Perilous Poetry by Kym Roberts, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during October 2017

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during October 2017 …

Perilous Poetry by Kym Roberts, A Book Barn Mystery (3rd in series)

Publisher: Lyrical Underground

  

Charli Rae Warren doesn't plan on striking it rich as the owner of an independent bookstore in Hazel Rock, Texas — especially one with a pink armadillo as its mascot. But when an ingenious advertising campaign puts her business on the map, it ropes in some deadly publicity …

Charli can't believe writer Lucy Barton has agreed to promote her latest Midnight Poet Society novel at The Book Barn Princess — or that there's only a week-and-a-half to prepare for the signing. It's all because of The Book Seekers, a smartphone app created by her cousin Jamal exclusively for Charli's bookstore, which sends fans on a virtual scavenger hunt around town for a chance to meet the bestselling author. But as soon as it goes live, people turn up dead …

Someone's using The Book Seekers to track victims and copycat the fictional Midnight Poet Society homicides, and horrified locals suspect Jamal could be the mastermind behind the crimes. While Charli readies the Barn for a stampede of new customers, it'll take true grit to shelve the culprit before her brainy cousin gets locked behind bars, Ms. Barton backs out of the visit, and she finds herself up a creek — with a serial killer holding the paddle!

— Perilous Poetry by Kym Roberts

To see more new paperback titles scheduled to be published this month, visit The Mystery Bookshelf for October 2017. For new hardcover titles, visit New Mysteries where for a list of October 2017 mysteries, novels of suspense, and thrillers is provided.

Deep Freeze by John Sandford, New in Bookstores during October 2017

Today's featured new hardcover mystery, suspense, or thriller title scheduled to be published during October 2017 is …

Deep Freeze by John Sandford, a Virgil Flowers Mystery (10th in series)

Publisher: Putnam

 

Class reunions: a time for memories — good, bad, and, as Virgil Flowers is about to find out, deadly …

Virgil knows the town of Trippton, Minnesota, a little too well. A few years back, he investigated the corrupt — and as it turned out, homicidal — local school board, and now the town's back in view with more alarming news: A woman's been found dead, frozen in a block of ice.

There's a possibility that it might be connected to a high school class of twenty years ago that has a mid-winter reunion coming up, and so, wrapping his coat a little tighter, Virgil begins to dig into twenty years' worth of traumas, feuds, and bad blood. In the process, one thing becomes increasingly clear to him. It's true what they say: High school is murder.

— Deep Freeze by John Sandford

For a list of more new hardcover titles to be published this month, visit our New Mysteries page for October 2017. For new paperback titles, visit The Mystery Bookshelf where a selection of October 2017 mysteries, novels of suspense, and thrillers are shelved.

What We Reckon by Eryk Pruitt, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during October 2017

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during October 2017 …

What We Reckon by Eryk Pruitt, A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Polis Books

  

Meet Jack Jordan. He's a smooth-talking con artist with a penchant for the fast life. He's snuck into Lufkin, Texas, in the dead of night with little more than a beat-up Honda, a hollowed-out King James Bible full of cocaine, and enough emotional baggage to sink a steam ship. He's charming, dedicated, and extremely paranoid.

Summer Ashton, his partner-in-crime. She's stuck by him through thick and thin, but lately her mind has begun to slip. They've told their fair share of lies and she's having a devil of a time remembering what's the truth. And recently, she's been hearing voices. Unfortunately for both of them, she's the brains of the operation.

Furthermore, they have begun to tire of one another.

For these two career grifters, the sleepy East Texas countryside is but another pit stop on their rampage across the American South.

Will it be their last?

— What We Reckon by Eryk Pruitt

To see more new paperback titles scheduled to be published this month, visit The Mystery Bookshelf for October 2017. For new hardcover titles, visit New Mysteries where for a list of October 2017 mysteries, novels of suspense, and thrillers is provided.

Today's Selection of Newly Discounted MystereBooks

Here is a selection of the recently discounted mystery, suspense and thriller titles found on Wednesday, October 18, 2017 …

Duke City Desperado by Max Austin

A Lawbreakers Thriller (3rd in series)

Publisher: Alibi

Price: 99¢

Written Off by E. J. Copperman

A Mysterious Detective Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Crooked Lane Books

Price: $3.99

The Amos Walker Mysteries by Loren D. Estleman

Books 1-3

Publisher: Open Road

Price: $2.99

Open Road titles are often discounted for one day only, so if you are interested in buying this book, please confirm the price before you purchase it.

The Kills by Linda Fairstein

An Alex Cooper Mystery

Publisher: Scribner

Price: $2.99

Bootlegger's Daughter by Margaret Maron

A Deborah Knott Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Maron and Company

Price: $2.99

A Bead in the Hand by Janie Peacock

A Glass Bead Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: Vetrai Press

Price: 99¢

Important Note: Price(s) verified as of 10/18/17 6:58 AM. Price(s) are subject to change at any time. The price displayed on the vendor website at the time of the purchase will be the price paid for the book. Please confirm the price of the book before purchasing it.

Today's Selection of Free MystereBooks for Wednesday, October 18, 2017

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature a selection of Free MystereBooks found on Wednesday, October 18, 2017 at 7:00 AM ET …

Eyeliner & Alibis by Stephanie Damore

A Beauty Secrets Mystery

Publisher: Stephanie Damore

Price: FREE!

  

The Extraordinary Case of Bliss Carter by Anthony D. Faircloth

A Bliss Carter Mystery

Publisher: Anthony D. Faircloth

Price: FREE!

  

Anchored by Death by Catherine Finger

A Jo Oliver Thriller

Publisher: Elk Lake Publishing

Price: FREE!

  

London 2012: What If? by Ian C. P. Irvine

A Romantic Thriller

Publisher: Ian C. P. Irvine

Price: FREE!

  

Lucifer's Son by Desiree Meyler

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Endeavour Press

Price: FREE!

  

Chaos at the Coast by Cynthia Moyer

The Elliot Lake Mysteries

Publisher: Treetangle 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.

Important Note: Price(s) verified as of the date and time shown. Price(s) are subject to change at any time. The price displayed on the vendor website at the time of the purchase will be the price paid for the book. Please confirm the price of the book before purchasing it.

Today's Selection of New or Newly Released Indie MystereBooks

Omnimystery News is pleased to present a selection of newly published and recently released mystery, suspense and thriller titles — mostly from independent publishers — for Tuesday, October 17, 2017.

The Paranoid Patient by Mathiya Adams

A Denver Detective Cozy Mystery (16th in series)

Published: 10/15/17 by Misque Press

Edition(s): eBook only

eBook Price: $3.99

Dead Editor File by G. G. Collins

A Taylor Browning Cozy Mystery (1st in series)

Published: 10/15/17 by Chamisa Canyon Publishing

Edition(s): eBook only

eBook Price: $3.99

Carnations and Chaos by London Lovett

A Port Danby Cozy Mystery (2nd in series)

Published: 10/15/17 by London Lovett

Edition(s): Print and eBook

eBook Price: 99¢

Killer in Paradise by Paul J. Mila

A Novel of Suspense

Published: 10/15/17 by Paul J. Mila

Edition(s): Print and eBook

eBook Price: $4.95

Peach Pies, Pageants & Protective Custody by Shaunna Rodriguez

A Sweet Seduction Mystery (6th in series)

Published: 10/15/17 by Unveiled Books

Edition(s): eBook only

eBook Price: $2.99

Death Under a Full Moon by Dianne Smithwick-Braden

A Wilbarger County Mystery (2nd in series)

Published: 10/15/17 by Dianne Smithwick-Braden

Edition(s): eBook only

eBook Price: $5.99

A Tiny Collierville Murder by Abby L. Vandiver

A Tiny House Cozy Mystery (1st in series)

Published: 10/15/17 by Media Web Publishing

Edition(s): eBook only

eBook Price: 99¢

Important Note: Price(s) verified as of 10/17/17 4:30 PM ET. Price(s) are subject to change at any time. The price displayed on the vendor website at the time of the purchase will be the price paid for the book. Please confirm the price of the book before purchasing it.

Mornings in London by Janice Law, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during October 2017

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during October 2017 …

Mornings in London by Janice Law, A Francis Bacon Mystery (6th in series)

Publisher: Open Road

  

Artist Francis Bacon gets tangled up in murder while visiting the English countryside …

Francis Bacon awakes in a four-poster bed with a punishing hangover and a naked footman beside him. The setting and company mean he's in the country, and that spells disaster for an up-and-coming artist whose natural habitat is the nightclubs and back alleys of swinging Soho. But he's put aside his distaste for the pastoral life for the sake of his favorite cousin, Poppy, a spirited young debutante who's committed the biggest blunder a deb can make: She's fallen in love with Freddie Bosworth — and must be rescued at all costs.

Bosworth is a cad, an accused blackmailer with a love for Mussolini and dark secrets too terrible to tell. Fortunately, Poppy comes to her senses, breaking the engagement, and Francis thinks their troubles are over. But when the cousins take a walk through the manor grounds the next day, they find a handsome young man in a pin-striped suit lying dead in the grass. Freddie's throat has been cut, and Francis's life is on the line.

— Mornings in London by Janice Law

To see more new paperback titles scheduled to be published this month, visit The Mystery Bookshelf for October 2017. For new hardcover titles, visit New Mysteries where for a list of October 2017 mysteries, novels of suspense, and thrillers is provided.

Killing Season by Faye Kellerman, New in Bookstores during October 2017

Today's featured new hardcover mystery, suspense, or thriller title scheduled to be published during October 2017 is …

Killing Season by Faye Kellerman, A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: William Morrow

 

He went searching for the truth. Now a killer has found him. The more you know, the more there is to fear …

Four years ago, fifteen-year-old Ellen Vicksburg went missing in the quiet town of River Remez, New Mexico. Ellen was kind, studious, and universally liked. Her younger brother, Ben, could imagine nothing worse than never knowing what happened to her — until, on the first anniversary of her death, he found her body in a shallow grave by the river's edge.

Ben, now sixteen, is committed to finding the monster who abducted and strangled Ellen. Police believe she was the victim of a psychopath known as the Demon. But Ben — a math geek too smart for his high-school classes — continues to pore over the evidence at the local police precinct, gaining an unlikely ally in his school's popular new girl, Ro Majors. In his sister's files, Ben's analytical mind sees patterns that don't fit, tiny threads that he adds to the clues from other similar unsolved murders. As the body count rises, a picture emerges of an adversary who is as cunning and methodical as he is twisted.

At first the police view Ben's investigation with suspicion. Soon his obsession will mark him as a threat. But uncovering the truth may not be enough to keep Ben and those he loves safe from a relentless killer who has nothing left to lose.

— Killing Season by Faye Kellerman

For a list of more new hardcover titles to be published this month, visit our New Mysteries page for October 2017. For new paperback titles, visit The Mystery Bookshelf where a selection of October 2017 mysteries, novels of suspense, and thrillers are shelved.

Storm's Edge by Tony Healey, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during October 2017

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during October 2017 …

Storm's Edge by Tony Healey, A Harper and Lane Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: Thomas & Mercer

  

An insidious evil has taken root in the small town of Hope's Peak, North Carolina …

In the midst of an internal investigation, the police department is thrown into chaos when Captain Frank Morelli is gunned down on his own front lawn. Detective Jane Harper suspects that someone is tying up loose ends — a conviction that only grows stronger when she witnesses the execution of another officer in broad daylight. With no one else to turn to, Jane seeks the help of psychic Ida Lane.

Ida thought she'd finally find peace after the death of the man who murdered her mother. But as the town emerges from the shadow cast by that serial killer, they discover that there is more than one monster hiding in the darkness. Desperate to lay her ghosts to rest, Ida puts her extraordinary skills to the test. Together, she and Jane must uncover the truth … or be permanently silenced like the rest.

— Storm's Edge by Tony Healey

To see more new paperback titles scheduled to be published this month, visit The Mystery Bookshelf for October 2017. For new hardcover titles, visit New Mysteries where for a list of October 2017 mysteries, novels of suspense, and thrillers is provided.