Sherlock Holmes at the Raffles Hotel by John Hall is Today's Third Featured Free MystereBook

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Sherlock Holmes at the Raffles Hotel by John Hall

A Sherlock Holmes Pastiche

Publisher: Endeavour Press

… as today's third free mystery ebook.

  

This title was listed for free as of January 06, 2015 at 7:20 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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London, 1905. After the death of his second wife, and with patient numbers falling, Doctor Watson is considering retirement. That is, until he gets an urgent telegram from Martha, the housekeeper of an old friend. Sherlock Holmes is ill. Watson must make his way to his cottage in the village of Fullworth as soon as possible. But he arrives to find Holmes alive and well, if a little melancholy. The telegram was a clever ploy by Martha to return Holmes to his former vigour.

In the village, Arshak Sarkies suggests a holiday for the pair as his guests at the Raffles Hotel in Singapore — it should be just what the doctor ordered. But knowing Holmes, they will only be able to tempt him abroad with the promise of one last case …

When they finally arrive at the hotel, it seems that Watson's scheme has come true after all. The wealthy wife of a hotel resident, Mr Derek Masterton, has been found dead in her apartment, her "Singapore Sugarplum" sweets laced with arsenic. With her money protected by a will, who would have the motive to kill Mrs Masterton? How could they have gotten so close, and have predicted her every move? And what of the strange goings-on reported by the butler?

Thrown back into the investigating game, Holmes and Watson must use all their deductive powers to solve the case of the poisoned sugarplums.

— Sherlock Holmes at the Raffles Hotel by John Hall

Led by Lies by Marguerite Ashton is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

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Led by Lies by Marguerite Ashton

A Lily Blanchette Crime Novel

Publisher: Criminal Lines Publishing

… as today's second free mystery ebook.

  

This title was listed for free as of January 06, 2015 at 7:10 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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Maybe you should think twice before updating your status …

Detective Lily Blanchette's first case as lead investigator is big: two college students struck down by a theatrical killer.

While politicians and the press clamor for quick closure, Lily realizes this case bears frightening similarities to her sister's unsolved murder — a murder her father died trying to solve.

Lily's search for answers threatens to destroy her marriage and her remaining family, but she can't quit. To stop the killer, she must avoid becoming the next victim.

— Led by Lies by Marguerite Ashton

Snowballs and Scotch Mist by Andrea Frazer is Today's First Featured Free MystereBook

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Snowballs and Scotch Mist by Andrea Frazer

The Belchester Chronicles

Publisher: Accent Press

… as today's first free mystery ebook.

  

This title was listed for free as of January 06, 2015 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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The batty old biddies are at it again …

Lady Amanda Golightly receives an invitation to spend Burns' Night in Castle Rumdrummond in Scotland. Although she is dismissive of the idea, her old chum Hugo is thrilled at the thought and, beguiled by the idea of wearing tartan, he uses his own brand of childish pleading to win her agreement to the trip.

Along with Beauchamp, her long-suffering manservant, and her friend, Enid Tweedie, acting as personal servants, the four head north of the border for a "wee break".

It is not too long, however, before murder enters their lives once more, and they begin to suspect some very dirty dealing under the social veneer of castle life.

Bagpipes, haggis, tartan and kilts all make their appearance, as dastardly deeds continue through the snowy landscape. But Death has not yet finished with the houseparty.

— Snowballs and Scotch Mist by Andrea Frazer

Fifteen 1st in Series Mysteries is Today's Kindle Daily Deal

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature Fifteen 1st in Series Mysteries as today's Kindle Daily Deal.

The deal price of $1.99 each is valid only for today, Tuesday, January 06, 2015. We're highlighting one of the titles in this post.

Fellowship of Fear by Aaron Elkins

A Gideon Oliver Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Open Road

Price: $1.99 (as of 01/06/2015 at 6:10 AM ET).

  

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When anthropology professor Gideon Oliver is offered a teaching fellowship at US military bases in Germany, Sicily, Spain, and Holland, he wastes no time accepting. Stimulating courses to teach, a decent stipend, all expenses paid, plenty of interesting European travel … What's not to like?

It does not take him long to find out. On his first night, he is forced to fend off two desperate, black-clad men who have invaded his Heidelberg hotel room with intent to kill. And then there are a few trivial details that the recruiting agency forgot to mention — such as the fact that the two previous holders of the fellowship both met with mysterious ends.

From there, it is all downhill. Gideon finds himself the target in an unfamiliar game for which no one has bothered to give him the rules. What he does have is his own considerable intellect and his remarkable forensic skills. He will need them, for he is playing for some fairly high stakes: the security of Western Europe.

— Fellowship of Fear by Aaron Elkins

Review: Wait For Signs by Craig Johnson

A Mysterious Review of Wait For Signs by Craig Johnson. A Walt Longmire Short Story Collection.

Review summary: Each story in this collection is distinctive, and tells of a journey Longmire makes through Absaroka County and the very interesting characters he meets along the way. Including the author's Hillerman Award-winning story "Old Indian Trick", a very entertaining collection for fans of the series. (Click here for text of full review.)

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Wait For Signs
Craig Johnson
A Walt Longmire Short Story Collection
Viking (October 2014)

Publisher synopsis: Ten years ago, Craig Johnson wrote his first short story, the Hillerman Award — winning "Old Indian Trick." This was one of the earliest appearances of the sheriff who would go on to star in Johnson's novels and the A&E series Longmire. Each Christmas Eve thereafter, fans rejoiced when Johnson sent out a new short story featuring an episode in Walt's life that doesn't appear in the novels; over the years, many have asked why they can't buy the stories in book form.

Wait for Signs collects those beloved stories — and one entirely new story, "Petunia, Bandit Queen of the Bighorns" — for the very first time in a single volume, regular trade hardcover. With glimpses of Walt's past from the incident in "Ministerial Aide," when the sheriff is mistaken for a deity, to the hilarious "Messenger," where the majority of the action takes place in a Port-A-Potty, Wait for Signs is a necessary addition to any Longmire fan's shelf and a wonderful way to introduce new readers to the fictional world of Absaroka County, Wyoming.