New This Week: Villains in My Garden, A Novel of Suspense by Roy Goode

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Villains in My Garden by Roy Goode

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Roy Goode

Price: $3.50 (as of 12/04/2016 at 5:30 PM ET).

  

When two gangsters in a night club fight over a large drug debt that's owed to a major crime family the murder of a young illegal immigrant is only one of the unforeseen outcomes. The consequences for her killer Italian Mario Rocco, bag man and enforcer for the major crime family is dire.

Because not only has he upset his bosses he has also brought the unwanted attention of Northgate police led by DI Robert Thompson a long serving officer with vast experience and knowledge of London's organized crime and its criminals. Investigation into a hit and run leads DI Thompson and his team into a new line of inquiry that eventually uncovers the smuggling of heroin and illegal immigrants.

— Villains in My Garden by Roy Goode

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The Devil of Nanking, A Novel of Suspense by Mo Hayder, Now Available at a Special Price

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The Devil of Nanking by Mo Hayder

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Grove Press

Price: $1.99 (as of 12/04/2016 at 5:00 PM ET).

  

A young Englishwoman obsessed with an indecipherable past, Grey comes to Tokyo seeking a lost piece of film footage of the notorious 1937 Nanking Massacre, footage some say never existed. Only one man can help Grey. A survivor of the massacre, he is now a visiting professor at a university in Tokyo. But he will have nothing to do with her.

So Grey accepts a job in an upmarket nightspot, where a certain gangster may be the key to gaining the professor's trust. An old man in a wheelchair surrounded by a terrifying entourage, the gangster is rumored to rely on a mysterious elixir for his continued health.

— The Devil of Nanking by Mo Hayder

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New This Week: Out of the Dark, A Tony Leach Thriller by Joe Albert

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Out of the Dark by Joe Albert

A Tony Leach Thriller (3rd in series)

Publisher: Joe Albert

Price: $2.99 (as of 12/04/2016 at 4:30 PM ET).

  

See all three titles in the Tony Leach Thriller Series for $2.99 each on Kindle.

Minnesota game warden Tony Leach confronts the most dangerous situation of his career …

In the middle of an unforgiving winter in the northern Minnesota woods, eight ice fishermen and a recent college graduate turn up dead. Another man is beaten to within an inch of his life. The police are certain they've got their killer, a troubled young man from whom authorities have collected a confession. But Tony Leach, a Minnesota Department of Natural Resources game warden, isn't so sure. He's visited each of the crime scenes and can't shake the feeling the local authorities are missing something important in their rush to close the cases.

Leach comes to believe there's a sinister ideology at play, but only as he gets closer to the truth does he begin to understand exactly what's at stake. And it's soon frighteningly clear that his life is the ultimate prize.

— Out of the Dark by Joe Albert

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Swan Dive, An Elliott Lisbon Mystery by Kendel Lynn, Now Available at a Special Price

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Swan Dive by Kendel Lynn

An Elliott Lisbon Mystery (3rd in series)

Publisher: Henery Press

Price: $1.99 (as of 12/04/2016 at 4:00 PM ET).

  

It's Opening Night at the Ballantyne Foundation's production of The Nutcracker, but it's curtains for the Sugar Plum Fairy. When her body is found backstage, fatally poisoned by a cupcake she baked herself, rumors turn to suicide. But Elli Lisbon, director of the Ballantyne and coordinator of the ballet, smells something rotten amidst the sugar and spice.

As Elli applies her PI-in-training skills on the troupe of suspects, she discovers an eccentric herbalist, a temperamental chef, a stalking choreographer, and a bevy of backstage secrets. Between her off-the-record investigation, duty as director, and highly-charged love life, she finds herself caught in a dance to stay one pirouette ahead of a half-baked killer.

— Swan Dive by Kendel Lynn

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Overwhelming Force by Janie Crouch, New from Harlequin Intrigue in December 2016

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. For a complete list of titles published this month, see our New Harlequin Titles page.

Overwhelming Force by Janie Crouch

Series: Omega Sector: Critical Response

Imprint: Intrigue

  

He lost her once. He won't lose her again.

Despite an illustrious career as a top hostage negotiator, Joe Matarazzo is haunted by the past. It was a year ago that three innocent lives were lost under his watch. But Joe isn't the only one who remembers that day. When Joe's exes begin to fall victim to a violent stalker, Joe seeks the help of Laura Birchwood — a lawyer and the woman he once loved. Despite old wounds, Laura agrees to help Joe find out who's framing him. And while they expect to be met with danger, they're unprepared for passion that still burns strong, and their determination to give what was between them a second chance.

— Overwhelming Force by Janie Crouch

The Lincoln Conspiracy, A Novel of Suspense by Timothy L. O'Brien, Now Available at a Special Price

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The Lincoln Conspiracy by Timothy L. O'Brien

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Ballantine Books

Price: $1.99 (as of 12/04/2016 at 3:00 PM ET).

  

In late spring of 1865, as America mourns the death of its leader, Washington, D.C., police detective Temple McFadden makes a startling discovery. Strapped to the body of a dead man at the B&O Railroad station are two diaries, two documents that together reveal the true depth of the Lincoln conspiracy. Securing the diaries will put Temple's life in jeopardy — and will endanger the fragile peace of a nation still torn by war.

Temple's quest to bring the conspirators to justice takes him on a perilous journey through the gaslit streets of the Civil War — era capital, into bawdy houses and back alleys where ruthless enemies await him in every shadowed corner. Aided by an underground network of friends — and by his wife, Fiona, a nurse who possesses a formidable arsenal of medicinal potions — Temple must stay one step ahead of Lafayette Baker, head of the Union Army's spy service. Along the way, he'll run from or rely on Edwin Stanton, Lincoln's fearsome secretary of war; the legendary Scottish spymaster Allan Pinkerton; abolitionist Sojourner Truth; the photographer Alexander Gardner; and many others.

— The Lincoln Conspiracy by Timothy L. O'Brien

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Death Ship by Jim Kelly, New in Bookstores during December 2016

Today's featured new hardcover mystery, suspense, or thriller title scheduled to be published during December 2016 is …

Death Ship by Jim Kelly, a Peter Shaw Mystery (7th in series)

Publisher: Crème de la Crème

 

When an explosion rips across Hunstanton Beach on the north Norfolk coast, an abandoned Second World War bomb is assumed to be the cause … but is it? Could there be a connection with the new pier being built — and the increasingly bitter campaign to halt its construction?

At the same time, DI Shaw and DS Valentine are on the hunt for an elderly female killer with a uniquely macabre method of despatch. And a 63-year-old Dutch engineer is missing, presumed drowned … but where is the body?

All seemingly unrelated investigations — but in each case nothing is as it seems. To find the answers, Shaw must delve into the past, and a mystery that has remained unsolved for more than sixty years.

— Death Ship by Jim Kelly

For a list of more new hardcover titles to be published this month, visit our New Mysteries page for December 2016. For new paperback titles, visit The Mystery Bookshelf where a selection of December 2016 mysteries, novels of suspense, and thrillers are shelved.

Classified Christmas Mission by Lynette Eason, New from Harlequin Love Inspired Suspense in December 2016

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. For a complete list of titles published this month, see our New Harlequin Titles page.

Classified Christmas Mission by Lynette Eason

Series: Wrangler's Corner

Imprint: Love Inspired Suspense

  

Days before Christmas, CIA agent Amber Starke is on the run with her murdered best friend's special-needs son. And they're next on his criminal father's hit list. Amber failed her undercover mission to bring down her friend's husband for his crimes, but she won't fail to protect her friend's son. Now that the killer knows she's not just a nanny but an agent, she must rely on her childhood crush, Deputy Lance Goode. The handsome lawman was burned in love by his first wife, who was killed while evading the law. But he'll do everything he can to help Amber, except offer his heart. Unlocking the secrets in Amber's autistic charge is the key to their survival, but with the killer on their trail, one mistake could cost them their lives.

— Classified Christmas Mission by Lynette Eason

Last Diner Standing, A Rose Strickland Mystery by Terri L. Austin, 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, Henery Press …

Last Diner Standing by Terri L. Austin

A Rose Strickland Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: Henery Press

Price: 99¢ (as of 12/04/2016 at 1:00 PM ET).

  

Rose Strickland is having a blue Christmas … Her friend is arrested for attempted murder, her sexy bad guy crush is marked by a hit man, and her boss is locked in an epic smackdown with a rival diner. Determined to save those she loves, Rose embarks on an investigation more tangled than a box of last year's tree lights.

With her eclectic gang at the ready, Rose stumbles across dead bodies, ex-cons, chop shops, jealous girlfriends, jilted lovers, and a gaggle of strippers in a battle for freedom she might not survive.

— Last Diner Standing by Terri L. Austin

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New This Week: The Case of the Dead Dowager, A Michaela McPherson Mystery by Judith Lucci

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 December 2016 and priced $5.99 or less.

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The Case of the Dead Dowager by Judith Lucci

A Michaela McPherson Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: Bluestone Valley Publishing

Price: 99¢ (as of 12/04/2016 at 12:30 PM ET).

  

See also the first mystery in this series, The Case of Dr. Dude, for $2.99 on Kindle.

Retired homicide detective Michaela McPherson and the aging Countess Dorothy Borghase team up again — this time to match wits with two serial killers stalking children, women and the elderly …

When Dottie Borghase's friend Camilla Rothrock collapses at a lunch gathering of old friends, the countess's only concern is to dial 911 for help. But Camilla's subsequent death has authorities buzzing about international safety and retaliation, because her son is decorated U.S. Army General Stuart Rothrock.

As other restaurant patrons in Richmond meet similar fates, Michaela and Dottie join forces with the Richmond Police and the FBI to track down the pair of heinous murderers. But in order to catch the killers, they will put their own lives and the lives of others in in serious jeopardy.

What Price Must a City Pay to Keep its Citizen's Safe?

— The Case of the Dead Dowager by Judith Lucci

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Mystery Godoku Puzzle for December 05, 2016

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:

C E F I K L N O Y

This series character is introduced in Beijing Red by Alex Ryan (9 letters).

We now have two weeks of our puzzles on one page in PDF format for easier printing. Print this week's puzzle here.

Previous puzzles are stored in the Mystery Godoku Archives.

Enjoy the weekly Mystery Godoku Puzzle from the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books, and Thanks for visiting our website!

Today's Selection of Free MystereBooks for Sunday, December 04, 2016

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature a selection of Free MystereBooks found on Sunday, December 04, 2016 at 7:00 AM ET …

The First Lady's Second Man by David Bishop

A Linda Darby Mystery

Publisher: Paradox

Price: FREE!

  

Fatal Beauty by A. J. Cabrera

The Fatal Beauty Assassin Series

Publisher: A. J. Cabrera

Price: FREE!

  

Deathly Reminders by T. Patrick Phelps

A Derek Cole Suspense Thriller

Publisher: Jabby House Publications

Price: FREE!

  

Final Harvest by Barry McDivitt

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Barry McDivitt

Price: FREE!

  

Dangerous Appointment by Dennis Kenyon

A Political Crime Thriller

Publisher: Dennis Kenyon

Price: FREE!

  

All Was Calm by Julie Carobini

A Cottage Grove Mystery Novella

Publisher: Dolphin Gate Books

Price: FREE!

  

Kings Lane by M. K. Jacobs

A Claire Lane Mystery

Publisher: M. K. Jacobs

Price: FREE!

  

Scrooged by Laura DeLuca

A Dark Musicals Novella

Publisher: Laura DeLuca

Price: FREE!

  

For a summary of all of today's titles, plus any that may have been added since this post was created, visit our Free MystereBooks page. This page is updated daily, typically by 8 AM ET.

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Until Dark, A Novel of Suspense by Mariah Stewart, Now Available at a Special Price

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Until Dark by Mariah Stewart

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Ballantine Books

Price: $1.99 (as of 12/03/2016 at 8:00 PM ET).

  

A skilled compositor for the FBI, Kendra Smith has a way with witnesses, helping them to remember crucial details about their attackers they might otherwise have forgotten. She believes her work helps to provide closure for the victims and their families — closure that has eluded her for the eleven years since her brother was kidnapped, his body never found.

Determined to put her painful past behind her, Kendra throws herself into every case one hundred percent. Now she is called in to sketch the face of a man the press is calling the Soccer Mom Killer. It's a difficult investigation made even harder by the presence of Special Agent Adam Stark, a man with whom she once had a brief, passionate affair. As the number of victims continues to rise, and with a killer always one step ahead, Kendra will learn a lethal lesson: You can run from the past, but you can't hide …

— Until Dark by Mariah Stewart

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Guarded, The Silverton Chronicles by Carmen Fox, Now Available at a Special Price

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Guarded by Carmen Fox

The Silverton Chronicles (1st in series)

Publisher: Smart Heart Publishing

Price: 99¢ (as of 12/03/2016 at 7:00 PM ET).

  

When everyone's existence depends on the lies they tell, trust doesn't come easy …

Ivy's neighbors have a secret. They aren't human. But Ivy has a secret, too. She knows. As long as everyone keeps quiet, she's happy working as a P.I. by day and chillaxing with her BFF Florian, a vampire, by night. When a routine pickup drops her in the middle of a murder, her two worlds collide. While Florian knows how to throw a punch, deep down he's a softie. His idea of scary? Running out of hair product. It's time Ivy faced facts. Even with a vampire on stand-by, one gal can only kick so many asses.

For help, she must put her faith in others. A human, who might just be the one. A demon, who will, for a price, open the doors to her heritage. And a werewolf, who wants to protect her from herself.

Torn between these men, Ivy must tread carefully, because one wants her heart, one wants her body, and one wants her dead.

— Guarded by Carmen Fox

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New This Week: Never Go Alone, A Jake Rivett Thriller by Denison Hatch

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Never Go Alone by Denison Hatch

A Jake Rivett Thriller (2nd in series)

Publisher: Lookout Press

Price: $4.99 (as of 12/03/2016 at 6:30 PM ET).

  

See also the highly reviewed first title in this series, Flash Crash, for $3.99 on Kindle.

A rash of elaborate cat burglaries of luxury buildings in Manhattan has the city panicked …

When a group of social media obsessed millennials — a loosely organized crew that call themselves "urban explorers" — are suspected in the heists, undercover NYPD detective Jake Rivett is assigned the case.

Rivett dives deep into the urban exploration scene in pursuit of the truth. But what, and who, he finds — deep in the sewers, up in the cranes above under-construction skyscrapers, and everywhere else in New York — will change not only Jake, but the city itself.

— Never Go Alone by Denison Hatch

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