Poisonous by Allison Brennan, New in Bookstores during April 2016

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

Poisonous by Allison Brennan, a Maxine "Max" Revere Mystery (3rd in series)

Publisher: Minotaur Books

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Teen-aged Internet bully Ivy Lake fell off a cliff and few people cared … except her mentally-challenged eighteen-year-old step-brother, Tommy. He loved her in spite of her cruelty. He's distraught and doesn't understand why his blended family is falling apart. After a year, the police still have no answers: Ivy could have jumped, could have been pushed, or it could have been an accident. With too many suspects and not enough evidence, the investigation has grown cold.

Tommy thinks that if someone can figure out what happened to his step-sister, everything will go back to normal, so he writes to investigative reporter Maxine Revere. This isn't the type of case Max normally takes on, but the heartbreak and simple honesty in Tommy's letter pulls her in. She travels to Corte Madera, California, with her assistant David Kane and is at first pleased that the police are cooperative. But the more Max learns about Tommy and his dysfunctional family, the more she thinks she's taken on an impossible task: this may be the one case she can't solve.

If Ivy was murdered, it was exceptionally well-planned and that kind of killer could be hiding in plain sight … planning the next act of violence. Max believes the truth is always better than lies, that the truth is the only thing that matters to gain justice for victims and their families. But for the first time, she wonders if this time, the truth will kill.

— Poisonous by Allison Brennan

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.

Telemystery: ITV Announces Cast for Third and Final Season of Broadchurch

ITV has announced new cast members for the third and final season of the crime drama Broadchurch.

David Tennant and Olivia Colman will reprise their roles as DI Alec Hardy and DS Ellie Miller with Jodie Whittaker and Andrew Buchan returning to play Beth and Mark Latimer. Arthur Darvill also returns as local Vicar Paul Coates, Carolyn Pickles as newspaper editor Maggie Radcliffe and Adam Wilson as Ellie's son Tom.

They will be joined by Julie Hesmondhalgh, Georgina Campbell along with Sarah Parish, Charlie Higson and Mark Bazeley who take significant roles in the eight-episode season, which will feature a new case for Miller and Hardy with the detectives reuniting to investigate a serious sexual assault.

"This is the final chapter of Broadchurch," said Chris Chibnall, executive producer of the series. "We have one last story to tell, featuring both familiar faces and new characters. I hope it's a compelling and emotional farewell to a world and show that means so much to me."

Filming will begin in Dorset this summer in Bridport, West Bay and Clevedon, which have featured as locations in the first two seasons.

Vanilla Beaned by Jenn McKinlay, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during April 2016

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during April 2016 …

Vanilla Beaned by Jenn McKinlay, A Melanie Cooper and Angie DeLaura, Cupcake Bakery Mystery (8th in series)

Publisher: Berkley

  

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Melanie Cooper and Angie DeLaura are taking a gamble by opening their first franchise of the Fairy Tale Cupcakes Bakery, so where better to hit the jackpot than in Vegas? Business manager Tate Harper has lined up a meeting with Holly Hartzmark, a former showgirl who's looking to bring Mel and Angie's sweet treats to Sin City, but Mel isn't so sure she's ready to hand her recipes over to a complete stranger — especially one as brash as Holly.

But after the potential bakery location gets blown up, Mel begins seeing another side to Holly — one that reminds her very much of herself. Determined to help a kindred spirit, Mel sets out to discover who is trying to keep the bakery from cashing in. But with a murderous mischief maker on the loose, the odds are stacking up against a happy ending for Mel and her friends …

— Vanilla Beaned by Jenn McKinlay

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.

Hawkwood, The Hawkwood Mysteries by James McGee, 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, Pegasus Books …

Hawkwood by James McGee

The Hawkwood Mysteries (1st in series)

Publisher: Pegasus Books

Price: $1.99 (as of 04/13/2016 at 1:00 PM ET).

  

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The year is 1811, and Bow Street Runner Matthew Hawkwood is ordered by Chief Magistrate James Read to investigate the double murder of a coachman and a naval courier on the Kent Road.

Hawkwood initially wonders why Read is so concerned by this relatively mundane case, but before long, another body is discovered, and a higher agenda emerges — an attempt by the Emperor Napoleon to deliver a crushing military and psychological blow to Britain that could lead cause terror on the seas for years to come …

— Hawkwood by James McGee

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New This Week: Midnight Run, A Novel of Suspense by Linda Castillo

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 …

Midnight Run by Linda Castillo

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Harlequin Special Releases

Price: $4.99 (as of 04/13/2016 at 12:30 PM ET).

  

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This is a new ebook edition of a book published in paperback by Harlequin in 2003.

Lean, edgy former police detective Jack LaCroix had forty-eight hours to clear his name and keep his freedom. To do it, the escaped prisoner needed attorney Landis McAllister, the woman he'd once thought would share his life. The woman who thought he'd betrayed her.

Landis had just pulled her life together. Now Jack was back, compelling her to believe in him despite the damning evidence, proving with a touch that the ashes of their fiery past still smoldered. With the law on their heels and bullets flying at their backs, could they rekindle their trust in each other and find the proof Jack needed before time ran out?

— Midnight Run by Linda Castillo

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A Conversation with Mystery Author Wendy Tyson

We are delighted to welcome author Wendy Tyson to Omnimystery News today.

Wendy starts a new mystery series with A Muddied Murder (Henery Press; March 2016 trade paperback and ebook formats) and we recently had the chance to catch up with her to talk more about it.

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Omnimystery News: Introduce us to your new series character.

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Wendy Tyson

Wendy Tyson: A Muddied Murder features Megan Sawyer, a disillusioned environmental attorney who leaves her big-city practice to return to her small home town of Winsome, Pennsylvania when her ne're-do-well father takes off for Italy, leaving Megan's grandmother to fend for herself on the family's run-down farm. Megan has suffered a tragedy in her own life, and the move to Winsome provides the opportunity for healing and a new career — running an organic farm and café.

Megan is tough, down to earth and vulnerable all at the same time. When she returns to Winsome, she has to confront and cope with not only the very tangible obstacles presented by farming, but also elements of her own past that continue to haunt her. She must draw on her own determination and strength to start the farm and café, and the journey is one of self-discovery as well as discovery about her family, the town she'd left and the challenges of small-scale farming. I love this character because of the opportunities she presents. She's not perfect — far from it — but she's still evolving and growing. She understands that the world is complex, but despite the lack of black and white answers, she's willing to put herself out there, to have faith in the future.

OMN: Suppose Megan were to interview you. What would be her first question?

WT: Megan would ask me why I wasn't living on a small organic farm yet! My answer? Someday, Megan. Someday.

OMN: Into which genre would you place this series.

WT: James Ziskin, the author of the fabulous Ellie Stone Mysteries, said, "Wendy Tyson's A Muddied Murder combines the finest traits of the classic British mystery and the best of the modern-day cozy." I absolutely love that quote. I think A Muddied Murder is a cozy in the best ways possible — small town setting, an amateur sleuth who is connected to the local population, not much violence or sex on the page. But I did strive to keep the pace quick and the mystery complex enough to be satisfying.

There are always advantages and disadvantages to labels. One advantage is that readers know what they are getting when they pick up my book. They won't be expecting extensive blood shed or torrid sex scenes, and they won't find these things either. A disadvantage, of course, is that some readers may have decided they don't like cozy mysteries, and the label may be enough to dissuade them from giving the series a try. In that case, I hope they opt to look beyond the label and read the first book.

OMN: How true are you to the overall setting of the story?

WT: The book takes place in the fictional town of Winsome, Pennsylvania. If you're familiar with Pennsylvania, you may recognize the area of Bucks County. It's a beautiful region in Eastern Pennsylvania characterized by quaint, historic towns, old stone farmhouses and rolling countryside. I grew up nearby, and I loved driving through places like Doylestown and New Hope as a child. Winsome is more rural than these towns but captures much of the agrarian, historic flavor.

OMN: What kinds of books do you like to read for pleasure? Any particular favorites?

WT: I love mysteries and thrillers, especially a good series! My favorites? Jonathan Kellerman's Dr. Delaware series, Tess Gerritsen's Rizzoli and Isles series, Donna Leon's Commissario Guido Brunetti series, and Elizabeth George's Inspector Lynley series. I'm like a junky — I can't get enough of my favorite authors' work.

OMN: What's next for you?

WT: I just signed a contract for the next three books in the Greenhouse Series, so for now, I will be writing the Allison Campbell series and the Greenhouse series. In fact, the next book in each series will be coming out in 2017.

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Wendy Tyson's background in law and psychology has provided inspiration for her mysteries and thrillers. Originally from the Philadelphia area, Wendy has returned to her roots and lives there again on a micro-farm with her husband, three sons and three dogs.

For more information about the author, please visit her website at WATyson.com and her author page on Goodreads, or find her on Facebook and Twitter.

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A Muddied Murder by Wendy Tyson

A Greenhouse Mystery

Publisher: Henery Press

When Megan Sawyer gives up her big-city law career to care for her grandmother and run the family's organic farm and café, she expects to find peace and tranquility in her scenic hometown of Winsome, Pennsylvania. Instead, her goat goes missing, rain muddies her fields, the town denies her business permits, and her family's Colonial-era farm sucks up the remains of her savings.

Just when she thinks she's reached the bottom of the rain barrel, Megan and the town's hunky veterinarian discover the local zoning commissioner's battered body in her barn. Now Megan is thrust into the middle of a murder investigation — and she's the chief suspect. Can Megan dig through small-town secrets, local politics, and old grievances in time to find a killer before that killer strikes again?

— A Muddied Murder by Wendy Tyson. Click here to take a Look Inside the book.

Today's Selection of Daily Deals for Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature a selection of today's Daily Deals found on Wednesday, April 13, 2016 at 7:30 AM ET …

The Silenced by Heather Graham

The Krewe of Hunters Series (15th in series)

Publisher: Harlequin MIRA

Kindle Daily Deal Price: $1.99

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Where is Lara Mayhew?

Lara, a congressman's media assistant, suddenly quits her job — and disappears on the way to her Washington, DC, apartment.

Novice FBI agent Meg Murray, a childhood friend of Lara's, gets a message from her that same night, a message that says she's disillusioned and "going home." To Richmond, Virginia. Meg discovers that she never got there. And bodies fitting Lara's description are showing up in nearby rivers … Could she be the victim of a serial killer?

Meg is assigned to work with special agent Matt Bosworth, a hard-nosed pro in the FBI's unit of paranormal investigators — the Krewe of Hunters. They trace the route Meg and Lara took more than once in the past, visiting battlefields and graveyards from Harpers Ferry to Gettysburg. Places where the dead share their secrets with those who can hear … As Meg and Matt pursue the possibility of a serial killer, they find themselves in the middle of a political conspiracy. Is there a connection? If so, has Lara been silenced for good? And whom — besides each other — can they trust?

— The Silenced by Heather Graham

Circle of Bones by Christine Kling

The Shipwreck Adventures (1st in series)

Publisher: Thomas & Mercer

Kindle Daily Deal Price: $1.99

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When Maggie Riley sets sail for the Caribbean, all she wants is a little R&R before starting a work assignment in Dominica.

The last thing Maggie expects is to rescue Cole Thatcher, a sexy — but possibly nuts — conspiracy-spouting archaeologist found swimming nude off the island of Guadeloupe. It turns out Cole is searching for the wreckage of a vanished World War II submarine, claiming it holds millions in gold coins and classified documents from a powerful inner circle of the secret society Skull and Bones.

Maggie has enough skeletons to deal with. But when she learns her own past may intersect this inner circle of Bonesmen, she realizes Cole might not be so crazy after all — and joining him in the search for the sub may be her only course to uncover a hidden truth.

— Circle of Bones by Christine Kling

Dragon's Triangle by Christine Kling

The Shipwreck Adventures (2nd in series)

Publisher: Thomas & Mercer

Kindle Daily Deal Price: $1.99

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Maggie Riley has settled into her new life in Thailand, working aboard her sailboat and doing her best to leave the past behind. When she receives a letter from a World War II vet claiming to have served with her grandfather who went missing in action, Riley is once again pulled into the intrigue that tore her family apart and led to the disappearance of her former search partner — and the love of her life.

Armed with the secret code her grandfather left behind, Riley must head to the Philippines to hunt for a mysterious shipwreck, uncover the truth of Yamashita's gold, and find the answers to old questions about her own family.

— Dragon's Triangle by Christine Kling

Midnight Crossroad by Charlaine Harris

A Novel of Midnight, Texas (1st in series)

Publisher: Ace

Kobo Daily Deal Price: $1.99 (price-matched by Amazon)

  

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Welcome to Midnight, Texas, a town with many boarded-up windows and few full-time inhabitants, located at the crossing of Witch Light Road and Davy Road. It's a pretty standard dried-up western town.

There's a pawnshop (someone lives in the basement and is seen only at night). There's a diner (people who are just passing through tend not to linger). And there's new resident Manfred Bernardo, who thinks he's found the perfect place to work in private (and who has secrets of his own).

Stop at the one traffic light in town, and everything looks normal. Stay awhile, and learn the truth …

— Midnight Crossroad by Charlaine Harris

No Coming Back by Keith Houghton

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Audible Daily Deal Price: $2.95

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Some secrets are better left buried …

Eighteen years ago, Jenna Luckman disappeared, presumed murdered. Her boyfriend, Jake Olson, hasn't been home since. Now he's coming back to find her killer.

Since he last set foot in Harper, Minnesota, Jake's whole life has changed beyond recognition, but the place seems just as he left it. Small-town politics and gossip rule, and his return is big news.

When a body is discovered at the frozen Hangman Falls, Jake is beset by a snowstorm of anger and revenge. Hounded by grudges and feared by the townsfolk, Jake is determined to uncover the truth behind his girlfriend's disappearance. But he still has enemies in town and they have other plans for him.

Betrayed at every turn and unsure whom to trust, Jake's quest for the truth rekindles old rivalries and rouses ghosts that should never have been disturbed. He wants above all to find the peace of mind that has so long eluded him. But no man can escape his past.

— No Coming Back by Keith Houghton

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Today's Selection of Free MystereBooks for Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature a selection of Free MystereBooks found on Wednesday, April 13, 2016 at 7:00 AM ET …

Murder at Starlight Resort by Liz Turner

A Rare Catch Cozy Mystery

Publisher: Liz Turner

Price: FREE!

  

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Souls at Zero by Neal Martin

A Psychological Thriller

Publisher: Unsane Press

Price: FREE!

  

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The Beacon by A. B. Shepher

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: A. B. Shepher

Price: FREE!

  

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The Strange Attractor by Desmond Cory

A Crime Novel

Publisher: Desmond Cory

Price: FREE!

  

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Memory House by Bette Lee Crosby

The Memory House Collection

Publisher: Bent Pine Publishing

Price: FREE!

  

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Unplanned by Alana Terry

A Kennedy Stern Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Alana Terry

Price: FREE!

  

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Rondo by Tell Cotton

The Landon Saga

Publisher: Solstice Publishing

Price: FREE!

  

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Cases Closed by Henry Hack

A Danny Boyland Mystery

Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing

Price: FREE!

  

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Murder Me by John Meany

A Romantic Thriller

Publisher: John Meany

Price: FREE!

  

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Spooky Spirits by John Stone

A YA Supernatural Mystery

Publisher: John Stone

Price: FREE!

  

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The Case of the Missing Bones by Bailey Fisher

A Dogland Mystery for Kids

Publisher: Mandalay Publishing

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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Facing Fire, Bad Boys Undercover by HelenKay Dimon, 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, Avon …

Facing Fire by HelenKay Dimon

Bad Boys Undercover (3rd in series)

Publisher: Avon

Price: $1.99 (as of 04/12/2016 at 8:00 PM ET).

  

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When his uncle is brutally murdered, Josiah King knows that business just got personal. His uncle's ties to the Alliance can mean only one thing: Josiah and his black ops team are targets, along with everyone they love. Primed for vengeance, Josiah is determined to unravel the plot — until long-legged redhead Sutton Dahl becomes a dangerous distraction.

Sutton is very good at uncovering other people's secrets — and protecting her own. When Josiah bursts into her life she's torn between pushing him away and asking for his help. Mysterious, strong, and much too sexy, he's a puzzle she longs to solve, and a temptation she can't ignore.

Thrown together in the face of Alliance's most lethal threat, Josiah and Sutton become unlikely partners, fighting for their lives even as the attraction between them flares into real passion. Torn between his team and the woman who means everything to him, Josiah will risk it all to save Sutton, even if that decision is his last.

— Facing Fire by HelenKay Dimon

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