New This Week: Nosedive, A Carl Pappas, Radio Detective Mystery by M. H. Vessseur

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 …

Nosedive by M. H. Vessseur

A Carl Pappas, Radio Detective Mystery (5th in series)

Publisher: Vibes

Price: $2.99 (as of 09/04/2014 at 4:30 PM ET).

  

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When a large corporation is struck by a cripling strike among its workers and an apparent terrorist attack on its factory, bizz jockey Carl Pappas steps forward to offer his public support. But as he soon finds out, there's more to the picture than meets the eye.

Why is the owner hiding in her large mansion? What happened in her youth that is threatening her after all these years?

It's a job for the radio detective — and this time around his boss gives an unexpected hand.

— Nosedive by M. H. Vessseur

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, A Suspense Thriller by John Godey, 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, RosettaBooks …

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three by John Godey

A Suspense Thriller

Publisher: RosettaBooks

Price: $0.99 (as of 09/04/2014 at 4:00 PM ET).

  

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Four men take a New York City subway train hostage — along with all of its passengers. Their demands are simple: deliver $1 million, or the men will start killing hostages. Fast-paced and intensely psychological, this novel tells the story from the point of view of each of the hijackers — revealing each man's motivations, desperations, and fatal flaws.

Tensions build as the four hijackers begin to fight among themselves — and the passengers take advantage of their weakness. Despite their meticulous planning, the kidnapping attempt starts to go awry — and the hijackers' escape seems impossible.

— The Taking of Pelham One Two Three by John Godey

Fat Cat At Large by Janet Cantrell, a New 1st in Series Mystery Introducing Chase Oliver

Omnimystery News is pleased to present you with one of this month's new 1st in Series titles, a mystery, thriller or suspense novel that introduces a recurring character (or characters) …

Fat Cat At Large by Janet Cantrell

A Chase Oliver, Fat Cat Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Berkley

  

What we know about the character: Charity "Chase" Oliver owns Bar None, a Minneapolis treatery. Quincy is her plus-size cat. For more information about her first murder, see a synopsis of the book, below.

When she's not dreaming up irresistible dessert bars for her Minneapolis treatery, Bar None, Charity "Chase" Oliver is running after her cat, Quincy — a tubby tabby with a gift for sniffing out edibles. But what happens when this cat burglar leads Chase to the scene of a real crime?

The jig is up for Chase's adorable plus-size cat, Quincy. His new vet says "diet" — that means no more cherry cheesecake bars. From now on he gets low-calorie kibble only. But one taste of the stuff is all it takes to drive him in search of better things. Quincy's escape is the last thing Chase needs after the nasty run-in she has with underhanded business rival Gabe Naughtly.

Chase tracks Quincy down in a neighbor's kitchen, where he's devouring a meatloaf, unaware of the much more serious crime he's stumbled upon. Gabe's corpse is lying on the kitchen floor, and when Chase is discovered at the murder scene, she becomes suspect number one. Now, with a little help from her friends — both human and feline — she'll have to catch the real killer or wind up behind bars that aren't so sweet.

— Fat Cat At Large by Janet Cantrell

City of Bones, A Harry Bosch Mystery by Michael Connelly, 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, Little, Brown …

City of Bones by Michael Connelly

A Harry Bosch Mystery (8th in series)

Publisher: Little, Brown

Price: $2.99 (as of 09/04/2014 at 3:00 PM ET).

Winner of the 2003 Anthony Award for Best Novel.

  

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On New Year's Day, a dog finds a bone in the Hollywood Hills — and unearths a murder committed more than twenty years earlier. It's a cold case, but for Detective Harry Bosch, it stirs up memories of his childhood as an orphan. He can't let it go.

As the investigation takes Bosch deeper into the past, a beautiful rookie cop brings him alive in the present. No official warning can break them apart — or prepare Bosch for the explosions when the case takes a few hard turns.

Suddenly all of L.A. is in an uproar, and Bosch, fighting to keep control, is driven to the brink of an unimaginable decision.

— City of Bones by Michael Connelly

Phantom Limb by Dennis Palumbo, New in Bookstores during September 2014

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

Phantom Limb by Dennis Palumbo

A Daniel Rinaldi Mystery (4th in series)

Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press

        

For a list of more new hardcover titles to be published this month, visit our New Mysteries page for September 2014. For new paperback mysteries, visit The Mystery Bookshelf where a selection of September 2014 mysteries, novels of suspense, and thrillers are shelved.

More about our featured title, below …

Psychologist and Pittsburgh Police Department consultant Daniel Rinaldi has a new patient. Lisa Harland, a local girl, once made a splash in Playboy and the dubious side of Hollywood before bottoming out. Back home, down and out again, she married one of the city's richest and most ruthless tycoons. Lisa's challenge to Danny is that she intends to commit suicide by 7:00 PM. His therapist skills may buy some time — but, exiting, she's kidnapped right outside his office.

Summoned to the Harland estate, Danny is forced, through a bizarre sequence of events, to be the bag man on the ransom delivery. This draws him into a deadly cat-and-mouse game with a brilliant, lethal adversary. Complicating things is the unhappy Harland family, whose members have dark secrets of their own along with suspect loyalties, as well as one of Danny's other patients, a volatile vet whose life may, like Lisa's, be at risk. What is really at stake here?

— Phantom Limb by Dennis Palumbo