New This Week: The Mystery of the Stolen Brides, A Solomon Dearborn Mystery by Robin Squire

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 August 2014 and priced $4.99 or less …

The Mystery of the Stolen Brides by Robin Squire

A Solomon Dearborn Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Sphere

Price: $3.99 (as of 08/15/2014 at 3:00 PM ET).

First published in 1978 and titled A Portrait of Barbara, this revised edition includes a new ending.

  

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It is the summer of 1891 and a young, beautiful bride is snatched from her wedding, leaving her guests shocked and her new husband distraught. A search is hurriedly mounted, but as each minute passes the trail grows colder. In angry desperation they turn to Scotland Yard.

In Victorian London, Detective Inspector Solomon Dearborn has been crumbling under the failures of the Jack the Ripper investigation. Reluctantly he and his young assistant, Detective Sergeant Sparrowhawk, turn their attention to the missing Somerset bride.

The crux of this mystery, though, is that it has all happened before …

From Fleet Street to the moors, Dearborn and Sparrowhawk endeavour to find the truth behind this dark and difficult crime.

— The Mystery of the Stolen Brides by Robin Squire

I Can See in the Dark by Karin Fossum, New in Bookstores during August 2014

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

I Can See in the Dark by Karin Fossum

Non-Series

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

        

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 …

Riktor doesn't like the way the policeman storms into his home without even knocking. He doesn't like the arrogant way he walks around the house, taking note of its contents. The policeman doesn't bother to explain why he's there, and Riktor is too afraid to ask. He knows he's guilty of a terrible crime and he's sure the policeman has found him out.

But when the policeman finally does confront him, Riktor freezes. The man is arresting him for something totally unexpected. Riktor doesn't have a clear conscience, but the crime he's being accused of is one he certainly didn't commit. Can he clear his name without further incriminating himself?

— I Can See in the Dark by Karin Fossum

By My Hand by Maurizio de Giovanni, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during August 2014

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during August 2014 …

By My Hand by Maurizio de Giovanni

The Commissario Ricciardi Series (5th)

Publisher: Europa Editions

  

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 …

As Naples prepares for its holiday celebrations, behind the facade of order and happiness imposed by the fascist regime, lurks terrible poverty and blinding desperation. In a luxurious apartment on the Mergellina beach the bodies of a fascist militia officer and his wife have been found. The woman has had her throat cut while the man has been stabbed over sixty times. Seemingly, the hands of two separate killers have been at work. A statuette of San Giuseppe, patron saint of workers, lies in pieces on the floor.

At the scene of the crime, Ricciardi, who has the dubious gift of being able to see and hear the last seconds in the lives of those who have suffered a violent death, listens to the enigmatic last words of the couple. Accompanied by his faithful partner Brigadier Raffaele Maione, and once more troubled by two women who compete for his attentions, the Commissario will have to trace a wide and frenetic arc through the streets of Naples in order to uncover the truth.

— By My Hand by Maurizio de Giovanni

The Case of the Angry Mourner, A Perry Mason Novel by Erle Stanley Gardner, 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, Della Street Press …

The Case of the Angry Mourner by Erle Stanley Gardner

A Perry Mason Novel

Publisher: Della Street Press

Price: $1.99 (as of 08/15/2014 at 1:00 PM ET).

  

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Do birds of a feather plot murder together?

The extraordinary Perry Mason never handles straightforward divorce cases, but this one is an especially strange bird. Rita Swaine is dating her sister's ex-boyfriend. Her sister, Rosalind, is married to shady insurance adjuster Walter Prescott, who's got dollar signs in his eyes and ice water in his veins. When Rita's beau gallantly steps in to warn Rosalind about her heinous husband's designs, Prescott hatches a plan to prey on them all … by suing for big profit.

For Mason, this case should be a lark. But when a murdered man is found in the Prescott home — and a nosy neighbor sings an incriminating song about illicit love and a hidden gun-legal eagle Mason suddenly finds himself defending a sitting duck.

— The Case of the Angry Mourner by Erle Stanley Gardner

Murder is Secondary, A Susan Wiles, Schoolhouse Mystery by Diane Weiner, New This Week from Cozy Cat Press

Cozy Cat Press is a small, independent publishing company devoted to producing cozy mysteries, warm, gentle, character-centered books with an emphasis on humor, romance, and detecting puzzles. Cozy up to one of their "purr-fect" mysteries!

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

Murder is Secondary by Diane Weiner

A Susan Wiles, Schoolhouse Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: Cozy Cat Press

Price: $2.99 (as of 08/15/2014 at 12:30 PM ET).

  

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Retired music teacher Susan Wiles thought she'd be content knitting baby blankets and volunteering at the local high school, but she is dead wrong. When her husband's best friend Tank is accused of a terrible crime, Susan puts her sleuthing skills into action, much to the chagrin of her husband and police detective daughter. When a dead body is discovered in a construction site behind the school, the stakes quickly escalate.+++But before Susan can solve this new mystery and exonerate Tank, she finds herself dealing with personal and family issues that force her to realize that murder is secondary.

— Murder is Secondary by Diane Weiner