Buyout by Ray Green is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature …

Buyout by Ray Green

A Roy Groves Thriller

Publisher: Mainsail Books

… as today's second free mystery ebook.

  

This title was listed for free as of July 26, 2014 at 7:10 AM ET. Prices are subject to change without notice. The price displayed on the vendor website at the time of the purchase will be the price paid for the book. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your transaction.

For a summary of all of today's featured titles, plus any that may have appeared before and are repeat freebies, visit our Free MystereBooks page. This page is updated daily, typically by 8 AM ET.

More on today's free book, below.

For five ordinary guys and one rather extraordinary woman, the only escape from the corporate rat-race is to buy the company they're working for: take it all to a new level, save hundreds of jobs and make some serious money. But it quickly becomes clear that nothing is as easy as it seems. The bid is quickly undercut as twisted corporate politics and personal vendettas take over.

When the buyout becomes all or nothing for the management buyout team, it all spins out of control: marriages fall apart, dark secrets are discovered, life savings are spent on the stock market, illegal insider dealing becomes a matter of fact and blackmail, theft, betrayal and manipulation are the new rules of the game. A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity turns into a lurid nightmare.

— Buyout by Ray Green

To the Lions by Chuck Driskell is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature …

To the Lions by Chuck Driskell

A Gage Hartline Thriller

Publisher: Autobahn Books

… as today's free mystery ebook.

  

This title was listed for free as of July 26, 2014 at 7:00 AM ET. Prices are subject to change without notice. The price displayed on the vendor website at the time of the purchase will be the price paid for the book. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your transaction.

For a summary of all of today's featured titles, plus any that may have appeared before and are repeat freebies, visit our Free MystereBooks page. This page is updated daily, typically by 8 AM ET.

More on today's free book, below.

In Spain, former Green Beret Gage Hartline accepts a risky job inserting him into notorious Berga Prison — a place as sleazy as it is deadly. Charged with protecting the son of a wealthy mobster, Gage is pitted against rival gangs as well as corrupt government officials. He soon finds himself double-crossed by nearly everyone involved, leaving him on his own, fighting to survive. Gage has the training. Gage has the nerve. But will it be enough?

— To the Lions by Chuck Driskell

Exciting Mysteries and Thrillers is Today's Kindle Daily Deal

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature Exciting Mysteries and Thrillers as today's Kindle Daily Deal.

The deal price of $1.99 each is valid only for today, Saturday, July 26, 2014. We're hightlighting one of the 45 books in today's promotion in this post.

Shaken by J. A. Konrath

A Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels Mystery (7th in series)

Publisher: Thomas & Mercer

Price: $1.99 (as of 07/26/2014 at 6:10 AM ET).

  

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Chicago cop Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels has chased, and caught, dozens of dangerous criminals over the course of her career. But she's about to meet her match.

When Jack wakes up in a storage locker, bound and gagged, she knows with chilling certainty who her abductor is.

He's called "Mr. K." More than two hundred homicides have been attributed to him. His victims have died in the most horrible ways imaginable. He's the essence of evil. Some think he's just an urban legend. But he's real. Jack has tangled with him twice in the past, and both times he managed to slip away.

Now Jack will finally have a chance to confront the maniac she's been hunting for over twenty-five years. Unfortunately, it won't be on her terms. In less than two hours, Mr. K is going to do to Jack what he's done to countless others. And Jack is going to learn that sometimes the good guys don't win …

— Shaken by J. A. Konrath

Today's Mystery and Suspense Update from Big Fish Games (140726)

Here is today's mystery and suspense update from Big Fish Games …

• The New Release is Dark Parables: Ballad of Rapunzel.

• The Daily Deal is 9 Clues: The Secret of Serpent Creek, just $2.99 today only!

• The current Catch of the Week is Detective Quest: The Crystal Slipper, just $2.99 through Sunday, July 27, 2014 only.

• Today's Special Deal — Collector's Edition Sale: Get Two Games for the Price of One! Use coupon code PLAY at checkout. Applies to Collector's Editions only. Offer valid through July 27th, 2014 only until 11:59 PM PT.

Visit the Omnimystery Entertainment Network for more games of mystery and suspense!

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The New Release is Dark Parables: Ballad of Rapunzel

You've been called to the kingdom of Floralia to track down the source of a mysterious pollen spreading throughout the world. Rumor has it that Princess Rapunzel is somehow involved &mdeash; the haunting melody she sings appears to summon the pollen … but how did the once-loved princess come to control such a deadly force? And who is the mysterious, shadowy figure always by her side? The secrets you uncover may be darker than you imagined in this exciting Hidden Object Puzzle Adventure!

A sample version is available to download and play for free for one hour.

Also available for this game:

• Get the Strategy Guide
• Check out the Blog Walkthrough
• For a more in-depth experience, see the Collector's Edition

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Today's Daily Deal is 9 Clues: The Secret of Serpent Creek

A paranormal private investigator receives a frantic call from her reporter friend Helen, who pleas in a terrified voice for her to leave immediately for the coastal town of Serpent Creek. Urged by her friend's desperate request, the detective arrives at her destination only to find no trace of Helen. Strangely enough, no one from the sleepy town seems to remember seeing the blonde reporter. Weirder still, the town's streets are crawling with snakes, the citizens seem to be sleepwalking through life, and the ground shakes with violent tremors. Can the detective save her friend, reveal the corruption and hidden agendas of the town's citizens, and stop an evil plot to bring the Snake God back to our world?

A sample version is available to download and play for free for one hour. You can purchase this game today only — Saturday, July 26, 2014 — for $2.99.

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The current Catch of the Week is Detective Quest: The Crystal Slipper

A man shows up on your doorstep asking you to track down the woman he loves. It would be just another "missing persons" case, except the only thing you have to go on is a crystal slipper … and the man is a prince from a mysterious, faraway land. Can you find the woman who captured his heart but then vanished? Or will this fantastical land push your detective skills to the limit? And do you really get to ride a unicorn?

A sample version is available to download and play for free for one hour. You can purchase this game at the special price of $2.99 through Sunday, July 27, 2014.

Also available for this game:

• Get the Strategy Guide.
• Check out the Blog Walkthrough.
• For a more in-depth experience, see the Collector's Edition.

Review: Hell To Pay by Garry Disher

A Mysterious Review of Hell To Pay by Garry Disher.

Review summary: This mystery set in Australia's outback has a strong central character and a compelling plot, though the supporting cast of "dirty cops" seems a bit exaggerated and unrealistic. Still, the multiple plot threads come together in a clever manner, resulting in a solid effort and enjoyable read. (Click here for text of full review.)

Our rating:

Hell To Pay
Garry Disher
Soho Crime (June 2014)

Publisher synopsis: Constable Paul Hirschhausen — "Hirsch" — is a recently demoted detective sent from Adelaide, Australia's southernmost booming metropolis, to Tiverton, a one-road town in rustic, backwater "wool and wheat" country three hours north. Hirsch isn't just a disgraced cop; the internal investigations bureau is still trying to convict him of something, even if it means planting evidence. When someone leaves a pistol cartridge in his mailbox, Hirsch suspects that his career isn't the only thing on the line.

But the tiny town of Tiverton has more crime than one lone cop should have to handle. The stagnant economy, rural isolation, and entrenched racism and misogyny mean every case Hirsch investigates is a new basket of snakes. When the body of a 16-year-old local girl is found on the side of the highway, the situation in Tiverton gets even more sinister, and whether or not he finds her killer, there's going to be hell to pay.