Cold Blue, A Jonathan Thorpe Mystery by Gary Neece, Now Available at a Special Price

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Cold Blue by Gary Neece

A Jonathan Thorpe Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Perthshire Press

Price: 99¢ (as of 08/29/2015 at 5:00 PM ET).

  

Tulsa Police Department Sergeant Jonathan Thorpe finds his wife and young daughter slain in their home. Frustrated by the department's failure to solve the crime, Thorpe conducts his own covert investigation.

A brutal interrogation leads to a shocking revelation that requires Thorpe to mete out a very personal form of justice. A lone man against a rogue group, Thorpe sets off a controversy that brings the FBI into the midst of the city's police department. And the FBI's beautiful Ambretta Collins seems to have zeroed in on him as the prime suspect.

Still, Thorpe fights on. But is he really alone?

— Cold Blue by Gary Neece

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New This Week: Secrets in the Grave, A Serenity's Plain Secrets Mystery by Karen Hopkins

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Secrets in the Grave by Karen Hopkins

A Serenity's Plain Secrets Mystery (3rd in series)

Publisher: Karen Hopkins

Price: $3.99 (as of 08/29/2015 at 4:30 PM ET).

  

Some Amish communities aren't so cozy …

Just when Sheriff Serenity Adams thinks life is getting back to normal, the death of a young, pregnant Amish woman rocks the community. Is it circumstance … or murder? It's up to Serenity and her ex-Amish boyfriend, Daniel Bachman, to discover the truth about the new shaman-type medicine man who's brought his dark secrets to Blood Rock.

But Serenity has secrets of her own, and if she and Daniel don't work it out, the reappearance of a woman from his past could threaten to ruin their relationship.

The deeper Serenity delves into the magical world of Amish herbal medicine, the phenomenon of laying of the hands and other cultural healing oddities, the more she wonders if miracles are real. What she witnesses with her own eyes may be too fantastical for her to believe.

— Secrets in the Grave by Karen Hopkins

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A Pitch for Justice, A Legal Thriller by Harold Kasselman, Now Available at a Special Price

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A Pitch for Justice by Harold Kasselman

A Legal Thriller

Publisher: Harold Kasselman

Price: 99¢ (as of 08/29/2015 at 4:00 PM ET).

  

Have you ever watched a baseball game where tempers escalated and you feared that retaliation by one side could result in an incident with serious injury?

What would happen in today's society if a player were critically injured in such a circumstance? What if the unthinkable occured and the player died? Is it just a tragic part of the game? Or could it actually be murder?

It is up to veteran prosecutor Jaime Brooks to investigate the matter and handle the prosecution. What began as a feud between two teams ends in a shocking criminal case and ensuing trial when the pitcher is investigated for murder.

Brooks must confront a possible criminal conspiracy among team members, an uncompromising widow bent on avenging her husband's death, corruption in the grand jury, and a national debate over the inherent risks of baseball and the accountability of its players. Should the pitch and its result be handled by the baseball commissioner, or is it a crime to be prosecuted in the courts?

— A Pitch for Justice by Harold Kasselman

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Slaughter by John Lutz, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during August 2015

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during August 2015 …

Slaughter by John Lutz, A Frank Quinn Mystery (10th in series)

Publisher: Pinnacle

  

A beautiful jogger, drained of blood, dismembered, then meticulously reassembled on the grass in Central Park. Subway derailments, plummeting elevators, collapsing construction cranes, apartment explosions — all creating a bloody, senseless puzzle.

Detective Frank Quinn knows that even while the slayer is taunting the cops and the public, he's also screaming to be caught. But Quinn will have to risk everything he holds precious to bring in this killer …

— Slaughter by John Lutz

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Condemn to Death, An Aspen Valley Sisters Mystery by Sara Robbins, Now Available at a Special Price

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Condemn to Death by Sara Robbins

An Aspen Valley Sisters Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: Plan C Publishing

Price: 99¢ (as of 08/29/2015 at 3:00 PM ET).

  

Veronika Mays hired a young girl to help in her new shop, Heart and Soul. But the girl, Grace has a secret. Her father was convicted of killing her mother twelve years ago.

No body has ever been found and Grace is convinced her mother isn't dead. In fact, she recently saw her. Veronika and her sister Charlotte embark on a quest to prove once and for all what happened to Grace's mother.

— Condemn to Death by Sara Robbins

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Candy Corn Murder by Leslie Meier, New in Bookstores during August 2015

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

Candy Corn Murder by Leslie Meier, a Lucy Stone Mystery (22nd in series)

Publisher: Kensington

    

Lucy's getting very annoyed that her husband Bill and his friend Evan have been working seemingly nonstop on their potentially prize-winning pumpkin catapult. But when the day of the big contest arrives, Evan is nowhere to be found … until a catapulted pumpkin busts open the trunk of the Dodge. Amid the pumpkin gore is a very deceased Evan, bashed in the head and placed in the trunk by someone long before the contest started.

Bill is on the hook for the Halloween homicide — he was the last one to see Evan — so Lucy knows she's got some serious sleuthing to do. The crime's trail seems to always circle back to Country Cousins, the town's once-quaint general store that's now become a big Internet player. Though the store's founder, Old Sam Miller, is long gone, his son Tom and grandson Trey now run the hugely successful company. But whispered rumors say things aren't going well, and Lucy finds that this case may have something to do with an unsolved, decades-old Miller family mystery …

With each new lead pointing her in a different direction, Lucy sees that time is quickly running out. If she wants to spook the real killer, she'll have to step into an old ghost story …

— Candy Corn Murder by Leslie Meier

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A Murderous Storm by Dirk Trost, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during August 2015

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during August 2015 …

A Murderous Storm by Dirk Trost, A Jan de Fries Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: AmazonCrossing

  

When former attorney Jan de Fries heads out fishing in the North Sea, he expects to return home with nothing but a fresh catch. He is shocked to find the body of a young woman in his fishing net instead of the shrimp he was trawling for. The police rule the death an unfortunate result of a boating accident, but Jan and the dead woman's sister, Eva Ehrlich, come to a different conclusion: murder.

At first, Jan refrains from helping Eva in her investigation of the suspicious circumstances surrounding her sister's death. Yet Eva's beautiful blue-eyed charm soon convinces Jan to get involved, and when a second body is found in the harbor — a corpse marked by signs of violence — Jan starts to fear that he's in over his head. Will he be able to stop a killer before more people meet a watery end?

— A Murderous Storm by Dirk Trost

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Fur Ball Fever, A Romantic Crime Mystery by Maureen Fisher, Now Available at a Special Price

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Fur Ball Fever by Maureen Fisher

A Romantic Crime Mystery

Publisher: Maureen Fisher

Price: 99¢ (as of 08/29/2015 at 1:00 PM ET).

  

After a lifetime of impetuous mistakes, Jersey Shore pet spa owner Grace Donnelly outdoes herself when a client's prize poodle, a shoo-in to win the annual Fur Ball, goes AWOL while in her custody. With money, careers, and lives in jeopardy, Grace is not afraid to strap on the leather to go undercover in a fetish club looking for clues. Too bad her helpers consist of an aging hippie aunt, a renegade schnauzer, a drag queen, and a dominatrix or two. Worst of all, the only man truly qualified to help is her former flame, the most domineering male on the eastern seaboard.

Texas-born security specialist Nick Jackson faces his worst nightmare when Grace's amateur investigation nearly blows his covert operation. Unless he nails the con-artist who scammed his home-town's seniors and whacked a witness, his homicidal granddaddy will take justice into his own liver-spotted hands. To salvage his case, his sanity, and his ex-lover's velvety skin, Nick joins forces with the sassy crusader who rubs him the wrong way — and so many right ways too.

Action bounces from the upscale Shore community of Saltwater Estates to a beach harboring washed-up corpses, a fancy yacht no honest preacher could possibly afford, and the bawdiest nightclub in Atlantic City. Hazards multiply like bunnies, culminating in fun, danger, romance … and a Fur Ball extravaganza the locals will never forget.

— Fur Ball Fever by Maureen Fisher

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New This Week: Tear Drop, An Elizabeth Ireland Crime Thriller by Joanne Clancy

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Tear Drop by Joanne Clancy

An Elizabeth Ireland Crime Thriller (1st in series)

Publisher: Joanne Clancy

Price: $2.99 (as of 08/29/2015 at 12:30 PM ET).

  

Ross Campbell vanished almost a decade ago, and since then nothing has been heard from the serial killer known as Teardrop … until now. An Irish newspaper receives a chilling letter claiming to be from Campbell, which promises a new reign of terror. As death stalks the dark streets of Cork City, it soon becomes clear to the police and the media that a serial killer is on the loose.

Elizabeth Ireland, a former detective with The Metropolitan Police, was the lead investigator on the original case when Campbell vanished. However, only she believes that Campbell didn't send the letter.

She embarks upon a frightening psychological journey to uncover the killer's identity, where she's pulled into a lethal game in which the killer sets the rules and waits for her next move. With the crimes of the past echoing in the present, can she find the killer before he comes for her?

— Tear Drop by Joanne Clancy

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Today's Selection of Daily Deals for Saturday, August 29, 2015

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature a selection of today's Daily Deals found on Saturday, August 29, 2015 at 7:30 AM ET …

The Burning Wire by Jeffery Deaver

A Lincoln Rhyme Mystery (9th in series)

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Kobo Daily Deal Price: $1.99 (price-matched by Amazon)

  

The weapon is invisible and omnipresent. Without it, modern society grinds to a halt. It is electricity. The killer harnesses and steers huge arc flashes with voltage so high and heat so searing that steel melts and his victims are set afire.

When the first explosion occurs in broad daylight, reducing a city bus to a pile of molten, shrapnel-riddled metal, officials fear terrorism. Rhyme, a world-class forensic criminologist known for his successful apprehension of the most devious criminals, is immediately tapped for the investigation. Long a quadriplegic, he assembles NYPD detective Amelia Sachs and officer Ron Pulaski as his eyes, ears and legs on crime sites, and FBI agent Fred Dellray as his undercover man on the street. As the attacks continue across the city at a sickening pace, and terrifying demand letters begin appearing, the team works desperately against time and with maddeningly little forensic evidence to try to find the killer. Or is it killers … ?

Meanwhile, Rhyme is consulting on another high-profile investigation in Mexico with a most coveted quarry in his crosshairs: the hired killer known as the Watchmaker, one of the few criminals to have eluded Rhyme's net.

Juggling two massive investigations against a cruel ticking clock takes a toll on Rhyme's health. Soon Rhyme is fighting on yet another front — and his determination to work despite his physical limitations threatens to drive away his closest allies when he needs them most …

— The Burning Wire by Jeffery Deaver

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Today's Selection of Free MystereBooks for Saturday, August 29, 2015

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature a selection of Free MystereBooks found on Saturday, August 29, 2015 at 6:30 AM ET …

Gemini Rising by Harley Christensen

A Mischievous Malamute Mystery

Publisher: Harley Christensen

Price: FREE!

  

Intrusion by Arlene Kay

A Novel of Romantic Suspense

Publisher: Arlene Kay

Price: FREE!

  

Buried Secrets by Emme Rollins

A Novel of Romantic Suspense

Publisher: Fido Publishing

Price: FREE!

  

Faith, Hope, and Murder by Elise M. Stone

A Community of Faith Mystery

Publisher: Civano Press

Price: FREE!

  

No Telling by Angela Bower

A Highcroft and Lovall Thriller

Publisher: Angela Bower

Price: FREE!

  

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Review: Over Their Heads by J. B. Kohl and Eric Beetner

A Mysterious Review of Over Their Heads by J. B. Kohl and Eric Beetner.

Review summary: This is a most interesting crime novel with some dark comedic elements to it. Crisply written from the points of view of four characters, the story moves along briskly but then tends to drag a little towards the end before being rapidly wrapped up in a slightly too tidy manner. Even so, the journey is well worth taking. (Click here for text of full review.)

Our rating:

Over Their Heads
J. B. Kohl and Eric Beetner
Down & Out Books (June 2015)

Publisher synopsis: The drugs are missing and four lives are about to collide …

Clyde just wanted to make a little extra cash on the side to raise his new baby. Now his life and the lives of his wife and newborn daughter are in jeopardy.

Brent just wanted to do his job and be left alone. Now he's in a race against time for his life.

Sean just wanted to escape the crime he committed in Detroit. Now he's stumbled into another. The money he embezzled is nothing compared the load of narcotics that fell into his lap.

And Skeeter? Well, Skeeter wants the drugs back, and he'll use any means necessary to get them.

When these four are let loose on a mad scramble to locate the drugs, they cut a path of mayhem and bloodshed across Virginia. Inept would-be criminals clash with ruthless drug dealers in a violent weekend where no one is safe.

The only certainty: Everyone is in over their heads.

Bleeding Heart, 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.

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Bleeding Heart by Mary Rosenblum

A Rachel O'Connor, Gardening Mystery (3rd in series)

Publisher: Endeavour Press

Price: $3.99 (as of 08/28/2015 at 6:30 PM ET).

  

When landscape gardener Rachel O'Connor is offered the job of restoring the gardens of a famous botanist to their original glory, it seems like the perfect job. After all, any plant-lover would love to get their hands on the fading grandeur of the gardens around Eloise Johnston's home in Portland, Oregon. As if that were not temptation enough, Eloise offers Rachel a large budget and seems to be in a great hurry for her to take on the job.

But no sooner does she do so, than the aged lady winds up dead in her own creek. An accident? Homicide detective Lieutenant Spiros, on the scene in a flash, certainly doesn't seem to think so. Soon things take an even darker turn when one of Eloise's trusted employees finds herself in the frame for murder — although Rachel is certain she is innocent.

In true amateur-detective form, Rachel starts digging around not only in her former employer's gardens, but, much to the concern of her policeman boyfriend Jeff, her life too. Just how did Eloise Johnston die? And how does the death of her daughter, many years before, fit into the picture?

— Bleeding Heart by Mary Rosenblum

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Jurassic Park, A Novel of Suspense by Michael Crichton, Now Available at a Special Price

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Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Ballantine Books

Price: $1.99 (as of 08/28/2015 at 6:00 PM ET).

  

An astonishing technique for recovering and cloning dinosaur DNA has been discovered. Now humankind's most thrilling fantasies have come true. Creatures extinct for eons roam Jurassic Park with their awesome presence and profound mystery, and all the world can visit them — for a price.

Until something goes wrong …

— Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

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Shades of Death, A Psychological Thriller by Aline Templeton, New This Week from Endeavour Press

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Shades of Death by Aline Templeton

A Psychological Thriller

Publisher: Endeavour Press

Price: $3.99 (as of 08/28/2015 at 5:30 PM ET).

  

Seventeen years after her death, the skeletal remains of an eleven-year-old girl are discovered buried deep in the caves of Derbyshire's Peak District. Close to the body lies a crudely-carved clay model of a sinister jackal-headed creature. What is the connection?

As DS Tom Ward takes charge of the police investigation, the secrets surrounding a group of now grown-up children and their sinister "Egyptian game" are gradually revealed. Secrets which have lain buried for almost twenty years. Secrets which will now emerge with unexpected and devastating consequences.

When the body of a seemingly innocent and beautiful young widow is discovered, it seems the killer is still at large. And the game is by no means over. Tom Ward slowly peels away layers of deception that span two decades — but finds himself dangerously mixed up in a deadly plot.

— Shades of Death by Aline Templeton

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