A pair of (unconnected) freebies, both of which I've read.
Heide Goody and Iain Grant's Oddjobs is in the Kindle Unlimited program so will be Amazon (
US,
UK) only. I presume it's free right now to promote the release of its sequel. Oddjobs is humorous fantasy - when I was trying to describe the tone to someone, they said "It sounds like
Men in Black," which is about right. One of the late-book plot-dominoes made me very happy. The book does jump among multiple viewpoints, so it might frustrate you if you don't like dangling plot threads.
Blurb:
Spoiler:
It’s the end of the world as we know it, but someone still needs to do the paperwork.
Incomprehensible horrors from beyond are going to devour our world but that’s no excuse to get all emotional about it. Morag Murray works for the secret government organisation responsible for making sure the apocalypse goes as smoothly and as quietly as possible.
In her first week on the job, Morag has to hunt down a man-eating starfish, solve a supernatural murder and, if she’s got time, prevent her own inevitable death.
The first book in a new comedy series by the creators of ‘Clovenhoof’, Oddjobs is a sideswipe at the world of work and a fantastical adventure featuring amphibian wannabe gangstas, mad old cat ladies, ancient gods, apocalyptic scrabble, fish porn, telepathic curry and, possibly, the end of the world before the weekend.
James Maxey's Nobody Gets the Girl is free at
Amazon US (not UK when I checked)- this one has a new third-in-series out. I read it in a small press edition a few years ago. I don't recall it breaking any new ground, but I remember enjoying it enough to recommend to supers fans.
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