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I am just discovering this author after buying one in this series as a 99 cent bargain after reading the Amazon "look inside" excerpt. Of course, I still haven't read past the excerpt. Almost through my current read, though, so maybe I'll pick one of these next... :bookworm: |
Free Today on Amazon UK - Guilty by Joy Hindle
'A gripping suspense thriller focusing on a mother’s love and a killer’s crime When Sadie is sentenced to life imprisonment for a terrible crime, her family is left reeling and question every aspect of the past they shared. How could this blue-eyed child have grown up to become a remorseless killer? Is her upbringing to blame, or is there something darker at the root of her being? In a quiet Yorkshire village, Caroline had longed for a baby and was prepared to do whatever it took to become a mother. But as Sadie grows up, Caroline’s fierce motherly love drives her to overlook and defend Sadie’s unsettling behaviour. More than twenty years later, Caroline still tries to keep her troubled secrets about Sadie’s birth hidden from her husband, Simon, and their marriage crumbles. Their two grown-up sons, Bri and Oliver, have both distanced themselves from their parents as they attempt to make sense of their family falling apart. Now Bri wants to prove that his sister is worth fighting for and mounts a campaign to appeal her case, but a tragic event stops him in his tracks. His brother Oliver returns from overseas to make peace with the family and takes up the baton, bringing with him a surprising addition to the family group. As the past web of Caroline’s deceit is unravelled, uncomfortable memories are stirred and closure is hard to find. Is there still a chance of redemption? Or will it come too late? On one level a novel about a mother’s love in the face of family conflict and loss, Guilty succeeds in combining a suspense-filled plot with a closer look at the human mind, using references to real-life historic cases of psychopathy. ' UK http://www.amazon.co.uk/Guilty-Joy-H...ndeavour+press US http://www.amazon.com/Guilty-Joy-Hin...ndeavour+press Au http://www.amazon.com.au/Guilty-Joy-...ndeavour+press Can http://www.amazon.ca/Guilty-Joy-Hind...ndeavour+press |
Free Today on Amazon UK - A Life for a Life by Andrew Puckett
'When Dr Fraser Callan claims that Alkovin, the new ‘wonder drug’ for leukaemia, has dangerous side effects, his boss, Connie Flint sends him to America for three months to shut him up. No one’s listening to his concerns and Fraser’s starting to wonder if someone’s pulling strings to hush up Alkovin’s problems. There’s no love lost between Fraser and Connie, so when Fraser returns from America to discover that Frances, his fiancée, has contracted leukaemia and Connie is treating her with Alkovin, there’s bound to be trouble… Under threat of dismissal and desperately worried about Frances, Fraser takes his troubles to Department of Health Inspector Tom Jones. But before Tom can get to the bottom of the Alkovin problem, Fraser finds himself imprisoned for murder... Will he solve the mystery of Alkovin? Or will he be silenced for ever? ' UK http://www.amazon.co.uk/Life-Andrew-...ndeavour+press US http://www.amazon.com/Life-Andrew-Pu...ndeavour+press Au http://www.amazon.com.au/Life-Andrew...ndeavour+press Can http://www.amazon.ca/Life-Andrew-Puc...ndeavour+press |
Free Today on Amazon UK (repeat) -A Death to Remember by Roger Ormerod
' Fifteen months ago Cliff Summers was brutally assaulted. Recovered, although still suffering from memory loss, Cliff returns to his hometown with no job, no home and no prospects. Also newly returned is Tony Clayton, a local garage owner who’s just been released from prison after serving time for the attack on Cliff. Cliff’s plan to forget the assault and rebuild his life is scuppered when the two men meet. Not only is Clayton adamant that he’s been wrongly accused – his wife has gone missing, and he wants Cliff’s help. It soon becomes obvious that Cliff’s lost memory is the key to this and several other mysteries. And with the help of pretty Nicola Waldon – who has replaced him in his role as Social Security Inspector – Cliff starts to investigate the events of that fateful day. But Cliff’s memory is patchy, and as he isn’t even sure of who he really is he can’t be certain of his level of involvement in the crimes that emerge. Faced with murders, disappearances, drug-dealing and blackmail, Cliff and Nicola soon find themselves out of their depth… ' UK http://www.amazon.co.uk/Death-Rememb...ndeavour+press US http://www.amazon.com/Death-Remember...ndeavour+press Au http://www.amazon.com.au/Death-Remem...ndeavour+press Can http://www.amazon.ca/Death-Remember-...ndeavour+press |
Free Today on Amazon UK -Sherlock Holmes at the Varieties byVal Andrews
'Sherlock Holmes and his assistant, Dr Watson are guests at 'Murphy's Theatre of Varieties'; however, both are unaware that their own detective double act will soon take centre stage. On arrival, Watson discovers much has changed inside the former London music-hall; although the owner, Mr Murphy himself, remains the same. During a fleeting encounter with Mr. Murphy he reveals all is not well. A recent series of mysterious incidents have damaged the theatre’s reputation, threatening a precarious future. On the case, both Holmes and Watson greet allegations of supernatural activity with their accustomed scepticism, yet various ghostly sightings as well as a further sequence of near fatal mishaps begin to suggest something mysterious is happening. George Robey, an up-and-coming English comedian, together with the theatre itself emerges as the intended targets of the suspected paranormal calamities. But with no clear culprit to speak of and an increasing number of ghoulish assertions to decipher; Holmes is driven to desperate measures in his attempts to solve it all... ' UK http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sherlock-Hol...ndeavour+press US http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holme...ndeavour+press Au http://www.amazon.com.au/Sherlock-Ho...ndeavour+press Can http://www.amazon.ca/Sherlock-Holmes...ndeavour+press |
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Thanks for the link. Now picked up. How many of these little suckers are there? It seems like I have 10-15, and I've lost track. --- Time for epub merge and put all these little suckers together for some kind of coherent sense. Doggone these little suckers. (I'm jest a good ol' boy.) :D:D:D |
Thanks also for the Roger Ormerod, Mort ! I have quite a few now too. :book2:
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:)And thanks for the Sherlock Holmes. Star man Mort :)
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You are welcome:) and thanks for the Karma, Wearever
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Free Today on Amazon UK -No Safe House by Linwood Barclay
'Seven years ago, Terry Archer and his family experienced a horrific ordeal which nearly cost them their lives. Today, the echoes of that fateful night are still audible. Terry's wife, Cynthia, is living separate from her husband and daughter after her own personal demons threatened to ruin her relationship with them permanently. Their daughter, Grace, is rebelling against her parents' seemingly needless overprotection. Terry is just trying to keep his family together. And the entire town is reeling from the senseless murder of two elderly locals. But when Grace foolishly follows her delinquent boyfriend into a strange house, the Archers must do more than stay together. They must stay alive. Because now they have all been unwillingly drawn into the shadowy depths of their seemingly idyllic hometown. For there, they will be reconnected with the man who saved their lives seven years ago, but who still remains a ruthless, unrepentant criminal. They will encounter killers for hire working all sides. And they will learn that there are some things people value much more than money, and will do anything to get it. Caught in a labyrinth between family loyalty and ultimate betrayal, Terry must find a way to extricate his family from a lethal situation he still doesn't fully comprehend. All he knows is that to live, he may have to do the unthinkable . . .' UK http://www.amazon.co.uk/No-Safe-Hous...362247031_f_13 US http://www.amazon.com/No-Safe-House-...362247031_f_13 Not Au or Can - that I can see |
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I'm a big fan of Linwood Barclay and recommend this book. It is a follow-up to No Time for Goodbye, and though you don't need to have read the earlier book, it's better if you do. |
The third and final (so far, at least) book in Anton Gill's Huy the Scribe series, City of the Dead, is on US Kindle Countdown at $0.99 for about 6 more days. The other two have been free/countdown in the past, but I haven't seen this one on sale before.
link: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B013R91H70 Spoiler:
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Easy is the first in Phillip DePoy's Flap Tucker series. It's on US Kindle Countdown at $0.99 for about six more days.
link: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B017J0TEAK Spoiler:
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McGill's Short Cases 1-3 by Joseph Flynn is on US Kindle Countdown at $0.99 for about one more day.
link: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DJ5ZFY4 Spoiler:
Flynn started out with a number of conventionally published titles, but is now into self-publishing via his own Stray Dog Press. I've read many of his books, both conventionally published and self-published, and have enjoyed them all regardless. |
Death of a Blue Lantern is the first in the Detective Inspector Bao Zheng series by Christopher West. I quite liked this series in DTB many years ago, and am happy to see 3 of the 4 in ebook now, and hope that the others will go on sale at some point. This one is on US Kindle Countdown at $0.99 for about four more days.
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