New This Week: Sin City Assassin, A Bill Dix Mystery by C. L. Swinney

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 December 2014 and priced $4.99 or less …

Sin City Assassin by C. L. Swinney

A Bill Dix Mystery (3rd in series)

Publisher: RJ Parker Publishing

Price: $2.99 (as of 12/07/2014 at 4:30 PM ET).

  

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Dix and Peterson are on vacation in Vegas with their wives when a gunfight breaks out at a casino and both officers are used as human shields. Steve is hit a couple times, then all hell breaks lose.

A team of assassins are in from Toronto and leaving several bodies including cops in their wake. With Steve recuperating in hospital and fending off assassin attempts, Dix is asked to head up a task force to capture these ruthless killers who are hired by a psychopath.

— Sin City Assassin by C. L. Swinney

Cat Coming Home, A Joe Grey Mystery by Shirley Rousseau Murphy, Now Available at a Special Price

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Cat Coming Home by Shirley Rousseau Murphy

A Joe Grey Mystery (16th in series)

Publisher: HarperCollins

Price: $1.99 (as of 12/07/2014 at 4:00 PM ET).

  

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Escaping Los Angeles and the ugly memories of her son's recent murder, Maudie Toola returns to her childhood home of Molena Point, bringing her orphaned grandson, whom she must now raise.

But she's unaware that the killer has followed her, nor does she know that the small seaside village is dealing with a series of brutal assaults.

Meanwhile, a new tomcat appears on the scene, a wise and elderly wanderer who bears an important message from a state prisoner, for the chief of police. But this cat has a personal agenda too — just as does Maudie, who harbors her own secret about her son's killer. As the lonely prison cat provides the link between the mysteries, Joe Grey and his pals, in turn, help him find a surprising new home, a safe retreat in time for the holidays.

— Cat Coming Home by Shirley Rousseau Murphy

The Boy Who Glowed in the Dark by Orest Stelmach, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during December 2014

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during December 2014 …

The Boy Who Glowed in the Dark by Orest Stelmach

A Nadia Tesla Mystery (3rd in series)

Publisher: Thomas & Mercer

  

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"The fate of the world depends on us."

With one mysterious e-mail, Bobby Kungenook — the teenage hockey phenom living undercover and guarding part of a revolutionary scientific breakthrough — realizes someone else shares his secret. The sender summons Bobby from New York to a rendezvous in radioactive Japan. There, with the help of Bobby's guardian, Nadia Tesla, the two will forever alter mankind's destiny.

But dangerous people from Bobby's haunted past are hot on his heels, determined to possess what could be the power of life and death. And when the enigmatic e-mail sender, Genesis II, is kidnapped after a bloody showdown on the scarred streets of Fukushima, Bobby must tap into his remarkable abilities to pursue the brutal captors into the forbidding reaches of Siberia — and the land where his journey began.

As the Nadia Tesla series races to its stunning conclusion on the frozen shores of Lake Baikal, the boy from reactor four will claim his fate and become a legend.

— The Boy Who Glowed in the Dark by Orest Stelmach

Night of Reunion, A Novel of Suspense by Michael Allegretto, Now Available at a Special Price

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Night of Reunion by Michael Allegretto

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Open Road

Price: $1.99 (as of 12/07/2014 at 3:00 PM ET).

  

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At Christmas, a psychotic killer returns to torment a happy family …

After her release from the hospital, Christine drives straight to Colorado. The heat in her car is busted and her clothes are thin, but Christine doesn't mind the chill. She is going to find Alex, and when she does, she will have vengeance to keep her warm. Years ago, after giving up her son for adoption, this delicate young beauty flew into a fit of jealous madness, killing her child and his new mother. The boy's adoptive father, Alex, got away. He did not go far enough.

Living in Denver with his new wife and her six-year-old son, Alex is happy for the first time in years. When he learns of Christine's release from the hospital, the police assure him that she won't be allowed to harm his new family. But when strange things start happening around their rambling old house, Alex begins to fear that Christine is closer than he thinks.

— Night of Reunion by Michael Allegretto

Blood Rubies by Jane K. Cleland, New in Bookstores during December 2014

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

Blood Rubies by Jane K. Cleland, a Josie Prescott, Antiques Mystery (9th in series)

Publisher: Minotaur Books

        

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Ana Yartsin is on the verge of becoming a celebrity chef. Her custom Fabergé egg-shaped cakes have brought her national attention, as has the story behind the cakes: Her family owns the spectacular Fabergé Spring Egg snow globe, a magnificent example of the master craftsman's work that includes five ruby-red tulips. As she prepares to be filmed for a reality TV show about the launch of her bakery in Rocky Point, New Hampshire, Ana hires antiques expert Josie Prescott to appraise the precious egg and snow globe.

The show's pilot will show Ana planning the desserts for the upcoming wedding of her friend Heather to investment guru, Jason. When Josie arrives at Ana's home, however, she finds Jason murdered and the priceless snow globe smashed beyond repair. All that remains for Josie to examine are bits and pieces — which to her shock reveal that the Spring Egg was a fake.

What has happened to the real Fabergé snow globe, if it even existed? And what does that have to do with Jason's murder? Never one to resist a puzzle, Josie teams up with her reporter friend Wes to investigate.

— Blood Rubies by Jane K. Cleland