FREE/BARGAIN — Mystery, Suspense & Thrillers

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The Marco Effect By Jussi Adler-Olsen $1.99
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Marco-Effect-...4515412&sr=8-1
Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-marco-effect

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Although the individual titles in this series are all $9 and up (mostly up ) in the US, the omnibus with the first three titles is back on sale for $2.99 at Kindle and Kobo US, and is coupon/VIPable at Kobo. A nice price if you need/want them all...

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071G3GV8Q
Kindle US/Smile: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B071G3GV8Q
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the...kala-mysteries

And it has also dropped to £1.99 at Kindle UK...

Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B071G3GV8Q
Kindle UK/Smile: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/dp/B071G3GV8Q

Originally Posted by sufue

All seven of the titles in the Inspector Pekkala series by Sam Eastland (per SYKM, this is a pen name for Paul Watkins) have dropped in price at Kindle UK, mostly to £1.99, but a couple to £2.49. These include, in series order:

• Eye of the Red Tsar
• Shadow Pass, apa The Red Coffin
• Archive 17, apa Siberian Red
• The Red Moth
• The Beast in the Red Forest, £2.49
• Red Icon
• Berlin Red, £2.49

There was an omnibus of the first three titles floating around on sale a while back, and some of the later ones have been on sale before individually, so check carefully before you buy! I've read and enjoyed the first three titles in this series - see "omnibus on sale" above . Also per SYKM, the second one was a finalist for a Historical Dagger back when it was published.

Amazon UK (entire series): https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/...kindle_edition
Amazon UK/Smile (entire series): https://smile.amazon.co.uk/gp/produc...kindle_edition

[maddz]

Aaron Elkins Old Bones (Gideon Oliver 4) is 99p at Amazon.co.uk:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bones-Gideo...t%2C157&sr=1-7

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Too Many Women is the twelfth in the awesome IMO Nero Wolfe/Archie Goodwin series by Rex Stout. It has dropped to $1.99 at Kindle and Kobo US, and £1.49 at Kindle UK. With a few exceptions, titles in this series don't go on sale very often, or for very long, so grab it if you want it.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/Many-Women-Ne...dp/B004SOQ0A8/
Kindle US/Smile: https://smile.amazon.com/Many-Women-...dp/B004SOQ0A8/
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/too-many-women
Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Many-Women-...dp/B004SOQ0A8/
Kindle UK/Smile: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Many-Wome...dp/B004SOQ0A8/

Spoiler:

Ah, sweet mystery, when Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin plunge into a case of murder brimming with luscious, lethal ladies.

Who murdered Waldo Wilmot Moore? Well, there were five hundred female employees at the Wall Street firm where poor Waldo had worked. Any one of them might have done it. And there was also the beautiful lady stockholder who tried to bribe Archie. And the dark-haired lovely who simply couldn't talk to a man until she kissed him. And the girl who filed a murder complaint in the office suggestion box. And the girl who got jilted by death . . .

“It is always a treat to read a Nero Wolfe mystery. The man has entered our folklore.”—The New York Times Book Review

A grand master of the form, Rex Stout is one of America’s greatest mystery writers, and his literary creation Nero Wolfe is one of the greatest fictional detectives of all time. Together, Stout and Wolfe have entertained—and puzzled—millions of mystery fans around the world. Now, with his perambulatory man-about-town, Archie Goodwin, the arrogant, gourmandizing, sedentary sleuth is back in the original seventy-three cases of crime and detection written by the inimitable master himself, Rex Stout.

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Sleep No More By Greg Iles $1.99
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Sleep-No-More...al-text&sr=1-5
Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/sleep-no-more-3

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Several books e-published by Hard Case Crime have dropped to $2.99 at Kindle and Kobo US. Most (all?) have been on sale before.

Top of the Heap by Erle Stanley Gardner (Cool and Lam series)
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004V4FP4W
Kindle US/Smile: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B004V4FP4W
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/top-of-the-heap

So Nude, So Dead by Ed McBain
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ONTS4AC
Kindle US/Smile: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B00ONTS4AC
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/so-nude-so-dead-ebk

Forever and a Death by Donald E. Westlake
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01M14UOWL
Kindle US/Smile: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B01M14UOWL
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/forever-and-a-death

Sinner Man by Lawrence Block
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01BRFN652
Kindle US/Smile: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B01BRFN652
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/sinner-man

These are just the ones who popped up on my eReaderIQ author feeds this morning. There may be more HCC authors on sale, so if you have a favorite HCC author, now might be a good time to look.

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City of Secrets is the second in the Counterfeit Lady series by Victoria Thompson. It has dropped to $1.99 at Kindle and Kobo US and to £1.49 at Kindle UK.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079R6XBPR
Kindle US/Smile: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B079R6XBPR
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/city-of-secrets-15
Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B079R6XBPR
Kindle UK/Smile: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/dp/B079R6XBPR

Spoiler:

An exciting new book in the series featuring woman-on-the-run Elizabeth Miles--from the beloved national bestselling author of the Gaslight Mysteries.

Elizabeth Miles knows that honesty is not always the best policy when it comes to finding justice.

Elizabeth has discovered that navigating the rules of high society is the biggest con of all. She knows she can play the game, but so far, her only success is Priscilla Knight, a dedicated young suffragist recently widowed for the second time. Her beloved first husband died in a tragic accident and left her with two young daughters—and a sizable fortune. While she was lost in grief, Priscilla’s pastor convinced her she needed a man to look after her and engineered a whirlwind courtship and hasty marriage to fellow parishioner Endicott Knight. Now, about nine months later, Endicott is dead in what appears to be another terrible accident.

Everyone is whispering, but that is the least of Priscilla’s troubles. She had believed Endicott was wealthy, too, but her banker tells her she has no money left and her house has been mortgaged. He also hints at a terrible scandal and refuses to help.

Priscilla stands to lose everything, and Elizabeth is determined not to let that happen. But, as always, Elizabeth walks a fine line between using her unusual talents and revealing her own scandalous past. Elizabeth soon discovers that Endicott’s death was anything but accidental, and revealing the truth could threaten much more than Priscilla’s finances. To save her new friend’s future—and possibly her own—Elizabeth, along with her honest-to-a-fault beau, Gideon, delve into the sinister secrets someone would kill to keep.

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The Knights Templar Collection: Volume 1 by Michael Jecks used to drop to $0.99/£0.99 fairly regularly, but hasn't done so since 2017 in the US and 2018 in the UK. Now it has just dropped again at both. I used to pick up early titles in this collection in DTB on business trips to the UK, and they kept me well amused on return flights over the Atlantic. I've also somewhat desultorily followed the series since then in e-book, and have also enjoyed the later titles I've read.

Titles (#14 - #16) include: The Mad Monk of Gidleigh, The Templar's Penance, and The Outlaws of Ennor.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00RTY16ZI
Kindle US/Smile: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B00RTY16ZI
Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Knights-Tem...dp/B00QQNW33C/
Kindle UK/Smile: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Knights-T...dp/B00QQNW33C/

Spoiler:

Escape into the evocative medieval world of Sir Baldwin de Furnshill and his friend Bailiff Simon Puttock, as you join them on the suspenseful trail of three murder mysteries.

The Knights Templar Collection brings together three engrossing novels in the widely acclaimed and much-loved Knights Templar series by Michael Jecks. Perfect for fans of C.J. Sansom and Bernard Cornwell.

The Mad Monk of Gidleigh (Book 14): As the winter of 1323 descends on Dartmoor, who could blame the young priest, Father Mark, for seeking affection from the miller's daughter, Mary? But when Mary and her unborn child are found dead, Mark is the obvious suspect. Called to investigate, Sir Baldwin de Furnshill and his friend Bailiff Simon Puttock soon begin to have their doubts. And by the time their search is over, life will never be quite the same again.

The Templar's Penance (Book 15): It is the summer of 1323, and Sir Baldwin de Furnshill and Bailiff Simon Puttock have been granted leave to go on pilgrimage. When a beautiful girl is found murdered on a hillside en route to Santiago de Compostela, the friends are among the first on the scene. As Baldwin and Simon lend their skills to the inquiry, the unexpected appearance of a face from Baldwin's past could threaten the investigation, as well as the future of Baldwin himself...

The Outlaws of Ennor (Book 16): On return from pilgrimage, Sir Baldwin de Furnshill and Bailiff Simon Puttock's ship is attacked by pirates, and Simon sees Baldwin washed overboard. On the island of Ennor, Simon must investigate the murder of the island's hated tax collector while, unbeknownst to his friend, Baldwin begins to unpick the same murder on the other side of the island. Can the pair uncover the truth in time to prevent certain massacre?

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Today's Big Deal at Kindle UK is five Wilbur Smith titles at £0.99 each. Titles include:

• The Sound of Thunder, Courtney #2
• The Quest, Egyptian #4
• Assegai, Courtney #13
• The Eye of the Tiger
• Elephant Song

I don't follow Wilbur Smith, so I'm trusting Kindle UK for the series info...

Link to the deal page:
Kindle UK/Smile: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=s9_...d_i=3017941031
Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=s9_ac...d_i=3017941031

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Originally Posted by sufue

The Knights Templar Collection: Volume 1 by Michael Jecks used to drop to $0.99/£0.99 fairly regularly, but hasn't done so since 2017 in the US and 2018 in the UK. Now it has just dropped again at both. I used to pick up early titles in this collection in DTB on business trips to the UK, and they kept me well amused on return flights over the Atlantic. I've also somewhat desultorily followed the series since then in e-book, and have also enjoyed the later titles I've read.

Thanks, my Mom is giving up her DTB (they are on the shelf ready to go to a Little Library) so I've been picking these up when they are on discount. I would like to read them too!

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American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson is $1.99 on Amazon.com

It’s 1986, the heart of the Cold War, and Marie Mitchell is an intelligence officer with the FBI. She’s brilliant, but she’s also a young black woman working in an old boys’ club. Her career has stalled out, she’s overlooked for every high-profile squad, and her days are filled with monotonous paperwork. So when she’s given the opportunity to join a shadowy task force aimed at undermining Thomas Sankara, the charismatic revolutionary president of Burkina Faso whose Communist ideology has made him a target for American intervention, she says yes. Yes, even though she secretly admires the work Sankara is doing for his country. Yes, even though she is still grieving the mysterious death of her sister, whose example led Marie to this career path in the first place. Yes, even though a furious part of her suspects she’s being offered the job because of her appearance and not her talent.

In the year that follows, Marie will observe Sankara, seduce him, and ultimately have a hand in the coup that will bring him down. But doing so will change everything she believes about what it means to be a spy, a lover, a sister, and a good American.

Inspired by true events—Thomas Sankara is known as “Africa’s Che Guevara”—American Spy knits together a gripping spy thriller, a heartbreaking family drama, and a passionate romance. This is a face of the Cold War you’ve never seen before, and it introduces a powerful new literary voice.

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Archie Goes Home is the fifteenth and most recent (2020) in Robert Goldsborough's excellent IMO continuation of Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe/Archie Goodwin series. It has dropped to $1.99 at Kindle US, not at Kobo US, at least as of now. This is the first time I've seen it on sale...

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/Archie-Goes-H...dp/B07WGV48GJ/
Kindle US/Smile: https://smile.amazon.com/Archie-Goes...dp/B07WGV48GJ/

Spoiler:

Archie Goodwin leaves Manhattan for the Midwest to find out who put a bullet into a banker.

Archie Goodwin’s aunt Edna is about to lure him away from his work at Nero Wolfe’s New York brownstone. After a phone call, he heads off to Ohio, where the president of Farmer’s State Bank and Trust, an elderly widower, has died in an apparent suicide. But Archie’s aunt has expressed nagging suspicions—which only grow stronger when someone takes a shot at a local reporter who wrote about the case.

It wouldn’t be a small town without some gossip, and Archie soon hears the whispers: romantic intrigues, a possible paternity case, a ruined business. While reconnecting with his aging mother—and fending off his nagging aunt—Archie tries to untangle a web of grudges, scandals, and murder.

From Nero Award winner Robert Goldsborough, this is a brand-new novel in the series created by Rex Stout, starring one of the world’s most beloved detectives and his equally engaging sidekick.

Archie Goes Home is the 15th book in the Nero Wolfe Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.

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Cross-post to the Other Fiction thread for Night Boat to Tangier, by Kevin Barry, which is a US Kindle Daily Deal, matched at Kobo US.

link: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh....php?p=4057751

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In the Balance By Patricia Wentworth $.99 Miss Silver series (cozy historical mystery-England).
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Balance-Miss-...5379171&sr=8-4
Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/in-the-balance-2

American Spy By Lauren Wilkinson $1.99
I haven't read this author but this book was listed as NPR Best Book of 2019. Espionage thriller.
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/American-Spy-...5379500&sr=8-1
Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/american-spy-1

Brilliant young intelligence officer Marie Mitchell is recruited by a Cold War task force intent on bringing down a communist revolutionary. Darkly funny.

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City of Gold and Shadows - Ellis Peters $1.99 (Felse Investigations). Amazon & Kobo

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