The Iris Fan of Feudal Japan by Laura Joh Rowland, New in Bookstores during December 2014

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

The Iris Fan of Feudal Japan by Laura Joh Rowland, a Sano Ichiro Mystery (18th in series)

Publisher: Minotaur Books

        

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Japan, 1709. The shogun is old and ailing. Amid the ever-treacherous intrigue in the court, Sano Ichirō has been demoted from chamberlain to a lowly patrol guard. His relationship with his wife Reiko is in tatters, and a bizarre new alliance between his two enemies Yanagisawa and Lord Ienobu has left him puzzled and wary. Sano's onetime friend Hirata is a reluctant conspirator in a plot against the ruling regime. Yet, Sano's dedication to the Way of the Warrior — the samurai code of honor — is undiminished.

Then a harrowing, almost inconceivable crime takes place. In his own palace, the shogun is stabbed with a fan made of painted silk with sharp-pointed iron ribs. Sano is restored to the rank of chief investigator to find the culprit. This is the most significant, and most dangerous, investigation of his career. If the shogun's heir is displeased, he will have Sano and his family put to death without waiting for the shogun's permission, then worry about the consequences later. And Sano has enemies of his own, as well as unexpected allies. As the previously unimaginable death of the shogun seems ever more possible, Sano finds himself at the center of warring forces that threaten not only his own family but Japan itself.

— The Iris Fan of Feudal Japan by Laura Joh Rowland

New This Week: The Angel of Death, A Police Snipers and Hostage Negotiators Thriller by Blair C. Babylon

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 …

The Angel of Death by Blair C. Babylon

A Police Snipers and Hostage Negotiators Thriller (1st in series)

Publisher: Malachite

Price: $0.99 (as of 12/23/2014 at 2:00 PM ET).

  

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To protect and to serve, or to save her own brother?

Angel Day, the lead sniper for the Phoenix Police Department, got her nickname "The Angel of Death" the old-fashioned way: she earned it for her ruthless efficiency at stopping crimes with one well-placed bullet.

When a massive call-out down by the Mexican Border reveals a terrorist cell and turns into a standoff, Angel's youngest brother, the lost soul of her family, texts her that he is inside that barricaded house, and her orders are to shoot anything that moves.

— The Angel of Death by Blair C. Babylon

Death and the Cyprian Society by Pamela Christie, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during December 2014

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during December 2014 …

Death and the Cyprian Society by Pamela Christie

An Arabella Beaumont Mystery (3rd in series)

Publisher: Kensington

  

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Arabella Beaumont, courtesan, adventuress, and sleuth, romps her way through Regency London into a dangerous affair of blackmail …

Arabella Beaumont is the fortunate possessor of one of England's most celebrated bodies — with a formidable business brain to match. Her latest venture: transforming a London hotel into a social club for courtesans. To afford the lavish renovations, Arabella needs her featherbrained friend Constance Worthington to repay the fortune she owes her. And now that Constance has a wealthy protector, Pigeon Pollard, she's finally good for the cash.

Alas, the imprudent Constance has also been dallying with Lady Ribbonhat's footman, and a mysterious blackmailer is threatening to tell all. If Constance pays up, there will be no money left for Arabella's renovations;if she doesn't, the cuckolded Pigeon is bound to leave her penniless. But as the case escalates rapidly from extortion to murder, Arabella's life, as well as her fortune, hangs precariously in the balance …

— Death and the Cyprian Society by Pamela Christie

The Kill Switch, A Tucker Wayne Thriller by James Rollins and Grant Blackwood, 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 Kill Switch by James Rollins and Grant Blackwood

A Tucker Wayne Thriller (1st in series)

Publisher: William Morrow

Price: $1.99 (as of 12/23/2014 at 1:00 PM ET).

  

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Who does the U.S. government call upon when a mission requires perfect stealth, execution, and discretion? Meet the newest recruits to the expanding Sigma Force universe — former Army Ranger Tucker Wayne and his stalwart companion, Kane, a military working dog of exceptional abilities.

The mission seems simple enough: extract a pharmaceutical magnate from Russian soil, a volatile man who holds the secret to a deadly bioweapon. But nothing is as it appears to be. A conspiracy of world-shattering scope unravels as Tucker and Kane struggle to keep one move ahead of their deadly enemies.

From the frozen steppes of Russia to the sun-blasted mountains of South Africa and Namibia, a biological threat millions of years in the making strikes out at the heart of America. All that stands in the way from a global apocalypse: one man and his dog. But can even Tucker and Kane thwart an ecological menace out of the ancient past to save the world's future?

— The Kill Switch by James Rollins and Grant Blackwood

Fatal Act, A Geraldine Steel Mystery by Leigh Russell, New This Week from Witness Impulse

Every week, Witness Impulse — an imprint of William Morrow — releases new suspense and thriller digital originals, typically priced at just $2.99 each.

Omnimystery News is pleased to present you with one of this week's titles …

Fatal Act by Leigh Russell

A Geraldine Steel Mystery (6th in series)

Publisher: Witness Impulse

Price: $2.99 (as of 12/23/2014 at 12:30 PM ET).

  

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After a glamorous young TV soap star dies in a car crash, all eyes are on Detective Geraldine Steel to discover what caused the tragic accident. Another driver was involved in the collision but seems to have miraculously walked away unscathed and has now vanished. The deceased had no obvious enemies and nothing to hide, so the investigation seems to be stalling. But when another young actress is found dead, it becomes painfully clear that there is a murderer on the loose targeting beautiful, famous women. The only problem is that whoever is committing these crimes isn't leaving any clues.

With public pressure mounting, Geraldine Steel unwittingly risks her sergeant's life in their search to track down a serial killer …

— Fatal Act by Leigh Russell