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[Mort1997]

Free on Amazon (UK)
Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (Inspector Lestrade Book 1)
by M. J. Trow

Spoiler:

Book one in the Inspector Lestrade series.

‘In the circus, nothing is what it seems …’

Walk up! Walk up! This way for the greatest show on earth! It is 1879. Disraeli is at Number Ten. The Zulu are being perfectly beastly to Lord Chelmsford. And Captain Boycott is having his old trouble again.

What has this to do with the young Detective-Sergeant Sholto Lestrade? Absolutely nothing. Or has it? He has his work cut out investi-gating mysterious goings-on at ‘Lord’ George Sanger’s Circus. First, the best juggler in Europe is shot in full view of a thousand people. Then Huge Hughie, the dwarf, dies an agonizing death under the Ether Trick. Finally, the Great Bolus dies by swallowing the wrong sword. And all of this after two bodies have been found with multiple slashes …

And what is the link with Mr Howard Vincent, founder of the CID? And has the Prince Imperial really been caught by the Impis? A trail of murder is laid among the llama droppings as the World’s Second Greatest Detective goes undercover to solve the Case of the Sawdust Ring.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lestrade-Sa...PEQCXTZ4M9KN4B

[sufue]

Thank you thank you!

Oddly enough, also free at Kobo US, but not free ($0.99) at Kindle US.
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/les...-sawdust-ring/

Originally Posted by Mort1997

Free on Amazon (UK)
Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring (Inspector Lestrade Book 1)
by M. J. Trow

Spoiler:

Book one in the Inspector Lestrade series.

‘In the circus, nothing is what it seems …’

Walk up! Walk up! This way for the greatest show on earth! It is 1879. Disraeli is at Number Ten. The Zulu are being perfectly beastly to Lord Chelmsford. And Captain Boycott is having his old trouble again.

What has this to do with the young Detective-Sergeant Sholto Lestrade? Absolutely nothing. Or has it? He has his work cut out investi-gating mysterious goings-on at ‘Lord’ George Sanger’s Circus. First, the best juggler in Europe is shot in full view of a thousand people. Then Huge Hughie, the dwarf, dies an agonizing death under the Ether Trick. Finally, the Great Bolus dies by swallowing the wrong sword. And all of this after two bodies have been found with multiple slashes …

And what is the link with Mr Howard Vincent, founder of the CID? And has the Prince Imperial really been caught by the Impis? A trail of murder is laid among the llama droppings as the World’s Second Greatest Detective goes undercover to solve the Case of the Sawdust Ring.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lestrade-Sa...PEQCXTZ4M9KN4B

[sufue]

A few Felony and Mayhem price drops in the US, to $1.99 each...

Arrow Pointing Nowhere, Henry Gamadge #7, by Elizabeth Daly
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00B2I2WL4
Kindle US/Smile: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00B2I2WL4

The Sunken Sailor, apa Down Among the Dead Men, Henry Tibbett #2, by Patricia Moyes
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B079TJ6Y1G
Kindle US/Smile: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B079TJ6Y1G

Death in a White Tie, Inspector Alleyn #7, by Ngaio Marsh
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BI8CE5M
Kindle US/Smile: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BI8CE5M

[Tarana]

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie By Alan Bradley $1.99 Amazon, Kobo and B&N
Agatha Christie award winner

[salty-horse]

The Book of Lamps and Banners (Cass Neary #4) by Elizabeth Hand is $2.99 on Amazon.com
Can be read on its own without knowledge of previous stories.

Photographer Cass Neary is desperate to get home, and she's already lost her camera -- like losing a limb. Now her only chance is to cash in on a deal that a friend is about to cut for a legendary illuminated manuscript: The Book of Lamps and Banners. Rumored to have been rescued from the Library at Alexandria, the Book is said to contain ancient esoteric knowledge, even an otherworldly power.

So when an intruder brazenly steals the manuscript, Cass and her ex-con lover Quinn must get it back-plunging headlong into a shady underworld where antiquarian booksellers, unhinged tech entrepreneurs, and brutal nationalists all converge.

[Tarana]

Murder Wears Mittens By Sally Goldenbaum $.99 Amazon, Kobo and B&N
Cozy mystery featuring a knitting shop. I liked the early books (1-8). The book numbering is all messed up - I am going by Fantastic Fiction which makes it book 12.

How to Knit a Murder by Sally Goldenbaum $2.99 Amazon only
Next book - book 13.

By the Pricking of My Thumbs By Agatha Christie $1.99 Amazon, Kobo and B&N.

[sufue]

Cross-post to the Other Fiction thread, where Simon's Scarrow's most recent (2020) Cato/Macro book, The Emperor's Exile, has finally gone on in the UK for £0.99 as part of today's Daily Deal.

link: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh....php?p=4091205

[sufue]

Now $1.99 at Kindle and Kobo US. Links below are still good.

Originally Posted by sufue

Margaret Maron's Three-Day Town, which (per SYKM) won the 2011 Agatha Award for Best Novel, is on sale at Kindle and Kobo US for $3.99. Not a great sale price, but I really like this series. Oh yeah, and this title also includes Maron's other detective, Sigrid Harald.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004QZ9PAQ
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/three-day-town

{edit other book}

[salty-horse]

Curious Toys by Elizabeth Hand is $2.99 on Amazon.com

In the sweltering summer of 1915, Pin, the fourteen-year-old daughter of a carnival fortune-teller, dresses as a boy and joins a teenage gang that roams the famous Riverview amusement park, looking for trouble.

Unbeknownst to the well-heeled city-dwellers and visitors who come to enjoy the midway, the park is also host to a ruthless killer who uses the shadows of the dark carnival attractions to conduct his crimes. When Pin sees a man enter the Hell Gate ride with a young girl, and emerge alone, she knows that something horrific has occurred.

The crime will lead her to the iconic outsider artist Henry Darger, a brilliant but seemingly mad man. Together, the two navigate the seedy underbelly of a changing city to uncover a murderer few even know to look for.

[BelleZora]

Cinnamon Kiss, from the Easy Rawlins series, by Walter Mosley is on sale for $1.99. I've read most of the series and loved it.

https://www.amazon.com/Cinnamon-Kiss.../dp/B000FCKEW2

[sufue]

The Tubbypalooza box set goes on sale/free pretty often, so I usually don't post it. But, it has now been almost exactly two years since last posted, and it's free again right now at both Kindle US and UK, so I thought I'd give it a bump for folks who might have missed it before, or might be new to the thread.

The Kindle US link below is still good, and here's for Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07KNH8DNM

Originally Posted by sufue

Like many of the booksBnimble authors, Tony Dunbar's books go on sale/free fairly regularly, so I don't post many of them any more.

If you haven't already picked up most of the titles in his Tubby Dubonnet series though, you may be interested in Tubbypalooza, which per the blurb, contains 9 of the 10 titles in the series so far. This includes six early, Big-6 published titles (presumably with rights reverted) and three later booksBnimble published titles. Missing, again per the blurb, is Tubby Meets Katrina, which was published by yet a third publisher, who apparently isn't cooperating with the rights. Tubbypalooza is free right now at Kindle US, so it's a great way to (almost) complete the series if you are missing a few titles.

link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KNH8DNM

[sufue]

More than a year later, now $0.99 at Kindle US. @tch65721's link below is still good...

Originally Posted by tch65721

Flying Too High (Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries Book 2) by Kerry Greenwood - $1.99
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B07NP6WWHB
Audible Audiobook $2.99 after book purchase... so ~ $5 for both.

I'm not a huge mystery fan but I like smart, sassy girls so I like this series. I don't see them on sale often (other than the first in series). I really should add them to ereader IQ. In fact I'll do that now.

[Mort1997]

Free on Amazon (UK)
Blackman's Coffin (Blackman Agency Investigations Book 1) by Mark de Castrique

Spoiler:

Sam Blackman is an angry man. A Chief Warrant Officer in the Criminal Investigation Detachment of the U.S. military, he lost a leg in Iraq. His outspoken criticism of his medical treatment resulted in his transfer to the Veteran's Hospital in Asheville, NC. Disillusioned with the military, grieving over the recent death of his parents, and at odds with his brother, Sam's life is in shambles. Then an ex-marine and fellow amputee named Tikima Robertson walks into his hospital room.

Tikima hints she has an opportunity for Sam to use his investigative skills—if he can stop feeling sorry for himself. But before she can return, Tikima is murdered, her body found floating in the French Broad River. Sam was the last person to see her alive.

Tikima's sister, Nakayla, brings Sam a journal she finds in Tikima's apartment. A note stuck to the inside cover reads "For Sam Blackman." The volume dates to 1919 and contains the entries of a twelve-year-old boy who accompanies his father, a white funeral director, as they help a black man, Elijah Robertson, transport his deceased relative from Asheville to a small family plot in Georgia.

The link to the present? Nearly 90 years ago, Elijah's body was also found in the French Broad River, a crime foreshadowing the death of his great-great-granddaughter Tikima.

Sam and Nakayla must delve into Asheville's rich history, the legacy of the Vanderbilts at the Biltmore estate, and of author Tom Wolfe to uncover the murderous truth.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Blackmans-C...ZZB2ZWKFJ6TREE

[Mort1997]

Free on Amazon (UK)

Death on Windmill Way (Hamptons Murder Mysteries Book 1) by Carrie Doyle

Spoiler:

The Hamptons are known for beautiful beaches, luxurious living, millionaire mansions, and now...murder! Antonia Bingham, a renowned chef and the new owner of East Hampton's Windmill Inn, escaped to the Hamptons to get away from a harrowing past. Yet she finds herself in more danger than ever when she learns about a curse that haunts the inn—all previous owners have died suspiciously.

When she's not cooking sumptuous meals for her guests Antonia digs into the investigation to uncover who's behind the curse. Could the culprit be a guest at the inn, or is there a killer on the road? And the closer she gets to the truth, the closer she gets to being the next victim—will she solve the case in time to save herself?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Death-Windm...VM0K8W054DZYZD

[sufue]

Wow. Both ^^^ are Poisoned Pen Press first in series. PPP used to (maaaany years ago) offer first in series for free or $0.99 pretty often, and sometimes second titles too, but haven't seen it in a while. Searching on Poisoned Pen Press in the US, I find the same titles are free in the US as well, and some of the other early titles in each of these series are on sale too.

Thank you @Mort1997 !!!

I'm slammed today, but will try to post some as I get a chance. But if you have a favorite PPP author, go take a look.