New This Week: Facials Can Be Fatal, A Bad Hair Day Mystery by Nancy J. Cohen

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Facials Can Be Fatal by Nancy J. Cohen

A Bad Hair Day Mystery (13th in series)

Publisher: Five Star

Edition(s): Print and eBook

eBook Price: $3.99 (as of 02/24/2017 at 12:30 PM ET).

  

During the frenzy of the December holidays, the last thing salon owner Marla Vail needs is a dead body slathered in a green facial mask at her new day spa. The victim, Valerie Weston, had been a major donor for Friends of Old Florida, a nonprofit historic preservation society. Marla's stylists are scheduled to work backstage at their upcoming gala fashion show, but Val's demise might put a crimp in their plans.

Hoping to salvage her reputation, Marla determines to track down the suspects. Although Val had been well liked by most people, she may have stumbled onto secrets that others would kill to keep. What are the connections between a greedy land developer, a dress designer whose husband may have links to the Asian mob, a mortician who might be involved in the human hair trade, and members of the nonprofit group's board of directors? Are the latter as dedicated to their cause as they'd like Marla to believe, or do they have their own self-interests at heart?

— Facials Can Be Fatal by Nancy J. Cohen

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Today's Selection of Daily Deals for Friday, February 24, 2017

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature a selection of today's Daily Deals found on Friday, February 24, 2017 at 7:30 AM ET …

All three titles in the Beatrix Rose Series for 99¢ each is a Kindle Daily Deal. We're featuring the first in the series in this post.

In Cold Blood by Mark Dawson

A Beatrix Rose Thriller (1st in series)

Publisher: Thomas & Mercer

Kindle Daily Deal Price: 99¢

As the most dangerous assassin in a government kill squad, Beatrix Rose isn't the kind of person you want to upset. Ambushed and betrayed by her team, she's driven underground and plans revenge.

Years later, she emerges from the Hong Kong underworld with payback on her mind and a list of six people who must pay for what they did to her. With their lives.

— In Cold Blood by Mark Dawson

Girl on a Wire by Gwenda Bond

A Cirque American Mystery

Publisher: Skyscape

Kindle Daily Deal Price: 99¢

A ballerina, twirling on a wire high above the crowd. Horses, prancing like salsa dancers. Trapeze artists, flying like somersaulting falcons. And magic crackling through the air. Welcome to the Cirque American!

Sixteen-year-old Jules Maroni's dream is to follow in her father's footsteps as a high-wire walker. When her family is offered a prestigious role in the new Cirque American, it seems that Jules and the Amazing Maronis will finally get the spotlight they deserve. But the presence of the Flying Garcias may derail her plans. For decades, the two rival families have avoided each other as sworn enemies.

Jules ignores the drama and focuses on the wire, skyrocketing to fame as the girl in a red tutu who dances across the wire at death-defying heights. But when she discovers a peacock feather — an infamous object of bad luck — planted on her costume, Jules nearly loses her footing. She has no choice but to seek help from the unlikeliest of people: Remy Garcia, son of the Garcia clan matriarch and the best trapeze artist in the Cirque.

As more mysterious talismans believed to possess unlucky magic appear, Jules and Remy unite to find the culprit. And if they don't figure out what's going on soon, Jules may be the first Maroni to do the unthinkable: fall.

— Girl on a Wire by Gwenda Bond

The Widow's Strike by Brad Taylor

A Pike Logan Thriller (4th in series)

Publisher: Dutton

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

Invented by nature and genetically manipulated by man, a highly lethal virus has just fallen into the wrong hands. Angered by sanctions placed against its nuclear program, a rogue state is determined to release the virus. The only thing standing in its way is the extralegal counterterrorist unit known as the Taskforce.

Racing against time to stop a global pandemic, Taskforce operators Pike Logan and Jennifer Cahill follow the trail across Southeast Asia to the United States. But they soon learn that the enemy they face may not be the enemy they should fear …

— The Widow's Strike by Brad Taylor

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Today's Selection of Free MystereBooks for Friday, February 24, 2017

Omnimystery News is pleased to feature a selection of Free MystereBooks found on Friday, February 24, 2017 at 7:00 AM ET …

Murder at Merisham Lodge by Celina Grace

A Miss Hart and Miss Hunter Investigation

Publisher: Isaro Publishing

Price: FREE!

  

Sharpe Point by Lisa B. Thomas

A Cozy Suburbs Mystery

Publisher: Cozy Stuff and Such

Price: FREE!

  

The Predator and the Prey by K. C. Sivils

A Thomas Sullivan Thriller

Publisher: K. C. Sivils

Price: FREE!

  

Las Vegas Turnaround by Kurt Johnson

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Kurt Johnson

Price: FREE!

  

Sidewinder by Daniel Foster

The Halcyon Files

Publisher: White Tide Publishing

Price: FREE!

  

Blind Persuasion by Linda Riesenberg Fisler

The Blind Series

Publisher: Kit Cat Press

Price: FREE!

  

Deceived by Brenda Burling

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Limitless Publishing

Price: FREE!

  

Before Holmes Met Watson by Harrison Kitteridge

A John and Sherlock Mystery

Publisher: Harrison Kitteridge

Price: FREE!

  

Broken Dreams by Don Wooldridge

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Don Wooldridge

Price: FREE!

  

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A Sure Thing, A Novel of Suspense by E. H. Ward, 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, Tirgearr Publishing …

A Sure Thing by E. H. Ward

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Tirgearr Publishing

Price: 99¢ (as of 02/23/2017 at 8:00 PM ET).

  

Irish stud farm manager and bloodstock expert, Oliver McMahon, is tired of his life, and a boss who neither rewards, satisfies, or recognises his abilities. He turns to his very wealthy brother, Richard, for help in setting up his own venture, only to be rejected and, in the process, discovers a family secret.

On the brink of despair, Oliver remembers and calls in a favour owed to him by a man who has risen to become one of America's most powerful mafioso. Oliver gets back on track with a rich client, a large budget, top class horses, and an old flame rekindled.

As the Thoroughbreds start winning, Oliver reconnects with his college sweetheart and all his dreams are being realized. Soon, he's pulled into a tangled web of narcotics, murder, deceit, and sinister threats.

When Richard is murdered, Oliver has to face the awful truth that a decade-old act started the chain of events which led to his brother's killing.

Oliver has no choice but to become as ruthless as Richard if he's to extricate himself from a lose-lose situation. Death or a lifetime in prison — the stakes have never been higher.

— A Sure Thing by E. H. Ward

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Murder at Bertram's Bower, A Novel of Suspense by Cynthia Peale, Now Available at a Special Price

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Murder at Bertram's Bower by Cynthia Peale

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Dell

Price: $1.99 (as of 02/23/2017 at 7:00 PM ET).

  

The Back Bay has been filled in. Palm readers and prostitutes ply their trade in South Cove. And the watchword of the day is "NINA:" No Irish Need Apply. Boston in 1892 is a town of Victorian pride, prejudice, and private passions.

Now, on Beacon Hill, a crusading woman and her genteel brother, Addington, are investigating two grisly murders of young women, the work, say police, of "a deranged person." For Caroline Ames, solving the mystery is a matter of helping an old friend, the woman who runs a home for wayward women known as Bertram's Bower. But for Addington, the investigation will lead to the revelations of a sexually alluring, scandal-struck actress … and to the secrets of some of Boston's most "respectable" men.

As Addington confronts the hypocrisy of Brahmin society, he moves closer to a shocking suspicion about the killer's identity. And as fear grips the city, the evidence points in one frightening direction: that London's Jack the Ripper is alive, well, and killing again …

— Murder at Bertram's Bower by Cynthia Peale

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New This Week: Pick Your Potion, A Witch's Brew Cozy Mystery by C. C. Dragon

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Pick Your Potion by C. C. Dragon

A Witch's Brew Cozy Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: C. C. Dragon

Edition(s): Print and eBook

eBook Price: 99¢ (as of 02/23/2017 at 6:30 PM ET).

  

Gypsies, vamps, and weres … these are just some of the people powerful witch Claudia Crestwood and her friends protect. In the city of Hartford, Connecticut — years before Salem, there were witch trials. Now the paranormal coexist with humans, more or less. With the help of her hippie aunt and cousins, her gypsy uncle, and other paranormal friends, Claudia stands on the line between humans and paras — helping to keep the peace.

When a human customer dies after an incident at the coffee shop, Claudia must dig into the case to protect the cafe and the coven. Threats have been made and what's worse, she's harboring a hunter wanted by the police in her basement. A hot and powerful wizard starts showing up in the shop when Claudia needs help and is at her worst. Intriguing and annoying … She isn't sure she can trust him and his reclusive family but it's time for her to dig deeper into the magical world.

— Pick Your Potion by C. C. Dragon

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Sister Sister, A Psychological Thriller by Sue Fortin, Now Available at a Special Price

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Sister Sister by Sue Fortin

A Psychological Thriller

Publisher: HarperImpulse

Price: 99¢ (as of 02/23/2017 at 6:00 PM ET).

  

Alice: Beautiful, kind, manipulative, liar.

Clare: Intelligent, loyal, paranoid, jealous.

Clare thinks Alice is a manipulative liar who is trying to steal her life. Alice thinks Clare is jealous of her long-lost return and place in their family.

One of them is telling the truth. The other is a maniac.

Two sisters. One truth.

— Sister Sister by Sue Fortin

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New This Week: Jack Be Nimble Jack Be Dead, A Penny Preston Mystery by Wendy Owens

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Jack Be Nimble Jack Be Dead by Wendy Owens

A Penny Preston Mystery (1st in series)

Publisher: Four Bean Soup

Edition(s): eBook only

eBook Price: 99¢ (as of 02/23/2017 at 5:30 PM ET).

  

Wyoming Ohio is the place you move when you are ready for the quiet life — at least that's what Penny Preston thought …

Five years ago, Penny Preston found herself divorced and alone in San Diego, CA. With only her Dachshund named Piper and the possessions she could fit in her beat up Chevy Malibu, Penny decided to take her Aunt up on her offer to move in with her in Wyoming, Ohio, and help her run her coffee shop. She never imagined her Aunt passing away or her leaving the shop to her, but that's exactly what happened.

Besides the occasional nosy community member creating a stir around unsubstantiated gossip, life was peaceful — that's until Penny's life got messy … as in red body messy. Jack Eggerton, the local dog catcher, is found dead in the back of the animal shelter Penny runs in her spare time. After a heated argument between her and Jack about a missing dog, it appears the finger is pointed directly at Penny Preston. Enlisting the help of her seamstress neighbor, Linda, and her chubby Dachshund, Piper, with whom she has a rather peculiar connection to, Penny sets out to unveil the killer before she is left paying for a crime she didn't commit …

— Jack Be Nimble Jack Be Dead by Wendy Owens

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Wycliffe and The Tangled Web, A DCS Wycliffe Mystery by W. J. Burley, Now Available at a Special Price

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Wycliffe and The Tangled Web by W. J. Burley

A DCS Wycliffe Mystery

Publisher: Orion

Price: $2.99 (as of 02/23/2017 at 5:00 PM ET).

  

A beautiful girl goes missing, and Wycliffe must untangle a mystery to solve a murder …

A beautiful schoolgirl goes missing from a Cornish village on the day she has told her boyfriend and sister she is pregnant. The possibility that she has been raped or murdered — or both — grows with every passing hour, and Chief Superintendent Wycliffe is brought in on the case.

The investigation reveals a complex network of family relationships and rivalries centred on the girl; and then Wycliffe finds a body — but not the one he expects. Have there been two murders? And if so, are they connected?

Wycliffe digs deeper, and soon realises that just beneath the normal, day-to-day surface of the community lies a web of hatred and resentment — a web he will have to untangle if he is to find the key to the mystery …

— Wycliffe and The Tangled Web by W. J. Burley

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New This Week: The Butterfly Effect, A Wallis Jones Thriller by Martha Carr

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The Butterfly Effect by Martha Carr

A Wallis Jones Thriller (6th in series)

Publisher: Martha Carr

Edition(s): eBook only

eBook Price: $3.99 (as of 02/23/2017 at 4:30 PM ET).

  

See all six titles in the Wallis Jones Thriller Series for $3.99 each on Kindle.

The final pieces of the story have come together …

Despite the ripple effect that could mean the remedy is almost as bad as the problem, Wallis Jones trusts that her son, Ned's solution may just be a cure that they have been hoping for. The only thing she can do is to step in to try and help ease the way. After all they have been through she knows that without an end to the madness no one will ever truly be safe. With Ned leading a network of thousands as the Butterfly Effect finally comes to fruition, Wallis takes the lead in overseeing the dismantling of the two large organizations to coordinate efforts.

But when the plans to finally dismantle Clemente's far-reaching power grab places her family in the crosshairs, George Clemente, Wallis Jones finds herself on a race against the odds to arrive in time to save her son, play her part in insuring the future has some hope for everyone.

Can Wallis step out of the shadows of her small suburban life onto a national center stage? Or will George Clemente be fatal blow to democracy's last chance?

— The Butterfly Effect by Martha Carr

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Beverly Hills Dead, A Rick Barron Mystery by Stuart Woods, Now Available at a Special Price

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Beverly Hills Dead by Stuart Woods

A Rick Barron Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: Putnam

Price: $1.99 (as of 02/23/2017 at 4:00 PM ET).

  

See also the first mystery in this series, The Prince of Beverly Hills, for $9.99 on Kindle.

Rick Barron, a former Beverly Hills cop, has risen to head of production of Centurion Pictures, and he's at the top of his game. But tensions are high in Hollywood, and when Rick's friend Sidney Brooks, a successful screenwriter, receives a subpoena from the House Un-American Activities Committee, Rick isn't surprised. The witch hunt is spreading, and those under investigation are Rick's closest friends-even his wife, the glamorous starlet Glenna Gleason.

— Beverly Hills Dead by Stuart Woods

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A Ghostly Mortality by Tonya Kappes, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during February 2017

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during February 2017 …

A Ghostly Mortality by Tonya Kappes, A Ghostly Southern Mystery (6th in series)

Publisher: Witness

  

That ghost sure looks … Familiar …

Only a handful of people know that Emma Lee Raines, proprietor of a small-town Kentucky funeral home, is a "Betweener." She helps ghosts stuck between here and the ever-after — murdered ghosts. Once Emma Lee gets them justice they can cross over to the great beyond.

But Emma Lee's own sister refuses to believe in her special ability. In fact, the Raines sisters have barely gotten along since Charlotte Rae left the family business for the competition. After a doozy of an argument, Emma Lee is relieved to see Charlotte Rae back home to make nice. Until she realizes her usually snorting, sarcastic, family-ditching sister is a … ghost.

Charlotte Rae has no earthly idea who murdered her or why. With her heart in tatters, Emma Lee relies more than ever on her sexy beau, Sheriff Jack Henry Ross … because this time, catching a killer means the Raines sisters will have to make peace with each other first.

— A Ghostly Mortality by Tonya Kappes

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

Midnight Runner, A Sean Dillon Thriller by Jack Higgins, Now Available at a Special Price

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Midnight Runner by Jack Higgins

A Sean Dillon Thriller (10th in series)

Publisher: Putnam

Price: $1.99 (as of 02/23/2017 at 3:00 PM ET).

  

"Death is the midnight runner." — Arab proverb

Her brothers killed one by one, Kate Rashid swears vengeance on all who have harmed her family. Never mind that they tried to assassinate the President of the United States, that villainy ran in their veins. They were her brothers, and her enemies would pay. British agent Sean Dillon … White House operative Blake Johnson … the President himself … their time was coming, and only she knew how — or when.

— Midnight Runner by Jack Higgins

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Rusty Puppy by Joe R. Lansdale, New in Bookstores during February 2017

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

Rusty Puppy by Joe R. Lansdale, a Hap Collins and Leonard Pine Mystery (14th in series)

Publisher: Mulholland Books

 

While Hap, a former 60s activist and self-proclaimed white trash rebel, is recovering from a life-threatening stab wound, Louise Elton comes into Hap and Leonard's PI office to tell him that the police have killed her son, Jamar.

Months earlier, a bully cop pulled over and sexually harassed Jamar's sister, Charm. The officer followed Charm over the course of the next couple of months, leading Jamar to videotape and take notes on the cop and his partner. The next thing Louise hears, Jamar got in a fight and is killed in the projects by local hoods. It doesn't add up: he was a straight A student, destined for better things, until he began to ask too many questions about the racist police force.

Leonard, a tough black gay Vietnam vet and Republican, joins Hap in the investigation, and they stumble upon the racial divides that have shaped their Eastern Texas town. But if anyone can navigate these pitfalls and bring the killers to justice, it's Hap and Leonard.

— Rusty Puppy by Joe R. Lansdale

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

Expecting to Die by Lisa Jackson, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during February 2017

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during February 2017 …

Expecting to Die by Lisa Jackson, An Alvarez Pescoli Mystery (7th in series)

Publisher: Zebra

  

The menacing woods of Grizzly Falls, Montana, are not for the faint of heart. But for some, they're the perfect setting for partying and pranks. They don't know there's a rapt audience amid the tangled trees, a killer with a different kind of game in mind, for whom the woods are dark and deep — and perfectly deadly …

Some places earn their bad reputation through tall tales or chance. Grizzly Falls is different. Here, killers aren't just the stuff of legends and campfire lore. Someone is in the nighttime shadows, watching the local teens play around in the moonlit woods. Waiting for the right moment, the right victim. Waiting to take away a life.

Detective Regan Pescoli is counting the days until her maternity leave. Exhausted and emotional, the last thing she needs is another suspected serial killer. Especially when her daughter, Bianca, is swept up in the media storm. When a reality show arrives in town, the chaos only makes it harder for Pescoli and her partner, Selena Alvarez, to distinguish rumor from truth.

Another body is found … and another. And as the nightmare strikes closer to home, Pescoli races to find the terror lingering in the darkness, where there are too many places to hide … and countless places to die …

— Expecting to Die by Lisa Jackson

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