Medicus by Ruth Downie is Today's Kindle Daily Deal

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature Medicus by Ruth Downie as today's Kindle Daily Deal.

The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Thursday, September 04, 2014.

Medicus by Ruth Downie

A Gaius Petreius Ruso Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Bloomsbury

Price: $1.99 (as of 09/04/2014 at 6:10 AM ET).

  

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Divorced and down on his luck, Gaius Petreius Ruso has made the rash decision to seek his fortune in an inclement outpost of the Roman Empire, namely Britannia. In a moment of weakness, after a straight thirty six-hour shift at the army hospital, he succumbs to compassion and rescues an injured slave girl, Tilla, from the hands of her abusive owner.

Now he has a new problem: a slave who won't talk and can't cook, and drags trouble in her wake. Before he knows it, Ruso is caught in the middle of an investigation into the deaths of prostitutes working out of the local bar. Now Ruso must summon all his forensic knowledge to find a killer who may be after him next.

— Medicus by Ruth Downie

Today's Mystery and Suspense Update from Big Fish Games (140904)

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

• Our Featured Title is Season of Mystery: The Cherry Blossom Murders.

• 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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Our Featured Title is Season of Mystery: The Cherry Blossom Murders

Irene and Richard Pemberton have moved across the globe to Japan and are living comfortably in a new and exciting world. One night, Richard is found dead in his office, under mysterious conditions. The local detectives believe he has taken his own life, but Irene knows that this couldn't have been a suicide. Help Irene find the true murderer in this fantastic Hidden Object game.

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

Also available for this game:

• Get the Strategy Guide
• 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 Second Deadly Sin by Åsa Larsson

A Mysterious Review of The Second Deadly Sin by Åsa Larsson. A Rebecka Martinsson Mystery.

Review summary: Structured primarily as a combination police procedural/whodunit-style mystery, this series title, which can also be read as a stand-alone, will likely appeal most to those already inclined to accept the often roundabout, especially verbose method of storytelling that seems expected of Nordic authors. (Click here for text of full review.)

Our rating:

The Second Deadly Sin
Åsa Larsson
A Rebecka Martinsson Mystery
MacLehose Press (August 2014)

Publisher synopsis: After successfully tracking down and killing a rogue bear in the wilderness of northern Sweden, a group of hunters is shaken by a grisly discovery when they dress the bear carcass: human remains in the stomach. Far away in the remote village of Kurravaara, an elderly woman is found murdered with frenzied brutality, crude abuse scrawled above her bloodied bed. Her young grandson, known to live with her, is nowhere to be found.

Only Kiruna prosecutor Rebecka Martinsson sees a connection between the two events, but thanks to the machinations of a jealous rival, she is dropped from the case. Continuing to pursue answers in an unofficial capacity, and with the reluctant assistance of her friend and police inspector Anna-Maria Mella, Rebecka stands alone against a ruthless killer. At the root of it all is a horrifying, century-old crime, the tendrils of which continue to hold the small community in their grip.

        

New This Week: Ballrooms and Blackmail, The Lady Emily Capers by Regina Scott

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 September 2014 and priced $4.99 or less …

Ballrooms and Blackmail by Regina Scott

The Lady Emily Capers (3rd in series)

Publisher: Regina Scott

Price: $2.99 (as of 09/03/2014 at 5:30 PM ET).

  

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The toast of London is about to get burned. Priscilla Tate, most celebrated debutante of 1815 London, is determined to make a brilliant match to save the family fortunes. She's well on her way to wringing a proposal out of the Season's most eligible bachelor, the Duke of Rottenford, when blackmail notes start arriving, threatening to expose a dark secret unless she ceases her pursuit. It's up to her dear friends, Lady Emily Southwell and Ariadne and Daphne Courdebas, to help her uncover the mastermind before disaster strikes.

But more than one secret is waiting to be revealed, not the least of which is Priscilla's growing feelings for a most unlikely ally, Nathan Kent, the duke's personal secretary. But will Nathan, no, no, the duke, understand if her secret should be revealed?

— Ballrooms and Blackmail by Regina Scott

Before Nightfall, A Novel of Romantic Suspense by Rachel Amphlett, 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 author …

Before Nightfall by Rachel Amphlett

A Novel of Romantic Suspense

Publisher: Rachel Amphlett

Price: $0.99 (as of 09/03/2014 at 5:00 PM ET).

  

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"If they move you, they will kill you."

Kate Foster is quick to forget the advice from a pre-deployment hostage survival course once she's catapulted into a new job in Eastern Europe, despite the good-looking instructor. But a simple day's task in Istanbul six months later goes horribly wrong.

Trapped and alone, her only hope of survival is the man who trained her — ex-FBI Hostage Rescue Specialist, Finn Scott.

For Finn, it's his worst nightmare. Kate was the one person he almost let into his heart. Haunted by memories of a failed hostage rescue, he is thrust into a situation beyond his control. Now, against a sinister adversary whose ambitions will split apart Eastern Europe, Finn must overcome his demons to prevent an international catastrophe.

And avoid losing Kate forever.

— Before Nightfall by Rachel Amphlett