[sufue]

Murder on the Iditarod Trail is the first in Sue Henry's Jessie Arnold series, set in Alaska (duh!). This won a couple of "Best First" awards back when it was first published. I remember this series as one of the earlier series I branched out into after first discovering mysteries via some of the classic authors like Agatha Christie and Rex Stout. I don't know if I read all of the titles, but have fond memories of the ones I did read.

Anyway, Iditarod has dropped to $1.99 at Kindle and Kobo US (coupon/VIPable).

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/Murder-Iditar...dp/B00S541EVM/
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/mur...itarod-trail-2

Spoiler:

“Adrenaline-pumping . . . [A] polished action mystery . . . [with] dazzling Arctic sights.” —Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review

Winner of the Macavity Award and the Anthony Award

Murder on the Iditarod Trail is a gripping mystery set during Alaska’s world-famous Iditarod: a grueling eleven-hundred-mile dogsled race across hazardous Arctic terrain.

It is an arduous sport, but not a deadly one. But suddenly the top Iditarod contestants are dying in bizarre ways: first a veteran musher smashes into a tree, then competitors begin turning up dead, with each murder more brutal than the last. State trooper Alex Jensen begins a homicide investigation, determined to track down the killer before more blood stains the pristine Alaskan snow. Meanwhile, Jessie Arnold, Alaska’s premier female musher, has a shot at winning for the first time. But as her position in the race improves, so do her chances of being the killer’s next target.

As the mushers thread their way through the treacherous trails, Jessie and Jensen are drawn deep into the frozen heart of the perilous wild: where nature can kill as easily as a bullet and only the Arctic night can hear your final screams.

And then, since I usually click through on an author's name when one of their titles goes on sale, just to see if any others are at a nice price, I also noticed that the tenth title in the series, Death Trap, appears to be semi-long-term at $1.99, but not coupon/VIPable at Kobo.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000PDZG2E/
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/death-trap-1

Spoiler:

Up north,
the summers are brief --
and winter, like death,
is cold and long . . .

Recovering from knee surgery that will cause her to miss the upcoming dogsled racing season, champion "musher" Jessie Arnold feels empty and bored -- so she grabs an opportunity to fill her days manning the Iditarod booth at the Alaska State Fair. But murder becomes an attraction here as well -- an especially brutal one -- when the corpse of a small-time hoodlum slain by a double-blade axe blow to the skull turns up on the fairgrounds. Jessie shouldn't get involved, having already seen too much violent death in her lifetime. But strange connections are linking the killing with a child's kidnapping . . . and with the sudden disappearance of her own beloved lead sled dog. Soon friends old and new will be pulled in as well when the unthinkable occurs: Jessie herself vanishes without a trace.