FREE/BARGAIN - Mystery, Suspense, Thriller - August 2014

[Catlady]

Originally Posted by BetterRead

The Hollow Man by Oliver Harris is currently $1.99 at your favorite retailer.


My 2 cents: I read this book a couple weeks ago. It took a few chapters to really kick in, but then when it did.... Whoa! I couldn't put it down. A really impressive debut.

I read this when it first came out and also give it a thumbs-up!

[mitford13]

Free on Amazon, from Hachette Ireland:

The Dolls's House by Louise Phillips

http://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B...cm_cd_asin_lnk

**Winner of Crime Fiction Book of the Year Award (BGE Irish Book Awards 2013)** The past is waiting... Thirty-five years ago Adrian Hamilton drowned. At the time his death was deemed a tragic accident but the exact circumstances remain a mystery. His daughter Clodagh now visits a hypnotherapist in an attempt to come to terms with her past, and her father's death. As disturbing childhood memories are unleashed, memories of another tragedy begin to come to light. Meanwhile criminal psychologist Dr Kate Pearson is called to assist in a murder investigation after a body is found in a Dublin canal. And when Kate digs beneath the surface of the killing, she discovers a sinister connection to the Hamilton family. Time is running out for Clodagh and Kate. And the killer has already chosen his next victim . . .

[Mort1997]

Free Today on Amazon UK - Blindsided: A Grace Smith Mystery by Liz Evans
'When Grace Smith, a down-on-her-luck private investigator with an unimpressive track record, gets a call from an elderly man about a missing person, she’s not expecting much.
With little to go on and a slightly more promising case on the horizon, she figures she can tie this one up in a few days, sending her regrets that his “young friend” has simply skipped town.
But, as she starts asking questions, Grace finds herself drawing more and more attention.
And not all of it is good.
Who was this mysterious woman known only as ‘K’?
And why are so many people doing anything they can to keep Grace from finding out?
Through the course of her search, Grace is drawn into a web of high-society lies, affairs, and blackmail, and the price of finding the truth may just be her life… '

UK
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Blindsided-G...ndeavour+press


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[Mort1997]

Free Today on Amazon UK - Blood and Honour: A SAS Thriller by Charles Whiting

'SAS Brigadier-General Rory O'Sullivan is stranded in the desert with four of his men at the height of the Gulf War.
A desperate US attempt to rescue the Britons ends in complete failure.
Only the troop sergeant ever returns, badly wounded and out of his mind.
Almost a decade later, The Balkans are being torn apart as newly formed states fight over long-harboured grudges.
In Paris, an ageing American General is abducted by mercenaries attempting to deliver him to Serbia, where he will be held hostage and used as a human shield.
But SAS Lieutenant Peter O'Sullivan is on their trail, and he is convinced that the kidnappers are the very same men responsible for the disappearance of his uncle in the Gulf… ,


UK
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[Mort1997]

Free Today on Amazon UK - More Deaths Than One: An Inspector Gil Mayo Mystery by Marjorie Eccles

'When Rupert Fleming’s death is presented as a suicide, Detective Chief Inspector Gil Mayo is immediately suspicious.
A freelance journalist, his corpse was found in his Porsche.
But his briefcase and portable typewriter had been taken.
The post-mortem examination reveals that Fleming had been drugged.
Beyond the shadow of a doubt, this was no suicide.
Delving deeper into Fleming's life, Detective Inspector Mayo grows increasingly puzzled.
The dead man lived several separate lives: he had one wife in town and another in the country, yet still found time to frequent the town's amateur theatre—a hotbed of jealousies and intrigues where nothing is quite what it seems.
Methodically unravelling the tangled threads of Fleming's flamboyant and deceitful life, Mayo discovers that the lives of some people closely connected with him were touched by the murdered man.
What does the sister of the woman he loves know about Fleming? And what about the policewoman involved with the theatrical troupe?
Before Mayo can sort out the pieces of this intricate puzzle, the murderer strikes again, and Mayo realizes he must act swiftly before someone he cares about becomes the killer's next victim… '


UK
http://www.amazon.co.uk/More-Deaths-...ndeavour+press


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Au
http://www.amazon.com.au/More-Deaths...ndeavour+press


Can
http://www.amazon.ca/More-Deaths-Tha...ndeavour+press

[Fbone]

Defending Jacob by William Landay [Delacorte Press] is $2.99 at Amazon, B&N, Google and iBooks. Originally $12.99.

https://play.google.com/store/books/...aBwc6dAC&hl=en

Andy Barber has been an assistant district attorney for two decades. He is respected. Admired in the courtroom. Happy at home with the loves of his life, his wife, Laurie, and teenage son, Jacob.
Then Andy’s quiet suburb is stunned by a shocking crime: a young boy stabbed to death in a leafy park. And an even greater shock: The accused is Andy’s own son—shy, awkward, mysterious Jacob.
Andy believes in Jacob’s innocence. Any parent would. But the pressure mounts. Damning evidence.

Doubt. A faltering marriage. The neighbors’ contempt. A murder trial that threatens to obliterate Andy’s family.
It is the ultimate test for any parent: How far would you go to protect your child? It is a test of devotion. A test of how well a parent can know a child. For Andy Barber, a man with an iron will and a dark secret, it is a test of guilt and innocence in the deepest sense.
How far would you go?

[crich70]

Victorian Detectives Megapack - The Moonstone, Bleak House, Lady Molly of Scotland Yard and More (26 books total, 190 illustrations, essays, audio links) [Kindle Edition]
Click Currently free but I don't know how long that will last. 4023 pages according to Amazon.


Female Sleuths Megapack: Lady Molly of Scotland Yard, Loveday Brooke and Amelia Butterworth (21 novellas, original illustrations, author bios. Fully annotated enhanced e-book) Click Just 99 cents at Amazon.

[Dr. Drib]

Originally Posted by crich70

Victorian Detectives Megapack - The Moonstone, Bleak House, Lady Molly of Scotland Yard and More (26 books total, 190 illustrations, essays, audio links) [Kindle Edition]
Click Currently free but I don't know how long that will last. 4023 pages according to Amazon.


Female Sleuths Megapack: Lady Molly of Scotland Yard, Loveday Brooke and Amelia Butterworth (21 novellas, original illustrations, author bios. Fully annotated enhanced e-book) Click Just 99 cents at Amazon.

Thanks for listing these.

Just so everyone is clear, however, these megapacks are not the ones from Wildside Press, which has a distinguished record of assembling a growing set of themed collections.

Does anyone know anything about this other series?

[peachiekene]

Originally Posted by mitford13

Free on Amazon, from Hachette Ireland:

The Dolls's House by Louise Phillips

http://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B...cm_cd_asin_lnk

**Winner of Crime Fiction Book of the Year Award (BGE Irish Book Awards 2013)** The past is waiting... Thirty-five years ago Adrian Hamilton drowned. At the time his death was deemed a tragic accident but the exact circumstances remain a mystery. His daughter Clodagh now visits a hypnotherapist in an attempt to come to terms with her past, and her father's death. As disturbing childhood memories are unleashed, memories of another tragedy begin to come to light. Meanwhile criminal psychologist Dr Kate Pearson is called to assist in a murder investigation after a body is found in a Dublin canal. And when Kate digs beneath the surface of the killing, she discovers a sinister connection to the Hamilton family. Time is running out for Clodagh and Kate. And the killer has already chosen his next victim . . .

Thanks! Looks good.
Also free at Kobo, Google, and iTunes. (Does not appear to be available at all on the nook.)

[soulfuldog]

For those in the UK (sorry doesn't seem to be on offer elsewhere), Jo Nesbo's most recent Harry Hole book "Police" is only £2 at Amazon today, generally £4.99 everywhere else.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Police-Harry...dp/B00CU8QBBC/

[Mort1997]

Originally Posted by peachiekene

Thanks! Looks good.
Also free at Kobo, Google, and iTunes. (Does not appear to be available at all on the nook.)

Thanks! I took a day trip to the states

[peachiekene]

2 Free Double Features

Deadly Double - by Diane Capri, J. Carson Black

FATAL DISTRACTION (Diane Capri - The Hunt For Justice Series #7) introduces relentless victims’ rights advocate Jess Kimball. She and Jack Reacher both deliver justice when the legal system fails. Reacher waits until trouble finds him and then he does whatever it takes. But Jess pursues legal justice and draws lines she will not cross. How can she win against killers who refuse to follow the rules?
Three years ago, beloved Florida Governor Helen Sullivan’s world shattered when her only son died in a senseless car crash, killing his best friend, too. Helen quickly discovered Eric’s crash was no accident and lured the killer to her son’s funeral to be caught.
When the shooting ceased in the small country church, Helen believed her nightmare was over. Instead, she’d unwittingly escalated her duel with a cunning and patient assassin.
Now, investigative journalist Jess Kimball is driven to find the horrifying truth. Is the Central Florida Child Killer guilty? Or is the real killer still out there?
Helen and Jess together face the determined killer in a pitched battle of wit and nerve. Who will survive?

DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN (J. Carson Black - Laura Cardinal Series: Book 1) features Laura Cardinal: Packs a SIG Sauer P226 9mm. Investigates homicides in small towns that have limited resources. Brings justice to murder victims--and to their killers. Laura’s job description: Criminal Investigator with the Arizona Department of Public Safety. But maybe it should just say “Troubleshooter.”

Used to be kids played outdoors until time for dinner, now social media’s the new game in town. These days, they play on their smartphones. But with more freedom comes greater danger. Mobile devices are a conduit into a child’s life, not just for friends but for those who intend harm. This is the message of J. Carson Black’s Daphne du Maurier Award-nominated thriller, DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN.

When Laura investigates the murder of a fourteen-year-old girl found in a town’s park bandshell, she knows immediately what she’s up against: a cunning sexual predator. But why is she plagued by the abduction of a schoolmate eighteen years earlier?

In a runaway case that propels Laura from a lavish Tucson estate to the secretive heart of a northern Florida town, she must confront the ghosts of her own past. Then another child goes missing—and Laura must race the clock to find her.

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Florida Is Murder - Diane Capri, Christine Kling

DUE JUSTICE (Diane Capri - The Hunt for Justice Series #1) is the first legal thriller featuring Judge Willa Carson. When a famous plastic surgeon's decomposed body surfaces in Tampa Bay with a bullet in its head, Willa's "little sister" is caught in a high-stakes game of greedy lawyers, blackmail and deceit. Fiercely independent Carly becomes the number one suspect. When Carly asks Willa for due justice, Willa has everything to lose. But she risks it all to uncover the conspiracy and keep Carly alive. Willa Carson knows she's bullet proof, except when due justice rules from the grip of a gun.

SURFACE TENSION (Christine Kling - Seychell Sullivan Suspense: Book 1) is the first sea adventure in this four-book suspense series featuring Florida tug and salvage captain Seychelle Sullivan. Working as she does in a man's world, Seychelle has to work twice as hard just to compete. Some have even called her reckless. In her view, she's just doing her job, salvaging boats and people's lives. Years ago Seychelle Sullivan had the chance to save someone's life. But on that summer night in Florida, lost in a world of teenage resentment and loneliness, Seychelle was not able to feel any pain but her own. Today Seychelle captains her father’s forty-six-foot salvage boat out of Fort Lauderdale’s New River. But she’s never escaped that one moment when she could have made a difference and didn’t. She's never going to make that mistake again.

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[crich70]

Thanks, sounds like a good deal. Two double novels (4 books) for free.

[tch65721]

Free at Amazon, B&N and perhaps elsewhere;

The Devil's Grin (An Anna Kronberg Thriller Book 1) by Annelie Wendeberg

Awarded the "Blue Carbuncle" (by the German Sherlock Holmes Society) for best Sherlock Holmes novel 2014

"...one of the best Sherlock Holmes novels of all times." Sherlock Holmes Magazin (on the German edition)

"...a powerful debut." Stuttgarter Zeitung (on the German edition)

"...the new dream team of detective literature." KrimiLese (on the German edition)

"...provocative and original..." Peter Kavanagh, CBC Radio Producer

"A brilliant page turner..." BookBub

[KyBunnies]

Originally Posted by tch65721

Free at Amazon, B&N and perhaps elsewhere;

The Devil's Grin (An Anna Kronberg Thriller Book 1) by Annelie Wendeberg

Not free at Amazon.com