Ship of Secrets by Franklin W. Dixon, a New Hardy Boys Secret Files Mystery

Omnimystery News is pleased to present in this post a new First Clues: Mysteries for Kids series title published this month …

Ship of Secrets by Franklin W. Dixon

Series: Hardy Boys Secret Files

Publisher: Aladdin

Format(s): Paperback, eBook

Recommended for Junior Sleuths, Ages 7 to 9

  

For more information about the book, see a synopsis, below.

It's finally summer vacation, and the Hardy family is headed on a cruise to the Caribbean. As they board the ship with their parents, Frank and Joe can't believe all the fun that's in store for them. There are three-story slides, playgrounds, ball pits, four pools, and an arcade. There are concerts and magic shows at night, while jugglers and clowns wander the deck during the day.

In addition to all of the fun, the Hardys discover that former pop idol and lead singer of the Lightening Bolts, Izzy, is now performing on the ship. That night, as the family eats dinner, they hear a commotion at the other end of the massive dining room. Someone has stolen a very valuable and sentimental pocket watch from Izzy. Can Joe and Frank solve the case before the ship docks in the first harbor? Or will time run out on this case?

— Ship of Secrets by Franklin W. Dixon

Citadel, A Novel of Suspense by Kate Mosse, 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, William Morrow …

Citadel by Kate Mosse

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: William Morrow

Price: $1.99 (as of 08/07/2014 at 3:00 PM ET).

  

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France, 1942. In Carcassonne, a colorful historic village nestled deep in the Pyrenees, a group of courageous women are engaged in a lethal battle. Like their ancestors who fought to protect their land from Northern invaders seven hundred years before, these members of the resistance — codenamed Citadel — fight to liberate their home from the Nazis.

But smuggling refugees over the mountains into neutral territory and sabotaging their German occupiers at every opportunity is only part of their mission. These women must also protect an ancient secret that, if discovered by their ruthless enemies, could change the course of history.

— Citadel by Kate Mosse

A Little Night Murder by Nancy Martin, New in Bookstores during August 2014

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

A Little Night Murder by Nancy Martin

The Blackbird Sisters Series (10th)

Publisher: NAL Hardcover

        

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

More about our featured title, below …

Nora Blackbird — pregnant at last! — is spending summer afternoons wallowing in the Bucks County pool of her best friend, Lexie Paine, who has just been released from prison. At night, Nora is covering Philadelphia's high-society events for the local newspaper. And this time she doesn't have to look far for a good story.

Next door, a Broadway show is in rehearsal at the estate of Toodles Tuttle, the long-deceased but ever-legendary composer. Reigning over the estate is Toodles's diva widow, Boom Boom. The demanding old broad still rules with an iron fist, and considering the chorus line of enemies she's racked up over the years, her death has been a hotly anticipated event. So imagine everyone's dismay when it's her beloved daughter, Jenny, who drops dead — from a cause that is anything but natural — just as the lights are set to go on for the lucrative new Toodles musical.

Yet murder is only an overture to the drama to come …

Nora's sister Libby, a soon-to-be-grandmother, has gotten herself into a sticky situation, wooed by both a lowly bug exterminator and a cheesecake-loving Broadway impresario. Edgy sister Emma has a dangerous new boyfriend who may jeopardize her show-jumping exploits. And the love of Nora's life, Mick Abruzzo, has been desperate to prevent Nora from meeting the most notorious member of his mobbed-up family — his mother.

Now Nora has to deal with the bump-and-grind of her personal life, and also bring the curtain down on a daring killer — before he forces her to exit stage left, permanently.

— A Little Night Murder by Nancy Martin

Bound to Danger by Katie Reus, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during August 2014

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during August 2014 …

Bound to Danger by Katie Reus

The Deadly Ops Series (2nd)

Publisher: Signet

  

To see more new paperback titles scheduled to be published this month, visit The Mystery Bookshelf for August 2014. For new hardcover mysteries, visit New Mysteries where for a list of August 2014 mysteries, novels of suspense, and thrillers is provided.

More about our featured title, below …

At a benefit dinner, community activist Maria Cervantes overhears two men plotting a terrorist attack that could rock Miami to its core. But before she can alert authorities, she's almost killed in a massive explosion — and wakes up in a hospital with no memory of what happened. As the sole survivor of the attack, she is now a person of interest to the NSA — and especially to Agent Cade O'Reilly. Because Maria is the one woman Cade has never been able to forget.

Years ago, they were closer than either was willing to admit — until Cade disappeared when Maria needed him most. Now he's sticking by her, whether she likes it or not. Because the memories locked inside her mind could hold vital clues to the next attack. Because terrorists want her dead — and because he never wants to let her go again.

— Bound to Danger by Katie Reus

Blood and Bone, A Jack Hawthorne Adventure by Don Hoesel, 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, Bethany House …

Blood and Bone by Don Hoesel

A Jack Hawthorne Adventure (3rd in series)

Publisher: Bethany House

Price: $0.99 (as of 08/07/2014 at 1:00 PM ET).

  

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Keeping the secret of the bones could leave Jack with blood on his hands …

After his many adventures, Jack Hawthorne has finally settled down. Married to Espy, and with two sons, he's content to live the life of a mild-mannered university professor. That all changes when someone discovers the secret of the prophet's bones Jack buried in the desert thirteen years ago. With just a single phone call, Jack's back on the run … with even more at stake than ever before. Determined not to risk the lives of his family, he knows the only way to finally be safe is to deliver the bones once and for all.

Except they aren't there. Someone got to the unmarked grave in the Australian outback first, leaving Jack and Espy empty-handed. Desperate, the two begin another globe-spanning race, following the tiniest of clues, to find the one thing that will either save their family or tear apart everything they hold dear.

— Blood and Bone by Don Hoesel