New This Week: A Merciful Death, A Mercy Kilpatrick Mystery by Kendra Elliot

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A Merciful Death by Kendra Elliot

A Mercy Kilpatrick Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Montlake Romance

Edition(s): Print and eBook

eBook Price: $4.99 (as of 01/19/2017 at 12:30 PM ET).

  

FBI special agent Mercy Kilpatrick has been waiting her whole life for disaster to strike. A prepper since childhood, Mercy grew up living off the land — and off the grid — in rural Eagle's Nest, Oregon. Until a shocking tragedy tore her family apart and forced her to leave home. Now a predator known as the cave man is targeting the survivalists in her hometown, murdering them in their homes, stealing huge numbers of weapons, and creating federal suspicion of a possible domestic terrorism event. But the crime scene details are eerily familiar to an unsolved mystery from Mercy's past.

Sent by the FBI to assist local law enforcement, Mercy returns to Eagle's Nest to face the family who shunned her while maintaining the facade of a law-abiding citizen. There, she meets police chief Truman Daly, whose uncle was the cave man's latest victim. He sees the survivalist side of her that she desperately tries to hide, but if she lets him get close enough to learn her secret, she might not survive the fallout …

— A Merciful Death by Kendra Elliot

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Today's Selection of Daily Deals for Thursday, January 19, 2017

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature a selection of today's Daily Deals found on Thursday, January 19, 2017 at 7:30 AM ET …

Both thrillers in the Dani Britton series by S. G. Redling for 99¢ each is a Kindle Daily Deal. We're featuring the first in the series in this post.

The Widow File by S. G. Redling

A Dani Britton Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Thomas & Mercer

Kindle Daily Deal Price: 99¢

Dani, a data analyst with an elite security firm, possesses the unnerving ability to read people by the trash they leave behind. Receipts, parking tickets, the detritus of daily life — if you leave it behind, she will figure you out.

Her latest case involves high-tech industrial espionage at a corporation with ties to the military. But when a team of assassins sweeps through the firm, stealing all files and killing her coworkers, Dani narrowly escapes. Whoever ordered the strike thinks Dani has vital information and they put a hit man named Booker on her trail.

Armed with only her wits and a bag of random investigation materials, Dani must figure out who the enemy really is while playing a high-stakes game of cat and mouse with the cunning hit man who has an agenda of his own.

— The Widow File by S. G. Redling

The first ten mysteries in the Charley Davidson series by Darynda Jones for $2.99 or less each is a Kindle Daily Deal. We're featuring the first in the series in this post.

First Grave on the Right by Darynda Jones

A Charley Davidson Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Kindle Daily Deal Price: $1.99

Charley sees dead people. That's right, she sees dead people. And it's her job to convince them to "go into the light." But when these very dead people have died under less than ideal circumstances (i.e., murder), sometimes they want Charley to bring the bad guys to justice.

Complicating matters are the intensely hot dreams she's been having about an Entity who has been following her all her life … and it turns out he might not be dead after all. In fact, he might be something else entirely.

— First Grave on the Right by Darynda Jones

Good as Gone by Amy Gentry

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Audible Daily Deal Price: $2.95

Thirteen-year-old Julie Whitaker was kidnapped from her bedroom in the middle of the night, witnessed only by her younger sister. Her family was shattered, but managed to stick together, hoping against hope that Julie is still alive. And then one night: the doorbell rings. A young woman who appears to be Julie is finally, miraculously, home safe. The family is ecstatic — but Anna, Julie's mother, has whispers of doubts. She hates to face them. She cannot avoid them.

When she is contacted by a former detective turned private eye, she begins a torturous search for the truth about the woman she desperately hopes is her daughter.

— Good as Gone by Amy Gentry

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Today's Selection of Free MystereBooks for Thursday, January 19, 2017

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature a selection of Free MystereBooks found on Thursday, January 19, 2017 at 7:00 AM ET …

3 Bodies and a Biscotti by Leighann Dobbs

A Lexy Baker Cozy Mystery

Publisher: Leighann Dobbs

Price: FREE!

  

Critical Vulnerability by Melissa F. Miller

An Aroostine Higgins Mystery

Publisher: Brown Street Books

Price: FREE!

  

Scent of a Killer by Jay Korza

A Sebastian Giustina Mystery

Publisher: Jay Korza

Price: FREE!

  

Breaking Bones by Amanda Washington

The Mariani Crime Family Series

Publisher: Amanda Washington

Price: FREE!

  

Players by Mike Markel

A Seagate and Miner Mystery

Publisher: Mike Markel

Price: FREE!

  

Fourplay by Patricia Clark

The Cleary Case Files

Publisher: Patricia Clark

Price: FREE!

  

You Can't Make Old Friends by Tom Trott

A Joe Grabarz Mystery

Publisher: Tom Trott

Price: FREE!

  

An Affair to Dismember by Elise Sax

A Matchmaker Mystery

Publisher: Elise Sax

Price: FREE!

  

The Chef at the Waters Edge by Kee Patterbee

A Hannah Starvling Mystery

Publisher: Twice by Lightning

Price: FREE!

  

Neapolitan Delight Murder by Susan Gillard

A Donut Hole Cozy Mystery

Publisher: Guardian Publishing

Price: FREE!

  

Hijacking of Flight 100 by C. J. Stott

A Suspense Thriller

Publisher: Black Thunderbird Press

Price: FREE!

  

I Dare You by Murray Bailey

A Kate Blakemore Crime Thriller

Publisher: Heritage Books

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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New This Week: Missing Alibi, A Faukon Abbey Mystery by A. K. Lakelett

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Missing Alibi by A. K. Lakelett

A Faukon Abbey Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: A. K. Lakelett

Edition(s): eBook only

eBook Price: 99¢ (as of 01/18/2017 at 6:30 PM ET).

  

See also the first mystery in this series, Remember Me?, for $3.99 on Kindle.

Writing detective stories can be deadly …

Who do you blame when your day job is murder?

That's the question investigators, Detective Inspector Greene, Detective Constable Ford, and their journalist friend Carter are asking, when a popular mystery author is found dead after a party. Were her detective stories based on fact rather than fiction? Did the erotic series she had written, make someone angry enough to kill? The lengths people go to keep their secrets hidden.

Green, Ford, and Carter have to cover two continents to unmask the truth and solve the crimes — the world they find is filled with people better at making up a story than telling the truth. Can anyone be trusted? Together, can they find their way through the tangled web of deceit, lies and half-truths to uncover what lies beneath?

— Missing Alibi by A. K. Lakelett

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New This Week: Ghostly Apparitions, A Ghost Hunter P.I. Mystery by Aubrey Harper

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Ghostly Apparitions by Aubrey Harper

A Ghost Hunter P.I. Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Aubrey Harper

Edition(s): eBook only

eBook Price: 99¢ (as of 01/18/2017 at 5:30 PM ET).

  

Ghost hunter extraordinaire Meredith Good is not feeling all that great these days. She's broke and the only possession she has in the world is her crappy car that barely runs anymore. So she decides to move back to her hometown: Silver Bells Cove, Ohio. It's not ideal, but it'll do, for now anyway. She's glad to see her grandmother and she's more than happy to indulge in her grandmother's delicious pastries. When she runs into her ex, who happens to be a cop now, things get a bit more complicated. Oh, there's also a dead body by the lake and the ghost belonging to that body wants nothing more than for his murder to be solved.

Things get interesting when Meredith finds out that the victim was working on projects around the small town, trying to modernize the quaint town with tourist-ready hotels and chain stores. A sexy PI, a greedy billionaire and some not-so-happy locals could all be prime suspects in the murder, and it's up to Meredith to get to the truth of the matter. With a little help from her best friend Rebecca (who just happens to be a ghost), Meredith is sure to get herself into all kinds of trouble. All she has to do is make sure she doesn't become a ghost herself in the process!

— Ghostly Apparitions by Aubrey Harper

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New This Week: Poison is the New Black, An Eat, Pray, Die Humorous Mystery by Chelsea Field

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Poison is the New Black by Chelsea Field

An Eat, Pray, Die Humorous Mystery (3rd in series)

Publisher: JFP Press

Edition(s): eBook only

eBook Price: $2.99 (as of 01/18/2017 at 4:30 PM ET).

  

See all three mysteries in the Eat, Pray, Die Series for $3.99 or less each on Kindle.

When Mr. Black becomes the top suspect in a murder investigation, Isobel Avery is roped into helping Etta, her Glock, and her greyhound clear his name.

Except her boyfriend Connor is warning her to stay out of it, the new client she's protecting from poison threats requires her full attention, and oh yeah, Izzy thinks Mr. Black might be guilty … He did once try to beat her to a pulp after all.

To make matters worse, Etta and Izzy aren't the only ones digging in to this case, and the other parties are a whole lot more dangerous. And if Mr. Black didn't do it, then the real killer is still out there and might not appreciate their interference.

As Izzy struggles to make sure the right bad guy goes to prison, find her footing in her new romantic relationship, and integrate herself into her client's alien world of high-society ladies — the same world the victim is from — she'd better watch out for poisons, vengeance, and firebombs.

— Poison is the New Black by Chelsea Field

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Fickle by Peter Manus, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during January 2017

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during January 2017 …

Fickle by Peter Manus, A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Diversion

  

The distance between what you see and what you believe can be the distance between life and death.

On a winter night in Boston, a man falls to his death in front of a subway train. The sole witness, a shaken young woman, explains to the police how the man shoved her aside as he made his way to the tracks. But when her blog turns up on the dead man's computer, the cops begin to look for other connections. Was the man a cyber-stalker, charmed to the point of desperation by the irreverent musings of a noir-obsessed blogger? Or are the connections between subway jumper and innocent bystander more complicated?

This dark and intricate tale of obsession and deception is told in the form of a blog written by an elusive narrator known only by her online name, "l.g. fickel." Deep into the night, every night, fickel blogs about "Mr. Suicide" and the ensuing police investigation with an eerie prescience. She is joined in her blog chats by a loyal group of obsessives, all of whom share with fickel a passion for the dark art of noir. Is fickel's tale that of an innocent woman frantically trying to figure out how her blogging has enmeshed her in a murder spree, or is she a manipulator, playing the part of sexy, hip, young thing as she grinds out her revenge on those she feels have betrayed her?

— Fickle by Peter Manus

To see more new paperback titles scheduled to be published this month, visit The Mystery Bookshelf for January 2017. For new hardcover titles, visit New Mysteries where for a list of January 2017 mysteries, novels of suspense, and thrillers is provided.

Never Never by James Patterson and Candice Fox, New in Bookstores during January 2017

Today's featured new hardcover mystery, suspense, or thriller title scheduled to be published during January 2017 is …

Never Never by James Patterson and Candice Fox, a Harriet Blue Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: Little, Brown

 

Never … assume you know someone. Harry Blue is the top Sex Crimes investigator in her department. She's a seasoned pro who's seen it all. But even she didn't see this coming: her own brother arrested for the grisly murders of three beautiful young women.

Never … accept a reassignment to the middle of nowhere "for your own good." Harry's been sent to a makeshift town in a desolate landscape-a world full of easy money, plenty of illegal ways to spend it, and a ragtag collection of transient characters who thrive on the fringes of society. A place where little grows, but evil flourishes.

Never … trust anyone. Looking into a seemingly simple missing persons case, Harry's been assigned to a new "partner." But is he actually meant to be a watchdog? Still reeling from the accusations against her brother, Harry can't even trust her own instincts, which she's never doubted … until now.

Never … go anywhere without leaving a trace. Far from the world she knows and desperate to clear her brother's name, Harry has to mine the dark secrets of her strange new home for answers to a deepening mystery-before she vanishes in a place where no one would ever think to look for her.

— Never Never by James Patterson and Candice Fox

For a list of more new hardcover titles to be published this month, visit our New Mysteries page for January 2017. For new paperback titles, visit The Mystery Bookshelf where a selection of January 2017 mysteries, novels of suspense, and thrillers are shelved.

A Quiet Death by Cari Hunter, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during January 2017

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during January 2017 …

A Quiet Death by Cari Hunter, A Dark Peak Mystery (3rd in series)

Publisher: Bold Strokes Books

  

Things are looking up for Detective Sanne Jensen and Dr. Meg Fielding. Dating each other seems to be working, their families are behaving themselves, and the worst of the post-Christmas crime wave is over.

The discovery of a Pakistani girl's body out on the moors changes all that. No one knows who she is, who hurt her, or how she came to be there. As pressure mounts on East Derbyshire Special Ops for a quick resolution, it becomes ever more apparent that the case won't provide one.

With the Pakistani community closing ranks, and threads of suspicion reaching farther than anyone could have predicted, the investigation leaves Sanne facing an ordeal she may not survive.

— A Quiet Death by Cari Hunter

To see more new paperback titles scheduled to be published this month, visit The Mystery Bookshelf for January 2017. For new hardcover titles, visit New Mysteries where for a list of January 2017 mysteries, novels of suspense, and thrillers is provided.

New This Week: Whale of a Crime, A Gray Whale Inn Mystery by Karen MacInerney

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Whale of a Crime by Karen MacInerney

A Gray Whale Inn Mystery (7th in series)

Publisher: Karen MacInerney

Edition(s): Print and eBook

eBook Price: $5.99 (as of 01/18/2017 at 12:30 PM ET).

  

See more titles in the Gray Whale Inn Series for $7.99 or less each on Kindle.

When a tour company books the Gray Whale Inn for a full week, innkeeper Natalie Barnes can't wait to get cooking — and to hitch a ride on the antique schooner Summer Winds, getting up close and personal with the local whales. But when one of the humpback whales turns up dragging a mass of fishing gear from its tail, the tour takes a dark turn. It turns darker still when the schooner's handsome captain winds up attached to the vessel's anchor, sixty feet underwater … and not by accident.

Before long, the tour naturalist (and Natalie's best friend's beau) is behind bars, charged with a murder Charlene swears he didn't commit. Stir in a surprise visit from Natalie's quarrelsome sister, midnight kitchen sabotage, a sick orphan kitten, and a mysterious investor with plans for a massive resort on the quaint island, and Natalie's got a recipe for potential disaster.

When a second body turns up just outside the inn, the heat is on Natalie to solve the double murder … or risk ending up with her own goose cooked.

— Whale of a Crime by Karen MacInerney

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Today's Selection of Daily Deals for Wednesday, January 18, 2017

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature a selection of today's Daily Deals found on Wednesday, January 18, 2017 at 7:30 AM ET …

Take Down by James Swain

A Billy Cunningham Crime Novel (1st in series)

Publisher: Thomas & Mercer

Kindle Daily Deal Price: 99¢

Whoever says crime doesn't pay isn't doing it right …

There are hundreds of casinos in Las Vegas, and Billy Cunningham knows how to rip off every one. His scams are a thing of beauty — so perfectly orchestrated that onlookers believe he and his crew are winning fair and square. In a town where bosses will kill to protect their profits, Billy can't afford to make mistakes, but even the best-laid plans can go wrong …

Desperate to keep his team out of jail, Billy agrees to help stop a legendary family of thieves from taking down a casino. But he has no intention of breaking the cheater's code: never rat out your own kind. He's running his own con on the casino's psycho owner and his vicious, violent wife. Throw in a murderous drug dealer, a vengeful gaming agent, and the girl Billy's never forgotten, and this scam artist is playing for sky-high stakes: a cool eight million, and the chance to live long enough to spend it.

— Take Down by James Swain

Bad Action by James Swain

A Billy Cunningham Crime Novel (2nd in series)

Publisher: Thomas & Mercer

Kindle Daily Deal Price: 99¢

Con artist Billy Cunningham is no stranger to the casinos of Las Vegas — he's ripped off every single one. But his latest scam — a year in the making — promises his crew their biggest payday yet. Billy has thought of everything down to the last detail … or so he thinks.

He hasn't counted on the father-son team of contract killers looking to cash in on Billy's head. Or his old flame, Maggie Flynn, out for payback for her broken heart. If Billy and his team can pass themselves off as high rollers for a week straight, living it up in Vegas's most exclusive suites and box seats, they'll get their chance to make their VIP status permanent. It's the biggest scam of their lives — if they live.

— Bad Action by James Swain

The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester

A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary

Publisher: HarperAudio

Audible Daily Deal Price: $3.95

The compilation of the OED, begun in 1857, was one of the most ambitious projects ever undertaken. As definitions were collected, the overseeing committee, led by Professor James Murray, discovered that one man, Dr. W. C. Minor, had submitted more than ten thousand.

When the committee insisted on honoring him, a shocking truth came to light: Dr. Minor, an American Civil War veteran, was also an inmate at an asylum for the criminally insane.

— The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester

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