I was posting a non-fiction book by Susanne Alleyn in the non-fiction thread, but noticed/was reminded in the process that the first book in Alleyn's Aristide Ravel series,
The Cavalier of the Apocalypse, which I've quite liked, is a long-term freebie. Searching this thread, it hasn't been posted in at least 22 months, so I thought I'd give it another little bump.
Kindle US:
https://www.amazon.com/Cavalier-Apoc...dp/B00PLUBJ36/
Kobo US:
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the...e-apocalypse-1
Smashwords (many formats, DRM free):
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/541311
Spoiler:
Quote:
The first Aristide Ravel mystery:
In the icy winter of 1786, in the final years before the French Revolution, hunger, cold, and seething frustration with the iron grip of France’s absolute monarchy drive poor and rich alike to outright defiance. Slums, fashionable cafés, and even aristocratic mansions echo with discontent and the first warning signals of the approaching turmoil of 1789.
Paris’s cemeteries are foul and disease-ridden, but no one, including penniless writer Aristide Ravel, expects to find a man with his throat cut lying dead in a churchyard, surrounded by strange Masonic symbols. Already suspected of subversive activities, Ravel must now clear his name of murder. His search for answers amid the city’s literary and intellectual demimonde—with the aid of friends who may not be all that they seem—leads him into a tangle of conspiracy, secret societies, royal scandal, and imminent revolution, which grows only more complex when the corpse disappears . . .
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P.S. If you're interested in Alleyn's free non-fiction book, it's
The Weirder Side Of Paris: A Guide to 101 Bizarre, Bloodstained, or Macabre Sights, From the Merely Eccentric to the Downright Ghoulish, which looks to be pretty much what the title says. Link to the non-fiction post:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh....php?p=3761426