New This Week: ProxyWar, The Spies Lie Series by D. S. Kane

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 December 2015 and priced $4.99 or less …

ProxyWar by D. S. Kane

The Spies Lie Series (6th in series)

Publisher: The Swiftshadow Group

Price: $3.99 (as of 12/06/2015 at 4:30 PM ET).

  

When you're an international spy, who said dying was easy?

Yigdal-Ben-Levy used to be the Mossad spymaster, but now he's Israel's Assistant Foreign Minister in D.C., exiled and long out of the game of spying. Diagnosed with terminal stomach cancer, he's waiting to die when he stumbles across a Chinese-Russian plot against the United States. Despite opposition from his Prime Minister, Ben-Levy decides to present his suspicions to the UN General Assembly after the President rejects his intel.

Unfortunately, the UN is in New York City, nearly 300 miles away; a journey filled with Russian and Chinese assassination teams, cyber-attacks that threaten US communications, and a violent snowstorm that has closed airports and made the roads treacherous. Ben-Levy still has some operatives he can rely upon, but it's a threadbare team: Jon Sommers, Cassandra Sashakovich, Avram Shimmel, William Wing, and a few others. Not enough to stop the world war that's about to happen.

The risk? Monumental. The cost if they don't succeed? A Chinese takeover of America's power grid, followed by a military invasion and a division of US land down the Mississippi. With enemies on all sides and the cancer spreading, it will take everything Ben-Levy and his team of spies has to warn the world of the impending war.

— ProxyWar by D. S. Kane

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The Sacred Vault, A Nina Wilde & Eddie Chase Thriller by Andy McDermott, 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, Bantam …

The Sacred Vault by Andy McDermott

A Nina Wilde & Eddie Chase Thriller (6th in series)

Publisher: Bantam

Price: 99¢ (as of 12/06/2015 at 4:00 PM ET).

  

When Michelangelo's David is stolen from its museum in Florence, it's only the latest in a series of audacious raids on the world's greatest treasures. But American archaeologist Nina Wilde and her husband, ex-mercenary Eddie Chase, discover the raiders' ultimate target when the Talonor Codex — a cryptic travel journal that Nina found in Atlantis — is snatched from a well-guarded exhibition right in front of their eyes.

The codex holds clues to the location of the Vault of Shiva and its mythical contents: the chronicles of the ancient Hindu god of destruction himself. From a deadly shootout in San Francisco to a hidden valley in the snowbound Himalayas, Nina and Eddie must run a labyrinthine gauntlet of ruthless killers, corrupted faiths, and twisted ambitions to reach the sacred vault ahead of a cunning billionaire with a plot to remake the world — after he brings this one crashing down.

— The Sacred Vault by Andy McDermott

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Shadow Wolf by Jenna Kernan, New from Harlequin Intrigue in December 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.

Shadow Wolf by Jenna Kernan

Series: Apache Protectors

Imprint: Intrigue

  

He wanted justice. For his family. For her.

Elite tracker Kino Cosen is hunting for the drug lord who murdered his father. After a decade of searching, he's finally got the Viper in his sight — until a woman gets in the way. Now Kino has a new lead. Aid worker Lea Atlaha has seen the Viper face-to-face … and lived.

But now Lea's a target. And while Kino thinks he's protecting her because she can help him get justice for his father, he soon realizes that she's not just another witness. As the Viper moves in for the kill, Kino has to choose between his need for vengeance, the traditions of his tribe and the woman he has grown to love.

— Shadow Wolf by Jenna Kernan

Adrenaline, A Sam Capra Thriller by Jeff Abbott, 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, Grand Central …

Adrenaline by Jeff Abbott

A Sam Capra Thriller (1st in series)

Publisher: Grand Central

Price: $1.99 (as of 12/06/2015 at 3:00 PM ET).

  

Sam Capra is living the life of his dreams.

He's a brilliant young CIA agent, stationed in London. His wife Lucy is seven months pregnant with their first child. They have a wonderful home, and are deeply in love.

They have everything they could hope for … until they lose it all in one horrifying moment.

On a bright, sunny day, Sam receives a call from Lucy while he's at work. She tells him to leave the building immediately. He does … just before it explodes, killing everyone inside. Lucy vanishes, and Sam wakes up in a prison cell. As the lone survivor of the attack, he is branded by the CIA as a murderer and a traitor.

Escaping from the agency, Sam launches into a desperate hunt to save his kidnapped wife and child, and to reveal the unknown enemy who has set him up and stolen his family. But the destruction of Sam's life was only step on in an extraordinary plot-and now Sam must become a new kind of hero.

— Adrenaline by Jeff Abbott

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Dead to the Last Drop by Cleo Coyle, New in Bookstores during December 2015

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

Dead to the Last Drop by Cleo Coyle, a Clare Cosi, Coffeehouse Mystery (15th in series)

Publisher: Berkley

 

Clare's visit to the nation's capital is off to a graceful start. Her octogenarian employer is bunking with her in a charming Georgetown mansion, and she's invited to work with a respected curator on the Smithsonian's culinary salute to coffee in America.

Unfortunately, Clare's new Village Blend DC is struggling to earn a profit — until its second floor jazz club attracts a high-profile fan, the college-age daughter of the U.S. President. Clare's stock rises as the First Lady befriends her, but she soon learns a stark lesson: Washington can be murder.

First a stylish State Department employee suspiciously collapses in her coffeehouse. Then the President's daughter goes missing. Is she a runaway bride or is something more sinister in play? After another deadly twist, Clare is on the run with her NYPD detective boyfriend. Branded an enemy of the state, she must piece together clues and uncover the truth before her life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness come to a bitter end.

— Dead to the Last Drop by Cleo Coyle

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Silent Night Pursuit by Katy Lee, New from Harlequin Love Inspired Suspense in December 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.

Silent Night Pursuit by Katy Lee

Series: Roads to Danger

Imprint: Love Inspired Suspense

  

Lacey Phillips believes Captain Wade Spencer knows something about her brother's mysterious death. So she throws caution to the wind and tracks him down on Christmas Eve looking for answers. Wade tries to turn her away — until bullets start to fly. He doesn't want to take the stubborn beauty on his life-or-death mission to find out the truth about how Wade's past may have cost her brother his life. But with killers lurking everywhere, he has to protect her — especially when she breaches the walls around his heart. Can Wade and his faithful service dog keep Lacey alive long enough to figure out who's targeting them?

— Silent Night Pursuit by Katy Lee

Santa Clawed, A Mrs. Murphy Mystery by Rita Mae Brown, 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, Bantam …

Santa Clawed by Rita Mae Brown

A Mrs. Murphy Mystery (17th in series)

Publisher: Bantam

Price: $2.99 (as of 12/06/2015 at 1:00 PM ET).

  

Can Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen, the sleuthing cats Mrs. Murphy and Pewter, and corgi Tee Tucker save the season from a killjoy who's decided to gift the festive little town … with murder?

As Harry well knows, there's hardly a place on earth cozier than Crozet, Virginia, at Christmastime. The snowflakes drifting lazily down, the soft glow of the winter light, the sound of old carols in the streets … even cats Mrs. Murphy and Pewter get into the spirit batting ornaments and climbing the holiday tree. In fact, it's this year's tree that Harry and her husband, Fair, have gone to fetch when they find the one they've chosen grimly decorated with a dead body.

The tree farm is run by The Brothers of Love, a semimonastic organization that tends to AIDS patients. The brothers live in a monastery atop the scenic Blue Ridge Mountains. Harry is surprised to find an old high-school friend associated with The Brothers of Love. Christopher Hewitt wasn't a bad man, but good works weren't exactly one of his priorities. But then, if even Scrooge could turn over a new leaf, certainly Chris could. And after the scandal that all but destroyed his life, there were probably few in Crozet who needed the gift of a second chance more.

Harry knows she shouldn't take it personally, but it was her tree that someone left the corpse under. Now, as the season grows merrier, a murderer is growing bolder. One by one, prominent men of Crozet are being crossed off Christmas shopping lists and added to the morgue. And if Harry and her four-legged helpers aren't very good — and very careful — this Christmas may be her last.

— Santa Clawed by Rita Mae Brown

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New This Week: Her Last Tomorrow, A Suspense Thriller by Adam Croft

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 December 2015 and priced $4.99 or less …

Her Last Tomorrow by Adam Croft

A Suspense Thriller

Publisher: Circlehouse

Price: 99¢ (as of 12/06/2015 at 12:30 PM ET).

  

Could you murder your wife to save your daughter?

On the surface, Nick Connor's life is seemingly perfect: a quiet life with his beautiful family and everything he could ever want. But soon his murky past will collide with his idyllic life and threaten the very people he loves the most in the world.

When his five-year-old daughter, Ellie, is kidnapped, Nick's life is thrown into a tailspin. In exchange for his daughter's safe return, Nick will have to do the unthinkable: he must murder his wife.

With his family's lives hanging in the balance, what will Nick do? Can he and his family survive when the evil that taunts them stems from the sins of his past?

— Her Last Tomorrow by Adam Croft

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Mystery Godoku Puzzle for December 07, 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:

C D E H I K N O T

Amy Myers' 7th Jack Colby mystery as a classic here in its title (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 Daily Deals for Sunday, December 06, 2015

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature a selection of today's Daily Deals found on Sunday, December 06, 2015 at 7:30 AM ET …

Four mysteries by Ian Rankin for $1.99 each is a Kindle Daily Deal. We're featuring one of the titles in this post.

Standing in Another Man's Grave by Ian Rankin

A John Rebus Mystery (18th in series)

Publisher: Little, Brown

Kindle Daily Deal Price: $1.99

John Rebus investigates the disappearances of three women from the same road over ten years …

For the last decade, Nina Hazlitt has been ready to hear the worst about her daughter's disappearance. But with no sightings, no body, and no suspect, the police investigation ground to a halt long ago, and Nina's pleas to the cold case department have led her nowhere.

Until she meets the newest member of the team: former Detective John Rebus.

Rebus has never shied away from lost causes — one of the many ways he managed to antagonize his bosses when he was on the force. Now he's back as a retired civilian, reviewing abandoned files. Necessary work, but it's not exactly scratching the itch he feels to be in the heart of the action.

Two more women have gone missing from the same road where Sally Hazlitt was last seen. Unlike his skeptical colleagues, Rebus can sense a connection — but pursuing it leads him into the crosshairs of adversaries both old and new.

Rebus may have missed the thrill of the hunt, but he's up against a powerful enemy who's got even less to lose.

— Standing in Another Man's Grave by Ian Rankin

The Devil's Teardrop by Jeffery Deaver

A Novel of the Last Night of the Century

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Kindle Daily Deal Price: $1.99

It's New Year's Eve, December 31, 1999, and Washington, D.C., is under siege. Early in the day, a grisly machine gun attack in the Dupont Circle Metro station leaves dozens dead and the city crippled with fear. A note delivered to the mayor's office pins the massacre on the Digger, a robotlike assassin programmed to wreak havoc on the capital every four hours — until midnight. Only a ransom of $20 million delivered to the Digger's accomplice — and mastermind — will end the death and terror.

But the Digger becomes a far more sinister threat when his accomplice is killed in a freak accident while en route to the money drop. With the ransom note as the single scrap of evidence, Special Agent Margaret Lukas calls upon Parker Kincaid, a retired FBI agent and the top forensic document examiner in the country. Somehow, by midnight, they must find the Digger — before he finds them.

— The Devil's Teardrop by Jeffery Deaver

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Today's Selection of Free MystereBooks for Sunday, December 06, 2015

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

Broometime Serenade by Barry Metcalf

The Oz Files

Publisher: Evolved Publishing

Price: FREE!

  

The Pride Trilogy by Mark McNease

Three Kyle Callahan Mysteries

Publisher: MadeMark Publishing

Price: FREE!

  

Ghosts of St. Barts by Emme Cross

The St. Barts Series of Romantic Suspense

Publisher: Joffe Books

Price: FREE!

  

When Beggars Die by E. A. Allen

A Gerard de Montclaire Mystery

Publisher: High Hill Press

Price: FREE!

  

Murder in Cottage #6 by Dianne Harman

A Liz Lucas Cozy Mystery

Publisher: Dianne Harman

Price: FREE!

  

Murder U by R. D. Sherrill

A Murder Mystery

Publisher: R. D. Sherrill

Price: FREE!

  

30 Days in June by Robert Price Rifkin

A Thriller

Publisher: Robert Price Rifkin

Price: FREE!

  

Relentless by Joseph DiMari

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Joseph DiMari

Price: FREE!

  

A Capital Crime by Stuart S. Laing

A Robert Young of Newbiggin Mystery

Publisher: Stuart S. Laing

Price: FREE!

  

The Stone Dog by Robert Mitchell

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Robert Mitchell

Price: FREE!

  

The Far Side of the Moon by Ronald Watkins

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Watkins Literary

Price: FREE!

  

Severed Threads by Kaylin McFarren

A Novel of Romantic Suspense

Publisher: Creative Edge Publishing

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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Shatter Point, A Suspense Thriller by Jeff Altabef, Now Available at a Special Price

Amazon Kindle Countdown Deals are limited-time discounts on Kindle-exclusive books.

Omnimystery News is pleased to present you with one of today's titles … but take advantage of this deal now as the price will go up to its digital list price soon! (See the countdown clock on the book product page to see how much time remains on this deal.)

Shatter Point by Jeff Altabef

A Suspense Thriller

Publisher: Evolved Publishing

Price: 99¢ (as of 12/05/2015 at 8:00 PM ET).

  

When her 19-year-old son Jack miraculously recovers from a serious head trauma, Maggie is sure her luck has changed. But when she's abducted by a shadow from her past — a phantom with dangerous sapphire eyes — it's up to Jack and his younger brother Tom to unravel the mystery and save their mom from a deadly psychological battle.

The brothers seek help from their colorful great aunt, who exposes them to a world of nefarious family secrets, explosive government conspiracies, and a series of horrific murders. Together they must navigate a dark underworld full of political subterfuge and class warfare.

Yet as they search for their mother, Jack changes — raked by skull splitting headaches and weird visions. How exactly did he recover from his coma, and how does this tie into the psychopath who's abducted their mother?

Will Jack and Tom save Maggie before her abductor reaches his shatter point? Does Jack have enough time left?

— Shatter Point by Jeff Altabef

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The Apothecary Rose, An Owen Archer Mystery by Candace Robb, Now Available at a Special Price

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The Apothecary Rose by Candace Robb

An Owen Archer Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Diversion Books

Price: 99¢ (as of 12/05/2015 at 7:00 PM ET).

  

In the year of our Lord 1363, two suspicious deaths in the infirmary of St. Mary's Abbey catch the attention of the powerful John Thoresby, Lord Chancellor of England and Archbishop of York. One victim is a pilgrim, while the second is Thoresby's ne'er-do-well ward, both apparently poisoned by a physic supplied by Master Apothecary Nicholas Wilton. In the wake of these deaths, the archbishop dispatches one-eyed spy Owen Archer to York to find the murderer.

Under the guise of a disillusioned soldier keen to make a fresh start, Owen insinuates himself into Wilton's apothecary as an apprentice. But he finds Wilton bedridden, with the shop being run by his lovely, enigmatic young wife, Lucie. As Owen unravels a tangled history of scandal and tragedy, he discovers at its center a desperate, forbidden love twisted over time into obsession. And the woman he has come to love is his prime suspect.

— The Apothecary Rose by Candace Robb

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