Butterfly Palace by Colleen Coble is Today's Romantic Suspense Kindle Daily Deal

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature Butterfly Palace by Colleen Coble as today's Romantic Suspense Kindle Daily Deal.

The deal price of $2.99 is valid only for today, Sunday, August 24, 2014.

Butterfly Palace by Colleen Coble

A Novel of Romantic Suspense

Publisher: Thomas Nelson

Price: $2.99 (as of 08/24/2014 at 6:10 AM ET).

  

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Austin, Texas — 1904: Abandoned by the love of her life and still mourning the loss of her mother, Lily Donaldson has turned her back on the pain and come to Austin for a fresh start, working for the Marshall family as a kitchen maid in their luxurious mansion, the Butterfly Palace. The tasks before her are legion, and her mistress less than pleasant, but at least Lily's new life will be, if nothing else, distracting.

But one night, while serving at a dinner party, Lily recognizes the man who abandoned her, Andy, her liaison from the livery stable, the blacksmith's son … sitting among the distinguished guests. Though he recognizes her, Andy does not acknowledge her aloud, and Lily is left reeling, flabbergasted, and irate.

But before she can get an explanation, the path of the Servant Girl Killer swerves very close to the Butterfly Palace, sowing terror among the maids. Having come to Austin to start anew, Lily suddenly feels trapped in a spider web. How can she know who to trust in a house where lies come dressed in fine suits and deceit in silk gowns the colors of butterfly wings?

— Butterfly Palace by Colleen Coble

Today's Mystery and Suspense Update from Big Fish Games (140824)

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

• Our Featured Title is Age of Enigma: The Secret of the Sixth Ghost.

• The Daily Deal is Nearwood, just $2.99 today only!

• The current Catch of the Week is Lake House: Children of Silence, just $2.99 through Sunday, August 24, 2014 only.

• Today's Special Deal — This weekend only: All Standard and Collector's Edition Games are 50% Off! Use coupon code SUMMER to get any Collector's Edition game for just $9.99; use coupon code SALE50 to get any Standard game for just $4.99. Offer valid through August 24th, 2014 only until 11:59 PM PT.

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

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Our Featured Title is Age of Enigma: The Secret of the Sixth Ghost

Help the ghostly inhibitants of a haunted house as you venture into the beyond and discover the secret of the 6th ghost! Mysteriously summoned to a house you have seen only in your nightmares, you will encounter the dark and inscrutable Nathan and help the ghosts held captive there. Explore this spooky Adventure game and escape from hell!

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

Also available for this game:

• Check out the Blog Walkthrough

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Today's Daily Deal is Nearwood

Can a young woman single-handedly change the fate of a magical kingdom? Set out on a voyage with Jane Lockwood into a mysterious world of danger and adventure, into a whirlwind of magic and wonder! As you encounter a host of unusual and amusing creatures and help them in their troubles, you will inch closer and closer to your final goal — finding Jane's long-lost parents, all the while freeing the great and wise Time Keepers from the grip of oblivion. Find out why time came to a standstill, and drive the ancient evil out of Nearwood once and for all! Bring back peace and quiet to the land! Save Nearwood!

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

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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The current Catch of the Week is Lake House: Children of Silence

Long-forgotten memories bubble to the surface when the past invades the present! Located at the edge of a gloomy lake and shrouded in fog, the house at the center of this story has stood empty for 15 years. Beckoned by what appears to be a ghost, a woman who lived there as a child returns to the house to solve a mystery that begins with an old photograph and ends in a secret room. Find hidden objects, solve puzzles and prepare yourself for an ending that will take you to a place darker than you can imagine!

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

Also available for this game:

• For a more in-depth experience, see the Collector's Edition.

Review: Close To the Broken Hearted by Michael Hiebert

A Mysterious Review of Close To the Broken Hearted by Michael Hiebert.

Review summary: Far more literary fiction than genre fiction, this is not a fast-paced novel nor a particularly suspenseful one, but it does tend to draw the reader in. The mystery storyline is very thin and takes a long time to develop, but on balance, this is an interesting, if not completely satisfactory, book. (Click here for text of full review.)

Our rating:

Close To the Broken Hearted
Michael Hiebert
Kensington (June 2014)

Publisher synopsis: At twenty-two, Sylvie Carson has known a lifetime's worth of trouble. When she was a child, her baby brother was shot to death by a man named Preacher Eli. Orphaned by her teens, Sylvie is now raising her own baby with no partner in sight. For all these reasons, Leah Teal, Alvin, Alabama's only detective, tries to stay patient when Sylvie calls the station day and night, always with some new false alarm. But now Preacher Eli is out of prison and moving back to town.

As far as the law is concerned, the old man has paid his dues--though Leah's twelve-year-old son, Abe, vehemently disagrees. Between that and his relentless curiosity about the daddy he hardly knew, Abe's imagination is running in all directions lately. While Leah struggles with how much of the past to reveal to Abe, she's also concerned about Sylvie's mounting panic. Something in her gut tells her the girl might be a target after all. For as Leah knows well, there's danger not just in the secrets others keep from us, but in the lies that corrupt from within. It's a hunch that will be tested soon enough, as tensions mount on both sides.

        

Telemystery News: ABC Developing a Television Series Based on Richard Castle's Derrick Storm Thrillers

ABC is developing a drama series based on the Derrick Storm thrillers by Richard Castle, a (fictional) bestselling author created by the network and featured in its television crime drama Castle. Storm, introduced in 2013 in the novel Storm Front, is "the guy the CIA calls on when it wants something investigated domestically".

Castle creator Andrew Marlowe is executive producing under his overall deal with ABC Studios, along with his wife, Terri Miller, who also works on the series. Missing creator Gregory Poirier will write the script.

Storm Front by Richard Castle

A Derrick Storm Thriller (1st in series)

Publisher: Hyperion

  

More about this book, below …

From Tokyo, to Bonn, to London, high-level bankers are being tortured and murdered. The killer, caught in a fleeting glimpse on a surveillance camera, has been described as a psychopath with an eye patch. And that means Gregor Volkov, Derrick Storm's old nemesis, has returned.

Knowing only one man can match Volkov's strength and cunning, the CIA calls on Storm to track him down, figure out who he's working for and why. With the help of a beautiful and mysterious foreign agent, Storm discovers a plot that could destroy the global economy bringing with it untold chaos and the time he has to stop it is running short.

— Storm Front by Richard Castle

New This Week: Under a Paper Moon, A Dotsie Bradbury, Polka Dot Mystery by J. M. Spear

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 …

Under a Paper Moon by J. M. Spear

A Dotsie Bradbury, Polka Dot Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Pitch Pine Publishing

Price: $0.99 (as of 08/23/2014 at 5:00 PM ET).

  

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Dotsie Bradbury thought she had fine-tuned the recipe for a perfect life — marry a loving man, live on a quiet lake and open Polkadot's Café and Catering. That was until she was hired by the Anderson's, seasonal residents on the big lake, to cater their daughter's late-summer wedding. She thought her biggest worry was the bridezilla quotient, but instead, the appetizer turns out to be the brother of the bride's arraignment, the salad course a family brawl and the rest of the family quickly find their way into the soup. Then when someone adds murder to the dessert menu, Dotsie decides to add sleuth to her catering services.

Enlisting her longtime pal Alex, Dotsie uses her charms, wit and pantry full of town gossip to solve the crime. All the while careful the murderer doesn't make her the main course …

— Under a Paper Moon by J. M. Spear