FREE/BARGAIN — Mystery, Suspense & Thrillers

[badgoodDeb]

I decided to try the Russian ones (Inspector Pekkala). I read all the way through the sample before deciding, but they might suit my tastes. Thanks!

[sufue]

Secrets of a Lady, apa Daughter of the Game, features Charles and Mélanie Fraser, who later morph into Malcom and Suzanne Rannoch, in this series by Teresa/Tracy Grant. Grant's website says that Secrets was the first one she wrote, but it is not the first in chrono order any more. (See this previous post for a bit more info.) I've read and quite enjoyed all ??? the titles in this series, although it's hard to keep track because Teresa/Tracy doesn't write in chronological order, and, of course, you also have the changing names to keep track of. But still an enjoyable series IMO. Secrets has dropped to $3.99 at Kindle and Kobo US.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/Secrets-Malco...dp/B000UKON44/
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/secrets-of-a-lady

Spoiler:

In the glittering world of Regency London, where gossip is exchanged—and reputations ruined—with the tilt of a fan, Mélanie Fraser is the perfect wife. Devoted to her husband, Charles, the grandson of a duke, she is acknowledged as society's most charming hostess. But just as the elegant façade of Regency London hides a dark side, Mélanie is not what she seems. She has a secret: one that could destroy her perfect jewel-box life forever . . . and the cost to keep it is an exquisite heirloom ring surrounded by legend and power. The search for it will pull Mélanie and Charles into a gritty underworld of gin-soaked brothels, elegant gaming hells, and debtors' prisons. In this maze of intrigue, deception is second nature and betrayal can come far too easily . . .

[Little.Egret]

Originally Posted by sufue

The Cat's Meow is now on US Kindle Countdown too, at $0.99. It is running about 2 days behind the other titles, and has about 6 1/2 more days to go as of now. Link below is still good.

Also on UK Kindle Countdown, 99p, 2 days

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cats-Meow-J...dp/B0169K56YE/

The rest are also 99p, 4 days

[sufue]

more Open Road/Ipso/Mysterious, as usual with the big batches: probably short term, just at Kindle US, not Kobo US (at least the ones I checked), mostly $1.99, many repeats and a few new (to me) ones

No Coffin for the Corpse, Great Merlini, #4, by Clayton Rawson
link: https://www.amazon.com/Coffin-Corpse...dp/B007ZI0AN2/

The Glitter Dome, non-series, by Joseph Wambaugh
link: https://www.amazon.com/Glitter-Dome-...dp/B00658ES18/

two by Ellis Peters:

The Holy Thief, Brother Cadfael, #19
link: https://www.amazon.com/Holy-Thief-Ch...dp/B00LUZNZA6/

Death to the Landlords, Felse Family, #11
link: https://www.amazon.com/Death-Landlor.../dp/B017X19U3Q

Nightwork, Dave Brandstetter, #7, by Joseph Hansen, $2.99
link: https://www.amazon.com/Nightwork-Dav...dp/B00COWLZNI/

The Night She Died, Inspector Thanet, #1, by Dorothy Simpson
link: https://www.amazon.com/Night-Died-In...dp/B071RRGQ7Z/

two by Dorothy L Sayers:

Have His Carcase, Lord Peter Wimsey/Harriet Vane, #8
link: https://www.amazon.com/Have-Carcase-...dp/B008JVJQ98/

Hangman's Holiday, short stories (Lord Peter and Montague Egg)
link: https://www.amazon.com/Hangmans-Holi...dp/B008JVJDP0/

two by Aaron Elkins

Murder in the Queen's Armes, Gideon Oliver, #3,
link: https://www.amazon.com/Murder-Queens...dp/B00J84KOPK/

A Glancing Light, Chris Norgren, # 2
link: https://www.amazon.com/Glancing-Ligh...dp/B00J84L3LE/

continued....

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...continued

Murder at Moose Jaw, Simon Bognor, #6, by Tim Heald
link: https://www.amazon.com/Murder-Moose-...dp/B00H8GCEN0/

Diamond in the Buff, Jill Smith, #6, by Susan Dunlap, $0.99
link: https://www.amazon.com/Diamond-Buff-...dp/B007O3SG0M/

Permed to Death, Bad Hair Day mysteries, #1, by Nancy J. Cohen
link: https://www.amazon.com/Permed-Death-...dp/B00KFU6QYY/

Marathon Man, first of two Tom "Babe" Levy titles by William Goldman
link: https://www.amazon.com/Marathon-Man-...dp/B00AQAD1Z0/

Dig That Crazy Grave, about 1/2 way through the Shell Scott series, by Richard S. Prather
link: https://www.amazon.com/Crazy-Grave-S...dp/B00JVCHG8M/

two by Margery Allingham

Coroner’s Pidgin, apa Pearls Before Swine, Albert Campion, #14
link: https://www.amazon.com/Coroners-Pidg...dp/B074FL23KJ/

The Mind Readers, Albert Campion, #24
link: https://www.amazon.com/Mind-Readers-...dp/B074FHY8FW/

continued...

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...continued

Bullet for a Star, Toby Peters, #1, by Stuart Kaminsky
link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0060OEKP6/

Hopscotch, non-series, by Brian Garfield, book is much different than the movie (darker), although I liked them both
link: https://www.amazon.com/Hopscotch-Pen...dp/B006ZE64KK/

Suspects, non-series, by William Caunitz
link: https://www.amazon.com/Suspects-Will...dp/B018A4M36Q/

Outrage on Gallows Hill, about 1/4 of the way through the Thomas Littlejohn series, by George Bellairs
link: https://www.amazon.com/Outrage-Gallo...dp/B00P8KUE6M/

The Singapore Wink, non-series, by Ross Thomas
link: https://www.amazon.com/Singapore-Win...dp/B005PFN7DM/

Death and the Olive Grove, Inspector Bordelli, #2, by Marco Vichi
link: https://www.amazon.com/Death-Olive-I...dp/B00DBLRG3Y/

Natural Enemy, Homer Kelly, #4, by Jane Langton
link: https://www.amazon.com/Natural-Enemy...dp/B0078XH5NM/

Silence, Inspector Celcius Daly, #3, by Anthony Quinn
link: https://www.amazon.com/Silence-Inspe...dp/B017LB6URC/

Kissing the Beehive, by Jonathan Carroll
link: https://www.amazon.com/Kissing-Beehi...dp/B008JVG0Y2/

finished, whew....

[Mort1997]

Free today on Amazon UK-The Black house by Peter May


https://www.amazon.co.uk/Blackhouse-...5Y3RVN2FWY0BDE

[GA Russell]

Originally Posted by GA Russell

Gone Tomorrow (Jack Reacher #13) - $2.99
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001NLL8LA

Yesterday's WSJ has this one at #3 on its fiction eBook best sellers list.

[Little.Egret]

Endeavour and its imprints have more than 40 freebies today

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Buller's Guns (Commander Buller Book 1) by Richard Hough

Assigned to duty aboard HMS Inflexible, Buller follows a long line of men in the Buller family who have become officers in the Royal Navy – often to great acclaim.
For Maclewin, a welder’s son, joining the Navy is the only way to escape an inevitable life of poverty.

Set in the late Victorian era, this is an action-packed naval adventure that vividly portrays the realities of life at sea.

Against All Odds (Donald Cameron Naval Thriller Book 10) by Philip McCutchan

The mission is named Operation Scatter.
They are there to do what the RAF could not: blow the pens that berthed the deadly German U-boats to kingdom come.

First published in 1986 by St Martin’s Press as Cameron’s Raid.

Attack at Night by Robert Jackson

A convoy of Allied troops is steaming through the Atlantic, heading for Italy and a battle that could change the course of the war: Anzio.

But in London’s War Office, top strategists are faced with dire news. Intelligence reports that Germany has just begun to deploy a devastating new weapon, an air-to-sea missile, that could send the Anzio convoy to the bottom of the Mediterranean before it reaches safe waters.

In Scotland, Captain Callum Douglas of the Special Air Service — Britain’s toughest, most select fighting force — is summoned to a secret meeting.
The one hope for saving the convoy lies in a lightning SAS raid to sabotage KG 100, the Luftwaffe squadron that carries the lethal weaponry.

[Little.Egret]

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The Steel Fist by Richard Townshend Bickers

At home, the press called it ‘The Phoney War’.
But as they lay waiting, Taggart and his men know there is nothing phony about this conflict.

The enemy is using the bay as a base for planting mines along the coast of English territories.
The Commandos must infiltrate the garrison, armed by Luftwaffe personnel.

Debt of Honour: A gripping political thriller full of lies and murder by Adam Kennedy

On January 6, 1980, an H-14 jet aircraft - Simison Air International’s flight 346 - crashes during take off in Indianapolis. No survivors. 226 dead.
Ten days later, another H-14 takes off at 10.32am. At 11.35am, an explosion is reported in West Virginia. At 12.47pm, the burning wreckage is positively identified as Air Force Three. None of the members of congress on board survived.
Gabe Treptow is chosen to succeed his brother Chet as senator, but he’s not convinced the crash that killed Chet was accidental. Eyewitnesses report the planes exploding in mid-air, completely at odds with the FAA’s final report. Something’s not adding up. Especially when the eyewitnesses' stories suddenly all change drastically.

Adam Kennedy's previous novels include The Domino Principle.


This Side Murder by John Bonett

Gilbert Tarsier, successful newspaper columnist, is sent by his paper to Spain on a double mission: to ferret out gossip about the guests at the new luxury hotel in Cala Cristina…
He’s there to exploit any gossip he can sniff out, and will spare no one in his sensational newspaper column.
This quickly arouses the hostility of several distinguished hotel guests, so when the self-assured Tarsier shows up dead, the lack of sympathy is unsurprising….
Unfortunately for the gentle Inspector Borges, Tarsier’s unpopularity means the range of suspects is extensive. If indeed it was murder that caused his untimely death…


The Crimson Ramblers by Gerald Verner

The Crimson Ramblers embark on a train ride to Westpool, ready to perform in Andy McKay’s concert party on the pier pavilion.
But before they even arrive, bizarre events start to occur.
A mysterious packet is thrown into their compartment, heralding a string of suspicious events...
With their dressing rooms being burgled and all their belongings searched, it is no the wonder the group start to feel uneasy.
With more than one person keen to get their hands on the packet, their lives are put in jeopardy, with the Summer show becoming a focal point for murder, mystery and sudden death.

Gerald Verner (1897-1980) was the pseudonym of British writer John Robert Stuart Pringle. He wrote more than 120 novels and also forty-four Sexton Blake tales.

[Little.Egret]

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First Strike: An SBS Thriller by Charles Whiting

Britain’s top secret aquatic fighting unit, the Special Boat Squadron, are summoned to their strangest rendezvous point yet: West Yorkshire.
Caught up in war-games with the UK’s military elite, the SBS learn their mission: to kidnap ‘Bluebeard’, a high-ranking, womanising KGB colonel who threatens to undermine British intelligence.
But someone is watching them, and Bluebeard has acquired an unexpected protector.
The USA.
It’s meant to be an in-out job, but the men of the SBS soon learn that Britain’s closest friends can also be their most ferocious enemies…

With nearly 300 books under his belt, Charles Whiting was one of the most prolific writers of his time. His best-known books were published under the name Leo Kessler and featured the Assault Regiment Wotan, Hitler’s hand-picked SS battle group. They include ‘The Valley of the Assassins’, ‘Schirmer’s Headhunters’, ‘Cauldron of Blood’ and ‘Guns at Cassino’.


The Victory Snapshot (A Chris Tyroll Mystery Book 1) by Barrie Roberts

Sheila McKenna, an Australian social historian, flies to England to visit her grandfather after he sends her a rather intriguing letter.
Almost as she arrives, her grandfather dies. Murdered.
Chris Tyroll, maverick midlands solicitor, is drawn into the case and determined to find out who killed the old man.
Almost immediately, somebody drives directly at Chris and injures him.
Is Chris on the murderer’s hit list too?
As Chris and Sheila investigate, they begin to uncover a fifty-year-old story of comradeship, corruption and criminality.

Barrie Roberts is the author of four Sherlock Holmes books and previous Chris Tyroll Mystery books, including Bad Penny Blues


The Crooked Man by Shelley Smith

The life and crimes of Thomas Bates display a downward spiral from petty thievery to murder.

With multiple personas on the go, Bates seems unafraid of going too far.
There’s Grace Pickering, whose life he saves and who rewards him with an affection he avoids, until he finds out about her savings account, which he can only disengage through marriage.
His next victim, a man, he is forced to kill.
He marries again, for a dowry in jewels, but returns to Grace until he disposes of her with greater finality.
Bates’ past seems to be left behind him, until his last and final enterprise unexpectedly ends in suicide.
The story makes the headlines and Bates’ anonymous façade is put in jeopardy.
The innocence of the crime is invalidated by his past - will Bates get away with it this time..?

Under the pen name of Shelley Smith, Nancy Bodington wrote 15 crime and detective novels between 1942 and 1978.

A Spoonful of Luger (David Mallin Detective series Book 4) by Roger Ormerod

Private Eye George Coe is staring at the end of his career.
He’s getting older, moving slower, and his bank account has seen better days.
But when nine year-old Dulcie Randall is reported missing, Coe can’t help but take the case – even though it will take him back to a town riddled with memories - memories he’d much rather forget.
Just as Coe starts looking for answers, he loses his biggest clue.
One of the main kidnapping suspects, Dennis Cleave, ends up murdered.
Soon Coe finds himself deep in the shady dealings of a car-breaking yard, sifting through false alibis and lies.

The Kill Dog by John Burke

Maggie Armitage, visiting Prague on a brashly optimistic market research project, sees her plans collapse when a Russian tank settles itself outside her hotel…
Against a background of violence, she drives towards the border — and acquires as passenger: a Czech archaeologist on the run.
Jan's marriage, too, has been violent and his wife, the vindictive Blanka, has been collaborating with the secret police.
This is the nightmare from which Jan is fleeing — only to find himself still enmeshed in its tentacles…
He falls under deep suspicion in England, the country he has loved and respected for so long.
Jan is carrying a valuable secret, but has no idea why exactly it’s so valuable.

John Burke was born in Rye, Sussex, in 1922 and worked in the publishing industry before becoming an author of novels and short stories. He is best known as the author of the novelisation of the popular musical "Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang,"

[sufue]

Please let me know if you like them! I thought they looked cool too, and have been thinking of moving them up my TBR list...

Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

I decided to try the Russian ones (Inspector Pekkala). I read all the way through the sample before deciding, but they might suit my tastes. Thanks!

[sufue]

Although it sounds like it belongs in Katherine Hall Page's Faith Fairchild series , The Body in the Transept is actually the first in the Dorothy Martin series by Jeanne M. Dams. It has dropped to $1.99 at Kindle US.

link: https://www.amazon.com/Body-Transept...dp/B00AQK2G42/

Spoiler:

For Dorothy Martin, a widowed American who’s moved to the England she so loves, the Christmas service is painful enough. It is her first holiday without Frank. And stumbling over the body of Canon Billings does nothing to improve her mood. Of course, she does get to meet Chief Constable Alan Nesbitt, and a good mystery on a chilly English night does have some appeal . . .

[sufue]

The two titles (so far) in the Pluto's Snitch series by Carolyn Haines (better known for her Sarah Booth Delaney series) have dropped to $1.99 at Kindle US.

The Book of Beloved, #1
link: https://www.amazon.com/Book-Beloved-...dp/B01BXSFGDS/

Spoiler:

As a young woman widowed by World War I, Raissa James is no stranger to ghosts. But when an invitation arrives from Caoin House, her uncle’s estate in Mobile, Alabama, she’s finally ready to cast off the shadows of her past. And what better way to do so than with a grand party in her honor? An aspiring authoress, Raissa’s eager to soak up more of life—and immerse herself in the dark history that haunts the estate.

But the revelries come to an abrupt end when one of her uncle’s guests takes a deadly plunge. And when a ghost from the property’s past, a Confederate soldier, reveals himself to Raissa, she’s more determined than ever to get to the heart of the mysterious deaths that plague Caoin House. Enlisting the help of Reginald Proctor, a self-proclaimed medium, she holds a séance to shed light on old secrets. But she discovers that some secrets, even those long dead, still have a startling hold on the living…

The House of Memory, #2
link: https://www.amazon.com/House-Memory-...dp/B01NCIKAQX/

Spoiler:

Raissa James not only sees the dead but she’s caught the ears of the living—especially now that she’s solved her first case. Word of Pluto’s Snitch, her private-investigation agency specializing in the occult, has spread far and wide. It’s even come to the notice of Zelda Fitzgerald, the nation’s most celebrated flapper. And Zelda’s in need of its services.

Along with Reginald Proctor, her partner in detection, Raissa travels to Montgomery, Alabama, where Zelda’s friend Camilla has suddenly become prone to violent fits and delusions. Has Camilla gone mad…or has she been possessed?

Raissa and Reginald soon discover that Camilla’s not the only young lady in the area to fall victim to something unnatural. Now it’s up to the Snitches to follow the clues and save Camilla, locked away behind the walls of the formidable Bryce Hospital asylum. But the key to her rescue might not lie among the living at all. Because Raissa knows that the dead have their secrets, too.

[sufue]

The four titles in the Alix London series by Charlotte and Aaron Elkins have all dropped to $1.99 at Kindle US.

Titles are:

• A Dangerous Talent
• A Cruise To Die For
• The Art Whisperer
• The Trouble with Mirrors

link: https://www.amazon.com/gp/search/?se...-keywords=alix