The Murder of Patience Brooke by J. C. Briggs, a New 1st in Series Mystery Introducing Charles Dickens and Superintendent Jones

Omnimystery News is pleased to present you with one of this month's new 1st in Series titles, a mystery, thriller or suspense novel that introduces a recurring character (or characters) …

The Murder of Patience Brooke by J. C. Briggs

A Charles Dickens and Superintendent Jones Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: The History Press

  

What we know about the characters: Charles Dickens is the famous author turned detective. Superintendent Jones of Bow Street is a police officer. For more information about their first murder, see a synopsis of the book, below.

November 1849. Charles Dickens and Superintendent Jones of Bow Street must find the man who cut the throat of Patience Brooke, assistant matron at Dickens's Home for Fallen Women — a man who sings as he kills. Their search takes them into the filthy slums of Victorian London where the fog hides grim secrets.

When a little girl is found dead and another girl disappears from the home, Dickens is forced to face deeply buried secrets from his own past.

— The Murder of Patience Brooke by J. C. Briggs

The Rich and the Dead, A Lila Day Mystery by Liv Spector, 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, William Morrow …

The Rich and the Dead by Liv Spector

A Lila Day Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: William Morrow

Price: $1.99 (as of 11/04/2014 at 3:00 PM ET).

  

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To solve the crime of the century, she'll have to go back in time …

Welcome to Star Island, where Miami's wealthiest residents lead private lives behind the tall gates of their sprawling mansions. It's a blissful escape from the hot and dirty city — or it was, until New Year's Day 2015, when twelve of the most powerful people in the world were found murdered in the basement of a Star Island mansion.

The massacre shocked the nation and destroyed the life of investigator Lila Day. Her hunt for the Star Island killer consumed her. But the case went unsolved, resulting in her dismissal from the Miami PD.

Now, three years later, life hands Lila an unexpected second chance: reclusive billionaire Teddy Hawkins approaches Lila and asks her to solve the case. But how do you investigate a crime when all the leads have long ago gone cold? The answer, Teddy tells her, is to solve the case before it happens. He's going to send Lila back in time.

With nothing left to lose, an incredulous Lila travels back to 2014, determined to find the Star Island killer once and for all. But as she goes undercover among the members of Miami's high society, she finds herself caring for — and falling for — people who are destined to die that fateful night. Now she must either say good-bye or risk altering the future forever.

— The Rich and the Dead by Liv Spector

Endings & Beginnings by Raymond Benson, New in Bookstores during November 2014

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

Endings & Beginnings by Raymond Benson, a Judy Cooper, "Black Stiletto" Mystery (5th in series)

Publisher: Oceanview Publishing

        

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

More about our featured title, below …

It's 1962. Judy Cooper, the Black Stiletto, is devastated at the betrayal by her nemesis and former lover, mobster Leo Kelly. Additionally, Leo and his psychotically dangerous sister, Christina, have set out to ruin the Stiletto's reputation in L.A. with a series of crimes that are made to appear as if the crime-fighter is responsible. The very pregnant Judy must fight back only with her wits and cunning-until disaster strikes and she is forced to flee to her old home town in Texas for the final showdown with destiny.

Meanwhile, in the present, the Alzheimer's that afflicts elderly Judy is in its last stage, but her son and granddaughter, Martin and Gina, must continue to protect her from the past's last remaining assault, culminating in a cathartic and explosive conclusion.

— Endings & Beginnings by Raymond Benson

The Lewis Man, The Isle of Lewis Trilogy by Peter May, 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, Quercus …

The Lewis Man by Peter May

The Isle of Lewis Trilogy (2nd in series)

Publisher: Quercus

Price: $2.99 (as of 11/04/2014 at 2:00 PM ET).

  

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Fin Macleod has returned to the Isle of Lewis, the storm-tossed, wind-scoured outer Hebridean island where he was born and raised. Having left behind his adult life in Edinburgh — including his wife and his career in the police force — the former Detective Inspector is intent on repairing past relationships and restoring his parents' derelict cottage. His plans are interrupted when an unidentified corpse is recovered from a Lewis peat bog.

The only clue to its identity is a DNA match to a local farmer, the now-senile Tormod Macdonald — the father of Fin's childhood sweetheart, Marsaili — a man who has claimed throughout his life to be an only child, practically an orphan. Reluctantly drawn into the investigation, Fin uncovers deep family secrets even as he draws closer to the killer who wishes to keep them hidden.

— The Lewis Man by Peter May

Lethal Letters by Ellery Adams, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during November 2014

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during November 2014 …

Lethal Letters by Ellery Adams

A Books by the Bay Mystery (6th in series)

Publisher: Berkley

  

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

More about our featured title, below …

Restaurant owner and aspiring novelist Olivia Limoges is busy planning a delicious menu for Oyster Bay's biggest soiree of the spring. But she'll need to serve some justice as well after one resident gets eighty-sixed …

Everyone's got their hands full in Oyster Bay, North Carolina. Aside from two upcoming weddings, there's also the historical society's annual fund-raiser: the Secret Garden Party and Candlelit Ball. Adding to the excitement, Olivia witnesses the discovery of a time capsule in the foundation of a local church. The historical society president hopes to display its contents at their party, but when the items are finally revealed to the public, Olivia notices one of them has vanished.

After a frightening find beneath the pier — the body of Ruthie Holcomb — Olivia is certain there's a connection between the young woman's death and the missing piece from the time capsule. With the help of her fellow Bayside Book Writers, Olivia sets out to uncover some clues and ensure a killer has no reason to celebrate …

— Lethal Letters by Ellery Adams