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The Case Files of Icarus Investigations (4th in series)
Publisher: Daniel Ganninger
Price: 99¢ (as of 08/18/2015 at 6:00 PM ET).
Mysterious sightings of strange vessels have been reported in the waters of the Caribbean Sea. They're connected to smuggling activity by the drug cartels and their new partnership with a sophisticated organized crime syndicate. Galveston and Murphy, as part of a federal task force dealing with this syndicate, are called in to investigate. They uncover an intricate plot that could ultimately push the United States into an all out drug war.
The Icarus team uses their trademark, unorthodox detective skills to hunt for the mastermind behind the operation, but what they discover is a shocking revelation about the crime syndicate's real plans.
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Endeavour Press is the UK's leading independent digital publisher, promoting and selling ebook editions of works by new authors as well as bringing out ebook editions of out of print books.
We've selected one of their recently published mystery, suspense, thriller or crime titles to feature here today …
A Chris Tyroll and Sheila McKenna Mystery (4th in series)
Publisher: Endeavour Press
Price: $3.99 (as of 08/18/2015 at 5:30 PM ET).
Chris Tyroll is a busy litigation lawyer in the West Midlands. He'd like to have long lunches, play golf and holiday in the Seychelles, but he puts up with early starts, no lunches and late nights. One morning three clients come to him with totally different problems.
The first, an Employment Tribunal case against British Defence Systems, looks complicated. BDS manufactures a seek-and-destroy weapon, "The Retaliator". The dismissal of one man has triggered a strike and two more workers have been sacked as a result.
Then Tyroll deals with a distraught mother who cannot accept her son's death and wants to get the coroner's verdict changed from suicide to murder.
And finally he's met with a man who asks: why can't an empty field be used to graze ponies?
Tyroll investigates these cases with the aid of his sharp and beautiful girlfriend Sheila McKenna as they weave their way through clues and deal with their own relationship issues. But when another client dies, and a chance comment by a witness reveals that all three cases are somehow connected, Tyroll realises he's in deeper than he thought. Tyroll finds himself and Sheila in a deadly confrontation. Can he save her? Can he even save himself?
It's a race against time to solve the three cases before it's too late …
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Life hasn't worked out the way Ray Lamar planned. A widower who's made some tragic mistakes, he's got one good thing going for him: he's calm and efficient under pressure, usually with a gun in his hand. A useful skill to have when you're paid to hurt people who stand in your boss's way.
But Ray isn't sure he wants to be that man anymore. He wants to go home and see the son he hopes will recognize him. He wants to make a new life far from the violence of the last ten years, and he believes that one last job will take him there. A job that should be simple, easy, clean.
Ray knows there's no such thing as easy, and sure enough, the first day ends in a catastrophic mess. Now the runners who have always moved quietly through this desert town on the Mexican border want answers. And revenge. Short on time, with no one to trust but himself, Ray must come up with a plan, or else Coronado, New Mexico's lady sheriff will have a vicious bloodbath on her hands.
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In this ebook exclusive short story, Lee Child goes back to 1989, when Jack Reacher is an MP assigned to solve the cold-blooded murder of a young officer — whose killer may be closer to Reacher than he suspects …
The telex is brief and to the point: One active-duty personnel found shot to death ten miles north of Fort Smith. Circumstances unknown. Found in a silver Porsche along an isolated forest road in Georgia, the victim was shot twice in the chest and once in the head. A professional hit. Clean. The crime scene suggests an ambush. Military police officer Jack Reacher is given the case.
He calls his older brother, Colonel Joe Reacher, at the Pentagon for intel and taps Sergeant Frances Neagley to help him answer the big question: Who would kill a brilliant officer on the fast-track to greatness? For Jack Reacher, the answer hits home.
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Detectives Jack James and Danny Owen are on the trail of a killer. But not just any murderer. A cold and calculating executioner accomplishing what police and the courts could not: bring vengeance upon those who beat the system and escaped punishment for heinous crimes. Crimes that seem echoed in the retribution the avenging angel is meting out in some real world expression of "an eye for an eye".
But as the partners identify and close in on a suspect, the bounds of right and wrong, justice and vengeance, begin to blur. So much so that one detective begins to doubt just who is adversary, and who is ally.
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The Promise of Home by Darcie Chan, A Mill River Mystery (3rd in series)
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Mill River, the charming town whose residents experience surprises and sorrows, witness acts of goodwill and kindness, embrace family love and friendship — and uncover age-old secrets and heartaches …
These days, Mill River, Vermont, is a hive of activity. Karen Cooper bids farewell to her husband, Nick, as he leaves for Saudi Arabia to work as a contractor. But when he goes missing, Karen turns to beloved nonagenarian Father O'Brien for counsel. Kyle Hansen and Claudia Simon blissfully prepare for their wedding — until a new acquaintance threatens their romance.
Emily DiSanti, haunted by a tragedy that tore her world apart a decade ago, is renovating the old McAllister mansion, eager to restore its former beauty and to find peace in the intense workload. All these lives — and the lives of others in this small town — move forward, bump up against one another, and intertwine. And when a cache of letters is discovered, a powerful and unexpected secret comes to light — one rooted deeply in the childhood of the longtime priest who has touched the lives of everyone in Mill River.
In the late 1970s, Larry Ott and Silas "32" Jones were boyhood pals. Their worlds were as different as night and day: Larry, the child of lower-middle-class white parents, and Silas, the son of a poor, single black mother. Yet for a few months the boys stepped outside of their circumstances and shared a special bond. But then tragedy struck: Larry took a girl on a date to a drive-in movie, and she was never heard from again. She was never found and Larry never confessed, but all eyes rested on him as the culprit. The incident shook the county — and perhaps Silas most of all. His friendship with Larry was broken, and then Silas left town.
More than twenty years have passed. Larry, a mechanic, lives a solitary existence, never able to rise above the whispers of suspicion. Silas has returned as a constable. He and Larry have no reason to cross paths until another girl disappears and Larry is blamed again. And now the two men who once called each other friend are forced to confront the past they've buried and ignored for decades.
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Crawford Hunt wants his daughter back. Following the death of his wife four years ago, Crawford, a Texas Ranger, fell into a downward spiral that left him relegated to deskwork and with his five-year-old daughter Georgia in the custody of her grandparents. But Crawford has cleaned up his act, met all the court imposed requirements, and now the fate of his family lies with Judge Holly Spencer.
Holly, ambitious and confident, temporarily occupies the bench of her recently deceased mentor. With an election upcoming, she must prove herself worthy of making her judgeship permanent. Every decision is high-stakes. Despite Crawford's obvious love for his child and his commitment to being an ideal parent, Holly is wary of his checkered past. Her opinion of him is radically changed when a masked gunman barges into the courtroom during the custody hearing. Crawford reacts instinctually, saving Holly from a bullet.
But his heroism soon takes on the taint of recklessness. The cloud over him grows even darker after he uncovers a horrifying truth about the courtroom gunman and realizes that the unknown person behind the shooting remains at large … and a threat.
Catching the real culprit becomes a personal fight for Crawford. But pursuing the killer in his customary diehard fashion will jeopardize his chances of gaining custody of his daughter, and further compromise Judge Holly Spencer, who needs protection not only from an assassin, but from Crawford himself and the forbidden attraction between them.
The Cat, the Sneak and the Secret by Leann Sweeney, A Jillian Hart, Cats in Trouble Mystery (7th in series)
Publisher: NAL
A feline with a penchant for pilfering ends up unearthing a deadly mystery …
Jillian Hart and Tom are finally tying the knot, but first they need to make sure Tom's stepson, Finn, is as comfortable as possible in the lake house they will all call home. So when it becomes clear that Finn has fallen for a pretty cat from the Mercy Animal Sanctuary, Jillian and Tom readily agree to make room for one more — even though the tortoiseshell kitty is a notorious kleptomaniac.
So far, the cat has sneaked out of the adoption center time after time, bringing back trinkets, shoelaces, and socks. But when she brings back an antique locket, Finn enlists Tom's and Jillian's sleuthing skills. They hope to return the treasured item to its owner, but their search for answers is sidetracked when a body is found. Still, their sneaky cat's find may just lead them to a killer.
— The Cat, the Sneak and the Secret by Leann Sweeney
The last time Annie saw Sam, they were lying in each other's arms beneath a canopy of stars. Now Annie paces a secluded airfield at midnight, awaiting the arrival of an unmarked Navy helicopter. Her assignment: Get this Navy SEAL back into fighting form pronto — and keep his identity a secret. But who's going to protect her from a man who looks at her as if she were a stranger and who doesn't remember the one night she'll never forget?
Six foot four inches of tough, trained professional, Sam risked his life in an act of rare courage, saving a busload of schoolchildren from certain death. But becoming America's newest media hero can be dangerous for a man with an undercover past. Sam could do a lot worse than this secluded beach resort. Ditto the sexy therapist who seems maddeningly familiar — if he only knew where or when. But he's about to find out — as a dangerous enemy surfaces out of his shadowed past, leaving a trail of bodies right to Annie's door.
Now the rugged SEAL who doesn't believe in love or commitment is about to risk everything … because for Sam McKade, protecting this woman, this extraordinary woman, has become the most important mission of his life …
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Every week, Witness Impulse — an imprint of William Morrow — releases new suspense and thriller digital originals, typically priced at just $2.99 (or less) each.
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A beautiful young girl was walking down the street―when suddenly …
Julia Carroll knows that too many stories start that way. Beautiful, intelligent, a nineteen-year-old college freshman, she should be carefree. But instead she is frightened. Because girls are disappearing.
A fellow student, Beatrice Oliver, is missing. A homeless woman called Mona-No-Name is missing. Both taken off the street. Both gone without a trace.
Julia is determined to find out the reasons behind their disappearances. And she doesn't want to be next …
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Today, we're pleased to present the following title, now available at a special price courtesy of the publisher, Open Road …
Dagger of Flesh by Richard S. Prather
A Shell Scott Caper
Publisher: Open Road
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Shell Scott. He's a guy with a pistol in his pocket and murder on his mind. The crime world's public enemy number one, this Casanova is a sucker for a damsel in distress. When a pair of lovely legs saunters into his office, he can't help but take the job, even when the case is a killer.
Shell's gotten himself into a heap of trouble this time. Jay's gotten himself killed, and his corpse is pointing a stiff finger directly at our tender-hearted private dick. Is it possible that he has been hypnotized? If so, then maybe the cops won't mind that lie about his whereabouts that night. But lying on top of those white sheets with that sexy dame, now that couldn't be a figment of his imagination, could it?
Nah, even Shell Scott can't come up with something that juicy.
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It's always a pleasure to welcome back mystery author Lauren Carr to Omnimystery News.
Lauren begins a new series featuring, in part, a cast of characters from her other series, with Kill and Run (Acorn Book Services; September 2015 trade paperback and ebook formats) and we asked her if she wanted to share any of her writing secrets with us. She titles her guest post for us today, "How To Kill Your Boss Without Getting Arrested … or Sued".
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Photo provided courtesy of Lauren Carr
I can say with confidence that every time I make a new acquaintance who discovers that I write murder mysteries, they are bound at some point to shoot me a worried expression and ask, "Do you ever kill anyone you know in your books?"
I will reply quite honestly, "Yes."
That's why I have no friends.
I don't always kill people I know. Sometimes I kill absolute strangers. Sometimes I make people who tick me off killers. Or sometimes I'll make them just plain so nasty that everyone sees them for the evil villain they are.
However, as anyone who is not living under a rock will tell you, and me, and any writer, to blatantly write someone you know into a book can be a litigiously dangerous operation.
For this article, I am addressing the use of real people and situations from the artistic point of fiction writers can and have been sued and there have been cases in which the plaintiff has won such lawsuits. So, before you kill your mother-in-law into your next whodunit, you should do your legal research on how best to do it without getting sued. Since I am not a lawyer, I am talking about the creative aspects of killing her … or your boss, or your ex, or just that nasty psycho neighbor across the street arrested without ruining your literary masterpiece or getting arrested.
Frankly, writers have every right to kill real people on paper. What writer isn't inspired by the things, people, places, and circumstances around them? If you make all those things off limits for fear of being sued, then you are turning off the faucet for an abundance of material to draw upon.
The best writers will not write someone into a book simply because they got ticked off and wanted the world to know about it, even subconsciously (usually … mostly … okay, generally).
Here's why. Say you're writing a book and your boss really ticks you off. I mean really, really ticks you off and you decide, "I'll get her."
Seventy-two pages into your work-in-progress, you insert your boss. Maybe you even go back to the beginning and insert scenes with her in them. You changed the name and maybe make her a dyed blonde with gray roots, but it's her nonetheless and you're telling the whole world what she did to you in the subplot of your comedy. Most likely, the reader, not knowing anything about what happened between you and the boss, will come away scratching his head and wondering, "What was the point of that subplot?"
Experienced authors use real people and situations in fiction the way an accomplished chef uses ingredients in a delightful recipe. A chef doesn't simply throw spices in because it strikes her fancy. With the first priority being the meal, the chef will only put in that which will improve on the final experience of the diner.
For example, while preparing the plotline for Kill and Run, the first installment of the Thorny Rose mysteries, I discovered that I had a dilemma with the character of Murphy Thornton, the male half of my two protagonists.
A recent naval academy graduate, Murphy Thornton is a lieutenant in the navy. He is also part of a covert elite team who works exclusively for the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He is also newly wed to Jessica Faraday, the lovely daughter of Mac Faraday, the protagonist in the Mac Faraday mysteries. At the beginning of Kill and Run, the newlyweds have recently moved into their first home together, located on the bank of the Potomac River.
Yep, for the Thorny Rose detectives, life was perfect. For a person, this is great. For a fictional character, perfect is bad. Perfect equals lack of conflict. Lack of conflict equals predictable. Predictable equals boring.
While murder does add conflict in a murder mystery, main characters need some sort of antagonist to make daily life just a little more interesting.
No one can make life less than perfect than a bad boss … believe me, I've had my share to draw from for Kill and Run. Who hasn't? There are bosses who are manipulative, back-stabbing. Others take credit for their employee's work or ideas. Then, I've had bosses who are practically pathological liars. Some are just plain nasty — ugly and foul both on the inside and out. Granted, I have had good bosses — they usually ended up quitting, getting promoted, or dying.
In Murphy's case, his life is so perfect, that I had to curse him with the worst of the worst. The character of Hillary Koch, who Murphy calls "Crotch," is a compilation of many bad bosses I have worked with throughout my years in the workforce. (Note: One way to not get sued is to make your character a Frankenstein — yes, Crotch is a monster, though compiled from many different people.)
To make Murphy's day job even more less than perfect is his boss's distinct hatred toward him in particular. In this excerpt, Murphy has just been awarded the Bronze Star in a surprise presentation at his office — which inadvertently leads to his first official murder case. Upon meeting Hillary for the first time, Jessica, a psychiatry student, hypothesizes Hillary's jealousy and dislike for Murphy:
What had previously been a meeting quickly dissolved into a party with the agents on the staff wanting to get a close look at the Bronze Star now displayed in Murphy's chest, and to meet his heiress wife. "Murphy," Boris shook his hand, "you are one humble guy. All that stuff that the admiral said you did? I never knew. You never told us that." "It was a classified mission," Murphy explained. On the other side of the conference room, he was aware of Hillary Koch hanging back, with a bitter frown on her face. She had her arms folded tightly across her chest. "Did he say domestic terrorism?" Susan asked. "That means it happened here in the United States, but I don't recall seeing on the news anything like that going down." She turned to her partner Perry. "Did you ever see anything like that on the news?" Perry was confirming that he hadn't while Jessica laid her hand on Murphy's elbow. "What about that lunch?" With pride, she fingered the star hanging on his breast pocket. "I know it's early, but I was hoping you could take a couple of hours leave to celebrate." With a naughty grin, she winked at him. Abruptly, Hillary provided Murphy with the answer to Jessica's invitation. "Thornton, come here. I need to talk to you." The tone of her voice made the hair on the back of Murphy's neck stand up on end. Wading through the agents, who sensed by Koch's tone that she was not calling him over to bestow her congratulations, Murphy made his way to the staff chief. "Yes, Crotch —" In response to her glare, he corrected himself, "I meant Koch." "Sure you did," she muttered. Murphy noticed her eying the shiny addition to his chest. She had to refrain from touching it. To do so would be to acknowledge his achievement, and she would be damned if she did that. Instead, she grasped her cell phone with both hands. "The Virginia State Police have what appears to be a home invasion in Reston. Five women murdered in a town house. One of the victims is a petty officer from the Navy Yard." Wondering why she was telling him this, Murphy cocked his head at her. It was the duty of her staff to investigate criminal cases involving military or civilian navy personnel. He was only the liaison. Koch planted her hands on her hips. "Since this petty officer appeared to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, we need someone to go to the scene, scope it out, and then allow the state police to take the lead." "Why are you sending me?" "Because this award ceremony of yours has set us back. This meeting is going to have to go through lunch," she said. "I need the rest of my staff here. This multiple murder was most likely a robbery or one —" "Was it our petty officer's home?" "No," Koch said. "If she was just collateral damage from another crime, then it's not our case. But we have to send someone out there to go through the motions with the state police and then let them take it. Just make sure they know to keep us in the loop on the investigation." She smirked. "I'm sure a super man like you can handle that, Thornton." She glanced over at Jessica who was standing a couple of feet away. "Sorry to ruin your date." Stepping around Murphy, Koch clapped her hands. "Okay, boys and girls, the show is over. We need to get back to work." Jessica murmured into Murphy's shoulder, "What a —" Murphy's mouth clamped over hers to stifle the rest of her protest. Caught off guard, she stumbled on her high heels to fall into his arms, which he wrapped around her tightly while whispering with a husky voice into her ear, "Smile. Don't give her the satisfaction of seeing that she's ruined anything." Seemingly oblivious to the mouths of the agents hanging open at the abrupt display, Murphy gathered his folders and tablet from where he had been sitting before the admiral interrupted the meeting. Jessica smiled broadly and grasped his elbow with both hands. "Are you going to show me your office?" Taking note of her visitor's badge, which meant that she needed to be escorted at all times by someone with security clearance, Murphy took her out of the conference room and down the corridor to his office located next to the staff chief. Admiring their wedding picture displayed on the bookcase behind Murphy's desk, Jessica asked in a casual tone, "Why does Koch hate you so much? Based on the tension I picked up from her, it is more than a simple personality clash. Did she make a pass at you and you turned her down?" She shot a naughty grin to his back, which he didn't notice. Instead, he was taking his gun and holster out of his desk drawer and snapping it on. "I'm the last man she'd make a pass at," Murphy said. "I'm too WASP for her taste." "WASP?" She slipped onto the corner of his desk and crossed her long legs. "White Anglo Saxon Protestant," he replied. "Don't tell me you never heard that term before." "But she's —" "Caucasian," Murphy finished. "And she loves men of every different color — except white." "How do you know that?" "Because she brags about it," he said. "Her sex life is common knowledge. In the four months that I've been here, she's slept with six men. She said at the last breakfast meeting that she's been averaging one and a half men a month." "And none of them are Caucasian?" Jessica asked with a tilt of her head and an arched eyebrow. "Three African-Americans, two Mexicans, and one Native American." "Any of them in the military?" "No," Murphy said with mock disgust. "She hates the military and she despises every suspect and victim her staff investigates." "That sounds like a conflict of interest to me," she said. "Why —" "I have no idea," he said. "It makes me wonder if that is why the Joint Chiefs assigned me here — to investigate her." He muttered under his breath, "They put me here for some reason. Wish they'd give me more direction." "Didn't you tell me that she was former navy?" she asked. "Did she retire?" "Left," Murphy said with a shrug of his shoulders. "I know there's a story there, but no one I've spoken to knows it. She's clearly bitter toward the military, the government —" "And white men," Jessica said. "Murphy, no wonder Koch hates you. You're the personification of everything that she blames for ruining her life." "You're making quite a leap there, aren't you, Dr. Faraday?" Murphy asked. Jessica grinned. She was still in the process of applying to Georgetown University Medical School for her doctorate in psychiatry. She ticked off on her fingers. "You're a successful, handsome, white, male, military officer serving your country." She sighed. "I wouldn't be surprised if there was a white male she blamed for drumming her out of the military." "We don't know if she was drummed out." "I saw her when the admiral pinned that Bronze Star on your chest," Jessica said. "She about dislocated her jaw gnashing her teeth with fury and envy. She was drummed out." "Well," Murphy told her in a low voice, "whatever Crotch's story is, I need to get along with her." "She's not your commanding officer," she replied. "She's my supervisor," Murphy said. "Since CO is not on site and doesn't see me on a daily basis, Crotch sends a regular evaluation report on my performance to her and makes a recommendation about promotion or reassignment. She could very well keep me from getting promoted or get me reassigned to a hell hole someplace." "CO loves you," Jessica whispered to him. "She recommended you for this Bronze Star. I'm sure that if Koch bad-mouthed you, your CO wouldn't believe a word of it."
Admittedly, it is not only my worst enemies who inspire me. I've been inspired by friends and even total strangers who I have not even spoken to.
A few years ago, while on a pit stop on the way to Snow Shoe, West Virginia, I was sitting in the car when I saw a man come out of the bathroom, purchase a soda at the machine, and go to his car. He was medium height, black hair on top of his head with gray from the temples down, like a gray strip around his head. Under a hook nose that was so huge it looked fake, his mustache was bushy and gray and he had a gray goatee. He also had a pot belly above his waist that made him look nine months pregnant and about ready to burst.
This stranger's appearance was so intriguing that I have stored him away in my memory to use later in a book. I still don't know what book yet. I may kill him. Or maybe he'll turn out to be a killer? Maybe. Maybe not. You'll need to read my books to find out.
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Lauren Carr is a popular speaker who has made appearances at schools, youth groups, and on author panels at conventions. She also passes on what she has learned in her years of writing and publishing by conducting workshops and teaching in community education classes.
The owner of Acorn Book Services, Lauren is also a publishing manager, consultant, editor, cover and layout designer, and marketing agent for independent authors. This year, several books, over a variety of genre, written by independent authors will be released through the management of Acorn Book Services, which is currently accepting submissions. Visit the Acorn Book Services website for more information.
Lauren lives with her husband, son, and three dogs on a mountain in Harpers Ferry, WV.
Five women with seemingly nothing in common are found brutally murdered in a townhome outside Washington, DC. Among the many questions surrounding the massacre is what had brought these apparent strangers together only to be killed.
Taking on his first official murder case, Lieutenant Murphy Thornton, USN, believes that if he can uncover the thread connecting the victims, then he can find their murderer.
Before long, the case takes an unexpected turn when Murphy discovers that one of the victims has a connection to his stepmother, Homicide Detective Cameron Gates. One wintry night, over a dozen years before, her first husband, a Pennsylvania State trooper, had been run down while working a night shift on the turnpike.
The Thorny Rose Mysteries, the Lovers in Crime join newlyweds Lieutenant Murphy Thornton and Jessica Faraday to sift through a web of lies and cover-ups. Together, can the detectives of the Thorny Rose uncover the truth without falling victim to a cunning killer?
Maggie Riley has settled into her new life in Thailand, working aboard her sailboat and doing her best to leave the past behind. When she receives a letter from a World War II vet claiming to have served with her grandfather who went missing in action, Riley is once again pulled into the intrigue that tore her family apart and led to the disappearance of her former search partner — and the love of her life.
Armed with the secret code her grandfather left behind, Riley must head to the Philippines to hunt for a mysterious shipwreck, uncover the truth of Yamashita's gold, and find the answers to old questions about her own family.
When an elderly professor at Cambridge is murdered, a victim of bizarre, ancient Chinese torture, Alex Hawke teams up with his Scotland Yard colleague and friend Inspector Ambrose Congreve to find the killer. But the death is only the opening move in a tense and lethal game of geopolitical brinksmanship.
In the United States the president has begun behaving strangely. Is his mental health deteriorating — or is there something far more sinister behind his questionable moves? The answer is crucial, for tensions are mounting between China, North Korea, and the U.S. And China has launched fighter jets and a mega submarine vastly more sophisticated than any seen before — military technology that leapfrogs anything the U.S. and Great Britain possess.
With the situation edging toward an unthinkable abyss, Hawke must pull off his most daring mission yet: infiltrate the China and neutralize the source of their advantage … or risk witnessing World War III.
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Omnimystery News is pleased to feature a selection of Free MystereBooks found on Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at 6:30 AM ET …
Karma's a Bitch by Shannon Esposito
A Pet Psychic Mystery
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