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[sufue]

A bunch of Open Road price drops to $1.99 at Kindle US, not sure of the occasion, may be short-lived. I'm in a hurry, so just titles and links...

Cat and Mouse is the first of two Inspector Chucky titles by Christianna Brand
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/Cat-Mouse-Nov...dp/B00BERBMFK/

The Blind Barber is the 4th (blurb) or 3rd (SYKM) in the Dr. Gideon Fell series by John Dickson Carr
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/Blind-Barber-...dp/B00ISH7AGE/

Turncoat is a non-series title by Aaron Elkins
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/Turncoat-Aaro...dp/B00J84KO14/

A Gentleman Called is the second in the Mrs. Norris series by Dorothy Salisbury Davis
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/Gentleman-Cal...dp/B00HWKHRDO/

Murder within Murder is the 11th in the Mr. and Mrs. North Mysteries) series by Frances and Richard Lockridge
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/Murder-within...dp/B01AVTU7EI/

Beekeeper is the 11th in the St-Cyr and Kohler series by J. Robert Janes
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/Beekeeper-St-...dp/B007XP688S/

The Wrong Rite is the 5th in the Madoc and Janet Rhys series by Charlotte MacLeod
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/Wrong-Rite-Ma...dp/B0099HZQ2W/

[GeoffR]

Three Seconds by Anders Roslund and Börge Hellström is $1.99 (local dollars) at AU/CA/NZ/US retailers.

(The sequel Three Minutes is due out later this month, which is probably why Three Seconds is discounted now.)

It is a Swedish crime/thriller, part of a series, but apart from reading Three Seconds before Three Minutes I don't think it matters too much in which order you read the others, each book is quite different and Three Seconds is probably as good a place to start as any.

I've read all of the series that have been translated into English so far and liked them a lot, but the writing style is not quite typical of the genre and took a bit of getting used to. In some of the books you see a lot from the offender's viewpoint rather than just the investigator's.

[sufue]

Now $1.13 at Kindle US. Back up to over $7 at Kobo US. Links below are still good, not that you'll want to use the Kobo one .

Originally Posted by sufue

Bethlehem Road is the 10th in the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt series by Anne Perry. It has dropped to $1.99 at Kindle and Kobo US (VIP/couponable).

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/Bethlehem-Roa...dp/B0052ZEI4C/
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/bethlehem-road

[Little.Egret]

Free

Murder by Appointment: Inspector Faro No.10 by Alanna Knight

In an Edinburgh street, a woman rushes up to Faro . She says someone is trying to kill her. Handing her into a cab, he is hit over the head. Later in the police mortuary he sees her body and that of a man whose likeness suggests they were closely related. Why have they both been murdered? His investigation reveals some startling facts that lead him to the Queen’s residence at Balmoral Castle and a secret that could destroy the Royal family and the future of the throne.


https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AJNAI6E/

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00AJNAI6E/

https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00AJNAI6E/

[KyBunnies]

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[GA Russell]

Originally Posted by GA Russell

The Hard Way (Jack Reacher #10) - $2.99
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000GCFG7E

This morning's WSJ has this at #3 on its fiction eBooks best sellers list.

[GA Russell]

A Bullet for Cinderella - John D. MacDonald - 99 cents
https://www.amazon.com/Bullet-Cinder...dp/B016SB754S/

*****

Mr. Paradise - Elmore Leonard - $1.99
https://www.amazon.com/Mr-Paradise-N...dp/B000FC1PIY/

[Kieran Seymour]

The Girl in the Spider's Web - David Lagercrantz

Currently 99p at amazon.co.uk

This is the first authorised sequel to Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo / The Girl who Played with Fire / The Girl who Kicked the Hornet's Nest) .

Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist have not been in touch for some time.

Then Blomkvist is contacted by renowned Swedish scientist Professor Balder. Warned that his life is in danger, but more concerned for his son's well-being, Balder wants Millennium to publish his story - and it is a terrifying one.

More interesting to Blomkvist than Balder's world-leading advances in Artificial Intelligence, is his connection with a certain female superhacker.

It seems that Salander, like Balder, is a target of ruthless cyber gangsters - and a violent criminal conspiracy that will very soon bring terror to the snowbound streets of Stockholm, to the Millennium team, and to Blomkvist and Salander themselves.

[GeoffR]

The first two books in Val McDermid's Detective Karen Pirie series are reduced to $3.99 (local dollars) in Australia and New Zealand:

1. The Distant Echo
2. A Darker Domain

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To The Hilt is a non-series title by Dick Francis. It has dropped to $1.99 at Kindle and Kobo US.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/Hilt-Dick-Fra...dp/B001RHOJSO/
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/to-the-hilt-1

Not sure the blurb really reflects the way I remember this book, which I liked, but WTH...

Spoiler:

From the acclaimed master of mystery and suspense comes the story of a self-imposed outcast who must refresh his detection skills in order to save himself and his family.

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The Cat Who Had 60 Whiskers is the 29th (if you believe the blurb, and I'm certainly not going to count at SYKM ) and last in the Qwilleran/Koko/Yum Yum series by Lilian Jackson Braun. It has dropped to $1.99 at Kindle and Kobo US.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/Cat-Who-Had-W...dp/B000O76NJ6/
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the...-60-whiskers-1

Spoiler:

Polly Duncan is off to Paris, temporarily leaving Jim Qwilleran without his lady companion. Good thing there's lots to keep Jim busy. Like a mysterious death from a bee sting that leaves everyone but Koko the Siamese in a state of confusion. If only the kitty with sixty whiskers would stop pussyfooting around and let Jim in on the deadly secret

[sufue]

Raiders of the Lost Bark is the 8th and most recent (2016) in the Pampered Pets series by Sparkle Abbey (pen name for Mary Lee Salsbury Woods & Anita Carter). It has dropped to $1.99 at Kindle and Kobo US (couponable/VIPable).

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/Raiders-Lost-...dp/B01CE5WP9W/
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/rai...-the-lost-bark

Spoiler:

Mel's enemy may be barking up the wrong tree . . .

But someone is about to become a killer.

Melinda Langston, amateur sleuth and Bow Wow Boutique owner, finds herself "Glamping Under the Stars" with a blackmailer, Orange County's hottest new gourmet pet chef, Addison Rae. But before Mel can put an end to Addison's strong-arming, the chef is found dead. Mel is just one of many suspects who had motive to snuff out the demanding chef.

Was it Redmond, the angry sous chef who detested working for Addison? What about rival chef, Pepper Maddox? The glamping chef gig was hers until Addison blackmailed her way into the job. And then there's Asher, a charming fellow camper whose past relationship with Addison isn't the only secret he's guarding. Mel's not one to tuck tail and run, even when it looks like she may be the next victim.

Sparkle Abbey is the pseudonym of two mystery authors (Mary Lee Woods and Anita Carter). They are friends and neighbors as well as co-writers of the Pampered Pets Mystery Series. The pen name was created by combining the names of their rescue pets--Sparkle (Mary Lee's cat) and Abbey (Anita's dog). They reside in central Iowa, but if they could write anywhere, you would find them on the beach with their laptops and, depending on the time of day, with either an iced tea or a margarita. Visit them at sparkleabbey.com.

[sufue]

A bunch of titles by Christianna Brand are $1.99 at Kindle US. Not on sale at Kobo US, at least as of now. Use care - there are multiple editions of some of these titles; also some (most? all?) have been on sale before. Titles include:

• Heads You Lose, Inspector Cockrill, #1
• Green for Danger, Inspector Cockrill, #2
• Death of Jezebel, Inspector Cockrill, #4
• Tour de Force, Inspector Cockrill, #6
• Death in High Heels, Inspector Charlesworth, #1
• What Dread Hand?, short stories

link: https://www.amazon.com/gp/search/?se...price-asc-rank

[sufue]

A bunch more Open Road titles are $1.99 at Kindle US. Not at Kobo US, as far as I spot price-checked. Some are repeat sale/freebies, but some were new on sale to me, at least. Here are titles and links:

The Crooked Wreath, apa Suddenly at His Residence, is the 3rd in the Inspector Cockrill series by Christianna Brand
link: https://www.amazon.com/Crooked-Wreat...dp/B005XE5BHK/

The Grub-and-Stakers House a Haunt is the fifth in the Dittany and Osbert Monk series by Charlotte MacLeod
link: https://www.amazon.com/Grub-Stakers-...dp/B009S33KAC/

Lieberman's Day is the 3rd in the Abe Lieberman series by Stuart M. Kaminsky
link: https://www.amazon.com/Liebermans-Da...dp/B00AYRI5NS/

Blood and Rubles is the 10th in the Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov series by Stuart M. Kaminsky
link: https://www.amazon.com/Rubles-Inspec...dp/B009H70LJW/

The Vulgar Boatman, Brady Coyne, #6, by William G. Tapply
link: https://www.amazon.com/Vulgar-Boatma...dp/B00DZ4GTIK/

Cirak's Daughter is a non-series title by Charlotte MacLeod, oddly enough not listed at SYKM...
link: https://www.amazon.com/Ciraks-Daught...dp/B06ZYHH7Q5/

Bloodfire is the 5th in the Fred Carver series by John Lutz
link: https://www.amazon.com/Bloodfire-Fre...dp/B0053E4TOG/

[sufue]

And a few more (my post was getting too long):

Gravedigger is the 6th (blurb) or 7th (SYKM), depending on whether you count a book of short stories, in the Dave Brandstetter series by Joseph Hansen
link: https://www.amazon.com/Gravedigger-D...dp/B00COWLZHE/

Frail Barrier is the 8th in the Urbino Macintyre series by Edward Sklepowich
link: https://www.amazon.com/Frail-Barrier...dp/B00QN3526U/

The Veils of Venice is the 9th in the Urbino Macintyre series by Edward Sklepowich
link: https://www.amazon.com/Veils-Venice-...dp/B00QN3528S/

Deadly Hall is a non-series title by John Dickson Carr (orig written as Carter Dickson)
link: https://www.amazon.com/Deadly-Hall-J...dp/B00ISH780C/

Red Shadow, apa Red Danger, is a non-series title by Patricia Wentworth
link: https://www.amazon.com/Red-Shadow-Pa...dp/B01CTOTFSM/

Poison in the Pen is the 29th (blurb) or 30th (SYKM) in the Miss Silver series by Patricia Wentworth
link: https://www.amazon.com/Poison-Miss-S...dp/B00AG8HIZ6/

Again, no idea why, or for how long (usually short with Open Road), and some have been on sale/free before so check carefully before you buy....