The Water Clock, Death Watch and Death Toll by Jim Kelly from Penguin (£0.99 each) is the Amazon UK
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The Water Clock
Journalist Philip Dryden knows he's onto a great story when forensic evidence links two murder victims to a terrifying event in 1966. But the murders also offer Dryden the key to a very personal mystery; one that will bring him face-to-face with a cold, ruthless killer.
Death Watch
Fifteen-year-old Norma Jean Judd disappeared from her home never to be seen again. Exactly 18 years later, Norma Jean's twin is pulled from the searing heat of a hospital incinerator. When his charred remains are examined, the murder squad confirms that his death was no accident.
Death Toll
Bodies are being exhumed at the cemetery, but when the coffin of murdered pub landlady Nora Tilden is hauled up there's a grim discovery: the corpse of a young black man, killed by a blow to the head. DI Peter Shaw and DS George Valentine start their investigation at The Flask, Nora's pub, where they find her family hiding more than one dark secret.
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Shaun Morey's Atticus Fish series ($1.99 each) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (May 16) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking
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Join in the madcap romp of Shaun Morey's Atticus Fish series.
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Whip Smart: Lola Montez Conquers the Spaniards by Kit Brennan from Astor + Blue Editions ($0.99) is the Kindle Romance Deal of the Day (May 16) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking
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Customer review: "A swashbuckling romp indeed!"
A wild and sexy romp through history based on the real-life adventures of the audacious, Lola Montez. It is 1842, London, and the gorgeous, ever-capricious 22-year-old Eliza Gilbert, (aka Lola Montez) is in deep trouble and seeks escape from a divorce trial. Desperate to be free, Lola accepts an alluring offer of a paid trip to Spain, if she will only fulfill a few tasks for Juan de Grimaldi a Spanish theatre impresario who is also a government agent and spy for the exiled Spanish queen, Maria Cristina. Lola soon finds herself in Madrid, undercover as a performer in a musical play. But when she falls dangerously in love with the target, General Diego de Leon, Lola becomes a double agent and the two hatch a plot of their own. Disaster strikes when the plot is exposed, Diego is captured, and Lola is forced to flee on horseback to France, with a dangerous group of Loyalists in hot pursuit.
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Makeda by Randall Robinson from Open Lens ($1.99) is the Kindle Sci-Fi / Fantasy Deal of the Day (May 16) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking
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Customer review: "This novel explores the many tendrils of family history and race."
Makeda Gee Florida Harris March is a proud and graceful matriarch, the anchor and emotional bellwether who holds together a hard-working African American family living in 1950s Richmond, Virginia. Embattled by the social ills of the day and the deferred dreams of Makeda's son David and his wife, the hopes of the March family are pinned on their elder son Gordon and the seedlings of change that will grow into the Civil Rights Movement. Lost in the shadows is Gordon's younger brother Gray, also bright and perceptive, but who doesn't quite measure up in his own eyes, or in the eyes of his father.
While struggling to survive the emotional vacuum of his household, Gray escapes into the safe and magical world of his grandmother Makeda's tiny parlor. Makeda, a woman blind since birth but who has always dreamed in color, begins to confide in Gray the things she "sees" and remembers from her dream state, and an increasingly detailed story emerges that is layered with historical accuracy beyond the scope of Makeda's limited education. Gradually, Gray begins to make a connection between his grandmother's dreams and the epic life of an African queen described in the Bible . . .
Part coming-of-age story, part spiritual journey, and part love story, Makeda is a universal tale of family, heritage, and the ties that bind.
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The Vanishing Game by Kate Kae Myers from Bloomsbury USA Childrens ($2.99) is the Kindle Teens Deal of the Day (May 16) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking
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Customer review: "I was on the edge of my seat reading this book!"
Jocelyn's twin brother Jack was the only family she had growing up in a world of foster homes-and now he's dead, and she has nothing. Then she gets a cryptic letter from "Jason December"-the code name her brother used to use when they were children at Seale House, a terrifying foster home that they believed had dark powers. Only one other person knows about Jason December: Noah, Jocelyn's childhood crush and their only real friend among the troubled children at Seale House.
But when Jocelyn returns to Seale House and the city where she last saw Noah, she gets more than she bargained for. Turns out the house's powers weren't just a figment of a childish imagination. And someone is following Jocelyn. Is Jack still alive? And if he is, what kind of trouble is he in? The answer is revealed in a shocking twist that turns this story on its head and will send readers straight back to page 1 to read the book in a whole new light.
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The Startup Playbook: Secrets of the Fastest-Growing Startups from 42 Founders by David Kidder from Chronicle Books ($3.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (May 16)
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There's no challenge more important for a new business than ensuring its lasting success. Most of the half million businesses founded every year fail, but the collective entrepreneurial wisdom that David Kidder gathers here is sure to set you on the right foot to finding the practices, habits, and ideas that can allow you to achieve your very own success.
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