The Mirror and the Meretrix by Andrew D. Mellusco is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature …

The Mirror and the Meretrix by Andrew D. Mellusco

A Blackstone and Brenwen Novel

Publisher: Andrew D. Mellusco

… as today's free mystery ebook.

  

This title was listed for free as of September 03, 2014 at 7:00 AM ET. Prices are subject to change without notice. The price displayed on the vendor website at the time of the purchase will be the price paid for the book. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your transaction.

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More on today's free book, below.

Red Riding Hood is charged with murder and only her childhood sweetheart, the idealistic and roguish lawyer, Elliot Blackstone can rescue her. Joined by Blackstone & Associates' newest addition and fervently ambitious trainee, Centaur Epona Brenwen, he must uncover the plot behind Abigail Hood's incarceration before royal assassins, Rose Red and Snow White silence her for good.

Meanwhile Blackstone's lawyers, Sandman, Vincent Traum and, Fire-Nymph, Fury have their own problems as a seemingly innocuous insurance case involving a magic mirror turns deadly as a murderous and thieving band of seven Dwarf-Giants are released for lack of evidence.

Could these two cases be linked? And what is the real identity of Hansel, murder victim and robbery witness? All the lawyers do know is that somebody wants the magic mirror and will kill to get it. Elliot Blackstone just might be facing the last case of his talented but young life.

— The Mirror and the Meretrix by Andrew D. Mellusco

Today's Mystery and Suspense Update from Big Fish Games (140903)

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

• The New Release is Entwined: The Perfect Murder.

• The Daily Deal is 3 Cards to Dead Time, just $2.99 today only!

• The current Catch of the Week is Spirits of Mystery: The Dark Minotaur, just $2.99 through Sunday, September 07, 2014 only.

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

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The New Release is Entwined: The Perfect Murder

Adam Turner was an unfortunate man who was surrounded by people who could all benefit from his death, but who actually murdered him? Play the detective in this classic whodunit mystery to find out! Interview the suspects including his wife, sister, friend, the housemaid, the paperboy and a shadowy mafia figure. The plot gets thicker and thicker as you find evidences against all suspects. It is up to you to figure out who murdered Adam Turner!

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

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Today's Daily Deal is 3 Cards to Dead Time

In late 1929, five people — including Jess Silloway's grandmother — mysteriously vanished and were never seen again. Now a ghostly figure has begun to haunt Jess's dreams. Use your powers of observation and deduction to unlock glimpses of events from the past, present and future, and then put the pieces together to discover what happened that fateful night eighty years ago! Experience this exciting Hidden Object game!

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

Also available for this game:

• Check out the Blog Walkthrough.

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The current Catch of the Week is Spirits of Mystery: The Dark Minotaur

In the dark of night, an elusive figure breaks in to the royal menagerie and steals four magic animals, your childhood companions and dearest friends. It is up to you to save them! Take the journey to discover more about the Dark Minotaur who threatens the magical world. Can you save them in time?

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.

Review: The Iron Sickle by Martin Limón

A Mysterious Review of The Iron Sickle by Martin Limón. A George Sueño and Ernie Bascom Mystery.

Review summary: This historical series, set in Korea in the mid-1970s, features two of the more interesting investigators in current crime fiction, who often question the orders of their superiors and risk their lives to find answers. With its unique and engaging storyline, this latest mystery is a fine and compelling example. (Click here for text of full review.)

Our rating:

The Iron Sickle
Martin Limón
A George Sueño and Ernie Bascom Mystery
Soho Crime (August 2014)

Publisher synopsis: Early one rainy morning, the head of the 8th United States Army Claims Office in Seoul, South Korea, is brutally murdered by a Korean man in a trench coat with a small iron sickle hidden in his sleeve. The attack is a complete surprise, carefully planned and clinically executed. How did this unidentified Korean civilian get onto the tightly controlled US Army base? And why attack the claims officer — is there an unsettled grudge, a claim of damages that was rejected by the US Army?

Against orders, CID agents George Sueño and Ernie Bascom start to investigate. Somehow, no one they speak to has been interviewed yet. The 8th Army isn't great at solving cases, but they aren't usually this bad, either. George and Ernie begin to suspect that someone doesn't want the case solved.

        

Midnight Betrayal, The Midnight Novels by Melinda Leigh, New This Week from Montlake Romance

Montlake Romance delivers happily-ever-afters for all romantic reading tastes, from steamy to sweet, from sweeping historicals to provocative paranormals.

In this post, we've selected one of their recently published suspense titles to feature here today …

Midnight Betrayal by Melinda Leigh

The Midnight Novels (3rd in series)

Publisher: Montlake Romance

Price: $3.99 (as of 09/02/2014 at 5:30 PM ET).

  

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Curator Dr. Louisa Hancock left behind Maine and her troubled past for Philadelphia and a job at a prominent museum. Just when it seems that Louisa's new life is safe from her dark secrets, the body of a museum intern is found — the victim of a brutal and baffling murder.

Louisa realizes this is no random crime. And when another intern goes missing, the abduction is linked to the only man who has ever tempted Louisa's heart — Conor Sullivan, the sexy owner of a Philly sports bar. Louisa's past has taught her to be wary, but her heart refuses to believe Conor is guilty.

Now Conor and Louisa must dodge a police investigation — and their growing desire — as they race to find the real killer before another girl turns up dead. But trusting Conor could be deadly, especially as the evidence against him mounts … and as a merciless killer targets Louisa as the next victim.

— Midnight Betrayal by Melinda Leigh

The Ninth Directive, A Quiller Novel by Adam Hall, 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, Open Road …

The Ninth Directive by Adam Hall

A Quiller Novel (2nd in series)

Publisher: Open Road

Price: $1.99 (as of 09/02/2014 at 5:00 PM ET).

  

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When a security exercise goes wrong, a rogue agent must defend a British diplomat from Thai assassins …

Quiller is not an easy man to work with. Freethinking to the point of insubordination, he's the kind of spy who gives his superiors ulcers. But his case file, going back to his work against the Nazis, speaks for itself. The Bureau ranks him as a #9 agent — Reliable Under Torture — and that's the kind of man they need in Bangkok.

Because an important British official is coming to visit, and the Bureau wants Quiller to plan the diplomat's murder.

Of course, it's only a security exercise. The official will be traveling under top-notch protection, and they want Quiller to devise an assassination plot to test the abilities of his security detail.

But for the diplomat and for Quiller, the danger quickly becomes real.

— The Ninth Directive by Adam Hall