November Night by Ron Roy, a New Calendar Mystery

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

November Night by Ron Roy

Series: Calendar Mysteries

Publisher: Random House

Format(s): Paperback, eBook

Recommended for Junior Sleuths, Ages 7 to 9

  

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

The twins' new neighbors are up to something! It's Thanksgiving, and a mysterious couple has moved in next door. Bradley, Brian, Nate, and Lucy must work out the clues: The neighbors have built a tall wooden fence. They've bought some strange parts for making … something. They've even put up a suspicious tent in their backyard, with a big, scary dog to guard it.

What could they possibly be hiding?

— November Night by Ron Roy

The Abduction, An Action Thriller by Mark Gimenez, 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 present the following title, now available at a special price courtesy of the publisher, Navarchus Press …

The Abduction by Mark Gimenez

An Action Thriller

Publisher: Navarchus Press

Price: $0.99 (as of 08/26/2014 at 3:00 PM ET).

  

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Ben Brice lives alone in the New Mexico wilderness where he battles memories of Vietnam with oceans of Jim Beam. Miles away in Texas, his estranged son, John, an Internet geek-turned-billionaire, half watches his daughter Gracie's soccer game while conducting business on his cell phone. When her mother Elizabeth arrives, the coach reports that her uncle has already collected Gracie. But Gracie has no uncle — she was kidnapped.

And so begins a furious race against time to save Gracie from unknown kidnappers. With the FBI camped out in the Brice mansion, the family offers a reward of $25 million. Somehow, Ben and John Brice must find Gracie before it is too late.

Behind the kidnapping is an extraordinary government plot that could change the course of American history. And time is running out …

— The Abduction by Mark Gimenez

Mean Streak by Sandra Brown, New in Bookstores during August 2014

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

Mean Streak by Sandra Brown

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Grand Central

        

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 …

Dr. Emory Charbonneau, a pediatrician and marathon runner, disappears on a mountain road in North Carolina. By the time her husband Jeff, miffed over a recent argument, reports her missing, the trail has grown cold. Literally. Fog and ice encapsulate the mountainous wilderness and paralyze the search for her.

While police suspect Jeff of "instant divorce", Emory, suffering from an unexplained head injury, regains consciousness and finds herself the captive of a man whose violent past is so dark that he won't even tell her his name. She's determined to escape him, and willing to take any risks necessary to survive.

Unexpectedly, however, the two have a dangerous encounter with people who adhere to a code of justice all their own. At the center of the dispute is a desperate young woman whom Emory can't turn her back on, even if it means breaking the law. Wrong becomes right at the hands of the man who strikes fear, but also sparks passion.

As her husband's deception is revealed, and the FBI closes in on her captor, Emory begins to wonder if the man with no name is, in fact, her rescuer from those who wish her dead — and from heartbreak.

— Mean Streak by Sandra Brown

Telemystery: Criminal Minds, Elementary, The Equalizer, Haven, Murder in Suburbia, Revenge, and The Walking Dead, New This Week on DVD

Telemystery, your source for one of the most comprehensive listings of crime drama, amateur sleuth, private investigator, mystery and suspense television series, mini-series and made-for-television movies, now available on or coming soon to DVD, Blu-ray disc, or Video-on-Demand, is profiling seven series from our site being released this week.

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Criminal Minds
Season Nine

FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) knows no boundaries when it comes to tracking down ruthless and unpredictable killers. Unit chief Aaron Hotchner (Thomas Gibson) and Special Agents David Rossi (Joe Mantegna), Alex Blake (Jeanne Tripplehorn), Dr. Spencer Reid (Matthew Gray Gubler), Derek Morgan (Shemar Moore) and Jennifer "JJ" Jareau (A.J. Cook) use the scientific art of profiling and psychological tactics to solve the FBI's most extreme and violent cases.

With the help of skilled hacker and technical analyst, Penelope Garcia (Kirsten Vangsness), the BAU takes down serial killers, uncovers dark secrets, and saves lives — including one of their own.

This 9th season of the series aired on CBS from September 2013 through May 2014. The 10th season premieres Wednesday, October 1st.

      

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Elementary
Season Two

Return to the scene of the crime in the second season of this CBS crime drama.

Jonny Lee Miller returns in this modern-day take on Sherlock Holmes, the dangerously eccentric consulting detective who's addicted to impossible cases. Lucy Liu stars as Dr. Joan Watson, his "sober companion" turned partner in detection. Together, they take on some of the strangest crimes New York has ever seen as they assist the police in uncovering clues that unlock the city's sinister secrets. Only to the very sharpest minds do the incredible solutions seem elementary.

The 3rd season premieres on Thursday, October 30th.

      

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The Equalizer
Season Two

Robert McCall — the Equalizer — is a former veteran of the British Army and the CIA with a shadowy past. He breaks away from the company after getting disillusioned with his cloak-and-dagger life. He seeks atonement by offering his services to the public through the above advertisement in the newspaper.

Edward Woodward plays McCall to perfection, as a dark, steely middle-aged man hardened by a life of espionage, yet allowing compassion to seep through when helping those in need.

This 2nd season of the series originally aired on CBS from October 1986 through May 1987.

  

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Haven
Season Four

When FBI Agent Audrey Parker arrives in Haven, Maine on a routine case, she quickly finds herself involved in the return of the Troubles, a series of supernatural afflictions that have long cursed the seaside town and its residents. Joining the Haven Police Department, Audrey begins to realize that it was fate not luck that brought her to this place and that she is inexplicably linked to the mysteries of Haven.

Based on the Stephen King novella The Colorado Kid, this fourth season set includes over 2½ hours of bonus features and an exclusive 16 page comic book.

      

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Murder in Suburbia
The Complete Collection

Meet Kate Ashurst (Caroline Catz) and Emma Scribbins (Lisa Faulkner), the sassiest, sexiest investigative team in the Middleford Criminal Investigative Department. Better known as Ash and Scribbs, the two are an unlikely pair: Ash, a graduate of a posh girls' academy, has an analytical mind that serves her well when solving murders. Scribbs, who grew up in the working class, relies more on her instincts than what the facts seem to tell her. When these two come together, along with their handsome, bemused boss (Jeremy Sheffield, The Wedding Date), they are an unstoppable duo in the seemingly perfect suburbs of Middleford.

In this complete collection, Catz and Faulkner sparkle as the bickering, bantering crime-solvers. Filled with a blend of ironic humor and chutzpah, this light-hearted crime drama will have you cheering as Ash and Scribbs face up against political corruption, secretive millionaires, salsa dancers, and real estate agents to catch the killer.

  

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Revenge
Season Three

Emily Thorne's brilliant plan for vengeance takes a wicked turn in this third season of ABC's drama.

Emily pursues a new strategy to take down the Graysons once and for all — on her and Daniel's wedding day — as turned allies, new enemies, and ghosts from the past threaten to expose her. With an ultimatum from Jack and her complicated history with Aiden resurfacing, Emily must take extreme measures to ensure her plan goes off without a hitch.

But Victoria has new reasons to destroy the girl next door, and with her long-lost son by her side, everyone — including Nolan — may become collateral damage in Emily and Victoria's vicious war.

Let the fireworks begin!

The 4th season premieres on Sunday, September 28th.

      

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The Walking Dead
Season Four

In this uncertain world, Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) and his band of survivors must not only fight the dead, but also face a whole new fear: the living.

In this fourth season, Rick and his fellow survivors continue to seek refuge in a desolate and post-apocalyptic world and soon discover that there are greater forces to fear than just the walking dead. The struggle to survive has never been so perilous.

        

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Visit the Telemystery website to discover more television mystery series currently available on and coming soon to DVD, Blu-ray disc, or video on demand.

Remaindered, A Bibliomystery Short Story by Peter Lovesey, New This Week from Mysterious Press

Every so often — but not often enough, in our opinion! — Mysterious Press publishes a new bibliomystery, short tales about deadly books written by some of crime fiction's best authors. Omnimystery News is pleased to present the latest entry in this series, new this week …

Remaindered by Peter Lovesey

A Bibliomystery Short Story

Publisher: Mysterious Press

Price: $1.99 (as of 08/26/2014 at 1:30 PM ET).

  

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A puzzler of a tale about a dead bookshop owner, a priceless cache of first editions, and a deadly secret taken to the grave …

It's no mystery who killed Robert Ripple, owner of Precious Finds Bookstore in Pokesville, Pennsylvania. It was Agatha Christie — or rather, a large carton of valuable Christie hardcovers that the not-so-young Ripple was attempting to lift when his heart gave out. The real question is why the so-called Friends of England, who meet regularly in the back room of Ripple's literary emporium, are so eager to keep the place open after its proprietor's death.

Certainly it must have something to do with the Friends' past lives as the associates of a slain New York mobster. Whatever their plan is, they'll need the help of Tanya Tripp, Ripple's recently hired and completely unsuspecting assistant, if they want to pull it off.

But despite her trustworthy appearance, Tanya may well be hatching a scheme of her own.

— Remaindered by Peter Lovesey