Good Behavior by Blake Crouch, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during November 2016

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during November 2016 …

Good Behavior by Blake Crouch, A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Thomas & Mercer

  

Fresh out of prison and fighting to keep afloat, Letty Dobesh returns to her old tricks burglarizing suites at a luxury hotel. While on the job, she overhears a man hiring a hit man to kill his wife. Letty may not be winning any morality awards, but even she has limits. Unable to go to the police, Letty sets out to derail the job, putting herself on a collision course with the killer that entangles the two of them in a dangerous, seductive relationship.

— Good Behavior by Blake Crouch

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

The Little Death, A Henry Rios Mystery by Michael Nava, 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, Open Road …

The Little Death by Michael Nava

A Henry Rios Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Open Road

Price: $1.99 (as of 11/18/2016 at 3:00 PM ET).

  

A burnt-out public defender battling alcoholism, Henry Rios has reached a crossroads in his life. While interviewing his former lover Hugh Paris in jail, Rios goes through the motions, but notices that Paris is far more polished and well off than the usual suspects arrested for drug possession. Paris is mysteriously bailed out — but a few weeks later, he turns up on Rios's doorstep. Skittish and paranoid, he admits to using heroin and says he's afraid that his wealthy grandfather wants to murder him.

Rios tries to help Paris get clean, but when Paris is found dead of an apparent heroin overdose, Rios is the only one who considers foul play. Determined to find Paris's killer, Rios knocks on San Francisco's most gilded doors, where he discovers a family tainted by jealousy, greed, and hate. They've been warped by a fortune someone's willing to kill — and kill again — to possess.

— The Little Death by Michael Nava

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Under the Midnight Sun by Keigo Higashino, New in Bookstores during November 2016

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

Under the Midnight Sun by Keigo Higashino, A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Minotaur Books

 

In Osaka in 1973, the body of a murdered man is found in an abandoned building. Investigating the crime, Detective SasagakI is unable to find the killer. Over the next twenty years, through the lens of a succession of characters, Higashino tells the story of two teens, Ryo and Yukiho, whose lives are most affected by the crime, and the obsessed detective, Sasagaki, who continues to investigate the murder, looking for the elusive truth.

— Under the Midnight Sun by Keigo Higashino

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

The Dollmaker by Mary Burton, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during November 2016

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during November 2016 …

The Dollmaker by Mary Burton, A Forgotten Files Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: Montlake Romance

  

Dr. Tessa McGowan had never seen anything quite like it. But the mutilated bodies on her exam table tell a stunningly macabre tale: someone with a twisted mind is kidnapping women and altering their faces to resemble real, life-size dolls. As a forensic pathologist, it's her job to aid the agent leading the case — even if that agent is her estranged husband.

Twelve years ago an unspeakable tragedy destroyed Dakota Sharp's world. Haunted by the ghosts of his past, he's devoted himself to capturing killers. His only regret is that it cost him Tessa. Now, as the Dollmaker case brings them together — and raises his suspicions that he's crossed paths with this deranged psychopath before — they may just have their second chance. But it seems Dakota's not the only one who wants to make Tessa his own …

She may be the Dollmaker's next target, but Tessa has no intention of winding up as another toy on his shelf. Can she and Dakota stop this ghastly killer before his next deadly playdate?

— The Dollmaker by Mary Burton

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

Killer Kung Pao, A Health Nut Mystery by Patrice Lyle, 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, Gemma Halliday Publishing …

Killer Kung Pao by Patrice Lyle

A Health Nut Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Gemma Halliday Publishing

Price: 99¢ (as of 11/18/2016 at 1:00 PM ET).

  

Dr. Piper Meadows heads to the Body, Mind & Spirit Expo expecting to solve health problems, not murder. But her first day starts off wrong when famous psychic Mystic Ming compares her hair to a "dung beetle's nest" and tries to get her kicked out of the show. But Piper's bad-hair day gets worse when her Aunt Alfa gets in a public scuffle with Mystic Ming, where he accuses her of trying to poison him with her peanut oil-based essential oils. When Mystic Ming drops dead from his serving of killer kung pao laced with peanut oil, it's no surprise that Aunt Alfa is fingered as the prime suspect.

Unwilling to let her auntie squander her golden years in prison, Piper orders a set of How To Be a PI flashcards and sets out to find the real killer. Secrets and suspects sprout up faster than wheat grass — including a handsome tattoo artist, Tattoo Tex, who intrigues Piper more than she'd like to admit. But can she trust him? Piper had better solve the case of the killer kung pao before the murderer turns his sights on victim number two … one sleuthing doctor!

— Killer Kung Pao by Patrice Lyle

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New This Week: Fine Arts, A Trudie Fine Mystery by Gale Deitch

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 November 2016 and priced $5.99 or less.

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Fine Arts by Gale Deitch

A Trudie Fine Mystery (3rd in series)

Publisher: Rosedale Press

Price: $2.99 (as of 11/18/2016 at 12:30 PM ET).

  

See all three mysteries in the Trudie Fine Series for $2.99 each on Kindle.

It's the week before Thanksgiving, and business is bounteous for Trudie and Zach's catering company, A Fine Fix, beginning with a posh art exhibit at the prestigious Christine Dugan Gallery. When the guest list includes art connoisseurs, wealthy collectors, and prominent socialites, not to mention a well-respected art critic from The Washington Post, a successful event can only mean future bookings.

But the discovery of a gruesome murder brings the high-class evening to a screeching halt.

In the days that follow, Trudie faces a cornucopia of troubles as her curiosity lands her in plenty of hot gravy. Not even her new canine friend, Zeus, can protect her against threats to her life or keep the killer off her trail. Trying to get her footing and find the murderer is like walking through a sweet potato casserole.

Trudie has seen how deadly art can be, and now she's a sitting duck.

— Fine Arts by Gale Deitch

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Today's Selection of Daily Deals for Friday, November 18, 2016

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature a selection of today's Daily Deals found on Friday, November 18, 2016 at 7:30 AM ET …

Pretty Little Things by Jilliane Hoffman

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Thomas & Mercer

Kindle Daily Deal Price: $1.99

Thirteen-year-old Lainey Emerson is the middle child in a home police are already familiar with: her mom works too much and her stepfather favors his own blood over another man's problems — namely Lainey and her wild older sister. When Lainey fails to come home from a night out with friends, her disappearance is dismissed by the Coral Springs Police Department as just another disillusioned South Florida teen running away from suburban drama and an unhappy home life.

But Florida Department of Law Enforcement Special Agent Bobby Dees, who heads up the department's difficult Crimes Against Children squad, is not quite so sure. Nicknamed "The Shepherd" by colleagues, he has an uncanny ability to find the missing and bring them back home — dead or alive. After a search of Lainey's computer and a frank talk with her best friend reveal the teen was involved in a secret internet relationship, Bobby suspects she may be the victim of an online predator. And when chilling evidence of other possible victims is sent to a local Miami television station, he fears she may not be the only one.

The faceless monster from cyberspace, who has gone to remarkable lengths to stay invisible, now seeks a captive audience. And it's Bobby Dees he wants watching. Haunted by the still-unsolved disappearance of his own teenage daughter, Bobby will find himself pulled into a deadly game of cat and mouse with the most prolific killer he's ever encountered. But will he be able to save Lainey and the others before it's too late?

— Pretty Little Things by Jilliane Hoffman

Medicus by Ruth Downie

A Novel of the Roman Empire (1st in series)

Publisher: Tantor Audio

Audible Daily Deal Price: $3.95

Gaius Petrius Ruso is a divorced and down-on-his-luck army doctor who has made the rash decision to seek his fortune in an inclement outpost of the Roman Empire, namely Britannia. His arrival in Deva (more commonly known today as Chester, England) does little to improve his mood, and after a 36-hour shift at the army hospital, he succumbs to a moment of weakness and rescues an injured slave girl, Tilla, from the hands of her abusive owner.

Now he has a new problem: a slave who won't talk and can't cook, and drags trouble in her wake. Before he knows it, Ruso is caught in the middle of an investigation into the deaths of prostitutes working out of the local bar.

A few years earlier, after he rescued Emperor Trajan from an earthquake in Antioch, Ruso seemed headed for glory: now he's living among heathens in a vermin-infested bachelor pad and must summon all his forensic knowledge to find a killer who may be after him next.

Who are the true barbarians, the conquered or the conquerors? It's up to Ruso (certainly the most likeable sleuth to come out of the Roman Empire) to discover the truth. With a gift for comic timing and historic detail, Ruth Downie has conjured an ancient world as raucous and real as our own.

— Medicus by Ruth Downie

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Today's Selection of Free MystereBooks for Friday, November 18, 2016

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature a selection of Free MystereBooks found on Friday, November 18, 2016 at 7:00 AM ET …

The Saint by Joshua Guess

A Carter Ash Mystery

Publisher: Joshua Guess

Price: FREE!

  

Sabotage by John Creasey

A Department Z Mystery

Publisher: Ipso Books

Price: FREE!

  

Primal Deception by Robin Mahle

A Lacy Merrick Thriller

Publisher: HARP House Publishing

Price: FREE!

  

Fish Tale by T. J. Middleton

The Cliffhanger Series

Publisher: Ipso Books

Price: FREE!

  

The Fear Collectors by Robert W. Walker

A Jessica Coran Mystery

Publisher: Instinct Ink Books

Price: FREE!

  

A Damsel for Santa by Terry Ambrose

A Wilson McKenna Mystery

Publisher: Terry Ambrose

Price: FREE!

  

Turkey and Terror by Carolyn Q. Hunter

The Diner of the Dead Series

Publisher: Summer Prescott Books

Price: FREE!

  

The Gospel According to Johnny Bender by Dean Lilleyman

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Urbane Publications

Price: FREE!

  

A Light in the Darkness by Kevin E. Hatt

The Haszard Narratives

Publisher: Kevin E. Hatt

Price: FREE!

  

The Missing Gun by Roger Grubbs

A Mystery Writers Anonymous Novel

Publisher: Roger Grubbs

Price: FREE!

  

Pink Blooded by Crystal Gallagher

A Lana Pink Mystery

Publisher: Pink Planet Publishing

Price: FREE!

  

Hallelujah Is Dying by Michael Arches

A Flint Harrington Mystery

Publisher: Pyrenees Publishing

Price: FREE!

  

Gant! by Laurence Todd

A Robert McGraw Thriller

Publisher: The Choir Press

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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Bridge to Nowhere, A Miz Mike Mystery by Stephanie Parker-McKean, 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, Rose & Crown …

Bridge to Nowhere by Stephanie Parker-McKean

A Miz Mike Mystery

Publisher: Rose & Crown

Price: 99¢ (as of 11/17/2016 at 8:00 PM ET).

  

Best-selling crime author Mike Rice — or 'Miz Mike' to her friends — is by nature inquisitive. (Or 'meddling', to her friends!) She also has a heart of compassion that gets her into trouble time and again, and her inability to really hear what God is saying to her doesn't help! So when a beautiful young stranger begs her to investigate the death of her sister, Mike is soon not-too-reluctantly embroiled in a mystery that involves the whole town of Three Prongs.

She finds herself rapidly immersed in the illicit subculture in Texas Hill County — from dog fights to kidnappings, jealousy and murder — and her life is thrown into chaos as she takes in two troubled youngsters, to boot. And that's without the animals thrown in!

— Bridge to Nowhere by Stephanie Parker-McKean

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Review: The Paris Librarian by Mark Pryor

A Mysterious Review of The Paris Librarian by Mark Pryor. A Hugo Marston Mystery.

Review summary: This book has an interesting premise for a murder mystery, but the storyline is overly complicated, as if the author was trying too hard to introduce multiple subplots as red herrings to throw off Hugo and his friends. A good, not great, entry and probably best suited for readers already familiar with the series. (Click here for text of full review.)

Our rating:

The Paris Librarian
Mark Pryor
A Hugo Marston Mystery
Seventh Street Books (August 2016)

Publisher synopsis: Hugo Marston’s friend Paul Rogers dies unexpectedly in a locked room at the American Library in Paris. The police conclude that Rogers died of natural causes, but Hugo is certain mischief is afoot.

As he pokes around the library, Hugo discovers that rumors are swirling around some recently donated letters from American actress Isabelle Severin. The reason: they may indicate that the actress had aided the Resistance in frequent trips to France toward the end of World War II. Even more dramatic is the legend that the Severin collection also contains a dagger, one she used to kill an SS officer in 1944.

Hugo delves deeper into the stacks at the American Library and finally realizes that the history of this case isn’t what anyone suspected. But to prove he’s right, Hugo must return to the scene of a decades-old crime.