Random Acts by J. A. Jance, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during August 2016

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during August 2016 …

Random Acts by J. A. Jance, A Joanna Brady and Ali Reynolds Crossover Mystery Novella (1st in series)

Publisher: Witness Impulse

  

Sheriff Joanna Brady and investigator Ali Reynolds join forces to solve a crime that has hit dangerously close to home …

Sheriff Joanna Brady has a lot on her plate — she is up for re-election as sheriff, pregnant with her third child, and her eldest is packing up to leave for college. Then Joanna is woken in the middle of the night by a call reporting a motor vehicle accident. Her mother and stepfather's RV ran off the road at high speed and hit the pillar of an overpass.

Something about the accident seems suspicious, though, and when Joanna gets a call from Ali Reynolds, a journalist turned investigator, she accepts her offer to help. They come up with a plan to find out who was responsible … even if that person is not the villain they'd expected.

— Random Acts by J. A. Jance

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

The Knights Templar Collection, Books 14-16 by Michael Jecks, 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, Headline …

The Knights Templar Collection by Michael Jecks

Books 14-16

Publisher: Headline

Price: $2.99 (as of 08/19/2016 at 3:00 PM ET).

  

Escape into the evocative medieval world of Sir Baldwin de Furnshill and his friend Bailiff Simon Puttock, as you join them on the suspenseful trail of three murder mysteries.

THE MAD MONK OF GIDLEIGH: As the winter of 1323 descends on Dartmoor, who could blame the young priest, Father Mark, for seeking affection from the miller's daughter, Mary? But when Mary and her unborn child are found dead, Mark is the obvious suspect. Called to investigate, Sir Baldwin de Furnshill and his friend Bailiff Simon Puttock soon begin to have their doubts. And by the time their search is over, life will never be quite the same again.

THE TEMPLAR'S PENANCE: It is the summer of 1323, and Sir Baldwin de Furnshill and Bailiff Simon Puttock have been granted leave to go on pilgrimage. When a beautiful girl is found murdered on a hillside en route to Santiago de Compostela, the friends are among the first on the scene. As Baldwin and Simon lend their skills to the inquiry, the unexpected appearance of a face from Baldwin's past could threaten the investigation, as well as the future of Baldwin himself …

THE OUTLAWS OF ENNOR: On return from pilgrimage, Sir Baldwin de Furnshill and Bailiff Simon Puttock's ship is attacked by pirates, and Simon sees Baldwin washed overboard. On the island of Ennor, Simon must investigate the murder of the island's hated tax collector while, unbeknownst to his friend, Baldwin begins to unpick the same murder on the other side of the island. Can the pair uncover the truth in time to prevent certain massacre?

— The Knights Templar Collection by Michael Jecks

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Any Minute Now by Eric Van Lustbader, New in Bookstores during August 2016

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

Any Minute Now by Eric Van Lustbader, Non-Series

Publisher: Forge Books

 

Red Rover is broken, finished, dead. The blackest of black ops teams is betrayed on its top-priority mission to capture and interrogate a mysterious Saudi terrorist. One of their own is killed, the remaining two barely get home alive. Then without warning or explanation the mission is shut down.

Greg Whitman and Felix Orteño are left adrift in a world full of deathly shadows, blind alleys, and unanswerable questions. Into their midst comes Charlize Daou, a brilliant, wildly talented arms expert with a past entangled with Whit's. Though Charlie grapples with damage of her own, she becomes their new center, their moral compass, and their reason for resurrecting Red Rover.

Despite Whit's seemingly super-normal abilities it is Charlie, fully rooted in reality, who recognizes that both Whit and Felix have lost parts of themselves. And it is she who possesses the true power necessary for survival: the power to heal, to forgive, and to bring these two lost souls back from the demonic spiritual darkness into which they have fallen.

Ignoring their new orders, Red Rover secretly sets out to find the protected Saudi terrorist, the first step in a perilous journey into the heart of a vast conspiracy that involves the NSA, a cabal of immensely wealthy mystics known as the Alchemists, and an ageless visionary out to create an entirely new way of waging war. A war that will destabilize one of the great super-powers and forever rearrange the balance of power across the entire globe.

— Any Minute Now by Eric Van Lustbader

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

The Fifth Rule of Ten by Gay Hendricks and Tinker Lindsay, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during August 2016

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during August 2016 …

The Fifth Rule of Ten by Gay Hendricks and Tinker Lindsay, A Tenzing "Ten" Norbu Mystery (5th in series)

Publisher: Hay House Visions

  

Be mindful, both making and keeping commitments, that they be springboards to liberation, instead of suffering. — The Fifth Rule of Ten

Ten and his fiancée, Julie, excitedly await the arrival of Ten's best friends, Lama Yeshe and Lama Lobsang. Ten's boyhood friends are now the Head Abbots at Tenzing's former monastic home in India. Ten has helped Yeshe and Lobsang organize a fundraising event sponsored by the Los Angeles Buddhist temple where Tenzing first taught years ago, before shedding his robes to attend the police academy. The big feature of the event will be the unveiling of a sacred sand-painted mandala that the monks will construct in the center of the temple.

At the premiere, however, a group of hooligans commit an outrageous act that catapults the story into action. To complicate matters, one of the novice lamas — a brilliant protégé of Lobsang's — goes missing. Soon a series of strange crimes beset the city, some physical, some cyber. Each crime is unique, but all are mysteriously interconnected.

Ten's attempts to solve those crimes pull him into a dark mirror-world of his sacred Tibetan Buddhist tradition; soon he is engaged in a life-and-death battle with a powerful shadow presence. He joins forces with Yeshe, Lobsang, his ex-partner, Bill, and his hack-tivist buddy, Mike, to track down the Patient Zero of this epidemic of criminal chaos. Finally, he must face the truth: the source of the evil, and the solution, are a lot closer to home than he first thought.

— The Fifth Rule of Ten by Gay Hendricks and Tinker Lindsay

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

Death Catch, The Fearless Trilogy by T. R. Schumer, 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 author …

Death Catch by T. R. Schumer

The Fearless Trilogy (1st in series)

Publisher: T. R. Schumer

Price: 99¢ (as of 08/19/2016 at 1:00 PM ET).

  

Ex-Navy SEAL Alex Moss has settled comfortably into a life at sea, far removed from the wars of his past. He commands Fearless, one of the world's premier science vessels. Along with his crew of special operations forces veterans, Moss now assists in the advancement of marine science, but the life he loves is about to be threatened in ways neither he nor his crew could ever imagine.

Dr. Thomas Falcon is a highly respected and widely published shark biologist with a powerful and ancient family history he knows almost nothing about. When Falcon's best friend and colleague, the gifted shark researcher Dr. Peter Marsh, invites him to join his scientific expedition aboard the privately funded research vessel Fearless, Falcon jumps at the chance. Once Dr. Falcon arrives on board, however, history catches up with him when he unwittingly triggers violent events that will threaten all of their lives.

— Death Catch by T. R. Schumer

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New This Week: Basque Moon, A Nellie Burns and Moonshine Mystery by Julie Weston

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Basque Moon by Julie Weston

A Nellie Burns and Moonshine Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: Five Star

Price: $3.99 (as of 08/19/2016 at 12:30 PM ET).

  

See also the highly reviewed first mystery in this series, Moonshadows, for $3.99 on Kindle.

Photographer Nellie Burns and her Labrador retriever, Moonshine, travel with sheep rancher Gwynn Campbell and his Basque sheepherder, Alphonso, to the Stanley Basin of central Idaho. Nellie plans to spend several weeks in the mountains around the basin at a sheep camp, photographing scenes for a railroad company's travel brochures. When their group arrives at the camp, they discover the current herder is dead.

Basque sheriff Asteguigoiri arrives to seek the murderer and reluctantly accepts Nellie's help in the investigation. But when hapless tourists, lawless moonshiners, and hell-bent cowboys enter the picture, Nellie and Moonshine confront the greatest challenges yet to their courage and ingenuity.

— Basque Moon by Julie Weston

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Today's Selection of Daily Deals for Friday, August 19, 2016

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature a selection of today's Daily Deals found on Friday, August 19, 2016 at 7:30 AM ET …

The Prophet by Amanda Stevens

The Graveyard Queen Series (3rd in series)

Publisher: MIRA

Kindle Daily Deal Price: 99¢

My name is Amelia Gray.

I am the Graveyard Queen, a cemetery restorer who sees ghosts. My father passed down four rules to keep me safe and I've broken every last one. A door has opened and evil wants me back.

In order to protect myself, I've vowed to return to those rules. But the ghost of a murdered cop needs my help to find his killer. The clues lead me to the dark side of Charleston — where witchcraft, root doctors and black magic still flourish — and back to John Devlin, a haunted police detective I should only love from afar.

Now I'm faced with a terrible choice: follow the rules or follow my heart.

— The Prophet by Amanda Stevens

The New Neighbor by Leah Stewart

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Touchstone

Kindle Daily Deal Price: $1.99

How much can you really know about the woman next door?

Ninety-year-old Margaret Riley is content hiding from the world. Stoic and independent, she rarely leaves the Tennessee mountaintop where she lives, finding comfort in the mystery novels that keep her company — until she spots a woman who's moved into the long-empty house across the pond.

Her neighbor, Jennifer Young, is also looking to hide. On the run from her old life, she and her four-year-old son, Milo, have moved to a quiet town where no one from her past can find her.

In Jennifer, Margaret sees both a potential companion for her loneliness and a mystery to be solved. She thinks if she says the right thing, tells the right story, Jennifer will open up, but Jennifer refuses to talk about herself, her son, his missing father, or her past. Frustrated, Margaret crosses more and more boundaries in pursuit of the truth, threatening to unravel the new life Jennifer has so painstakingly created — and reveal some secrets of her own …

— The New Neighbor by Leah Stewart

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Today's Selection of Free MystereBooks for Friday, August 19, 2016

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature a selection of Free MystereBooks found on Friday, August 19, 2016 at 7:00 AM ET …

Diablo Nights by Carmen Amato

An Emilia Cruz Mystery

Publisher: Carmen Amato

Price: FREE!

  

A Corpse in the Chapel by J. B. Hawker

A First Ladies Club Mystery

Publisher: J. B. Hawker

Price: FREE!

  

Not With a Bang by Matt Ingwalson

An Owl & Raccoon Novel

Publisher: Matt Ingwalson

Price: FREE!

  

Murder in Ashville by Jane O'Brien

A Samantha Degan Mystery

Publisher: Jane O'Brien

Price: FREE!

  

Accidental Detective 2 by Kate Benitez

The Amateur Women Sleuths Series

Publisher: Cheeky Books

Price: FREE!

  

Murder at Whisper Bay by M. L. Michaels

A Novel of Romantic Suspense

Publisher: M. L. Michaels

Price: FREE!

  

The Jøssing Affair by J. L. Oakley

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Fairchance Press

Price: FREE!

  

Peril in Paradise by Deb Graham

A Cruise Novel

Publisher: Empire Books

Price: FREE!

  

It Is Written by Kelvin Singleton

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Kelvin Singleton

Price: FREE!

  

Degrees of Distortion by Aimee McNeil

The Distortion Series

Publisher: Limitless Publishing

Price: FREE!

  

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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The House that Jack Built, A Jack Ryder Novel by Willow Rose, 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 author …

The House that Jack Built by Willow Rose

A Jack Ryder Novel (3rd in series)

Publisher: Willow Rose

Price: 99¢ (as of 08/18/2016 at 8:00 PM ET).

  

Scott Kingston is afraid of monsters. He thinks they're lurking outside his bedroom window at night when his mother tucks him in. He asks his mother to keep the light on to scare the monsters away. But that light is exactly what lures the kidnapper to his window and the next morning, Scott Kingston is gone.

Twenty-eight years later, Vernon Johnson is released from jail after spending the biggest part of his life on death row, convicted of having kidnapped and killed Scott Kingston. As so many times before, he has appealed his case, but this time, the judge decides to let him go. A witness has finally told the truth, and there is no longer sufficient evidence to keep him in jail.

But shortly after Vernon Johnson is released and has returned to his childhood town, another child disappears, and soon all eyes are on him again.

Jack Ryder is getting ready to build the house of his dreams while hoping that Shannon won't end up in jail for the murder her ex-husband committed. She is expecting their child and the pregnancy, along with the worrying, takes a toll on the both of them, especially when a dark secret is revealed about the lot where they are preparing to build their house.

— The House that Jack Built by Willow Rose

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Review: Write To Die by Charles Rosenberg

A Mysterious Review of Write To Die by Charles Rosenberg. A Legal Thriller.

Review summary: This is a very entertaining novel, a mystery interwoven with murder, theft, and secrets, lots of secrets. It also has its fair share of humor. The court cases are set up well from an insider's point of view and are interesting, often fascinating, to follow along. Overall, a fast read that should appeal to a wide audience of readers. (Click here for text of full review.)

Our rating:

Write To Die
Charles Rosenberg
A Legal Thriller
Thomas & Mercer (July 2016)

Publisher synopsis: Hollywood's latest blockbuster is all set to premiere — until a faded superstar claims the script was stolen from her. To defend the studio, in steps the Harold Firm, one of Los Angeles's top entertainment litigation firms and as much a part of the glamorous scene as the studios themselves. As a newly minted partner, it's Rory Calburton's case, and his career, to win or lose.

But the seemingly tame civil trial turns lethal when Rory stumbles upon the strangled body of his client's general counsel. And the ties that bind in Hollywood constrict even tighter when the founder of the Harold Firm is implicated in the murder. Rory is certain the plagiarism and murder cases are somehow connected, and with the help of new associate Sarah Gold — who's just finished clerking for the chief justice — he's determined to get answers. Will finding out who really wrote the script lead them to the mastermind of the real-life murder?

Turning The Tables, A Novel of Suspense by Julia Underwood, 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, Endeavour Press …

Turning The Tables by Julia Underwood

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Endeavour Press

Price: 99¢ (as of 08/18/2016 at 7:00 PM ET).

  

St Tropez. 1969. Chris Marshall, a former public schoolboy, meets Pete Baxter, the pot-smoking drummer of a rock band. He couldn't have known how at that moment his life had been changed forever. Eight years later, and Chris is married to Lucy with a young son, Jamie, and a house in Fulham. With the luxury of money and a bit of free time, Chris has left his job and has begun studying at university. Life is simple; life is good. Until Pete comes back.

Pete's latest idea: to use his new position as croupier at a West End casino to stage a drawn-out heist, with the help of Chris and a gang of other informants and players. After training for months to become an expert at Blackjack, Chris finally begins to feel at ease inside the lavish halls of the Acropolis Club. With a gang of crony croupiers including Greek George, indebted Steve, tragic Lenny, and young part-time carer Don, Chris begins to play every night of the week. He's getting good. But at the Acropolis, the House is always watching. Always waiting for a slip up.

When you play high stakes, there is always a risk of losing. But when you play the highest stakes of all, betting not with luck but with a dangerous plan, you're even closer to the lion's mouth …

— Turning The Tables by Julia Underwood

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New This Week: The Angel Singers, A Dick Hardesty Mystery by Dorien Grey

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The Angel Singers by Dorien Grey

A Dick Hardesty Mystery (12th in series)

Publisher: Untreed Reads

Price: $4.99 (as of 08/18/2016 at 6:30 PM ET).

  

See all twelve recently reissued titles in the Dick Hardesty Series for $4.99 or less each on Kindle.

This is a new ebook edition of a mystery first published in paperback by Zumaya Publications in 2008.

Grant Jefferson joins the Gay Men's Chorus as a protégé of its biggest supporter, and begins causing more dischord than harmony. Determined he's going to Broadway, Grant sees the chorus as the means to his end, and doesn't care much how many of the other members he uses as his stepping stones — or how hard they get stepped on.

So, when a car bomb ends Grant's plans to be a star on The Great White Way, there is no shortage of possible suspects; and when the chorus' board of directors hires Dick Hardesty to see what he can find out about the murder, he ends up in a case as complicated as a madrigal.

— The Angel Singers by Dorien Grey

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Gatekeeper, A Joe Gunther Mystery by Archer Mayor, Now Available at a Special Price

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Gatekeeper by Archer Mayor

A Joe Gunther Mystery (14th in series)

Publisher: MarchMedia

Price: 99¢ (as of 08/18/2016 at 6:00 PM ET).

  

Vermont detective Joe Gunther vows to stop the flow of drugs into his beloved state when in the course of a week a young heroin addict is gunned down while trying to rob a convenience store, a narcotics dealer is found hanging from a bridge, and the granddaughter of political bigwigs dies of an overdose.

— Gatekeeper by Archer Mayor

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New This Week: Spirits, Rock Stars, and a Midnight Chocolate Bar, A Pyper Rayne Mystery by Deanna Chase

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Spirits, Rock Stars, and a Midnight Chocolate Bar by Deanna Chase

A Pyper Rayne Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: Bayou Moon Press

Price: $4.99 (as of 08/18/2016 at 5:30 PM ET).

  

See also the highly reviewed first mystery in this series, Spirits, Stilettos, and a Silver Bustier, for $4.99 on Kindle.

It's date night! And medium Pyper Rayne is finally getting some alone time with her oh-so-sexy new boyfriend, Julius. But when a representative from the Witches' Council shows up during appetizers, the romance portion of the evening comes to a screeching halt. Julius is needed to deal with paranormal activity — on a cruise ship to the Caribbean.

An all-expense paid cruise to the Caribbean sounds like the perfect second date … until Pyper witnesses the death of a famous rock star. Suddenly Pyper and Julius are caught in the middle of a decade-old homicide. Now the race is on to solve the mystery or history is destined to repeat itself.

— Spirits, Rock Stars, and a Midnight Chocolate Bar by Deanna Chase

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