New This Week: Under the Hill, A Short Story by Sheila Connolly

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 October 2014 and priced $4.99 or less …

Under the Hill by Sheila Connolly

A Short Story

Publisher: Beyond the Page

Price: $0.99 (as of 10/23/2014 at 4:30 PM ET).

  

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Ellen Leonard is feeling both free and empty. Just out of a two-year relationship, she decides a trip to Ireland could be the perfect opportunity to shake off her lethargy and also reassert her independence.

But as she settles in at a remote cottage in the Irish countryside and her days take on a comfortable routine, Ellen begins to discover that sometimes things that go bump don't always do it just in the night.

This short story also features a sneak peek at two of Sheila Connolly's newest books, Relatively Dead, the first in a new series featuring Abby Kimball, and Picked to Die, the eighth in her Meg Corey, Orchard series.

— Under the Hill by Sheila Connolly

Unwanted Company, A Munch Mancini Mystery by Barbara Seranella, Now Available at a Special Price

Amazon Kindle Countdown Deals are limited-time discounts on Kindle-exclusive books.

Omnimystery News is pleased to present you with one of today's titles … but take advantage of this deal now as the price will go up to its digital list price soon! (See the countdown clock on the book product page to see how much time remains on this deal.)

Unwanted Company by Barbara Seranella

A Munch Mancini Mystery (3rd in series)

Publisher: Diversion Books

Price: $0.99 (as of 10/23/2014 at 4:00 PM ET).

  

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On the path to building a better life for herself, Miranda "Munch" Mancini has started her own limo service, to compliment her work as an auto mechanic. Times are tough, making it impossible to turn down a client, even when it's a shady federal agent hiring her services to ferry a sleazy diplomat. Munch hands the actual driving duties over to Ellen, an old friend who's fresh out of prison, also looking for a new start.

When Ellen disappears with both the car and the client, the police are back on Munch's doorstep. A serial killer is on the loose, and Munch's client may have been a victim — or the perpetrator. Munch now must bring the police into her life again if she's going to put her past behind her and save a few lives — including her own.

— Unwanted Company by Barbara Seranella

The Fake Heir/Mr. Cheeters Is Missing by Stefan Petrucha and Vaughn Ross, a New Nancy Drew Diaries Mystery for Cadet Sleuths

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

The Fake Heir/Mr. Cheeters Is Missing by Stefan Petrucha and Vaughn Ross

Series: Nancy Drew Diaries

Publisher: Papercutz

Format(s): Paperback, eBook

Recommended for Cadet Sleuths, Ages 10 to 12

  

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

In "The Fake Heir" Nancy, along with Bess and George, find the wreck of an old yacht with a safe inside full of jewelry worth a small fortune. Cousins of the Druthers, who are clients of Nancy's dad Carson Drew, owned the yacht. Their will leaves everything to Mr. Druthers, specifically excluding his spouse, (whom the cousins hated), but no one's seen him for ten years and the rumor is that Mrs. Druthers murdered him! Things take a surprising turn when suddenly Mr. Druthers reappears! But then Mrs. Druthers disappears! Join Nancy Drew as she solves the mystery of the fake heir!

Then, in "Mr Cheeters is Missing" when the eccentric Blanche Porter reports that her beloved Mr. Cheeters has vanished, it isn't your standard missing persons case. As Nancy Drew soon discovers, Mr. Cheeters, is a pet chimp. Or is he? Based on a preliminary investigation and information obtained from Blanche's brother, Lawrence, the River Heights police dismiss the case as bogus — doubting that there ever was a Mr. Cheeters to begin with. But when Nancy Drew discovers there's a missing diamond necklace as well — she's on the case!

— The Fake Heir/Mr. Cheeters Is Missing by Stefan Petrucha and Vaughn Ross

Hell Ship, A Dane Maddock Adventure by David Wood and Sean Ellis, 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, Gryphonwood Press …

Hell Ship by David Wood and Sean Ellis

A Dane Maddock Adventure (2nd in series)

Publisher: Gryphonwood Press

Price: $0.99 (as of 10/23/2014 at 3:00 PM ET).

  

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When Navy SEAL Dane Maddock and his squad are sent to find the wreckage of a sunken World War II Japanese "Hell Ship", they find themselves caught up in a deadly race to solve an eight hundred year old mystery.

Can Dane and Bones outrun, outfight, and outwit a cadre of deadly adversaries and find the key to unlock the deadly secret of the Knights Templar?

— Hell Ship by David Wood and Sean Ellis

Gray Mountain by John Grisham, New in Bookstores during October 2014

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

Gray Mountain by John Grisham, A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Doubleday

        

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

More about our featured title, below …

The year is 2008 and Samantha Kofer's career at a huge Wall Street law firm is on the fast track — until the recession hits and she gets downsized, furloughed, escorted out of the building. Samantha, though, is one of the "lucky" associates. She's offered an opportunity to work at a legal aid clinic for one year without pay, after which there would be a slim chance that she'd get her old job back.

In a matter of days Samantha moves from Manhattan to Brady, Virginia, population 2,200, in the heart of Appalachia, a part of the world she has only read about. Mattie Wyatt, lifelong Brady resident and head of the town's legal aid clinic, is there to teach her how to "help real people with real problems." For the first time in her career, Samantha prepares a lawsuit, sees the inside of an actual courtroom, gets scolded by a judge, and receives threats from locals who aren't so thrilled to have a big-city lawyer in town. And she learns that Brady, like most small towns, harbors some big secrets.

Her new job takes Samantha into the murky and dangerous world of coal mining, where laws are often broken, rules are ignored, regulations are flouted, communities are divided, and the land itself is under attack from Big Coal. Violence is always just around the corner, and within weeks Samantha finds herself engulfed in litigation that turns deadly.

— Gray Mountain by John Grisham