Today's Selection of Free MystereBooks for Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature a selection of Free MystereBooks found on Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at 7:00 AM ET …

The Hostage by Jonas Saul

A Sarah Roberts Thriller

Publisher: Imagine Press

Price: FREE!

  

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Sue for Mercy by Veronica Heley

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Endeavour Press

Price: FREE!

  

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Haunting Memories from a Troubled Past by Ellie DeFarr

A Hera Hunter Mystery

Publisher: Ellie DeFarr

Price: FREE!

  

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Last Mass by C. G. Griffin

A Ginerva Casabuoni Mystery

Publisher: Reyna's Press

Price: FREE!

  

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They Don't Shoot Horses by Sara Caudell

A Cold Springs Mystery

Publisher: DMK Publishing

Price: FREE!

  

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Nice Woody by Gerry Stimmler

The Prequel to Margie's Murder Mysteries

Publisher: Eleanor Avenue Press

Price: FREE!

  

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The Red Witch by Katerina Martinez

An Amber Lee Mystery

Publisher: Katerina Martinez

Price: FREE!

  

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Killing the Rat by Dan Ames

An Organized Crime Thriller

Publisher: Slogan Books

Price: FREE!

  

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Deadly Waters by Theodore Judson

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Endeavour Press

Price: FREE!

  

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Murder at the Kinnen Hotel by Brian McClellan

A Powder Mage Mystery Novella

Publisher: Brian McClellan

Price: FREE!

  

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The Death Series by Tamara Rose Blodgett

Books 1-3

Publisher: Tamara Rose Blodgett

Price: FREE!

  

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Dangerous Dames by Various Authors

Nine Mysteries

Publisher: Amentino Publishing

Price: FREE!

  

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The Third Stone by Christopher Craft

The Reset Gang Series for Kids

Publisher: Need One

Price: FREE!

  

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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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Get Carter, The Jack Carter Trilogy by Ted Lewis, Now Available at a Special Price

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Get Carter by Ted Lewis

The Jack Carter Trilogy (1st in series)

Publisher: Soho Syndicate

Price: $1.99 (as of 04/11/2016 at 8:00 PM ET).

  

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It's a rainy night in the mill town of Scunthorpe when a London fixer named Jack Carter steps off a northbound train. He's left the neon lights and mod lifestyle of Soho behind to come north to his hometown for a funeral — his brother Frank's. Frank was very drunk when he drove his car off a cliff and that doesn't sit well with Jack. Mild-mannered Frank never touched the stuff.

Jack and Frank didn't exactly like one another. They hadn't spoken in years and Jack is far from the sentimental type. So it takes more than a few people by surprise when Jack starts plying his trade in order to get to the bottom of his brother's death. Then again, Frank's last name was Carter, and that's Jack's name too. Sometimes that's enough.

— Get Carter by Ted Lewis

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Review: Rain Dogs by Adrian McKinty

A Mysterious Review of Rain Dogs by Adrian McKinty. A Sean Duffy Mystery.

Review summary: This series is a fine one, and this latest entry won't disappoint fans of it. The characters, time and place are all pitch perfect. And it's hard to go wrong with a solidly set up and intricately developed locked room-style mystery. Still, the plot is a little too complicated in places and the ending oddly cozy. (Click here for text of full review.)

Our rating:

Rain Dogs
Adrian McKinty
A Sean Duffy Mystery
Seventh Street Books (March 2016)

Publisher synopsis: What detective gets two locked-room mysteries in one career?

When journalist Lily Bigelow is found dead in the courtyard of Carrickfergus castle, it looks like a suicide. Yet there are just a few things that bother Detective Inspector Sean Duffy enough to keep the case file open. Which is how he finds out that she was working on a devastating investigation of corruption and abuse at the highest levels of power in the UK and beyond.

And so Duffy has two impossible problems on his desk: Who killed Lily Bigelow? And what were they trying to hide?

Original Sin, An Adam Dalgliesh Mystery by P. D. James, Now Available at a Special Price

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Original Sin by P. D. James

An Adam Dalgliesh Mystery (9th in series)

Publisher: Vintage Crime

Price: $1.99 (as of 04/11/2016 at 7:00 PM ET).

  

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Commander Adam Dalgliesh and his team are confronted with a puzzle of impenetrable complexity. A murder has taken place in the offices of the Peverell Press, a venerable London publishing house located in a dramatic mock-Venetian palace on the Thames.

The victim is Gerard Etienne, the brilliant but ruthless new managing director, who had vowed to restore the firm's fortunes. Etienne was clearly a man with enemies — a discarded mistress, a rejected and humiliated author, and rebellious colleagues, one of who apparently killed herself a short time earlier. Yet Etienne's death, which occurred under bizarre circumstances, is for Dalgliesh only the beginning of the mystery, as he desperately pursues the search for a killer prepared to strike and strike again.

— Original Sin by P. D. James

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New This Week: A Good Result, A Georgie B. Goode Australian RV Mystery by Marg McAlister

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 April 2016 and priced $4.99 or less …

A Good Result by Marg McAlister

A Georgie B. Goode Australian RV Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: Marg McAlister

Price: $2.99 (as of 04/11/2016 at 6:30 PM ET).

  

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Two women in crisis … A saboteur in the shadows … A town looking the other way …

Not even an hour after they arrive in the seaside paradise of Yamba, Georgie knows that Scott's sisters Viv and Lissa are in trouble. Month after month, their fledgling business Coffee, Cakes & Crepes has been plagued by problems. At first, Viv and Lissa think that they are just unlucky. An old building, growing pains, a run of bad luck … they are convinced that it will all blow over. Finally they have no choice but to face facts: it just isn't possible that all these mini-disasters can be a coincidence. But who wants them out so badly that they'll stop at nothing?

Viv, Lissa, and Georgie find themselves looking suspiciously at anyone who walks through the door, but an attempt to find out who and why is sure to be a great way to alienate the townsfolk. They have to live in this town, after all.

But who is it? The town gossip who just happens to be there when things go wrong? The girl who cold-heartedly stole the man that Viv was in love with, and who would be happy to see her gone? The tetchy old-school cafe owner and his downtrodden wife across the road? Or is it someone else who is hiding in the shadows, taking every opportunity to destroy their livelihood? Why?

This time, for Georgie and Scott, the stakes are high indeed. This is family. This is personal.

— A Good Result by Marg McAlister

See also the highly reviewed first mystery in this series, Good Intentions, for $2.99 on Kindle.

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The Dirty Book Murder, A Rare Book Mystery by Thomas Shawver, 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 Dirty Book Murder by Thomas Shawver

A Rare Book Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Alibi

Price: 99¢ (as of 04/11/2016 at 6:00 PM ET).

  

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Book merchant Michael Bevan arrives at the Kansas City auction house hoping to uncover some hidden literary gold. Though the auction ad had mentioned erotica, Michael is amazed to find lovely Japanese Shunga scrolls and a first edition of a novel by French author Colette with an inscription by Ernest Hemingway. This one item alone could fetch a small fortune in the right market.

As Michael and fellow dealer Gareth Hughes are warming up for battle, a stranger comes out of nowhere and outbids them — to the tune of sixty grand. But Gareth is unwilling to leave the auction house empty-handed, so he steals two volumes, including the Colette novel. When Gareth is found dead the next day, Michael quickly becomes the prime suspect: Not only had the pair been tossed out of a bar mid-fistfight the night before, but there is evidence from Michael's shop at the crime scene.

Now the attorney-turned-bookman must find out who wanted the Colette so badly that they would kill for it — and frame Michael. Desperate to stay out of police custody, Michael follows the murderer's trail into the wealthiest echelons of the city, where power and influence meet corruption — and mystery and eroticism are perverted by pure evil. Unfortunately for Michael, one dead book dealer is only the opening chapter in a terrifying tale of high culture and lowlifes.

— The Dirty Book Murder by Thomas Shawver

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New This Week: Before Others Die, A Sal Smith Mystery by Thomas Wymark

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Before Others Die by Thomas Wymark

A Sal Smith Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Thomas Wymark

Price: $2.99 (as of 04/11/2016 at 5:30 PM ET).

  

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Sal Smith is asked by a friend to look into the death of his brother-in-law. The police say it was a burglary gone wrong. The man's sister says it wasn't.

Sal quickly uncovers a disturbing truth … that more people will be killed. With the clock ticking, Sal has to get to the bottom of a horrific secret so deeply buried that others will kill to keep it that way.

And he needs to find out what really happened to the murdered man — and why — before others die.

— Before Others Die by Thomas Wymark

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Black Irish, A Novel of Suspense by Stephan Talty, Now Available at a Special Price

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Black Irish by Stephan Talty

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Ballantine Books

Price: $1.99 (as of 04/11/2016 at 5:00 PM ET).

  

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Absalom "Abbie" Kearney grew up an outsider in her own hometown. Even being the adopted daughter of a revered cop couldn't keep Abbie's troubled past from making her a misfit in the working-class Irish American enclave of South Buffalo. And now, despite a Harvard degree and a police detective's badge, she still struggles to earn the respect and trust of those she's sworn to protect. But all that may change, once the killing starts.

When Jimmy Ryan's mangled corpse is found in a local church basement, this sadistic sacrilege sends a bone-deep chill through the winter-whipped city. It also seems to send a message — one that Abbie believes only the fiercely secretive citizens of the neighborhood known as "the County" understand. But in a town ruled by an old-world code of silence and secrecy, her search for answers is stonewalled at every turn, even by fellow cops. Only when Abbie finds a lead at the Gaelic Club, where war stories, gossip, and confidences flow as freely as the drink, do tongues begin to wag — with desperate warnings and dire threats. And when the killer's mysterious calling card appears on her own doorstep, the hunt takes a shocking twist into her own family's past. As the grisly murders and grim revelations multiply, Abbie wages a chilling battle of wits with a maniac who sees into her soul, and she swears to expose the County's hidden history — one bloody body at a time.

— Black Irish by Stephan Talty

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New This Week: The Thousand Dollar Escape, A Colt Ryder Thriller by J. T. Brannan

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The Thousand Dollar Escape by J. T. Brannan

A Colt Ryder Thriller (3rd in series)

Publisher: Grey Arrow

Price: $3.99 (as of 04/11/2016 at 4:30 PM ET).

  

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Colt Ryder is the Thousand Dollar Man, an urban myth come true, a man who travels across America helping people for a thousand dollars a time. With him is Kane, his faithful canine companion — part-Alsatian, part-Mastiff, all-business — and together they find themselves in the small town of Sand Springs, Oklahoma. It doesn't take long to find someone that desperately needs his help — Samantha Carson is an abused wife, a woman who has taken all she can stand and just wants to get out of her violent relationship, and sees her chance in the Thousand Dollar Man.

It should be a fairly easy job — escort the lady safely out of Sand Springs, to a place where her husband can't reach her. But there's one major snag — her husband is Don Carson, Chief of the Sand Springs Police Department, and there aren't that many places he can't reach. With the entire police department on their trail, and the sheriff's department also brought in after them, one thing is clear — Don Carson is not going to let his wife go without a fight.

But Colt Ryder is not a man to back down from a fight … whatever the odds.

— The Thousand Dollar Escape by J. T. Brannan

See all three titles in the Colt Ryder Thriller Series for $3.99 or less each on Kindle.

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Unloaded, Crime Writers Writing Without Guns by Eric Beetner, editor, Now Available To Pre-Order at a Special Price

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Today, we're pleased to present the following title, now available to pre-order at a special price courtesy of the publisher, Down & Out Books. The release date is April 18, 2016 …

Unloaded by Eric Beetner, editor

Crime Writers Writing Without Guns

Publisher: Down & Out Books

Price: $4.99 (as of 04/11/2016 at 4:00 PM ET).

  

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For the first time, more than two dozen crime and mystery authors have joined together to use the strongest weapon at their disposal — words — in a call for reasonable gun control in the U.S.A. In this collection you get all the thrills and excitement you come to expect from a great crime story, but without any guns.

From best sellers and writing legends to the brightest stars of the next generation of crime writers, the twenty-five authors here have taken pen in hand to say enough is enough. Gun violence has got to stop and this is our way of speaking out — by showing that gun violence can be removed from the narrative, and maybe from our lives.

It's not anti-gun, it's pro-sanity. And above anything else, these are thrilling crime stories that will surprise and shock, thrill and chill — all without a gun in sight.

The writers are from both sides of the political aisle and many of the authors are gun owners themselves. But everyone felt it was time to speak out. Featuring the talents of J.L. Abramo, Patricia Abbott, Trey R. Barker, Eric Beetner, Alec Cizak, Joe Clifford, Reed Farrel Coleman, Angel Luis Colón, Hilary Davidson, Paul J. Garth, Alison Gaylin, Kent Gowran, Rob Hart, Jeffery Hess, Grant Jerkins, Joe R. Lansdale, S.W. Lauden, Tim O'Mara, Joyce Carol Oates, Tom Pitts, Thomas Pluck, Keith Rawson, Kelli Stanley, Ryan Sayles, and Holly West.

— Unloaded by Eric Beetner, editor

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Rest in Peach by Susan Furlong, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during April 2016

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during April 2016 …

Rest in Peach by Susan Furlong, A Nola Harper, Georgia Peach Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: Berkley

  

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The annual Peach Cotillion, Cays Mill, Georgia's biggest event, is fast approaching and Nola Mae Harper is just as excited as the rest of the town — even though she's busy juggling both the cotillion dinner and the grand opening of her new shop, Peachy Keen. But she never expected that plans for the cotillion would end up in the pits because of the cutthroat competition between local debutantes.

When Vivien Crenshaw, insufferable church organist and despised mother of the town's spoiled-rotten Peach Queen, is stabbed to death, the police turn to Nola's friend Ginny as prime suspect. Apparently the two had fought over a one-of-a-kind cotillion gown. As Nola steps in to prove Ginny's innocence she soon finds herself picking through a bushel of suspects, twice as many motives, and at the mercy of a killer all too keen on killing again.

— Rest in Peach by Susan Furlong

To see more new paperback titles scheduled to be published this month, visit The Mystery Bookshelf for April 2016. For new hardcover titles, visit New Mysteries where for a list of April 2016 mysteries, novels of suspense, and thrillers is provided.

L.A. Rotten, A Tom Tanner Mystery by Jeff Klima, Now Available at a Special Price

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L.A. Rotten by Jeff Klima

A Tom Tanner Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Alibi

Price: 99¢ (as of 04/11/2016 at 3:00 PM ET).

  

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As an expert crime-scene cleaner, Tom Tanner charges big money to carve out bullets, mop up fluids, disinfect walls, and dispose of whatever's left of whomever was unlucky enough to require his services. For a handsome young ex-con determined to stay out of trouble, it's practically a dream job — until he discovers a grisly pattern to his work: a string of gruesome murders at a cheap motel chain, always in Room 236.

While prying into a serial killer's nasty scheme, Tom finds himself with a sharp-witted strip-bar waitress plastered to his side — and his conscience. Even more surprising, the killer starts prying into his life, luring Tom into a twisted friendship. As Tom struggles against his adversary's wicked whims, risking the lives of the few people he holds dear, bodies pile up everywhere he turns. With a psychopath calling the shots, Tom has little choice but to clean house once and for all.

— L.A. Rotten by Jeff Klima

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Reckoning and Ruin by Tina Whittle, New in Bookstores during April 2016

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

Reckoning and Ruin by Tina Whittle, a Tai Randolph Mystery (5th in series)

Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press

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Reckoning and Ruin. That's what Savannah is to Tai Randolph who's gladly rebooted her life in Atlanta and is celebrating several landmarks. A year running the Confederate-themed gun shop she inherited with its busy schedule of reenactments. A year with her sexy, ex-SWAT-team lover Trey, now working a corporate security gig, who's having to reboot his own life and brain after a terrible auto accident. A year of confronting a checkered list of ruffians and outright villains, mostly now put behind bars. One of those convicted criminals is her cousin Jasper, whose disreputable family was a big part of Tai's childhood in Savannah.

Tai is determined to keep her amateur sleuthing in the past, not just for her sake, but for Trey's. But here comes Jasper again, complete with a fancy, high-priced new lawyer and a scheme that will surely ruin Tai and Trey financially. But is there more? Jasper, the leader of a white militia splinter group too violent for even the Klan, must be up to something worse than wrecking Tai's life. When other witnesses against Jasper start turning up dead, she decides she has to take him down once and for all. And act on her own, a strategy that high-adrenaline Tai has been working to modify in her life with Trey.

Soon she's back in Savannah and deep in familiar troubles―a missing ex-boyfriend, a creepily poetic stalker, a passel of stolen money. She's forced to confront old memories and older ghosts, including an uncomfortable reunion with her Uncle Boone, who's keeping secrets he'd rather die with than reveal. Worst of all, her relationship with Trey starts to fray, and she realizes that chasing the truth might cost her the man she loves.

— Reckoning and Ruin by Tina Whittle

For a list of more new hardcover titles to be published this month, visit our New Mysteries page for April 2016. For new paperback titles, visit The Mystery Bookshelf where a selection of April 2016 mysteries, novels of suspense, and thrillers are shelved.