Never Smile at Strangers, The Strangers Series by Jennifer Jaynes, Now Available at a Special Price

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Never Smile at Strangers by Jennifer Jaynes

The Strangers Series (1st in series)

Publisher: Thomas & Mercer

Price: $1.99 (as of 05/15/2016 at 8:00 PM ET).

  

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When nineteen-year-old Tiffany Perron vanishes without a trace, the residents of rural Grand Trespass, Louisiana, launch a desperate search to find her. But few clues are unearthed, and before long another young woman disappears.

As locals continue to vanish, residents begin to discover that they might not know those closest to them as well as they had thought. Lies and insecurities quickly surface, leading everyone to question one another … and their involvement in the disappearances.

Meanwhile, an unstable, twisted killer is hiding quietly in their midst. Ever since his mother's murder four years earlier, he's been forced to raise his disturbed teenage sister. He's terrified of her — and of women in general — and his world revolves around his fear of and obsession over them.

— Never Smile at Strangers by Jennifer Jaynes

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The Crescent Spy, A Historical Novel of Suspense by Michael Wallace, Now Available at a Special Price

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The Crescent Spy by Michael Wallace

A Historical Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Lake Union Publishing

Price: $1.99 (as of 05/15/2016 at 7:00 PM ET).

  

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Writing under a man's name, Josephine Breaux is the finest reporter at Washington's Morning Clarion. Using her wit and charm, she never fails to get the scoop on the latest Union and Confederate activities. But when a rival paper reveals her true identity, accusations of treason fly. Despite her claims of loyalty to the Union, she is arrested as a spy and traitor.

To Josephine's surprise, she's whisked away to the White House, where she learns that President Lincoln himself wishes to use her cunning and skill for a secret mission in New Orleans that could hasten the end of the war. For Josephine, though, this mission threatens to open old wounds and expose dangerous secrets. In the middle of the most violent conflict the country has ever seen, can one woman overcome the treacherous secrets of her past in order to secure her nation's future?

— The Crescent Spy by Michael Wallace

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New This Week: Death's a Beach, A Jersey Shore Mystery by Beth Sherman

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Death's a Beach by Beth Sherman

A Jersey Shore Mystery (3rd in series)

Publisher: Crossroad Press

Price: $3.99 (as of 05/15/2016 at 6:30 PM ET).

  

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This is a new ebook edition of a book published in paperback by Avon in 2000.

An out-of-season nor'easter tears across the New Jersey coast, and the beach community of Oceanside Heights is a mess. Ghostwriter Anne Hardaway's cottage-by-the-sea has seen better days to begin with, but she reluctantly decides to repair her rotting basement floor. Never mind that her newest assignment is writing a "how-to" home repair book for women — she still can barely tell a flat head from a Phillips, a lack of skill she's grateful for when her handyman finds a twenty-year-old skeleton buried in the dirt beneath her basement's wooden floor.

When her gruesome guest turns out to be the psychologist who treated her mother in the mid-70's, Anne must consider whether her own mother could have been the killer. Some discreet investigating soon leads Anne to Sunnydale Nursing Home where elderly clients are dying at an alarming rate and the staff makes Nurse Ratched look endearing. Before she can say riptide, Anne is hip deep in the residue of a killer storm and uncovering a tale of dark desire that makes the climate ripe for more murder.

— Death's a Beach by Beth Sherman

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The Edge, A YA Novel of Suspense by Roland Smith, Now Available at a Special Price

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The Edge by Roland Smith

A YA Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Price: $2.99 (as of 05/15/2016 at 6:00 PM ET).

  

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The International Peace Ascent is the brainchild of billionaire Sebastian Plank: Recruit a global team of young climbers and film an inspiring, world-uniting documentary. The adventure begins when fifteen-year-old Peak Marcello and his mountaineer mother are helicoptered to a remote base camp in the Hindu Kush Mountains on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.

When the camp is attacked and his mother taken, Peak has no choice but to track down the perpetrators to try to save her.

— The Edge by Roland Smith

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New This Week: A Flair for Chardonnay, A Sadie Kramer, Flair Mystery by Deborah Garner

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A Flair for Chardonnay by Deborah Garner

A Sadie Kramer, Flair Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Cranberry Cove Press

Price: $2.99 (as of 05/15/2016 at 5:30 PM ET).

  

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When flamboyant senior sleuth Sadie Kramer learns the owner of Cioccolato, her favorite chocolate shop, is in trouble, she heads for the California wine country with a tote-bagged Yorkie and a slew of questions. The fourth generation Tremiato Winery promises answers, but not before a dead body turns up at the vintners' scheduled Harvest Festival.

All four Tremiato siblings have possible motives, as well as a few peripheral acquaintances, but only one could be the guilty party. As Sadie juggles truffles, tips and turmoil, she'll need to sort the grapes from the wrath in order to find the identity of the killer.

— A Flair for Chardonnay by Deborah Garner

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Barnstorming, A Gail McCarthy Mystery by Laura Crum, Now Available at a Special Price

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Barnstorming by Laura Crum

A Gail McCarthy Mystery (12th in series)

Publisher: Perseverence Press

Price: $2.99 (as of 05/15/2016 at 5:00 PM ET).

  

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There are human predators in the hills. Can Gail McCarthy discover who they are before she becomes the next victim?

Gail McCarthy has turned 50, and is considering resuming her career as a horse veterinarian. Life interrupts her plans when she embarks on a solitary ride and finds a fellow equestrian shot dead.

Gail's friend, Detective Jeri Ward, heads up the investigation, and Gail is drawn into the escalating chain of events when a second rider is murdered. She must make sense of this threat to her beloved hills and trails … or she may be the sniper's next victim.

— Barnstorming by Laura Crum

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New This Week: It Takes a Forger, A Quint and Clay, Art Crimes Mystery by Edward Kendrick

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It Takes a Forger by Edward Kendrick

A Quint and Clay, Art Crimes Mystery (3rd in series)

Publisher: Fireborn Publishing

Price: $2.99 (as of 05/15/2016 at 4:30 PM ET).

  

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Officer Lou Hernandez is surprised when he's asked to help Gideon Monahan catch an art forger. He's not too happy, though, when he meets the man he'll be working with. Lou thinks Rory Kinley is a supercilious pain in the ass. Rory, on the other hand, sees no reason why Lou has been brought into this. After all, he's just a cop, albeit one who is good at going undercover.

The art forger they're after — Nate Hanks — cons collectors, saying he has an undiscovered painting by a famous artist. He's killed one of his marks already to keep from being caught.

Lou and Rory will have to set aside their differences as they set up a sting to stop Hanks. When they do, they discover they may not be as incompatible as they thought. The question becomes, will their growing feelings survive what's to come — or be destroyed in the process?

— It Takes a Forger by Edward Kendrick

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Second Shield, A Novel of Romantic Suspense by Stacy Eaton, Now Available at a Special Price

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Second Shield by Stacy Eaton

A Novel of Romantic Suspense

Publisher: Nitewolf Novels

Price: 99¢ (as of 05/15/2016 at 4:00 PM ET).

  

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Detective Sergeant Mackenzie McAllister leads a team of police investigators. When the new kid, Drew Bradley, joins the squad Mack is bound by duty to show him the ropes. The chemistry between them is immediate, but with Mack being twelve years older, she fights becoming entangled with the young sexy detective.

Drew enters the unit, not only to help with the investigation they are conducting, but to find out what is really going on inside the walls of the unit. Working with the intense and strict Sergeant Mack is invigorating, but between the need to protect her and his second shield, he is at a loss and falling hard.

Together they will uncover the evil from within, and try to deny the passions that rage between them. Who in her unit is trying to keep her from finding out the truth? Who will take a life that will draw them closer? And what are the secrets hidden behind the shield?

— Second Shield by Stacy Eaton

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Bodyguard's Baby Surprise by Lisa Childs, New from Harlequin Romantic Suspense in May 2016

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.

Bodyguard's Baby Surprise by Lisa Childs

Series: Bachelor Bodyguards

Imprint: Romantic Suspense

  

Passion flares when Payne Protection's newest recruit puts everything on the line to protect the mother of his child …

Threats are nothing new for FBI special agent Nicholas Rus. But when a night of passion with girl-next-door Annalise Huxton puts her in the crosshairs, Nick knows he has to do something drastic. He'd do anything to protect her — and her surprise baby bump!

Annalise has always had feelings for Nick, but that doesn't mean she trusts him. Sure, he quit his job to become her personal bodyguard, but he went MIA after their heated night together. As their pursuers circle ever closer, Annalise lowers her guard, allowing their mutual desire to resurface. Nick has proven his intent to keep her and the baby safe, but can a reckless indiscretion lead to a lifetime of happiness?

— Bodyguard's Baby Surprise by Lisa Childs

Mystery on Museum Mile, An Eddie Red Undercover Mystery by Marcia Wells, Now Available at a Special Price

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Mystery on Museum Mile by Marcia Wells

An Eddie Red Undercover Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Price: $2.99 (as of 05/15/2016 at 3:00 PM ET).

  

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Sixth grader Edmund Xavier Lonnrot, codename "Eddie Red," has a photographic memory and talent for drawing anything he sees.

When the NYPD is stumped by a mastermind art thief, Eddie becomes their secret weapon to solve the case, drawing Eddie deeper into New York's famous Museum Mile and closer to a dangerous criminal group known as The Picasso Gang.

— Mystery on Museum Mile by Marcia Wells

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Bloodroot by Cynthia Riggs, New in Bookstores during May 2016

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

Bloodroot by Cynthia Riggs, a Victoria Trumbull, Martha's Vineyard Mystery (12th in series)

Publisher: Minotaur Books

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It's just another day at the dentist's office for Victoria Trumbull when fellow patient, wealthy Mrs. Wilmington, dies. It's an unfortunate, though seemingly not murderous incident, but the receptionist is hysterical, so one of the dental assistants offers to drive her home. But after making a quick pit stop, he finds her body floating in the harbor.

With the police shorthanded due to an upcoming presidential visit, it's up to Victoria to take on the case. As she wrestles with her ex-son-in-law, a $3 million will, and a deadly dental clinic, Mrs. Trumbull discovers that nothing in the case is quite what it seems.

— Bloodroot by Cynthia Riggs

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

Telemystery Update: Status of This Season's Prime Time Crime Series

It's been a while since we checked in with the television networks with respect to officially renewing — or canceling — your favorite Prime Time Crime series. Here's the latest information we have …

ABC:

American Crime: Officially renewed (for a third season).
Castle: Officially canceled (after eight seasons).
How To Get Away With Murder: Officially renewed (for a third season).
Quantico: Officially renewed (for a second season).
Rookie Blue: Officially canceled (after six seasons).
Wicked City: Officially canceled (after airing just three episodes of its first season).

CBS:

Blue Bloods: Officially renewed (for a seventh season).
Criminal Minds: Officially renewed (for a twelfth season).
Criminal Minds Beyond Borders: No word yet.
CSI Cyber: Officially canceled (after two seasons).
Elementary: Officially renewed (for a fifth season).
Hawaii Five-0: Officially renewed (for a seventh season).
NCIS: Officially renewed (for a fourteenth and fifteenth season).
NCIS Los Angeles: Officially renewed (for an eighth season).
NCIS New Orleans: Officially renewed (for a third season).
Person of Interest: Officially canceled (after five seasons; a shortened fifth season premieres May 3rd, 2016).
Scorpion: Officially renewed (for a third season).
Zoo: Officially renewed (for a second season to premiere mid-Summer 2016).

Fox:

Bones: Officially renewed (for a twelfth and final season).
Brooklyn Nine-Nine: Officially renewed (for a fourth season).
Minority Report: Officially canceled (after one season).
Sleepy Hollow: Officially renewed (for a fourth season).
Wayward Pines: Officially renewed (for a second season to premiere May 25th, 2016).

NBC:

The Blacklist: Officially renewed (for a fourth season).
Chicago P.D.: Officially renewed (for a fourth season).
Grimm: Officially renewed (for a sixth season).
Hannibal: Officially canceled (after three seasons).
Law & Order SVU: Officially renewed (for an eighteenth season).
The Mysteries of Laura: Officially canceled (after two seasons).
Shades of Blue: Officially renewed (for a second season).

Next will be the upfronts when new series will be announced together with the Fall 2016 schedule. We'll keep you posted!

Roping Ray McCullen by Rita Herron, New from Harlequin Intrigue in May 2016

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.

Roping Ray McCullen by Rita Herron

Series: The Heroes of Horseshoe Creek

Imprint: Intrigue

  

A man without a family is no man at all …

As soon as he was old enough, Ray McCullen left Horseshoe Creek and never looked back. It took his father's funeral to return, though his anger hadn't quite subsided. That's where he met Scarlet Lovett, who seemed to know more about his family's secrets than he did. Secrets ready to explode. Suddenly, Ray was at the center of a dangerous inheritance battle, with Scarlet caught in the middle. She'd only known kindness from the McCullens, but had enough pluck to stand her ground. And if Ray was to truly belong back home, he sure had to live up to the family name.

— Roping Ray McCullen by Rita Herron

Appraisal for Murder, A Jolie Gentil Mystery by Elaine L. Orr, Now Available at a Special Price

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Appraisal for Murder by Elaine L. Orr

A Jolie Gentil Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Lifelong Dreams Publishing

Price: 99¢ (as of 05/15/2016 at 1:00 PM ET).

  

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If your name translates to "pretty nice" in French, you've probably gotten used to teasing. It doesn't prepare you to find out that your soon-to-be-ex-husband has a gambling problem, raided your assets, and embezzled from his bank. Jolie Gentil moves to Great Aunt Madge's Jersey shore B&B, taking her cat Jazz, and joining Madge's pair of prune-eating dogs. She tells herself it's not a retreat, just a smart change. Jolie rekindles friendships, dodges a low-level wise guy, and tries to figure out her new life. She hasn't seen her high school classmates in ten years, and they weren't all buds. Why care if a couple of them are murder suspects? Because finding a dead body when you're appraising a house grabs your attention.

Jolie balances fear of a smart-mouth wise guy with a belief that her friends are innocent. Her murder suspects include one suspect's ex-wife and beneficiaries of the dead woman's will. Jolie keeps searching, but will someone's plans leave her alive to find the truth?

— Appraisal for Murder by Elaine L. Orr

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New This Week: Murder on the Orient(SS), An Agatha Christie Book Club Mystery by C. A. Larmer

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Murder on the Orient(SS) by C. A. Larmer

An Agatha Christie Book Club Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: Larmer Media

Price: $3.99 (as of 05/15/2016 at 12:30 PM ET).

  

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When the Agatha Christie Book Club takes a short cruise on a replica steamship, the SS Orient — a real ship that once sailed between London and the colonies — they expect little more than a glamorous voyage back in time. What they get has eerie echoes of the original Orient Express, including a passenger dead in their bed, a threatening note and more clues than you can poke a blood-soaked dagger at.

When a second passenger vanishes overboard in the dead of night soon after, the team suspect they have a madman on their hands and abandon their shuffleboard to investigate.

The problem is, just like Hercule Poirot, they have very little time, no CCTV, and enough red herrings to fill a seafood buffet. It doesn't help that the entire ship is rallying behind the leading suspect Captain Van Tussi, a man with friends in high places who may — or may not — be taking everyone for a ride.

— Murder on the Orient(SS) by C. A. Larmer

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