The Jeri Howard Anthology: Books 10-13 by Janet Dawson is free right now at Kindle US and UK. It contains:
Bit Player,
Cold Trail,
Water Signs, and
The Devil Close Behind. Books in this previously conventionally published series go free a lot, both individually and in collections, but I haven't noticed this particular omnibus go free before.
Kindle US:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09RJW66ZN
Kindle UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09RJW66ZN
Spoiler:
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Vol. 10-13 of the AWARD-WINNING Jeri Howard Murder Mystery Series now comes in a handsome box set at an even more appealing price! "Dawson keeps suspense and interest at high pitch." -Publishers Weekly
If you love female sleuths like Sue Grafton’s Kinsey Millhone, Linda Barnes’ Carlotta Carlyle and Marcia Muller’s Sharon McCone, Jeri Howard will be your next favorite character — a shrewd, savvy PI who dominates any case that comes her way.
“Dawson writes believable dialogue, creates quickly realized and appealing characters and has a particularly nice atmospheric touch.”-San Francisco Examiner
BIT PLAYER
MURDER MAKES A COMEBACK – READY FOR ITS CLOSEUP! Was Jeri Howard’s grandmother a murder suspect? The Oakland private investigator has a chance encounter in a movie memorabilia shop. Now she's on a quest to find the truth about her grandmother, actress Jerusha Layne, and the 1941 murder of a British expatriate actor, shot dead in his Hollywood bungalow.
COLD TRAIL
THE MORGUE. THE LAST PLACE JERI HOWARD WANTS TO BE – ESPECIALLY IF THE BODY IS THAT OF HER KID BROTHER. Missing is not a word Jeri wants to hear about her brother Brian. He’s been gone four days. And that body in the morgue? It was found on a burned-out boat - along with Brian’s MedicAlert bracelet. The trail is getting cold.
WATER SIGNS
OAKLAND. A CITY SHAPED BY WATER, MONEY, GREED – AND MURDER. Jeri Howard worked at an Oakland private investigator firm before she set out on her own. Her former colleague Cal Brady, an alcoholic, is now sober, working as a security guard at a construction site on Oakland’s gritty waterfront. His body washes up in the estuary. Did he fall off the wagon and into the water? His daughter isn’t buying that story. She thinks Cal was murdered.
THE DEVIL CLOSE BEHIND
FIRE CAN BE DEADLY – IN THE WRONG HANDS. That’s what PI Jeri Howard learns when her New Orleans vacation turns into a case. A phone call from her friend Davina sets events in motion. Davina’s sister Laurette, already in a bad place after the loss of husband and child, has a new boyfriend. He’s a mercurial musician who calls himself Slade.
Her family doesn’t like him. As it turns out, they have good reason. Slade has a disturbing history of getting even – and setting fires. It’s a lethal combination.
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And the ninth book in the series,
A Killing At The Track, is also free right now individually.
Kindle US:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005GIGEDI
Kindle UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B005GIGEDI
Spoiler:
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Intrepid Jeri Howard, Janet Dawson’s savvy female private eye, steps into the Winner’s Circle in Dawson's NINTH action-packed mystery, set almost entirely at a track seething with intrigue. Author Dawson takes us to the fascinating and forbidden backside, where you practically need a hotwalker for the humans, as owners fret, jockeys throw fits, and vets sweat to hold overworked horses together with duct tape.
Overworked is a hazard of the job, but “injured” can result in lost fortunes or death—and not just death for horses, as Jeri soon finds out. You don't have to be a detective to know that if it's a track, there’s always a bad actor out there, looking to make a killing the easy way. And if they have to kill to do it, our intrepid PI’s not going to rest until the desperation stakes.
So here’s how it goes—one dead jockey, then two dead jockeys, three exotic poisons, and several possible payoffs—Jeri’s positively in a lather! But you can wager she’s going to show her stuff in the stretch and take home the purse. (She’s reliable that way.)
Dawson’s complex plot is a pleasure, but the rich backside lore makes this one a sure thing. When you can practically feel the breeze as the horses sweep by, you know you can't lose!
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