Today's Selection of Free MystereBooks for Thursday, March 03, 2016

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature a selection of Free MystereBooks found on Thursday, March 03, 2016 at 7:00 AM ET …

Dinner and a Murder by Nancy Skopin

A Nikki Hunter Mystery

Publisher: Nancy Skopin

Price: FREE!

  

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Bring It by Seeley James

A Sabel Security Thriller

Publisher: Seeley James

Price: FREE!

  

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NYPD Honor by Drake Casanova

A Sagittarius Luckett Mystery

Publisher: Casanova Books

Price: FREE!

  

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Blue Death by James Dillinger

A Jack Middleton Thriller

Publisher: James Dillinger

Price: FREE!

  

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A Rocking Good Christmas by Marg McAlister

A Georgie B. Goode, Gypsy Caravan Mystery

Publisher: Marg McAlister

Price: FREE!

  

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The Gaslight Gunslinger by Sugar Lee Ryder

A Matthew Slade Mystery

Publisher: Banty Hen Publishing

Price: FREE!

  

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Southern Style Murder by T. S. Melvin

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: T. S. Melvin

Price: FREE!

  

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Bad Spirits by D. V. Berkom

A Kate Jones Thriller

Publisher: Duct Tape Press

Price: FREE!

  

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San Diego Noir, A Short Story Collection by Maryelizabeth Hart, editor, Now Available at a Special Price

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San Diego Noir by Maryelizabeth Hart, editor

A Short Story Collection

Publisher: Akashic Books

Price: $1.99 (as of 03/02/2016 at 8:00 PM ET).

  

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San Diego is home to miles of beaches, Balboa Park, a world-famous zoo, and some of the country's most expensive home and resort real estate. Yet the city also houses a few items that aren't actively promoted by the visitor's bureau: a number of the country's most corrupt politicians, border-related crimes, terrorists, and the occasional earthquakes. A noir feast!

In the 50-plus years since Raymond Chandler set Playback in Esmeralda, his name for La Jolla, the population has grown by more than a million, and crime has proliferated as well. San Diego of the past and the present offers the book's contributors a rich selection of settings, from the cross on Mount Soledad to the piers of Ocean Beach, and perpetrators and victims from the residents of its wealthiest enclaves to the inhabitants of its segregated barrios.

— San Diego Noir by Maryelizabeth Hart, editor

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Heads You Lose, The Inspector Cockrill Mysteries by Christianna Brand, Now Available at a Special Price

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Heads You Lose by Christianna Brand

The Inspector Cockrill Mysteries (1st in series)

Publisher: Open Road

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In the countryside, Inspector Cockrill investigates a wartime beheading …

As war rages in Europe, the citizens of London flee to the country. At Pigeonsford, a group of guests plays cards, drinks tea, and acts polite — but Grace Morland knows the strong emotions that lurk beneath the placid social surface. She's painfully in love with Stephen Pendock, the squire of Pigeonsford, but Pendock's smitten with young beauty Francesca Hart. One afternoon, Fran debuts a new hat, and Grace's jealousy gets the better of her. She exclaims, "I wouldn't be seen dead in a ditch in a thing like that!" She will soon be proven wrong.

Grace is found dead with the hat on her head — and her head removed from her neck. To the scene comes the incomparable Inspector Cockrill, who finds that far more than petty jealousy lies beneath this hideous murder.

— Heads You Lose by Christianna Brand

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New This Week: Wicked Places, An Ivy Morgan Mystery by Lily Harper Hart

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Wicked Places by Lily Harper Hart

An Ivy Morgan Mystery (4th in series)

Publisher: HarperHart Publications

Price: $2.99 (as of 03/03/2016 at 6:30 PM ET).

  

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Detective Jack Harker is going on vacation, and he wants his witchy new girlfriend Ivy Morgan to go with him. He just hasn't asked her yet. When he finally gets up the courage, Ivy agrees to a weeklong camping trip with Jack's former police academy friends and their wives. Since Jack has never been camping, he needs Ivy for more than just company — he also needs her to teach him a few things about surviving in the woods. Once they get to the campsite, Ivy finds she fits in fine with the men — even though one of them seems interested in more than just friendship — but the women are a little more hostile. When a teenage girl goes missing from the campground, Ivy is the one to find her body and become a suspect.

Things only get worse when one of Jack's friends starts displaying suspicious behavior, and then his wife goes missing. Between the local hermit who claims it's Bigfoot, and the peculiar animal tracks showing up, Jack and Ivy have their hands full. When the truth is finally revealed, Jack has to decide if he can trust the people he calls "friend" and whether he can get to Ivy before she becomes the next victim.

— Wicked Places by Lily Harper Hart

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The Big Kitty, A Sunny & Shadow Mystery by Claire Donally, Now Available at a Special Price

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The Big Kitty by Claire Donally

A Sunny & Shadow Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Berkley

Price: $1.99 (as of 03/02/2016 at 6:00 PM ET).

  

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Did curiosity kill the cat lady?

Sunny Coolidge left her New York City newspaper job to go back to Maine and take care of her ailing father. But there's not much excitement — or interesting work — in Kittery Harbor. So when Ada Spruance, the town's elderly cat lady, asks for help finding her supposedly-winning lottery ticket, Sunny agrees. But when she arrives at Ada's, with a stray tomcat named Shadow tagging along, they discover the poor woman dead at the bottom of her stairs. Was it an accident — or did Ada's death have to do with that missing lottery ticket, which turns out to be worth six million dollars?

Town Constable Will Price suspects the worst. And Sunny's reporter instincts soon drive her to do some investigating of her own. Even Shadow seems to have a nose for detective work. Following the trail of the purrloined ticket, Sunny and Shadow try to shed some light on a killer's dark motives — before their own numbers are up …

— The Big Kitty by Claire Donally

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New This Week: Fade Out, A Lisa Powers, Behind the Mic Crime Novel by Laurie Fagen

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Fade Out by Laurie Fagen

A Lisa Powers, Behind the Mic Crime Novel (1st in series)

Publisher: Short on Time Books

Price: $2.99 (as of 03/03/2016 at 5:30 PM ET).

  

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Impetuous and driven. Young radio reporter Lisa Powers has a lot to learn, but in her zeal to cover the big city crime beat, finds herself facing down criminals in addition to reporting on them.

From the dark streets of the metro Phoenix area to the peaceful red rocks of Sedona, Lisa dodges bullets investigating the cold case of a kidnapped bank executive found murdered, and discovers horrors she never imagined while tracking down a missing father.

She's first on the scene of a massive fire that destroys the opulent mansion of a reclusive pharmaceutical heir, but her career is jeopardized when the story gets way too hot.

— Fade Out by Laurie Fagen

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Telling Lies, A Maggie MacGowen Mystery by Wendy Hornsby, Now Available at a Special Price

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Telling Lies by Wendy Hornsby

A Maggie MacGowen Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Open Road

Price: $1.99 (as of 03/02/2016 at 5:00 PM ET).

  

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After a brutal attack on her sister, Maggie MacGowen searches L.A. for the gunman …

When Maggie MacGowen was a girl, her sister Emily lived the life of a leftist radical on the run from the FBI. Twenty-two years after the FBI finally caught her, Emily lives in Los Angeles, a doctor at a free clinic that tends to the city's down and out. When one of her old radical buddies comes out of hiding and surrenders to the police, their long-ago crimes become front-page news. Emily calls Maggie, now a documentary filmmaker, and asks her to come visit. By the time Maggie arrives in Los Angeles, Emily is nearly dead.

The bullet, delivered point-blank in broad daylight, sent Emily into a coma. It seems a random act of violence, but Maggie digs deeper. She finds dark secrets in her sister's past, and a conspiracy that won't end until all those who ask questions are silenced.

— Telling Lies by Wendy Hornsby

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New This Week: Eyewitness To Murder, The Hollywood Murder Mysteries by Peter S. Fischer

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Eyewitness To Murder by Peter S. Fischer

The Hollywood Murder Mysteries (9th in series)

Publisher: Peter S. Fischer

Price: $4.95 (as of 03/03/2016 at 4:30 PM ET).

  

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Go to New York? Not on your life. It's a lousy idea for a movie. A two year old black and white television drama? It hasn't got a prayer. This is the age of Cinemascope and VistaVision and stereophonic sound and yes, even 3-D. Burt Lancaster and Harold Hecht must be out of their minds to think they can make a hit movie out of "Marty". But then Joe Bernardi gets word that the love of his life, Bunny Lesher, is in New York and in trouble and so Joe changes his mind.

He flies east to talk with the movie company and also to find Bunny and dig her out of whatever jam she's in. He finds that "Marty" is doing just fine but Bunny's jam is a lot bigger than he bargained for. She's being held by the police as an eyewitness to a brutal murder of a close friend in a lower Manhattan police station. Only a jammed piton saved Bunny from being the killer's second victim and now she's in mortal danger because she knows what the killer looks like and he's dead set on shutting her up. Permanently.

Crooked lawyers, sleazy con artists and scheming businessmen cross Joe's path, determined to keep him from the truth and when the trail leads to the sports car racing circuit at Lime Rock in Connecticut, it's Joe who becomes the killer's prime target.

— Eyewitness To Murder by Peter S. Fischer

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Rising Tide, A Novel of Romantic Suspense by Patricia Twomey Ryan, Now Available at a Special Price

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Rising Tide by Patricia Twomey Ryan

A Novel of Romantic Suspense

Publisher: Severn House

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Emily Harrington returns to the Caribbean where she is reunited with old friends, romance … and murder …

When Emily Harrington heads back to Aruba for the wedding of Annie and Martin Maitland's daughter, Sarah, in the stunning coastal resort of Island Bluffs, she is soon reunited with old friends, including Chief Inspector Thomas Moller, and makes new ones too.

But the morning after the wedding, the body of a beautiful young girl washes up on Manchebo Beach. The police have little to go on except for a gold bangle bracelet on her wrist. Will it lead them to her murderer? As the mystery of the bracelet is unravelled, Emily finds herself plunged into danger again.

— Rising Tide by Patricia Twomey Ryan

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Mrs. Jeffries Wins the Prize by Emily Brightwell, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during March 2016

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during March 2016 …

Mrs. Jeffries Wins the Prize by Emily Brightwell, A Mrs. Jeffries Mystery (34th in series)

Publisher: Berkley

  

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The ladies of the Mayfair Orchid and Exotic Plant Society are known for a bit of friendly rivalry, but the backstabbing has never been literal — until now. When Hiram Filmore, an orchid hunter and supplier, is found dead in Mrs. Helena Rayburn's conservatory, Inspector Witherspoon is called in to weed out a murderer.

When it comes out that Mrs. Rayburn and her flowery friends knew each other from long ago, Mrs. Jeffries begins to suspect that there's more to unearth about this case than meets the eye. Now she, along with the rest of Inspector Witherspoon's household and friends, will have to dig up the past to figure out which gardening gentlewoman had a grudge worth killing for …

— Mrs. Jeffries Wins the Prize by Emily Brightwell

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Private: #1 Suspect, A Jack Morgan, Private Thriller by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro, Now Available at a Special Price

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Private: #1 Suspect by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro

A Jack Morgan, Private Thriller (2nd in series)

Publisher: Little, Brown

Price: $3.99 (as of 03/02/2016 at 3:00 PM ET).

  

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Since former Marine Jack Morgan started Private, it has become the world's most effective investigation firm — sought out by the famous and the powerful to discreetly handle their most intimate problems. Private's investigators are the smartest, the fastest, and the most technologically advanced in the world — and they always uncover the truth.

When his former lover is found murdered in Jack Morgan's bed, he is instantly the number one suspect. While Jack is under police investigation, the mob strong-arms him into recovering $30 million in stolen pharmaceuticals for them. And the beautiful manager of a luxury hotel chain persuades him to quietly investigate a string of murders at her properties.

While Jack is fighting for his life, one of his most trusted colleagues threatens to leave Private, and Jack realizes he is confronting the cleverest and most powerful enemies ever.

— Private: #1 Suspect by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro

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Devonshire Scream by Laura Childs, New in Bookstores during March 2016

Today's featured new hardcover mystery, suspense, or thriller title scheduled to be published during March 2016 is …

Devonshire Scream by Laura Childs, a Theodosia Browning, Tea Shop Mystery (17th in series)

Publisher: Berkley

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Catering a high-class trunk show at Heart's Desire Jewelry is a shining achievement for Theodosia and the Indigo Tea Shop. After all, a slew of jewelers, museums, and private collectors will be there to showcase their wares and sip some of Theo's best blends. But just as Theo settles in to enjoy the fruits of her labor, the party is crashed by a gang of masked muggers who steal the precious gems and jewels on display. The thieves disappear almost as quickly as they arrived, leaving shattered glass, scattered gemstones, and a dead body in their wake.

Although the last thing Theo wants is to get involved, she can't help but intercede when her dear friend Brooke, aunt of the victim and owner of Heart's Desire, begs for help in figuring out who committed the brutal burglary. Though the FBI believes this daring "smash and grab" is the work of an international gang of jewel thieves, Theo is convinced that the felon is someone much closer to home …

— Devonshire Scream by Laura Childs

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A Churn for the Worse by Laura Bradford, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during March 2016

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during March 2016 …

A Churn for the Worse by Laura Bradford, A Claire Weatherly, Amish Mystery (5th in series)

Publisher: Berkley

  

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Claire Weatherly and Detective Jakob Fisher must put on their thinking kapps to solve a string of robberies and a murder in the Amish community …

When an Amish farmer is found dead in his barn, his family accepts his death as God's will. But Detective Jakob Fisher knows the farmer didn't hit himself in the head with the shovel lying beside his body. And when it comes to light that a stranger appeared at the farmer's home and now money is missing from their milk can, Fisher suspects robbery as the motive — especially when another Amish family is victimized.

Getting to the truth proves difficult, however, since Fisher has two strikes against him in the eyes of the Amish — his chosen career, and the Amish roots he left behind. Desperate to stop a murderous thief, Fisher turns to Heavenly Treasures shop owner Claire Weatherly for help. The trust she's earned from the Amish community enables her to go where the detective cannot — straight into the path of a killer …

— A Churn for the Worse by Laura Bradford

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The Transcendental Murder, A Homer Kelly Mystery by Jane Langton, Now Available at a Special Price

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The Transcendental Murder by Jane Langton

A Homer Kelly Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Open Road

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In an intellectual hamlet, century-old love letters give rise to murder …

The citizens of Concord, Massachusetts, never tire of their heritage. For decades, the intellectuals of this little hamlet have continued endless debates about Concord's favorite sons: Emerson, Hawthorne, Thoreau, and their contemporaries. Concord's latter-day transcendental scholars are a strange bunch, but none is more peculiar than Homer Kelly, an expert on Emerson and on homicide. An old-fashioned murder is about to put both skills to the test.

At a meeting of the town's intellectuals, Ernest Goss produces a cache of saucy love letters written by the men and women of the transcendentalist sect. Although Homer chortles at the idea that Louisa May Alcott and Ralph Waldo Emerson might have had a fling, Goss insists the letters are real. He never gets a chance to prove it. Soon after he is found killed by a musket ball. The past may not be dead, but Goss certainly is.

— The Transcendental Murder by Jane Langton

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Ghostwriter Anonymous, A Jake O'Hara Mystery by Noreen Wald, New This Week from Henery Press

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

Ghostwriter Anonymous by Noreen Wald

A Jake O'Hara Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Henery Press

Price: $2.99 (as of 03/03/2016 at 12:30 PM ET).

  

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With her books sporting other people's names, ghostwriter Jake O'Hara works behind the scenes. But she never expected a séance at a New York apartment to be part of her job. Jake had signed on as a ghostwriter, secretly writing for a grande dame of mystery fiction whose talent died before she did. The author's East Side residence was impressive. But her entourage — from a Mrs. Danvers-like housekeeper to a lurking hypnotherapist — was creepy.

Still, it was all in a day's work, until a killer started going after ghostwriters, and Jake suspected she was chillingly close to the culprit. Attending a séance and asking the dead for spiritual help was one option. Some brilliant sleuthing was another-before Jake's next deadline turns out to be her own funeral.

— Ghostwriter Anonymous by Noreen Wald

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