New This Week: The Poe Plot, A Novel of Suspense by Nancy Zaroulis

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 July 2014 and priced $4.99 or less …

The Poe Plot by Nancy Zaroulis

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Electronic Book Café

Price: $3.99 (as of 07/28/2014 at 4:30 PM ET).

  

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A secret diary kept by a young woman loved by Edgar Allan Poe …

A secret room at the top of Harwood House, its padded walls a sinister reminder of the madwoman once kept captive there …

A secret passion that leads to nightmare … and murder.

— The Poe Plot by Nancy Zaroulis

Slow Horses, A Crime Thriller by Mick Herron, 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 feature the following title, now available at a special price courtesy of the publisher, Soho Crime …

Slow Horses by Mick Herron

A Crime Thriller

Publisher: Soho Crime

Price: $1.99 (as of 07/28/2014 at 4:00 PM ET).

Read our review of this book on Mysterious Reviews.

  

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Slough House is a dumping ground for British intelligence agents who've screwed up a case in any number of ways — by leaving a secret file on a train or blowing a surveillance. River Carter, one such "slow horse," is bitter about his failure and about his tedious assignment transcribing cell phone conversations.

When a young man is abducted and his kidnappers threaten to broadcast his beheading live on the Internet, River sees an opportunity to redeem himself.

Is the victim who he first appears to be? And what's the kidnappers' connection with a disgraced journalist? As the clock ticks on the execution, River finds that everyone has his own agenda.

— Slow Horses by Mick Herron

Honour Bound, A Tom Crane Thriller by Wendy Cartmell, 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.)

Honour Bound by Wendy Cartmell

A Tom Crane Thriller (3rd in series)

Publisher: Endeavour Press

Price: $0.99 (as of 07/28/2014 at 3:30 PM ET).

  

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Sergeant Major Crane is rarely called in to investigate cases of rape. But now he and his SID team must investigate two cases simultaneously. A young soldier claims he has been repeatedly attacked by a commanding officer, but is struggling to make a formal complaint. And a young woman is found raped and murdered in her home following a night out in Aldershot.

The only clues are witness statements claiming the attacker is a squaddie. When there is another attack chillingly close to home, Crane no longer knows who is innocent and who is guilty.

But is the killer really a soldier? How does he manage to operate in plain sight? And can Crane catch him before he strikes again?

— Honour Bound by Wendy Cartmell

Desert Heat, A Joanna Brady Mystery by J. A. Jance, 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 feature the following title, now available at a special price courtesy of the publisher, Avon Books …

Desert Heat by J. A. Jance

A Joanna Brady Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Avon Books

Price: $1.99 (as of 07/28/2014 at 3:00 PM ET).

  

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A cop lies dying beneath the blistering Arizona sun — a local lawman who may well have become the next sheriff of Cochise County. The police brass claim that Andy Brady was dirty, and that his shooting was a suicide attempt. Joanna Brady, his devoted wife and mother of their nine-year-old daughter, knows a cover-up when she hears one … and murder when she sees it.

But her determined efforts to hunt down an assassin and clear her husband's name are placing Joanna and her surviving family in harm's way — because in the desert, the one thing more lethal than a rattler's bite … is the truth.

— Desert Heat by J. A. Jance

The Bone Seeker by M. J. McGrath, New in Bookstores during July 2014

Today's featured new hardcover mystery, suspense, or thriller title scheduled to be published during July 2014 is …

The Bone Seeker by M. J. McGrath

The Edie Kiglatuk Series (3rd)

Publisher: Viking

        

For a list of more new hardcover titles to be published this month, visit our New Mysteries page for July 2014. For new paperback mysteries, visit The Mystery Bookshelf where a selection of July 2014 mysteries, novels of suspense, and thrillers are shelved.

More about our featured title, below …

Edie Kiglatuk works as a summer school teacher in the Canadian arctic. When one of her female students is found dead in nearby Lake Turngaluk, Edie enlists the help of Sergeant Derek Palliser to pursue the case, promising the girl's Inuit family that they will uncover the truth.

Meanwhile, lawyer Sonia Gutierrez investigates the toxicity of the lake and suspects that there might be a larger conspiracy involved. As the three clamber over rocky terrain under twenty-four-hour daylight they start to unearth secrets long frozen over — risking their own lives in the process.

— The Bone Seeker by M. J. McGrath