Daily deal on Amazon UK is four mysteries by Suzette A Hill for 99p each. (The deal is for books 2-5 of a series. Book 1 is also 99p.)
A Load of Old Bones (1)
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The very first book in a delightful cosy crime series that has received warm praise.
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Bones in the Belfrey (2)
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A vicar needs the help of his pets to stay out of prison. Francis Oughterard, the vicar of Molehill, has been tormented by anxiety since he accidentally strangled one of his parishioners (A Load of Old Bones, 2008). He'd be languishing in jail if not for the timely aid of his clever cat Maurice and his playful dog Bouncer, who managed to remove evidence from the crime scene that could have led to their master's arrest. Now, however, he's being gently blackmailed by Nicholas Ingaza, the old college pal who provided his alibi. Nicholas wants the vicar to house some stolen paintings. A comedy of errors ensues as the frantic vicar moves them from the belfry to his sister's house to the church crypt. Things go from bad to worse when one of the paintings turns up at a church fundraiser and is purchased by a parishioner. Fortunately for the vicar, the buyer's love of art is blissfully unaccompanied by any knowledge of art. The ever more nervous vicar tries to get the paintings out of his possession before the police discover that he's involved in a crime yet again. Maurice and Bouncer steal the show in a mildly amusing tale that lacks any real mystery. --Kirkus Reviews
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Bone Idle (3)
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So far eluding arrest (but with fears of imminent exposure), he is in the grip of his blackmailing pal, the shady Nicholas Ingaza who forces him to steal a valuable figurine of a prancing pig from collector Claude Blenkinsop.
Naturally the project backfires and the hapless vicar is plunged into further skulduggery, during which someone is murdered. The Reverend’s despairing efforts to distance himself from the crime and additional police interest lead to embarrassing complications both for himself and his bishop, the pompous Horace Clinker.
Things come to a head when Oughterard’s own life is put at risk by a crazed and menacing character called Victor Crumpemeyere. Once again it is up to his world-weary cat, Maurice and intrepid mongrel, Bouncer, to save the Reverend’s bacon.
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Bones in High Places (4)
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Foreign parts and fresh imbroglios! This time the Rev Francis Oughterard, persuaded by blackmailing Nicholas Ingaza, journeys to the French Auvergne engaged on yet another project of dubious kind and painful embarrassment. Pursued by murderous thugs and ensnared in the posturings of a cranky religious sect, Francis and his new companions – plus stowaways Maurice and Bouncer – blunder their way through a network of absurd and perilous escapades which temporarily, at any rate, distract the vicar from his own dark secret…
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A Bedlam of Bones (5)
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More blackmail, mayhem and murder for the humbug-crunching vicar, his dog, and the cat.
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