Deadline by Judy McDonough is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature …

Deadline by Judy McDonough

The Bayou Secrets Saga

Publisher: Judy McDonough

… as today's free mystery ebook.

  

This title was listed for free as of September 14, 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.

For a summary of all of today's featured titles, plus any that may have appeared before and are repeat freebies, visit our Free MystereBooks page. This page is updated daily, typically by 8 AM ET.

More on today's free book, below.

Caroline's life is on track. She's about to get her nursing degree and she's engaged to rich, handsome Trevor. But, before they get married, Trevor wants Caroline to spend the summer in Louisiana, getting to know her father, who's never been in her life. She reluctantly agrees and heads south, deep into bayou country where she meets Cade.

Charming and handsome, he's pulling out all the stops to convince her that he's the man for her, not Trevor. As she becomes frightened by a series of strange accidents that began after her arrival, she learns that the woman haunting her dreams is actually a long-dead family member come to warn her about the men in her life. Caroline soon realizes that if she doesn't solve the mysteries from the past, they could permanently alter her future.

— Deadline by Judy McDonough

Today's Mystery and Suspense Update from Big Fish Games (140914)

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

• The New Release is Shrouded Tales: The Spellbound Land (Collector's Edition).

• The Daily Deal is Mystery Age: Liberation of Souls, just $2.99 today only!

• The current Catch of the Week is Matchmaker: Curse of Deserted Bride, just $2.99 through Sunday, September 14, 2014 only.

• Today's Special Deal — This weekend only: All Collector's Editions are just $8.99 each! Use coupon code COLLECT at check-out to purchase any Collector's Edition game for just $8.99. Offer valid through September 14th, 2014 until 11:59 PM PT.

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

— ♦ —

The New Release is Shrouded Tales: The Spellbound Land (Collector's Edition)

When you were a girl, the Master of Shadows banished your mother to the Shadow Realm, sealing your city inside an impenetrable dome. But today, your magic finally awakens! Now you have to the power to free your mother and end the Master's reign of terror. Get help from the legendary barons and your friends in town to unlock your magical potential and return light to the city of Havenwick. Uncover the secrets of the Shadow Realm and use its power to overcome obstacles in the real world. You'll need all your wits to defeat the Master of Shadows once and for all in this exciting Hidden Object Puzzle Adventure game!

This is a special Collector's Edition release full of exclusive extras you won't find in the standard version, including: Enjoy a whole new adventure in High City; A bonus quiz and lost collectibles; Soundtrack, concept art, and wallpapers; and a Comprehensive Strategy Guide.

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

— ♦ —

Today's Daily Deal is Mystery Age: Liberation of Souls

The treacherous god of chaos has fled to the east, conquering an entire desert kingdom in his wake. Every man, woman, and child who got in his way became trapped in a mysterious orb, including you! Now you find yourself in a strange realm, where villagers have been turned to things like plants, ice, and scarecrows. To free them, you must defeat the Chaos God once and for all! But watch out — his minions are hiding around every corner! Overcome their evil and escape from the orb in this exciting Hidden Object adventure!

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.

— ♦ —

The current Catch of the Week is Matchmaker: Curse of Deserted Bride

It's the return of the famous matchmaker! Helen Jones settles in a town veiled in mystery, and takes on its intrigues. Your task is to puzzle out a sinister curse and help the townspeople find love again! Assisted by the appealing matchmaker, you will plunge deeper and deeper into the town's whirlpool of secrets and find yourself in the middle of events leading to a surprise ending.

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

Mystery Bestsellers for the Week Ending September 13, 2014

A list of the top 15 Mystery Hardcover Bestsellers for the week ending September 13th, 2014 has been posted by the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books.

Last week's featured title, Personal, the 19th Jack Reacher thriller by Lee Child, takes over the top spot this week.

Three new titles enter the list this week; debut position in [brackets].

— ♦ —

[10]: Festive in Death
J. D. Robb
— The Eve Dallas Series (39th)

Personal trainer Trey Ziegler was in peak physical condition. If you didn't count the kitchen knife in his well-toned chest.

Lieutenant Eve Dallas soon discovers a lineup of women who'd been loved and left by the narcissistic gym rat. While Dallas sorts through the list of Ziegler's enemies, she's also dealing with her Christmas shopping list — plus the guest list for her and her billionaire husband's upcoming holiday bash.

Feeling less than festive, Dallas tries to put aside her distaste for the victim and solve the mystery of his death. There are just a few investigating days left before Christmas, and as New Year's 2061 approaches, this homicide cop is resolved to stop a cold-blooded killer.

Purchase Options

          

— ♦ —

[11]: The Monogram Murders
Sophie Hannah
— The Hercule Poirot Series (1st)

Hercule Poirot's quiet supper in a London coffee house is interrupted when a young woman confides to him that she is about to be murdered. She is terrified, but begs Poirot not to find and punish her killer. Once she is dead, she insists, justice will have been done.

Later that night, Poirot learns that three guests at the fashionable Bloxham Hotel have been murdered, a cufflink placed in each one's mouth. Could there be a connection with the frightened woman? While Poirot struggles to put together the bizarre pieces of the puzzle, the murderer prepares another hotel bedroom for a fourth victim …

Purchase Options

          

— ♦ —

[14]: Blind Spot
Reed Farrel Coleman
— The Jesse Stone Series (13th)

It's been a long time since Jesse Stone left L.A., and still longer since the tragic injury that ruined his chances for a major league baseball career. When Jesse is invited to a reunion of his old Triple-A team at a hip New York city hotel, he is forced to grapple with his memories and regrets over what might have been.

Jesse left more behind him than unresolved feelings about the play that ended his baseball career. The darkly sensuous Kayla, his former girlfriend and current wife of an old teammate is there in New York, too. As is Kayla's friend, Dee, an otherworldly beauty with secret regrets of her own. But Jesse's time at the reunion is cut short when, in Paradise, a young woman is found murdered and her boyfriend, a son of one of the town's most prominent families, is missing and presumed kidnapped.

Though seemingly coincidental, there is a connection between the reunion and the crimes back in Paradise. As Jesse, Molly, and Suit hunt for the killer and for the missing son, it becomes clear that one of Jesse's old teammates is intimately involved in the crimes. That there are deadly forces working below the surface and just beyond the edge of their vision. Sometimes, that's where the danger comes from, and where real evil lurks. Not out in the light — but in your blind spot.

Purchase Options

          

Circle of Influence, A Zoe Chambers Mystery by Annette Dashofy, 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, Henery Press …

Circle of Influence by Annette Dashofy

A Zoe Chambers Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Henery Press

Price: $0.99 (as of 09/13/2014 at 6:00 PM ET).

  

Important Note: Price(s) verified as of the date and time shown. Price(s) are subject to change at any time. Please confirm the price of the book before purchasing it.

Zoe Chambers, paramedic and deputy coroner in rural Pennsylvania's tight-knit Vance Township, has been privy to a number of local secrets over the years, some of them her own. But secrets become explosive when a dead body is found in the Township Board President's abandoned car.

As a January blizzard rages, Zoe and Police Chief Pete Adams launch a desperate search for the killer, even if it means uncovering secrets that could not only destroy Zoe and Pete, but also those closest to them.

— Circle of Influence by Annette Dashofy

A Denial of Death, A Helen Binney Mystery by Gin Jones, New This Week from Gemma Halliday

Gemma Halliday Publishing is a boutique publisher of light-hearted mystery, romantic suspense and romantic comedy novels, perfect for popping into your beach bag for a weekend away or cozying up beside a warm fire for a quiet night in.

We've selected one of their recently published titles to feature here today …

A Denial of Death by Gin Jones

A Helen Binney Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: Gemma Halliday

Price: $0.99 (as of 09/13/2014 at 5:30 PM ET).

  

Important Note: Price(s) verified as of the date and time shown. Price(s) are subject to change at any time. Please confirm the price of the book before purchasing it.

Helen Binney projected a powerful image as the former governor's wife, and she's not about to let a little thing like illness force into doing anything less now. While her pushy nieces think she's at death's door, her handsome lawyer friend thinks she's a hot magnet for trouble … and her new gal-pals think she's a brilliant amateur detective!

When those new gals give her an interesting project, Helen can't refuse proving her usefulness to the nay-sayers in her life. She quickly dives into investigating the disappearance of a member of their charitable knitting group.

But when the yarn trail leads to a husband in denial, a secret bank account, and a shallow grave, it's clear that someone else sees Helen in yet another unflattering light: as a threat that needs to be permanently neutralized! If Helen can keep her wits about her, she may be able to untangle herself from one sticky situation, and catch a killer in the process.

— A Denial of Death by Gin Jones