Black List, A Ryan Drake Thriller by Will Jordan, 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, Canelo …

Black List by Will Jordan

A Ryan Drake Thriller (4th in series)

Publisher: Canelo

Price: $3.99 (as of 02/19/2016 at 4:00 PM ET).

  

Click here to take a Look Inside Black List.

With no money, no prospects and a long list of computer crimes against his name, Alex Yates's life is going nowhere until he is given a lucrative but dangerous offer — £100,000 to hack into the Central Intelligence Agency's network and recover a file known only as the Black List. At first reluctant to get involved, the disappearance of an old friend leaves Alex with no choice but to return to a world he'd sworn to leave behind. But before he can unlock the secrets contained within the file, he suddenly finds himself the target of a nationwide manhunt. Someone wants him out of the picture fast.

Now plunged into a deadly race against time to recover the Black List, and hunted by police, intelligence operatives and a ruthless covert unit dispatched to take him down, Alex is left with no choice but to accept help from the violent and unpredictable woman who hired him. For in the Black List may lie his salvation, or his death …

— Black List by Will Jordan

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The King of Fear by Drew Chapman, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during February 2016

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during February 2016 …

The King of Fear by Drew Chapman, A Garrett Reilly Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

  

Garrett Reilly sees what others do not: numbers, patterns, a nation on the brink of collapse. His unique talents saved countries from falling into a world war in The Ascendant. But it also made him a marked man―marked by terrorist groups; marked by the US Government.

Garrett recognizes a string of events that could lead to economic Armageddon in the US: banks closing, grocery shelves lying empty, the nation's currency rendered worthless. Total chaos could engulf society within a matter of days. Garrett and the Ascendant team reunite to face enemies on all sides: a wounded Russia bent on keeping its crumbling empire in place, a cyber genius fixated on Garrett, a femme fatale willing to do anything to establish a new world order. In the midst of this, Garrett must also confront his own demons: his class rage, growing paranoia, and a dependency that he cannot seem to shake. After all, it only takes one card to make the whole house fall …

— The King of Fear by Drew Chapman

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

Cold Feet, A Novel of Romantic Suspense by Brenda Novak, 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, Harlequin Special Releases …

Cold Feet by Brenda Novak

A Novel of Romantic Suspense

Publisher: Harlequin Special Releases

Price: $1.99 (as of 02/19/2016 at 3:00 PM ET).

  

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Just when you think you know someone …

The Seattle police suspect Madison Lieberman's father was the serial killer they call the "Sandpoint Strangler." Madison refuses to believe it. Her father is now dead, and all she wants is the chance to create a new life for herself and her six-year-old child.

Then she discovers something in the crawl space beneath her parents' house. Something that makes her question her father's innocence. Or the innocence of someone else who's equally close to her …

When another woman turns up dead, crime writer Caleb Trovato wonders whether they're dealing with a copycat killer. Or is the real Sandpoint Strangler still alive? Caleb's sure Madison knows more than she's telling, and he's determined to find out what. But he doesn't expect to fall in love — or to lead Madison and her child into danger … .

— Cold Feet by Brenda Novak

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Back Blast by Mark Greaney, New in Bookstores during February 2016

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

Back Blast by Mark Greaney, a Court Gentry, The Gray Man Mystery (5th in series)

Publisher: Berkley

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Court Gentry was the CIA's best agent. Until the day the Agency turned against him and put out a kill on sight order. That's when the enigmatic international assassin called the Gray Man was born — and Court has been working for himself ever since …

Now, Court is back in Washington looking for answers. He's determined to find out what happened all those years ago that made the Agency turn against him. On his list to interrogate are his former partners and the men who sent him on his last mission. What he doesn't realize is that the questions that arose from that mission are still reverberating in the U.S. intelligence community, and he's stumbled onto a secret that powerful people want kept under wraps. And now, they have Court in their crosshairs.

Court Gentry is used to having people on his trail, but this time, it's on U.S. soil — the last place he wants to be. Now, he'll have to find the answers to his fate while evading capture … and avoiding death …

— Back Blast by Mark Greaney

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

The Devil Dogs of Belleau Wood by Terrence McCauley, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during February 2016

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during February 2016 …

The Devil Dogs of Belleau Wood by Terrence McCauley, Prequel to Slow Burn

Publisher: Down & Out Books

  

All proceeds from the sale of this book will benefit the Semper Fi Fund.

Charlie Doherty, the hero of PROHIBITION and SLOW BURN returns in a novella of World War I.

1918 — As a corrupt patrolman in New York City, Charlie Doherty had the ward bosses of Tammany Hall and other political cronies to watch his back. But in the hell-storm that became known as the Battle of Belleau Wood, only his rifle and his training keep him alive.

After taking cover behind a fallen tree during the worst of the German shelling, Doherty links up with a brave Marine captain and a ragtag crew of survivors who realize the only way out of danger lies not in retreat, but in marching toward the sound of the gunfire. They fight the enemy wherever they find them, hoping to hold back the advancing German tide long enough for the shaken American forces to regroup and re-enforce them. They lean forward. They dig in. They fight back.

Doherty and the others began the day as Marines. But by the time it is over, they will be part of a battle that helped secure the reputation of the United States Marine Corps as one of the most feared fighting forces in the world.

They will become known as the Devil Dogs of Belleau Wood.

— The Devil Dogs of Belleau Wood by Terrence McCauley

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

Fear of the Dark, An Aaron Gunner Mystery by Gar Anthony Haywood, 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 …

Fear of the Dark by Gar Anthony Haywood

An Aaron Gunner Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Open Road

Price: $1.99 (as of 02/19/2016 at 1:00 PM ET).

  

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Winner of the 1987 St. Martin's Press Best Private Eye Novel Contest.

A failed private eye searches Los Angeles for a murderous white supremacist …

Aaron Gunner made a lousy private detective. After a year's carnage in Vietnam and a quick exit from the police academy, private work was the only avenue he saw to be a hero. But the seediness, tedium, and lack of real power crushed his hopes, and he quit the job after inadvertently setting a pregnant woman up for a violent death. But after a savage racial murder, it may be time to come out of retirement.

The white man comes to the Acey Deuce, a bar in South Central Los Angeles, to blow the head off a young black militant. The dead radical's sister pays Gunner a visit with a .22 revolver, and convinces him to find her brother's killer. As Gunner draws closer to answers, prejudice and rage threaten to tear Los Angeles apart. To save the city — and himself — Aaron Gunner must finally find his calling.

— Fear of the Dark by Gar Anthony Haywood

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When the Cat's Away, A Proverbial Crime Novel by Dane McCaslin, New This Week from Gemma Halliday

Gemma Halliday Publishing is a boutique publisher of light-hearted mystery, romantic suspense and romantic comedy novels, perfect for popping into your beach bag for a weekend away or cozying up beside a warm fire for a quiet night in.

We've selected one of their recently published titles to feature here today …

When the Cat's Away by Dane McCaslin

A Proverbial Crime Novel (2nd in series)

Publisher: Gemma Halliday Publishing

Price: $3.99 (as of 02/19/2016 at 12:30 PM ET).

  

Click here to take a Look Inside When the Cat's Away.

Mystery writer Caro Layton-Browning has a bad case of writer's block and boredom — a very dangerous combination. Looking for something to distract her, she pays a visit to her newest neighbor, Meredith Holmes, the proprietor of a kitschy bookstore called Murder by the Book. When Meredith confides in Caro concerning an on-going battle with the president of the Seneca Meadows Chamber of Commerce, Caro jumps at the chance to liven things up a bit. Vowing to give "the dragon lady," Lucia Scarantelli, a piece of her mind, Caro takes Meredith downtown to confront the issue head-on.

Apparently someone else had the same idea. When Caro literally stumbles over the body of a very dead Lucia, she becomes determined to find out who did it — before hubby, Gregory, returns from a business trip to England. Teaming up with Meredith, Caro starts an investigation that uncovers a stolen goods ring which stretches from New York City to Seneca Meadows.

With just enough information to make her a threat to the bad guys, Caro begins to worry that this could be her last case … and possibly the end of her life.

— When the Cat's Away by Dane McCaslin

See also the first mystery in this series, A Bird in the Hand, for $3.99 on Kindle.

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Please Welcome Mystery Author Frankie Bow

We are delighted to welcome author Frankie Bow to Omnimystery News, courtesy of Great Escapes Book Tours, which is coordinating her current book tour. We encourage you to visit all of the participating host sites; you can find her schedule here.

Frankie has a new Kindle Worlds novella out featuring Miss Fortune, a character created by Jana DeLeon, in Sinful Science (Kindle Worlds; December 2015 ebook format) and in her guest post for us today, she writes about her experience with fan fiction.

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Frankie Bow

Fan fiction, or fanfic, the unauthorized adventures of a book or TV show's popular characters, has traditionally been undertaken as a labor of love. Anonymous authors upload their work to be read and appreciated by fellow fans, hoping not to get cease-and-desist notices from rights holders.

But in 2011 the fanfic landscape shifted when a writer named "Snowqueen's Icedragon" self-published her collected fanfic works as a book, now known as Fifty Shades of Grey. Fifty Shades quickly dominated bestseller lists, spurred an epidemic of sex toy-related ER visits, and may have even saved Barnes and Noble.

Fifty Shades author E.L. James (who no longer goes by Snowqueen's Icedragon) changed some of the Twilight characters' key attributes. Edward Cullen's transformation to Christian Grey stripped him of his immortality and his sparkle; lip biting teenage naïf Bella Swan became lip biting twenty two year old naïf Anastasia Steele.

But why couldn't characters have fanfic adventures without getting their serial numbers filed off first? And what about original authors? Shouldn't they be able to profit from successful fan fiction based on their work?

In 2013, Amazon came up with an answer: Kindle Worlds. Here fans can write stories in an approved World, offer it for sale, and share the profits with the rights-holder. Kindle Worlds now offers "Gossip Girl," "Pretty Little Liars" and 46 other worlds including Jana DeLeon's Miss Fortune Series. The Miss Fortune mysteries chronicle the misadventures of Fortune Redding, a CIA operative who's gone undercover in the tiny bayou town of Sinful, Louisiana, where she's posing as a retired beauty queen.

I was already a fan of the Miss Fortune series before I came across Kindle Worlds. I liked the candid first-person narrative, the distinctive characters, and the fish out of water predicaments in which Fortune finds herself. I jumped in and wrote my first work of fanfic, a novella in the Miss Fortune world titled Sinful Science.

Writing in another author's world presented some advantages and challenges. On the plus side, the world building was done. The setting, the characters, and the history were already mapped out.

The hard part was that I couldn't invent my way out of anything. I had to study the original books carefully, to make sure I wasn't contradicting canon. What denomination is the Protestant church? (Baptist.) What's Gertie's last name? (Hebert.) Can Fortune call her mother? (No.) I've spent time in Louisiana, but memory wasn't enough. I still had to research the weather patterns, the wildlife, the local government (parishes, not counties), and the language (Cajun is not Creole, and neither one is "Yat," the distinctive working-class dialect of the city of New Orleans.)

After several rounds of editing (many, many thanks to my amazing beta readers!), I uploaded Sinful Science in December.

My first fan fiction experience was educational and fun. Would I do it again? Of course.

In the second Hair Extensions and Homicide installment, Fortune's friend Gertie drags Fortune and Ida Belle to a romance convention in New Orleans. Gertie wants to advance her budding new career as a romance author; Fortune needs a break from her complicated personal life; and Ida Belle doesn't think the other two should go out unsupervised. Unfortunately, not everyone at the American Romance and Erotica Authors' Conference will end up "happily ever after."

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Frankie Bow teaches at a public university. Unlike the characters in her Mahina State Mysteries, she is blessed with delightful students, sane colleagues, and a perfectly nice office chair. She believes if life isn't fair, at least it can be entertaining. In addition to writing murder mysteries, she publishes in scholarly journals under her real name. Her experience with academic publishing has taught her to take nothing personally.

For more information about the author, please visit her website at FrankieBow.com and her author page on Goodreads, or find her on Facebook and Twitter.

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Sinful Science by Frankie Bow

A Miss Fortune, Kindle Worlds Novella

Publisher: Kindle Worlds

A graduate student from Hawaii visits the tiny bayou town of Sinful, Louisiana to investigate the effects of the oil spill on the local wildlife. Sinful resident Fortune Redding, who happens to be a CIA operative hiding out from a ruthless arms dealer, worries that the nosy newcomer might blow her cover. In fact, he does make a disturbing discovery — and unleashes forces that will go to any lengths to protect Sinful's darkest secret.

— Sinful Science by Frankie Bow. Click here to take a LookInside the book.

Today's Selection of Daily Deals for Friday, February 19, 2016

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature a selection of today's Daily Deals found on Friday, February 19, 2016 at 7:30 AM ET …

The Atlantis Gene by A. G. Riddle

The Origin Series (1st in series)

Publisher: Riddle Inc.

Kindle Daily Deal Price: $1.99

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The Immari are good at keeping secrets. For 2,000 years, they've hidden the truth about human evolution. They've also searched for an ancient enemy — a threat that could wipe out the human race. Now the search is over.

Off the coast of Antarctica, a research vessel discovers a mysterious structure buried deep in an iceberg. It has been there for thousands of years, and something is guarding it. As the Immari rush to execute their plan, a brilliant geneticist makes a discovery that could change everything.

Dr. Kate Warner moved to Jakarta, Indonesia to escape her past. She hasn't recovered from what happened to her, but she has made an incredible breakthrough: a cure for autism. Or so she thinks. What she has found is far more dangerous — for her and the entire human race. Her work could be the key to the next stage of human evolution. In the hands of the Immari, it would mean the end of humanity as we know it.

Agent David Vale has spent ten years trying to stop the Immari. Now he's out of time. His informant is dead. His organization has been infiltrated. His enemy is hunting him. But when David receives a coded message related to the Immari attack, he risks everything to save the one person that can help him solve it: Dr. Kate Warner.

Together, Kate and David must race to unravel a global conspiracy and learn the truth about the Atlantis Gene … and human origins. Their journey takes them to the far corners of the globe and into the secrets of their pasts. The Immari are close on their heels and will stop at nothing to obtain Kate's research and force the next stage of human evolution — even if it means killing 99.9% of the world's population. David and Kate can stop them … if they can trust each other. And stay alive.

— The Atlantis Gene by A. G. Riddle

Three mysteries in the Tubby Dubonnet series by Tony Dunbar for 99¢ each is a Kindle Daily Deal. We're featuring the first in the series in this post.

Crooked Man by Tony Dunbar

A Tubby Dubonnet Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: booksBnimble

Kindle Daily Deal Price: 99¢

Click here to take a Look Inside Crooked Man.

A simple man with a refined palate, maverick New Orleans lawyer Tubby Dubonnet has a penchant for fishing, Old Fashioneds, off-track betting, and fighting evil while passing a good time.

His clients are all renegades from the asylum (aka Orleans Parish), including a transvestite entertainer, a buxom deadbeat blonde, a doctor who refers his own patients to a malpractice lawyer, and a Mardi Gras reveler who drives a float shaped like a giant crawfish pot. He also has his hands full with an ex-wife and three teenage daughters, who are experts in the art of wrapping Tubby around their little fingers. And somehow, between work and family, Tubby finds time to sample the highs and lows of idiosyncratic Crescent City cuisine, from trout meuniere amandine and French roast coffee with chicory to shrimp po-boys and homemade pecan pralines.

Tubby's new client is Darryl Alvarez, the manager of a local nightclub who's been caught unloading marijuana from a shrimp boat. At their first meeting, Darryl entrusts Tubby with an ordinary-looking blue gym bag. But after Darryl's unfortunate demise, Tubby realizes he must tighten his grasp on the gym bag — and its million-dollar contents.

Tubby can't just give up the cash. But if he gets caught, he'll be in jail. And if the wrong people catch him, he'll wish he was.

— Crooked Man by Tony Dunbar

Silent Assassin by Leo J. Maloney

A Dan Morgan Thriller (2nd in series)

Publisher: Pinnacle

Kobo Daily Deal Price: $2.99 (price-matched by Amazon)

  

Click here to take a Look Inside Silent Assassin.

Code named Cobra, former CIA agent Dan Morgan is pulled in when every other option has failed. His mission: find Nikolai Novokoff, a ruthless KGB officer turned international arms dealer. Locate the weapons of mass destruction that the rogue terrorist is threatening to unleash on the world. And terminate with extreme prejudice …

In the world of clandestine ops, where the line between friends and enemies is constantly shifting, especially in the halls of Washington, Morgan must survive a merciless maze of deceit — and risk everything — to stop a madman.

— Silent Assassin by Leo J. Maloney

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Today's Selection of Free MystereBooks for Friday, February 19, 2016

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature a selection of Free MystereBooks found on Friday, February 19, 2016 at 7:00 AM ET …

The Brooklyn Drop by Susan Russo Anderson

A Fina Fitzgerald, Brooklyn Mystery

Publisher: Susan Russo Anderson

Price: FREE!

  

Click here to take a Look Inside The Brooklyn Drop.

Nickel Package by David Chill

The Burnside Series

Publisher: Cold Spirit Press

Price: FREE!

  

Click here to take a Look Inside Nickel Package.

The Hollow Needle by Maurice Leblanc

The Further Adventures of Arsène Lupin

Publisher: Open Road

Price: FREE!

  

Click here to take a Look Inside The Hollow Needle.

Penny Legend by Lucy English

A Penny Wade Mystery

Publisher: Lucy English

Price: FREE!

  

Click here to take a Look Inside Penny Legend.

Sleeping with the Enemy by Alexis Adaire

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Twisted Pair Publishing

Price: FREE!

  

Click here to take a Look Inside Sleeping with the Enemy.

Wolf Who Walks Alone by Steve R. Yeager

A Raymond Wolf Mystery

Publisher: Steve R. Yeager

Price: FREE!

  

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Blackwater Crossing by David Griffith

The Border Series

Publisher: Green E-Books

Price: FREE!

  

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Pros & Cons by Sydney Logan

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Sydney Logan

Price: FREE!

  

Click here to take a Look Inside Pros & Cons.

The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

A Detective Novel

Publisher: Open Road

Price: FREE!

  

Click here to take a Look Inside The Moonstone.

Quinn Goes West by L. H. Thomson

A Liam Quinn Mystery

Publisher: J.I. Loome

Price: FREE!

  

Click here to take a Look Inside Quinn Goes West.

Stranger in the Pulpit by Bryan Powell

The Stranger Series

Publisher: Bryan Powell

Price: FREE!

  

Click here to take a Look Inside Stranger in the Pulpit.

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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Intrigue in Italics, A Claire Gulliver Mystery by Gayle Wigglesworth, Now Available at a Special Price

Amazon Kindle Countdown Deals are limited-time discounts on Kindle-exclusive books.

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.)

Intrigue in Italics by Gayle Wigglesworth

A Claire Gulliver Mystery (3rd in series)

Publisher: Gayle Wigglesworth

Price: 99¢ (as of 02/18/2016 at 8:00 PM ET).

  

Click here to take a Look Inside Intrigue in Italics.

On her first day in Florence, hot, jet-lagged, waiting on the curb to cross the busy street, she locks eyes with a passing cyclist. Imagine her excitement at recognizing a friend so far from home. But after the cyclist averts her head and passes, Claire realizes the woman could not have been her friend since only last year she had sadly attended her funeral …

Claire Gulliver joins her mother, Millie, and her mother's friend, Ruth, in Italy. Claire intends to "do" Florence while her mother and her friend attend a prestigious cooking school in the hills of Tuscany before they all go on to visit Venice.

In spite of her mother's warning the cyclist couldn't have been her friend, or perhaps because of it, Claire adds one more item to her To Do list. She is determined to track down the person she saw on the street and establish without a doubt her identity.

Meanwhile Millie and Ruth join a diverse group of chefs in the picturesque countryside to learn to cook Italian. But somehow amidst this satisfying environment of creating new dishes, exploring local wineries and food markets, disturbing incidents occur. Italian cuisine turns out to be more dangerous than anyone expected.

— Intrigue in Italics by Gayle Wigglesworth

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