Blackwater Lights, The Blackwater Lights Trilogy by Michael M. Hughes, 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, Hydra …

Blackwater Lights by Michael M. Hughes

The Blackwater Lights Trilogy (1st in series)

Publisher: Hydra

Price: 99¢ (as of 08/23/2015 at 3:00 PM ET).

  

When Ray Simon receives a desperate call from his childhood friend Kevin, begging him to come visit, Ray can't say no. Kevin promises to clue him in on shocking discoveries he has made about weird, half-forgotten events in their past — events associated with a summer camp near Kevin's home in the small town of Blackwater, West Virginia.

But when Ray arrives, Kevin is nowhere to be found. So Ray does some investigating of his own, only to find that no records exist of the camp. Yet he is not alone in looking for information. There are Lily, a beautiful redhead with uncanny seductive powers; Crawford, a wealthy collector of art and people; and Micah, the mysterious leader of the Church of the Open Door. All of them are seeking information about the rumored camp. And they are all interested — very interested — in Ray.

Then a midnight encounter with strange floating lights sparks a return of old memories — vivid but fractured images that haunt Ray's waking hours with intimations of terror and cruelty. Something dreadful happened at that camp long ago. Something was awakened there. Now, with the help of his new friend Ellen, a waitress at the local diner, Ray must navigate a path through madness and murder — a path that leads inexorably to an all-but-forgotten night in his childhood … and to a future of unimaginable horror.

— Blackwater Lights by Michael M. Hughes

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The Intruder by Hakan Ostlundh, New in Bookstores during August 2015

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

The Intruder by Hakan Ostlundh, a Fredrik Broman Mystery (5th in series)

Publisher: Minotaur Books

    

Gotland policeman Fredrik Broman and his colleagues take the threats seriously, but cannot rule out the possibility that it is all a tasteless joke. When the threats escalate and the couple's daughter disappears, all doubts vanish. This is for real. And it is only the beginning.

When the police pressure the husband, a complicated family history is revealed. What really made him return to the small island after his successful career as an international photographer? Is it really someone nearby that wants to harm the family, or does the threat come from elsewhere?

— The Intruder by Hakan Ostlundh

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A Lawman's Justice by Delores Fossen, New from Harlequin Intrigue in August 2015

Omnimystery News is pleased to introduce a new mystery, suspense, or thriller title available this month from Harlequin, one of the world's leading publishers of books for women …

A Lawman's Justice by Delores Fossen

Series: Sweetwater Ranch

Imprint: Intrigue

  

The tip that sends FBI Special Agent Seth Calder to an abandoned warehouse in search of exonerating evidence brings him face-to-face with a familiar adversary. Thorn-in-his-side journalist Shelby Braddock is on her own search for the truth about a decades-old crime. Until they stumble on a crime scene … and end up fighting for their lives. Now, their only hope of survival is to work together. But something even more dangerous is drawing Seth closer to the gorgeous brunette. As he gives in to a passion so strong it can erase the sins of the past, he must evade a relentless killer … and confront a shocking revelation no one could have predicted.

— A Lawman's Justice by Delores Fossen

Critical Space, An Atticus Kodiak Thriller by Greg Rucka, 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, Bantam …

Critical Space by Greg Rucka

An Atticus Kodiak Thriller (5th in series)

Publisher: Bantam

Price: 99¢ (as of 08/23/2015 at 1:00 PM ET).

  

Code-named Drama, she is a lightning-fast death machine — a hitwoman sought by intelligence agencies around the world. Drama kills as easily as she breathes … and the last time she and Atticus Kodiak met, they barely escaped each other alive.

Atticus Kodiak has a reputation as one of the toughest bodyguards in the business. He's used to picking his assignments and calling the shots. But all that changes when he is forced to take on Drama as a client — the last person he ever imagined would need his protection.

This time, Drama is the one who is running from a killer. She needs Atticus's help, and she won't take no for an answer. To prove it, she abducts a high-profile member of the royal family whom Atticus has sworn to protect. He will do almost anything to get the woman back. But what Drama needs from him will destroy his reputation — and siding with her means he can never turn back.

From New York's Russian enclaves to the Swiss Alps and the Caribbean, Atticus becomes Drama's protector, and her only hope for survival as she tries to outlive and outrun her bloody past. But once immersed in Drama's high-stakes, covert world, Atticus breaks a cardinal rule: He gets to know Drama as a woman rather than just a client — and it's a bond that could cost them both their lives.

For the men hunting Drama are capable of unspeakable violence — of sins that make Drama's own look like the acts of an amateur. And they will stop at nothing to see her dead …

— Critical Space by Greg Rucka

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New This Week: Driven to Murder, A Rebecca Moore Mystery by Judith Skillings

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 August 2015 and priced $4.99 or less …

Driven to Murder by Judith Skillings

A Rebecca Moore Mystery (3rd in series)

Publisher: Crossroad Press

Price: $3.99 (as of 08/23/2015 at 12:30 PM ET).

  

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

There aren't many women in professional auto racing — but that didn't stop Rebecca Moore from joining driver Ian Browning's pit crew. A former reporter and classic car restorer, Rebecca's love of fast cars and mastery of all things automotive have enticed her to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the most famous track in the world. Working pit lane, her innate toughness shields her from the taunts and insults being tossed her way.

But the bullet that whizzes past her head, shattering the windshield of the vintage race car in her care, can't be as easily ignored — nor can the body she finds in the cockpit the day before the race. Once again, Rebecca's forced to uncover a killer. But the deadly secrets awaiting her — the blind, vengeful hatred that spans decades — threaten to make this high-speed lap Rebecca's last.

— Driven to Murder by Judith Skillings

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Mystery Godoku Puzzle for August 24, 2015

A new Mystery Godoku Puzzle has been created by the editors of the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books and is now available on our website.

Godoku is similar to Sudoku, but uses letters instead of numbers. To give you a headstart, we provide you a mystery clue to fill in a complete row or column (if you choose to use it!).

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This week's letters and mystery clue:

A B C I J K L T U

The title of Jakob Melander's 2015 mystery with Lars Winkler features a house that … (9 letters).

We now have two weeks of our puzzles on one page in PDF format for easier printing. Print this week's puzzle here.

Previous puzzles are stored in the Mystery Godoku Archives.

Enjoy the weekly Mystery Godoku Puzzle from the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books, and Thanks for visiting our website!

Today's Selection of Daily Deals for Sunday, August 23, 2015

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature a selection of today's Daily Deals found on Sunday, August 23, 2015 at 7:30 AM ET …

The Six Sacred Stones by Matthew Reilly

A Jack West, Jr. Thriller (2nd in series)

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

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

  

Supersoldier Jack West Jr. and his loyal team of adventurers are back, and now they face an all-but-impossible challenge …

A mysterious ceremony in an unknown location has unraveled their work and triggered a catastrophic countdown that will climax in no less than the end of all life on Earth.

But there is one last hope.

If Jack and his team can find and rebuild a legendary ancient device known only as the "Machine," they might be able to ward off the coming armageddon. The only clues to locating this Machine, however, are held within the fabled Six Sacred Stones, long lost in the fog of history.

And so the hunt begins for the Six Sacred Stones and the all-important knowledge they possess, but in the course of this wild adventure Jack and his team will discover that they are not the only ones seeking the Stones and that there might just be other players out there who don't want to see the world saved at all.

— The Six Sacred Stones by Matthew Reilly

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Today's Selection of Free MystereBooks for Sunday, August 23, 2015

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature a selection of Free MystereBooks found on Sunday, August 23, 2015 at 6:30 AM ET …

Death of an Ordinary Guy by Jo A. Hiestand

A Taylor & Graham Mystery

Publisher: Jo A. Hiestand

Price: FREE!

  

Wild Game by Blayne Davis

The Game Trilogy

Publisher: Blayne Davis

Price: FREE!

  

The Lady Who Sang High by Renee Pawlish

A Reed Ferguson Mystery

Publisher: Llama Press

Price: FREE!

  

Die Laughing by Arlene Kay

A Cape Cod Mystery

Publisher: Arlene Kay

Price: FREE!

  

Perfect Cut by Jack Parker

Three Gracie Greene Mysteries

Publisher: Jack Parker

Price: FREE!

  

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Review: Dying Brand by Wendy Tyson

A Mysterious Review of Dying Brand by Wendy Tyson. An Allison Campbell Mystery.

Review summary: This is a very complicated mystery, probably more so than it needs to be. But its greatest fault is that it suffers in comparison to the previous books in the series, with too much emphasis on interpersonal relationships and not enough on what should be a compelling, but in the end isn't, murder investigation. (Click here for text of full review.)

Our rating:

Dying Brand
Wendy Tyson
An Allison Campbell Mystery
Henery Press (May 2015)

Publisher synopsis: A former boyfriend is dead, slain on the streets of Philadelphia. His widow claims he was meeting with Allison, yet Allison hadn't spoken to him in years. Nothing about his death — or life — makes sense. When compromising photos from their past arrive at Allison's office, they raise more questions than they answer.

Driven to find justice, Allison deconstructs the image her ex had created for himself, looking for clues about the man he'd become. As her hunt for the truth unveils secrets, Allison's past and present collide — with deadly results.

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Seven, A Sherlock Holmes Pastiche by Val Andrews, New This Week from Endeavour Press

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 …

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Seven by Val Andrews

A Sherlock Holmes Pastiche

Publisher: Endeavour Press

Price: $3.99 (as of 08/22/2015 at 6:30 PM ET).

  

One quiet evening, Septimus Culthorpe stumbles into 221B Baker Street. He introduces himself as the leader of the Secret Seven — a mysterious group of seven monks who lead a simple lifestyle and reside in Grimstone Priory, an old cottage in Sussex. Two of the seven monks have been murdered in unusual circumstances. The weapon remains unknown and Culthorpe suspects that both suffered a heart attack. However, he is apprehensive of the secret letter that both men received the day prior to their death. Alarmed by the two horrid and unusual murders in Grimstone Priory, Culthorpe seeks the assistance of the detective and his partner.

The group prepares a plan — Holmes and Watson will temporarily substitute the deceased monks and observe the possible suspects at the grounds in order to uncover the mystery. Once settled into the simple village life, Holmes and Watson gradually reveal the secrets that lie in Grimstone Priory. The days following their arrival result in a series of strange events including the mystery of the missing jewels, doubtful identities of the monks and brutally slaughtered animals.

Can the duo solve the case before a third member of the Secret Seven is killed?

— Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Seven by Val Andrews

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Kicking Off, A Novel of Suspense by Jan Needle, New This Week from Endeavour Press

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 …

Kicking Off by Jan Needle

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Endeavour Press

Price: $3.99 (as of 08/22/2015 at 5:30 PM ET).

  

Rosanna Nixon — a small but feisty one-girl awkward squad known as the Mouse — is beginning to realize that her job is choking her to death. Her rival tabloid newshounds want to screw her — in every way — and they haven't got a hope in hell. When a young convict dies during a riot at a Scottish jail, she alone refuses to accept the official line it was an accident. She wants the truth.

The authorities, panicking, transfer the wildest prisoners down to England — including the brother of the murdered man. Known as "The Animal", and burning for revenge, he is dumped blindly into a prison that is already a bomb ready to explode. It holds murderers, terrorists, a US gangster betrayed by the CIA, and a multi-millionaire whose corrupt tentacles reach into the very highest levels of government. He will do anything to get out. Roseanna, brutally discouraged by the establishment, needs an ally … and fast.

Her shady contacts put her onto Andrew Forbes, who has been a thorn in the flesh of the masters of the universe for years. Very soon they are a team, then lovers, living under constant surveillance and harassment in Forbes's rundown London house. As the cauldron of violence in the prison begins to boil over, the fuse of their own destruction is being lit …

Andrew and Roseanna fear the worst is coming. And that they are being stalked by death.

— Kicking Off by Jan Needle

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New This Week: Tried & True, A Mayfield Cozy Mystery by Jerusha Jones

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Tried & True by Jerusha Jones

A Mayfield Cozy Mystery (5th in series)

Publisher: Jerusha Jones

Price: $3.99 (as of 08/22/2015 at 4:30 PM ET).

  

Summoned to a conference with a loathsome biker gang president, Nora learns her phantom money-laundering husband is striking fear into the hearts (and guts) of his former clients. Can she capitalize on their trepidation without getting sucked into the criminal network's implosion or facing retaliation herself for the ambitious plans Skip still has up his sleeve?

And what about gangster Numero Uno, the reclusive big cheese at the top of the West Coast's organized crime pyramid? Can Nora lure him into the crossfire and rub out the aristocratic thug who is so carefully concealed behind his army of accountants and knee-bashers?

Nora's only goal is to secure tranquility for Walt and the foster boys in residence on the Mayfield poor farm. But what will it take to earn her own freedom?

— Tried & True by Jerusha Jones

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Cold Winter Nights, A Lake George Mystery by Anne White, Now Available at a Special Price

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Omnimystery News is pleased to present you with one of today's titles … but take advantage of this deal now as the price will go up to its digital list price soon! (See the countdown clock on the book product page to see how much time remains on this deal.)

Cold Winter Nights by Anne White

A Lake George Mystery (5th in series)

Publisher: Hilliard & Harris

Price: 99¢ (as of 08/22/2015 at 4:00 PM ET).

  

Loren Graham, the mayor of Emerald Point — a picturesque little town on the shore of Lake George in upstate New York — is anticipating a wonderful Holiday season.

The town was ready. Sparkling new decorations hung on posts and wires throughout the Main Street business district. A sound system was rigged to play holiday songs and announce special sales throughout the shopping season. Special shopping nights and extended hours were scheduled to encourage the local residents to buy their holiday gifts in Emerald Point instead of dashing off to the malls in Queensbury and Albany. And, best of all, the final gift to the community was to be a grand Holiday concert downtown the week before Christmas.

Everything had been planned down to the last detail to make this Holiday Season the best one ever, but then someone else planned a different event that didn't add to the festivities. The shocking murder of a local woman — a respected nurse — in her own home.

— Cold Winter Nights by Anne White

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Person of Interest by Debby Giusti, New from Harlequin Love Inspired Suspense in August 2015

Omnimystery News is pleased to introduce a new mystery, suspense, or thriller title available this month from Harlequin, one of the world's leading publishers of books for women …

Person of Interest by Debby Giusti

Series: Military Investigations

Imprint: Love Inspired Suspense

  

Military Investigations: Serving their country and solving crimes …

While babysitting a young servicewoman's infant, Natalie Frazier hears a murder in the neighboring army duplex. Convinced her former commander is behind the crime, the ex-soldier bolts with the baby. But who will believe her story? Army investigator Everett Kohl deals only with the facts, but this time his gut instincts can't be denied. Is the attractive Natalie a cunning killer, as his ranking officers believe, or an innocent victim? Ordered to bring her in, Everett has a decision to make. Helping her could cost him his job … but not protecting Natalie and the baby could get all of them killed …

— Person of Interest by Debby Giusti

Last Words by Michael Koryta, New in Bookstores during August 2015

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

Last Words by Michael Koryta, A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Little, Brown

    

Markus Novak just wants to come home. An investigator for a Florida-based Death Row defense firm, Novak's life derailed when his wife, Lauren, was killed in the midst of a case the two were working together. Two years later, her murderer is still at large, and Novak's attempts to learn the truth about her death through less-than-legal means and jailhouse bargaining have put his job on the line. Now he's been all but banished, sent to Garrison, Indiana to assess a cold case that he's certain his boss has no intention of taking.

As Novak knows all too well, some crimes never do get solved. But it's not often that the man who many believe got away with murder is the one calling for the case to be reopened. Ten years ago, a teenaged girl disappeared inside an elaborate cave system beneath rural farmland. Days later, Ridley Barnes emerged carrying Sarah Martin's lifeless body. Barnes has claimed all along that he has no memory of exactly where — or how — he found Sarah. His memory of whether she was dead or alive at the time is equally foggy. Tired of living under a cloud of suspicion, he says he wants answers — even if they mean he'll end up in the electric chair.

But what's he really up to? And Novak knows why he's so unhappy to be in Garrison — but why are the locals so hostile towards him? The answers lie in the fiendish brain of a dangerous man, the real identity of a mysterious woman, and deep beneath them all, in the network of ancient, stony passages that hold secrets deadlier than he can imagine. Soon Novak is made painfully aware that if he has any chance of returning to the life and career he left behind in Florida, he'll need to find the truth in Garrison first.

— Last Words by Michael Koryta

For a list of more new hardcover titles to be published this month, visit our New Mysteries page for August 2015. For new paperback mysteries, visit The Mystery Bookshelf where a selection of August 2015 mysteries, novels of suspense, and thrillers are shelved.