The Avenger by Jo Robertson is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature …

The Avenger by Jo Robertson

A Bigler County, Romantic Thriller

Publisher: McKay Lewis

… as today's free mystery ebook.

  

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More on today's free book, below.

A clandestine government organization called Invictus "recruits" outstanding athletes for secret projects. But their top agent Jackson Holt has special, almost preternatural, qualities not even the Organization can explain.

Olivia Gant, professor of Ancient Studies at a private college in California, was once Jack's childhood sweetheart. But when he deserted her, he left her alone to combat her stepfather's drunken attentions and her mother's careless neglect.

Nearly twenty years later, their paths cross in a mission to fight a bizarre religious serial killer whose methods include crucifixion and burial alive. Olivia and Jack battle for happiness against years of secrecy and distance as they use Olivia's expertise in Latin and Jack's special gifts to track a brutal killer.

Can Olivia forgive Jack for his long-ago betrayal? Can Jack allow Olivia to witness the terrible Change that makes him such an effective killing machine?

— The Avenger by Jo Robertson

Cut To the Bone by Jefferson Bass is Today's Kobo Daily Deal

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature Cut To the Bone by Jefferson Bass as today's Kobo Daily Deal.

The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Thursday, October 30, 2014, and has been price-matched by Amazon.com.

Cut To the Bone by Jefferson Bass

A Bill Brockton, Body Farm Mystery (8th in series)

Publisher: William Morrow

Price: $1.99 (as of 10/30/2014 at 6:40 AM ET).

    

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In the summer of 1992, Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton and Tennessee Senator Albert Gore begin their long-shot campaign to win the White House. In the sweltering hills of Knoxville at the University of Tennessee, Dr. Bill Brockton, the bright, ambitious young head of the Anthropology Department, launches an unusual — some would call it macabre — research facility, unlike any other in existence.

Brockton is determined to revolutionize the study of forensics to help law enforcement better solve crime. But his plans are derailed by a chilling murder that leaves the scientist reeling from a sense of déjà vu. Followed by another. And then another: bodies that bear eerie resemblances to cases from Brockton's past.

But as the body count rises, the victims' fatal injuries grow more and more distinctive — a spiral of death that holds dark implications for Brockton … and everyone he holds dear.

— Cut To the Bone by Jefferson Bass

Today's Mystery and Suspense Update from Big Fish Games (141030)

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

• The New Release is Blue Tear.

• The current Catch of the Week is Silent Scream II: The Bride, just $2.99 through Sunday, November 02, 2014 only.

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

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The New Release is Blue Tear

Jessica Loraine was a typical twenty year old when she inherited an old abandoned estate. By then the house had been vacant for many centuries, and rumors swirled that an ancient curse dwelt inside. Conquering her fears, Jessica and her friends set out to face the adventure head-on. However, as soon as the group crossed the threshold, the dormant evil inside the estate awakened! Now all of Jessica's friends are prisoners in the realm of phantoms. To rescue them, travel to Africa and enlist the help of a kind sorcerer and old ancestral spirits. Under their guidance, help the spirits haunting the estate to find peace, assemble the Voodoo talisman and defeat an evil sorcerer who schemes to gain possession of Jessica's body. Explore the estate, solve puzzles and find the enigmatic Blue Tear diamond. Can you help break the curse?

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

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The current Catch of the Week is Silent Scream II: The Bride

Jessica would never imagine that her big day would turn out to be a nightmare; they had an accident and Jonathan McNealy, her husband, is missing. Things just got more and more bizarre when she encountered a mysterious girl who seemed to be leading her to Jonathan. Jessica had a feeling that the girl was connected to Jonathan. Did she cause the car accident in the first place? Return to the abandoned mansion and search for clues.

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

Review: Proof Positive by Archer Mayor

A Mysterious Review of Proof Positive by Archer Mayor. A Joe Gunther Mystery.

Review summary: A satisfyingly complex storyline, with multiple plot twists and turns that are impossible to predict, characters that are engaging and well developed, and an ending that is completely unexpected, this is a strong entry in this series, maybe not among the very best, but right up there. (Click here for text of full review.)

Our rating:

Proof Positive
Archer Mayor
A Joe Gunther Mystery
Minotaur Books (September 2014)

Publisher synopsis: Ben Kendall was a troubled man. Coming back from Vietnam with PTSD and scars that no one else could see, he hid away from the world, filling his house with an ever-increasing amount of stuff, until finally, the piles collapsed and he was found dead, crushed beneath his own belongings. But what at first glance looks to be a tragic accidental death of a hoarder, may be something much more — and much deadlier. Ben's cousin, medical examiner Beverly Hillstrom, unsettled by the circumstances of his death, alerts Joe Gunther and his Vermont Bureau of Investigation team.

Ben, it seems, brought back something else from Vietnam than personal demons — he also brought back combat photos and negatives that someone else wants desperately to keep from the public eye. When Beverly's daughter Rachel made her cousin Ben — and his photos — the subject of her college art project, some of those photos appeared on the walls of a local art gallery. This in turn resulted in the appearance of a two man hit squad, searching for some other missing negatives. With Joe Gunther and his squad trailing behind the grisly research results of the hit team, and the deadly killers closing in on Rachel, Gunther has little time to find and protect Rachel before she ends up in the same grisly state as her cousin before her.

        

Just Desserts, A Savannah Reid Mystery by G. A. McKevett, 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, Open Road …

Just Desserts by G. A. McKevett

A Savannah Reid Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Open Road

Price: $1.99 (as of 10/29/2014 at 4:30 PM ET).

  

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Private detective Savannah Reid isn't your average crime-fighting heroine. Middle-aged and overweight — at least by society's skinny-winnie standards — Savannah has the audacity to love herself anyway. If there's anything the sassy Dixie belle enjoys more than cooking soul-satisfying food for her friends and family, it's nabbing bad guys and plopping them on the scales of Lady Justice.

Having relocated to Southern California, this unconventional Georgia peach and the equally eccentric members of her Moonlight Magnolia Detective Agency live to take a tasty bite out of crime in the sleepy, seaside town of San Carmelita.

— Just Desserts by G. A. McKevett