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FREE/BARGAIN - Mystery, Suspense, Thriller - 2016
A thread for 2016:
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! *Unless you have read them yourself, think they are excellent, and you're not connected to the author in any way. ---------------- Link to Last Year's Thread |
FREE - Stalking Sapphire by Mia Thompson
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A Clean Kill in Tokyo (Previously Published as Rain Fall) by Barry Eisler $1.99
http://www.amazon.com/Clean-Tokyo-Pr.../dp/B00M4LHQ82 Name: John Rain. Vocation: Assassin. Specialty: Natural Causes. Base of operations: Tokyo. Availability: Worldwide. Half American, half Japanese, expert in both worlds but at home in neither, John Rain is the best killer money can buy. You tell him who. You tell him where. He doesn’t care about why… Until he gets involved with Midori Kawamura, a beautiful jazz pianist—and the daughter of his latest kill. A Clean Kill in Tokyo was previously published as Rain Fall, the first in the bestselling John Rain assassin series. |
The Closing (Whippoorwill Hollow Book 1) by Ken Oder $0.99
Amazon Nook Kobo Apple 2014 Foreword Reviews INDIEFAB Book of the Year Awards Finalist The first Whippoorwill Hollow novel May 5, 1968 Virginia State Penitentiary When two men meet in a maximum security visitation room on May 5, 1968, they have only one thing in common: they both want their lives back. On one side of the window sits Kenneth Deatherage, sentenced to death for the brutal rape and murder of a young woman. On the other side is Nate Abbitt, a successful prosecutor until he drank his way through a midlife crisis. Nate's only path to redemption is to represent Deatherage on appeal, but his investigation soon uncovers hints of corruption in the county justice system, and Nate finds himself accused of murder by the same forces that convicted his client. As Nate risks his life - and several others - in the fight to clear his name, he makes the nasty discovery that he and his client have much more in common than he'd like to admit. ˃˃˃ Intelligent, atmospheric, achingly romantic legal thriller “Ken Oder debuts with an intelligent, atmospheric, and achingly romantic legal thriller. I loved this book, and I can’t wait for the next one.” ”" Pamela Fagan Hutchins, USA Best Book Award-winning author of Heaven to Betsy and the Katie and Annalise mysteries ˃˃˃ Intriguing legal thriller, strong historical fiction “. . . an intriguing legal thriller that looks deeply at corruption in the jurisprudence system. The recovering alcoholic protagonist is a fascinating lead as he begins to regain his lost life when he accepts the harm he committed to innocent people, his wife, his mother, his mentor and himself. . . . the enjoyable storyline spins from a superb capital case to a more conventional David vs. Goliath thriller, fans will appreciate Ken Oder's strong historical fiction. " - THE MYSTERY GAZETTE ˃˃˃ Timely and compelling “Moments after meeting his client, death-row inmate Kenneth Deatherage, attorney Nate Abbitt explains: Cases are pending before the United States Supreme Court challenging the constitutionality of the death penalty. There's a nationwide moratorium on executions until the court rules. Ironically, just days after The Closing became available on Amazon, Oklahoma botched the execution of Clayton Lockett, who according to eye-witness accounts, tried to get up and speak after being given the supposedly lethal injection. Although this book is set in 1968 Virginia, the subject matter could hardly be more topical. . . . This is a great summer read. You won't be able to put it down. And whatever side of the issue you are on, The Closing should inform your view about capital punishment.” - Marlene Munoz, Amazon reviewer |
Free Today on Amazon UK (repeat) - Girl Gone Missing by J M Gregson
'Chepstow Castle, Gloucestershire. A woman makes a gruesome discovery whilst out walking her dog. The body of a teenage girl has been washed up on the banks of the River Wye, after weeks spent decomposing in the water. But this is no suicide. Bruising to the throat and legs indicates that the girl, Alison Watts, was dead before she reached the water. For Superintendent Lambert and Sergeant Hook, an unsolved missing person’s case has just become a murder. As Lambert and Hook delve deeper into the murky depths of the local community, they uncover shocking secrets about Alison Watts. The local papers had portrayed her as the picture of innocence... But was Alison the bright and beautiful schoolgirl the local paper’s described? It seems it was not just the murderer who had something to hide... ' UK http://www.amazon.co.uk/Girl-Gone-Mi...ndeavour+press US http://www.amazon.com/Girl-Gone-Miss...ndeavour+press Au http://www.amazon.com.au/Girl-Gone-M...ndeavour+press Can http://www.amazon.ca/Girl-Gone-Missi...ndeavour+press |
Free Today on Amazon UK - The Grievance by Scott Griffin
'Friday the 21st December. The last day of work before Christmas. Miles has outdone himself this time. Cocktails, sake, cocaine and a night with Lucy, his eighteen-year-old intern, was a new record even for him. Dim sum and high-definition orgies beckoned. But just as Miles starts putting on his coat, something in the corner of his eye catches his attention. Did the cursor on his screen just move of its own accord? Maybe IT are just doing maintenance. Miles should be so lucky. As a slideshow of photos start to play on his computer screen, it quickly becomes apparent that this is more than just an after hours office party joke. ‘If you think you can blackmail me you can think again. I’ve caught you in the act and I’m on my way to see you.'Whose fingers are typing on his screen? And how did they get access to these photos? Maybe Miles is about to receive his Christmas present early this year? ' UK http://www.amazon.co.uk/Grievance-Sc...ndeavour+press US http://www.amazon.com/Grievance-Scot...ndeavour+press Au http://www.amazon.com.au/Grievance-S...ndeavour+press Can http://www.amazon.ca/Grievance-Scott...ndeavour+press |
Free Today on Amazon UK (repeat) -Bad Intentions by Matt Lynn
'Jack Borrodin has a new job. He thinks he is just one step away from a seat on the board of one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies. Tara Ling has a new job. An expert in leprosy, she has been hired by Jack's company to work on creating a vaccine against a deadly new virus. Outwardly a respectable conglomerate, the closer to its core Jack and Tara get, the more rotten it appears. Framed for crimes they did not commit, Jack and Tara have two weeks strike back at the company that deceived them. Unless the company strikes them down first. ' UK http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bad-Intentio...ndeavour+press US http://www.amazon.com/Bad-Intentions...ndeavour+press Au http://www.amazon.com.au/Bad-Intenti...ndeavour+press Can http://www.amazon.ca/Bad-Intentions-...ndeavour+press |
Free Today on Amazon UK -The Silent Sleep of the Dying by Keith McCarthy
'Mark Hartmann, a consultant pathologist, has problems. Married to a barrister and the son-in-law of a judge, he should be enjoying a comfortable life, but his secret vice is gambling. Seriously mounting debts are starting to threaten his marriage… When he is asked to perform an autopsy on Millicent Sweet, a laboratory assistant, it seems a case much like any other. True, Sweet was only 22 when she died of cancer, but then even the young are not immune to that disease. His initial findings, however, are shocking. Before he can discuss this with his colleagues he is called away to a conference in Scotland, where, drunk and depressed, he ends up sleeping with one of the sales reps. Blackmailed by a pharmaceutical company that threatens to send a video of his indiscretion to his wife, he falsifies his report on Millicent Sweet’s death. But they are not the only people interested in Sweet… Her father, convinced his daughter’s death is the result of a laboratory accident, has contacted lawyer Helena Flemming. When Helena’s partner, John Eisenmenger, a former forensic pathologist, looks into the case, he soon uncovers the findings of Hartmann’s original autopsy and subsequent deception. Gradually Eisenmenger and Flemming begin to unearth the reasons for the pharmaceutical company’s ruthless determination to disguise the truth about Sweet's death. They uncover a conspiracy that involves a new and potentially devastating weapon; it is a conspiracy that ruthless men will do anything to keep hidden... Will the dynamic due be able to solve the medical crime in time? ' UK http://www.amazon.co.uk/Silent-Sleep...ndeavour+press US http://www.amazon.com/Silent-Sleep-E...ndeavour+press Au http://www.amazon.com.au/Silent-Slee...ndeavour+press Can http://www.amazon.ca/Silent-Sleep-Ei...ndeavour+press |
Thanks as always, Mort. I really appreciate you pointing out these freebies.
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On sale today at Amazon Canada for $CDN 1.99, The Guns of Navarone by Alistair MacLean
http://www.amazon.ca/Guns-Navarone-A.../dp/B0047T6W3Y Sorry for the late posting. It may be on sale elsewhere, as the prices was set by the publisher from $CDN 11.99 |
Also on sale today at Amazon Canada for $CDN 1.99
Berlin Game by Len Deighton http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B003P9XE0Q |
Kobo US has a buy 1/get 1 sale through Jan 11. In the "Thrilling Mysteries" section there are a lot of books by a couple of authors I like - Edna Buchanan (police procedurals set in Miami) and Candace Robb (historical). And the "base" prices are pretty reasonable to start with...mostly $2- $3.
Also books by Gary Grossman, Bradlee Frazer, Lynne Heitman, Grant Blackwood, Mia Thompson, Newton Thornburg, David Dodge (including To Catch a Thief, basis for the Hitchcock movie), and Kate Riordan. Too many books to list individually, but sale link is here: https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/li...V8ykRAjTCzur-g Added note: There is also a Buchanan/Britt Montero omnibus that contains several of these titles - depending on whether you have some titles already, the omnibus might be a better deal, even not on sale: https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/eb...mnibus-edition |
Blood of Others by Rick Mofina is free for a limited time on
Amazon Amazon.ca Amazon.uk Blood of Others received one of the world’s top literary prizes for crime fiction, the 2003 Arthur Ellis Award, given by the Crime Writers of Canada for Best Novel. In his praise of the book, James Patterson, the #1 Worldwide Bestselling Author, said Blood of Others, was: “Tense, realistic, and scary in all the right places." The disappearance and murder of a lonely San Francisco insurance clerk puts a relentless crime reporter and legendary homicide cop on separate tracks in their pursuit of a killer. The suspect lures solitary women out of their quiet worlds and into his nightmare as he races the clock and travels the globe searching for the one woman who will forgive the unforgivable. In the course of a widening investigation, Olivia Grant, a shy gift store sales manager who aches to escape her painful solitude, meets Ben Wyatt, an outcast San Francisco cop on the case, Wyatt is a man gripped with self-doubt over the shooting of his former partner. Blood of Others is a study of loneliness and human frailties; a story steeped in terrifying suspense that threatens to destroy the lives of those drawn into it as it rockets to a heart-pounding conclusion. |
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This was free 2 1/2 years ago, when I picked it up. Perhaps now I should read it? :D:) |
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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.
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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.
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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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Death in the West Wind is the seventh in Deryn Lake's John Rawlings historical mystery series. Some of the others in this series have been on sale before, but I, at least, haven't seen this one on sale before. It's on US Kindle Countdown at $0.99 for about six more days.
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A whole bunch of repeat US Kindle Countdown books. I'm going to skip the blurbs.
Hidden Sins by Alison Joseph, at $0.99 for about 2 more days. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0141BTNA6 Fathers and Daughters by Anthea Fraser, at $0.99 for about 5 more days. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B010BAQ5FW Bring Forth Your Dead by J.M. Gregson, at $0.99 for about 5 more days. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B014VD8TEA Steps to Heaven by Wendy Cartwell, at $0.99 for about 5 more days. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00YPM1YLS Glass Cutter by Wendy Cartwell, at $0.99 for about one more day. http://www.amazon.com/Glass-Cutter-M...dp/B0127RQ0AC/ The Bright Face of Danger by Roger Ormerod, at $0.99 for about six more days. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00TPY1SZI Madrigal by John Gardner, at $0.99 for about four more days. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KECQKUI Working Stiffs by Simon Wood, at $0.99 for about 4 more days. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002VWKG2C True-Life Adventure by Julie Smith, at $0.99 for about 16 more hours. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CIE5M72 Suicide King by Shelley Singer, at $1.99 for about 3 more days. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KKRHPJ2 |
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Kobo is having a mystery sale. Some of my favorite authors here. The couple books I checked were also the same price at Amazon. Canada link:
https://shop.kobo.com/pub/cc?_ri_=X0...zOyOMmselRyIiw. |
FREE - Design on a Crime (Deadly Décor Mysteries Book #1) by Ginny Aiken
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Copying this here for those who don't scroll below the stickies... :)
Free for now on Amazon, 8th in the series: ($2.99 at B&N) The Soul of Discretion: A Chief Superintendent Simon Serrailler Mystery http://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00X76SNCG/ |
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