Free/Bargain Mystery/Suspense/Thriller March 2014

[apesmom]

A thread for March.

We point out free and bargain Mystery/Suspense/Thriller titles to each other. Please don't post any self-published books*, and please do a search before posting to avoid duplicates.

Be aware that many freebies are only free for a day, so grab them fast!

Link to February thread



*Unless you have read them yourself, think they are excellent, and you're not connected to the author in any way.

[apesmom]

On sale from Simon & Schuster

Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lector #2) by Thomas Harris - $1.99
Kindle | Kobo | Google

A serial murderer known only by a grotesquely apt nickname--Buffalo Bill--is stalking women. He has a purpose, but no one can fathom it, for the bodies are discovered in different states. Clarice Starling, a young trainee at the FBI Academy, is surprised to be summoned by Jack Crawford, chief of the Bureau's Behavioral Science section. Her assignment: to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter--Hannibal the Cannibal--who is kept under close watch in the Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane.

Dr. Lecter is a former psychiatrist with a grisly history, unusual tastes, and an intense curiosity about the darker corners of the mind. His intimate understanding of the killer and of Clarice herself form the core of Thomas Harris' The Silence of the Lambs--and ingenious, masterfully written book and an unforgettable classic of suspense fiction.

[peachiekene]

Originally Posted by apesmom

On sale from Simon & Schuster

Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lector #2) by Thomas Harris - $1.99

Also at B&N

Kobo is just taking my money today. O_O

[Lynx-lynx]

Kobo Aus has Torquil MacLeod's:

Meet Me in Malmo
The first Inspector Anita Sundström mystery
$0.99 (and discountable, look in the Discounts thread)

Second-rate British journalist, Ewan Strachan, is invited to interview an old university friend, Mick Roslyn, who is now a leading film director in Sweden. On arrival in Malmö, Strachan is in for a terrible shock when he discovers the dead body of Roslyn's glamorous film star wife. The growing list of suspects includes a celebrity stalker, the director's business partner and the men behind the murder of Swedish premier Olof Palme in 1986.

Among the investigating team is the attractive Inspector Anita Sundström, who soon captivates Strachan. Then Strachan's world is turned upside down when Anita arrests him for the crime. However, she isn't sure whether he is the real murderer or has been set up. Anita battles to find the answers amid the antagonism and animosity of her colleagues. The exciting trail leads to death on Scandinavia's highest building before one final, unexpected twist in the first Anita Sundström Malmö mystery.

'A readable, entertaining debut novel; I hope that Anita Sundström will be assigned to more cases in future books.'
Euro Crime

'Crammed with adventure, this book has more twists and turns than a plate of spaghetti and is sure to grip any reader's emotions throughout.'
Lancashire Telegraph

'He has in any case put Malmö on the current international map and he is sure worth reading.'
Bo Lundin, Sydsvenskan (Sweden)

**No doubt this will be around this price in your country too

[Lynx-lynx]

Kobo Aus has Anne Zouroudi's

The Messenger of Athens
First of the Hermes Diaktoros series
$2.72 (and discountable)

When the battered body of a young woman is discovered on a remote Greek island, the local police are quick to dismiss her death as an accident. Then a stranger arrives, uninvited, from Athens, announcing his intention to investigate further. His methods are unorthodox, and he brings his own mystery into the web of dark secrets and lies. Who has sent him, on whose authority is he acting, and how does he know of dramas played out decades ago?

**No doubt this book will be around this price in your country too

[PurpleStar]

Touch & Go by Lisa Gardner is $2.99 at Kobo and Amazon. Very good suspense author!

http://www.amazon.com/Touch-Go-Lisa-...s=lisa+gardner

http://store.kobobooks.com/en-CA/ebook/touch-go-1

[Lynx-lynx]

Kobo Canada Deal of the Day:

Deadly Dozen - 12 Mysteries/Thrillers
$0.99

12 complete works by 12 of today's hottest mystery and thriller writers, including USA Today and New York Times bestselling authors. Very special price for this special edition bundle!

10 full-length novels + 2 long novellas
_________________

1 - DON'T KNOW JACK (The Hunt For Reacher Series) - Diane Capri
2 - CRY WOLF (A Laura Cardinal Novella) - J Carson Black
3 - NIGHT WIDOW (The Night Series) - Carol Davis Luce
4 - GUARANTEED JUSTICE (The Justice Series) - M A Comley
5 - STRANGER IN TOWN - Cheryl Bradshaw
6 - BREAKING STEELE (A Sarah Steele Thriller) - Aaron Patterson & Ellie Ann
7 - MOONLIGHT SONATA (A Dick Moonlight Thriller) - Vincent Zandri
8 - TERMINUS - Joshua Graham
9 - ONE DAY IN BUDAPEST - J F Penn
10 - DEAD CELEB (The Dead Celeb Series) - Michele Scott
11 - FINAL VECTOR - Allan Leverone
12 - THE GIFTS (A Jacody Ives Mystery) - Linda S Prather

(Found it while looking for Fred Vargas books)

[cromag]

Also in the States.

http://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebo...rEutAvW8Xey0mg

[ClareK]

"Deadly Dozen" is about $1.09 at Kobo Australia.

[Lynx-lynx]

ClareK have you seen the 90%off voucher code in the Kobo Discounts thread? You may be very interested.

(PS you haven't got your Messaging turned on)

[Lynx-lynx]

Kobo Aus has Parker Bilal's (I suspect that your country will have this book at a similar price also)

The Golden Scales - A Makana Mystery
$2.72 (and discountable - refer to Kobo Discounts thread for code)

Former police inspector Makana, in exile from his native Sudan, lives on a rickety Nile houseboat in Cairo, scratching out a living as a private investigator. When he receives a call from the notorious and powerful Saad Hanafi, he is thrust into a dangerous and glittering world. Hanafi is the owner of a star-studded football team and their most valuable player has vanished. His disappearance threatens to bring down not only the businessman's private empire but also the entire country.

Makana encounters Muslim extremists, Russian gangsters and a desperate mother hunting for her missing daughter, as his search stirs up painful memories, leading him back into the sights of an old and dangerous enemy...

I've read this one and Dogstar Rising - they're not too bad!

[peachiekene]

Sale
Hercule Poirot and the Greenshore Folly by Agatha Christie
$0.99 (List Price: $2.99)

Kobo Amazon

Never before published—the lost classic, unseen for sixty years!

A party game goes dead wrong in this ingenious mystery from the most beloved novelist of all time. Hercule Poirot, the world's favorite detective, has agreed to take part in a mock murder mystery in a charming English village—but when tragedy strikes, a different sort of game begins ...

In 1954, Agatha Christie wrote this novella with the intention of donating the proceeds to a fund set up to buy stained glass windows for her local church at Churston Ferrers, and she filled the story with references to local places, including her own home of Greenway. But, having completed it, she decided instead to expand the story into a full-length novel, Dead Man's Folly, which was published two years later, and donated a Miss Marple story (Greenshaw's Folly) to the church fund instead.

Unseen for sixty years, Hercule Poirot and the Greenshore Folly is finally published in this ebook-exclusive edition.

**It should be noted that Hercule Poirot and the Greenshore Folly was later expanded into Dead Man's Folly.

[scottken]

The 5th Tony Hill/Carol Jordan book by Val McDermid just dropped to $1.99 on Amazon

Beneath the Bleeding (2009)
http://www.amazon.com/Beneath-Bleedi.../dp/B002MZUQ1E
From Publishers Weekly

McDermid's exhilarating fifth novel to feature Det. Chief Insp. Carol Jordan and Dr. Tony Hill (after The Torment of Others) finds Tony in the hospital after being attacked by an ax-wielding patient. Tony's eager to distract himself with Carol's latest case—the death of popular football star Robbie Bishop from ricin poisoning. Carol and her team frantically sift through Bishop's life, trying to find a link between the sports hero and the obscure poison. When an explosion rocks Bradfield's football stadium, Carol and Tony must consider whether Bishop's murder was an act of terrorism. As Carol butts heads with Britain's anti-terrorism unit, Tony works to unravel the motives behind the attacks, and his conclusions put him at odds with Carol like never before. McDermid nimbly weaves current events—the stadium bombing is eerily similar to the 2005 London tube attacks—with the ever-evolving personal and professional relationship between Tony and Carol. (Sept.)

[ClareK]

"ClareK have you seen the 90%off voucher code in the Kobo Discounts thread? You may be very interested."

Thanks, Lynx! I found it yesterday, and bought a couple of books, but I didn't use it for "Deadly Dozen" - I thought I'd splurge on that one!

[Dr. Drib]

Originally Posted by ClareK

"ClareK have you seen the 90%off voucher code in the Kobo Discounts thread? You may be very interested."

Thanks, Lynx! I found it yesterday, and bought a couple of books, but I didn't use it for "Deadly Dozen" - I thought I'd splurge on that one!

The coupon, according to a number of participants, is no longer valid.