Monday, December 01, 2014

Shadow Boys by Harry Hunsicker, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during December 2014

Shadow Boys by Harry Hunsicker

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during December 2014 …

Shadow Boys by Harry Hunsicker

A Jon Cantrell Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: Thomas & Mercer

Shadow Boys by Harry Hunsicker, Amazon Kindle format

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

More about our featured title, below …

For once, things are going well for former DEA contractor Jon Cantrell. He's got a real job as a fix-it man for a law firm that specializes in handling government contracts. But when his ex-girlfriend Piper asks him to meet with a high-ranking police official and Cantrell is forced to take an off-the-books assignment to find a missing boy, everything starts to unravel.

Not helping the situation is his client, Deputy Chief Raul Delgado, an up-and-coming politico carrying his own tragic burdens he doesn't like to dwell on. Forty years earlier, a racist cop brutally killed Delgado's brother. Now, in a weird twist of fate, Delgado works for the very department that altered his life.

As Cantrell proceeds, he uncovers a puzzling link between Delgado, the missing boy, and a series of vigilante murders. As the link becomes clearer, Cantrell struggles to stay alive and find the missing child.

Shadow Boys by Harry Hunsicker

Deadly Bonds, A Wade Jackson Mystery by L. J. Sellers, Now Available at a Special Price

Deadly Bonds by L. J. Sellers

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, Thomas & Mercer …

Deadly Bonds by L. J. Sellers

A Wade Jackson Mystery (9th in series)

Publisher: Thomas & Mercer

Price: $1.99 (as of 12/01/2014 at 3:00 PM ET).

Read our review of this book on Mysterious Reviews.

Deadly Bonds by L. J. Sellers, Amazon Kindle format

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When a young mother is found murdered in a derelict Eugene neighborhood — and her terrified young son is discovered hiding beneath the floorboards — Detective Jackson reluctantly takes the case. His own life is already in chaos, with his runaway teenage daughter, Katie, still gone and his girlfriend, Kera, facing her own family crisis.

Matters get more complicated when the orphaned boy bonds with Jackson, triggering unexpected emotions and compromising his ability to investigate. Meanwhile, Detective Evans, one of Jackson's most valuable colleagues, is pulled off the case to look into the death of a University of Oregon football star — leaving the homicide task force shorthanded.

As Jackson works to solve the murder and find a home for little Benjie, he soon faces devastating choices that threaten everything he holds dear.

Deadly Bonds by L. J. Sellers

Paying the Ferryman by Jane A. Adams, New in Bookstores during December 2014

Paying the Ferryman by Jane A. Adams

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

Paying the Ferryman by Jane A. Adams, a Naomi Blake Mystery (10th in series)

Publisher: Severn House

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

More about our featured title, below …

Victor Griffin seemed to be one of the good guys, but that didn't stop someone coming to his home and killing him and his wife. The last act of Vic's life was to try and save his children: fifteen-month-old Jack, and his beloved stepdaughter, Sarah.

But why were Vic and his wife shot dead? Why is there no record of them before they came to live in Ferrymouth three years ago? The one clue to their past is a business card, wedged between the pages of an almost empty address book. A card with Naomi's name on it.

Naomi and Alec find themselves drawn back to face events that happened when Naomi was still a serving police officer — just before the accident that blinded her — and which have now led to murder.

Paying the Ferryman by Jane A. Adams

Beastly Things, A Guido Brunetti Mystery by Donna Leon, Now Available at a Special Price

Beastly Things by Donna Leon

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, Atlantic Monthly Press …

Beastly Things by Donna Leon

A Guido Brunetti Mystery (21st in series)

Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press

Price: $2.99 (as of 12/01/2014 at 2:00 PM ET).

Read our review of this book on Mysterious Reviews.

Beastly Things by Donna Leon, Amazon Kindle format

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When the body of man is found in a canal, damaged by the tides, carrying no wallet, and wearing only one shoe, Brunetti has little to work with. No local has filed a missing-person report, and no hotel guests have disappeared. Where was the crime scene? And how can Brunetti identify the man when he can't show pictures of his face? The autopsy shows a way forward: it turns out the man was suffering from a rare, disfiguring disease. With Inspector Vianello, Brunetti canvasses shoe stores, and winds up on the mainland in Mestre, outside of his usual sphere. From a shopkeeper, they learn that the man had a kindly way with animals.

At the same time, animal rights and meat consumption are quickly becoming preoccupying issues at the Venice Questura, and in Brunetti's home, where conversation at family meals offer a window into the joys and conflicts of Italian life. Perhaps with the help of Signorina Elettra, Brunetti and Vianello can identify the man and understand why someone wanted him dead.

Beastly Things by Donna Leon

Three Dog Day by Lia Farrell, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during December 2014

Three Dog Day by Lia Farrell

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during December 2014 …

Three Dog Day by Lia Farrell

A Mae December Mystery (3rd in series)

Publisher: Camel Press

Three Dog Day by Lia Farrell, Amazon Kindle format

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

More about our featured title, below …

It's bitter cold in Rosedale, Tennessee, the most frigid January in decades. The kind of chill they used to describe as requiring sleeping with three dogs just to make it through the night. Mae December has found yet another body, this one on the banks of the Little Harpeth River. It's another murder for her boyfriend, Sheriff Ben Bradley, to investigate.

Only Mae's broken her wrist, which makes helping out with the case difficult. That's okay, because the murdered man was found near a puppy mill, and all evidence points to the owner as the killer. Surely the case will be a slam dunk. Mae's injury also hampers her ability to run her dog boarding business and care for the three pit bull puppies she's fostering, so she hires Ray Fenton, the kid who blew the whistle on the now-shuttered puppy mill.

Meanwhile, Sheriff Bradley's office manager, Dory Clarkson, struggles to pass the physical tests that will allow her to fulfill her dream of becoming a deputy, Mae and her friend Tammy are busy planning Tammy's Valentine's Day wedding to the brother of Mae's deceased fiancé, and Detective Wayne Nichols must revisit his painful past as he fights to free his foster mother from prison. Rosedale is the last place you'd expect to harbor a killer. Now the sheriff's department must solve its third murder in a year.

Three Dog Day by Lia Farrell

Drop Dead Divas, A Dixie Divas Mystery by Virginia Brown, Now Available at a Special Price

Drop Dead Divas by Virginia Brown

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, Bell Bridge Books …

Drop Dead Divas by Virginia Brown

A Dixie Divas Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: Bell Bridge Books

Price: $1.99 (as of 12/01/2014 at 1:00 PM ET).

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Welcome to a genteel world of pimento cheese finger sandwiches, tall libations in frosted glasses, stiletto heels, aging southern-belle sisterhood, and murder …

Trinket Truevine, her pal Bitty and their raucous divas friends in the historic small town of Holly Springs, Mississippi, solved the murder of Bitty's ex-senator husband, Phillip. Now the Divas are sleuthing again.

Their pal Naomi Spencer has been accused of murdering her fiance, drag race champion Race Champion. Soon, Naomi turns up dead, too. Talk about a fly in the martini …

Drop Dead Divas by Virginia Brown

No Test for the Wicked, A Lexi Carmichael Mystery by Julie Moffett, New This Week from Carina Press

No Test for the Wicked by Julie Moffett

Carina Press is a digital-first imprint from Harlequin, publishing books in an interesting and diverse selection of genres including contemporary romance, steampunk, gay/lesbian fiction, science-fiction, fantasy, and — but of course — mystery and suspense.

We've selected one of their recently published titles to feature here today …

No Test for the Wicked by Julie Moffett

A Lexi Carmichael Mystery (5th in series)

Publisher: Carina Press

Price: $3.99 (as of 12/01/2014 at 12:30 PM ET).

No Test for the Wicked by Julie Moffett, Amazon Kindle format

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Returning to high school is not something I ever wanted to do over — it was awful the first time around. So why do I have to go back as part of a new undercover assignment? Because the universe loves playing jokes on me, obviously.

I've been ordered to go all 21 Jump Street and track down the students who are breaking into the computer system, changing grades, and causing all kinds of havoc. Although I'm not thrilled about my new gig, at least it gives me something to do other than worry over the fact that I now have a boyfriend. And no freaking idea what to get him for Christmas.

Or it did give me something else to worry about, until I stumbled across a more sinister threat. I was shocked to find distinct traces of a group of international hackers inside the network. Why would dangerous cyber mercenaries be interested in a high school in the middle of Washington, D.C.? What exactly have I gotten myself into?

No Test for the Wicked by Julie Moffett

Enter To Win a Copy of the Jim Brodie Thriller Tokyo Kill by Barry Lancet

Enter to Win Tokyo Kill by Barry Lancet

Omnimystery News invites you to Enter to Win a copy of Tokyo Kill by Barry Lancet, courtesy of Simon & Schuster.

Three (3) winners will receive a copy of …

Title: Tokyo Kill
Author: Barry Lancet
Series: A Jim Brodie Thriller
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
List Price: $25.00

Use the form below to submit your entry. One entry per person; US residents only. Entry period ends Monday, December 08, 2014. (If you cannot see the entry form, use this link.)

Synopsis: When an elderly World War II veteran shows up unannounced at Brodie Security begging for protection, the staff thinks he's just a paranoid old man. He offers up a story connected to the war and to Chinese Triads operating in present-day Tokyo, insisting that he and his few surviving army buddies are in danger.

Fresh off his involvement in solving San Francisco's Japantown murders, antiques dealer Jim Brodie had returned to Tokyo for some R&R, and to hunt down a rare ink painting by the legendary Japanese Zen master Sengai for one of his clients — not to take on another case with his late father's P.I. firm. But out of respect for the old soldier, Brodie agrees to provide a security detail, thinking it'll be an easy job and end when the man comes to his senses.

Instead, an unexpected, brutal murder rocks Brodie and his crew, sending them deep into the realm of the Triads, Chinese spies, kendo warriors, and an elusive group of killers whose treachery spans centuries — and who will stop at nothing to complete their mission.

Tokyo Kill by Barry Lancet

A Conversation with Crime Novelist Jonathan Ashley

Omnimystery News: Author Interview with Jonathan Ashley
with Jonathan Ashley

We are delighted to welcome author Jonathan Ashley to Omnimystery News today.

Jonathan's debut crime novel is The Cost of Doing Business (280 Steps; November 2014 trade paperback and ebook formats) and is centered on a Louisville bookstore owner, who leaves his used volumes of Yeats behind to get into the drug trade and make some real money.

We recently had the opportunity to talk with Jonathan  more about his new book.

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Omnimystery News: Introduce us to the principal characters of The Cost of Doing Business.

Jonathan Ashley: Jon Catlett is the protagonist, or should I say, anti-hero of my first novel. I may never write a novel of any sort, crime or "literature," in which there are clearly defined "good" and "bad" characters. For so many reasons, I find such gross generalizations revolting, especially involving fiction and the creative process. As far as I'm concerned, the capacity for evil exists within all of us, a theme far more interesting.

Catlett, as far as morality goes, might be king of the gray area. While he is an egomaniacal, severely manipulative drug addict, he also possesses an impressive capacity beyond loyalty, love and wisdom beyond his years.

OMN: The Cost of Doing Business is the first of a series. How do you see your characters evolving over time?

JA: Catlett, by his very nature, is an inconsistently, ever-evolving figure. He oscillates between malicious avarice, suicidal guilt, grandiose illusions, and raw purpose. The great question of the series will be, which of these persons best represents our unopposed antagonists' true character.

OMN: How much of your own personal or professional experience have you included in the book?

JA: I put a lot of myself and my own experiences into the series. Louisville has become, much to the chagrin of those of us who love the River City and have called it home, a mini-Mecca in the heroin trade. You can't live there and not be affected by the epidemic. Almost everyone has either a close relative or friend struggling with opiate addiction. As a journalist and business owner who lived and worked in Louisville for over a decade, I personally witnessed scores of lives destroyed. I lost a best friend and a girlfriend to heroin addiction, saw the murder rate in my city increase by 20 per cent, and watched my favorite streets decimated. What better subject for a novel.

OMN: Describe your writing process.

JA: Catlett is a character that compliments my often frantic anxious writing process. While I detest the pop-culture terminology of "organic," the word fits here, as most of the time I begin my novels with the vaguest of ideas, only figuring halfway through the first draft what the story really is about and how it might end. I let the characters go their own way, respond to the situations out of whatever life experience and shortcomings of character they possess.

OMN: How true are you to the setting of the story?

JA: The settling of the series is as much a character as any of the dope mules or dirty cops that live and die on the streets of Louisville, Kentucky. A poor river city, Louisville has a higher murder rate than Boston, MA, a city much larger in size and population. I have lived in L.A., New York, and several other major cities, but have never encountered more disfunction and more memorable characters than in the little Sodom on the banks of the Ohio.

OMN: Do you intend to keep the action of your future books in the Louisville area?

JA: My next series of novels will be set in Northern Kentucky and across the river Cincinnati. They will take place between the 1920s and '40s and involve mafia-controlled gambling, extortion, and narcotics trafficking in Newport and Covington, Kentucky. Media and reform politicians referred to Newport as "Little Chicago."

OMN: What are some of your outside interests?

JA: My writing is steeped in Kentucky culture and history. Much of what I've learned along those lines I picked up while playing in an alt-country group. I wrote and sang for "The Shooting Gallery" from 2003 through 2008 and continued playing with some of the guys from the group for a few more years. I always loved writing music and lyrics, far more than I ever cared for the "show-biz" aspect. I think that's why I've scaled back on performing live music over the last two or three years. I get far greater fulfillment out of writing prose, free from forced interaction with any kind of audience.

OMN: Are there any particular authors you look forward to reading?

JA: My favorite books, those I've re-read and will continue to re-read, include, The Stories of John CheeverThe Man With The Golden Arm by Nelson Algren; The Watch by Rick Bass; The Last Good Kiss by James Crumley; and Valdez is Coming by Elmore Leonard.

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Jonathan Ashley is a freelance journalist and book dealer living in Lexington, KY. His work has appeared in Crime Factory, A Twist of Noir, LEO Weekly, Kentucky Magazine and Yellow Mama.

For more information about the author, please visit his author page on Goodreads.

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The Cost of Doing Business by Jonathan Ashley

The Cost of Doing Business
Jonathan Ashley
A Crime Novel

Jon Catlett, a misanthropic literary obsessive, is facing the loss of the only thing in the world he loves; his used bookstore, a haven for fellow weirdos, outcasts, misunderstood geniuses and malcontents. Jon has several other problems, the least of which are his love affair with a bi-polar femme fatale heiress to a thriving northern steel company or the exponentially growing opiate habit he has developed.

When Jon, during a deal gone wrong, accidentally kills a fellow drug addict, getting away with murder turns out to be the least of his worries. The steps he and Paul, the obsessive-compulsive manager of Jon's store, must take to cover up the killing result in the two cornering Louisville’s blossoming heroin trade.

From West End gangbangers to dirty cops and crusading narcotics detectives, Jon and his unstable partner in crime must dilute their morals and thicken their skin if they are to have any hope of surviving the lucrative but deadly life they've stumbled upon.

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My Gun Has Bullets by Lee Goldberg is Today's Third Featured Free MystereBook

My Gun Has Bullets by Lee Goldberg

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature …

My Gun Has Bullets by Lee Goldberg

A Charlie Willis Mystery

Publisher: St. Martin's Press/CreateSpace

… as today's third free mystery ebook. This is a repeat freebie that was last featured on our site on March 03, 2012.

My Gun Has Bullets by Lee Goldberg, Amazon Kindle format

This title was listed for free as of December 01, 2014 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.

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.

When Beverly Hills Police Officer Charlie Willis pulls over a speeding Rolls Royce hell-bent for Neiman Marcus, he's surprised to see Esther Radcliffe, the geriatric star of the TV series Miss Agatha, behind the wheel. He's even more surprised when she guns him down and keeps on driving. A few hours later, he wakes up in the intensive care unit … to find a William Morris agent, a network president, and the head of Pinnacle Studios standing at the foot of his bed. They have a proposal for him: in exchange for conveniently forgetting who shot him, they'll make him the star of his own series, My Gun Has Bullets. So Charlie trades in his real badge for a fake one … and so begins an uproarious but deadly romp through the wonderful world of TV make-believe … with real bullets.

My Gun Has Bullets by Lee Goldberg

404 by J. G. Sandom is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook

404 by J. G. Sandom

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature …

404 by J. G. Sandom

A John Decker Thriller

Publisher: Cornucopia Press

… as today's second free mystery ebook.

404 by J. G. Sandom, Amazon Kindle format

This title was listed for free as of December 01, 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.

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.

Planes crash into one another midair. Nuclear power plants go berserk. Railroad crossing gates rise, letting cars pass just as trains whistle by. Thousands are injured or killed. The only connection between these seemingly unrelated events is that the systems controlling them are all Internet-driven.

FBI cryptanalyst forensic examiner John Decker, working at the National Counter Terrorism Center in Northern Virginia, uncovers a deadly plot to sabotage a key US defense contractor. When the plot leads to an old Islamist adversary, long thought dead, Special Agent Decker has no idea he is about to be thrust into a diabolical conspiracy that winds to the heart of our national defense.

In the course of a week, America is paralyzed by a series of devastating cyber-attacks that cripple the nation's security, financial markets and transportation systems. Assisted by beautiful and brilliant computer expert Xin Liu (Lulu), Decker must unravel the mystery behind whoever — or whatever — is taking over the Net.

Who's responsible for these deadly cyber-attacks? Is it Jihadists of the Crimson Scimitar cell, led by Decker's old nemesis, El Aqrab? Is it North Koreans, working out of Dandong, China, instead? Or, is it somebody else altogether?

404 by J. G. Sandom

Murder Offstage by L. B. Hathaway is Today's Featured Free MystereBook

Murder Offstage by L. B. Hathaway

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature …

Murder Offstage by L. B. Hathaway

A Posie Parker Mystery

Publisher: Whitehaven Man Press

… as today's free mystery ebook.

Murder Offstage by L. B. Hathaway, Amazon Kindle format

This title was listed for free as of December 01, 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.

When Posie Parker's childhood friend is robbed of a priceless jewel and becomes a suspect in a cold-blooded murder case, budding detective Posie vows she will clear his name. Aided by her seriously gorgeous assistant Len, Posie soon realizes things are not quite as they seem, and the darkly-glamorous world of London's theatre and glittering nightclubs prove far more dangerous than she ever could have imagined.

Just who exactly is the dangerous Lucky Lucy Gibson? And who is it she has killed in the lobby of the Ritz Hotel? And more importantly, what on earth has happened to Mr Minks, the much-loved office cat?

Murder Offstage by L. B. Hathaway

Cyber Monday Sale is Today's Nook Daily Find

The Burning Room by Michael Connelly

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature Cyber Monday Sale as today's Nook Daily Find.

The deal price of 500 NOOK Books Under $5, many price-matched by Amazon is valid only for today, Monday, December 01, 2014. We're highlighting one of the titles in this post.

The Burning Room by Michael Connelly

A Harry Bosch Mystery (19th in series)

Publisher: Little, Brown

Price: $4.99 (as of 12/01/2014 at 6:30 AM ET).

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Detective Harry Bosch and his rookie partner investigate a cold case that gets very hot... very fast…

In the LAPD's Open-Unsolved Unit, not many murder victims die a decade after the crime. So when a man succumbs to complications from being shot by a stray bullet ten years earlier, Bosch catches a case in which the body is still fresh, but any other clues are virtually nonexistent. Even a veteran cop would find this one tough going, but Bosch's new partner, Detective Lucia Soto, has no homicide experience. A young star in the department, Soto has been assigned to Bosch so that he can pass on to her his hard-won expertise.

Now Bosch and Soto are tasked with solving a murder that turns out to be highly charged and politically sensitive. Beginning with the bullet that has been lodged for years in the victim's spine, they must pull new leads from years-old evidence, and these soon reveal that the shooting was anything but random.

As their investigation picks up speed, it leads to another unsolved case with even greater stakes: the deaths of several children in a fire that occurred twenty years ago. But when their work starts to threaten careers and lives, Bosch and Soto must decide whether it is worth risking everything to find the truth, or if it's safer to let some secrets stay buried.

The Burning Room by Michael Connelly

Cyber Monday: The Biggest Kindle Book Deal of the Year is Today's Kindle Daily Deal

Archie Meets Nero Wolfe by Robert Goldsborough

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature Cyber Monday: The Biggest Kindle Book Deal of the Year as today's Kindle Daily Deal.

The deal price of Up to 80% Off More Than 2000 Titles is valid only for today, Monday, December 01, 2014. We're highlighting just one of the over 650 mystery, thriller and suspense titles included in this sale.

Archie Meets Nero Wolfe by Robert Goldsborough

A Nero Wolfe Prequel Mystery (8th in series)

Publisher: Mysterious Press

Price: $1.99 (as of 12/01/2014 at 6:10 AM ET).

Archie Meets Nero Wolfe by Robert Goldsborough, Amazon Kindle format

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To become part of the Nero Wolfe legend, Archie Goodwin must prove his worth …

Archie Goodwin comes to New York City hoping for a bit of excitement. In his third week working as a night watchman, he stops two burglars in their tracks — with a pair of hot lead slugs. Dismissed from his job for being "trigger-happy", he parlays his newfound notoriety into a job as a detective's assistant, helping honest sleuth Del Bascom solve cases like the Morningside Piano Heist, the Rive Gauche Art Gallery Swindle, and the Sumner-Hayes Burglary. But it's the kidnapping of Tommie Williamson, the son of a New York hotel magnate, that introduces Goodwin to the man who will change his life.

Young Tommie has gone missing, and only one detective is built for the job: Nero Wolfe, the heavyset genius of West Thirty-Fifth Street. Together they will form one of the most unlikely crime fighting duos in history — but first Goodwin must find Tommie Williamson, and prove to Wolfe that he deserves a place by his side.

Archie Meets Nero Wolfe by Robert Goldsborough

Today's Mystery and Suspense Update from Big Fish Games (141201)

Big Fish Games

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

• The New Release is Awakening: The Golden Age.

• The Daily Deal is Dracula: Love Kills, just $2.99 today only!

• The current Catch of the Week is Azada: Elementa, just $2.99 through Sunday, December 07, 2014 only.

• Today's Special Deal — Cyber Monday Sale: All Standard Edition games are just $3.99 each! Use coupon code CYBER at check-out to purchase any Standard Edition PC or Mac game for just $3.99. (Collector's Editions are excluded.) Offer valid December 1st, 2014 only until 11:59 PM PT.

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

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Awakening: The Golden Age

The New Release is Awakening: The Golden Age

Before Queen Sophia was born, the Human Kingdom lived in an age of glory: the golden age. However, this age too had its dark times. Beneath a veneer of peace, war has come with minotaurs invading human villages. But there is more to this war than meets the eye, and you must uncover it. The minotaurs claim that humans have been starving them, but how could this be true? Escape your village, investigate the truth, and journey to the ends of the kingdom and into its castles, meeting allies with unique abilities that can help you. Uncover the secrets behind the war, or the kingdom of your birth will be destroyed!

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

Also available for this game:

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Dracula: Love Kills

Today's Daily Deal is Dracula: Love Kills

The Queen of Vampires is back and is determined to destroy the world! No one, human or vampire, will stand in her way. Count Dracula is still weak from his last battle with Van Helsing, so an uneasy alliance is formed between the two mortal enemies. Will they overcome their hatred and stop the Queen? Find out in this terrifying Hidden Object Puzzle Adventure game!

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

Also available for this game:

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Azada: Elementa

The current Catch of the Week is Azada: Elementa

Journey to amazing worlds as this whimsical saga continues! After its precious elements are stolen, Azada chooses you to find the elemental mages who can save this special world. But bad-guy Panoptes is waiting around every corner to stop you at any cost — or is he? Nothing in Azada is as it seems …

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

Also available for this game:

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