Darkness on the Edge of Town by J. Carson Black is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature …

Darkness on the Edge of Town by J. Carson Black

A Laura Cardinal Mystery

Publisher: Breakaway Media

… as today's free mystery ebook.

  

This title was listed for free as of November 06, 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.

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More on today's free book, below.

Laura Cardinal: Packs a SIG Sauer P226 9mm. Investigates homicides in small towns that have limited resources. Brings justice to murder victims — and to their killers. Laura's job description: Criminal Investigator with the Arizona Department of Public Safety. But maybe it should just say "Troubleshooter."

Used to be kids played outdoors until time for dinner, now social media's the new game in town. These days, they play on their smartphones. But with more freedom comes greater danger. Mobile devices are a conduit into a child's life, not just for friends but for those who intend harm.

When Laura investigates the murder of a fourteen-year-old girl found in a town's park bandshell, she knows immediately what she's up against: a cunning sexual predator. But why is she plagued by the abduction of a schoolmate eighteen years earlier?

In a runaway case that propels Laura from a lavish Tucson estate to the secretive heart of a northern Florida town, she must confront the ghosts of her own past. Then another child goes missing — and Laura must race the clock to find her.

— Darkness on the Edge of Town by J. Carson Black

Carved in Bone by Jefferson Bass is Today's Kobo Daily Deal

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature Carved in Bone by Jefferson Bass as today's Kobo Daily Deal.

The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Thursday, November 06, 2014, and has been price-matched by Amazon.com.

Carved in Bone by Jefferson Bass

A Bill Brockton, Body Farm Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: William Morrow

Price: $1.99 (as of 11/06/2014 at 6:40 AM ET).

    

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Renowned anthropologist Dr. Bill Brockton has spent his career surrounded by death at the Body Farm. Now he's being called upon to help solve a baffling puzzle in a remote mountain community.

The mummified corpse of a young woman dead for thirty years has been discovered in a cave, the body bizarrely preserved and transformed by the environment's unique chemistry. But Brockton's investigation is threatening to open old wounds among an insular people who won't forget or forgive. And a long-buried secret prematurely exposed could inflame Brockton's own guilt — and the dangerous hostility of bitter enemies determined to see him fail … by any means necessary.

— Carved in Bone by Jefferson Bass

Today's Mystery and Suspense Update from Big Fish Games (141106)

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

• The New Release is Psycho Train.

• The current Catch of the Week is Surface: The Soaring City, just $2.99 through Sunday, November 09, 2014 only.

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

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The New Release is Psycho Train

Save your daughter from an evil ghost! Explore the train and its abandoned station, search for well-hidden clues, and solve mind-bending puzzles. Each step forward will reveal more of the shocking truth behind your daughter's disappearance! Don't let your fears get the better of you, and don't look away, no matter what you see. Board Psycho Train, and begin your journey towards the unknown!

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 Surface: The Soaring City

Search for your brother, Jeremy, in a beautiful world where the sky is as wide as your imagination! Jeremy was a great inventor who discovered a magnificent land soaring in the sky. He created wings for the people, making them free. The new citizens were happy … until one day Jeremy was kidnapped and blamed for conducting inhumane experiments. It's up to you to save your brother from imprisonment and redeem his good name.

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

Also available for this game:

• Get the Strategy Guide.
• Check out the Blog Walkthrough.
• For a more in-depth experience, see the Collector's Edition.

Review: Shadows on a Maine Christmas by Lea Wait

A Mysterious Review of Shadows on a Maine Christmas by Lea Wait. A Maggie Summer, Antique Print Mystery.

Review summary: The mystery plot is well-structured and interesting, with characters and a setting that are totally engaging, drawing the reader into the story and keeping the pages turning. Overall, a solid entry in this very enjoyable series. (Click here for text of full review.)

Our rating:

Shadows on a Maine Christmas
Lea Wait
A Maggie Summer, Antique Print Mystery
Perseverance Press (September 2014)

Publisher synopsis: Antique print dealer Maggie Summer has come to Maine for a storybook Christmas with her beloved Will Brewer and his Great-Aunt Nettie, who has gathered together her longtime friends for holiday celebrations. Maggie and Will love each other, although Maggie is determined to adopt children and Will has misgivings. But this problem is put on hold when Maggie hears cryptic references by Aunt Nettie's old friends to buried secrets from their youth.

One elderly woman suffers from dementia, remembering those past events better than the gifts she just opened. Will she blurt out information about an old crime so dangerous that someone would commit murder to prevent its being revealed?

Blackmail and murder are only the beginning. It may be a Merry Christmas — but who will still be around to see in a Happy New Year?

    

Return of the Thin Man, Two Thin Man Screenplay Novellas by Dashiell Hammett, 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, Mysterious Press …

Return of the Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett

Two Thin Man Screenplay Novellas

Publisher: Mysterious Press

Price: $1.99 (as of 11/05/2014 at 6:00 PM ET).

  

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Dashiell Hammett was a crime writer who elevated the genre to true literature, and The Thin Man was Hammett's last — and most successful — novel. Following the enormous success of "The Thin Man" movie in 1934, Hammett was commissioned to write stories for additional films. He wrote two full-length novellas, for the films that became "After the Thin Man" and "Another Thin Man".

Bringing back his classic characters, retired private investigator Nick Charles and his former debutante wife Nora, who return home to find Nora's family gardener murdered, pulling the couple back into another deadly game of cat and mouse. Hammett has written two fully satisfying "Thin Man" stories, with classic, barbed Hammett dialogue and fully developed characters.

— Return of the Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett