After living through the media shaming of a political sex scandal when she was in college, Sydney Ellison fears notoriety above all. So when she stumbles onto a plot to assassinate a senator, she resists contacting the police. Before she can make herself do the right thing, the assassin tracks her down and kills her fiancé.
Now a murder suspect and a killer's target, Sydney reluctantly enlists the aid of her estranged sister who betrayed her fifteen years earlier. Sydney must overcome her distrust and put all she has worked for on the line to stop the killer and his employer before the body count rises.
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The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
A Thursday Next Mystery (1st in series)
Publisher: Penguin Books
Price: $1.99 (as of 09/13/2016 at 1:00 PM ET).
Great Britain, circa 1985. Time travel is routine, cloning is a reality (dodos are the resurrected pet of choice), and literature is taken very, very seriously: it's a bibliophile's dream.
England is a virtual police state where an aunt can get lost (literally) in a Wordsworth poem and forging Byronic verse is a punishable offense. All this is business as usual for Thursday Next, renowned Special Operative in literary detection.
But when someone begins kidnapping characters from works of literature and plucks Jane Eyre from the pages of Brontë's novel, Thursday is faced with the challenge of her career.
— The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
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See all three mysteries in the highly reviewed Jack Rhodes Series for $3.99 or less each on Kindle.
Jack Rhodes, a washed-up former bestselling author, is drawn into one of the world's greatest literary mysteries: what happened to Ernest Hemingway's infamous lost manuscripts?
When Jack's friend, former FBI Special Agent Melvin Beauchamp, asks him to authenticate a short story allegedly written by Hemingway, Jack is convinced that the lost manuscripts have been found — but by whom? Intrigued, Jack takes off on a hunt for the priceless trove of papers, and the alluring, mysterious young woman who may have them.
As the two pair up on a whirlwind cross-country journey, they encounter a rogue's gallery of dangerous characters also on the hunt — a billionaire collector with a dark past, a couple of blood-thirsty mercenaries, and a twisted sociopath who will stop at nothing to acquire the priceless manuscripts.
Facing danger, intrigue, and romance, Jack is forced to confront more than just the mystery of a lifetime. He must face his own demons, his lost literary ambitions, and long-buried memories of his own painful past — all of which lead him inevitably to the book's shattering conclusion: the truth always comes with a price.
— Pentimento by Stephen Carpenter
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We are delighted to welcome back author Greyson Bryan to Omnimystery News today.
Late last month we spent some time with Greyson talking about his new thriller BIG: Beginnings (Greyson Bryan; June 2016 trade paperback and ebook formats) and we asked if we could follow up with a few more questions.
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Omnimystery News: We ended the last interview with my question about how you decided to have two protagonists, Duncan Luke and Ghislaine Bingham, and to make one of them a woman.
Photo provided courtesy of Greyson Bryan
Greyson Bryan: I'm a big fan of the Patrick O'Brien series of historical novels which features two very different, but equally strong characters, Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin, serving in the British navy during the Napoleonic wars. You may have seen the movie starring Russell Crowe, The Far Side of the World, which is based upon those books. I enjoyed the way the two personalities of Aubrey and Maturin frequently clashed and yet over time came to appreciate the other's strengths and weaknesses. I wanted to create a similar dynamic in the BIG series only I wanted my Stephen Maturin to be a woman which adds, I like to believe, a whole new dimension to the relationship. So I created another strong character with a different background, values and personality to complement Duncan Luke. The strong-willed yet deeply conflicted Ghislaine Bingham, as elegant, cosmopolitan and passionate as Duncan is rough-hewn, taciturn and analytical, is a composite of some of the spirited women I've had the pleasure to work with.
OMN: They don't like each other very much, do they, at least at the beginning?
GB: No, they don't. Duncan doesn't appreciate Ghislaine's impulsiveness or her taste for the finer things in life and Ghislaine doesn't at all like Duncan's tendency to do what he thinks is best for his client — and then tell her later.
OMN: So there is tension between them from the beginning but each needs what the other has so neither walks away?
GB: Yes, that's right. To idea was to challenge Duncan and Ghislaine individually and yet ultimately draw them together. To do that, I wanted to create two conflicts over what they each held most dear. I had years before experienced the unending nightmare of a prolonged custody battle and so had no difficulty imagining Duncan in such a fight with his ex-wife over his son. Having watched many female colleagues struggle to overcome gender bias, I wanted a Ghislaine as devoted to her firm as Duncan is to Sam and in a fight with her stepson, the embodiment of many of those biases, for her legacy at work and the chance to prove herself as the leader of her firm.
OMN: So the man is fighting for his child, something that one would normally associate with a female character, and the woman is fighting for her legacy and a chance to prove herself at work, something that one would usually say is a male objective?
GB: Yes, exactly. And as the story unfolds, the reader will discover — spoiler alert — that Ghislaine understands Duncan's commitment to Sam much better than Duncan understands Ghislaine's devotion to her company.
OMN: Tell us a little more about the two characters threatening Duncan and Ghislaine, the soon-to-be ex-wife, Gracie, and the stepson, Ward.
GB: I admit the characters of Gracie and Ward took me a lot of thinking and many drafts to give them nuance. It just took me time to feel comfortable in their shoes. Ultimately, I came to understand that Gracie's fierce devotion to Sam and what she views as her critical role in caring for her son could lead her to choose to end her marriage, if she felt that staying in the marriage would jeopardize those values. As for Ward, he lost his mother at a young age and was left to deal with a severely narcissistic father whom he believes stole the company from his mother's family. He sees Ghislaine through that lens and will stop at nothing to undermine her and preserve what he believes is his birthright.
OMN: You mentioned that you have three books in the series planned, with BIG: Beginnings being the first, Have you started the other two?
GB: The second book is with the copyeditor now and I have a very good draft of the third book. The truth is that when BIG: Beginnings was with the editor, I couldn't stop writing. In the process of writing the second book, I created plot and character elements that required incorporation in the first book. And the same thing happened when the second book was being edited — I wrote the third book and then had to go back and revise the first and second books. I know it wasn't the most efficient way to proceed, but I didn't feel I had any choice — my characters demanded that I keep writing until I brought them to a place where they had evolved sufficiently to recognize their own strengths and limitations and were now free to look forward to the future.
OMN: Will the third book be the last in the series?
GB: I'm not sure. The third book ends more with a semi-colon than a period. I guess I'll just have to wait to see whether Duncan, Ghislaine and the others are content to retire or demand to be given voice again.
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Greyson Bryan is an international lawyer who earned his B.A. from Stanford and a J.D. from Harvard, and taught at the Harvard Law School and UCLA. A longtime LA resident, BIG: Beginnings is his first novel and the first book in the BIG series.
Duncan Luke is no stranger to impossible situations. A high-priced lawyer and expert in business intelligence, he knows how to extricate his clients from sticky situations while saving — or making — them millions. To be the best, he's sacrificed everything, including his family, but now he wants out. He's quitting his lucrative practice for academia and time with his autistic son, Sam. But his wife isn't on board and files for divorce, forcing him to fight for custody. With mounting legal bills, the only way to keep his son is to take on one last client. He plans to do the job, get out and get home to Sam, but his client, Ghislaine Bingham, has other ideas.
Ghislaine has a crisis of her own. Her cheating husband died and left her in a turf war with her stepson over the family business, Bingham Investment Group. She stands to lose more than money. Her reputation and life's work are tied up in the company. Her self-worth is on the line and only Duncan has the expertise to see her to victory.
When Duncan and Ghislaine meet, sparks fly, but neither can walk away. Ghislaine sends Duncan to Tokyo to convince his old friend, Taro Takayama, that Ghislaine is the best person to run Bingham. But Taka first needs Duncan to fix his Panama problems. Duncan races to Panama where he is kidnapped and beaten, stumbles into a sex-trafficking ring and rescues a beautiful woman. Unaware of the danger in Panama City and frustrated by Duncan's unorthodox ideas, Ghislaine threatens to pull him off the job.
As Duncan flies across time zones doing battle for Ghislaine, risking his life and reputation, Sam slips further away. Duncan must finish the job to get Sam back, but time is running out.
It's the summer of 1984 and there is a sense of unease on the troubled Sweetmeadows estate. The residents are in shock after the suspicious death of a baby and tension is growing due to the ongoing miners' strike.
Journalist Clare Jackson follows the story as police botch the inquiry and struggle to contain the escalating violence. Haunted by a personal trauma she can't face up to, Clare is shadowed by nine-year-old Amy, a bright but neglected little girl who seems to know more about the incident than she's letting on. As the days go on and the killer is not found, Clare ignores warnings not to get too close to her stories and in doing so, puts her own life in jeopardy.
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Omnimystery News is pleased to feature a selection of Free MystereBooks found on Tuesday, September 13, 2016 at 7:00 AM ET …
The Murder on the Enriqueta by Molly Thynne
A Golden Age Mystery
Publisher: Dean Street Press
Price: FREE!
The Black Canary Diamond by Barbara Lefka
A Jake Giuliani Mystery
Publisher: Barbara Lefka
Price: FREE!
The Crime Gene by Joyce Nance
The Crime Gene Series
Publisher: Joyce Nance
Price: FREE!
Where Angels Prey by Ramesh S. Arunachalam
A Crime Novel
Publisher: Shruthikka Media World
Price: FREE!
Gunpowder Chowder by Lyndsey Cole
A Hooked & Cooked Cozy Mystery
Publisher: Lyndsey Cole
Price: FREE!
Killer Gossip by Paul Phillips
A Novel of Suspense
Publisher: Paul Phillips
Price: FREE!
Mira's Cozy Birthday by Annette Morgan-Grace
An Annie Miller Mystery
Publisher: Annette Morgan-Grace
Price: FREE!
The Price of Peace by Matt Wilk
A Martin Forn Thriller
Publisher: Matt Wilk
Price: FREE!
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The Deep Zone by James M. Tabor
A Hallie Leland Thriller (1st in series)
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Price: $1.99 (as of 09/12/2016 at 8:00 PM ET).
Burned by her own government in a trumped-up scandal, brilliant microbiologist Hallie Leland swore she'd never return to the world of cutting-edge science and dangerous secrets. But a shocking summons from the White House changes all that. A mysterious epidemic is killing American soldiers in Afghanistan — and poised for outbreak in the United States and beyond. Without the ultrarare organism needed to create an antidote, millions will die.
Hallie knows more about "Moonmilk" than anyone — but it can be found only at the bottom of the deepest cave on Earth. To get there, she and her team of experts must brave a forbidding Mexican jungle crawling with drug cartels, federales, and murderous locals. And in the supercave await far greater terrors: flooded tunnels, acid lakes, bottomless chasms, mind-warping blackness — and a cunning assassin with orders to make the mission a journey of no return.
— The Deep Zone by James M. Tabor
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A tentative peace between Israel and Palestine has been brokered by the United States. But the Taskforce — a clandestine team operating outside of US law to protect the country from terrorism — hears of an assassination attempt on the American envoy sent to solidify the treaty. The Taskforce must devote every resource to saving his life — and preventing another bloody outbreak of violence.
Taskforce operator Pike Logan and his partner, Jennifer Cahill, must hunt down the assassin through the Middle East, following a trail that becomes more perilous at every turn. And they must deal with terrorist organizations, independent killers, and shaky allies to uncover the biggest threat of all: an American citizen hiding a secret that just may destroy everything, including the Taskforce.
— Enemy of Mine by Brad Taylor
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A Charity Styles Caribbean Thriller (2nd in series)
Publisher: Down Island Press
Price: $2.99 (as of 09/12/2016 at 6:30 PM ET).
See also the first mystery in this series, Merciless Charity, for $2.99 on Kindle.
After licking her physical and emotional wounds for several months, Charity Styles finally has a shot at redemption when her handler offers her a mission. It's dangerous, sure, but Charity also knows that it's meant as a test of her self-control.
In the jungles of Venezuela, a land baron controls the native population with an iron fist … and a security team with over-indulged libidos and quick trigger fingers. The indigenous people live in fear — all but one old shaman, who has a vision of the future. A vision that includes piranha and crocodiles.
Charity's target is a single man. But when she learns of the atrocities committed by the land baron, and the carnage inflicted on the defenseless Wanadi people by his security team, will she stop at that? Can she keep her blood-lust in check this time?
— Ruthless Charity by Wayne Stinnett
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Angel Fire by Lisa Unger
A Lydia Strong Mystery (1st in series)
Publisher: Broadway Books
Price: $4.99 (as of 09/12/2016 at 6:00 PM ET).
The childhood murder of Lydia Strong's mother has turned her into a woman obsessed with bringing brutal killers to justice. The reclusive, bestselling true-crime writer and investigative consultant has made a life out of chasing monsters. And her powerful intuitions rarely fail her.
When three adults — loners, drifters — go missing, no one seems to notice except for Lydia. Enlisting the help of her friend, former FBI agent Jeffrey Mark, Lydia starts an investigation of her own. But when someone raises the stakes and goes after Lydia — just as fifteen years ago when she put the FBI on the trail of her mother's killer — the real hunt begins.
— Angel Fire by Lisa Unger
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See more titles in the Leopold Blake Thriller Series for $3.99 or less each on Kindle. The 1st book in the series, Wanted, is currently FREE!
Terror isn't cheap …
A sniper sets his sights on a crowd of innocents. A bomber targets New York City landmarks. Even billionaire private investigator Leopold Blake isn't safe from terrorists, despite the best efforts of his stoic bodyguard, Jerome.
Are these lone-wolf attacks or is there a guiding force behind them? Leopold and NYPD Sergeant Mary Jordan are determined to find out before disaster strikes again. But terror isn't cheap — so where is the money coming from?
In San Francisco, insurance companies are being scammed out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Bremler Mutual sends their best investigator, Gil DiMauro, to root out the thieves. But there is one question he can't answer: what happened to all the cash?
As the shocking realisation dawns, Leopold and his team must rally their forces and uncover the truth — while heading for a showdown that may just well be their last.
— Broken by Gordon Hopkins
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No Doors, No Windows by Joe Schreiber
A Novel of Suspense
Publisher: Del Rey
Price: $1.99 (as of 09/12/2016 at 5:00 PM ET).
When madness is your inheritance, how do you escape it?
Scott Mast thought he got away — first from a family haunted by a dark fate, then from a dull career writing greeting cards in Seattle. But now he has come back to his New Hampshire hometown only to find that his family is in ruins, his nephew needs a home, and a shattering truth is clawing its way into the light.
Fifteen years ago, Scott's mother died in a fire. And now the shadowy circumstances — the bodies buried beneath the ashes, the lives ripped apart that fateful day — are starting to be revealed. The answers unspool in the pages of a peculiar old manuscript — an unfinished ghost story written in his father's own hand that beckons Scott out to a strange house in the woods with a lightless corridor that cannot be seen from the outside. Here Scott Mast will uncover all that has been hidden — and perhaps finish his father's unspeakable work.
— No Doors, No Windows by Joe Schreiber
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Gino Cataldi loved three things: his wife, his son, and his job as a cop. Cancer took his wife. Drugs have his son. And Gino is pulling desk duty, suspected of killing a drug dealer.
Every night he dreams of a chance to make things right. That chance comes when a high-society woman is brutally murdered, her body parts spread all over town. The investigation quickly hits a dead-end … until a late-night caller with too much information contacts Gino. Between the mystery surrounding what she knows and his penchant for helping women in trouble, more than Gino's curiosity is aroused. He only hopes she's not the killer.
— Old Wounds by Giacomo Giammatteo
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Freedom by Daniel Suarez
The Daemon Series (2nd in series)
Publisher: Dutton
Price: $1.99 (as of 09/12/2016 at 4:00 PM ET).
The Daemon is in absolute control, using an expanded network of shadowy operatives to tear apart civilization and built it anew. Even as civil war breaks out in thr American Midwest in a wave of nightmarish violence, former detective Pete Sebeck — the Daemon's most powerful, though reluctant, operative — must lead a small band of enlightened humans in a movement designed to protect the new world order.
But the private armies of global business are preparing to crush the Daemon once and for all. In a world of shattered loyalties, collapsing societies, and seemingly endless betrayal, the only thing left worth fighting for may be nothing less than the freedom of all humankind.
— Freedom by Daniel Suarez
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New on the Mystery Bookshelf during September 2016 …
The Question of the Felonious Friend by E. J. Copperman and Jeff Cohen, A Samuel Hoenig, Asperger's Mystery (3rd in series)
Publisher: Midnight Ink
"Is Richard Handy really my friend?"
It's been one year, two weeks, and three days since Samuel Hoenig opened the doors of Questions Answered. The personality traits of his Asperger's Syndrome help him maintain objectivity — a critical component of his business's continuing success.
But when Tyler Clayton, a young man who also has Asperger's, asks if a store clerk is truly his friend, Samuel, for the first time, can't bear to give an objective answer. It's a dicey situation that only gets worse when one of the key players ends up dead. Resolving to do the right thing, Samuel, with help from his associate Ms. Washburn, wades into the murky waters of friendship, and the answer he finds may be a revelation to himself most of all.
— The Question of the Felonious Friend by E. J. Copperman and Jeff Cohen
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What Looks Like Crazy by Charlotte Hughes
A Kate Holly Mystery (1st in series)
Publisher: Jove
Price: $1.99 (as of 09/12/2016 at 3:00 PM ET).
Psychologist Kate Holly's own life has become the stuff of intensive therapy. She's divorcing her gorgeous firefighter husband, she has an eccentric secretary, her mother and aunt have erected a vaguely sexual sculpture in her front yard, and her psychiatrist ex-boyfriend won't stop calling to find out what color panties she's wearing.
Now, Kate's being bombarded with mysterious threats, and the only person who can help her is the one man who always makes her lose her mind — and heart.
— What Looks Like Crazy by Charlotte Hughes
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Today's featured new hardcover mystery, suspense, or thriller title scheduled to be published during September 2016 is …
Body on the Bayou by Ellen Byron, a Maggie Crozat, Cajun Country Mystery (2nd in series)
Publisher: Crooked Lane Books
The Crozats feared that past murders at Crozat Plantation B&B might spell the death of their beloved estate, but they've managed to survive the scandal. Now there's a très bigger story in Pelican, Louisiana: the upcoming nuptials between Maggie Crozat's nemesis, Police Chief Rufus Durand, and her co-worker, Vanessa Fleer.
When everyone else refuses the job of being Vanessa's Maid of Honor, Maggie reluctantly takes up the title and finds herself tasked with a long list of duties — the most important of which is entertaining Vanessa's cousin, Ginger Fleer-Starke. But just days before the wedding, Ginger's lifeless body is found on the bayou and the Pelican PD, as well as the Crozats, have another murder mystery on their hands.
There's a gumbo-potful of suspects, including an ex-Marine with PTSD, an annoying local newspaper reporter, and Vanessa's own sparkplug of a mother. But when it looks like the investigation is zeroing in on Vanessa as the prime suspect, Maggie reluctantly adds keeping the bride-to-be out of jail to her list of Maid of Honor responsibilities.
