Murder in Caney Fork by Wally Avett is Today's Kindle Daily Deal

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature Murder in Caney Fork by Wally Avett as today's Kindle Daily Deal.

The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Monday, September 29, 2014.

Murder in Caney Fork by Wally Avett

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Bell Bridge Books

Price: $1.99 (as of 09/29/2014 at 6:10 AM ET).

  

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It's the trial of the century in a 1940's North Carolina town. Murder and vigilante justice. War hero and law student Wes Ross has to save his uncle — but hide the truth.

Taught to shoot in the rough logging camps of the North Carolina swamps, Wes Ross remembers his lessons well. Dodging hostile gunfire with dozens of other young Marines, he storms a remote Pacific island as one of Carlson's Raiders in the first commando-style attack of World War Ii. He blasts several Japanese snipers from their palm-tree hideouts with buckshot before an enemy bullet sends him home.

The Carolina homefront includes a new girlfriend and a new occupation, learning to be a rural lawyer in his uncle's law office, including courtroom intrigue and what goes on behind the scenes. Wes, like his uncles, is a good man, the kind who takes up for the poor and downtrodden, looking out for those who are easy prey for bullies.

Frog Cutshaw is the storekeeper in the Caney Fork backwoods, a swaggering ex-moonshiner who is deadly with his ever-present .45 auto pistol. Frog's daylight rape of a married woman and the brutal killing of her husband bring on Bible Belt vigilante justice, an eye for an eye, a life for a life.

— Murder in Caney Fork by Wally Avett

Today's Mystery and Suspense Update from Big Fish Games (140929)

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

• The New Release is Death and Betrayal in Romania: A Dana Knightstone Novel.

• The current Catch of the Week is Dark Tales: Edgar Allan Poe's The Gold Bug, just $2.99 through Sunday, October 05, 2014 only.

• Today's Special Deal — It is Bonus Punch Monday! Receive a BONUS PUNCH with every game purchase, only on Mondays.

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

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The New Release is Death and Betrayal in Romania: A Dana Knightstone Novel

Tragedy strikes Dana Knightstone, the best-selling novelist with a gift for clairvoyance. Step into the shoes of Dana while travelling to a book signing event in Romania. Find yourself suddenly trapped by an avalanche in the cold mountain Alps where you are stranded in an old castle. Discover hidden passageways within the old castle walls to free yourself from the grasp of the ghost of the castle that seeks to imprison you. Find clues buried under the dusty dungeon floor and uncover the captivating story of love and betrayal.

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

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The current Catch of the Week is Dark Tales: Edgar Allan Poe's The Gold Bug

Edgar Allan Poe's classic tale gets a reboot in this fourth game in the well-loved Dark Tales series. You and your detective companion Dupin have been summoned to the seashore to help William LeGrand discover the exact location of a treasure lost hundreds of years ago. But LeGrand isn't the only one with designs on the pirate booty … A masked villain tries to make off with the code, and a mysterious woman in a veil seems to be connected.

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.

Third Time Fatal, A Crime Thriller by Roger Ormerod, New This Week from Endeavour Press

Endeavour Press is the UK's leading independent digital publisher, promoting and selling ebook editions of works by new authors as well as bringing out ebook editions of out of print books.

We've selected one of their recently published mystery, suspense, thriller or crime titles to feature here today …

Third Time Fatal by Roger Ormerod

A Crime Thriller

Publisher: Endeavour Press

Price: $3.99 (as of 09/28/2014 at 4:30 PM ET).

  

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It was supposed to be a happy day. But when Philipa Lowe arrives at the wedding of her childhood friend Heather she finds the wedding postponed, the bride in tears, the groom missing. Philipa begins a desperate search to find the reluctant groom.

Arriving at his home, she draws back the covers of his bed to find a body. That of a naked, female corpse. Meanwhile, the groom returns and the couple are wed in Philipa's absence. At the airport, Martin is arrested. But the charge is not murder …

Where was Martin on the night before his wedding, and who was the woman found in his bed?

In order to protect her close friend's marriage, Philipa must get close to the suspect to uncover his past, and prove his innocence.

But how close? And could this be third time fatal?

— Third Time Fatal by Roger Ormerod

Also Known As, An AKA Young Adult Spy Thriller by Robin Benway, 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, Walker Books …

Also Known As by Robin Benway

An AKA Young Adult Spy Thriller (1st in series)

Publisher: Walker Books

Price: $1.99 (as of 09/28/2014 at 4:00 PM ET).

This title is one of over 100 mysteries and thrillers included in Amazon's The Big Deal, Now through 10/05/2014.

  

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Being a 16-year-old safecracker and active-duty daughter of international spies has its moments, good and bad. Pros: Seeing the world one crime-solving adventure at a time. Having parents with super cool jobs. Cons: Never staying in one place long enough to have friends or a boyfriend. But for Maggie Silver, the biggest perk of all has been avoiding high school and the accompanying cliques, bad lunches, and frustratingly simple locker combinations.

Then Maggie and her parents are sent to New York for her first solo assignment, and all of that changes. She'll need to attend a private school, avoid the temptation to hack the school's security system, and befriend one aggravatingly cute Jesse Oliver to gain the essential information she needs to crack the case … all while trying not to blow her cover.

— Also Known As by Robin Benway

The Book of Secrets by Cynthia Voigt, a New Mister Max Adventure for Cadet Sleuths, Ages 10 to 12

Omnimystery News is pleased to present in this post a new First Clues: Mysteries for Kids series title published this month …

The Book of Secrets by Cynthia Voigt

Series: Mister Max

Publisher: Knopf

Format(s): Hardcover, Audiobook, eBook

Recommended for Cadet Sleuths, Ages 10 to 12

  

For more information about the book, see a synopsis, below.

Max Starling has proved that he is more than a detective, he's a Solutioneer. His reputation for problem-solving has been spreading — and now even the mayor wants his help.

Someone is breaking windows and setting fires in the old city, but the shopkeepers won't say a word about the culprits. Why are they keeping these thugs' secrets?

When the mayor begs for help, Max agrees to take the case, putting himself in grave danger. It's a race to catch up with the vandals before they catch him.

Meanwhile, Max is protecting secrets of his own. His parents are still missing, and the cryptic messages he gets from them make it clear — it's going to be up to Max to rescue them.

Can the Solutioneer handle cases this big?

— The Book of Secrets by Cynthia Voigt

The Day the Music Died, A Sam McCain Mystery by Ed Gorman, 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, Open Road …

The Day the Music Died by Ed Gorman

A Sam McCain Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Open Road

Price: $1.99 (as of 09/28/2014 at 3:00 PM ET).

This title is one of over 100 mysteries and thrillers included in Amazon's The Big Deal, Now through 10/05/2014.

  

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In 1950s Iowa, a murder-suicide forces a lawyer to put aside his rock-and-roll grief …

Sam McCain loves Buddy Holly because he's the only rock-and-roll star who still seems like a dweeb, and Sam knows how that feels. With the unrequited love of his life at his side, Sam drives more than three hours through the snow to watch his idol play the Surf Ballroom. That night, Buddy Holly dies in the most famous plane crash in music history, but Sam has no time to grieve. Because there are too many lawyers in this small town, Sam makes a living as a PI, doing odd jobs for an eccentric judge — whose nephew, it seems, has a problem only a detective could solve. His trophy wife has been murdered, and as soon as Sam arrives, the nephew kills himself, too.

The police see this as a clear-cut murder-suicide, but Sam wants to know more, diving into a mystery that will get dangerous faster than you can say "bye-bye, Miss American Pie."

— The Day the Music Died by Ed Gorman

Proof Positive by Archer Mayor, New in Bookstores during September 2014

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

Proof Positive by Archer Mayor

a Joe Gunther Mystery (25th in series)

Publisher: Minotaur Books

        

For a list of more new hardcover titles to be published this month, visit our New Mysteries page for September 2014. For new paperback mysteries, visit The Mystery Bookshelf where a selection of September 2014 mysteries, novels of suspense, and thrillers are shelved.

More about our featured title, below …

Ben Kendall was a troubled man. Coming back from Vietnam with PTSD and scars that no one else could see, he hid away from the world, filling his house with an ever-increasing amount of stuff, until finally, the piles collapsed and he was found dead, crushed beneath his own belongings. But what at first glance looks to be a tragic accidental death of a hoarder, may be something much more — and much deadlier. Ben's cousin, medical examiner Beverly Hillstrom, unsettled by the circumstances of his death, alerts Joe Gunther and his Vermont Bureau of Investigation team.

Ben, it seems, brought back something else from Vietnam than personal demons — he also brought back combat photos and negatives that someone else wants desperately to keep from the public eye. When Beverly's daughter Rachel made her cousin Ben — and his photos — the subject of her college art project, some of those photos appeared on the walls of a local art gallery. This in turn resulted in the appearance of a two man hit squad, searching for some other missing negatives. With Joe Gunther and his squad trailing behind the grisly research results of the hit team, and the deadly killers closing in on Rachel, Gunther has little time to find and protect Rachel before she ends up in the same grisly state as her cousin before her.

— Proof Positive by Archer Mayor

Wilderness Target by Sharon Dunn, New from Harlequin Love Inspired Suspense in September 2014

Omnimystery News is pleased to introduce a new mystery, suspense, or thriller title from Harlequin, published this month …

Wilderness Target by Sharon Dunn

Imprint: Love Inspired Suspense

  

For more information about the book, see a synopsis, below.

Clarissa Jones is running for her life. Though she has no idea why her ex-boss wants her dead, the killers at her heels are very real. Deep in the Montana woods she finds what seems like the perfect hideout, in Ezra Jefferson's survival training school. The ex-military outdoorsman has the skills and training to keep her safe … but only if she'll lower her defenses enough to let him help.

When her attackers close in, Ezra's protection and Clarissa's fierce determination are all that will keep her alive — while the growing bond between them gives her a reason to fight to survive.

— Wilderness Target by Sharon Dunn

Beachcomber, A Novel of Romantic Suspense by Karen Robards, 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, Atria Books …

Beachcomber by Karen Robards

A Novel of Romantic Suspense

Publisher: Atria Books

Price: $1.99 (as of 09/28/2014 at 1:00 PM ET).

  

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Christy Petrino hadn't planned on a vacation on Ocracoke Island, but when she learns her fiancé and boss, suave Michael DePalma, is a "made man" and the Philadelphia law firm where she works is a front for the mob, she breaks her engagement and quits her job. But no one walks away from the DePalma family business so easily … only if she delivers a locked briefcase to a motel on Ocracoke Island will she — and her mother and sisters — be free.

But after clandestinely making her drop-off late at night, Christy suspects she is being followed on the moonlit beach — and unwittingly runs into a new kind of terror. Now a witness at the center of a homicide investigation, Christy learns the police are hunting a serial killer they refer to as the "Beachcomber" because beautiful young women — women who in fact resemble her — have disappeared recently while vacationing at nearby beach communities. Christy doesn't know whom to fear more — a serial killer who believes she might be able to identify him, or the DePalma family, whose tentacles she can't seem to escape.

Only when she's with Luke Rand, her big surfer-dude next-door neighbor, does she feel safe. But with Luke's asking so many questions about her ex-fiancé and his showing up almost too conveniently whenever danger strikes, she can't help but wonder if his interest in her is due to more than sexual attraction. Can she trust this handsome stranger to help her survive a hot and deadly summer?

— Beachcomber by Karen Robards

Mystery Godoku Puzzle for September 29, 2014

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:

B D I L N O P S T

William Casey Moreton's thriller Dead and Gonewas previously published under this title (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!

Please Welcome Novelist Steve P. Vincent

with Steve P. Vincent

We are delighted to welcome novelist Steve P. Vincent to Omnimystery News.

Steve introduces journalist Jack Emery in the political thriller The Foundation (Momentum; September 2014 ebook formats) and in his guest post for us today, he relates a conversation he had with the character. To set the stage, Steve, while he may be fairly tough on Jack, maintains that he's fair and it's all for a greater purpose. Jack, on the other hand, thinks Steve is a jerk, and he has the scars and mental trauma to prove it.

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Steve P. Vincent: Hi Jack, nice to speak with you. It's been a while. How's it going?

Photo provided courtesy of
Steve P. Vincent

Jack Emery: You're lucky I'm here at all.

SPV: Now that's a bit ha —

JE: I just read the book.

SPV: Oh. About that …

JE: I can't believe the hell you put me through in 273 pages! I mean, the drafts were bad enough, Steve, but when you team up with a commercial publisher? Brutal.

SPV: Point taken. But the end justifies the means, right?

JE: Would nuking Yankee Stadium be justified to make sure my team wasn't beaten by them? Of course not! Did you really need to make things quite so drastic?

SPV: It is a thriller …

JE: *glare*

SPV: Okay, we started off badly. Tell the readers a bit about yourself.

JE: *Sigh* Fine. I'm a journalist with a habit of getting into messes I should walk away from. I won a Pulitzer a few years back for my coverage of the war in Afghanistan. I like a drink.

SPV: You're also resilient.

JE: Hey, screw you buddy. You're just lucky you don't need to test your immunity to being blown up, tortured, shot at and stalked as often as I do.

SPV: Well, I find hitting Ctrl-A then delete to be a pretty effective tool for dealing with that. It's nice being the lord of your own domain. You should try it.

JE: I write real stories for a living. Not the popcorn fiction you pump out. I try to change the world for the better. You try to blow it up.

SPV: I always fix it in the end. Mostly. Besides, there was a lot that didn't make the final book.

JE: I shudder at the thought.

SPV: Let's take it down a level. We've heard a bit about your career, tell us about your home life.

JE: Complicated. In fact, what you put me through in those twenty-five chapters is nothing compared to my personal life lately. Some of that is in the book though, of course.

SPV: *laughs* I like you Jack. I hope I never have to kill you off to rekindle interest in my series.

JE: Me too, I me — Wait a minute. You said series. You mean there's more?

SPV: Sure! Dude has to eat. The second book is in the works at the moment.

JE: And I'm in it?

SPV: A starring role!

JE: Let me buy you a beer.

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Steve P. Vincent lives with his wife in a pokey apartment in Melbourne's north-west, where he's forced to write on the couch in front of an obnoxiously large television. When he's not writing, Steve keeps food and flat whites on the table working for the man. He enjoys beer, whisky, sports and dreaming up ever more elaborate conspiracy theories to write about. He has a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Political Science and History. His honours thesis was on the topic of global terrorism. He has travelled extensively through Europe, the US and Asia.

For more information about the author, please visit his website at StevePVincent.com or find him on Facebook and Twitter.

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The Foundation
Steve P. Vincent
A Jack Emery Thriller

He who holds the pen holds the power …

When a corrupt think tank, The Foundation for a New America, enlists a Taiwanese terrorist to bomb a World Trade Organization conference, the US and China are put on the path to war.

Star journalist Jack Emery is pulled into a story far more dangerous than he could have imagined. Because the Foundation's deputy director, the ruthless Michelle Dominique, recognizes that whoever controls the message controls the world. And she will take control, no matter the price.

Enter Jack's boss, Ernest McDowell, owner and chairman of the largest media empire on the planet. In the midst of political upheaval, EMCorp is about to become the final play in the Foundation's plan. When Dominique traps the EMCorp owner in her web, Jack's the only one left to expose the conspiracy before it's too late.

As the world powers smash each other against the anvil of Taiwan, Jack will risk everything to battle the Foundation and prevent them from taking control amid the devastation of a global war.

        

One Bad Twelve by Matthew Iden is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature …

One Bad Twelve by Matthew Iden

A Short Story Collection

Publisher: Matthew Iden

… as today's free mystery ebook.

  

This title was listed for free as of September 28, 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.

For a summary of all of today's featured titles, plus any that may have appeared before and are repeat freebies, visit our Free MystereBooks page. This page is updated daily, typically by 8 AM ET.

More on today's free book, below.

A disturbed young mother loses more than her mind. A postman's larcenous streak gets him in a terrible mess just a few days before Christmas. A suspenseful chain of letters tells a story of betrayal and violence. And a professional thief gets even after he's been swindled by a couple of amateurs.

These thirteen tales — chock full of dirty motives, relentless ambitions, and a lop-sided view of the world — aren't used to being pushed around. Often gritty, sometimes funny, these stories will leave you wanting more.

— One Bad Twelve by Matthew Iden

The Child Thief by Dan Smith is Today's Kindle Daily Deal

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature The Child Thief by Dan Smith as today's Kindle Daily Deal.

The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Sunday, September 28, 2014.

The Child Thief by Dan Smith

A Suspense Thriller

Publisher: Pegasus Books

Price: $1.99 (as of 09/28/2014 at 6:10 AM ET).

  

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A troubled First World War veteran races across the frozen steppe of 1930s Ukraine to save a child from a shadowy killer with unthinkable plans …

Luka is a war veteran who now wants only to have a quiet life with his family. His village has, so far, remained hidden from the advancing Soviet brutality. But everything changes the day the stranger arrives, pulling a sled bearing a terrible cargo. When the villagers' fear turns deadly, they think they have saved themselves. But their anger has cursed them: in the chaos, a little girl has vanished. Luka is the only man with the skills to find out who could have stolen a child in these frozen lands — and besides, the missing girl is best friend to Luka's daughter. He swears he will find her.

Together with his sons, Luka sets out in pursuit across lands ravaged by war and gripped by treachery. Soon they realize that the man they are tracking is no ordinary criminal, but a skillful hunter with the child as the bait in his twisted game.

It will take all of Luka's strength to battle the harshest of conditions, and all of his wit to stay a step ahead of Soviet authorities. And though his toughest enemy is the man he tracks, his strongest bond is a promise to his family back home.

— The Child Thief by Dan Smith

Today's Mystery and Suspense Update from Big Fish Games (140928)

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

• The New Release is Grim Legends 2: Song of the Dark Swan (Collector's Edition).

• The current Catch of the Week is Grim Tales: The Stone Queen, just $2.99 through Sunday, September 28, 2014 only.

• Today's Special Deal — This weekend only: Buy One Collector's Edition and Get a Second for Just $1.99! Select two Collector's Editions games, use coupon code AUTUMN and the second game will be just $1.99. Use as many times as you'd like. Offer valid through September 28th, 2014 only until 11:59 PM PT.

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

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The New Release is Grim Legends 2: Song of the Dark Swan (Collector's Edition)

Your healing skills are world-renowned, and you are summoned to the Kingdom of Eagles to cure a young queen who cannot speak. Just after your arrival, the infant prince is kidnapped, and the queen is accused of dark magic, sentenced to death. Use your herbalism skills to solve puzzles and track down the real culprit. Not everything is as it seems and even the young queen has a dark secret of her own. Bring light back to the Swan Kingdom in this enchanting hidden-object puzzle adventure game.

This is a special Collector's Edition release full of exclusive extras you won't find in the standard version, including: Find the numerous collectibles; Acquire all the achievements; Get soundtracks, wallpapers, cutscenes, and concept art; Bonus chapter; and an Available Strategy Guide.

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

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The current Catch of the Week is Grim Tales: The Stone Queen

The family saga continues when your nephew Brandon encounters the mysterious Stone Queen in a lonely mountain town. She used to protect the miners here, but now she's out for revenge! The mystery deepens as you explore her shimmering Stone Kingdom, hiding just beneath the town. You must discover the truth behind the queen's anger and save both worlds before a greedy heart brings about their destruction. You'll meet new friends, but you'll also face new foes in this intriguing Hidden-Object Puzzle Adventure game.

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.

Laura Possessed, A Novel of Suspense by Anthea Fraser, New This Week from Endeavour Press

Endeavour Press is the UK's leading independent digital publisher, promoting and selling ebook editions of works by new authors as well as bringing out ebook editions of out of print books.

We've selected one of their recently published mystery, suspense, thriller or crime titles to feature here today …

Laura Possessed by Anthea Fraser

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Endeavour Press

Price: $3.99 (as of 09/27/2014 at 5:30 PM ET).

  

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Laura Hardy is recovering from a traumatic car crash. The incident proves fatal for her mother, and whilst Laura's life was spared, she is left injured, weak and grieving for her loss. Taken into her brother's care, Edward Hardy resolves that accommodating Laura at his family home, Four Winds, will provide the respite Laura so desperately needs.

Upon arrival however, Laura senses a dark and pervading undercurrent of unrest at Four Winds. What is strange is that it both draws and repels her …

As Laura tries to settle into her new home, she becomes increasingly unsettled by the strange occurrences she encounters at Four Winds. The twisted trees at the bottom of the garden behind her brother's house and the little boy stood at her bedroom door, neither of which can be accounted for. And then the dream: the handsome dark-haired man bending over her, kissing her passionately — the very man who stood before her now at the cocktail party, casually sipping a drink. She knew his face as well as her own, but had never seen him before …

Four Winds' hides a secret, a secret that Laura cannot escape, but which is pulling her deeper and deeper into its clutches …

— Laura Possessed by Anthea Fraser