Murder on the Rocks, A Mack's Bar Mystery by Allyson K. Abbott, 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, Kensington …

Murder on the Rocks by Allyson K. Abbott

A Mack's Bar Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Kensington

Price: $1.99 (as of 10/06/2014 at 3:00 PM ET).

  

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Mack's Bar is one of those nice, friendly places where everybody knows your name. That's great when someone's buying you a round, but not so hot when you find yourself atop a list of murder suspects — with your fingerprints on the bloody knife!

Mackenzie "Mack" Dalton is a Milwaukee bar owner with a nose for trouble — literally. A neurological glitch has left her with extra perceptive senses. So when she stumbles upon a dead body in the alley behind the bar — the same spot where her own father was shot eight months earlier — she can tell right away there's something fishy in the air.

The lead detective thinks there's a link between the two deaths, and he'll need Mack's help to sniff out the murderer amid the crowd of eccentric regulars. But when all the evidence points to her as the most likely culprit, it could be an early last call for Mack — and celebratory cocktails for a killer.

— Murder on the Rocks by Allyson K. Abbott

Supping with the Devil by Sally Spencer, New in Bookstores during October 2014

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

Supping with the Devil by Sally Spencer, a Monika Paniatowski Mystery (7th in series)

Publisher: Severn House

      

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

More about our featured title, below …

DCI Monika Paniatowski recognises her latest assignment as advisor to the Earl of Ridley's rock festival for what it really is — an attempt by the chief constable to destroy her career. Yet it soon becomes apparent that matters are not as simple as they appear. Why, for instance, did the earl choose to employ the notorious Devil's Disciples motorcycle gang to provide the security for the festival? And to what lengths will his mother, the dowager countess, go to destroy it?

But it is when the half-naked body of a tabloid journalist is discovered in the middle of Whitebridge that things really start to hot up.

— Supping with the Devil by Sally Spencer

Dead for a Spell by Raymond Buckland, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during October 2014

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during October 2014 …

Dead for a Spell by Raymond Buckland

A Bram Stoker Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: Berkley Trade

  

To see more new paperback titles scheduled to be published this month, visit The Mystery Bookshelf for October 2014. For new hardcover mysteries, visit New Mysteries where for a list of October 2014 mysteries, novels of suspense, and thrillers is provided.

More about our featured title, below …

Bram Stoker, business manager for London's Lyceum Theatre, is never surprised to find the supernatural waiting in the wings — especially when a chilling murder appears to have origins in the occult …

March 1881. The Lyceum is abuzz with the news that American actor Edwin Booth is going to be sharing the stage with their own Shakespearean star, Henry Irving. But stage manager Harry Rivers has other matters preoccupying him. One of the regular actresses has disappeared, and after a disturbing tarot card reading, Harry's boss, Bram Stoker, is convinced that something wicked is coming their way.

When the poor girl's body is found, Stoker's suspicions prove to be founded — the murder scene is riddled with strange clues that Stoker recognizes as the trappings of an occult ritual. Someone is conjuring up a pernicious plot against cast and crew of the Lyceum, and if Harry doesn't track down the slaying sorcerer quickly, it could spell disaster for those he holds dearest …

— Dead for a Spell by Raymond Buckland

Over 50 Akashic Noir Short Story Collections 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 over 50 Akashic Noir Short Story Collections, now available at a special price of $2.99 each courtesy of the publisher. We're featuring just one of these books here in this post …

Boston Noir by Dennis Lehane, editor

A Short Story Collection

Publisher: Akashic

Price: $2.99 (as of 10/06/2014 at 1:00 PM ET).

  

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Dennis Lehane has proven himself to be a master of both crime fiction and literary fiction. Here, he extends his literary prowess to that of master curator. In keeping with the Akashic Noir series tradition, each story in this collection is set in a different neighborhood of the city — the impressively diverse collection extends from Roxbury to Cambridge, from Southie to the Boston Harbor, and all stops in between.

Lehane's own contribution — the longest story in the volume — is set in his beloved home neighborhood of Dorchester and showcases his phenomenal ability to grip the heart, soul, and throat of the reader.

— Boston Noir by Dennis Lehane, editor

New This Week: Murderous Muffins, A Chubby Chicks Club Mystery by Lois Lavrisa

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 October 2014 and priced $4.99 or less …

Murderous Muffins by Lois Lavrisa

A Chubby Chicks Club Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: Sunlake Press

Price: $0.99 (as of 10/06/2014 at 12:30 PM ET).

Pre-order this cozy mystery today for only $0.99; the price goes up to $3.99 on the release date of October 11th, 2014.

  

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Beware of breakfast …

Bezu is a beautiful southern belle with gentile manners. But her problems are anything but. Deep in debt, she's illegally taken in a few lodgers. A sweet stripper and her bodybuilder boyfriend, an Asian man loudly learning English through pop music, and a mysterious stranger with the most amazing blue-green eyes — and a secret.

When one of them mysteriously dies and it looks like her muffins were the murder weapon, Bezu and her fellow Chubby Chicks Club member, Cat, must discover who the killer is before she ends up in jail … or worse. Will they succeed?

— Murderous Muffins by Lois Lavrisa