlay

Price: FREE!

  

Dinner and a Murder by Laine Boyd

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Laine Boyd

Price: FREE!

  

The CEO by Peter Ralph

A White Collar Crime Finance Suspense Thriller

Publisher: Peter Ralph

Price: FREE!

  

The Confessions of Jonathan Flite by Matthew J. Beier

A Jonathan Flite Mystery

Publisher: Epicality Books

Price: FREE!

  

Island of Spirits by Henry Simpson

An Ed Lane Mystery

Publisher: Henry Simpson

Price: FREE!

  

Mary's Fate by Mark Yost

A Rick Crane Noir

Publisher: Stay Thirsty Press

Price: FREE!

  

The Rogue Horse Recovery by Chris Poindexter

A Mystery Thriller

Publisher: Chris Poindexter

Price: FREE!

  

Curse of the Deadly Dinosaur by Derrick Belanger

A MacDougall Twins with Sherlock Holmes Mystery for Kids

Publisher: Belanger Books

Price: FREE!

  

The Case of the Soggy Vandal by Barb Asselin

The Alex Mysteries

Publisher: Barb Asselin

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.

Important Note: Price(s) verified as of the date and time shown. Price(s) are subject to change at any time. The price displayed on the vendor website at the time of the purchase will be the price paid for the book. Please confirm the price of the book before purchasing it.

Eye Contact, A Crime Novel by Fergus McNeill, 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, Hodder & Stoughton …

Eye Contact by Fergus McNeill

A Crime Novel

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton

Price: 99¢ (as of 11/14/2015 at 8:00 PM ET).

  

If you look him in the eye, you're dead …

From the outside, Robert Naysmith is a successful businessman, handsome and charming. But for years he's been playing a deadly game.

He doesn't choose his victims. Each is selected at random — the first person to make eye contact after he begins 'the game' will not have long to live. Their fate is sealed.

When the body of a young woman is found on Severn Beach, Detective Inspector Harland is assigned the case. It's only when he links it to an unsolved murder in Oxford that the police begin to guess at the awful scale of the crimes.

But how do you find a killer who strikes without motive?

— Eye Contact by Fergus McNeill

A complete list of today's featured titles can be found on the Discounted MystereBooks page on Omnimystery News.

Important Note: Price(s) verified as of the date and time shown. Price(s) are subject to change at any time. Please confirm the price of the book before purchasing it.

The Long Paw Of The Law 2, An Ashley Crane Cozy Mystery by Laurie Anne Marie, 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 author …

The Long Paw Of The Law 2 by Laurie Anne Marie

An Ashley Crane Cozy Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: Laurie Anne Marie

Price: 99¢ (as of 11/14/2015 at 7:00 PM ET).

  

Just as peace has been restored in Comfortville, murder strikes again …

Ashley Crane is putting her life back together after solving the crime at her old restaurant. But on the night of her first catering job, the owner of the company is murdered. When the local police detective arrests someone whom Ashley believes is the wrong suspect, she decides to find the real killer herself.

Cracking the case is a puzzle, but with her clever cat Charlie, she turns up some clues that lead her down a dizzying path to uncover the truth. Will she find the real murderer before it's too late and restore a sense of calm to Comfortville?

— The Long Paw Of The Law 2 by Laurie Anne Marie

A complete list of today's featured titles can be found on the Discounted MystereBooks page on Omnimystery News.

Important Note: Price(s) verified as of the date and time shown. Price(s) are subject to change at any time. Please confirm the price of the book before purchasing it.

New This Week: Murder Becomes Miami, A Dalton Lee Mystery by Jeffrey Eaton

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 November 2015 and priced $4.99 or less …

Murder Becomes Miami by Jeffrey Eaton

A Dalton Lee Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: The Cornet Group

Price: $3.97 (as of 11/14/2015 at 6:30 PM ET).

  

The most successful coach in all of college football is stabbed to death in his estate in Coral Gables. People assume someone on the coach's long list of enemies is responsible for the murder. But a telltale calling card left on his corpse reveals a far more sinister truth: he was slain by an intimate who was secretly connected to a cult planning a horrific event in South Florida.

What form of terror is The Organization concocting? And just how did the coach interfere with the group's plans? Once again, authorities ask Dalton Lee and his team to help them solve those riddles before The Organization can launch its wave of treachery.

— Murder Becomes Miami by Jeffrey Eaton

See also the highly reviewed first mystery in this series, Murder Becomes Manhattan, for $3.19 on Kindle.

Visit our New Indie MystereBooks page on Omnimystery News for a complete list of titles featured today.

Important Note: Price(s) verified as of the date and time shown. Price(s) are subject to change at any time. Please confirm the price of the book before purchasing it.

Cruel Habitations, A Novel of Suspense by Kate Charles, 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, Sphere …

Cruel Habitations by Kate Charles

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Sphere

Price: $1.99 (as of 11/14/2015 at 6:00 PM ET).

  

April 1989: sisters Alison and Jacquie Barnett take a holiday to Greece that neither of them will ever forget.

When Jacquie's father dies, she discovers he has split everything equally with her sister, whom no one has seen for eleven years. And Jacquie, desperate for the money, has no choice but to try to trace her. It is a journey that takes her to Westmead, and stirs old emotions that will once more put lives in danger …

— Cruel Habitations by Kate Charles

A complete list of today's featured titles can be found on the Discounted MystereBooks page on Omnimystery News.

Important Note: Price(s) verified as of the date and time shown. Price(s) are subject to change at any time. Please confirm the price of the book before purchasing it.

New This Week: Eye of the Crow, A Tony Crow, PI Mystery by Howard A. Schwartz

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 November 2015 and priced $4.99 or less …

Eye of the Crow by Howard A. Schwartz

A Tony Crow, PI Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: Howard A. Schwartz

Price: $2.99 (as of 11/14/2015 at 5:30 PM ET).

  

Private eye Tony Crow has enjoyed national attention for his first big case and has now been hired to find Jason Campbell, from Duluth, Minnesota who has gone missing.

What starts as a simple request from a young woman quickly escalates when Russian immigrant and martial arts master Elena Kirilenko gets involved. Her merciless personality brings to mind the "November Gales" which cam whip up formidable storms over Lake Superior without warning.

From Minneapolis to Duluth, Tony Crow and his assistant Don Hanson embark on a case that brings them face to face with torture, murder, cyber-hacking and the "Darknet." This fast moving adventure concludes with a breathtaking confrontation on Lake Superior, at the historic Split Rock Lighthouse in two Harbors, Minnesota.

— Eye of the Crow by Howard A. Schwartz

See also the highly reviewed first mystery in this series, Flight of the Crow, for $2.99 on Kindle.

Visit our New Indie MystereBooks page on Omnimystery News for a complete list of titles featured today.

Important Note: Price(s) verified as of the date and time shown. Price(s) are subject to change at any time. Please confirm the price of the book before purchasing it.

The Seventeen, A Novel of Suspense by Joel Arcanjo, 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, Carina …

The Seventeen by Joel Arcanjo

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Carina

Price: $1.99 (as of 11/14/2015 at 5:00 PM ET).

  

The Seventeen are watching. A powerful, dangerous cabal of New York's elite led by the anonymous Zero. They stopped at nothing to make their fortunes. They'll stop at nothing to keep them.

Technology billionaire Lex Archer accuses an employee of industrial espionage. Rash things are said in the heat of the moment. When she turns up dead and his alibi falls apart, he becomes the number one suspect.

With the evidence piling up Lex calls former University love Bella to fight his corner . Bella`s law practice is floundering. A high profile case would bring her publicity, cash and survival. She jumps at the chance. Little does she know it could be the death of her.

— The Seventeen by Joel Arcanjo

A complete list of today's featured titles can be found on the Discounted MystereBooks page on Omnimystery News.

Important Note: Price(s) verified as of the date and time shown. Price(s) are subject to change at any time. Please confirm the price of the book before purchasing it.

New This Week: The Inn at Misty Lake, The Misty Lake Series by Margaret Standafer

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 November 2015 and priced $4.99 or less …

The Inn at Misty Lake by Margaret Standafer

The Misty Lake Series (2nd in series)

Publisher: Margaret Standafer

Price: $2.99 (as of 11/14/2015 at 4:30 PM ET).

  

Susan Taylor needs a fresh start. Tired of Chicago and especially of her job at a posh hotel, she figures she's found the perfect solution to her problems in Misty Lake. Converting an abandoned farmhouse into a bed and breakfast means she will finally have the chance to be the one calling the shots.

Riley McCabe has his doubts about the project Susan proposes. As a contractor, it's hard to refuse a long-term, good-paying job, but the house has so many problems, he's convinced it would be smarter to just tear it down. However, he quickly learns that when Susan makes up her mind, it's awfully hard to change it.

When Riley's past suddenly becomes his present, Susan is forced to fight for her inn, her life, and the man she is hoping will be part of her future.

— The Inn at Misty Lake by Margaret Standafer

See also the highly reviewed first mystery in this series, Misty Lake, for $1.99 on Kindle.

Visit our New Indie MystereBooks page on Omnimystery News for a complete list of titles featured today.

Important Note: Price(s) verified as of the date and time shown. Price(s) are subject to change at any time. Please confirm the price of the book before purchasing it.

Stay With Me, A Brenna Spector Mystery by Alison Gaylin, 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, Harper …

Stay With Me by Alison Gaylin

A Brenna Spector Mystery (3rd in series)

Publisher: Harper

Price: $1.99 (as of 11/14/2015 at 4:00 PM ET).

  

When the past intersects with the future … the outcome can be dangerous …

Brenna Spector is held prisoner by the past. She has perfect memory, which allows her to recall in vivid and remarkable detail every moment of every day of her adult life. If only she could remember more from her child-hood … for she's still trying to unravel the mystery of her sister Clea's disappearance twenty-eight years ago when Clea was seventeen. But now her obsession with finding out what happened to Clea is taking a toll on her own teenage daughter, Maya, who's been very secretive lately. And when Maya goes missing, Brenna fears her worst nightmare has come true.

As Brenna relies on her P.I. skills to find her daughter before it's too late, evidence surfaces showing a possible link between Maya's disappearance and Clea's. But could a case from three decades ago really be connected to her daughter? Or is someone hoping that Brenna will play along in a twisted game — one that there's no chance of winning … or surviving?

— Stay With Me by Alison Gaylin

A complete list of today's featured titles can be found on the Discounted MystereBooks page on Omnimystery News.

Important Note: Price(s) verified as of the date and time shown. Price(s) are subject to change at any time. Please confirm the price of the book before purchasing it.

Dangerous Tidings by Dana Mentink, New from Harlequin Love Inspired Suspense in November 2015

Omnimystery News is pleased to introduce a new mystery, suspense, or thriller title available this month from Harlequin, one of the world's leading publishers of books for women. For a complete list of titles published this month, see our New Harlequin Titles page.

Dangerous Tidings by Dana Mentink

Series: Pacific Coast Private Eyes

Imprint: Love Inspired Suspense

  

Coast Guard rescue swimmer Brent Mitchell wants only one gift for Christmas: to find his sister. When he discovers that her disappearance is tangled with the death of private eye Bruce Gallagher, he joins forces with Bruce's daughter Donna to investigate. Grieving Donna is as tough as the determined military man … and both will stop at nothing to find the truth. But the duo soon discovers that a murdered father and a missing sister merely top a looming pyramid of secrets on Coronado Island. Deadly secrets. These unlikely partners have vowed to stick together until their most important case is closed — but they may pay with their lives.

— Dangerous Tidings by Dana Mentink

Harbour Falls, A Harbour Falls Mystery by S. R. Grey, 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 author …

Harbour Falls by S. R. Grey

A Harbour Falls Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: S. R. Grey

Price: 99¢ (as of 11/14/2015 at 3:00 PM ET).

  

Best-selling author Maddy Fitch, while researching material for a new novel, returns to her hometown of Harbour Falls to investigate an unsolved disappearance that has haunted the tiny Maine coastal town for the past four years. Although the case has gone cold, Maddy soon discovers that the prime suspect, Adam Ward, is hotter than ever.

The sexy, secretive Mr. Ward now makes his home on an isolated island near the coast, so Maddy takes up residence nearby to find out why this enigmatic man lives in such a secluded place. Is it because the missing person at the heart of the case, a young woman, was engaged to Adam at the time of her disappearance? Did the prime suspect perhaps move to escape the town's scrutiny, or is he hiding something much more sinister?

As Maddy plunges into the case, she and Adam are drawn together. Should she fight her growing attraction to a possibly dangerous man? The mystery deepens, and the list of suspects, people who all had reasons for wanting to see the missing young woman gone, grows. Maddy hopes that by solving the mystery Adam will be proven innocent of any involvement, and they can then move forward with their relationship. But as she uncovers clues that begin to lead suspicion away from Adam, new secrets emerge that leave her questioning everything. Maddy continues to close in on the truth, threatening to blow the lid off the whole mystery. But what she doesn't realize is that she's actually caught up in someone's very dangerous game.

— Harbour Falls by S. R. Grey

A complete list of today's featured titles can be found on the Discounted MystereBooks page on Omnimystery News.

Important Note: Price(s) verified as of the date and time shown. Price(s) are subject to change at any time. Please confirm the price of the book before purchasing it.

Murder Most Unfortunate by David Wagner, New in Bookstores during November 2015

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

Murder Most Unfortunate by David Wagner, a Rick Montoya Mystery (3rd in series)

Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press

    

Winding up an interpreter job in Bassano del Grappa at a conference on artist Jacopo da Bassano, a famous native son, Rick Montoya looks forward to exploring the town. And it would be fun to look into the history of two long-missing paintings by the master, a topic that caused the only dust-up among the normally staid group of international scholars attending the seminar. Bassano has much to offer to Rick the tourist, starting with its famous covered bridge, an ancient castle, and several picturesque walled towns within striking distance. He also plans to savor a local cuisine that combines the best of Venice with dishes from the Po Valley and the surrounding mountains. These plans come to a sudden halt when one of the seminar's professors turns up dead.

Rick is once again drawn into a murder investigation, this time with a pair of local cops who personify the best and the worst of the Italian police force. At the same time he's willingly pulled into a relationship with Betta Innocenti, the daughter of a local gallery owner, who is equally intrigued by the lost paintings. They quickly realize that the very people who might know the story are also the main suspects in the murder — and that someone not above resorting to violence is watching their every move.

— Murder Most Unfortunate by David Wagner

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

Cowboy Christmas Rescue by Beth Cornelison and Colleen Thompson, New from Harlequin Romantic Suspense in November 2015

Omnimystery News is pleased to introduce a new mystery, suspense, or thriller title available this month from Harlequin, one of the world's leading publishers of books for women. For a complete list of titles published this month, see our New Harlequin Titles page.

Cowboy Christmas Rescue by Beth Cornelison and Colleen Thompson

Imprint: Romantic Suspense

  

Gunfire disrupts a Christmas wedding in this 2-in-1 collection of original, connected novellas.

Rescuing the Witness by Beth Cornelison

Bullets are fired at a ranch wedding in Texas and the only witness to the unknown sniper's identity is wedding guest Kara Pearson. When the rifle turns to her, Kara runs for her life. Her only hope for survival? The man who broke her heart years ago. But Sheriff Brady McCall vows to protect Kara — and right old wrongs.

Rescuing the Bride by Colleen Thompson

After being jilted and having gunfire erupt at his wedding, bull rider turned rancher Nate Wheeler fears his pregnant bride is the intended target. But as he and April Redding try to track down the shooter, Nate uncovers the secret reason April refused to say "I do" at their ceremony.

— Cowboy Christmas Rescue by Beth Cornelison and Colleen Thompson

Salvation Row, A John Milton Thriller by Mark Dawson, 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, Unputdownable …

Salvation Row by Mark Dawson

A John Milton Thriller (6th in series)

Publisher: Unputdownable

Price: 99¢ (as of 11/14/2015 at 1:00 PM ET).

  

John Milton is trying to make amends for a career spent killing for the British Secret Service. He has a burning need to right wrongs — and rewrite his own bloody past.

He finds himself in Louisiana — the Big Sleazy, the bayou, and the post-Katrina wreckage of the Gulf Coast — with a debt of honor to repay. Isadora Bartholomew, who saved his partner's life, needs his help. Joel Babineaux, a ruthless property magnate, is out to sink the charity she established to help rebuild the Lower Ninth Ward.

Just when Milton thinks he has neutralised Babineaux's scheming, a dangerous man from his past takes an unhealthy interest in his present. Claude Boon used to work for the Mossad and might be more than Milton can handle. And then the stakes get even higher …

— Salvation Row by Mark Dawson

A complete list of today's featured titles can be found on the Discounted MystereBooks page on Omnimystery News.

Important Note: Price(s) verified as of the date and time shown. Price(s) are subject to change at any time. Please confirm the price of the book before purchasing it.