Show Time by Suzanne Trauth, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during July 2016

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during July 2016 …

Show Time by Suzanne Trauth, A Dodie O'Dell Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Lyrical Underground

  

The tide has turned for Dodie O'Dell since a hurricane upended her life on the Jersey Shore. Now she's further up the coast in sleepy Etonville, managing a restaurant that dishes dinners themed around the community theater's latest productions. But Dodie just never imagined she'd land the starring role in a case of bloody homicide …

Intrigued by rumors of vanishing box office money, Dodie has agreed to help oversee the casting of Romeo and Juliet at the modest Etonville Little Theater. If nothing else, it's a welcome escape from the thirty-something's usual going-to-bed-with-a-mystery-novel routine. But when Jerome Angleton, a well-respected member of the theater company, is inexplicably found murdered on the loading dock, deadly drama transcends the stage — and the page.

As a crime wave crashes over the small town, the spotlight is on Dodie to orchestrate her own investigation behind the scenes … before someone has a chance at a killer encore.

— Show Time by Suzanne Trauth

To see more new paperback titles scheduled to be published this month, visit The Mystery Bookshelf for July 2016. For new hardcover titles, visit New Mysteries where for a list of July 2016 mysteries, novels of suspense, and thrillers is provided.

A Dark and Stormy Knit, A Black Sheep Knitting Mystery by Anne Canadeo, Now Available at a Special Price

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A Dark and Stormy Knit by Anne Canadeo

A Black Sheep Knitting Mystery (6th in series)

Publisher: Gallery Books

Price: $3.99 (as of 07/22/2016 at 1:00 PM ET).

  

The Black Sheep Knitters must work to solve the mystery of the disappearance of their friend — and figure out who is trying to kill her before it's too late …

Knitting graffiti, in Plum Harbor? Maggie Messina doubts it could ever happen in her quiet village. Until the new parking meters on Main Street are found covered with cat-faced cozies. In the dark of night, the mysterious Knit Kats have struck again! The infamous gang of stitching graffiti artists are totally harmless, and their pranks all in good fun. Or so Maggie and her friends think. Until a yarn-covered corpse is discovered a few days later — the tangles identical to Knit Kat handiwork.

These threads of evidence should be easy to follow. But the clever Knit Kats hide behind a website and secret identities. The murderer could be anyone. A familiar face in town, even a copy Kat. But when Maggie's assistant, Phoebe, becomes the prime suspect, the knitting friends know the police have dropped a few stitches. With no time to rest on their needles, the Black Sheep set out to unmask the crafty killer. No simple task, when all Knit Kats look the same in the dark.

— A Dark and Stormy Knit by Anne Canadeo

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New This Week: The Shadows of Empty Men, An Adam Park Thriller by A. D. Davies

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The Shadows of Empty Men by A. D. Davies

An Adam Park Thriller (3rd in series)

Publisher: A. D. Davies

Price: $3.99 (as of 07/22/2016 at 12:30 PM ET).

  

See all three titles in the Adam Park Thriller Series for $3.99 each on Kindle. The 1st book in the series, The Dead and the Missing, is currently FREE!

A sick little girl. A cabal that believes her possessed by an avenging spirit. A detective who will stop at nothing to protect her.

When Adam is retained to confirm the veracity of a young heiress's family tree, it sounds like the simple case he needs to break the monotony of life on a Mediterranean island. But it soon becomes clear that others wish to stake a claim to the girl's fortune, sponsored by an organization with one foot in the occult.

And something as inconvenient as a private investigator will not stand in their way.

As this group calls upon a shadowy killer known as the Pale Boy, Adam's attention turns to the girl herself, learning her illness is viewed by some as "possession" by a spirit intent on righting wrongs from Porajmos, or "the Devouring", the Romani genocide inflicted by Nazi Germany. And even those who profess to represent her may not hold her best interests at heart.

Delving into a decades-old secret that people will murder to protect, Adam must fight smart and fight hard — against a seemingly supernatural mercenary, against people of unfathomable greed, and against his own darkening nature.

— The Shadows of Empty Men by A. D. Davies

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Today's Selection of Daily Deals for Friday, July 22, 2016

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature a selection of today's Daily Deals found on Friday, July 22, 2016 at 7:30 AM ET …

The Dead Room by Robert Ellis

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Robert Ellis

Kindle Daily Deal Price: 99¢

A young woman is found, brutally murdered and left on gruesome display in the "safety" of her own home. The atrocity kicks off an investigation into a bizarre string of increasingly disturbing murders, all believed to be perpetrated by someone of unprecedented savagery and cunning.

As the city's panic rises, civil attorney Teddy Mack is thrown headlong into the grisly homicide case — and into a world of dirty politics and corrupt justice, where deceptions are as deadly as a killer's twisted secrets. Now, another woman is about to meet the same horrific fate as the others. To end a madman's reign, Teddy must enter his maze — a place of unimaginable terror and shocking revelations.

— The Dead Room by Robert Ellis

The Boy in the Suitcase by Lene Kaaberbøl and Agnete Friis

A Nina Borg Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Blackstone Audio

Audible Daily Deal Price: $2.95

Read our review of The Boy in the Suitcase by Lene Kaaberbøl and Agnete Friis on Mysterious Reviews.

Nina Borg, a Red Cross nurse, wife, and mother of two, is trying to live a quiet life. The last thing her husband wants is for her to go running off on another dangerous mission to help illegal refugees. But when Nina's estranged friend, Karin, leaves her a key to a public locker in the Copenhagen train station, and begs her to take care of its contents, Nina gets suckered into her most dangerous case yet.

Because inside the suitcase is a three-year-old boy: naked and drugged, but alive. Nina's natural instinct is to rescue the boy, but she knows the situation is risky. Is the boy a victim of child trafficking? Can he be turned over to authorities, or will they only return him to whoever sold him? In an increasingly desperate trek across Denmark, Nina tries to figure out who the boy is, where he belongs, and who exactly is hunting him down. When Karin is discovered brutally murdered, Nina realizes that her life and the boy's are in jeopardy, too.

— The Boy in the Suitcase by Lene Kaaberbøl and Agnete Friis

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Today's Selection of Free MystereBooks for Friday, July 22, 2016

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature a selection of Free MystereBooks found on Friday, July 22, 2016 at 7:00 AM ET …

Eat, Drink, and Be Buried by Kate Kingsbury

A Pennyfoot Hotel Mystery

Publisher: Kate Kingsbury

Price: FREE!

  

Remembering Dresden by Dan Walsh

A Jack Turner Suspense Novel

Publisher: Bainbridge Press

Price: FREE!

  

The Red Brick Cellars by R. W. Wallace

A Tolosa Mystery

Publisher: R. W. Wallace

Price: FREE!

  

Aunt Bessie Decides by Diana Xarissa

An Isle of Man Cozy Mystery

Publisher: Diana Xarissa

Price: FREE!

  

Shades of Night by Justine Sebastian

A Sparrow Falls Mystery

Publisher: Justine Sebastian

Price: FREE!

  

Bonfire by Mark Arundel

A Hayes Action Spy Novel

Publisher: Laughing Gulls

Price: FREE!

  

Fatal Transaction by W. Richard Lawrence

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas

Price: FREE!

  

Pale Saint Judas by Ronald Paul Speakes

A Swan-Knight Mystery

Publisher: Ronald Paul Speakes

Price: FREE!

  

Drop Dead Gorgeous by Donald Churchwell

The Deadlier Than the Male Series

Publisher: Donald Churchwell

Price: FREE!

  

On Deadly Tides by Melanie Jackson

A Wendover House Cozy Mystery Short

Publisher: Melanie Jackson

Price: FREE!

  

The Tanner Series by Remington Kane

Books 1-3

Publisher: Remington Kane

Price: FREE!

  

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Spider's Bite, An Elemental Assassin Mystery by Jennifer Estep, Now Available at a Special Price

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Spider's Bite by Jennifer Estep

An Elemental Assassin Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Pocket Books

Price: $2.99 (as of 07/21/2016 at 8:00 PM ET).

  

After Gin's family was murdered by a Fire elemental when she was thirteen, she lived on the streets and eventually became an assassin to survive. Now, Gin is given an assignment by her handler to rub out an Ashland businessman, but it turns out to be a trap.

When Gin's handler is brutally murdered, she teams up with the sexy detective investigating the case to figure out who double-crossed her and why. Only one thing is for sure — Gin has no qualms about killing her way to the top of the conspiracy.

— Spider's Bite by Jennifer Estep

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Review: Stealing People by Robert Wilson

A Mysterious Review of Stealing People by Robert Wilson. A Charles Boxer Thriller.

Review summary: This is a gripping suspense thriller. The complex storyline is handled well at a pace that keeps the tension simmering at all times. Of particular note is the relationship between the lead characters, whose personal story is interwoven into the overall story exceptionally well. This multi-faceted novel is definitely worth seeking out. (Click here for text of full review.)

Our rating:

Stealing People
Robert Wilson
A Charles Boxer Thriller
Europa Editions (June 2016)

Publisher synopsis: Charlie Boxer, an expert at solving kidnappings, and his ex-wife Detective Mercy Dunqah are tasked with taking down a bold and heartless crime syndicate responsible for the abduction of six children.

Two years after the events of the previous book in the series, Boxer is contemplating retirement. He has found a measure of contentment even as a mystery from his own past gnaws at his sense of justice. Mercy balances a complicated personal life with an even more precarious professional one in the woefully under-resourced metropolitan police department. Both are suddenly pulled back into service when six children of wealthy families vanish, taken by a ruthlessly efficient organization with a single astonishing demand. Investigators stymied and time expiring, they seem set on a calamitous course.

Trapped, off-balance, and with little left to lose they plunge into a cauldron of warring intelligence agencies, morally destitute billionaires, and human traffickers, coming finally to a fateful Moroccan reckoning that will forever change them.

The Girl in the Ice, A Konrad Simonsen Thriller by Lotte and Søren Hammer, Now Available at a Special Price

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The Girl in the Ice by Lotte and Søren Hammer

A Konrad Simonsen Thriller

Publisher: Bloomsbury

Price: $1.99 (as of 07/21/2016 at 7:00 PM ET).

  

Under the heartless vault of Greenland's arctic sky the body of a girl is discovered. Half-naked and tied up, buried hundreds of miles from any signs of life, she has lain alone, hidden in the ice cap, for twenty-five years. Now an ice melt has revealed her.

When Detective Chief Superintendent Konrad Simonsen is flown in to investigate this horrific murder and he sees how she was attacked, it triggers a dark memory and he realizes this was not the killer's only victim. As Simonsen's team works to discover evidence that has long since been buried, they unearth truths that certain people would prefer stayed forgotten. Disturbing details about the moral standing of some of Denmark's political figures are revealed and powerful individuals are suddenly working against the case. But the pressure is on as it becomes clear that the killer chooses victims who all look unsettlingly similar, a similarity that may be used to the investigators' advantage — just so long as they can keep the suspect in their sights.

— The Girl in the Ice by Lotte and Søren Hammer

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New This Week: Still Kicking, A Lainie Lovett Mystery by Judith Arnold

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Still Kicking by Judith Arnold

A Lainie Lovett Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Judith Arnold

Price: $4.99 (as of 07/21/2016 at 6:30 PM ET).

  

See all three mysteries in the Lainie Lovett Series published this week for $4.99 each on Kindle.

Lainie Lovett has three passions: her two nearly-grown children, her fourth-grade students at the Hopwell School, and the Rockettes, her recreational soccer team. One evening after soccer practice, she's startled to spot the husband of one of her teammates canoodling with another woman in a local eatery. She's even more shocked when he turns up dead the next day. And more shocked yet when she winds up under suspicion as an accessory to murder.

But Lainie is smart and she's stubborn. She'll figure out who killed her teammate's husband — if she can stay out of jail, if she can stay alive, and if she can hang onto her sense of humor.

— Still Kicking by Judith Arnold

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Capital Offense, A Political Thriller by Kathleen Antrim, Now Available at a Special Price

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Capital Offense by Kathleen Antrim

A Political Thriller

Publisher: AmazonEncore

Price: $1.99 (as of 07/21/2016 at 6:00 PM ET).

  

Is the First Lady plotting to overthrow the President?

This question seems inconceivable to journalist Jack Rudley, but so did the murder of his own father, Senator William Rudley. Now his father is dead and all roads lead to the White House. Roads Jack must take if he is ever to know the truth. Roads twisted by deceit, revenge, power and murder. Roads First Lady Carolyn Alden Lane navigates with great skill.

When she learns she's a pawn in a deadly bid for the White House, her world comes crashing down. Driven by desperation, she refuses to take the fall alone. But how far will she go to even the score? Against all odds, Jack searches for the truth, a truth that may cost him his life, while Carolyn struggles to survive in a web of savage political corruption.

— Capital Offense by Kathleen Antrim

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New This Week: 24 Hours, A Kirk McGarvey Thriller Novella by David Hagberg

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24 Hours by David Hagberg

A Kirk McGarvey Thriller Novella

Publisher: Forge Books

Price: $2.99 (as of 07/21/2016 at 5:30 PM ET).

  

The seventeen-year-old daughter of the widowed President of the United States is kidnapped from Georgetown University outside Washington, DC.

A ransom note mysteriously appears on the president's desk in his private study off the Oval Office. The demand is as simple as it is impossible: The US must immediately begin a ground war in Syria. If the President doesn't comply within 24 hours, his only daughter will be publicly executed.

The terrorists believe that pitting the U.S. against Russian troops in a ground war will allow ISIS to decisively create its Caliphate, from which it would be free to wage war against the entire world. The Middle East would sink into a new and barbarous century.

Former CIA assassin Kirk McGarvey gets the call in the middle of the night for an emergency meeting with the President of the United States. His mission: find the President's daughter and return her safely to the White House.

The problem: He has only twenty-four hours to do it.

— 24 Hours by David Hagberg

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French Pastry Murder, A Lucy Stone Mystery by Leslie Meier, Now Available at a Special Price

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French Pastry Murder by Leslie Meier

A Lucy Stone Mystery (21st in series)

Publisher: Kensington

Price: $1.99 (as of 07/21/2016 at 5:00 PM ET).

  

Lucy Stone is saying "Au revoir!" to Tinker's Cove, Maine, and "Bonjour!" to Paris to take in the sights, learn how to bake authentic French pastries, and experience some joie de vivre. But her dreams of la vie en rose are put on hold when the City of Lights turns deadly …

Lucy always dreamed of visiting Paris, but when renowned pastry chef Larry Bruneau is discovered on death's doorstep and Lucy and her friends are detained for questioning, she's worried she'll be trading in her luxury accommodations for a sojourn in the Bastille.

Now, if she's going to enjoy her vacation, she'll have to unpack her sleuthing skills and clear her name …

— French Pastry Murder by Leslie Meier

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