[sufue]

A couple of titles by Susanna Gregory have dropped to $3.99 at Kindle and Kobo US (not couponable). This is about my upper limit for backlist titles.

Death in St. James's Park, Thomas Chaloner series, #8
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/Death-St-Jame...dp/B00GU32DHO/
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/dea...james-s-park-1

Spoiler:

Five years after Charles II's triumphant return to London there is growing mistrust of his extravagant court and of corruption among his officials - and when a cart laden with gunpowder explodes outside the General Letter Office, it is immediately clear that such an act is more than an expression of outrage at the inefficiency of the postal service.

As intelligencer to the Lord Chamberlain, Thomas Chaloner cannot understand why a man of known incompetence is put in charge of investigating the attack while he is diverted to make enquiries about the poisoning of birds in the King's aviary in St James's Park. Then human rather than avian victims are poisoned, and Chaloner knows he has to ignore his master's instructions and use his own considerable wits to defeat an enemy whose deadly tentacles reach into the very heart of the government: an enemy who has the power and expertise to destroy anyone who stands in the way ...

Death of a Scholar, Matthew Bartholomew series, #20
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/Death-Scholar...dp/B00ICYHWV6/
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/death-of-a-scholar-3

Spoiler:

In the summer of 1358 the physician Matthew Bartholomew returns to Cambridge to learn that his beloved sister is in mourning after the unexpected death of her husband, Oswald Stanmore. Aware that his son has no interest in the cloth trade that made his fortune and reputation, Oswald has left the business to his widow, but a spate of burglaries in the town distracts Matthew from supporting Edith in her grief and attempting to keep the peace between her and her wayward son.

As well as the theft of irreplaceable items from Michaelhouse, which threatens its very survival, a new foundation, Winwick Hall, is causing consternation amongst Matthew's colleagues. The founder is an impatient man determined that his name will grace the University's most prestigious college. He has used his wealth to rush the construction of the hall, and his appointed Fellows have infiltrated the charitable Guild founded by Stanmore, in order to gain the support of Cambridge's most influential citizens on Winwick's behalf.

A perfect storm between the older establishments and the brash newcomers is brewing when the murder of a leading member of the Guild is soon followed by the death of one of Winwick's senior Fellows. Assisting Brother Michael in investigating these fatalities leads Matthew into a web of suspicion, where conspiracy theories are rife but facts are scarce and where the pressure from the problems of his college and his family sets him on a path that could endanger his own future...

In addition, a few more of Gregory's many titles have dropped to $4.99, which is more than I will pay for backlist except for my very most favorite four or five series. (I like most of Gregory's books a lot, but they don't hit that high bar...) Here's a link for the $4.99 one, which also picks up some that seem to be longer-term priced at $4.99...

link: https://www.amazon.com/gp/search/?se...price-asc-rank