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And a bunch more Endeavour Press backlist titles on US Kindle Countdown Deal...

(I'm trying to keep up with the Endeavour Press countdown deals, since I like a couple of the authors, but if you really want to pick up most/all of the titles by a particular author, it would behoove you to keep an eye out yourself too...)


Shades of Death (non-series) by Aline Templeton is $0.99 for 4 3/4 more days, going up to $3.99
link: http://www.amazon.com/Shades-Death-A.../dp/B00LR68CFQ
blurb:

Spoiler:

Seventeen years after her death, the skeletal remains of an eleven-year-old girl are discovered buried deep in the caves of Derbyshire's Peak District.

Close to the body lies a crudely-carved clay model of a sinister jackal-headed creature.

What is the connection?

As DS Tom Ward takes charge of the police investigation, the secrets surrounding a group of now grown-up children and their sinister 'Egyptian game' are gradually revealed.

Secrets which have lain buried for almost twenty years.

Secrets which will now emerge with unexpected and devastating consequences.

When the body of a seemingly innocent and beautiful young widow is discovered, it seems the killer is still at large.

And the game is by no means over.

Tom Ward slowly peels away layers of deception that span two decades - but finds himself dangerously mixed up in a deadly plot.

Set in the rugged and forbidding landscape of the Peak District , ‘Shades of Death’ combines ritual murder, haunted underground caves and computer viruses to create a tense psychological thriller.

Aline Templeton’s books have been widely praised:

'Templeton's a considerable writer, both intelligent and intuitive' Literary Review

`A creepy combination of detective and Gothic' Sunday Post

`Aline Templeton has a wondrously deft, unpretentiously beautiful style, full of good things' - Hampstead & Highgate Express

`An enjoyably macabre tale . . . Finely-written and strongly characterised' - Oxford Times.

Aline Templeton lives in Edinburgh with her husband, in a house with a balcony built by an astronomer to observe the stars over the beautiful city skyline. She has worked in education and broadcasting and has written numerous articles and stories for newspapers and magazines. Her books have been published in translation in several European countries as well as in the United States.

A Death to Remember (non-series) by Roger Ormerod is $0.99 for 2 3/4 more days, before going up to $3.99.
link: http://www.amazon.com/Death-Remember.../dp/B00L6H0XA8
blurb:

Spoiler:

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…

And very quickly 'A Death To Remember' Becomes Impossible to escape.

'A Death To Remember' is a chilling mystery story that is perfect for fans of Nikki French and Peter Robinson.

Praise for Roger Ormerod:

‘The story gallops along with an irresistible momentum...always fascinating...the shape is near perfect. The characterisation is splendid, the situations dramatic and compelling, the style economic and energetic. What more can a book offer, or a reader ask?’ - Reginald Hill

"Eclectic, underrated Ormerod can be relied upon to come up with the startling goods" Sunday Times

"I am glad to announce that the detective novel is still alive and well in Mr Ormerod's skillful hands " The Spectator,

"Fast-moving, with well-orchestrated jiggery-pokery; not unlike an early Dick Francis in tone and method” Times Literary Supplement

Roger Ormerod (1920-2005) was a prolific writer of ingenious and densely plotted crime novels - some 35 in all - which were published in the UK and the USA. He lived in Wolverhampton and amongst other things worked as a civil servant and as a Social Security inspector – backgrounds which he made full use of in his fiction, as he did with his hobbies of painting and photography.

A Shot at Nothing is the third book in Roger Ormerod's Philipa Lowe/Oliver Simpson series, and is $0.99 for 4 3/4 more days, before going up to $3.99.
link: http://www.amazon.com/Shot-at-Nothin.../dp/B00MI6BNAK
blurb:

Spoiler:

Philipa Lowe is looking for a new house.

But her friend Oliver does not approve, particularly of the one she most wants to see.

In spite of his reluctance, she goes ahead, and on first sight of it she is full of enthusiasm.

True, it is too big for her, true that she could barely afford it, but at once she falls in love with it.

Oliver's reluctance is soon explained, as this was the house where a murder took place.

Six years before, Clare Steadman was committed to prison for the murder of her husband.

Yet Philipa is not discouraged She is intrigued. When she discovers that Oliver himself was intimately involved in the case, she is fascinated.

It is when Oliver declares that he believes Clare to have been innocent that Philipa interests herself in the evidence — but then the facts come to light, and her innocence seems undeniable.

For how could Clare, with the gun room doors locked against her, and the French window jammed by her own efforts with a shotgun, have reached her husband, in order to make use of the second barrel?

And at what was the third shot fired? At nothing?

Philipa is determined to find out...even if it means risking her own life.

'A Shot at Nothing’ is a chilling mystery story that is perfect for fans of Nikki French and Peter Robinson.

Praise for Roger Ormerod:

‘The story gallops along with an irresistible momentum...always fascinating...the shape is near perfect. The characterisation is splendid, the situations dramatic and compelling, the style economic and energetic. What more can a book offer, or a reader ask?’ - Reginald Hill

"Eclectic, underrated Ormerod can be relied upon to come up with the startling goods" Sunday Times

"I am glad to announce that the detective novel is still alive and well in Mr Ormerod's skillful hands " The Spectator,

"Fast-moving, with well-orchestrated jiggery-pokery; not unlike an early Dick Francis in tone and method” Times Literary Supplement

Roger Ormerod (1920-2005) was a prolific writer of ingenious and densely plotted crime novels - some 35 in all - which were published in the UK and the USA. He lived in Wolverhampton and amongst other things worked as a civil servant and as a Social Security inspector – backgrounds which he made full use of in his fiction, as he did with his hobbies of painting and photography.

Bring Forth Your Dead is the fourth in JM Gregson's John Lambert/Bert Hook series, and is $0.99 for 2 3/4 more days, before going up to $3.99.
link: http://www.amazon.com/Bring-Forth-Yo.../dp/B00LN4WGJA
blurb:

Spoiler:

The exhumation of the elderly invalid Edmund Craven proves that he was poisoned, and by one of those closest to him.

But the scents are cold and the traces well covered - until Superintendent Lambert and Sergeant Bert Hook investigate.

The detectives arrive on the scene twelve months after the victim has been buried.

Never before has Lambert had to investigate a murder perpetrated over a year earlier.

Gradually he unearths a network of malice and deceit.

Craven's son and daughter, his housekeeper and the American who was his friend all had reason to wish Craven dead.

And when new evidence conveniently arises, it is up to the detectives to take the case into their own hands.

But the decision almost proves fatal.

‘Bring Forth Your Dead’ is a captivating read that begins with the unearthing of a poisoned corpse, and ends with the unearthing of a deadly secret...

It is perfect for fans of Ian Rankin and Peter Robinson.

Praise for J M Gregson:

‘Begins with quiet observation before pouncing to murderous effect’ - Sunday Express

‘A chilling story that never flags from start to finish’ - Bolton Evening News

James Michael Gregson taught for twenty-seven years in schools, colleges and universities before concentrating on full-time writing. He has written books on subjects as diverse as golf and Shakespeare. His other crime novels include ‘Dead on Course’, ‘Making a Killing’, ‘Stranglehold’ and ‘Body Politic’.

A Night to Forget is the eleventh in Frederic Lindsay's Inspector Jim Meldrum series. It is $0.99 for about 4 3/4 more days, before going up to $2.99.
link: http://www.amazon.com/Night-Forget-I.../dp/B00GDIY5UE
blurb:

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After a fraught dinner with his ex-wife and her husband, Detective Inspector Jim Meldrum escapes early to drown the experience.

The next morning he awakes in an expensive Edinburgh hotel with bruised knuckles, aching ribs - and no memory of how he got there.

Over by the window, a woman he doesn’t know is getting dressed. If she is to be believed, they have spent the night together as lovers.

Later that day, the body of a man beaten to death is discovered in an unoccupied room of the second floor of the hotel - in the room next to the one in which Meldrum woke up.

Who was the dead man? And who killed him?

Tormented by doubts as to what might have happened during the lost hours on the night of the murder, Meldrum fears the answer may ruin his life.

Yet he conducts his search for the truth with unwavering integrity.

He will track down the killer...even if it might be himself.

'A Night To Forget' is a tense and chilling thriller of memory and murder. It is perfect for fans of Ian Rankin and Peter James.

Frederic Lindsay’s thrillers have been widely praised:

'Intelligent, entertaining, gripping and well-written' Ian Rankin

‘One of the most interesting thriller writers around’ The Scotsman

‘One of the most potent voices in contemporary Scottish fiction’ The Herald

'Lindsay can chill your soul' The Listener

Frederic Lindsay was a novelist who lived and wrote in Edinburgh. Other books in his Inspector Jim Meldrum series include ‘Convictions’, 'Death Knock' and ‘A Kind of Dying’.

Dead March for Penelope Blow is in the Thomas Littlejohn series by George Bellairs (sorry, it's a long series and I was too lazy to count down on the SYKM website). It's $0.99 for 1 3/4 more days, before going up to $3.99.
link: http://www.amazon.com/Dead-March-Pen.../dp/B00OJ0ZOE4
blurb:

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The Blow’s old house stands proudly in post-war Nesbury.

But the building harbours strange secrets.

The owner, Mr William Blow, has left a financial mystery in the wake of his death.

When Miss Penelope becomes the latest member of the Blow family to die, it sparks one of Scotland Yard’s most complex investigations.

Who would kill Miss Penelope, a kind, Christian woman known best by Claplady, the local vicar, and Nesbury’s Salvation Army?

Was jealousy the cause of her death, or simply madness?

As Scotland Yard come under pressure to prosecute Miss Penelope’s killer, more witnesses crawl out of the woodwork to give their side of the story.

How many crimes must be committed before the mystery of the Blow family is finally solved?

‘Dead March for Penelope Blow’ is a witty crime thriller by one of the masters of the genre.

"One of the subtlest and wittiest practitioners of the ...British detective story" - The New York Times

"Sure-fire, that's Bellairs." - New York Herald Tribune

"When you get a George Bellairs story you get something worth reading." - Norfolk Ledger-Despatch.

George Bellairs was the nom de plume of Harold Blundell (1902-1985), a crime writer and bank manager born in Heywood, near Rochdale, Lancashire, who settled in the Isle of Man on retirement. He wrote more than 50 books, most featuring the detective Inspector Littlejohn. He also wrote four novels under the alternative pseudonym Hilary Landon.