Key Witness, A Novel of Suspense by Sandra Bolton, New This Week from Thomas & Mercer

Named for streets that flank its headquarters in Seattle, Thomas & Mercer — an imprint of Amazon Publishing — showcases first-rate fiction, from cozy mysteries to heart-stopping thrillers.

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Key Witness by Sandra Bolton

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Thomas & Mercer

Price: $3.99 (as of 03/31/2015 at 7:30 PM ET).

  

First published by Desert Dog Press in 2014. This edition includes editorial revisions.

Heading west for the serene deserts of New Mexico with his three-legged dog, Patch, Abe Freeman hopes to escape the memories of his girlfriend's lost battle with cancer. He expects his cross-country journey to be healing, not life-threatening. And he definitely doesn't plan to wind up as the main suspect when a drifter he meets along the way, Easy Jackson, gets murdered.

When Abe's lost knife turns up at the crime scene and Easy's key appears in Abe's backpack, Abe finds himself hunted by the police, biker gangs, and drug dealers, all of whom are determined to get their hands on that key. Caught up in the violence, Abe becomes desperate to prove his innocence. With help from Navajo police officer Emily Etcitty, he just might survive … and his heart just might find another reason to keep on beating.

— Key Witness by Sandra Bolton

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Scrapped, A Cumberland Creek Mystery by Mollie Cox Bryan, Now Available at a Special Price

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Scrapped by Mollie Cox Bryan

A Cumberland Creek Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: Kensington

Price: $1.99 (as of 03/31/2015 at 7:00 PM ET).

  

The ladies of the Cumberland Scrapbook Crop are welcoming an eccentric newbie into their fold. A self-proclaimed witch, Cookie Crandall can whip up a sumptuous vegan meal and rhapsodize about runes and moon phases with equal aplomb. She becomes fast friends with her fellow scrapbookers, including freelance reporter Annie, with whom she shares shallow roots in a community of established family trees. So when Cookie becomes the prime suspect in a series of bizarre murders, the croppers get scrappy and set out to clear her name …

Annie starts digging and discovers that the victims each had strange runic patterns carved on their bodies — a piece of evidence that points the police in Cookie's direction. Even her friends begin to doubt her innocence when they find an ornate, spiritual scrapbook that an alleged beginner like Cookie could never have crafted. As Annie and the croppers search for answers, they'll uncover a shockingly wicked side of their once quiet town — and a killer on the prowl for another victim …

— Scrapped by Mollie Cox Bryan

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New This Week: Total Surrender, A Sin Brothers Novel of Romantic Suspense by Rebecca Zanetti

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 March 2015 and priced $4.99 or less …

Total Surrender by Rebecca Zanetti

A Sin Brothers Novel of Romantic Suspense (4th in series)

Publisher: Forever

Price: $2.99 (as of 03/31/2015 at 6:30 PM ET).

  

A fight he must win … A passion she can't resist …

Piper Oliver knows she can't trust him. They warned her that the tall, dark, and sexy black-ops soldier Jory Dean would try to win her over with his steel-gray eyes and deadly charm, but she won't be conned by this man they call a traitor. All she has to do is figure out the science necessary to save his life, and she's done. Something isn't adding up, though, and she won't rest until she uncovers the truth-even if it's buried in his deep, dangerous kiss.

Jory will do anything to reunite with and save his brothers-even kidnap the gorgeous woman who's working to deactivate the deadly chip in their spines. But the forces determined to destroy his family won't let them go so easily. Keeping Piper alive is more than he bargained for-and so is his burning desire for her. But with every second bringing him closer to certain death, can he afford to lose himself in her hot and willing embrace?

— Total Surrender by Rebecca Zanetti

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Blood on the Tongue, A Cooper & Fry Mystery by Stephen Booth, Now Available at a Special Price

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Today, we're pleased to present the following title, now available at a special price courtesy of the publisher, Witness Impulse …

Blood on the Tongue by Stephen Booth

A Cooper & Fry Mystery (3rd in series)

Publisher: Witness Impulse

Price: 99¢ (as of 03/31/2015 at 6:00 PM ET).

  

It's a new year for Ben Cooper and Diane Fry, and that means new mysteries to solve in the icy depths of a bitter winter …

It isn't the easiest way to commit suicide, but the dead woman seems to have simply curled up in the freezing snow and lain there until her heart stopped. There was no one to observe her death but the foxes and the hares. Yet she is riddled with bruises. Her demise is horrifying. Is it also suspicious?

When two more bodies are found, Cooper and Fry begin to wonder whether these tragedies are connected — and whether they will survive the winter …

— Blood on the Tongue by Stephen Booth

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Hostile Eyewitness by Tyora Moody, a New 1st in Series Mystery Introducing Serena

Omnimystery News is pleased to present you with one of this month's new 1st in Series titles, a mystery, thriller or suspense novel that introduces a recurring character (or characters) …

Hostile Eyewitness by Tyora Moody

A Serena Manchester Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Urban Christian

  

What we know about the character: Depressed from the complications of a head injury, Serena Manchester seeks solitude in the quaint Southern seaport town she left almost twenty-five years before. For more information about her first investigation, see a synopsis of the book, below.

One night Serena witnesses a gang-related crime. She thinks she recognizes one of the young men, but chooses not to identify him. What if her brain injury has altered her perceptions? Her estranged family has already reminded her why she left town in the first place. Drawing attention to herself and perhaps endangering her well-being is the last thing Serena needs.

When tragedy strikes close to home, however, Serena can no longer keep her head in the sand. Serena feels responsible, and her reporter skills kick in. Much to the dismay of the local police, she decides to start her own investigation.

— Hostile Eyewitness by Tyora Moody

Cover Your Eyes, A Novel of Suspense by Mary Burton, Now Available at a Special Price

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Cover Your Eyes by Mary Burton

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Zebra Books

Price: $1.99 (as of 03/31/2015 at 5:00 PM ET).

  

At first, they struggle to escape. Then a torrent of blows rains down upon their bodies until their eyes cloud over in final agony. The killer shows no remorse — just a twisted need to witness each victim's last terrified moments.

Public defender Rachel Wainwright is struggling to reopen a decades-old case, convinced that the wrong man is in prison. Homicide detective Deke Morgan doesn't want to agree. But if Rachel's hunch is correct, whoever fatally bludgeoned young, beautiful Annie Dawson thirty years ago could be the source of a new string of brutal slayings.

Rachel's investigation is about to reveal answers — but at a price she never thought to pay. Now she's become the target of a rage honed by years of jealousy and madness. And a murderer is ready to show her just how vicious the truth can be …

— Cover Your Eyes by Mary Burton

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The Mystery Across the Secret Bridge by Harper Paris, a New Greetings from Somewhere Mystery for New Sleuths

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

The Mystery Across the Secret Bridge by Harper Paris

Series: Greetings from Somewhere

Publisher: Little Simon

Formats: Hardcover, Paperback, eBook

Recommended for New Sleuths, Ages 4 to 6

  

The Briar family is off to Peru! They explore small towns within the Sacred Valley, go horseback riding up into ancient salt mines, help weave alpaca wool into blankets, and then travel to Machu Picchu, the "Lost City of the Incas."

While Ethan and Ella are exploring the incredible site, they come across a wooden bridge that leads them to a mysterious stone structure. What is it, why haven't they heard about it — and why does it seem to look like a snake, a bird, and a puma at the same time?

— The Mystery Across the Secret Bridge by Harper Paris

Smarty Bones, A Sarah Booth Delaney Mystery by Carolyn Haines, 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, Minotaur Books …

Smarty Bones by Carolyn Haines

A Sarah Booth Delaney Mystery (13th in series)

Publisher: Minotaur Books

Price: $2.99 (as of 03/31/2015 at 4:00 PM ET).

  

Professor Olive Twist has come to Zinnia, Mississippi to study a mysterious grave wherein lies the Lady in Red, a perfectly preserved and stunningly beautiful but unnamed and unclaimed body. Olive claims she can not only identify the corpse, she can also prove the woman's scandalous role in the nation's history. Olive takes it a step too far, though, when she starts connecting elite Zinnia families with the same scandal.

Dander up, Zinnia's society ladies know only one way to handle Olive: they call on the private investigative services of Sarah Booth Delaney. But Olive's real agenda is clear as Mississippi mud, and when Sarah Booth discovers a present-day dead body, she knows there's more than just family pride and Southern heritage at stake. If she can't find the murderer and fast, it might just be Sarah Booth's life on the line next.

— Smarty Bones by Carolyn Haines

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The Mourning Bells by Christine Trent, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during March 2015

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during March 2015 …

The Mourning Bells by Christine Trent, A Violet Harper, Lady of Ashes Mystery (4th in series)

Publisher: Kensington

  

One of Victorian London's most respected undertakers, Violet Harper has the new duty of accompanying coffins from various undertakers on the London Necropolis Railway for respectful funerals and burials in Surrey. But on her fateful first trip, the mournful silence of the train is shattered by the shrill ringing of a coffin bell — a device that prevents a person from being buried alive.

Inside the noisome coffin Violet finds a man wide-eyed with fear, claiming he was falsely interred. When a second coffin bell is rung on another trip Violet grows suspicious. She voices her qualms to Inspector Hurst of Scotland Yard, only to receive a puzzling reply that, after all, it is not a crime to rise from the dead.

But Violet's instincts are whispering that all is not well on the London Necropolis Railway's tracks. Is this all merely the result of clumsy undertaking, or is there something more sinister afoot? Determined to get to the heart of the matter, Violet uncovers a treacherous plot and villains who will stop at nothing to keep a lid on her search for the truth …

— The Mourning Bells by Christine Trent

To see more new paperback titles scheduled to be published this month, visit The Mystery Bookshelf for March 2015. For new hardcover mysteries, visit New Mysteries where for a list of March 2015 mysteries, novels of suspense, and thrillers is provided.

Eye for an Eye, A Dewey Andreas Thriller by Ben Coes, Now Available at a Special Price

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Eye for an Eye by Ben Coes

A Dewey Andreas Thriller (4th in series)

Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Price: $2.99 (as of 03/31/2015 at 3:00 PM ET).

  

When Dewey Andreas uncovers the identity of a mole embedded at a high level in Israel's Mossad, it triggers a larger, more dangerous plot. The mole was the most important asset of Chinese Intelligence, and Fao Bhang, head of China's Ministry of State Security (MSS), responds to the discovery and brutal elimination of the mole, by immediately placing a kill order on the man responsible — Dewey Andreas.

Dewey is tracked to Argentina, where he is on vacation with his fiancée, Jessica Tanzer, a U.S. National Security Advisor. A top-level kill team is sent in quickly and quietly, but their attack fails to take out Dewey. The collateral damage, however, is both horrifying and deeply personal. With nothing left to lose, Andreas is determined to have his revenge. Once he learns who is probably behind the attack — and why they are after him — Dewey goes rogue, using all of his assets and skills to launch a counterattack. Andreas must now face the full weight and might of the MSS, Chinese Intelligence, and the formidable Fao Bhang, if he's to achieve his one last goal: revenge on a biblical scale, no matter the odds or the armies that he will have to fight his way through. Andreas — former Army Ranger and Delta — is a man of great skills and cunning. His opponent, Fao Bhang, is ruthless, determined, and with no limit to the assets at his disposal.

In this conflict, there are only two possible outcomes. And only one Dewey Andreas.

— Eye for an Eye by Ben Coes

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Poison Ivy by Cynthia Riggs, New in Bookstores during March 2015

Today's featured new hardcover mystery, suspense, or thriller title scheduled to be published during March 2015 is …

Poison Ivy by Cynthia Riggs, a Victoria Trumbull, Martha's Vineyard Mystery (11th in series)

Publisher: Minotaur Books

    

On her first day as adjunct professor at Ivy Green College, Victoria Trumbull recognizes the stench emanating from her classroom as more than just dead mice. Brownie, the groundskeeper's mangy mutt, soon discovers a second body hiding beneath a cluster of poison ivy.

The stakes have never been higher for Ivy Green, which is on the brink of losing already-lukewarm support from its accredited partner, Cape Cod University. Thackery Wilson, the founder of Ivy Green, worries that the bad publicity from the murders will obliterate the financial and academic support the tiny college and its dependent students desperately need. As the bodies continue to pile up, all tenure committee members, Victoria and Brownie find themselves hunting a serial killer and trying to save the college.

— Poison Ivy by Cynthia Riggs

For a list of more new hardcover titles to be published this month, visit our New Mysteries page for March 2015. For new paperback mysteries, visit The Mystery Bookshelf where a selection of March 2015 mysteries, novels of suspense, and thrillers are shelved.

Cinemystery News: Gillian Flynn To Co-Write Thriller Screenplay based on Lynda La Plante's Miniseries Widows

Crime novelist Gillian Flynn is teaming up with Steve McQueen to write the film screenplay for a thriller based on Lynda La Plante's 1983 ITV television miniseries Widows for New Regency.

The storyline of the original series is centered on three women, widows of three men killed while committing an armed robbery, who team up with a fourth to complete the job. The twist in the series is that there was a fourth man involved, who left his fellow robbers to die and escaped, prompting the widows to seek vengeance as well. Widows aired two sequels and was remade in 2002 for the US market.

(Source: Deadline.)

Tails, You Lose by Carol J. Perry, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during March 2015

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during March 2015 …

Tails, You Lose by Carol J. Perry, A Lee Barrett, Witch City Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: Kensington

  

Her instincts may be killer — but can she catch one this wicked?

After losing her job as a TV psychic, Lee Barrett has decided to volunteer her talents as an instructor at the Tabitha Trumbull Academy of the Arts — known as "The Tabby" — in her hometown of Salem, Massachusetts. But when the school's handyman turns up dead under seemingly inexplicable circumstances on Christmas night, Lee's clairvoyant capabilities begin bubbling to the surface once again.

The Tabby is housed in the long-vacant Trumbull's Department Store. As Lee and her intrepid students begin work on a documentary charting the store's history, they unravel a century of family secrets, deathbed whispers — and a mysterious labyrinth of tunnels hidden right below the streets of Salem. Even the witches in town are spooked, and when Lee begins seeing visions in the large black patent leather pump in her classroom, she's certain something evil is afoot. But ghosts in the store's attic are the least of her worries with a killer on the loose …

— Tails, You Lose by Carol J. Perry

To see more new paperback titles scheduled to be published this month, visit The Mystery Bookshelf for March 2015. For new hardcover mysteries, visit New Mysteries where for a list of March 2015 mysteries, novels of suspense, and thrillers is provided.

Stolen, A Novel of Suspense by Daniel Palmer, Now Available at a Special Price

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Stolen by Daniel Palmer

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Pinnacle

Price: $2.99 (as of 03/31/2015 at 1:00 PM ET).

  

The future looks bright for Boston couple John Bodine and Ruby Dawes. John's online gaming business is growing, and they're planning a family. But when Ruby receives a life-changing diagnosis, and their insurance won't cover her treatment, John makes a risky move. He steals a customer's identity and files a false medical claim. It works perfectly — until the customer contacts John with a startling proposition …

If John and Ruby play a little game he's devised, he won't report their fraud. The rules of 'Criminal' are simple: commit real crimes. But if they fail, there will be deadly consequences. John assumes it's a sick joke — until people start dying. Now John and Ruby can't disappear — and they can't go to the police. Their only option is to keep playing, while trying to outwit a psychopath who has no intention of letting them leave this game alive …

— Stolen by Daniel Palmer

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New This Week: A Ghostly Grave, A Ghostly Southern Mystery by Tonya Kappes

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A Ghostly Grave by Tonya Kappes

A Ghostly Southern Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: Witness

Price: $4.74 (as of 03/31/2015 at 12:30 PM ET).

  

There's a ghost on the loose — and a fox in the henhouse …

Four years ago, the Eternal Slumber Funeral Home put Chicken Teater in the ground. Now undertaker Emma Lee Raines is digging him back up. The whole scene is bad for business, especially with her granny running for mayor and a big festival setting up in town. But ever since Emma Lee started seeing ghosts, Chicken's been pestering her to figure out who killed him.

With her handsome boyfriend, Sheriff Jack Henry Ross, busy getting new forensics on the old corpse, Emma Lee has time to look into her first suspect. Chicken's widow may be a former Miss Kentucky, but the love of his life was another beauty queen: Lady Cluckington, his prize-winning hen. Was Mrs. Teater the jealous type? Chicken seems to think so. Something's definitely rotten in Sleepy Hollow — and Emma Lee just prays it's not her luck.

— A Ghostly Grave by Tonya Kappes

See also the first book in this series, A Ghostly Undertaking, also $4.74 for Kindle.

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