Pulse, A Novel of Suspense by Edna Buchanan, Now Available at a Special Price

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Pulse by Edna Buchanan

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: HarperCollins

Price: 99¢ (as of 09/01/2015 at 5:00 PM ET).

  

With the perfect wife, two beautiful daughters and a successful business, Frank Douglas had everything to live for. But someone else had to die first.

If Daniel Alexander had not committed suicide, Frank Douglas would never have lived to see his forty-fifth birthday. Alexander's heart now beats strong and sure in Douglas's chest. The donated organ has given the successful Miami businessman a second chance but it gives him no peace.

Disturbed by nagging feelings of guilt and uncertainty, Frank sets out to discover all he can about the benefactor whose death gave him life. His search leads him to Rory Alexander — Daniel's beautiful, enigmatic wife-and to troubling questions and shocking revelations about the late man's affairs. Why, for example, have the profits from Alexander's seemingly successful business ventures mysteriously vanished? And why is Rory so unshakably certain that her husband was murdered?

A numbers man, Frank Douglas needs to have the figures add up — and that need is drawing him and a seductive, distraught widow across the length of a nation, and deep into something corrupt and twisted and deadly. And suddenly the new life he was granted is in serious peril, threatened by secrets, lies, human savagery and greed … and by the true dark nature of the heart that is now pumping the lifeblood through his body.

— Pulse by Edna Buchanan

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New This Week: Be My Banshee, A Purple Door Detective Agency Mystery by Joyce and Jim Lavene

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 September 2015 and priced $4.99 or less …

Be My Banshee by Joyce and Jim Lavene

A Purple Door Detective Agency Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: J. Lavene

Price: $4.99 (as of 09/01/2015 at 4:30 PM ET).

  

The Purple Door Detective Agency is hiring. Those without magic need not apply. Salary commensurate with experience. Apply at the agency. No phone calls or psychic links.

Sunshine Merryweather is a young witch with a passion for colorful clothes and good food. She is the owner/operator of the Purple Door Detective Agency. Her partner, John, was brutally murdered three days ago, and she won't stop until she finds his killer.

Aine is only interested in one thing when she walks into the building with the purple door — locating the last man alive in the branch of the O'Neill family she haunts as a beane sidhe. She has been asleep for 200 years in a ruined Irish castle and realizes that the world has moved on without her. She needs to find the O'Neill heir and encourage him to start a family or she will pass from existence when he dies.

Sunshine sees a potential partner when she looks at the powerful beane sidhe — they could be the next Dynamic Duo! But Aine isn't interested in Sunshine's schemes — until the witch agrees to help her locate O'Neill. Even then, it will be a short-term association at best from Aine's point of view. She has no need of witchcraft.

Neither woman is aware of the danger they face as an ancient assassin stalks the old port city of Norfolk, Virginia. It will take more than simple witchcraft or beane sidhe magic to stop the killer. They will have to work together and combine their talents.

But can Sunshine and Aine put aside their differences to stop the murders without tearing each other apart?

— Be My Banshee by Joyce and Jim Lavene

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The Alchemy of Murder, A Nellie Bly Mystery by Carol McCleary, Now Available at a Special Price

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The Alchemy of Murder by Carol McCleary

A Nellie Bly Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Forge Books

Price: $2.99 (as of 09/01/2015 at 4:00 PM ET).

  

The world's most famous reporter, the intrepid Nellie Bly, teams up with science fiction genius Jules Verne, the notorious wit and outrageous rogue Oscar Wilde, and the greatest microbe-hunter in history, Louis Pasteur. Together, they must solve the crime of the century.

They are all in Paris — the capital of Europe and center of world culture — for the 1889 World's Fair. A spectacular extravaganza dedicated to new industries, scientific discoveries, and global exploration, its gateway is the soaring Eiffel Tower. But an enigmatic killer stalks the streets and a virulent plague is striking down Parisians by the thousands. Convinced that the killings are connected to the pandemic, Nellie is determined to stop them both … no matter what the risks.

— The Alchemy of Murder by Carol McCleary

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All Sales Final by Josie Belle, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during September 2015

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during September 2015 …

All Sales Final by Josie Belle, A Maggie Gerber, Good Buy Girls Mystery (5th in series)

Publisher: Berkley

  

Maggie's impending wedding finds her more concerned with a cold case than cold feet …

There's something 100% off about Maggie and her fiancé Sam's new dream home in the historic section of St. Stanley. The lights flicker, the doors blow shut, and their cat, Marshall Dillon, hisses at empty space. And there's something in the basement that's definitely not a bargain …

After Maggie discovers a skeleton in the root cellar, she's convinced her house is haunted by a murdered man's ghost. With the help of her Good Buy Girls, Maggie works to tag a killer. But she'll need to be careful as she digs into the history of her new digs. Someone is willing to keep the truth buried at all costs …

— All Sales Final by Josie Belle

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The Wrong Girl, A Jane Ryland Mystery by Hank Phillipi Ryan, Now Available at a Special Price

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The Wrong Girl by Hank Phillipi Ryan

A Jane Ryland Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: Forge Books

Price: $2.99 (as of 09/01/2015 at 3:00 PM ET).

  

Does a respected adoption agency have a frightening secret? Tipped off by a determined ex-colleague on a desperate quest to find her birth mother, Boston newspaper reporter Jane Ryland begins to suspect that the agency is engaging in the ultimate betrayal — reuniting birth parents with the wrong children.

For detective Jake Brogan and his partner, a young woman's brutal murder seems a sadly predictable case of domestic violence, one that results in two toddlers being shuttled into the foster care system. Then Jake finds an empty cradle at the murder scene. Where is the baby who should have been sleeping there?

Jane and Jake are soon on a trail full of twists and turns that takes them deep into the heart of a foster care system in crisis and threatens to blow the lid off an adoption agency scandal. When the threatening phone calls start, Jane knows she is on the right track … but with both a killer at large and an infant missing, time is running out …

— The Wrong Girl by Hank Phillipi Ryan

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The Darling Dahlias and the Eleven O'Clock Lady by Susan Wittig Albert, New in Bookstores during September 2015

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

The Darling Dahlias and the Eleven O'Clock Lady by Susan Wittig Albert, a Darling Dahlias Mystery (6th in series)

Publisher: Berkley

    

The eleven o'clock lady has always been one of garden club president Liz Lacy's favorite spring wildflowers. The plant is so named because the white blossoms don't open until the sun shines directly on them and wakes them up.

But another Eleven O'Clock Lady is never going to wake up again. Rona Jean Hancock — a telephone switchboard operator who earned her nickname because her shift ended at eleven, when her nightlife was just beginning — has been found strangled with her own silk stocking in a very unladylike position.

Gossip sprouts like weeds in a small town, and Rona Jean's somewhat wild reputation is the topic of much speculation regarding who might have killed her. As the Darling Dahlias begin to sort through Rona Jean's private affairs, it appears there may be a connection to some skullduggery at the local Civilian Conservation Corps camp. Working at the camp, garden club vice president Ophelia Snow digs around to expose the truth … before a killer pulls up stakes and gets away with murder.

— The Darling Dahlias and the Eleven O'Clock Lady by Susan Wittig Albert

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

L.A. Confidential, A Crime Thriller by James Ellroy, Now Available at a Special Price

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L.A. Confidential by James Ellroy

A Crime Thriller

Publisher: Grand Central Publishing

Price: $3.99 (as of 09/01/2015 at 2:00 PM ET).

  

A horrific mass murder invades the lives of victims and victimizers on both sides of the law — three cops treading quicksand in the middle.

Detective Ed Exley wants glory. Haunted by his father's success as a policeman, he will pay any price, break any law to eclipse him.

Detective Bud White watched his own father murder his mother — he is now bent on random vengeance, a time bomb with a badge.

Celebrity cop Jack Vincennes shakes down movie stars for a scandal magazine. An old secret possesses him — he'll do anything to keep it buried.

Three cops in a spiral, a nightmare that tests loyalty and courage, a nightmare that offers no mercy, allows for no survivors.

— L.A. Confidential by James Ellroy

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The Marsh Madness by Victoria Abbott, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during September 2015

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during September 2015 …

The Marsh Madness by Victoria Abbott, A Jordan Kelly, Book Collector Mystery (4th in series)

Publisher: Berkley

  

Some Ngaio Marsh first editions worth killing for …

Jordan Bingham works hard to improve Vera Van Alst's collection of classic detective stories. So when Chadwick Kauffman — heir to the Kauffman fortune — offers a very good price on a fine collection of Ngaio Marsh first editions owned by his recently deceased stepfather, she is thrilled to meet with him at his fabled summer estate, Summerlea.

The next day, Jordan and Vera are shocked to read that Chadwick has died in a fall from the grand staircase at Summerlea. But when the picture in the paper is of a different man, it becomes clear that the ladies are victims of a scam. And they'll have to unmask the imposter fast, because someone is trying to frame them for murder …

— The Marsh Madness by Victoria Abbott

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Strong Enough to Die, A Caitlin Strong Thriller by Jon Land, Now Available at a Special Price

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Strong Enough to Die by Jon Land

A Caitlin Strong Thriller (1st in series)

Publisher: Forge Books

Price: $2.99 (as of 09/01/2015 at 1:00 PM ET).

  

Caitlin Strong is a fifth-generation Texas Ranger, proud to wear the badge of her father and grandfather — until a deadly shoot-out along the Mexican border causes her to question her calling.

Five years later, Caitlin is still trying to purge herself of guilt from the day that ended her Ranger career. But a shattering discovery will reopen old wounds, and Caitlin's renewed investigation into the truth behind the bloody desert firefight uncovers a terrifying plot that reaches into every home and threatens the very core of the country.

Her only hope for success — and survival — is to team up with Cort Wesley Masters, a deadly outlaw who has every reason to want her dead. But he also holds the key to the truth she desperately seeks in the anguished brain of an amnesiac torture victim.

Caitlin's tormented quest for redemption takes her to a dark world, ranging from Washington to Bahrain to the wastelands of Mexico, as she finds that the strength to live comes from learning how to die.

— Strong Enough to Die by Jon Land

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Lie In Wait, A Suspense Thriller by Eric Rickstad, New This Week from Witness Impulse

Every week, Witness Impulse — an imprint of William Morrow — releases new suspense and thriller digital originals, typically priced at just $2.99 each.

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Lie In Wait by Eric Rickstad

A Suspense Thriller

Publisher: Witness Impulse

Price: $2.99 (as of 09/01/2015 at 12:30 PM ET).

  

Even in a quiet Vermont town, unspeakable acts of the past can destroy the peace of the present …

In the remote, pastoral hamlet of Canaan, Vermont, a high-profile legal case shatters the town's sense of peace and community. Anger simmers. Fear and prejudice awaken. Old friends turn on each other. Violence threatens.

So when a young teenage girl is savagely murdered while babysitting at the house of the lead attorney in the case, Detective Sonja Test believes the girl's murder and the divisive case must be linked.

However, as the young detective digs deeper into her first murder case, she discovers sordid acts hidden for decades, and learns that behind the town's idyllic façade of pristine snow lurks a capacity in some for great darkness and the betrayal of innocents. And Sonja Test, a mother of two, will do anything to protect the innocent.

— Lie In Wait by Eric Rickstad

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Mayhem, A St-Cyr and Kohler Mystery by J. Robert Janes, Now Available at a Special Price

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Mayhem by J. Robert Janes

A St-Cyr and Kohler Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Open Road

Price: $1.99 (as of 09/01/2015 at 12:00 PM ET).

  

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A Frenchman and a German search for a killer in occupied Paris …

Police inspector Jean-Louis St-Cyr watches the German tanks roll into Paris from his office window. When Gestapo agents burst through his door, he is destroying confidential documents with the care that is his trademark. As the Nazis take control of the city, they allow St-Cyr to remain at his post, solving the everyday crimes which do not stop simply because there is a war on. He is assigned a partner, Bavarian detective Hermann Kohler, a bullish man who is as brutal as St-Cyr is refined. Though their politics differ, neither man is the sort to let a bad deed go unpunished.

Today their work takes them to a suburban forest, where a well-dressed young man has been found murdered and stripped of identification. Nearby lies an expensive beaded silk purse. Although it appears to be a crime of passion, its roots lie in the savagery that wartime nurtures and occupation lets run free.

— Mayhem by J. Robert Janes

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Please Welcome Mystery Author Ian C. Simpson

We are delighted to welcome author Ian C. Simpson to Omnimystery News today.

Ian visited with us last year, when he shared a very entertaining interview with his series character Bagawath Chandavarkar, and now he has a new stand-alone golfing mystery out, Sons of the Fathers (DB Publishing; July 2015 trade paperback and ebook formats). We asked him to tell us more about his new book.

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Ian C. Simpson

Do you remember the TV series Hardcastle and McCormick? A maverick judge and a "nice" criminal combined to bring to justice villains whom the courts had not convicted. That was one of the original influences on the plot of Sons of the Fathers. I also knew that a golf tournament would "frame" a crime novel well; at the end the circus would leave town, so the murderer had to be unmasked by then. Where better to put such a story than St Andrews during an Open Championship? And why not incorporate an authentic account of an Open won by my golfing hero, Bobby Jones, a remarkable gentleman as well as a supreme sportsman? So the tale is set in 1927, when Jones won the British Open at St Andrews, which just happens to be my home town.

As the golfers arrive, a boy is brutally murdered. His father is the local sheriff's gardener (a sheriff in Scotland is the local judge). Believing that the police have arrested the wrong man, the sheriff starts his own investigation, aided by a youth he has saved from borstal (a tough penal institution). A variety of father/son relationships are featured in the book, hence the title.

I wrote this a few years ago and punted it round without success. Then I published my light-hearted series (Murder on Page One, Murder on the Second Tee and Murder in Court Three) which attracted many good comments. Earlier this year I got an e-mail from publishers I had approached: was Sons of the Fathers still available? The answer was yes and now it is on sale, published by DB Publishing and available on Amazon and at some bookshops. We have a launch planned at J & G Innes in St Andrews on Saturday, September 5th.

When it came to the cover, the publishers produced a well-composed image of a golfer with trees and a fine sunset; but the golfer was too modern and there are no trees on the course at St Andrews. My wife solved the problem by taking a photo of a painting, by an amateur artist now dead, of the iconic view of the course and adjacent buildings. It was on the wall of my study! The publishers' designer tweaked it and I am delighted with the book's arresting cover.

Unusually for a crime novel it is "faction", but I hope lovers of a good mystery will enjoy it, particularly if they are keen on golf. I describe it as "Golfing history and murder mystery". It's a more substantial book than my others, with less humour. Although I say it myself, I'm proud of it and I hope it will find a place in many golfers' Christmas stockings!

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Ian C. Simpson QC was brought up in St Andrews and held a handicap of three. His legal career included sitting as a judge in High Court murder trials. Shortlisted for the Debut Dagger in 2008, he is also the author of three Flick Fortune and Bagawath Chandavarkar mysteries.

For more information about the author, please visit his website at IanSimpsonAuthor.co.uk and his author page on Goodreads, or find him on Facebook and Twitter.

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Sons of the Fathers by Ian C. Simpson

A Murder Mystery

Publisher: DB Publishing

Is one of the world’s top golfers a child-killer? Or is it a camp follower, or a local?

Sheriff Hector Drummond's gardener's son is murdered — so for him it is personal. It is 1927 and Bobby Jones arrives in St Andrews. He is favourite to retain his Open crown but can he win the hearts of the people of St Andrews?

More murders follow but Hector believes the police have arrested the wrong men. Meanwhile his step-son has a crisis of identity …

— Sons of the Fathers by Ian C. Simpson