Free (Kindle) Die Now, Live Later by Basil Copper [Vintage 60s Cryogenics PI Mystery]

[ATDrake]

Die Now, Live Later by the late British author Basil Copper (SYKM, ISFDB, Wikipedia, obituary at The Guardian), perhaps best known for his contributions to the Solar Pons series which was a popular Sherlock Holmes pastiche back in the day, is the 5th novel in his Mike Faraday series of vintage mystery/crime thrillers starring the eponymous California P. I., this one taking a slightly sfnal twist as he's asked to investigate some shady shenanigans with a cryogenics company (circa the 1960s), free for a limited time courtesy of publisher Endeavour Press' Venture imprint.

This was originally published in 1968 by Robert Hale. We've previously received the first 4 novels as freebies from Venture in the past, thanks to their generous giveaways. They seem committed to reprinting all 40-something of them in this popular, long-running series and quite frequently have rotating 99 cent discount sales on their catalogue, if you'd like to collect them all.

Currently free @ Amazon (available to Canadians & in the UK and pretty much every where else that Amazon sells worldwide, since this is being done via their KDP Select exclusive or else imprint)

Description
Mike Faraday, private investigator is back on the job – this time he is about to encounter more than he expects in the macabre freezer cemeteries of California.

When Merna Freeman gets referred to Mike Faraday with suspicions of a racket surrounding her uncle’s death, Faraday snatches at the chance to take on the job.

The details: Merna’s uncle recently passed away, but the will specifies that most of his money goes toward Eternity Inc, a cryogenics lab that promises to store those who have passed away until science can revive them and fix whatever killed them.

However, Merna had been told that the money was going to her… until her uncle was taken in by the men running Eternity Inc.

Mike is already suspicious. He starts sniffing around the operation and finds way more than expected.

Not only is the freezer side of things smelling rotten, but the business is locked up tighter than Fort Knox, which has Faraday’s PI senses tingling.

As he pries further into the dealings of Dr. Krug, Eternity Inc’s doctor and owner, and Rex Beale, Merna’s cousin, Faraday finds more and more threads of a conspiracy.

Now, Faraday must work with anyone that can help him get to the bottom of his deepening plot, featuring murder, deception, and even a few Nazis…

Die Now, Live Later is fifth mystery thriller instalment featuring Mike Faraday. Here, we get a classic look at the PI doing what he does best: finding the truth, even if it takes bending a few rules to get there.

[Dr. Drib]

YES!

Got the first one.

Loved it.

Thanks.

YES!

[Byrdie]

Ooh, nice! Thanks ... and I see there's a bargain priced Sherlock Holmes novel by the same author. :-)

[ATDrake]

Now a repeat freebie if you happened to miss it earlier.