There are two mysteries published by Melville International Crime on sale at Amazon US right now, which are actually cheaper at Kobo US if you use the unlimited use PERKOPOLIS coupon code to get 40% off. (And yes, they are couponable even in the US, so probably pretty much everywhere...)
I haven't read anything in either series, so can't comment...
The books are:
Phantoms of Breslau by Marek Krajewski
Amazon US, $2.51:
http://www.amazon.com/Phantoms-Bresl...dp/B00DXKJ4WY/
Kobo US $2.99, or $1.79 with PERKOPOLIS coupon code:
http://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebo...s-of-breslau-1
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“Phantoms of Breslau is a cynical, moody thriller which solidifies Krajewski’s position as a distinctive voice in contemporary European fiction.”
—Irish Examiner
Breslau, 1919: The hideously battered, naked bodies of four sailors are discovered on an island in the River Oder. When Criminal Assistant Eberhard Mock, back from the war, arrives at the scene to investigate, he finds an enigmatic note addressed to him insisting that he admit to past mistakes and become a believer.
As he endeavors to piece together the elements of the brutal crime, Mock combs the brothels and drinking dens of the then still-German city of Breslau and is drawn into an insidious game: it seems that anyone he questions during the course of the investigation is destined to become the next victim.
Meanwhile, Mock uncovers a secret society that has the Criminal Assistant himself clearly in its sights.
Dark, sophisticated, and uncompromising, the distinctive Breslau series has already received broad critical acclaim. Phantoms of Breslau confirms Eberhard Mock as one of the most outrageous and original detectives in crime fiction.
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Brenner and God by Wolf Haas
Amazon US, $2.09:
http://www.amazon.com/Brenner-God-Me...dp/B005MU3VIQ/
Kobo US: $2.99, or $1.79 with PERKOPOLIS coupon code:
http://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/brenner-and-god
blurb:
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Introducing one of Europe's most widely popular detective series
Wanting out of high-stress detective work, Simon Brenner takes a calming job as a chauffeur, shuttling a two-year-old girl back and forth in a soothing ride along the Autobahn between her father, a construction tycoon in Munich, and her mother, an abortion doctor in Vienna.
Except then one day he stops at a gas station to buy the little girl a chocolate bar and comes back to find she’s been kidnapped . . . and suddenly he’s out of a job, thoroughly stressed out, and a detective again.
With no shortage of leads—both the father’s latest development and the mother’s clinic are under siege by protestors—Brenner makes his way through a powerful cast of characters and a growing pile of bodies to solve the crime in the only way he knows how: By being in precisely the right place at the worst possible time.
Told with sharp-edged wit, suspense that’s even sharper, and one of the most quirky, hilarious, and compelling narrative voices ever.
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