FREE/BARGAIN - Horror/Supernatural

[ZodWallop]

Falling Angel by William Hjortsberg is $1.99 at Amazon US.

The basis for the old movie Angel Heart.

Edgar Award Finalist: The hunt for a vanished singer leads a detective into the depths of the occult in this “terrific” novel (Stephen King).
Big-band frontman Johnny Favorite was singing for the troops when a Luftwaffe fighter squadron strafed the bandstand, killing the crowd and leaving the singer near death. The army returned him to a private hospital in upstate New York, leaving him to live out his days as a vegetable while the world forgot him. But Louis Cyphre never forgets. Cyphre had a contract with the singer, stipulating payment upon Johnny’s death—payment that will be denied as long as Johnny clings to life. When Cyphre hires private investigator Harry Angel to find Johnny at the hospital, Angel learns that the singer has disappeared. It is no ordinary missing-person’s case. Everyone he questions dies soon after, as Angel’s investigation ensnares him in a bizarre tangle of black magic, carnival freaks, and grisly voodoo. When the sinister Louis Cyphre begins appearing in Angel’s dreams, the detective fears for his life, his sanity, and his soul.

[ReadingManiac]

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

I've slowed down posting deals by authors I haven't already read, but this one is an exception, just because I love these types of stories: a fictional treatment of a true, but mysterious event.

Dyatlov Pass by Alan K. Baker is $0.99 at Amazon US.



He has another novel, based on a true mysterious event called The Lighthouse Keeper. I'm adding that one to my ereaderiq.

You might want to keep an eye on this one for when it goes to Kindle.

https://www.amazon.com/Lamplighters-.../dp/1984882155

[ZodWallop]

The House of a Hundred Whispers by Graham Masterton is $0.99 at Amazon US.

On a windswept moor, an old house guards its secrets...
The new standalone horror novel from 'a true master of horror.'

All Hallows Hall is a rambling Tudor mansion on the edge of the bleak and misty Dartmoor. It is not a place many would choose to live. Yet the former Governer of Dartmoor Prison did just that. Now he's dead, and his children – long estranged – are set to inherit his estate.

But when the dead man's family come to stay, the atmosphere of the moors seems to drift into every room. Floorboards creak, secret passageways echo, and wind whistles in the house's famous priest hole. And then, on the same morning the family decide to leave All Hallows Hall and never come back, their young son Timmy disappears – from inside the house.

Does evil linger in the walls? Or is evil only ever found inside the minds of men?

[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by ReadingManiac

You might want to keep an eye on this one for when it goes to Kindle.

https://www.amazon.com/Lamplighters-.../dp/1984882155

Thanks. That does sound pretty good.

[Kieran Seymour]

Sleeping Beauties by Stephen King and Owen King is a 99p Daily Deal at Amazon UK.

In this spectacular father/son collaboration, Stephen King and Owen King tell the highest of high-stakes stories: what might happen if women disappeared from the world of men?

All around the world, something is happening to women when they fall asleep; they become shrouded in a cocoon-like gauze. If awakened, if the gauze wrapping their bodies is disturbed, the women become feral and spectacularly violent...

In the small town of Dooling, West Virginia, the virus is spreading through a women's prison, affecting all the inmates except one. Soon, word spreads about the mysterious Evie, who seems able to sleep - and wake. Is she a medical anomaly or a demon to be slain?

The abandoned men, left to their increasingly primal devices, are fighting each other, while Dooling's Sheriff, Lila Norcross, is just fighting to stay awake.

And the sleeping women are about to open their eyes to a new world altogether..

[BetterRead]

This was posted 8 months ago, but I think it's worth repeating.

Michaelbrent Collings has reduced his books to $0.99.

During these difficult times, I have priced all my titles - bestsellers, complete box sets, EVERYTHING - at 99 cents for the foreseeable future. My family and I hope this can be a small help in strange times. Please enjoy an escape, share some stories, stay safe, and be good to each other, because the most contagious thing is kindness.

There are too many to list, but his Amazon page can be found at https://www.amazon.com/Michaelbrent-.../e/B003VSI88O/

[ReadingManiac]

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

Thanks. That does sound pretty good.

I'm reading an advance copy now. Definitely finding it interesting.

[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by Kieran Seymour

Sleeping Beauties by Stephen King and Owen King is a 99p Daily Deal at Amazon UK.

Man, here in the US the best we get is it will eventually drop to $9.99.

[Kieran Seymour]

Couple more freebies from Lume Books.

The Plague Pit - Marc Alexander
Originally published in 1981 under the name Mark Ronson.

amazon.co.uk | amazon.com | amazon.ca

From the depths of the earth, death will rise.

A burial crypt dating back to the Great Plague of London in 1665 has been opened, and an infection is unleashed upon the nation.

With the death toll rising and the government remaining quiet, Charity, a local radio station presenter, and Paul, a scientist, take it into their own hands to reveal the truth and find a cure.

The Spirited Sea - Simon Clark
The second story in his Byron Makangelo series. The second one, Sherlock's Demon, has been free in the past.

amazon.co.uk | amazon.com | amazon.ca

DEATH IS ONLY A STAGE IN EVOLUTION…

Byron is a wealthy and eccentric ghost-hunter. He puts together a team of misfits to hunt for the paranormal. But to Kit and Fletcher, it's just a job. And these are only ghost stories. Or are they? One night in the cemetery, things take a turn that none of them expected. After falling into a grave pit, Kit finds himself face to face with a corpse. Eliza Jinny Threlcoates. Died 1842. Perfectly preserved with not a trace of decay.

From out of nowhere a woman appears – ‘If you want to film real ghosts, come to this address tomorrow night.' The ghost-hunters find themselves on stretch of beach where the tide has mysteriously rolled out for miles. And they are about to discover that death is only a stage of evolution...

[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by Kieran Seymour

Couple more freebies from Lume Books.

The Plague Pit - Marc Alexander
Originally published in 1981 under the name Mark Ronson.

amazon.co.uk | amazon.com | amazon.ca



The Spirited Sea - Simon Clark
The second story in his Byron Makangelo series. The second one, Sherlock's Demon, has been free in the past.

amazon.co.uk | amazon.com | amazon.ca

Thanks for that! I had the first one, but not the second.

[radbaddude]

Gone to See the River Man by Kristopher Triana
Amazon US $0.99
p 145

Super fans. Groupies. Stalkers.

These people will give anything for the idols they worship, be they rock stars, actors or authors. Or even serial killers.

Lori is just such a fanatic. Her obsession is with Edmund Cox, a man of sadistic cruelty who butchered more than twenty women. She’s gone so far as to forge a relationship with him, visiting him in prison and sending him letters on a regular basis. She will do anything to get close to him, so when he gives her a task, she eagerly accepts it.

She has no idea of the horror that awaits her.

Edmund tells her she must go to his cabin in the woods of Killen and retrieve a key to deliver to a mysterious figure known only as The River Man.

In her quest, she brings along her handicapped sister, and they journey through the deep, dark valley, beginning their trip upriver. The trip quickly becomes a surreal nightmare, one that digs up Lori’s personal demons, the ones she feels bonds her to Edmund. The river runs with flesh, the cabin is a vault of horrors, and ghostly blues music echoes through the mountains. Soon they will learn that The River Man is not quite fact or folklore, and definitely not human -- at least, not anymore. And the key is just the beginning of what is required of Lori to prove she’s worthy of a madman’s love.

[ZodWallop]

The Bank by Bentley Little is $0.99 at Amazon US.

"We know who you are! Can your current bank say that? We pride ourselves on providing unparalled service to all of our customers. We're looking forward to banking with YOU!"

In the small town of Montgomery, Arizona, Kyle Decker's book shop is barely breaking even. When a bank opens in the empty storefront next door, he hopes the new establishment will bring in more foot traffic.

Trouble is, nobody has ever heard of The First People's Bank, and the local branch has appeared mysteriously overnight. Their incentives for new customers seem reasonable... at first. But is it a coincidence when Kyle's wife has her identity stolen, and his son receives emails that seem to know his private thoughts? Or when the manager of a competing financial institution dies a gruesome death?

Soon, if people in Montgomery, Arizona, want to buy a new car or home, or if they need a small business loan, they have no choice but to work with The First People's Bank. As The Bank makes increasingly bizarre demands on its customers, it becomes clear the town may be in too deep... and the penalty for an early withdrawal is too terrifying to imagine.

With his latest original novel, Bentley Little's dark, razor-sharp satire takes on the worst practices of our banking industry, and you'll never look at your loan officer the same way again.

[ReadingManiac]

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

Man, here in the US the best we get is it will eventually drop to $9.99.

Never give up. I waited a long time for The Goblin Emperor to price drop to a level I could afford. Eventually it did. Keep that ereaderiq going.

[salty-horse]

The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes is $2.99 on Amazon.com

Harper Curtis is a killer who stepped out of the past. Kirby Mazrachi is the girl who was never meant to have a future. Kirby is the last shining girl, one of the bright young women, burning with potential, whose lives Harper is destined to snuff out after he stumbles on a House in Depression-era Chicago that opens on to other times.

At the urging of the House, Harper inserts himself into the lives of these shining girls, waiting for the perfect moment to strike. He's the ultimate hunter, vanishing without a trace into another time after each murder -- until one of his victims survives.

Determined to bring her would-be killer to justice, Kirby joins the Chicago Sun-Times to work with the reporter, Dan Velasquez, who covered her case. Soon Kirby finds herself closing in on an impossible truth . . .

[ZodWallop]

Natural Selection by Dave Freedman is $2.99 at Amazon US.

I've had this one on my wish list forever, but it's been outrageously priced at $12.99.

A shocking biological discovery.
A previously unknown predatory species. Evolving just like the dinosaurs. Now. Today.
Weaving science and thriller in a way not seen since Jurassic Park, Natural Selection introduces a phenomenally dangerous new species that is rapidly adapting in a way never before seen.

A mystery. A chase. A vast, expansive puzzle.
A team of scientists is on the verge of making a stunning discovery.
When people start dying, the stakes are upped even further.
Then the real hunt begins.