Two titles from HRF Keating's lesser known Harriet Martens series are on US Kindle Countdown right now.
The Hard Detective is the first in the series at $0.99 for about 4 more days before going up to $3.99.
link:
http://www.amazon.com/Hard-Detective...dp/B0115CAWVI/
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Detective Chief Inspector Harriet Martens has earned the nickname the Hard Detective — but she’s had to be unyielding to make it in a man’s world.
It was, after all, this toughness that inspired her successful Stop the Rot campaign, which has so provoked local criminals.
But now two of her officers have died within hours of each other. Harriet comes to believe both have been murdered — and a disturbing idea follows. For the circumstances of each death echo words from the Book of Exodus: A Life for a Life, an Eye for an Eye …
Has a killer chosen this gruesome ritual to tell Harriet she has been pushing too hard?
And if so, can she prevent the six deaths that will surely complete the quotation?
Beginning with a tooth for tooth…
Harriet Martens may find that she is not the Hard Detective for much longer…
‘The Hard Detective’ is another gripping, edge-of-your-seat thriller in the DCI Martens series from master of the genre H. R. F. Keating.
Praise for H.R.F. Keating:
‘Another first-class mystery from one of the doyens of British crime writing.’ Sunday Times
‘One of his best … It really is a top-notch story.’ Birmingham Post
‘Few who pick up this latest offering from a master will be disappointed by the superior fare on offer here.’ Crime Time
‘H.R.F. Keating breathes new life into the classic detective story.’ Reginald Hill
H.R.F. Keating, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, was the crime books reviewer for The Times for fifteen years. He has served as Chairman of the Crime Writers’ Association and the Society of Authors, and in 1987 was elected President of the Detection Club. He has written numerous novels as well as non-fiction. He is perhaps best known for his Inspector Ghote series, the first of which, The Perfect Murder, was made into a film by Merchant Ivory and won a CWA Gold Dagger award, as did The Murder of the Maharajah. A Detective in Love is the second in H.R.F. Keating’s Harriet Martens series, following The Hard Detective.
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A Detective at Death's Door is the fifth in the series, at $0.99 for about 6 more days before going up to $3.99.
link:
http://www.amazon.com/Detective-at-D...dp/B011LER31W/
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In her most personal case yet, Harriet Martens finds herself placed in grave danger at the hands of a deft and cunning poisoner.
Whilst relaxing with her husband at the Majestic pool one hot August Bank Holiday, Harriet does not expect the refreshing glass of Campari soda at her side to conceal a deadly drug.
And when she awakes from a doze she is no longer by the water, but in a hospital bed recovering from a near-fatal dose of aconitine.
She is at Death’s Door.
As Harriet makes her slow recovery, she tries to come to term with the terrible fact that someone wanted to kill her, and she is determined to find out who.
But no sooner has she mustered enough energy to begin making tentative enquiries, than the poisoner strikes again. And this time he is successful…
As the poisoner continues to kill again and again, Harriet must work against the clock, and against her slow recovery, to decode the puzzle of who is committing these shocking crimes.
‘A Detective at Death’s Door’ is a gripping crime thriller from the master of the genre, H. R. F. Keating.
Praise for H. R. F. Keating:
‘H.R.F. Keating breathes new life into the classic detective story.’ Reginald Hill
‘An engaging and exemplary book’ Sister Wendy Beckett, Good Book Guide
H.R.F. Keating, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, was the crime books reviewer for The Times for fifteen years. He has served as Chairman of the Crime Writers’ Association and the Society of Authors, and in 1987 was elected President of the Detection Club. He has written numerous novels as well as non-fiction. He is perhaps best known for his Inspector Ghote series, the first of which, The Perfect Murder, was made into a film by Merchant Ivory and won a CWA Gold Dagger award, as did The Murder of the Maharajah. A Detective in Love is the second in H.R.F. Keating’s Harriet Martens series, following The Hard Detective.
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