Mystery Godoku Puzzle for July 27, 2015

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:

A D E H I K N R T

There is dancing here in the 3rd Random Heroes Collection novel by Dee Davis (9 letters).

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Today's Selection of Daily Deals for Sunday, July 26, 2015

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature a selection of today's Daily Deals found on Sunday, July 26, 2015 at 7:30 AM ET …

Blue Gold by Clive Cussler with Paul Kemprecos

A Kurt Austin Adventure (2nd in series)

Publisher: Pocket Books

Kindle Daily Deal Price: $1.99

From deep within the Venezuelan rain forest emanates the legend of a white goddess and a mysterious tribe with startling technical accomplishments. Few believe the tribe exists — and even fewer suspect its deity may hold knowledge that can change the course of history.

For National Underwater & Marine Agency crew leader Kurt Austin, an investigation into the sudden deaths of rare whales leads him to the Mexican coast, where someone tries to put him and his mini-sub permanently out of commission. Meanwhile, in South America's lush hills, a specially assigned NUMA crew turns up the white-goddess legend — and a murderous cadre of bio-pirates intent on stealing medicinal secrets worth millions. Soon Austin and his crew realize they're working the opposite ends of the same grand scheme. A billionaire California tycoon is poised to rise to power by monopolizing the earth's vastly depleted freshwater reserves and ultimately dominate the world.

Austin has a hunch Venezuela's mythical tribal goddess has some real roots in science, and may be the key to locating a secret formula that could turn vast amounts of seawater into fresh. But with each step into the bush, he and his NUMA team feel like fish out of water — and must fight a deadly, twisting trail of enemies through a dense jungle of treachery, blackmail, and murder.

— Blue Gold by Clive Cussler with Paul Kemprecos

Sister Eve, Private Eye by Lynne Hinton

A Divine Private Detective Agency Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Thomas Nelson

Nook Daily Find Price: $1.99 (price-matched by Amazon)

  

Sister Eve knows God moves in mysterious ways. And Eve adores a good mystery. Especially a murder …

Two decades into her calling at a New Mexico monastery, Sister Evangeline Divine breaks her daily routine when a police officer appears, carrying a message from her father. Sister Eve is no stranger to the law, having grown up with a police captain turned private detective. She's seen her fair share of crime — and knows a thing or two about solving mysteries.

But when Captain Jackson Divine needs her to return home and help him recover from surgery, Sister Eve finds herself taking on his latest case.

A Hollywood director has disappeared, and the sultry starlet he's been running around with isn't talking. When the missing man turns up dead, Captain Divine's case escalates into a full-blown murder case, and Sister Eve's crime-solving instincts kick in with an almost God-given grace.

Soon Sister Eve finds herself soul-searching every step of the way: How can she choose between the vocation in her heart and the job in her blood?

— Sister Eve, Private Eye by Lynne Hinton

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Today's Selection of Free MystereBooks for Sunday, July 26, 2015

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature a selection of Free MystereBooks found on Sunday, July 26, 2015 at 6:30 AM ET …

The Orphan Factory by James & Lance Morcan

The Orphan Trilogy

Publisher: Sterling Gate Books

Price: FREE!

  

Legitimate Targets by Peter Facer

A Jake Sullivan Novel

Publisher: Peter Facer

Price: FREE!

  

Deadly Diplomacy by Jean Harrod

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: York Authors Coffee Shop

Price: FREE!

  

Fragile Cord by Emma Salisbury

A Kevin Coupland and Alex Moreton Mystery

Publisher: Emma Salisbury

Price: FREE!

  

Ready to Were by Robyn Peterman

A Shift Happens Novel

Publisher: Robyn Peterman

Price: FREE!

  

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A Cold Day In Mosul, An Ethan Galaal Thriller by Isaac Hooke, 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 author …

A Cold Day In Mosul by Isaac Hooke

An Ethan Galaal Thriller (2nd in series)

Publisher: Isaac Hooke

Price: 99¢ (as of 07/25/2015 at 7:00 PM ET).

  

A high-ranking DIA operative has been kidnapped in Iraq by the Islamic State, and with her, secrets that could bring about the collapse of major intelligence-gathering networks throughout the region. Can Ethan Galaal find her before it's too late?

Samantha Rond, head of an ultra-secretive branch of the DIA's Defense Clandestine Service in the Middle East, has gone missing during a key operation. Her last known location: the occupied city of Mosul, the war-ravaged heart of the Islamic State in Iraq.

Ethan Galaal and his elite team of undercover operatives are dispatched to rescue Samantha. Officially, he and his men don't exist. Unofficially, Sam is their boss, however in her absence the team reports directly to the Secretary of Defense. Their years of experience in operating incognito in the region make them the ideal candidates for the rescue mission.

But first they have to find Sam. Setbacks exist at every turn. Surrounded by enemies and unsure of whom to trust, Ethan soon begins to suspect that a rogue non-state actor has been advising the Islamic State in Mosul.

Will he find her before the interrogators extract everything of value and destroy Sam's mind? Or will elements of the rogue faction hunt down Ethan and his team first, bringing the rescue mission to a spectacularly premature end?

— A Cold Day In Mosul by Isaac Hooke

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New This Week: Devious, An On the Run International Mystery by Sara Rosett

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 July 2015 and priced $4.99 or less …

Devious by Sara Rosett

An On the Run International Mystery (5th in series)

Publisher: Sara Rosett

Price: $3.99 (as of 07/25/2015 at 6:30 PM ET).

  

Free-spirited Zoe Andrews has settled into married life and feels she has found her ideal niche working for a company that discreetly recovers lost items for elite clients, but her first assignment, which takes her to Edinburgh to recover a stolen painting, turns out to be more complicated than she expected.

Instead of simply getting in touch with contacts in the art world, Zoe finds herself tangled in a web of contradictions. Why would someone steal a not-so-valuable painting, and why was the thief attacked? Zoe's search to find answers takes her from the ancient stone walls of Edinburgh Castle to the Baroque grandeur of Salzburg as she delves into a decades old mystery with ties to the present.

— Devious by Sara Rosett

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As Red as Blood, The Snow White Trilogy by Salla Simukka, Now Available at a Special Price

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As Red as Blood by Salla Simukka

The Snow White Trilogy (1st in series)

Publisher: Skyscape

Price: $1.99 (as of 07/25/2015 at 6:00 PM ET).

  

This title is one of over 80 mysteries and thrillers included in Amazon's Monthly Deals for $3.99 or Less promotion.

In the midst of the freezing Arctic winter, seventeen-year-old Lumikki Andersson walks into her school's dark room and finds a stash of wet, crimson-colored money. Thousands of Euros left to dry — splattered with someone's blood.

Lumikki lives alone in a studio apartment far from her parents and the past she left behind. She transferred into a prestigious art school, and she's singularly focused on studying and graduating. Lumikki ignores the cliques, the gossip, and the parties held by the school's most popular and beautiful boys and girls.

But finding the blood-stained money changes everything. Suddenly, Lumikki is swept into a whirlpool of events as she finds herself helping to trace the origins of the money. Events turn even more deadly when evidence points to dirty cops and a notorious drug kingpin best known for the brutality with which he runs his business.

As Lumikki loses control of her carefully constructed world, she discovers that she's been blind to the forces swirling around her — and she's running out of time to set them right. When she sees the stark red of blood on snow, it may be too late to save her friends or herself.

— As Red as Blood by Salla Simukka

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Deadly Nightshade, A Rachel O'Connor, Gardening Mystery by Mary Rosenblum, 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 …

Deadly Nightshade by Mary Rosenblum

A Rachel O'Connor, Gardening Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: Endeavour Press

Price: $3.99 (as of 07/25/2015 at 5:30 PM ET).

  

Rachel O'Connor is Blossom's City Landscaper and her passion is gardening. Her business, family and love life seem to be perfect. That is, until a body is found on one of her sites. A City Councilman has been killed and there are fingers pointed at Rachel's employee, Spider, a young boy from the Youth Farm. But she is adamant he is innocent.

Rumours fly about the legitimacy of business dealings within the community, providing multiple suspects with motives. Rachel's boyfriend, Chief Jeff Price investigates and ruffles some feathers. City politics divide the town and threaten to divide Rachel's family. Her Uncle Jack, known for his stubborn opinions and quick temper is questioned on the murder. Leading to a grudge against Jeff, and testing his relationship with Rachel.

Picking up clues as she continues to work around the City, Rachel attempts to put the pieces together and save relationships. But can she do it in time, or will someone else get hurt, or worse killed in the otherwise peaceful Blossom? The more she digs up, shock after shock is uncovered for the residents. With controversial theories being thrown around, who will be right? And what will it mean for the City's council and population?

— Deadly Nightshade by Mary Rosenblum

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The Tomb of the Honey Bee, A Posie Parker Mystery by L. B. Hathaway, Now Available at a Special Price

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The Tomb of the Honey Bee by L. B. Hathaway

A Posie Parker Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: Whitehaven Man Press

Price: 99¢ (as of 07/25/2015 at 5:00 PM ET).

  

When Posie is asked to find a world-famous explorer who has gone missing, she finds herself in murky waters yet again: an aristocratic family torn apart by hatred, a bizarre murder at an English country house, and a cryptic clue left behind by the explorer which is sweet as honey, but deadlier than poison.

In a case where simply everyone has a motive for wanting the explorer dead, Posie's investigation starts off in the English Cotswolds, takes her through the glamorous South of France, on to the mysterious island of Ortigia in Italy, and then into the Tombs of the Pharaohs in Egypt. But is she being followed by a cold-blooded killer? And where has Len, her almost-boyfriend, disappeared to?

— The Tomb of the Honey Bee by L. B. Hathaway

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New This Week: The Bad Actor, A Novel of Suspense by Glen Ebisch

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The Bad Actor by Glen Ebisch

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Five Star

Price: $3.99 (as of 07/25/2015 at 4:30 PM ET).

  

Although only in her late twenties, Laura Magee is Auntie Mabel, the advice columnist for the Ravensford Chronicle. Only those who work on the newspaper and one member of the Ravensford police department are supposed to know Auntie Mabel's true identity. Problems begin for Laura when she receives an Auntie Mabel letter from a woman who believes that her younger boyfriend is interested in her solely for her money. Laura's blunt reply is that she should break it off with him and see a lawyer. Shortly after, Laura learns that the woman has died in a fall on her cellar stairs. Concerned that the boyfriend may have killed her and feeling guilty about her own role in the event, Laura begins to investigate.

Soon after, she receives a threatening letter from someone who knows she is Auntie Mabel. After further digging she comes to the conclusion that the boyfriend and the letter-writer are one and the same. Although Michael Farantello, the chief of detectives and her sometime boyfriend, gives her as much protection as he can, she narrowly survives an attempt on her life. Undaunted Laura continues to investigate, drawing closer and closer to the man who has killed before and plans to kill again.

— The Bad Actor by Glen Ebisch

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In Broad Daylight, A Novel of Psychological Suspense by Seth Harwood, Now Available at a Special Price

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In Broad Daylight by Seth Harwood

A Novel of Psychological Suspense

Publisher: Thomas & Mercer

Price: $1.99 (as of 07/25/2015 at 4:00 PM ET).

  

This title is one of over 80 mysteries and thrillers included in Amazon's Monthly Deals for $3.99 or Less promotion.

FBI agent Jess Harding treks back to Anchorage to hunt down a sadistic killer who's reemerged from a five-year hiatus — a killer who has already slipped her grasp once before. The endless days of an Alaskan summer can't thwart the fiend's plans as he slashes his way through the rural community, where everyone knows your name and always distrusts the outside.

With the help of Oscar Linstrom, an old colleague who wants to be more than friends, Jess attempts to immerse herself in the area's culture, leading her to a strange rural village inhabited by Russian Old Believers hell-bent on protecting their way of life. Even the locals are outsiders to the Old Believers, and Jess needs a safehaven in the glare of daylight because a blood-stained message left at the scene of the most recent murder says Jess is no longer the hunter — but the hunted.

— In Broad Daylight by Seth Harwood

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Joint Investigation by Terri Reed, New from Harlequin Love Inspired Suspense in July 2015

Omnimystery News is pleased to introduce a new mystery, suspense, or thriller title available this month from Harlequin, one of the world's leading publishers of books for women …

Joint Investigation by Terri Reed

Series: Northern Border Patrol

Imprint: Love Inspired Suspense

  

Under other circumstances, FBI agent Samantha Bennett might welcome a bit of backup — but not from an overprotective Mountie. She's been on the trail of a serial killer for six months and no one has ever taken the case seriously … until now. When Royal Canadian Mounted Police inspector Drew Kelley saves her life, he decides that the hunt for "Birdman" is his problem, too. Together they begin a cross-continent chase to stop the madman before he strikes again. However, Samantha fears her growing feelings for the lawman may weaken her focus, or worse — put Drew directly in the killer's sights …

— Joint Investigation by Terri Reed

Cries in the Night, A Denver Heroes Novel of Romantic Suspense by Kathy Clark, Now Available at a Special Price

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Cries in the Night by Kathy Clark

A Denver Heroes Novel of Romantic Suspense (2nd in series)

Publisher: Loveswept

Price: 99¢ (as of 07/25/2015 at 3:00 PM ET).

  

As a victim's advocate for the Denver Police Department, Julie Lawrence is always on call for survivors of abuse, fighting for the justice she never got for herself. It's a high-risk job that makes a lot of enemies — one of whom seems to be now targeting Julie. But teaming up with firefighter and local hero Rusty Wilson sparks a different kind of danger. As Julie surrenders to intoxicating passion, she finds herself breaking her own rules, caring about Rusty in a way she thought she'd sworn off forever.

When a domestic incident escalates into a deadly hostage crisis, Rusty is willing to risk everything to protect those who really need his help — like Julie, the breath of fresh air who fills his days with purpose and his nights with pleasure. He just hopes he's not too late to stop a chillingly orchestrated act of payback that puts the woman he loves at the mercy of a madman's rage.

— Cries in the Night by Kathy Clark

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