Too Quiet in Brooklyn by Susan Russo Anderson is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

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Too Quiet in Brooklyn by Susan Russo Anderson

A Fina Fitzgibbons, Brooklyn Mystery

Publisher: Susan Russo Anderson

… as today's second free mystery ebook.

  

This title was listed for free as of October 29, 2014 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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Private Investigator Fina Fitzgibbons stumbles upon a throttled woman in the heart of Brooklyn Heights and discovers that the dead woman's four-year-old grandson is also missing. She begins a wild hunt for the strangler-kidnapper, Ralph.

During the chase, she resists falling in love with her boyfriend, Denny, an NYPD patrol officer, steps on the toes of Detective First Grade Jane Templeton, and uncovers secrets about her own past. In the end, Ralph has a deadly surprise for Fina.

— Too Quiet in Brooklyn by Susan Russo Anderson

Tahoe Deathfall by Todd Borg is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

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Tahoe Deathfall by Todd Borg

An Owen McKenna Mystery

Publisher: Thriller Press

… as today's free mystery ebook.

  

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When Jennifer Salazar approaches Tahoe Detective Owen McKenna, she explains that her identical twin sister Melissa died 8 years before on their 6th birthday. Now, at the ripe old age of 14, Jennifer has come to believe that her sister's death was not the accident that everyone says.

When McKenna investigates, he uncovers a long-buried secret that is still driving a murderer to kill. McKenna is desperate to catch the killer before he strikes again because McKenna believes that Jennifer is next to die …

— Tahoe Deathfall by Todd Borg

White Fire by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child is Today's Kobo Daily Deal

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature White Fire by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child as today's Kobo Daily Deal.

The deal price of $1.99 is valid only for today, Wednesday, October 29, 2014, and has been price-matched by Amazon.com.

White Fire by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

A Pendergast Thriller (13th in series)

Publisher: Grand Central

Price: $1.99 (as of 10/29/2014 at 6:40 AM ET).

    

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Special Agent Pendergast arrives at an exclusive Colorado ski resort to rescue his protégée, Corrie Swanson, from serious trouble with the law. His sudden appearance coincides with the first attack of a murderous arsonist who — with brutal precision — begins burning down multimillion-dollar mansions with the families locked inside. After springing Corrie from jail, Pendergast learns she made a discovery while examining the bones of several miners who were killed 150 years earlier by a rogue grizzly bear. Her finding is so astonishing that it, even more than the arsonist, threatens the resort's very existence.

Drawn deeper into the investigation, Pendergast uncovers a mysterious connection between the dead miners and a fabled, long-lost Sherlock Holmes story — one that might just offer the key to the modern day killings as well.

Now, with the ski resort snowed in and under savage attack — and Corrie's life suddenly in grave danger — Pendergast must solve the enigma of the past before the town of the present goes up in flames.

— White Fire by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

20 Favorite Titles is Today's Bonus Nook Daily Find

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature 20 Favorite Titles as today's bonus Nook Daily Find.

The deal price of $1.99 each is valid only for today, Wednesday, October 29, 2014, and may have been price-matched by Amazon.com. We're hightlighting one of the titles in this post.

Sweetheart by Chelsea Cain

An Archie Sheridan and Gretchen Lowell Thriller (2nd in series)

Publisher: Minotaur Books

Price: $1.99 (as of 10/29/2014 at 6:30 AM ET).

    

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When the body of a young woman is discovered in Portland's Forest Park, Archie is reminded of the last time they found a body there, more than a decade ago: it turned out to be the Beauty Killer's first victim, and Archie's first case. This body can't be one of Gretchen's — she's in prison — but after help from reporter Susan Ward uncovers the dead woman's identity, it turns into another big case. Trouble is, Archie can't focus on the new investigation because the Beauty Killer case has exploded: Gretchen Lowell has escaped from prison.

Archie hadn't seen her in two months; he'd moved back in with his family and sworn off visiting her. Though it should feel like progress, he actually feels worse. The news of her escape spreads like wildfire, but secretly, he's relieved. He knows he's the only one who can catch her, and in fact, he has a plan to get out from under her thumb once and for all.

— Sweetheart by Chelsea Cain

Today's Mystery and Suspense Update from Big Fish Games (141029)

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

• The New Release is Evil Pumpkin: The Lost Halloween.

• The Daily Deal is Paranormal State: Poison Spring, just $2.99 today only!

• The current Catch of the Week is Silent Scream II: The Bride, just $2.99 through Sunday, November 02, 2014 only.

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

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The New Release is Evil Pumpkin: The Lost Halloween

Meet Lemuel Barnabas. He is not the protagonist of our story, but just look at him, he's scrappy and funny, talks to himself, likes music and long walks behind the bar. In a word, he is quite mad, but as mad as he is, he's the one you come to for help. Help? What happened? You didn't hear? Apparently there is this thing called Halloween. I know, I know, it sounds stupid. But there's candy involved! Now I have your attention. The city of Dern is ostracized from the Halloween community. Everyone around you seems to know something about it, but you're a boy, nobody is going to tell you. In this step away from the classic hidden object game, take things into your own hands and find out whatever happened to Halloween!

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

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Today's Daily Deal is Paranormal State: Poison Spring

Iris Ramirez has called the team of supernatural investigators from A&E's hit TV show Paranormal State in a panic! Her job and life are being threatened by dark spirits who have taken over Poison Spring Park, a Civil War battleground and museum. Join the team of ghost-hunters and try to exorcise the ghosts before it's too late. Thrills abound as you race to solve a series of terrifying puzzles, investigate chilling hidden object scenes, and put together the pieces of who — or what — is behind it all! Only you can save Iris from the darkness falling upon the Park!

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 Silent Scream II: The Bride

Jessica would never imagine that her big day would turn out to be a nightmare; they had an accident and Jonathan McNealy, her husband, is missing. Things just got more and more bizarre when she encountered a mysterious girl who seemed to be leading her to Jonathan. Jessica had a feeling that the girl was connected to Jonathan. Did she cause the car accident in the first place? Return to the abandoned mansion and search for clues.

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

The Inner Circle, A Beecher White Thriller by Brad Meltzer, 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, Grand Central …

The Inner Circle by Brad Meltzer

A Beecher White Thriller (1st in series)

Publisher: Grand Central

Price: $2.99 (as of 10/28/2014 at 5:00 PM ET).

  

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Beecher White, a young archivist, spends his days working with the most important documents of the U.S. government. He has always been the keeper of other people's stories, never a part of the story himself …

Until now.

When Clementine Kaye, Beecher's first childhood crush, shows up at the National Archives asking for his help tracking down her long-lost father, Beecher tries to impress her by showing her the secret vault where the President of the United States privately reviews classified documents. After they accidentally happen upon a priceless artifact-a two-hundred-year-old dictionary that once belonged to George Washington-hidden underneath a desk chair, Beecher and Clementine find themselves suddenly entangled in a web of deception, conspiracy, and murder.

Soon a man is dead and Beecher is on the run as he races to learn the truth behind this mysterious national treasure. His search will lead him to discover a coded and ingenious puzzle that conceals a disturbing secret from the founding of our nation. It is a secret, Beecher soon discovers, that some believe is worth killing for.

— The Inner Circle by Brad Meltzer

Thicker Than Water, A Novel of Suspense by Jean Saunders, 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 …

Thicker Than Water by Jean Saunders

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Endeavour Press

Price: $3.99 (as of 10/28/2014 at 4:30 PM ET).

  

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Private Investigator Alexandra Best has taken on a strange case. Norman Price calls for her help after his daughter goes missing. But for Best this case must be solved against a ticking clock. She has six weeks to find Caroline Price before she loses her inheritance. If she fails, hundreds of thousands of pounds will fall into the hands of Jeremy Laver — Caroline's cousin and Alexandra's chief suspect.

As she begins her investigations, a private diary, written in a strange code, becomes Alexandra's primary clue. But even after she cracks the code, it leads her to more questions than answers. Why didn't Norman want the police involved? Why was she only called now, when Caroline had already been missing for two weeks? Is Norman telling her everything he knows about his reclusive daughter?

And who is the mysterious "M" who appears in Caroline's journals?

— Thicker Than Water by Jean Saunders

Think Twice, A Rosato and Associates Novel by Lisa Scottoline, 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, St. Martin's Press …

Think Twice by Lisa Scottoline

A Rosato and Associates Novel (11th in series)

Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Price: $2.99 (as of 10/28/2014 at 4:00 PM ET).

  

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Bennie Rosato looks exactly like her identical twin, Alice Connolly, but the darkness in Alice's soul makes them two very different women. Or at least that's what Bennie believes, until she finds herself buried alive at the hands of her twin.

Meanwhile, Alice takes over Bennie's life, impersonating her at work and even seducing her boyfriend in order to escape the deadly mess she has made of her own life. But Alice underestimates Bennie and the evil she has unleashed in her twin's psyche, as well as Bennie's determination to stay alive long enough to exact revenge.

Bennie must face the twisted truth that she is more like her sister Alice than she could have ever imagined, and by the novel's shocking conclusion, Bennie finds herself engaged in a war she cannot win — with herself.

— Think Twice by Lisa Scottoline

New This Week: Eagle Talons, The Iron Horse Chronicles by Robert Lee Murphy

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 …

Eagle Talons by Robert Lee Murphy

The Iron Horse Chronicles (1st in series)

Publisher: Five Star

Price: $3.99 (as of 10/28/2014 at 3:30 PM ET).

  

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Will Braddock doesn't want to be forced into an unwanted blacksmith apprenticeship. The newly orphaned fourteen-year-old embarks upon a quest to determine his own destiny. He heads west to seek work on the first transcontinental railroad.

Will learns to rely upon himself to achieve his goal. He constantly battles a young Irish thug who is determined to kill him. A mixed-blood Cheyenne youth, whom he saves from quicksand, gives Will two eagle talons from his amulet in thanks. The talons save Will's life, and though not magical, he's convinced they are lucky.

When a feisty young lady he has befriended is kidnapped by the Indians, and the Army refuses to send troops, Will decides to risk his own future to free her from captivity.

— Eagle Talons by Robert Lee Murphy

The Garden of Weapons, A Herbie Kruger Spy Thriller by John Gardner, 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 Garden of Weapons by John Gardner

A Herbie Kruger Spy Thriller

Publisher: Open Road

Price: $1.99 (as of 10/28/2014 at 3:00 PM ET).

  

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A shocking defection draws Herbie back to the most treacherous city on earth: Berlin …

The younger British spies think of Big Herbie Kruger as a middle-aged relic from the early days of the Cold War. Only a few people know that Kruger is one of England's most important agents — a quick-witted devil with more power than anyone knows.

In 1955, Kruger established a German intelligence network with an unparalleled reach into the Soviet Union. Years later, he feels a twinge of sadness when he learns that his old KGB rival has run afoul of state security, and been forced to take his own life. But Kruger doesn't count on the dead man's lieutenant. Rather than face Moscow's wrath, the Russian defects into Kruger's hands — a bit of good fortune that soon calls up all sorts of old ghosts. In Berlin, the divided city, Herbie Kruger is about to be split in half.

— The Garden of Weapons by John Gardner

The Wolf in Winter by John Connolly, New in Bookstores during October 2014

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

The Wolf in Winter by John Connolly, a Charlie "Bird" Parker Mystery (13th in series)

Publisher: Atria Books

        

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 community of Prosperous, Maine has always thrived when others have suffered. Its inhabitants are wealthy, its children's future secure. It shuns outsiders. It guards its own. And at the heart of Prosperous lie the ruins of an ancient church, transported stone by stone from England centuries earlier by the founders of the town …

But the death of a homeless man and the disappearance of his daughter draw the haunted, lethal private investigator Charlie Parker to Prosperous. Parker is a dangerous man, driven by compassion, by rage, and by the desire for vengeance. In him the town and its protectors sense a threat graver than any they have faced in their long history, and in the comfortable, sheltered inhabitants of a small Maine town, Parker will encounter his most vicious opponents yet.

Charlie Parker has been marked to die so that Prosperous may survive.

Prosperous, and the secret that it hides beneath its ruins …

— The Wolf in Winter by John Connolly

Crossword Mysteries by Nero Blanc, Now Available as eBooks from Open Road

Earlier this month Open Road reissued all the mysteries and short stories in the Crossword series by Nero Blanc. Originally published by Berkley between 1999 and 2006, readers help solve the crimes — and the puzzles — in this cozy mystery series. Wordplay's the thing as crossword editor Belle Graham and cop-turned-PI Rosco Polycrates team up to fill in the blanks of cases that baffle the local police.

But as Belle and Rosco discover, nothing is black and white — whether they're racing to unravel a cryptic crossword that could save someone lost at sea; ferreting out the clues to the identity of a killer in an acrostic from Belize; in Philly to help the Feds solve a mobster's last puzzle and testament; or on a crossword treasure hunt in Las Vegas. And when violence rocks their peaceful New England town, not even their canine bodyguards, Kit and Gabby, may be able to keep them off the grid of a killer determined to bury them six feet down — and three across.

Use the link above or click on the graphic below to see all 12 books in the series, which includes two short-story collections (of five tales each).

Thoreau on Wolf Hill by B. B. Oak, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during October 2014

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during October 2014 …

Thoreau on Wolf Hill by B. B. Oak

A Henry David Thoreau Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: Kensington

  

To see more new paperback titles scheduled to be published this month, visit The Mystery Bookshelf for October 2014. For new hardcover mysteries, visit New Mysteries where for a list of October 2014 mysteries, novels of suspense, and thrillers is provided.

More about our featured title, below …

Far from the tranquility of Walden Pond, Henry David Thoreau confronts the chilling reality of an epidemic … as well as cold-blooded murder …

The winter of 1847 has brought a consumption epidemic which is devastating the village of Plumford, Massachusetts. In an atmosphere of increasing hysteria and superstition, country doctor Adam Walker and philosopher Henry David Thoreau seem the only voices of reason.

The winter also brings two visitors to Plumford. Solomon Wiley hails from Rhode Island and offers his services as a vampyre hunter, insisting that the scourge is supernatural in origin. At the same time, Adam's cousin Julia has returned home from France, mysteriously without her new husband.

When a former student of Thoreau's is found mutilated and drained of blood in the woods, Wiley insists that a legendary Indian vampyre has arisen. Dismissing the blustering fearmonger, Thoreau and Adam follow clues to the backstage world of a Boston theater, the smoky decadence of an opium den, and an Indian burial ground. Both men will need to keep their wits about them — or risk ending up in coffins of their own …

— Thoreau on Wolf Hill by B. B. Oak

Plum Deadly, A Maggie Grady, Pie in the Sky Mystery by Ellie Grant, 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, Gallery Books …

Plum Deadly by Ellie Grant

A Maggie Grady, Pie in the Sky Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Gallery Books

Price: $3.99 (as of 10/28/2014 at 1:00 PM ET).

  

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Who could resist such pies? Who would even want to resist the pie shop that makes them? Certainly not the residents of Durham, North Carolina, and the little bakery and café called Pie in the Sky is one of the most popular meet-up places in town.

Unjustly accused of cooking the books, Maggie Grady is forced to retreat from her high-flying New York financial career to the town where she grew up. Her aunt Clara greets her with open arms and a job at the family-owned business that has baked the best pies in the South for over forty years. Unfortunately, while Maggie is determined to return to banking, her reputation there seems permanently in the pits. That is, until her old boss, Lou, visits with news that he's found the real crook. Before he can reveal the details, though, Maggie finds his body right behind the pie shop.

With only her own word that Lou planned to exonerate her, Maggie is in the spotlight. The police seem to suspect that Aunt Clara's damson pie may not be just dangerously delectable, but downright deadly. Maggie doesn't just have her own name to clear; she has to make sure that her aunt's beloved business isn't harmed, either. Yummy local reporter Ryan Summerour appears eager to help, and Maggie can't help hoping that it's not just the police who find her a person of interest — but Ryan, as well. She'd thought it challenging to make the perfect pie crust that Aunt Clara demands, but that turns out to be nothing compared with finding a murderer …

— Plum Deadly by Ellie Grant

New This Week: Star of the East, A Lady Emily Christmas Story by Tasha Alexander

Tasha Alexander, author of the Lady Emily mysteries, has written a holiday story that will enchant readers and keep them guesing until the very last page.

Star of the East by Tasha Alexander

A Lady Emily Christmas Story

Publisher: Minotaur Books

Price: $1.99 (as of 10/28/2014 at 12:30 PM ET).

  

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Emily and Colin Hargreaves make it a rule to spend as little time as possible with her parents in Kent, but are unable to refuse Lady Catherine Bromley's invitation to join them for a pre-Christmas party that includes the family of Ala Kapur Singh, a powerful Punjabi maharaja who has come to England after receiving the Order of the Star of India.

Lady Bromley, quite taken with the exotic beauty and spectacular jewels of the maharani and her daughter, Sunita, throws herself with abandon into her own version of Indian culture, planning a feast she is certain will be more spectacular than any seen on the sub-continent. When a priceless diamond maang tika and a simple gold bangle disappear from Sunita's room, a diplomatic incident seems imminent, particularly after the maang tika turns up in Emily's possession.

Emily may have what appears to be the more valuable of the two pieces, but the maang tika cannot be worn without the bangle, upon which is engraved the words necessary to ward off a curse placed on the set five hundred years ago by a princess forced to forsake the man she loved. Sunita must wear the maang tika at her wedding but cannot do so without the bangle. Can Emily convince the maharaja that she is not a thief? And, more important, can she and Colin find the bangle?

— Star of the East by Tasha Alexander