Nominees for the 2015 Mid-Year Dagger Awards Announced by the CWA

The nominees for the 2015 Mid-Year CWA Dagger Awards were announced last night during CrimeFest by the Crime Writers' Association. The winners will be presented on June 30th to mark the end of Crime Reading Month at a gala dinner in central London.

And the nominees are …

International Dagger:

• Falling Freely, As If In A Dream by Leif G. W. Persson (Transworld)
• Camille by Pierre Lemaitre (Quercus)
• Cobra by Deon Meyer (Hodder & Stoughton)
• Arab Jazz by Karim Miské (MacLehose Press)
• The Invisible Guardian by Dolores Redondo (HarperCollins)
• Into a Raging Blaze by Andreas Norman (Quercus)

Historical Dagger:

• Havana Sleeping by Martin Davies (Hodder & Stoughton)
• Lamentation by C. J. Sansom (Mantle)
• The Man from Berlin by Luke McCallin (No Exit Press)
• The Seeker by S. G. MacLean (Quercus)
• The Silent Boy by Andrew Taylor (Harper Collins)
• The Taxidermist's Daughter by Kate Mosse (Orion)

Debut Dagger:

• Dark Chapter by Winnie M Li
• Last Of The Soho Legends by Greg Keen
• The Ice Coffin by Jill Sawyer
• The Pure Drop by Nigel Robbins
• Lock Me In by Kate Simants

Non-Fiction Dagger:

• In Plain Sight: The Life and Lies of Jimmy Savile by Dan Davies (Quercus)
• A Kim Jong-Il Production by Paul Fischer (Penguin)
• Ghettoside: Investigating a Homicide Epidemic by Jill Leovy (Bodley Head)
• Gun Baby Gun: A Bloody Journey into the World of the Gun by Iain Overton (Canongate)
• One of Us: The Story of Anders Breivik and the Massacre in Norway by Åsne Seierstad (Virago)
• Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson (Scribe)

Short Story Dagger:

• "Apocrypha" by Richard Lange (Sweet Nothing — Mulholland Press)
• "Red Eye" by Michael Connelly and Dennis Lehane (Face Off — Sphere)
• "The Hunter" by Dashiell Hammett (The Hunter & Other Stories — No Exit Press)
• "Sweet Nothing" by Richard Lange (Sweet Nothing — Mulholland Press)
• "Juror 8" by Stuart Neville (OxCrimes — Profile Books)
• "The Dead Their Eyes Implore Us" by George Pelecanos (OxCrimes — Profile Books)

New This Week: Famous Blue Raincoat, A Short Story Collection by Ed Gorman

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Famous Blue Raincoat by Ed Gorman

A Short Story Collection

Publisher: Crossroad Press

Price: $3.99 (as of 05/16/2015 at 6:30 PM ET).

  

Ed Gorman's mystery short stories have a flavor found nowhere else among contemporary writers. His tales have an amazing breadth of style and plot — classical detection, private eye stories, biter-bit tales in which criminous schemes turn back on the perpetrator, and straight crime stories.

What they all have in common is a recognition that we cannot escape our past. The Judge Whitney-Cody McCain stories are filled with the sights and sounds of small-town America around 1958. The Closing Circle is both a detective story and a sensitive evocation of a girl coming of age. The Cage and Favor and the Princess are not only pure detection but also about understanding your first love years later.

You may like some of the protagonists, such as private eye Jack Dwyer in Eye of the Beholder, and despise others, including the narrator in Our Kind of Guy, but all of Ed Gorman's stories are filled with the truth of human experience.

— Famous Blue Raincoat by Ed Gorman

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The Deadly Games Thrillers by Lena Diaz, Now Available at a Special Price

All four books in the Deadly Games thriller series by Lena Diaz are now available for 99¢ on Kindle. We're featuring the first book in the series in this post.

He Kills Me, He Kills Me Not by Lena Diaz

The Deadly Games Series (1st in series)

Publisher: Avon Impulse

Price: 99¢ (as of 05/16/2015 at 6:00 PM ET).

  

Four years ago, Amanda Stockton was forced to play a serial killer's twisted game of chance. Since then, she has retreated from the world, bearing the scar from her ordeal and the burden of a terrible secret. But when another woman is found dead, clutching a long-stemmed red rose, Amanda knows she can hide no longer.

If there were any other way, Chief Logan Richards would never ask the only surviving victim for help. But it's clear this killer will not be stopped and Amanda is the only link. Torn between catching a madman and winning the trust of the woman he's come to love, Logan is caught in a dangerous game with Amanda. And there's no guarantee they'll come out on top.

— He Kills Me, He Kills Me Not by Lena Diaz

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Better the Devil You Know, A Frank Miller Mystery by James Whitworth, New This Week from Endeavour Press

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Better the Devil You Know by James Whitworth

A Frank Miller Mystery

Publisher: Endeavour Press

Price: $3.99 (as of 05/16/2015 at 5:30 PM ET).

  

When Detective Chief Inspector Frank Miller says goodbye to Samantha Thompson after a few drinks in the local pub he thinks little more of it. The next morning, however, his life is shaken to the core. His Detective Sergeant, Paul Riddle, is forced to suspend Miller from duty. There has been a murder. And the victim was Samantha. Miller has little choice but to oblige, but DS Riddle certainly does not believe his partner is involved.

Going against police protocol Riddle confides to Miller that Samantha's body was left in a particularly macabre way. She was left naked with the body of a large, black crow placed across her torso. Its wings had been spread out to form a cross. And her feet had been disfigured with carvings of crucifixes. Is this the work of a deranged murderer? Or some sort of Satanic ritual?

Miller has to go behind the backs of the police force in a desperate attempt to clear his name. Can Miller get to the heart of the mystery behind this gruesome killing? Was it a random attack? Or did Samantha realise it is not "better the devil you know"?

— Better the Devil You Know by James Whitworth

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Covert, A Chicago Angels Novel by G. K. Moore, Now Available at a Special Price

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Covert by G. K. Moore

A Chicago Angels Novel (1st in series)

Publisher: G. K. Moore

Price: 99¢ (as of 05/16/2015 at 5:00 PM ET).

  

Alessandro is the unwilling heir of a Chicago crime family. Intent on leaving the life set out for him, he decides to run as fast and as far away as possible. His plans crumble when one girl crash lands in his life. He should hate the daughter of his father's mistress, but it's near impossible when he finds that they are alike in more ways than one.

Olivia grew up watching men walk in and out of her mother's life. When one man finally decides to stay, she learns that crime lords don't leave until someone's dead. Olivia's salvation comes from the person she least expects: his son.

Six years later, Olivia and Alessandro are reunited when her life is threatened. If time has proven one thing, it's that repeating their parents' mistakes seems inevitable.

In a world where friendship is a luxury and love a death sentence, two unlikely lovers find each other only to be separated by their cruel reality.

— Covert by G. K. Moore

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New This Week: Under Pressure, A Hannah Sampson, Underwater Investigation Mystery by Kathy Brandt

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Under Pressure by Kathy Brandt

A Hannah Sampson, Underwater Investigation Mystery (4th in series)

Publisher: Monkshood Press

Price: $2.99 (as of 05/16/2015 at 4:30 PM ET).

  

This is a new ebook edition of a mystery published in paperback by Signet in 2006.

Underwater investigator Hannah Sampson is gearing up to dive on a flawless tropical morning, marred only by the reports of a distant storm brewing in the Atlantic, when the sea turns to carnage — an airplane plunges into the water just yards off the bow of her boat.

Minutes later, Hannah and her dive partner are sixty feet below the surface, vying with sharks to pull victims out of the wreckage. One of those victims is a nine year old boy who is about to change Hannah forever.

— Under Pressure by Kathy Brandt

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Honeysuckle Homicide, A Trash-to-Treasure Crafting Mystery by Rose Pressey, Now Available at a Special Price

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Honeysuckle Homicide by Rose Pressey

A Trash-to-Treasure Crafting Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: Rose Pressey

Price: 99¢ (as of 05/16/2015 at 4:00 PM ET).

  

Raelynn Pendleton inherited a big Victorian house that she intends to decorate on a budget with her trash-to-treasure creations. Her plans are hindered when her no-good, cheating ex-husband Ross Perkins comes back into her life. Within hours of his return, Ross has pulled Raelynn into a murder investigation.

Handsome Sheriff Kent Klein thinks Ross is guilty as charged and warns Raelynn to stay away from him. But Ross has convinced the town of Honeysuckle, Kentucky that Raelynn murdered the successful local realtor Luke Lexington. Raelynn must prove her innocence or her days of Dumpster-diving will be over.

— Honeysuckle Homicide by Rose Pressey

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Witness Undercover by Debra Cowan, New from Harlequin Love Inspired Suspense in May 2015

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Witness Undercover by Debra Cowan

Imprint: Love Inspired Suspense

  

Laura Prentiss will do whatever it takes to save her father — even come out of witness protection. Ever since turning in evidence that put her dangerous ex behind bars, she's had a killer on her trail. It'll take someone extraordinary to keep her safe now — someone like former navy SEAL Griffin Devaney. Griffin blames himself for the ambush that took his teammates' lives, and he's determined that nothing will ever happen to someone under his protection again. But as the connection between Griffin and Laura grows, so do the threats against them. Griffin will put everything at stake for a future with Laura — if they survive long enough to have one.

— Witness Undercover by Debra Cowan

The Double Stroller Hand Grenade, A Comic Crime Thriller by Derrick Hibbard, Now Available at a Special Price

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The Double Stroller Hand Grenade by Derrick Hibbard

A Comic Crime Thriller

Publisher: Sail Away Press

Price: 99¢ (as of 05/16/2015 at 3:00 PM ET).

  

Peter Wilcox is a bright-eyed and fluffy-tailed new attorney, who witnesses the "hit" of the managing partner in his law firm. Because of this inadvertent run-in and supposed link with the mafia, Peter can't find another job anywhere and is forced to tend his kids full-time while his wife, Alison, brings home the bacon. Peter hates the new job: His young kids are a whirlwind of destruction wherever they go, his daughter suffers from a crippling fear of an imaginary alligator, and he and Alison seem to be growing further and further apart as she works long hours.

As it turns out, Alison is not an interior designer, as Peter was led to believe, but is the assassin who killed Peter's boss — a fact that Peter is none-too-happy about — and things really get crazy when Alison's Mafioso peers decide that she is better off dead. What follows is a hilarious romp, as the emasculated Peter has to deal with a super-cool-femme-fatale of a wife, while he and his two kids are mercilessly thrust into a world of gangsters and professional hit men.

— The Double Stroller Hand Grenade by Derrick Hibbard

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The Fatal Flame by Lyndsay Faye, New in Bookstores during May 2015

Today's featured new hardcover mystery, suspense, or thriller title scheduled to be published during May 2015 is …

The Fatal Flame by Lyndsay Faye, a Timothy Wilde Mystery (3rd in series)

Publisher: Putnam

    

No one in 1840s New York likes fires, but Copper Star Timothy Wilde least of all. So when an arsonist with an agenda begins threatening Alderman Robert Symmes, a corrupt and powerful leader high in the Tammany Hall ranks, Wilde isn't thrilled to be involved. His reservations escalate further when his brother Valentine announces that he'll be running against Symmes in the upcoming election, making both himself and Timothy a host of powerful enemies.

Meanwhile, the love of Wilde's life, Mercy Underhill, unexpectedly shows up on his doorstep and takes under her wing a starving orphan with a tenuous grasp on reality. It soon becomes clear that this wisp of a girl may be the key to stopping those who have been setting fire to buildings across the city — if only they can understand her cryptic descriptions and find out what she knows.

— The Fatal Flame by Lyndsay Faye

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Scene of the Crime: Killer Cove by Carla Cassidy, New from Harlequin Intrigue in May 2015

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Scene of the Crime: Killer Cove by Carla Cassidy

Imprint: Intrigue

  

A man returns to his hometown to solve a cold case …

A family tragedy brings Bo McBride to his Mississippi town two years after a devastating loss made him leave. Now he's back and only Claire Silver is ready to welcome him home. The sassy blonde teacher wants his help in finding a killer who has plagued the town …

Although she could only admire him from afar, Claire was always drawn to Bo. Their unofficial investigation is complicated by the passion igniting between them. And by the obsessed stalker who has targeted Claire. With the threat escalating, Bo vows he'll do whatever it takes to protect her. And Claire vows to put her faith in the man ready to risk everything to safeguard her future.

— Scene of the Crime: Killer Cove by Carla Cassidy

Guardian of Lies, A Paul Madriani Thriller by Steve Martini, Now Available at a Special Price

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Guardian of Lies by Steve Martini

A Paul Madriani Thriller (10th in series)

Publisher: HarperCollins

Price: $3.49 (as of 05/16/2015 at 1:00 PM ET).

  

A woman pauses in the hallway of a darkened San Diego beach house at night — listening for just the right moment when she can flee before her companion notices that she's gone.

A man outside watches the same mansion, waiting for a sign that he can enter on his mission of blood and carnage.

So begins this riveting new tale about Paul Madriani and his latest case — that of Katia, a woman accused of an unlikely crime — a trial that will unravel a careful but horrifying conspiracy. Madriani soon realizes that he's signed onto something much more sinister than a botched heist. As he searches for the truth that will clear Katia's name, he finds himself on a path that takes him from Southern California to Costa Rica, and, ultimately, to a secret buried since Castro's rise to power.

Together with his partner, Harry Hinds, Madriani must piece together the threads of a decades-old conspiracy involving priceless gold coins, an aging American spy, a disaffected Russian soldier, and a forgotten weapon from the days of JFK and the Cuban Missile Crisis. As the separate strands of the story come together, Madriani finds information that will ultimately lead him to the one person who holds the key to it all: a man some call "The Guardian of Lies."

— Guardian of Lies by Steve Martini

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New This Week: Ghosts of Witches Past, A Sister Witches Mystery by Lauren Quick

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Ghosts of Witches Past by Lauren Quick

A Sister Witches Mystery (4th in series)

Publisher: Lauren Quick

Price: $2.99 (as of 05/16/2015 at 12:30 PM ET).

  

It's the winter solstice in snowy Everland and the witching world is all aglow in twinkling illuma lights, enchanted fir trees, and sparkling snow. Holiday cheer is in the air for everyone — everyone, that is, except Elspeth Mayhem.

Elspeth feels bewildered after losing so much time away from her daughters — Clover, Vivi, and Honora. The holidays remind her that, upon her return to Everland, she'd found three grown witches with lives of their own instead of the girls she'd left behind. Hoping to learn more about them, Elspeth turns to her old friend Esmeralda Card and her magical crystal ball to help her see into the past, her daughters' pasts.

With Esmeralda as her guide, Elspeth visits Vivi's early days in The Potion Garden when a strange wizard tried to steal her potions, tags along on Honora's first case as a wannabe P.I. in the seedy magical streets of Stargazer City, and witnesses Clover's first success as a word witch as she sells her first Spellbinders novel while writing a dark fairy tale that might be a little too realistic.

After witnessing their wild adventures, Elspeth reunites with her daughters and gives them a special Mayhem surprise to remind them of where they came from — a family of unique witches.

— Ghosts of Witches Past by Lauren Quick

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Today's Selection of Daily Deals for Saturday, May 16, 2015

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature a selection of today's Daily Deals found on Saturday, May 16, 2015 at 7:30 AM ET …

The White Queen by Philippa Gregory

The Cousins War Series (1st in series)

Publisher: Touchstone

Kobo Daily Deal Price: $1.99 (price-matched by Amazon)

  

Elizabeth Woodville is a woman of extraordinary beauty and ambition. Her mother is Jacquetta, also known as the mystical lady of the rivers, and she is even more determined to bring power and wealth to the family line. While riding in the woods one day, Elizabeth captures the attentions of the newly crowned King Edward IV and, despite her common upbringing, marries him in secret.

When she is raised up to be his queen, the English court is outraged, but Elizabeth rises to the demands of her exalted position and fights for her family's dominance. Yet despite her best efforts, and even with the help of her mother's powers, her two sons become pawns in a famous unsolved mystery that has confounded historians for centuries: the lost princes in the Tower of London.

— The White Queen by Philippa Gregory

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Today's Selection of Free MystereBooks for Saturday, May 16, 2015

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature a selection of Free MystereBooks found on Saturday, May 16, 2015 at 6:30 AM ET …

Till Death by Becky McGraw

A Deep Six Security Novel

Publisher: Becky McGraw

Price: FREE!

  

Pineapple Lies by Amy Vansant

A Pineapple Port Mystery

Publisher: Amy Vansant

Price: FREE!

  

[sic] by Scott Kelly

A Teen Murder Mystery

Publisher: Scott Kelly

Price: FREE!

  

Cruel Comfort by James Harper

An Evan Buckley Thriller

Publisher: James Harper

Price: FREE!

  

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Review: A Deadly Affair at Bobtail Ridge by Terry Shames

A Mysterious Review of A Deadly Affair at Bobtail Ridge by Terry Shames. A Samuel Craddock Mystery.

Review summary: This is a very good mystery with an intriguing storyline. It's never clear where the plot is going and how it will be resolved, both positive elements. The cast of characters is well drawn and the small town setting is completely on point. A strong entry in this series, one that is recommended. (Click here for text of full review.)

Our rating:

A Deadly Affair at Bobtail Ridge
Terry Shames
A Samuel Craddock Mystery
Seventh Street Books (April 2015)

Publisher synopsis: In the course of their developing friendship, Samuel Craddock has learned to accept that his neighbor Jenny Sandstone's personal life is strictly secret. But when her dying mother tells Craddock that Jenny is in danger, he is confronted with a dilemma. He wants to respect Jenny's privacy, but he is haunted by the urgency in the dying woman's voice.

When Jenny is the victim of a suspicious car accident, Craddock has no choice but to get involved. He demands that she tell him what he needs to know to protect her and to solve the mysteries surrounding the strange events that began taking place as soon as Jenny's mother passed away.

Forced to confront the past, Jenny plunges into a downward spiral of rage and despair. She is drinking heavily and seems bent on self-destruction. Craddock must tread lightly as he tries to find out who is behind the threats to her. But only by getting to the bottom of the secrets buried in Jenny's past can he hope to save her both from herself and from whoever is out to harm her.

New This Week: Cold Blue Midnight, A Suspense Thriller by Ed Gorman

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Cold Blue Midnight by Ed Gorman

A Suspense Thriller

Publisher: Crossroad Press

Price: $3.99 (as of 05/15/2015 at 6:30 PM ET).

  

This is a new ebook edition of a mystery published in hardcover by St. Martin's Press in 1996.

In Indiana the condemned die at midnight. Killers like Peter Tapley, a twisted man who lived in his mother's shadow and took his hatred out on trusting young women.

Six years after Tapley's execution, his ex-wife Jill is trying to live down his crimes. But somewhere in the chilly night someone won't let her forget. Someone who still blames her for her husband's hideous deeds. Someone who plans to make her pay … in blood.

— Cold Blue Midnight by Ed Gorman

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Sherlock Holmes and the Abbey School Mystery, A Sherlock Holmes Patische by John Hall, New This Week from Endeavour Press

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Sherlock Holmes and the Abbey School Mystery by John Hall

A Sherlock Holmes Patische

Publisher: Endeavour Press

Price: $3.99 (as of 05/15/2015 at 5:30 PM ET).

  

Ten years on from Holmes and Watson's sleuthing days, something is amiss at the prestigious and exclusive Abbey School. Young Lord Whitechurch is accused of stealing money from the headmaster's office. But as one of the wealthiest pupils, why would he do that? This seemingly trivial mystery is soon overshadowed by the apparent suicide of the Third's form master, Mr Greville. And Holmes is not convinced that this was a tragic accident.

His interest piqued, Holmes enlists the help of his trusty side-kick Dr. Watson, who takes over Greville's teaching position as he investigates the staff and unearths the school's secrets. And when Watson encounters a certain Mr. Tromarty, he begins to wonder if there is a connection to the late Moriarty …

Then another member of staff is found dead — and Holmes and Dr. Watson must work fast to unravel the mysterious web of circumstances and suspicion. And it's not just the school that is in danger … Holmes and Watson suspect that the country itself could be under threat …

Can Holmes and Watson solve the Abbey School Mystery before others meet their untimely end? Or will death and destruction extend beyond the school gates?

— Sherlock Holmes and the Abbey School Mystery by John Hall

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