FREE/BARGAIN — Mystery, Suspense & Thrillers

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A bunch of random titles on sale at Kindle UK, either £0.99 or £1.00. Most of these are probably from the monthly sale, but if you see one you want, don't wait - it might not be...

The Stone Circle, Ruth Galloway #11, by Elly Griffiths, info and links in this previous post: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh....php?p=3890280

Golden In Death, Eve Dallas #50, by J. D. Robb, links in @JSWolf's previous post: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh....php?p=3989408

Thin Air, Shetland #6, by Ann Cleeves: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Thin-Air-...dp/B00JPCCJEO/

A Bird in the Hand, George & Molly Palmer-Jones #1, by Ann Cleeves: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Bird-Hand...dp/B00EKHI9BQ/

The Snowman, Harry Hole #7, by Jo Nesbo: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Snowman-H...dp/B0038AUY96/

Vanish, Rizzoli & Isles #5, by Tess Gerritsen: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Vanish-Ri...dp/B0031RS75Y/

The Big Bad Wolf, Alex Cross #9, by James Patterson: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Big-Wolf-...dp/B004WJRTWC/

The Body on the Beach, Island Mystery #1, by Anna Johannsen: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Body-Beac...dp/B07PLHLDXM/

Death on the Beach, Island Mystery #2, by Anna Johannsen: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Death-Beach...dp/B07ZYMRFMR/

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And one more batch...

The Broken Shore, non-series, by Peter Temple (Ned Kelly and Gold Dagger awards): https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Broken-Sh...dp/B004Y5AV9C/

Crossed Skis, Inspector Rivers #8, by Carol Carnac: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Crossed-S...dp/B0862GH8RV/

The Allingham Minibus: A Collection of Stories, by Margery Allingham, looks as if they re-titled it, and aren't calling it "for the festive season" anymore, which is a good think IMO, info and links in this previous post: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh....php?p=3935928

Disgrace, apa The Absent One, Department Q #2, by Jussi Adler-Olsen: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Disgrace-...dp/B007ZBL664/

Have His Carcase, Lord Peter Wimsey/Harriet Vane, #8, by Dorothy L Sayers: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Have-His-...dp/B004GKMUEY/

The Hanging Valley, Inspector Banks #4, by Peter Robinson: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Hanging-V...dp/B003DWC6LS/

A Philosophical Investigation, non-series by Philip Kerr, also author of the Bernie Gunther series which I, and at least one other person upthread have liked, I haven't read this one: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Philosoph...dp/B07XYL59CN/

The Siberian Dilemma, Arkady Renko #9, by Martin Cruz Smith, info and links in this previous post: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh....php?p=3958157

A Song for the Dying, Ash Henderson #2, by Stuart MacBride: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Song-Dyin...dp/B00E31A2XW/

Happy Holidays, everyone!

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Now $2.99 as part of the US Kindle Daily Deal, matched at Kobo US.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/Death-Nile-He...dp/B000FCK9D6/
Kindle US/Smile: https://smile.amazon.com/Death-Nile-...dp/B000FCK9D6/
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/death-on-the-nile

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Death on the Nile is about 1/2 way through the Hercule Poirot series by Agatha Christie. It is £0.99 at Kindle UK today as part of the Daily Deal.

Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Death-Nile-...dp/B0046RE5HW/
Kindle UK/Smile: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Death-Nil...dp/B0046RE5HW/

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Using tablet so difficult to do links but Riviera Gold, latest Mary Russell by Laurie R. King, is .99 at Amazon UK and Kobo UK.

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Who Buries the Dead is the tenth in the Sebastian St. Cyr series by C. S. Harris. It has dropped to $1.99 at Kindle and Kobo US. I've read and quite liked a couple of the recent titles in this series.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KWG61R8
Kindle US/Smile: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B00KWG61R8
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/who-buries-the-dead

Spoiler:

The grisly murder of a West Indies slave owner and the reappearance of a dangerous enemy from Sebastian St. Cyr’s past combine to put C. S. Harris’s “troubled but compelling antihero” (Booklist) to the ultimate test in this taut, thrilling mystery.

London, 1813. The vicious decapitation of Stanley Preston, a wealthy, socially ambitious plantation owner, at Bloody Bridge draws Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, into a macabre and increasingly perilous investigation. The discovery near the body of an aged lead coffin strap bearing the inscription King Charles, 1648 suggests a link between this killing and the beheading of the deposed seventeenth-century Stuart monarch. Equally troubling, the victim’s kinship to the current Home Secretary draws the notice of Sebastian’s powerful father-in-law, Lord Jarvis, who will exploit any means to pursue his own clandestine ends.

Working in concert with his fiercely independent wife, Hero, Sebastian finds his inquiries taking him from the wretched back alleys of Fish Street Hill to the glittering ballrooms of Mayfair as he amasses a list of suspects who range from an eccentric Chelsea curiosity collector to the brother of an unassuming but brilliantly observant spinster named Jane Austen.

But as one brutal murder follows another, it is the connection between the victims and ruthless former army officer Sinclair, Lord Oliphant, that dramatically raises the stakes. Once, Oliphant nearly destroyed Sebastian in a horrific wartime act of carnage and betrayal. Now the vindictive former colonel might well pose a threat not only to Sebastian but to everything—and everyone—Sebastian holds most dear.

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If your French is up to it, and you want to read the first Maigret story, Pietr-le-Letton, by Georges Simenon, in its original language, here's a cross-post to the Forum Français: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/se...rchid=15082718

Pietr is on sale for €1.99, £1.49 and $1.99 at various Kindle stores. It's pretty rare to see French ebooks on sale, at least in the US, so grab it if you want it.

My French probably isn't up to it, but I'm going to give it a try anyway...

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Bloodstone is the eleventh in the Brother Athelstan series by Paul Doherty. It has dropped to £0.99 at Kindle UK.

Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08HJXXQKD
Kindle UK/Smile: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08HJXXQKD

Spoiler:

A strange and ominous artifact could hold the key to everything...

December, 1380. When the corpse of Sir Robert Kilverby is discovered in a locked room, Brother Athelstan accompanies the King's coroner to investigate.

Sir Robert had in his possession a priceless relic, a sacred bloodstone, which has now disappeared. Did Sir Robert die of natural causes or was he murdered?

Athelstan is sceptical of rumours of a curse hanging over Sir Robert, but when it is discovered that a second old soldier has been gruesomely slain on the same night, the rumours no longer seem so far-fetched...

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Aristotle and Poetic Justice is the second in the Aristotle Detective series by Margaret Doody. It has dropped to $1.99 at Kindle and Kobo US (coupon/VIPable). I've read and enjoyed the first three titles in this series (the rest don't seem to be available in e-book).

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00I1D9XMO
Kindle US/Smile: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B00I1D9XMO
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/ari...etic-justice-1

Spoiler:

The great Greek philosopher heads to Delphi on the hunt for a kidnapped heiress in this series of “witty, elegant whodunits” (Times Literary Supplement).

330BC: Alexander the Great has sacked Persepolis and won the greatest fortune the world has ever known. The night of the Silent Dinner, when Athens placates the spirits of the dead, passes with a creeping mist accompanied by eerie portents and a strange disappearance. Stephanos and his teacher, the philosopher Aristotle, are about to be drawn into solving the perplexing abduction case of Anthia, the heiress of a prominent silver merchant. All that is known is that the abductor and the heiress are on the road to Delphi and its ancient oracle—whose help may be needed when a murder complicates the case in this follow-up to the “eminently enjoyable” Aristotle Detective (Colin Dexter, author of the Inspector Morse Mysteries).

“Why did no one think of this before?”—The Times (UK)

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A Private Cathedral is the most recent (2020) in the Dave Robicheaux series by James Lee Burke. It is on sale at Kindle UK for £0.99 as part of today's Daily Deal. If things go as they usually do, this won't be on sale in the US for a while still, and when it does go on sale it will be for $2.99 or $3.99, so if you want it, I'd grab it now if you can.

Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B083PYM19V/
Kindle UK/Smile: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/dp/B083PYM19V/

Spoiler:

Detective Dave Robicheaux is caught in the crossfire of Louisiana's oldest and bloodiest gangland feud...

From the wreckage of Louisiana's oldest and family rivalry, Detective Dave Robicheaux faces his most sinister enemy yet . . .

Isolde and Johnny - the star-crossed teenage heirs to New Iberia's criminal empires - have run away together, and Robicheaux is tasked with finding them. But when his investigation brings him too close to both Isolde's mother and her father's mistress, the venomous mafioso orders a hit on Robicheaux and his partner, Clete Purcel.

In order to rescue the young lovers, and save himself, Robicheaux must face a terrifying time-traveling superhuman hitman capable of inflicting horrifying hallucinations on his victims, and overcome the demons that have tormented him his whole life...

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Jeffrey Archer's William Warwick series Book 1, Nothing Ventured is FREE in Amazon UK(has been free for a few days i think). Possily also free in other Amazon regions too.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07PBW5C17

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A bunch of mysteries in the 12 Days of Kindle sale at Kindle UK. Per the banner ad, the sale ends on 6st January 2021. These are all £0.99 each, unless otherwise indicated. Several are repeats on sale, but some were new to me. These are to my personal taste/recognition, so if your tastes differ from mine, you may want to take a look for yourself. There are 160+ crime/mystery books in the sale...

Another Man's Moccasins, Walt Longmire #4, by Craig Johnson: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Another-M...dp/B00F50EX76/

The Messenger of Athens: 2017 Revised Edition, Hermes Diaktoros, aka the Fat Man #1, by Anne Zouroudi: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Messenger...dp/B073VSPGPY/

Angels & Loners, Private Investigator Heredia #2, by Ramón Díaz Eterovic: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Angels-Lo...dp/B0797SHMNY/

X, Kinsey Millhone #X, by Sue Grafton: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Kinsey-Mi...dp/B00ZCCX4Z4/

Blind Goddess, Hanne Wilhelmsen #1, by Anne Holt: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Blind-God...dp/B0088Q9OCI/

Murder on a Winter Afternoon, Melissa Craig #5, by Betty Rowlands: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Murder-Wi...dp/B07HY5N2RH/

Last Bus to Woodstock, Inspector Morse #1, by Colin Dexter, there was an omnibus of the first three titles in this series that used to go on sale fairly often in the past, so check carefully before you buy: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Last-Wood...dp/B003GK21QW/

Murder for Christmas, Mordecai Tremaine #4, by Francis Duncan: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Murder-Ch...dp/B0143W4C4U/

Death at Brighton Pavilion, Captain Lacey #14, by by Ashley Gardner (pen name for Jennifer Ashley), this series was initially traditionally published, but part way through, after a long hiatus, Gardner started self-pubbing additional titles; I've liked all of them that I have read, which is most of them, although not yet this one: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Brighton-...dp/B07YNY6GZ7/

The Christmas Egg. Brett Nightingale #3, by Mary Kelly: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Christmas...dp/B07Z3VQ3QV/

An English Murder, apa The Christmas Murder, non-series by Cyril Hare, £1.49: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/English-M...dp/B074GFN319/

Murder Among Us, Mitchell & Markby #4, by Ann Granger: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00590XQO8/

The Mitford Scandal, Mitford #3, by Jessica Fellowes: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Mitford-S...dp/B07Q3S3P9Q/

The Dead of Winter, three Giordano Bruno novellas, by S. J. Parris, this wasn't part of the Giordano Bruno sale a few days ago: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Dead-Wint...dp/B088YJQ6GX/

Mercy Dogs, non-series by Tyler Dilts: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Mercy-Dog...dp/B076KLFTXC/

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Patricia Moyes/Henry and Emmy Tibbett titles are going on sale fast and furious, or at least, four at a time. Two of these are repeats, but the other two were new to me. Oh yeah, $1.99 each. Hopefully Felony & Mayhem press keeps discounting this series, since I still need pretty much the latter half of the series. (And I like some other F&M authors...)

Dead Men Don't Ski, #1: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B079THC82L

Falling Star, #5: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B07DHZLTRD

Johnny Under Ground, #6: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B07DHYJW9Q

Murder Fantastical, #7: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B07DHXWSVC
also at Kobo US, where it's coupon/VIPable: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/murder-fantastical-1

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Now also £1.49 at Kindle UK...

Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00KWG61R8
Kindle UK/Smile: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00KWG61R8

Originally Posted by sufue

Who Buries the Dead is the tenth in the Sebastian St. Cyr series by C. S. Harris. It has dropped to $1.99 at Kindle and Kobo US. I've read and quite liked a couple of the recent titles in this series.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KWG61R8
Kindle US/Smile: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B00KWG61R8
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/who-buries-the-dead

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Random Deals on Amazon US. Probably matched on Kobo.

Janet Evanovitch - Look Alive Twenty Five $2.99
Janet Evanovitch - Turbo Twenty Three $2.99

Tom Clancy - Hunt for Red October $1.99

Tracey Crosswhite series (8 books)
Robert Dugoni - My Sister's Grave (book 1)$1.99
Robert Dugoni - Her Final Breath (book 2) $1.99
Robert Dugoni - In The Clearing (book 3) $1.99
Robert Dugoni - The Trapped Girl (book 4) $1.99
Robert Dugoni - Close to Home (book 5) $1.99
Robert Dugoni - A Steep Price (book 6) $1.99
Robert Dugoni - A Cold Trail (book 7) $1.99

Charles Jenkins 2 book thriller series.
Robert Dugoni - The Eighth Sister (spy novel) $1.99 <-- really liked this book.
Robert Dugoni - The Last Agent $1.99
Can get matching Audible audiobook for $1.99 each.

Rita Mae Brown and Sneaky Pie Brown - A Hiss Before Dying $1.99

Rhys Bowen - Above the Bay of Angels (novel not part of series) $1.99
Rhys Bowen - The Tuscan Child (WW collection) $1.99
Rhys Bowen - The Victory Garden (WW collection) $1.99

Lee Goldberg - Lost Hills $1.99
Lee Goldberg - King City .99

Ian Hamilton 3 book series by Carole Lawrence. Each book $1.99 plus you can get audiobooks for $1.99 each as well.

Edited to add:
Books 2-8 of Sandhamn Murders by Viveca Sten. $1.99 each book
I really like this series. Swedish writer featuring a lawyer and a police investigator, friends for decades, who end up working cases on an island in the Swedish archipelago.

Barry Eisler - All the John Rain Novels (plus short story) are .99 each.

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All the Devils Are Here is the latest (2020) in Louise Penny's Inspector Gamache series, which I love - and apparently so do the critics, since every previous title in the series has been nominated for and/or won at least one award, and most for multiple awards. It was briefly £0.99 at Kindle UK a while back, but if you missed that, it has now dropped to $4.99 at Kindle US, as part of the Daily Deal today, matched at Kobo US. This is not a great sale price, but considering that it has been sitting at $14.99 since publication, and considering the popularity of the series, I thought I'd post it.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0841FHN4C/
Kindle US/Smile: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B0841FHN4C/
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/all...ils-are-here-7

Spoiler:

The 16th novel by #1 bestselling author Louise Penny finds Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Quebec investigating a sinister plot in the City of Light

On their first night in Paris, the Gamaches gather as a family for a bistro dinner with Armand’s godfather, the billionaire Stephen Horowitz. Walking home together after the meal, they watch in horror as Stephen is knocked down and critically injured in what Gamache knows is no accident, but a deliberate attempt on the elderly man’s life.

When a strange key is found in Stephen’s possession it sends Armand, his wife Reine-Marie, and his former second-in-command at the Sûreté, Jean-Guy Beauvoir, from the top of the Tour d’Eiffel, to the bowels of the Paris Archives, from luxury hotels to odd, coded, works of art.

It sends them deep into the secrets Armand’s godfather has kept for decades.

A gruesome discovery in Stephen’s Paris apartment makes it clear the secrets are more rancid, the danger far greater and more imminent, than they realized.

Soon the whole family is caught up in a web of lies and deceit. In order to find the truth, Gamache will have to decide whether he can trust his friends, his colleagues, his instincts, his own past. His own family.

For even the City of Light casts long shadows. And in that darkness devils hide.