A couple of US Kindle Countdown titles, both at $0.99.
Fear for Frances by Veronica Heley, on sale for about 2 more days
link:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01418RA04
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1881.
Frances Chard is as sensible as she is beautiful.
She does not believe in ghosts or curses, but when she became governess at Broome Court, she meets people who believed in both.
The new Lord Broome was a soldier who had recently been wounded in South Africa.
Returning to his native land, he was attacked, robbed, and brought back to the Court to die.
His family quarrelled over his will, and he was neglected by his servants.
It was hinted to Frances that Lord Broome had murdered his mistress the last time he had been home, and that the sooner he died the better.
Yet when chance took Frances to the sickroom, she found much to puzzle her.
Was Lord Broome really the villain he was made out to be?
Or was he the victim of a plot to rob him of his good name, his fortune and his life…?
As Frances strives to get nearer to the truth, she begins to fear that her life might be in grave danger too …
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Shakespeare's Blood by Peg Herring, on sale for about 4 more days
link:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0053GCTLE
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Vacationing in Britain, Mercedes Maxwell discovers a corpse in an old castle. When her traveling companion is murdered soon afterward, Mercedes is shocked. She's even more distressed when the police seem to suspect her.
Later, the discovery of an old journal connects the two crimes, and Mercedes becomes determined to figure out its secrets. Soon she is spun into a world of terror. Desperate to get the journal, the killer chases her across Britain, leaving corpses posed as Shakespearean characters in his wake.
By chance--or perhaps not--Mercedes meets Colm, a handsome actor who seems to want to protect her. Though she's attracted to him, there's something going on she doesn't understand. As they travel England tracking down clues, the feeling Colm knows things he isn't telling her won't go away, and eventually she leaves him behind. There's an odd-looking man following her as well, along with a woman who was probably once Colm's lover. There's also a young policeman who seems to want to help her but isn't willing to step outside the law to do so.
In Salisbury, England, Mercedes finds David, an elderly scholar who knows much of what she needs to find out. He wants to help solve the mystery--at least that's what he says.
Who can a girl trust when Spanish gold is involved?
In this thriller you'll meet ancient spies, learn the location of a huge cache of Spanish treasure, and, most amazing of all, uncover secrets of England's greatest playwright: the truth of SHAKESPEARE'S BLOOD.
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