The Pardon, A Jack Swyteck Legal Thriller by James Grippando, 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, HarperCollins …

The Pardon by James Grippando

A Jack Swyteck Legal Thriller (1st in series)

Publisher: HarperCollins

Price: $1.99 (as of 01/11/2015 at 1:00 PM ET).

  

Jack Swyteck, a brilliant Miami defense attorney has spent years rebelling against his father, Harry, now Florida's governor. Their estrangement seems complete when Harry allows one of Jack's clients — a man Jack believes is innocent — to die in the electric chair.

But when a psychopath bent on serving his own twisted version of justice places both Jack and Harry in extreme jeopardy, the two have nowhere to turn but to each other. Together they must find a way to overcome their cunning tormentor's manipulation … even as the stakes are being raised to far more perilous heights.

— The Pardon by James Grippando

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New This Week: The Necklace Affair and Other Stories, A Captain Lacey, Regency Mystery Short Story Collection by Ashley Gardner

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 January 2015 and priced $4.99 or less …

The Necklace Affair and Other Stories by Ashley Gardner

A Captain Lacey, Regency Mystery Short Story Collection

Publisher: JA / AG Publishing

Price: $2.99 (as of 01/11/2015 at 12:30 PM ET).

  

This collection brings together three short mysteries in the Captain Lacey series: "The Necklace Affair" (novella); and "The Gentleman's Walking Stick" and "The Disappearance of Miss Sarah Oswald" (short stories).

In "The Necklace Affair", Captain Lacey agrees to help a society matron discover what has become of her expensive diamond necklace and to clear her maid, who has been arrested for its theft. Lady Clifford declares that the rival for her husband's affections has stolen the necklace, but Lacey soon realizes that the problem is not so simple. He quickly becomes enmeshed in scandal and past secrets, and recruits Grenville and Lady Breckenridge to assist him. As he investigates, he finds himself competing with the underworld criminal, James Denis, for the necklace's retrieval.

In "The Gentleman's Walking Stick", Captain Lacey is asked to retrieve a walking stick, which embroils him in an affair of theft, deception, and betrayal.

In "The Disappearance of Miss Sarah Oswald", Lacey hunts for a missing young woman, learning more about a family's sordid secrets than he wanted to know.

Events in these stories occur between the end of The Sudbury School Murders and the beginning of A Body in Berkeley Square.

— The Necklace Affair and Other Stories by Ashley Gardner

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Mystery Godoku Puzzle for January 12, 2015

A new Mystery Godoku Puzzle has been created by the editors of the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books and is now available on our website.

Godoku is similar to Sudoku, but uses letters instead of numbers. To give you a headstart, we provide you a mystery clue to fill in a complete row or column (if you choose to use it!).

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This week's letters and mystery clue:

A B C E K L O R S

A flower of this color is the title of Kris Thompson's 2014 mystery thriller (9 letters).

We now have two weeks of our puzzles on one page in PDF format for easier printing. Print this week's puzzle here.

Previous puzzles are stored in the Mystery Godoku Archives.

Enjoy the weekly Mystery Godoku Puzzle from the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books, and Thanks for visiting our website!

Death on Dangar Island by G. P. Field is Today's Third Featured Free MystereBook

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature one of today's Free MystereBooks …

Death on Dangar Island by G. P. Field

A Murder Mystery.

Publisher: G. P. Field

  

This title was listed for free as of January 11, 2015 at 7:20 AM ET.

Professor Israel Wren doesn't think Roxanne Duncan died of snakebite on Dangar Island — no matter what anybody says. And he's right …

Hardboiled DI Scott McKinnon takes an instant dislike to the fastidious Israel and his conspiracy theories and looks ready to sign the case off as an accident.

Driven by his sense of justice and the demon that visits him in his sleep, Israel launches his own investigation into Roxanne's death, dragging along his Aussie mate Gary, who was hoping this island holiday might have been more fishing and cricket than secrets and intrigue.

Can the professor prove Roxanne's death was no accident? Will he and Gary be able to corner the killer before more people die? Join them on an island full of suspicious locals, teenage goths and deadly serpents — an island named Dangar.

— Death on Dangar Island by G. P. Field

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The Last Raven by John Shanahan is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature one of today's Free MystereBooks …

The Last Raven by John Shanahan

A Sin Austen Novel.

Publisher: John Shanahan

  

This title was listed for free as of January 11, 2015 at 7:10 AM ET.

A lakeside paradise is shattered by past crimes rising from the ashes of an ancient village …

A small tribe of Cherokee Indians is swindled out of its heritage lands to make way for a massive reservoir system. An arsonist starts a fire that claims scores of lives but spares an infant spirited away in the dark.

Years later these incendiary secrets pass through the remorseful lips of a dying man, sending Jonathan Sinclair Austen on a frantic search for justice as mysterious killings multiply and he discovers that he could be next.

A former Army Ranger, Sin must rely on his investigative and survival skills to unravel a series of dead ends and dead bodies. He faces the daunting task of honoring a deathbed promise to bring a killer to justice and find a nameless infant rescued from tragedy. A powerful company and teams of hired guns challenge his progress. Betrayed by those closest to him, he attracts new allies in his quest for the truth.

Sin Austen is relentless and resourceful.

He just may be unstoppable.

— The Last Raven by John Shanahan

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