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And a bunch of Endeavour Press US Kindle Countdown deals, at $0.99 for varying amounts of time before going up to $3.99. These were all new to me, but YMMV...

Dead Ringer is a non-series title by Roger Ormerod, on countdown for about 5 more days.
link: http://www.amazon.com/Dead-Ringer-Ro...dp/B00RDGVK3U/

Spoiler:

Jerry Boyes used to be one of the most in-demand stuntmen in the business.

That was, until a horrible car accident left him maimed and unable to work.

So when ex-actor Stuart Tyson, for whom Jerry used to double, turns up with a job offer, Boyes jumps at the chance.

It will be three thousand for just one week’s work: all Jerry has to do is hand over half a million in ransom money to the kidnappers of Howard Maxwell, a multimillionaire businessman.

Jerry must help Kathleen Maxwell, wife to the kidnapped millionaire, to collect the five hundred thousand.

But it’s not as easy as it sounds: Howard Maxwell may have been rich in capital assets, but he has almost no cash.

As Jerry agrees to help the distraught wife, he cannot help feeling that things are not what they seem.

In a bid to clear his name he investigates the situation himself and becomes entangled in a long standing rivalry which is escalating to deadly levels.

A rich man has plenty of enemies, and when a murder occurs, the case is thrown wide open.

‘Dead Ringer’ is a fast-paced and complex crime that will grip readers from the first page to the last.

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 is the author of over twenty novels. He was born in 1920 and left school at seventeen to join the Civil Service in which he spent most of his working life. He retired in 1970 and later worked as a postman and in the production control department of a heavy industry factory. He lives in Wolverhampton. His other novels include ‘A Shot At Nothing’, ‘Third Time Fatal’, ‘The Key to the Case’ and ‘The Night She Died’.

Bury Him Darkly is the second title in the Philipa Lowe/Oliver Simpson series by Roger Ormerod. It's on countdown for about 6 more days.
link: http://www.amazon.com/Bury-Him-Darkl...dp/B00T63KTTY/

Spoiler:

The daughter of a detective, Philipa Lowe finds herself thrown into a mystery that would have challenged even her father.

Having sold up her employment agency in New York, Lowe is returning home to England on the QE2.

A wealthy woman, she need never work again, but already she is finding herself bored.

Then she meets Bella Fields, better known as the TV star Roma Felucci.

Bella’s infectious personality and intrusive behaviour leaves Philipa wondering what lies beneath this challenging woman.

There is an underlying tension with Bella, which Philipa cannot put her finger on.

Is Bella fleeing from something — perhaps her husband, Jay? Or does she feel threatened by what is to face her in England?

Bella declares she is returning to her home town after ten years in the States, merely to see the old house again. This seems innocuous enough, but, if this all there is to it, why is she picked up by the police on disembarking at Southampton?

Philipa pursues her to Horseley Green, to find that Bella is wanted for questioning. When she is released, Philipa starts to discover a much more sinister tale.

Bella's father disappeared ten years ago, though suspicion surrounded the case.

Perhaps he had been killed.

Philipa is about to find out.

‘Bury Him Darkly’ is a fast-paced crime thriller from a master of British crime.

Praise for the author:

‘Roger Ormerod is an accomplished writer of traditional murder mysteries who has earned himself not only popular success but also the respect and admiration of his colleagues...This is a strongly characterised, intellectually teasing story with a nail-biting climax, which any crime fiction buff ought to relish.’ James Melville, Hampstead & Highgate Express.

Roger Ormerod is the author of over twenty novels. He was born in 1920 and left school at seventeen to join the Civil Service in which he spent most of his working life. He retired in 1970 and later worked as a postman and in the production control department of a heavy industry factory. He lives in Wolverhampton. His other novels include ‘A Shot At Nothing’, ‘Third Time Fatal’, ‘The Key to the Case’ and ‘The Night She Died’.

Seeing Red is a non-series title by Roger Ormerod, on countdown for about 5 more days.
link: http://www.amazon.com/Seeing-Red-Rog...dp/B00S80JLCW/

Spoiler:

On a lonely road on the borders of Wales, Gledwyn Griffiths crashes his car and dies.

It seems like a simple road accident to everyone except the man's grieving daughter, Angie.

She becomes obsessed with the possibility of a conspiracy to murder her vulnerable, colour blind father.

Detective Sergeant Harry Kyle had promised a favour to a friend - Angie’s exasperated husband.

He persuades Harry to visit Angie and convince her that her suspicious are groundless, lest she becomes mad.

But the more that Harry probes into the circumstances surrounding Gledwyn Griffiths's death, the more suspicious he in turn becomes and the fonder he grows of Angie...

And the more credible a murder plot becomes.

As the evidence leads Harry to the culprit, an attack will leave him ‘Seeing Red’.

‘Seeing Red’ is a complex crime thriller with will keep readers guessing until the very end.

Praise for Roger Ormerod:

“Ingenious whodunit based on red-green colour blindness” – Irish Times (on ‘Seeing Red’)

“The Detective novel is still alive and well in Mr Ormerod’s skilful hands’ – The Spectator

“Taut, suspenseful...Agatha Christie with class” – Books

“What more can a book offer, or a reader ask?” – Books & Bookmen

Roger Ormerod is the author of over twenty novels. He was born in 1920 and left school at seventeen to join the Civil Service in which he spent most of his working life. He retired in 1970 and later worked as a postman and in the production control department of a heavy industry factory. He lives in Wolverhampton. His other novels include ‘A Shot At Nothing’, ‘Third Time Fatal’, ‘The Key to the Case’ and ‘The Night She Died’.

Dying for Perfection is a non-series title by Priscilla Masters, on countdown for about 5 more days.
link: http://www.amazon.com/Dying-Perfecti...dp/B00KQRAE9Y/

Spoiler:

Emily Dove is a nurse with the face of an angel.

She gets attention from a lot of people, among them a cross-dresser named Peter Milar.

Milar, unhappy with his identity, invents an alter-ego called Caramel Hotchkiss.

After becoming obsessed with Emily he decides to base this persona on her.

But there comes a point when simply to imitate isn’t enough.

He wants to be her friend, inhabit her life, and when he recognises her imperfections he needs to be better than Emily. MORE feminine, MORE beautiful, MORE perfect.

And when he believes he has reached this point, his adoration turns to contempt. He decides he must destroy the original. In his mind she has “let him down”.

Will Milar ever be happy with the personality he has created?

Or will he - or Emily - end up Dying For Perfection?

‘Dying For Perfection’ is the gripping medical thriller from the best-selling author Priscilla Masters.

Praise for Priscilla Masters:

‘More than a match for Rendell and Christie’ - Hampstead and Highgate Express

‘It is always a joy to discover a crime writer with a sure touch and the capacity to shock.’ - Peter Lovesey

Priscilla Masters lives in Shropshire with her husband, a GP in the Potteries. ‘Night Visit’ was the first of her medical mystery novels, followed by ‘A Fatal Cut’. She also writes the Joanna Piercy police series.

Deadly Suspicions by Jean Saunders is on countdown for about 6 more days.
link: http://www.amazon.com/Deadly-Suspici...dp/B00PKJ1L90/

Spoiler:

Some cases just won’t stay closed ...

The whereabouts of missing sixteen-year-old Steven Leng seemed to have been solved with the traumatic discovery of his mutilated hand in the woods.

Everyone was satisfied that the schoolboy was the victim of a tragic accident.

But his mother never gave up on her son and ten years later she remains convinced he is still alive.

Private Investigator Alexandra Best, freshly relocated from London to Bristol, unwillingly takes on the case, despite the attempts of the police to warn her off.

Running into stony silence wherever she goes, Alexandra tries to track down Steven’s school friends.

It seems everyone knows more than they are willing to admit to.

And the possibility that Steven was murdered becomes more and more plausible.

When Alexandra discovers a link between Steven’s group of friends and the cult-like religious group, the Followers, the case becomes even more sinister…

Watchful eyes are on Alexandra’s every move and the closer she gets to the truth, the more danger she is in ...

'Deadly Suspicions' is an expertly plotted crime thriller from a master story-teller.


‘Like all the best illusionists, Jean Saunders springs a series of stunning surprises in this action-filled story. So beware. Nothing is what it seems — except the sure handling of a skilful author.’ — Peter Lovesey

Jean Saunders began her career as a magazine writer. She has written about 600 short stories and over 80 novels. She is past chairman of the Romantic Novelists’ Association and she frequently speaks at writers’ groups and conferences. She is married with three grown-up children and writes full-time. She lives in Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset. Her titles include ‘Thicker Than Water’, ‘Illusions’ and ‘Partners in Love’.

Death of a Good Woman by JF Straker is on countdown for about 6 more days.
link: http://www.amazon.com/Death-Good-Wom...dp/B00SYGJTO0/

Spoiler:

When Eric Cawthorne storms out of the house one afternoon after a terrible row with his wife Grace, it is nothing unusual.

The pair are always quarrelling – at least, when Eric is home in the holidays from his far away job as a school master, that is.

But a more sinister train of events begins to unravel when Grace is discovered dead at the foot of the cliffs the following morning.

The obvious suspect is Eric, and he soon finds himself in prison awaiting trial for her murder.

Desperate to clear his name, Eric’s lover Sheila – the reason for the quarrel with his wife – arrives and puts her skills as a private detective to good use.

Sheila starts to investigate the mysterious characters living at Mulgerry House, the stately home in the country where Eric and Grace had an apartment.

But who would have reason to murder Grace Cawthorne?

Perhaps she wasn’t such a “good woman” after all...

‘Death of a Good Woman’ is an expertly plotted crime thriller from a master of the genre.

Praise for J F Straker:

'A perfectly plotted story that is both chilling and memorable.' - Robert Foster, best-selling author of 'The Lunar Code'.

J. F. Straker was born in Farnborough, Kent and lived in Sussex. During the war he served with The Buffs and on the General Staff and then became a schoolmaster. His interest in writing began at an early age but it was not until the war when he had to spend long periods in the desert with very little distraction that he completed his first novel. He was the author of twenty-five novels including ‘Murder of Miss Emily’ and ‘Death on a Sunday Morning’.