New This Week: Big Wheel, A Novel of Suspense by Philip Allen Campbell

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 May 2016 and priced $5.99 or less …

Big Wheel by Philip Allen Campbell

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Countess Street Publishing

Price: $3.99 (as of 05/29/2016 at 5:30 PM ET).

  

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The New Hamburg water wheel was built to encourage tourists to hang out at the riverside park, but when a body is found hanging on the wheel, the bucolic life of the town is threatened. In an unlikely turn of events, the town's mayor becomes a murder suspect, something made even more threatening by the fact that it is an election year.

Angus MacGregor, the mayor's former class mate and newly retired and relocated ex-Toronto police detective is called upon to try to save the mayor's reputation as well as his job as he tries to unmask the real killer. As he travels around the region and to such far off places as Toronto and Vancouver, Angus meets up with an array of characters both good and bad and learns a lot about how small-town folk work together to save their way of life in a world seemingly controlled by big cities and big businesses.

— Big Wheel by Philip Allen Campbell

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Dead in the Water, A Marjory Fleming Mystery by Aline Templeton, 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, Witness Impulse …

Dead in the Water by Aline Templeton

A Marjory Fleming Mystery (5th in series)

Publisher: Witness Impulse

Price: 99¢ (as of 05/29/2016 at 5:00 PM ET).

  

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The young victim was pregnant, her body washed up on the rocks. Twenty years on, the murder remains unsolved; her father is now dead, and her mother refuses to talk about what went on all those years ago.

Detective Marjory Fleming is called in to reopen the case that her late father, a policeman, was unable to put to rest. As Fleming digs deeper, it becomes clear that her father struggled to keep secret some of the shameful details surrounding the young girl's death.

Can she handle the truth she will unearth, not just about her father but about herself?

— Dead in the Water by Aline Templeton

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New This Week: The Keeper, A Psychological Thriller by Meg O'Brien

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 May 2016 and priced $5.99 or less …

The Keeper by Meg O'Brien

A Psychological Thriller

Publisher: Crossroad Press

Price: $3.99 (as of 05/29/2016 at 4:30 PM ET).

  

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This is a new ebook edition of a book published in hardcover by Doubleday in 1992.

Suddenly Brooke Hayes's life is turned upside down. Again. For the past months she has fought to get it back together by overcoming her addictions, revitalizing her neglected stage career, and putting behind her the devastation left by her bitter divorce. She has also been a mother again to her nine-year-old daughter, Charly, whose upcoming visit has meant the world. Everything was fine.

Until the call.

Now nothing seems right. Brooke's ex-husband, Nathan, insists that Charly is home with him, but a search of the house finds it empty. Then Nathan disappears. In fear of being accused herself — given her unstable past — Brooke enlists the help of the one man, perhaps the only man, who can help her: the Keeper. John Creed is a former police officer who has felt the fear Brooke now faces. His son disappeared years before, never to be seen again, leaving him a shattered man with a thirst for vengeance. With time running out, and the police one step behind them, Brooke and the Keeper — now hunted themselves — begin their desperate search for Charly, whose young life hangs in the balance, victim to the whims of a madman.

— The Keeper by Meg O'Brien

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Bite the Biscuit, A Barkery & Biscuits Mystery by Linda O. Johnston, 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, Midnight Ink …

Bite the Biscuit by Linda O. Johnston

A Barkery & Biscuits Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Midnight Ink

Price: $1.99 (as of 05/29/2016 at 4:00 PM ET).

  

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Veterinary technician Carrie Kennersly has become known for offering healthy dog treats at the clinic where she works. So when the owner of the local bakery moves away, Carrie jumps at the chance to buy the business and convert half of it into the Barkery, a shop where she can make and sell her canine delights.

But Myra Ethman, co-owner of another pet product store, hates the new competition. At the Barkery's opening party, she badmouths Carrie's homemade dog biscuits, insisting she'll find a way to shut the place down. When Myra is found dead with a Barkery biscuit beside her, Carrie must prove she didn't do it before she's collared for murder.

— Bite the Biscuit by Linda O. Johnston

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Mortal Fall by Christine Carbo, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during May 2016

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during May 2016 …

Mortal Fall by Christine Carbo, A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Atria Books

  

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Glacier National Park police officer Monty Harris knows that each summer at least one person — be it a reckless, arrogant climber or a distracted hiker — will meet tragedy in the park. But Paul "Wolfie" Sedgewick's fatal fall from the sheer cliffs near Going-To-the-Sun Road is incomprehensible. Wolfie was an experienced and highly regarded wildlife biologist who knew all too well the perils that Glacier's treacherous terrain presents — and how to avoid them.

The case, so close to home, has frayed park employee emotions. Yet calm and methodical lead investigator Monty senses in his gut that something isn't right. So when whispers of irresponsibility or suicide emerge, tarnishing Wolfie's reputation, Monty dedicates himself to uncovering the truth, for the sake of the man's family and to satisfy his own persistent sense of unease.

Monty discovers that Wolfie's zealous studies of Glacier's mysterious, embattled wolverine population, so vital to park ecology, had met resistance, both local and federal. To muddy the waters further, a wilderness facility for rehabilitating troubled teens — one that Monty's older brother attended — may have a disturbing connection to the case. As Monty delves further into an investigation that goes deeper than he ever imagined, he wrestles with the demons of his past, which lead back to harsh betrayals he thought he'd buried long ago.

And then a second body is found.

— Mortal Fall by Christine Carbo

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The Other Oregon, A Suspense Thriller by Steve Anderson, 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, Yucca Publishing …

The Other Oregon by Steve Anderson

A Suspense Thriller

Publisher: Yucca Publishing

Price: $1.99 (as of 05/29/2016 at 3:00 PM ET).

  

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Can an idealist from the city stop his estranged friend in the country from exposing a grim and damning secret from their past?

On the surface, Greg Simmons seems an utterly improbable informant. He's an idealistic, Cascadia independence proponent from the city of Portland. When the FBI calls on Greg to go undercover to investigate a dangerous militia movement out in rural Oregon, he knows exactly why: his long-estranged friend from the country, Donny Wilkie, could have deep ties to the militia.

Greg doesn't want the FBI's help. He needs to pursue the threat all on his own, because his true motives run far deeper — making sure that his former friend will never reveal a damning secret from their past. Greg strikes out for the remote small town of Pineburg, a fish out of water. As he grapples with his and Donny's relationship and why it soured, as the threats to his worldview and to hiding the grim truth darken and mount, he discovers that no one is really who they seem, least of all himself. The dark misdeeds that both he and Donny covered up for so long threaten to reap their toll in the most deadly way.

— The Other Oregon by Steve Anderson

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A Game for All the Family by Sophie Hannah, New in Bookstores during May 2016

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

A Game for All the Family by Sophie Hannah, A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: William Morrow

Click here to take a Look Inside A Game for All the Family.

 

You thought you knew who you were. A stranger knows better.

You've left the city — and the career that nearly destroyed you — for a fresh start on the coast. But trouble begins when your daughter withdraws, after her new best friend, George, is unfairly expelled from school.

You beg the principal to reconsider, only to be told that George hasn't been expelled. Because there is, and was, no George.

Who is lying? Who is real? Who is in danger? Who is in control? As you search for answers, the anonymous calls begin — a stranger, who insists that you and she share a traumatic past and a guilty secret. And then the caller threatens your life …

This is Justine's story. This is Justine's family. This is Justine's game. But it could be yours.

— A Game for All the Family by Sophie Hannah

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Telemystery: New Poster, Trailer for for Dead of Summer, a New Suspense Series on Freeform

Earlier this month Freeform released a series of posters (one of which is right; click for slightly larger version) and trailer (below) for its new series Dead of Summer. They're all rather creepy!

Set in the late 1980s, school is out for the summer, and a sun-drenched season of firsts beckons the counselors at Camp Clearwater, a seemingly idyllic Midwestern summer camp, including first loves, first kisses — and first kills. Clearwater's dark, ancient mythology awakens, and what was supposed to be a summer of fun soon turns into one of unforgettable scares and evil at every turn.

Dead of Summer premieres on Tuesday, June 28th at 9 PM ET/PT.

Devour by Kurt Anderson, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during May 2016

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during May 2016 …

Devour by Kurt Anderson, A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Pinnacle

  

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Deep beneath the ice of the Arctic Circle, something has awakened. A primordial creature frozen in time, it is the oldest, largest, most efficient predator that nature has ever produced. And it is ravenously hungry …

Thirty-five miles off the Massachussetts coast, a small research ship is attacked. All but one of its crew is killed by the massive serpentine horror that rises from the sea. The creature likes this human prey. The chewy outer hide. The tender saltiness within. And it wants more …

Responding to a distress signal, fishing-boat captain Brian Hawkins arrives in time to save the ship's last survivor. But the nightmare is just beginning. A casino cruise ship carrying high-stakes passengers — and a top-secret cargo — becomes the creature's bloodsoaked hunting ground. Even the U.S. Navy can't destroy it. Desperate but determined, Hawkins goes after the biggest catch of the century. But there's something he didn't count on:

There's more than one …

— Devour by Kurt Anderson

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A Secret Rage, A Novel of Suspense by Charlaine Harris, 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, Jabberwocky Literary Agency …

A Secret Rage by Charlaine Harris

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Jabberwocky Literary Agency

Price: $3.99 (as of 05/29/2016 at 1:00 PM ET).

  

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Dropped by her agent, New York City model Nickie Callahan decides to start over — moving back to the South to finish school at Houghton College in Knolls, Tennessee. But Knolls isn't the quiet town Nickie remembers from her youth. A rapist is targeting the women of Houghton, growing bolder and more vicious with each brutal attack, leaving the community gripped by fear.

When the violence affects Nickie personally, she moves from fear to fury — resolving to catch the rapist at any cost. After joining forces with another survivor, Nickie discovers that the attacks are not random — the rapist knows his victims. With that small clue, and an ironclad determination to stop him from striking again, Nickie begins the grim search for the relentless assailant hiding in plain sight.

— A Secret Rage by Charlaine Harris

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New This Week: First Strike, A Brady Hawk Thriller by Jack Patterson

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First Strike by Jack Patterson

A Brady Hawk Thriller (1st in series)

Publisher: Green E-Books

Price: $3.99 (as of 05/29/2016 at 12:30 PM ET).

  

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With ruthless terrorist cells multiplying by the day, the head of the snake must be cut off — and Brady Hawk swings a sharp ax.

Realizing the ineffectiveness of America's own counter terrorism unit, Texas senator J.D. Blunt proposes a black ops program that's so off the books that only a handful of people know about it. Given the reins and funding to construct his own organization, Blunt creates Firestorm and recruits one of the most effective operatives the American government has ever known: Brady Hawk.

Working with D.C.-based handler Alex Duncan, Hawk learns the location of the chief bomb maker for the terrorist group Al Hasib and enters into a race against the clock to eliminate him as well as the man behind the cell before they destroy a key U.S. target.

But that's not all Hawk learns. As the son of the world's most renowned weapons manufacturer, Hawk must also come to terms that maybe his father isn't who he thinks he is — and neither is Blunt.

— First Strike by Jack Patterson

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Mystery Godoku Puzzle for May 30, 2016

A new Mystery Godoku Puzzle has been created by the editors of the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books and is now available on our website.

Godoku is similar to Sudoku, but uses letters instead of numbers. To give you a headstart, we provide you a mystery clue to fill in a complete row or column (if you choose to use it!).

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This week's letters and mystery clue:

D E I K L N O S V

All of these are in the title of a 2015 political thriller by Olen Steinhauer, with "the" (9 letters).

We now have two weeks of our puzzles on one page in PDF format for easier printing. Print this week's puzzle here.

Previous puzzles are stored in the Mystery Godoku Archives.

Enjoy the weekly Mystery Godoku Puzzle from the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books, and Thanks for visiting our website!

Today's Selection of Daily Deals for Sunday, May 29, 2016

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature a selection of today's Daily Deals found on Sunday, May 29, 2016 at 7:30 AM ET …

Kiss of Frost by Jennifer Estep

A Mythos Academy Novel (2nd in series)

Publisher: Kensington

Kindle Daily Deal Price: $2.99

Click here to take a Look Inside Kiss of Frost.

Logan Quinn was trying to kill me.My Spartan classmate relentlessly pursued me, swinging his sword at me over and over again, the shining silver blade inching closer to my throat every time. A smile tugged up his lips, and his ice-blue eyes practially glowed with the thrill of battle …

I'm Gwen Frost, a second-year warrior-in-training at Mythos Academy, and I have no idea how I'm going to survive the rest of the semester. One day, I'm getting schooled in swordplay by the guy who broke my heart — the drop-dead gorgeous Logan who slays me every time. Then, an invisible archer in the Library of Antiquities decides to use me for target practice. And now, I find out that someone at the academy is really a Reaper bad guy who wants me dead. I'm afraid if I don't learn how to live by the sword — with Logan's help — I just might die by the sword …

— Kiss of Frost by Jennifer Estep

Dangerous Lies by Becca Fitzpatrick

A YA Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Kindle Daily Deal Price: $1.99

Click here to take a Look Inside Dangerous Lies.

Stella Gordon's life is a lie.

She does not belong in Thunder Basin, Nebraska. As the star witness in a murder trial against a drug dealer, Stella is now in the Witness Protection Program. The small town locals can never know who she really is. Not even Chet Falconer, the one boy who makes her want to reveal her true self. She knows that telling the truth will only bring violence to this safe haven.

Despite how hard Stella tries to stay under the radar, danger is fast-approaching. Criminals have a way of getting rid of witnesses, and Stella may have made the one mistake that could lead the cold-blooded men hunting for her right to her doorstep.

— Dangerous Lies by Becca Fitzpatrick

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Today's Selection of Free MystereBooks for Sunday, May 29, 2016

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

Hot as Hell by Julie Ann Walker

A Deep Six Novella of Romantic Suspense

Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca

Price: FREE!

  

Murder by Magic by Bruce Beckham

A Daniel Skelgill Mystery

Publisher: Lucius

Price: FREE!

  

Click here to take a Look Inside Murder by Magic.

The Maltese Pigeon by David Bishop

A Matt Kile Mystery

Publisher: David Bishop

Price: FREE!

  

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The Ritter of Tumor by Pete Heathmoor

A Marchel Cavendish Novel

Publisher: Pete Heathmoor

Price: FREE!

  

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The Ebola Game by Glenn Shepard

A Scott James Thriller

Publisher: Mystery House

Price: FREE!

  

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Missing from the Links by M. H. Burton

A Zach Roper, Golf Mystery

Publisher: M. H. Burton

Price: FREE!

  

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24 Seconds by Gretchen Netterfield

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Gretchen Netterfield

Price: FREE!

  

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Today … Yesterday by Rob Hudson

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Rob Hudson

Price: FREE!

  

Click here to take a Look Inside Today … Yesterday.

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Shooting Stars, An Inspector McLean Mystery by David Rudlin, Now Available at a Special Price

Amazon Kindle Countdown Deals are limited-time discounts on Kindle-exclusive books.

Omnimystery News is pleased to present you with one of today's titles … but take advantage of this deal now as the price will go up to its digital list price soon! (See the countdown clock on the book product page to see how much time remains on this deal.)

Shooting Stars by David Rudlin

An Inspector McLean Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: David Rudlin

Price: $2.99 (as of 05/28/2016 at 8:00 PM ET).

  

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China's most famous movie star goes to London for a magazine photo shoot, and ends up at a construction site with a bullet in her brain. Her manager is missing, and Scotland Yard doesn't know whether she's another victim … or a suspect. A furious Chinese ambassador demands action. Anglo-Chinese relations teeter on the edge of chaos.

Inspector McLean of Scotland Yard is assigned to the case and quickly finds himself out of his depth. He brings in an expert on the Chinese criminal gangs known as triads: the vice squad's Sally Chan. Together with McLean's enthusiastic, sometimes bumbling assistant Thomas, they depart for Hong Kong and Beijing, hoping the dead celebrity's love life will yield a few answers before political hell breaks loose.

As the corpse count mounts, McLean takes increasingly desperate measures. Just how far will he go down the dark corridors of Chinese power in order to catch a killer?

— Shooting Stars by David Rudlin

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