FREE/BARGAIN — Mystery, Suspense & Thrillers

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Fatal Enquiry is the 6th in the Barker & Llewelyn series by Will Thomas. It has dropped to $2.99 at Kindle and Kobo US.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/Fatal-Enquiry...dp/B00GQ67V04/
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/fatal-enquiry

Spoiler:

Brimming with wit, atmosphere, and unforgettable characters, FATAL ENQUIRY reintroduces private enquiry agent Cyrus Barker and his assistant, Thomas Llewellyn, and their unforgettable world of Victorian London.

Some years ago, Cyrus Barker matched wits with Sebastian Nightwine, an aristocrat and sociopath, and in exposing his evil, sent Nightwine fleeing to hide from justice somewhere in the far corners of the earth. The last thing Barker ever expected was to encounter Nightwine again—but the British government, believing they need Nightwine's help, has granted him immunity for his past crimes, and brought him back to London. Nightwine, however, has more on his mind than redemption—and as Barker and Llewellyn set out to uncover and thwart Nightwine's real scheme, they find themselves in the gravest danger of their lives.

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A Trick of the Light is the 7th in the incredibly nominated/awarded Chief Inspector Gamache series by Louise Penny. It has dropped to $2.99 at Kindle and Kobo US.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/Trick-Light-I...dp/B004VMV412/
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/a-trick-of-the-light-1

Spoiler:

A New York Times Notable Crime Book and Favorite Cozy for 2011

A Publishers Weekly Best Mystery/Thriller books for 2011

"Penny has been compared to Agatha Christie [but] it sells her short. Her characters are too rich, her grasp of nuance and human psychology too firm...." --Booklist (starred review)

"Hearts are broken," Lillian Dyson carefully underlined in a book. "Sweet relationships are dead."

But now Lillian herself is dead. Found among the bleeding hearts and lilacs of Clara Morrow's garden in Three Pines, shattering the celebrations of Clara's solo show at the famed Musée in Montreal. Chief Inspector Gamache, the head of homicide at the Sûreté du Québec, is called to the tiny Quebec village and there he finds the art world gathered, and with it a world of shading and nuance, a world of shadow and light. Where nothing is as it seems. Behind every smile there lurks a sneer. Inside every sweet relationship there hides a broken heart. And even when facts are slowly exposed, it is no longer clear to Gamache and his team if what they've found is the truth, or simply a trick of the light.

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Too Late to Die is the first in the Dan Rhodes Mystery series by Bill Crider. Per SYKM, it won the 1987 Anthony Award for Best First Novel. It has dropped to $0.99 at Kindle US.

link: https://www.amazon.com/Too-Late-Die-...dp/B00CWUJUB6/

Spoiler:

Everyone knew her. A lot of them like her. One of them killed her.

Jeanne Clinton was a pretty and well-liked woman—though in her younger days she'd been known to be a bit wild. But she married an older man and settled down to a quiet, respectable life. Now she is dead, brutally murdered in her home.

Dan Rhodes, the thoughtful, hard-working sheriff of Blacklin County, Texas, has enough to worry about already: a rash of burglaries in town and an election coming up against a hot-shot opponent. Now he's got to find a killer among the residents of his little town—a wily killer, bound and determined not to be caught.

The deeper Rhodes digs into the hearts and minds of his neighbors, the more secrets he turned up...and the more violence he encounters. But Rhodes doesn't give up easily. And neither does the killer.

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The Winter Queen is the first in the Erast Fandorin series by Boris Akunin. It has dropped to $1.99 at Kindle and Kobo US.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/Winter-Queen-...dp/B000FC1B0Q/
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/search?Qu...e+Winter+Queen

Spoiler:

Moscow, May 1876: What would cause a talented young student from a wealthy family to shoot himself in front of a promenading public in the Alexander Gardens? Decadence and boredom, most likely, is what the commander of the Criminal Investigation Division of the Moscow Police thinks, but still he finds it curious enough to send the newest member of the division, Erast Fandorin, a young man of irresistible charm, to the Alexander Gardens precinct for more information.

Fandorin is not satisfied with the conclusion that this is an open-and-shut case, nor with the preliminary detective work the precinct has done—and for good reason: The bizarre and tragic suicide is soon connected to a clear case of murder, witnessed firsthand by Fandorin. There are many unresolved questions. Why, for instance, have both victims left their fortunes to an orphanage run by the English Lady Astair? And who is the beautiful “A.B.,” whose signed photograph is found in the apparent suicide’s apartment? Relying on his keen intuition, the eager sleuth plunges into an investigation that leads him across Europe, landing him at the deadly center of a terrorist conspiracy of worldwide proportions.

In this thrilling mystery that brings nineteenth-century Russia to vivid life, Akunin has created one of the most eagerly anticipated novels in years.

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Billy Boyle: A World War II Mystery is the first in the Billy Boyle series by James R. Benn. I've read about half of the titles in this series, and enjoyed them. It has dropped to $1.99 at Kindle US and Kobo US.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/Billy-Boyle-W...dp/B004HYHAGM/
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/billy-boyle

Spoiler:

What’s a twenty-two-year-old Irish American cop who’s never been out of Massachusetts before doing at Beardsley Hall, an English country house, having lunch with King Haakon of Norway? Billy Boyle himself wonders. Back home in Southie, he’d barely made detective when war was declared. Unwilling to fight—and perhaps die—for England, he was relieved when his mother wangled a job for him on the staff of a general married to her distant cousin. But the general turns out to be Dwight D. Eisenhower, whose headquarters are in London, which is undergoing the Blitz. And Uncle Ike wants Billy to be his personal investigator.

Billy is dispatched to the seat of the Norwegian government in exile. Operation Jupiter, the impending invasion of Norway, is being planned, but it is feared that there is a German spy amongst the Norwegians.

Billy doubts his own abilities, with good reason. A theft and two murders test his investigative powers, but Billy proves to be a better detective than he or anyone else expected.

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Open Road is having a "cozy mystery Monday" sale, with the following titles at $1.99, today only:

• A Cry for Self-Help by Jacqueline Girdner
• Dead Roots by Nancy J Cohen
• Death on the Diagonal by Nero Blanc
• Cities of the Dead by Linda Barnes
• Family Business by Michael Lewin
• Murder on High by Stefanie Matteson
• Twillyweed by Mary Anne Kelly

Several of these were titles I haven't seen on sale before, although most are by authors I don't really watch, so I could have missed...

This link is to the Open Road webpage describing the sale, which contains links on to the various stores: http://link.openroadmedia.com/view/5....1t93/19350fb7

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A few £0.99 titles I noticed on the way to other things at Kindle UK:

Total Recall, V.I. Warshawski #10 (blurb) or #11 (SYKM), by Sara Paretsky
link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0096BJ7WG

A Clash of Spheres, Sir Robert Carey #8, by P.F. Chisholm
-- really happy to see this one, since I've read the previous 7 and liked them all
link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B06XCTGJQZ

The House at Sea's End, Dr Ruth Galloway #3, by Elly Griffiths
link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B004MME2H4

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And a few more £0.99 at Kindle UK, and one at £1.99 (but for three titles)

Survival of the Fittest, Alex Delaware #12, by Jonathan Kellerman
link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B002TXZSD0

Jonathan Kellerman's Alex Delaware Collection, £1.99
contains: Blood Test (#2), When the Bough Breaks (#1), Over the Edge (#3)
link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00YRBXLD6

The Killings at Badger's Drift, Tom Barnaby #1, by Caroline Graham
link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Killings-Ba...dp/B003MVZBZI/

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Originally Posted by sufue

A few £0.99 titles I noticed on the way to other things at Kindle UK:

Total Recall, V.I. Warshawski #10 (blurb) or #11 (SYKM), by Sara Paretsky
link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0096BJ7WG

You can add at 99p:

Critical Mass: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Critical-Ma...3980547&sr=1-1

Brush Back: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Brush-Back-...3980547&sr=1-2

Hard Ball: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hardball-V-...3980547&sr=1-4

Fire Sale: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fire-Sale-V...3980547&sr=1-5

Tunnel Vision: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tunnel-Visi...3980547&sr=1-6

And at £1.99:

Breakdown: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Breakdown-V...3980547&sr=1-8

Deadlock: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Deadlock-V-...3980547&sr=1-9

Body Work: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Body-Work-V...980547&sr=1-10

Blood Shot: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Blood-Shot-...980547&sr=1-11

VI for Short: https://www.amazon.co.uk/V-I-Short-C...980547&sr=1-12

Others appear to be £2.99 apart from #18 which is £9.99. Now the question is do I pick these up (my paper copies got culled in a house move a couple of years back but I think I only had the 1st 8) or do I get Gene Wolfe's complete Solar Cycle for £55?

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All seven of the titles in Rory Clement's John Shakespeare series have dropped to $0.99 at Kindle and Kobo US. I've read all but one, and enjoyed all that I've read. Several have been finalists for Historical Dagger awards. The links may have a stray novella in the series, also at $0.99. Most have been on sale before so be careful before you buy.

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

Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/search?Qu...cminprice=0.01

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Two Open Road titles that I haven't seen on sale before (but might have missed), at $1.99, at Kindle US only as of now:

The Snake Eater is the 12th in the Brady Coyne series by William G. Tapply
link: https://www.amazon.com/Snake-Eater-B...dp/B00DZ4GUUM/

The Bilbao Looking Glass is the 4th in the Sarah Kelling/Max Bittersohn series by Charlotte MacLeod
link: https://www.amazon.com/Bilbao-Lookin...dp/B00A39GHQE/

And one that has been on sale before, at $1.99:

Stop the Presses! is the 11th in the continuation of Rex Stout's Archie Goodwin/Nero Wolfe series by Robert Goldsborough
link: https://www.amazon.com/Stop-Presses-...dp/B01AVTU67Q/

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Swan Song, apa Dead and Dumb, is the 4th in the Gervase series by Edmund Crispin. It has dropped to $0.99 at Kindle US.

link: https://www.amazon.com/Swan-Song-Ger...dp/B074FGFQ4H/

Spoiler:

This playful whodunit featuring an Oxford don and a permanently silenced opera singer is “a spendidly intricate and superior locked-room mystery” (The New York Times).

When an opera company gathers in Oxford for the first postwar production of Wagner's Die Meistersinger, its happiness is soon soured by the discovery that the unpleasant Edwin Shorthouse will be singing a leading role. Nearly everyone involved has reason to loathe Shorthouse, but who amongst them has the fiendish ingenuity to kill him in his own locked dressing room?

In the course of this entertaining adventure, eccentric Oxford professor and amateur sleuth Gervase Fen has to unravel two murders, cope with the unpredictability of the artistic temperament, and attempt to encourage the course of true love.

“One of the last exponents of the classical English detective story . . . elegant, literate, and funny.” — The Times of London

“[Crispin’s] books are fast, fun and smart, their hero charming, frivolous, brilliant and badly behaved.” — New Review

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Thank you!

I already have most of this series from old Fictionwise days (as well as DTB since we haven't moved in a long time ) but picked up four that I needed. Woo-hoo!

Originally Posted by maddz

You can add at 99p:

Critical Mass: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Critical-Ma...3980547&sr=1-1

Brush Back: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Brush-Back-...3980547&sr=1-2

Hard Ball: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hardball-V-...3980547&sr=1-4

Fire Sale: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fire-Sale-V...3980547&sr=1-5

Tunnel Vision: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tunnel-Visi...3980547&sr=1-6

And at £1.99:

Breakdown: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Breakdown-V...3980547&sr=1-8

Deadlock: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Deadlock-V-...3980547&sr=1-9

Body Work: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Body-Work-V...980547&sr=1-10

Blood Shot: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Blood-Shot-...980547&sr=1-11

VI for Short: https://www.amazon.co.uk/V-I-Short-C...980547&sr=1-12

Others appear to be £2.99 apart from #18 which is £9.99. Now the question is do I pick these up (my paper copies got culled in a house move a couple of years back but I think I only had the 1st 8) or do I get Gene Wolfe's complete Solar Cycle for £55?

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Act of Vengeance is a non-series title by Michael Jecks, better known for his historical Simon Puttock/Sir Baldwin Furnshill series. It's a US Kindle Countdown deal at $0.99 for about 6 1/4 more days.

link: https://www.amazon.com/Act-Vengeance...dp/B01BLQLUTG/

Spoiler:

When the Cold War ended, Jack Case was one spy too many.

Cut adrift and superfluous in a changing world, he was discarded by British Intelligence.

Then, after 9/11, rapid recruitment brought in a rash of new, talented young men and women. They were trained and put into the field swiftly - often too swiftly. And then the mistakes started to happen.

Mistakes that should have been avoided. Mistakes that could be embarrassing to Her Majesty's Government.

Thus, Jack was brought back into the intelligence fold, heading up a new team of "Scavengers" - experienced agents who could be sent to clear up the messes left behind by newer recruits before evidence incriminating MI5 and MI6 could be discovered.

Jack is sent to tidy up one last case.

In a quiet Alaskan backwater, a man named Danny Lewin has committed suicide with a handgun. But this was no ordinary suicide. This was an agent who held secrets. A man haunted by his past interrogating prisoners in Iraq. And British Intelligence fear that he put his secrets down on paper.

For Jack, his mission is straightforward. He must travel to Alaska and retrieve Lewin’s journal before someone else can lay their hands on it.

Before long, Jack realises that there are individuals just as skilled and determined as himself searching for the journal - individuals who are willing to kill in order to get what they want.

Case is drawn into a manhunt that drags him into the murky underworld of contemporary espionage and leaves him questioning who his allies and who is enemies are.

The rules of the game have changed since the days of the Cold War. Now Case must impose his own rules. Scavenger rules.

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A bunch of price drops to $1.99 at Kindle US,unless otherwise indicated. Mostly, but not all, repeats to me...

Thursday the Rabbi Walked Out, Rabbi Small, #7, by Harry Kemelman
link: https://www.amazon.com/Thursday-Rabb...dp/B00ZJZIK94/

Murder Out of Turn, Mr. and Mrs. North, #3, by Richard and Frances Lockridge
link: https://www.amazon.com/Murder-Turn-M...dp/B01AVTU7H0/

The Luck Runs Out, Peter Shandy, #2, by Charlotte MacLeod, $0.99, also at Kobo US (coupon/VIPable)
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/Luck-Runs-Pet...dp/B009S33JYY/
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-luck-runs-out

The Miss Silver Mysteries: Grey Mask, The Case Is Closed, and Lonesome Road, Miss Silver, # 1 - 3, by Patricia Wentworth, $3.99
link: https://www.amazon.com/Miss-Silver-M...dp/B01GUO7CK0/

Bethlehem Road, Charlotte and Thomas Pitt, #10, by Anne Perry
link: https://www.amazon.com/Bethlehem-Roa...dp/B0052ZEI4C/

The Dark Place, Gideon Oliver, #2, by Aaron Elkins
link: https://www.amazon.com/Dark-Place-Gi...dp/B00J84KRUM/

Maggody and the Moonbeams, Arly Hanks, #13, by Joan Hess
link: https://www.amazon.com/Maggody-Moonb...dp/B01ENRHK4O/

Murder on the Yellow Brick Road, Toby Peters, #2, by Stuart M. Kaminsky
link: https://www.amazon.com/Murder-Yellow...dp/B0060OELKU/