The Path of the Dead, A Crime Thriller by Caroline Benton, New This Week from Endeavour Press

Endeavour Press is the UK's leading independent digital publisher, promoting and selling ebook editions of works by new authors as well as bringing out ebook editions of out of print books.

We've selected one of their recently published mystery, suspense, thriller or crime titles to feature here today …

The Path of the Dead by Caroline Benton

A Crime Thriller

Publisher: Endeavour Press

Price: $3.99 (as of 10/26/2014 at 5:30 PM ET).

  

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A middle of the night call to a burnt-out house is pretty much routine for the Devon Fire Brigade photographer Gus Tavender. Discovering a charred body locked in a secret room is not.But from that moment on, very little in her life can be classed as routine.

The following day, while filming on Dartmoor, she meets Judith, an old acquaintance from college days. The reunion can hardly be described as cordial, so Gus is surprised when, a few days later, a letter arrives, inviting her to visit. But Judith has an agenda. She is determined to learn the truth about her aunt's death. The old lady fell into a quarry while walking on the moor — a tragic accident, according to the police. But Judith believes otherwise.

In her aunt's remote house she has found diaries which leave little doubt the old woman was living in fear of her life. Delusion? Not if subsequent events are anything to go by. Persuaded to help, Gus begins to make enquiries, leading her to suspect a connection between the old lady's death and the body in the locked room.

But there are darker forces out there than even she imagines, and before long Gus is plunged into a nightmare world of corruption and violence — a world that someone, somewhere, will go to any lengths to protect …

— The Path of the Dead by Caroline Benton

New This Week: And Grant You Peace, A Joe Burgess Mystery by Kate Flora

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 …

And Grant You Peace by Kate Flora

A Joe Burgess Mystery (4th in series)

Publisher: Five Star

Price: $3.99 (as of 10/26/2014 at 4:30 PM ET).

  

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Most people run from fires; firemen and cops run toward them, especially when someone inside is screaming. It began when a boy banged on Burgess's car window. He got a gasped, "Fire at the mosque and someone's in there," and a frantic gesture toward the old commercial building that served as a mosque for Portland's Somali community.

His dash into the building leads to a very young mother and tiny baby in a locked closet, and to his worst nightmare — investigating the death of another child. He must deal with suspicious, uncooperative refugees, members of a motorcycle gang, businessmen engaged in illegal activity, and threats to his family before identifying the mute and terrified young mother and getting justice for a helpless child who never had a chance.

— And Grant You Peace by Kate Flora

The Hound of the Baskervilles, A Sherlock Holmes Comic by Martin Powell and Jamie Chase, 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, Dark Horse Books …

The Hound of the Baskervilles by Martin Powell and Jamie Chase

A Sherlock Holmes Comic

Publisher: Dark Horse Books

Price: $2.99 (as of 10/26/2014 at 4:00 PM ET).

  

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The greatest detective of all time investigates the seemingly supernatural in this adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic novel The Hound of the Baskervilles. Modern comics, classic detective fiction, and the adventurous sensibilities of the pulp novel are blended into a delectable Sherlock Holmes mystery that appeals to new readers and old fans alike — an "elementary" addition to any comics library!

— The Hound of the Baskervilles by Martin Powell and Jamie Chase

The Pierced Heart by Lynn Shepherd, New in Bookstores during October 2014

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

The Pierced Heart by Lynn Shepherd, a Charles Maddox Mystery (3rd in series)

Publisher: Delacorte Press

        

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 …

When an Austrian nobleman offers a substantial donation to the University of Oxford, Charles Maddox is called on to investigate the generous benefactor. It is a decidedly mundane task for the increasingly renowned criminal investigator, but Maddox welcomes the chance to trade London's teeming streets for the comforts of a castle in the Viennese countryside. Comfort, however, is in short supply once Maddox steps onto foreign soil — and into the company of the mysterious Baron Von Reisenberg.

A man of impeccable breeding, the Baron is nonetheless the subject of frightened whispers and macabre legends. Though Maddox isn't one to entertain supernatural beliefs, the dank halls and foreboding shadows of the castle begin to haunt his sleep with nightmares. But in the light of day the veteran detective can find no evidence of the sinister — until a series of disturbing incidents prove him gravely mistaken and thrust him into a harrowing quest to expose whatever evil lurks behind the locked doors of the Baron's secretive domain. After a terrifying encounter nearly costs him his sanity, Maddox is forced to return home defeated — and still pursued by the horror he's unearthed.

Owing to a string of gruesome murders committed by an elusive predator branded the Vampire, London is on the verge of widespread panic. But there's little doubt in Maddox's mind who is responsible. And whether his enemy proves merely mortal — or something more — Maddox must finally end the monstrous affair … before more innocent blood is spilled.

— The Pierced Heart by Lynn Shepherd

Covert Christmas by Hope White, New from Harlequin Love Inspired Suspense in October 2014

Omnimystery News is pleased to introduce a new mystery, suspense, or thriller title from Harlequin, published this month …

Covert Christmas by Hope White

Series: Echo Mountain

Imprint: Love Inspired Suspense

  

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

A man has been shot and left for dead on Echo Mountain, and Search and Rescue K-9 handler Breanna McBride wants answers. With no memory, all the injured man can recall is that his first name is Scott, and that someone wants him silenced. Scott knows better than to depend on strangers, yet he finds himself falling for his captivating protector. And although Breanna won't rest until she helps him piece together the rest of his past, she vows to ignore the attraction between them. But as they close in on the truth, she becomes the killer's next target. Now the pursuers will stop at nothing to ensure the pair is six feet under by Christmas.

— Covert Christmas by Hope White