The Invisible Code, A Peculiar Crimes Unit Mystery by Christopher Fowler, Now Available at a Special Price

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The Invisible Code by Christopher Fowler

A Peculiar Crimes Unit Mystery

Publisher: Bantam

Price: $1.99 (as of 09/08/2014 at 5:00 PM ET).

  

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When a young woman is found dead in the pews of St. Bride's Church — alone and showing no apparent signs of trauma — Arthur Bryant assumes this case will go to the Peculiar Crimes Unit, an eccentric team tasked with solving London's most puzzling murders. Yet the city police take over the investigation, and the PCU is given an even more baffling and bewitching assignment.

Called into headquarters by Oskar Kasavian, the head of Home Office security, Bryant and May are shocked to hear that their longtime adversary now desperately needs their help. Oskar's wife, Sabira, has been acting strangely for weeks — succumbing to violent mood swings, claiming an evil presence is bringing her harm — and Oskar wants the PCU to find out why. And if there's any duo that can deduce the method behind her madness, it's the indomitable Bryant and May.

When a second bizarre death reveals a surprising link between the two women's cases, Bryant and May set off on a trail of clues from the notorious Bedlam hospital to historic Bletchley Park. And as they are drawn into a world of encrypted codes and symbols, concealed rooms and high-society clubs, they must work quickly to catch a killer who lurks even closer than they think.

— The Invisible Code by Christopher Fowler

New This Week: Running On Empty, An LCR Elite Novel of Romantic Suspense by Christy Reece

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 …

Running On Empty by Christy Reece

An LCR Elite Novel of Romantic Suspense (1st in series)

Publisher: Christy Reece

Price: $3.99 (as of 09/08/2014 at 4:30 PM ET).

  

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The danger has only begun …

Having survived a brutal childhood, Sabrina Fox believed she could handle anything. That was before she watched the love of her life die before her very eyes. Brokenhearted, her emotions on lockdown, she finds purpose and hope as an LCR Elite Operative rescuing victims from some of the most volatile places in the world.

Covert ops agent Declan Steele is used to a life of danger and deceit, but when the one person he trusted and believed in above all others sets him up, he'll stop at nothing to make her pay. Finally rescued from his hellish prison, Declan has one priority — hunt down Sabrina Fox and exact his revenge.

Trusting no one is a lonely, perilous path. Sabrina swears she's innocent and Declan must make a decision — trust his heart or his head. As memories of their life together returns, he realizes just how treacherous his torture had been and the target of his revenge shifts. But when Sabrina is taken, retribution is the last thing on his mind. With the assistance of Last Chance Rescue Elite, Declan races to rescue the only woman he has ever loved before it's too late.

— Running On Empty by Christy Reece

The Haunting of Highdown Hall, A Psychic Surveys Mystery by Shani Struthers, Now Available at a Special Price

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The Haunting of Highdown Hall by Shani Struthers

A Psychic Surveys Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Crooked Cat Publishing

Price: $2.99 (as of 09/08/2014 at 4:00 PM ET).

  

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"Good morning, Psychic Surveys. How can I help?"

The latest in a long line of psychically-gifted females, Ruby Davis can see through the veil that separates this world and the next, helping grounded souls to move towards the light — or "home" as Ruby calls it. Not just a job for Ruby, it's a crusade and one she wants to bring to the High Street. Psychic Surveys is born.

Based in Lewes, East Sussex, Ruby and her team of freelance psychics have been kept busy of late. Specialising in domestic cases, their solid reputation is spreading — it's not just the dead that can rest in peace but the living too. All is threatened when Ruby receives a call from the irate new owner of Highdown Hall. Film star Cynthia Hart is still in residence, despite having died in 1958.

Winter deepens and so does the mystery surrounding Cynthia. She insists the devil is blocking her path to the light long after Psychic Surveys have "disproved" it. Investigating her apparently unblemished background, Ruby is pulled further and further into Cynthia's world and the darkness that now inhabits it.

For the first time in her career, Ruby's deepest beliefs are challenged. Does evil truly exist? And if so, is it the most relentless force of all?

— The Haunting of Highdown Hall by Shani Struthers

Forbidden Passage by Jeff Probst and Chris Tebbetts, a New Stranded Adventure for Cadet Sleuths, Ages 10 to 12

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

Forbidden Passage by Jeff Probst and Chris Tebbetts

Series: Stranded

Publisher: Puffin

Format(s): Paperback, eBook

Recommended for Cadet Sleuths, Ages 10 to 12

  

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

It happened to them once. It could never happen again, right?

Two months ago, Vanessa and Buzz's dad married Jane and Carter's mom and they became a family. But their adventure really started just two weeks ago when the four siblings were shipwrecked and stranded on a deserted tropical island for thirteen days. Alone. They thought it was over, but now, they find themselves on a whole new island, and this time, they're not alone. Getting here was a nightmare. Leaving just might be impossible.

Because this time, it's forbidden.

— Forbidden Passage by Jeff Probst and Chris Tebbetts

Laced, A Regan Reilly Mystery by Carol Higgins Clark, Now Available at a Special Price

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Laced by Carol Higgins Clark

A Regan Reilly Mystery (10th in series)

Publisher: Scribner

Price: $1.99 (as of 09/08/2014 at 3:00 PM ET).

  

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A haunted castle, a pair of international jewel thieves, and a hotel fire — so begins Regan and Jack Reilly's honeymoon in Ireland …

Private Investigator Regan Reilly and her husband, Jack, head of the Major Case Squad in New York City, have just gotten hitched! They've headed to Hennessy Castle, a romantic spot in western Ireland — seemingly the perfect place to escape the world and the criminals they deal with daily — to begin their lives together. But Hennessy Castle is hardly relaxing!

Their first afternoon in Ireland, Regan and Jack go out for a jog, stopping at an old graveyard at the edge of town. The first tombstone they see is marked REILLY. Turns out May Reilly, who died in 1822, was a talented lacemaker who made an exquisite tablecloth for a banquet at Hennessy Castle but was never paid. Legend has it that May has haunted the castle ever since.

Awakened in the middle of the night, Regan spots a mysterious woman on the back lawn of the castle. At the sound of Jack's voice, Regan turns her head for a moment. When she turns back, the woman is gone. A moment later, the hotel's fire alarm goes off.

In the ensuing melee, Regan and Jack meet a young American Irish couple, Sheila and Brian O'Shea, who have started a business selling Irish memorabilia — but on this trip to Ireland their "business" is to pick up paintings they've commissioned from a superstitious amateur artist who doesn't realize the value of her work. The last thing these two online entrepreneurs want is for Regan and Jack to figure out what they're up to.

The following morning, May Reilly's famous tablecloth is discovered missing from the memorabilia room at the castle, and a note has been left for Jack by an elderly couple who checked out immediately after the fire. The "elderly" couple is, in fact, two international jewel thieves in disguise, who refer to themselves as "Jane and John Doe". Taunting Jack, who has been on their trail for more than a year, they claim responsibility for the theft of May Reilly's tablecloth, knowing full well that Jack won't be able to enjoy his honeymoon when he finds out they were right under his nose and may still be in Ireland.

With the help of Regan's Irish cousin — Galway resident Gerard Reilly — Regan and Jack hunt for the thieves who have eluded law enforcement for too long. Their search takes as many twists and turns as the winding country roads of the Emerald Isle, as they travel from tiny villages to the crowded pubs of Galway and back to Hennessy Castle — where May Reilly is not resting in her grave!

— Laced by Carol Higgins Clark