Today's Selection of Free MystereBooks for Friday, April 29, 2016

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature a selection of Free MystereBooks found on Friday, April 29, 2016 at 7:00 AM ET …

The Vanishing Chemist by Peter Alpert

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Peter Alpert

Price: FREE!

  

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Murder Times Nine by J. F. Pratt

A Sudoku Mystery

Publisher: J. F. Pratt

Price: FREE!

  

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Bulldog by Mike Faricy

A Dev Haskell Mystery

Publisher: Credit River Publishing

Price: FREE!

  

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Second-Hand Murder by Blair Merrin

The Bandit Hills Series

Publisher: Summer Prescott Books

Price: FREE!

  

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Dark Webb by Harry Dayle

The Dark Webb Series

Publisher: Harry Dayle

Price: FREE!

  

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The Murder Must Go On by Tina Anne

A Theme Park Mystery

Publisher: Tina Anne

Price: FREE!

  

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Holliday's Gold by Steeven R. Orr

A Modern Retelling of Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Publisher: Big Beard Books

Price: FREE!

  

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Murder Under the Catwalk by Nancy C. Davis

A Vanessa Abbot, Cat Cozy Mystery

Publisher: Collins Collective

Price: FREE!

  

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Black Water Tales by JeanNicole Rivers

The Secret Keepers

Publisher: JeanNicole Rivers

Price: FREE!

  

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Healing by Belinda Kennington

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Belinda Kennington

Price: FREE!

  

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Cadaver Dog by Doug Goodman

A YA Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Doug Goodman

Price: FREE!

  

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Kickback, A Nick Dixon Mystery by Damien Boyd, Now Available at a Special Price

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Kickback by Damien Boyd

A Nick Dixon Mystery (3rd in series)

Publisher: Thomas & Mercer

Price: $1.99 (as of 04/28/2016 at 8:00 PM ET).

  

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A trainee jockey has been kicked to death by an aggressive stallion at the local stables. Deemed an accidental death, the case is closed. But when the jockey's brother returns from active service, he sparks an armed siege, demanding the investigation be re-opened and the truth uncovered.

Still recovering from the physical and mental scars of his last case, Detective Inspector Nick Dixon is dragged deep into a murky world of betting scams and murder, where people will do anything to keep their secrets. Even if that means silencing a DI who keeps asking the wrong questions about the wrong dead jockey …

— Kickback by Damien Boyd

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Review: Speakers of the Dead by J. Aaron Sanders

A Mysterious Review of Speakers of the Dead by J. Aaron Sanders. A Walt Whitman Mystery.

Review summary: This murder mystery is nicely structured, but it's the backdrop of mid-19th century New York City that really shines here. Having real-life poet and journalist Walt Whitman play the role of amateur sleuth seems especially inspired. Highly recommended to fans of historical mysteries. (Click here for text of full review.)

Our rating:

Speakers of the Dead
J. Aaron Sanders
A Walt Whitman Mystery
(March 2016)

Publisher synopsis: The year is 1843; the place: New York City. Aurora reporter Walt Whitman arrives at the Tombs prison yard where his friend Lena Stowe is scheduled to hang for the murder of her husband, Abraham. Walt intends to present evidence on Lena's behalf, but Sheriff Harris turns him away. Lena drops to her death, and Walt vows to posthumously exonerate her.

Walt's estranged boyfriend, Henry Saunders, returns to New York, and the two men uncover a link between body-snatching and Abraham's murder: a man named Samuel Clement. To get to Clement, Walt and Henry descend into a dangerous underworld where resurrection men steal the bodies of the recently deceased and sell them to medical colleges. With no legal means to acquire cadavers, medical students rely on these criminals, and Abraham's involvement with the Bone Bill — legislation that would put the resurrection men out of business — seems to have led to his and Lena's deaths.

In the Blood, A Jefferson Tayte, Genealogical Mystery by Steve Robinson, Now Available at a Special Price

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In the Blood by Steve Robinson

A Jefferson Tayte, Genealogical Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Thomas & Mercer

Price: $1.99 (as of 04/28/2016 at 7:00 PM ET).

  

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Two hundred years ago a loyalist family fled to England to escape the American War of Independence and seemingly vanished into thin air. American genealogist Jefferson Tayte is hired to find out what happened, but it soon becomes apparent that a calculated killer is out to stop him.

Tayte's research centres around the tragic life of a young Cornish girl, a writing box, and the discovery of a dark secret that he believes will lead him to the family he is looking for. Trouble is, someone else is looking for the same answers and will stop at nothing to find them.

— In the Blood by Steve Robinson

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New This Week: A Thousand Yesteryears, A Point Pleasant Mystery by Mae Clair

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A Thousand Yesteryears by Mae Clair

A Point Pleasant Mystery

Publisher: Lyrical Underground

Price: $3.99 (as of 04/28/2016 at 6:30 PM ET).

  

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Behind a legend lies the truth…

As a child, Eve Parrish lost her father and her best friend, Maggie Flynn, in a tragic bridge collapse. Fifteen years later, she returns to Point Pleasant to settle her deceased aunt’s estate. Though much has changed about the once thriving river community, the ghost of tragedy still weighs heavily on the town, as do rumors and sightings of the Mothman, a local legend. When Eve uncovers startling information about her aunt’s death, that legend is in danger of becoming all too real . . .+++Caden Flynn is one of the few lucky survivors of the bridge collapse but blames himself for coercing his younger sister out that night. He’s carried that guilt for fifteen years, unaware of darker currents haunting the town. It isn’t long before Eve’s arrival unravels an old secret—one that places her and Caden in the crosshairs of a deadly killer . . .

— A Thousand Yesteryears by Mae Clair

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The Last Witness, A Lou Mason Thriller by Joel Goldman, Now Available at a Special Price

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The Last Witness by Joel Goldman

A Lou Mason Thriller (2nd in series)

Publisher: Character Flaw Press

Price: $1.99 (as of 04/28/2016 at 6:00 PM ET).

  

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What's it like to be a target for murder? Every step you take, every sigh you make — could be your last. Could you outsmart a desperate killer?

Just as his life has returned to normal, Lou Mason's surrogate father, Homicide Detective Harry Ryman, arrests his best friend, ex-cop Wilson 'Blues' Bluestone, Jr. on murder charges. Mason rolls in like a freight train to defend Blues uncovers dark and terrible secrets — secrets worth killing for.

As his investigation closes in on the killer, the hunter becomes the hunted … and all Hell breaks loose.

— The Last Witness by Joel Goldman

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New This Week: The Hitwoman and the Mother Load, The Confessions of a Slightly Neurotic Hitwoman by J. B. Lynn

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The Hitwoman and the Mother Load by J. B. Lynn

The Confessions of a Slightly Neurotic Hitwoman (14th in series)

Publisher: J. B. Lynn

Price: $3.99 (as of 04/28/2016 at 5:30 PM ET).

  

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You think you've got problems? Don't talk to Maggie Lee about problems.

Her mother's escaped from the loony bin, and rumor has it she's robbing people for ice cream money.

A mob boss is insisting she liberate his daughter from a mental hospital that Maggie's pretty sure she belongs in.

And people keep trying to kill her.

While Maggie deals with all that, she must also contend with her dysfunctional family; the challenges of parenting her orphaned niece; a handsome, but dangerously curious reporter; a hot manny who lives under her roof and gets under her skin; a smooth and sexy con man; and a certain murder mentor/cop redhead. And, honestly, it's getting too much to bear. Good thing she has her talking animals to confide in.

But with everything that's going on, can the intrepid, yet inept, hitwoman figure out how to keep everyone she loves safe without ending up in jail or killed?

Or will she just take up residence in a rubber room herself? Truth be told, she could use the break.

— The Hitwoman and the Mother Load by J. B. Lynn

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Surly Bonds, A Political Thriller by Michael Byars Lewis, Now Available at a Special Price

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Surly Bonds by Michael Byars Lewis

A Political Thriller

Publisher: SATCOM Publishing

Price: 99¢ (as of 04/28/2016 at 5:00 PM ET).

  

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When you're solo, no one can hear you scream …

It was the highest of highs and the lowest of lows … Jason Conrad is an Air Force student pilot, struggling to graduate pilot training. Rebuilding his personal life, he quickly finds the friends he relies on have bigger secrets than his own. On the other side of the world, a former KGB leader is plotting to overthrow the Russian government. While the "Cold War" is believed to be over, a renegade group of Russian officers launch a plan that could possibly ignite World War Three!

As these two vastly different worlds weave together, they accelerate into an action packed roller coaster ride from the skies over Enid, Oklahoma, to the streets of Moscow, to the steps of the Alamo.

— Surly Bonds by Michael Byars Lewis

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Framed to Death, A Faith Hunter Mystery by Christina Freeburn, New This Week from Henery Press

Henery Press — the place to be for mystery — publishes books in the mystery/suspense genre focused on engaging stories with sharp twists and lively characters.

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

Framed to Death by Christina Freeburn

A Faith Hunter Mystery (4th in series)

Publisher: Henery Press

Price: $4.99 (as of 04/28/2016 at 4:30 PM ET).

  

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Eden has turned into a hotspot of crime, and Faith finds herself smack dab in the middle of the flare-up. When a favor for a friend links Faith to the synthetic marijuana problem invading her town, no good deed goes unpunished becomes the title of her life. The town accuses the police of favoritism toward her, putting a strain between Faith and Ted, and a new officer is determined to prove Faith's guilt.

When the criminal is outed, Faith's relief is short-lived. A fire takes out the store — along with the suspected dealer — and she's now number one on an officer's suspect list. Faith sets out to prove her own innocence, and her digging sparks the truth to life. Instead of the truth setting the town free, Faith finds out it might destroy Eden, the friends she holds dear, and smother out her own life.

— Framed to Death by Christina Freeburn

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Carolina Skeletons, A Novel of Suspense by David Stout, Now Available at a Special Price

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Carolina Skeletons by David Stout

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Open Road

Price: $1.99 (as of 04/28/2016 at 4:00 PM ET).

  

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Winner of the 1989 Edgar Award for Best First Novel.

As a fourteen-year-old black boy living in 1940s South Carolina, Linus Bragg should know better than to follow the two bicycling white girls. But something about Sue Ellen and Cindy Lou compels him. Maybe it's the way Cindy Lou speaks to him, or how Sue Ellen sits on her bike. Whatever the reason, he follows the girls into the woods. It's the worst mistake he ever makes. When he comes into the clearing, both girls are dead and young Linus is the natural suspect.

Forty years later, a nephew of Linus's returns to South Carolina, curious about this dark moment in his family's past. To find the fourth person who visited the clearing that day means reopening a sinister chapter of the small town's history, which certain evil men had thought closed forever.

— Carolina Skeletons by David Stout

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The Deepest Wound by Rick Reed, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during April 2016

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during April 2016 …

The Deepest Wound by Rick Reed, A Jack Murphy Mystery (3rd in series)

Publisher: Lyrical Underground

  

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Killing has become a team sport. To win the game, Detective Jack Murphy will have to identify all the players — whatever the cost …

The body parts of a young woman have shown up in the town landfill and homicide detective Jack Murphy is on the case. But when the victim's identity is revealed, the horrific crime takes an even darker and far more personal turn. Nina Parsons was not only a deputy prosecutor, but the rumored lover of the man Jack's ex-wife is about to marry: the Chief Deputy Prosecutor.

Now Jack must battle not just his own fears and demons, but the political interference that ensues as he fights with all he has to expose the greed and power that can drive even good men to commit evil acts.

— The Deepest Wound by Rick Reed

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Friday the Rabbi Slept Late, A Rabbi Small Mystery by Harry Kemelman, Now Available at a Special Price

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Friday the Rabbi Slept Late by Harry Kemelman

A Rabbi Small Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Open Road

Price: $1.99 (as of 04/28/2016 at 3:00 PM ET).

  

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Winner of the 1965 Edgar Award for Best First Novel.

David Small is the new rabbi in the small Massachusetts town of Barnard's Crossing. Although he'd rather spend his days engaged in Torah study and theological debate, the daily chores of synagogue life are all-consuming — that is, until the day a nanny's body is found on the rain-soaked asphalt of the temple's parking lot.

When the young woman's purse is discovered in Rabbi Small's car, he will have to use his scholarly skills and Talmudic wisdom to exonerate himself and find the real killer.

— Friday the Rabbi Slept Late by Harry Kemelman

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Gold of Our Fathers by Kwei Quartey, New in Bookstores during April 2016

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

Gold of Our Fathers by Kwei Quartey, a Darko Dawson Mystery (4th in series)

Publisher: Soho Crime

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Darko Dawson has just been promoted to Chief Inspector in the Ghana Police Service — the promotion even comes with a (rather modest) salary bump. But he doesn't have long to celebrate because his new boss is transferring him from Accra, Ghana's capital, out to remote Obuasi in the Ashanti region, an area now notorious for the illegal exploitation of its gold mines.

When Dawson arrives at the Obuasi headquarters, he finds it in complete disarray. The office is a mess of uncatalogued evidence and cold case files, morale is low, and discipline among officers is lax. On only his second day on the job, the body of a Chinese mine owner is unearthed in his own gold quarry. As Dawson investigates the case, he quickly learns how dangerous it is to pursue justice in this kingdom of illegal gold mines, where the worst offenders have so much money they have no fear of the law.

— Gold of Our Fathers by Kwei Quartey

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Bossa Novas, Bikinis, and Bad Ends by Mary McHugh, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during April 2016

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during April 2016 …

Bossa Novas, Bikinis, and Bad Ends by Mary McHugh, A Happy Hoofers Mystery (4th in series)

Publisher: Kensington

  

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Murder's a showstopper …

The fancy-footed Happy Hoofers — Tina, Janice, Pat, Mary Louise, and Gini — are kicking off Carnival by entertaining posh guests at the most elegant hotel in Rio de Janeiro. Stunning beaches and spectacular views abound. But the party is cut short for the fab five when their alluring Brazilian companion is found dead in her room, without a clue as to what killed her.

As the samba-loving sleuths sift the evidence, they realize that even in beautiful Rio, murder can set the stage — and steal the show …

— Bossa Novas, Bikinis, and Bad Ends by Mary McHugh

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Old Bones, A Gideon Oliver Mystery by Aaron Elkins, Now Available at a Special Price

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Old Bones by Aaron Elkins

A Gideon Oliver Mystery (4th in series)

Publisher: Open Road

Price: $1.99 (as of 04/28/2016 at 1:00 PM ET).

  

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Winner of the 1988 Edgar Award for Best Novel.

With the roar of thunder and the speed of a galloping horse comes the tide to Mont St. Michel goes the old nursery song. So when the aged patriarch of the du Rocher family falls victim to the perilous tide, even the old man's family accepts the verdict of accidental drowning. But too quickly, this "accident" is followed by a bizarre discovery in the ancient du Rocher chateau: a human skeleton, wrapped in butcher paper, beneath the old stone flooring.

Professor Gideon Oliver, lecturing on forensic anthropology at nearby St. Malo, is asked to examine the bones. He quickly demonstrates why he is known as the "Skeleton Detective," providing the police with forensic details that lead them to conclude that these are the remains of a Nazi officer believed to have been murdered in the area during the Occupation. Or are they? Gideon himself has his doubts. Then, when another of the current du Rochers dies — this time via cyanide poisoning — his doubts solidify into a single certainty: someone wants old secrets to stay buried … and is perfectly willing to eradicate the meddlesome American to make that happen.

— Old Bones by Aaron Elkins

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