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Old 10-04-2016, 12:51 PM   #1278
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Another title in this sort-of-series, The Cleaner, has dropped to $1.99 at Kindle US.

link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007SNTTRM

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Joe is in control of everything in his simple life—both his day job as a janitor for the police department and his “night work.” He isn’t bothered by the daily news reports of the Christchurch Carver, who, they say, has murdered seven women. Joe knows, though, that the Carver killed only six. He knows that for a fact, and he’s determined to find the copycat. He’ll punish him for the one, then frame him for the other six. It’s the perfect plan because he already knows he can outwit the police.

All he needs now is to take care of all the women who keep getting in his way, including his odd, overprotective mother and Sally, the maintenance worker who sees him as a replacement for her dead brother. Then there’s the mysterious Melissa, the only woman to have ever understood him, but whose fantasies of blackmail and torture don't have a place in Joe’s investigation.

Originally published in 2006 in Cleave’s native New Zealand, where it was a finalist for the prestigious Ned Kelly Award for Best Fiction, The Cleaner is a chilling and darkly funny thriller that will leave you clamoring for his next.


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Four "Christchurch Noir" titles by Paul Cleave have recently dropped to $1.99 at Kindle US. I've not heard of Cleave before, and I like mysteries set in foreign (to me) climes, so although they look a bit thriller-ish for me, I will probably give one a try. SYKM calls these "non-series", but then puts a footnote that the "[b]ooks share a similar timeline, with minor characters and plot lines interacting". Some of Cleave's titles have been nominated for or have won various awards.

Joe Victim
link: https://www.amazon.com/Joe-Victim-Th.../dp/B00A2872LK

The Killing Hour
link: https://www.amazon.com/Killing-Hour-.../dp/B008J48M04

Blood Men
link: https://www.amazon.com/Blood-Men-Thr.../dp/B003UBAYV6

Cemetery Lake
link: https://www.amazon.com/Cemetery-Lake.../dp/B00A2810PO
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