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A Deadly Shade of Gold is the fifth in the Travis McGee series by John D MacDonald. It has dropped to $1.99 at Kindle and Kobo US. Titles in this series don't go on sale very often in the US and are quite expensive when not on sale, so grab it if you want it.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/Deadly-Shade-...dp/B008WONRBK/
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/a-deadly-shade-of-gold

Spoiler:

When Travis McGee discovers a face from his past lying in a pool of blood on a cheap motel room floor, he wants answers. But so far, all he has are questions--plus the dubious inheritance of his friend's vengeance-driven girlfriend, and a valuable ancient Aztec golden idol. Part rebel, part philosopher, and every inch his own man, Travis McGee plunges into a wild and perilous trek for a killer that takes him from the Lauderdale beaches to the seething corruption of American expatriates in a distant Mexican town, to the lush high life of the California jet set.

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Now on sale at Kindle and Kobo US for $1.99. Still the most recent, but probably on sale because there is a new title coming out in August.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01M09NRYP
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-wanted-6

Originally Posted by sufue

The Wanted is the most recent (2017) in the Elvis Cole/Joe Pike series by Robert Crais. It has dropped to £0.99 as part of the Kindle UK Daily Deal today. Even though I don't really follow this series, I'm tempted, just because I love it when most-recents go on sale for good prices .

link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wanted-Robe...dp/B01HMYA2EA/

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The Grave's a Fine and Private Place is the next to most recent (9th of 10) in the Flavia de Luce series by Alan Bradley. It has dropped to $1.99 at Kindle and Kobo US, and my "Kindle Wish List Credit" (see this thread), which is good for a few more hours, shows that it will work on this title, so I'm getting it for free. Woo-hoo!

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071VHV946
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the...rivate-place-2

Spoiler:

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “The world’s greatest adolescent British chemist/busybody/sleuth” (The Seattle Times), Flavia de Luce, returns in a twisty mystery novel from award-winning author Alan Bradley.

In the wake of an unthinkable family tragedy, twelve-year-old Flavia de Luce is struggling to fill her empty days. For a needed escape, Dogger, the loyal family servant, suggests a boating trip for Flavia and her two older sisters. As their punt drifts past the church where a notorious vicar had recently dispatched three of his female parishioners by spiking their communion wine with cyanide, Flavia, an expert chemist with a passion for poisons, is ecstatic. Suddenly something grazes her fingers as she dangles them in the water. She clamps down on the object, imagining herself Ernest Hemingway battling a marlin, and pulls up what she expects will be a giant fish. But in Flavia’s grip is something far better: a human head, attached to a human body. If anything could take Flavia’s mind off sorrow, it is solving a murder—although one that may lead the young sleuth to an early grave.

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Tyler Dilts, an author I enjoyed, has all five of his books on sale for $0.99 a piece.

Four are a series called Long Beach Homicide:

1. A King of Infinite Space
2. The Pain Scale
3. A Cold and Broken Hallelujah
4. Come Twilight

And a standalone
Mercy Dogs

I very much enjoyed his books and wish he would write more.

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The third title in this series, Smoke and Ashes, is now on sale for $1.99 at Kindle US as part of the Daily Deal today. I still haven't gotten around to reading the first one, which was on sale a while ago at Kindle UK, but am tempted to get the third one anyway...

link: https://www.amazon.com/Smoke-Ashes-N...dp/B07H4XGWF2/

Spoiler:

Captain Sam Wyndham and his sidekick Surrender-Not Banerjee return in this prize-winning historical crime series set in 1920s Calcutta.

India, 1921. Haunted by his memories of World War I, Captain Sam Wyndham is battling a serious addiction to opium that he must keep secret from his superiors in the Calcutta police force.

When Sam is summoned to investigate a grisly murder, he is stunned at the sight of the body: he’s seen this before. Last night, in a drug addled haze, he stumbled across a corpse with the same ritualistic injuries. It seems like there’s a deranged killer on the loose. Unfortunately for Sam, the corpse was in an opium den—and revealing his presence there could cost him his career.

With the aid of his quick-witted Indian Sergeant, Surrender-Not Banerjee, Sam must try to solve the two murders, all the while keeping his personal demons secret, before somebody else turns up dead.

Originally Posted by sufue

A Rising Man is the first in the Captian Sam Wyndham/Sergeant Surendranath Banerjee series by Abir Mukherjee. Per SYKM, it won the 2017 Historical Dagger Award and was a finalist for a bunch of other awards, so I'm looking forward to giving it a try. It has dropped to £0.99 at Kindle UK.

link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B019CGXRZM

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Again on US Kindle Countdown at $0.99, this time for about 2 1/2 more days. Link below is no longer good, use this one instead: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B076KJYKR5

Originally Posted by sufue

Minute for Murder is the 8th in the Nigel Strangeways series by Nicholas Blake. It is $0.99 as a US Kindle Countdown deal for about 1 more day.

link: https://www.amazon.com/Minute-Murder...dp/B00L1CRZ54/

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Five titles in the Maisie Dobbs series by Jacqueline Winspear have dropped to £0.99 each at Kindle UK.

Titles are:

• Pardonable Lies, #3
• Messenger of Truth, #4
• Among the Mad, #6
• The Mapping of Love and Death, #7
• Elegy for Eddie, #9

link for all five: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/search/?...price-asc-rank

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And now the second title in the series, A Necessary Evil, has also dropped to $1.99 at Kindle US. Sadly, the first title is a pretty punishing $10.30, so hopefully you snagged it from Kindle UK a while back if you wanted it.

link: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B074D4B8GB/

Spoiler:

India, 1920. Captain Wyndham and Sergeant Banerjee of the Calcutta Police Force investigate the dramatic assassination of a Maharajah's son, in the sequel to A Rising Man.

The fabulously wealthy kingdom of Sambalpore is home to tigers, elephants, diamond mines, and the beautiful Palace of the Sun. But when the heir to the throne is assassinated in the presence of Captain Sam Wyndham and Sergeant 'Surrender-Not' Banerjee, they discover a kingdom riven with suppressed conflict. Prince Adhir was a modernizer whose attitudes—and romantic relationships—may have upset the more religious elements of his country, while his brother—now in line to the throne—appears to be a feckless playboy.

As Wyndham and Banerjee desperately try to unravel the mystery behind the assassination, they become entangled in a dangerous world where those in power live by their own rules—and those who cross their paths pay with their lives. They must find a murderer, before the murderer finds them . . .

Originally Posted by sufue

The third title in this series, Smoke and Ashes, is now on sale for $1.99 at Kindle US as part of the Daily Deal today. I still haven't gotten around to reading the first one, which was on sale a while ago at Kindle UK, but am tempted to get the third one anyway...

link: https://www.amazon.com/Smoke-Ashes-N...dp/B07H4XGWF2/

Originally Posted by sufue

A Rising Man is the first in the Captian Sam Wyndham/Sergeant Surendranath Banerjee series by Abir Mukherjee. Per SYKM, it won the 2017 Historical Dagger Award and was a finalist for a bunch of other awards, so I'm looking forward to giving it a try. It has dropped to £0.99 at Kindle UK.

link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B019CGXRZM

[GA Russell]

Rum Punch - Elmore Leonard - $1.99
https://www.amazon.com/Rum-Punch-Elm...dp/B000FC13LI/

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Blacklight Blue is the third in the Enzo Macleod series by Peter May. It has dropped to $2.99 at Kindle and Kobo US.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LL8C3FO
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/blacklight-blue-3

Spoiler:

Former forensics expert and current Toulouse professor Enzo Macleod is forced to take a break from his personal and professional pursuits when he is diagnosed with a terminal illness. Worse, though, it seems he has become the victim of someone who is trying to destroy his life--by ruining his credit, threatening him and his family, and finally framing him for murder.

With no choice but to fight back, Macleod stashes his family in a safe house and sets to work. Increasingly convinced that the cold case he's investigating is connected to his persecution, Macleod tries to connect the dots before it's too late to save his life and the lives of his loved ones . . .

[MickeyC]

Originally Posted by GA Russell

Rum Punch - Elmore Leonard - $1.99
https://www.amazon.com/Rum-Punch-Elm...dp/B000FC13LI/

Also available on Kobo at same price:

https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/rum-punch-1

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Now the other five titles in the series have also dropped to $2.99 at Kindle and Kobo US. So if you have gaps to fill...

I needed one, and am happy to get it .

Extraordinary People, #1, apa Dry Bones
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B019WQO4OA
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/extraordinary-people-4

The Critic, #2, apa A Vintage Corpse
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B019WQO4R2
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-critic-18

Blacklight Blue, #3
see below for links

Freeze Frame, #4
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06Y6MT2Z8
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/freeze-frame-14

Blowback, #5
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06XR93P35
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/blowback-28

Cast Iron, #6
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B073TVTNY2
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/cast-iron-2

Originally Posted by sufue

Blacklight Blue is the third in the Enzo Macleod series by Peter May. It has dropped to $2.99 at Kindle and Kobo US.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LL8C3FO
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/blacklight-blue-3

[curtw]

Several of the original Ian Flaming James Bond novels are on sale at Amazon US. 99 cents each for:

Moonraker
Diamonds are Forever
From Russia with Love
Dr. No
Goldfinger
For Your Eyes Only
Thunderball
Octopussy and The Living Daylights

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00VZJD92G (link goes to all 14, choose carefully)

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MJ Trow is the author of several historical mystery series, ranging (per SYKM) from fairly recent (19th century London) to quite ancient (Britain in CE 367). Now Trow has written a mystery set in first-century Rome - not sure if it will become a series or is a stand-alone. In any case The Year of the Snake: Murder in the Senate is a Countdown deal at both Kindle US (4 1/2 days) and Kindle UK (4 1/4 days) for $0.99 and £0.99 respectively.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07FJ6JHZG/
Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Year-Snake-...dp/B07FJ6JHZG/

Spoiler:

'Believable characters, a suitably intricate plot and immediate immersion into the treacherous world of Rome at the end of the first imperial dynasty.' - Mark Knowles, author of The Consul's Daughter

Sometimes, a snake is just a snake. And sometimes…

First-century Rome.

Senator Gaius Lucius Nerva is taken ill at a dinner party and dies a few days later. His heartbroken wife, Flavia, is told it was a natural death. Calidus, Nerva’s recently freed slave, suspects otherwise.

As he embarks upon the funeral ceremonies, Calidus becomes more and more convinced that his master was murdered and begins an investigation, seeking out everyone who had attended the dinner party.

His enquiries lead him to rub shoulders with the ‘great and good’ of Rome; senators, soldiers, even the ruthless and mercurial Emperor Nero. And his former lover, Julia Eusabia, who seems intent on rekindling their romance and luring him away from his wife and daughter.

Calidus’ quest is by no means easy or safe as he encounters the darkest and most dangerous people in Rome. But he knows he must keep searching for the person responsible, to bring justice to the master he had loved.
This racy historical whodunnit brings to life the sights, smells and sounds of ancient Rome, with sharp humour and a Christie-style finale to boot.

‘Trow makes the political intrigue of the time palpable.’ – Publishers Weekly

‘Trow’s style is subtle and often humorous’ – mysteryfile.com

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A Forgotten Place is the 10th and most recent (2018) in the Bess Crawford series by Charles Todd. It has dropped to $1.99 at Kindle and Kobo US.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0756DXFBY
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/a-forgotten-place

Spoiler:

Though the Great War has ended, Bess Crawford finds herself caught in deadly circumstances on a remote Welsh headland in this tenth entry from the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author.

The fighting has ended, the Armistice signed, but the war has left wounds that are still agonizingly raw. Battlefield Nurse Bess Crawford has been assigned to a clinic for amputees, and the Welsh patients worry her. She does her best to help them, but it’s clear that they have nothing to go home to, in a valley where only the fit can work in the coal pits. When they are released, she fears that peace will do what war couldn’t—take their lives.

Their officer, Captain Williams, writes to describe their despair, and his own at trying to save his men. Bess feels compelled to look into their situation, but the Army and the clinic can do nothing. Requesting leave, she quietly travels to Wales, and that bleak coal mining village, but she is too late.

Captain Williams’ sister tells Bess he has left the valley. Bess is afraid he intends to kill himself. She follows him to an isolated, storm-battered peninsula—a harsh and forgotten place where secrets and death go hand in hand. Deserted by her frightened driver, Bess is stranded among strangers suspicious of outsiders. She quickly discovers these villagers are hiding something, and she’s learned too much to be allowed to leave. What’s more, no one in England knows where she is.

Why is there no Constable out here? And who is the mysterious Ellen? Captain Williams and his brother’s widow are her only allies, and Bess must take care not to put them at risk as she tries to find answers. But there is a murderer here who is driven to kill again and again. And the next person in his sights is Simon Brandon, searching for Bess and unaware of his danger. . . .