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Originally Posted by sufue

I’ve read and really enjoyed all of the books in Emma Jameson’s Lord and Lady Hetheridge series. .... first title in Jameson’s new series featuring Jemima (Jem) Jago and set in the Isles of Scilly, off the coast of Cornwall. ....
$0.99/£0.99 at Kindle US and UK respectively. I don't see it at all at Kobo US.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08WLVLD9N
Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08WLVLD9N

Thanks - I enjoyed the Hetheridge series too, so I picked this up at your recommendation.

[Mort1997]

Free on Amazon UK today-Fortune Favours the Dead by Stephen Spotswood

Spoiler:

Meet your new favourite duo, audacious and iconic, and perfect for fans of The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman, The Marvellous Mrs. Maisel, Agatha Christie and M. C. Beaton.

It's 1945 and Lillian Pentecost is the most successful private detective in New York City, but she needs help. Enter Willowjean Parker, a circus runaway - and the perfect assistant. Quick-witted and street-smart, she's a jack-of-all-trades with a unique skill-set. She can pick locks blindfolded, wrestle men twice her size, and throw knives with deadly precision - all of which come in handy working for Ms P.

When wealthy young widow Abigail Collins is murdered Pentecost and Parker are hired by the family to track down the culprit. On Halloween night, there was a costume party at the Collins' mansion, where a fortune teller performed a séance which greatly disturbed Abigail. Several hours later her body was discovered bludgeoned to death in her late husband's office. Problem is, the door to the office was locked from the inside. There was no-one else in the room, and the murder weapon was beside the victim; the fortune teller's crystal ball.

It looks like an impossible crime, but Pentecost and Parker know there is no such thing...

A 2020 Radio 2 Book Club pick.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B084QNY2...v_ov_lig_dp_it

[sufue]

The Collected Stories of Rumpole by John Mortimer is £1.99 at Kindle UK right now. This is a Penguin Modern Classics collection and some of the comments mention that it doesn't contain ALL of the Rumpole stories. But it does have about 20 of them, and if you want to see a list (I'm not going to type out 20 titles ), you can check out the sample - the table of contents is on about the third or fourth page of the sample.

Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00ADNP2S4
Kindle UK/Smile: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00ADNP2S4

Spoiler:

Horace Rumpole - witty, eloquent, dishevelled and cynical - is one of fiction's best-loved barristers-at-law. In these twenty classic tales, Rumpole battles through the Old Bailey, whether defending various members of an incompetent South London crime family, taking on haute-cuisine chefs and showfolk or mocking the pomposity of his own profession, all the while being held in check by his wife, Hilda: the wonderful, fearsome She Who Must Be Obeyed.

These collected stories, in Penguin Modern Classics for the first time, are a definitive introduction to one of the wisest and wittiest characters in British comic writing and a reminder of what justice should really be about. With a new introduction by Sam Leith, former literary editor of the Daily Telegraph and contributor to the Evening Standard, Guardian and Spectator.

[sufue]

I've mentioned before how much I like the Pot Thief mysteries by J. Michael Orenduff, but they are Open Road titles so they go on sale a lot, and I don't post anymore. But right now the first two collections, with three books each, are on sale for $3.99 each, and that's a chance to get two-thirds of the series in one fell swoop, at a pretty good price, if you don't already have any of them. (The collections do occasionally go on sale for $2.99 each if you want to be more patient, but I've not seen both on sale at once before...)

Volume One contains The Pot Thief Who...Studied Pythagoras, Studied Ptolemy, and Studied Einstein. Volume Two contains The Pot Thief Who... Studied Escoffier, Studied D. H. Lawrence, and Studied Billy the Kid.

Kindle US
Volume One: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B072542KKF
Volume Two: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07CMK264W

Kobo US
Volume One: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the...ies-volume-one
Volume Two: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the...ies-volume-two

[sufue]

Free again a couple of years later. The links are still good.

Originally Posted by sufue

The Gold Curse is the fourth in the Norma and Alexander Gold series by Herbert Resnicow. It is free right now at Kindle US and UK. As above, it has been free for a while, so grab it fast if you want it...

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LWSFAIY
Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gold-Curse-...dp/B01LWSFAIY/

[sufue]

Missing and Endangered is the most recent (2021) in the Joanna Brady series by JA Jance. It has dropped to $1.99 as part of today's Kindle Daily Deal, and it's matched at Kobo US. (Sorry, I was really busy today, and am posting this kind of late - no guarantees it'll still be on sale tomorrow.) This is kind of unusual for a "big name" most-recent-in-series to go on sale this quickly in the US, but I'm happy about it...

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0831PD377/
Kindle US/Smile: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B0831PD377/
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/missing-and-endangered

Spoiler:

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Cochise County Sheriff Joanna Brady’s professional and personal lives collide when her college-age daughter is involved in a missing persons case in this evocative and atmospheric mystery in J. A. Jance’s New York Times bestselling suspense series, set in the beautiful desert country of the American Southwest.

When Jennifer Brady returns to Northern Arizona University for her sophomore year, she quickly becomes a big sister to her new roommate, Beth Rankin, a brilliant yet sheltered sixteen-year-old freshman. For a homeschooled Beth, college is her first taste of both freedom and unfettered access to the internet, and Jenny is concerned that she’s too naïve and rebellious for her own good.

Her worries are well-founded because one day Beth vanishes, prompting Jenny to alert campus authorities, local police, and her mom, Sheriff Joanna Brady—who calls in a favor. Beth is found, but Jenny’s concern has unwittingly put her in the crosshairs of a criminal bent on revenge.

With Christmas vacation approaching, and Beth at war with her parents, Jenny invites Beth to the shelter of the Brady home. While Joanna is sympathetic, she’s caught up in a sensitive case—an officer-involved shooting that has placed the lives of two young children in jeopardy—leaving her stretched thin to help a fragile young woman recently gone missing and endangered.

[Tarana]

A Death at Seascape House By Emma Jameson $.99 Amazon, Kobo and B&N
Cozy set in Cornwall

The Shadow War By Michael Salazar $1.99 Amazon, Kobo and B&N
Thriller/action/adventure

A False Mirror By Charles Todd $1.99 Amazon, Kobo and B&N
Historical mystery

A Superior Death By Nevada Barr $1.99 Amazon, Kobo and B&N
Crime fiction

Beneath the Bleeding By Val McDermid $1.99 Amazon, Kobo and B&N
Crime Fiction.

Left to Run By Blake Pierce FREE Amazon, Kobo and B&N
Thriller. I'm a fan of this author. Fairly short book - a little over 200 pages.

[sufue]

Another most recent "big-name" title on sale in the US before in the UK. Cool!

Not Dark Yet is the 27th and most recent (2021) in the Inspector Banks series by Peter Robinson. It has dropped to $1.99 at Kindle and Kobo US.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B087CLDMD2/
Kindle US/Smile: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B087CLDMD2/
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/not-dark-yet-8

Spoiler:

One of the world's greatest suspense writers returns with the 27th novel featuring the legendary detective Alan Banks in the mystery series Stephen King calls “the best now on the market.”

When property developer Connor Clive Blaydon is found dead, Detective Superintendent Alan Banks and his Yorkshire team dive into the investigation. As luck would have it, someone had installed a cache of spy-cams all around his luxurious home. The team hope that they’ll find answers—and the culprit—among the video recordings.

Instead of discovering Connor’s murderer, however, the grainy and blurred footage reveals another crime: a brutal rape. If they can discover the woman’s identity, it could lead to more than justice for the victim; it could change everything the police think they know about Connor and why anyone would want him dead.

Meanwhile, tensions are rising between Banks and his friend, Zelda. A super recognizer—able to recognize faces significantly better than most people—Zelda is determined to bring the men who abused her to justice. But stirring up the murky waters of the past will put her in far greater danger than ever before, and Banks worries that he won’t be able to stop her from plunging too deep before it’s too late.

[sufue]

Three of the five titles in the Brighton/Magic Men series by Elly Griffiths are on sale for $2.99 each right now at Kindle and Kobo US, possibly in honor of the sixth title, coming out in November.

Smoke and Mirrors, #2
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01912P01Q/
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/smoke-and-mirrors-37

The Blood Card, #3
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MXXZZFU/
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-blood-card-2

Now You See Them, #5
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07LC86BPW/
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/now-you-see-them-1

And the other two, The Zig Zag Girl and The Vanishing Box, are Kindle Unlimited right now, so if you're a KU subscriber you can read those for free.

[sufue]

Originally Posted by Tarana

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A Superior Death By Nevada Barr $1.99 Amazon, Kobo and B&N
Crime fiction

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And the first in this series, Track of the Cat, is at a semi-permanent $2.99, which is pretty reasonably priced. So right now, for less than $5, you can try the first two in the series.
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001QWDRT2
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/track-of-the-cat-1

[Tarana]

Death by Cashmere By Sally Goldenbaum $1.99 Amazon, Kobo and B&N
Cozy - book 1 of knitting murder mystery series. I have enjoyed the first 8 books of this series so far.

[Fbone]

Several of Steve Cavanagh's highly-rated Eddie Flynn series is on sale for $2.99. Availability varies by location and retailer.

https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B07T3HPB...dp_rwt_sb_tukn

[sufue]

Woo-hoo! Martin Walker's latest (2021) in his Bruno, Chief of Police series has dropped to £0.99 at Kindle UK. I like this series a lot, although the last couple have been a little more thriller-ish than the series has traditionally been.

From the blurb, this one, The Coldest Case, looks as if it may be a little more back to the traditional Bruno, as he helps his boss, J-J, re-investigate J-J's unsolved (and now very cold) first case. Fingers crossed!

This is probably on sale as part of that weird (but much appreciated) UK thing where they put most-recent-in-series titles on sale for £0.99 very briefly, usually only one day, shortly after publication. So go grab it now if you want it - I actually grabbed it before doing this post, which I don't do very often .

Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08C7NTSTY/
Kindle UK/Smile: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08C7NTSTY/

Spoiler:

Bruno Courreges is Chief of Police of the lovely town of St Denis in the Dordogne. His main wish is to keep the local people safe and his town free from crime. But crime has a way of finding its way to him.

For thirty years, Bruno's boss, Chief of Detectives Jalipeau, known as J-J, has been obsessed with his first case. It was never solved and Bruno knows that this failure continues to haunt J-J. A young male body was found in the woods near St Denis and never identified. For all these years, J-J has kept the skull as a reminder. He calls him 'Oscar'.

Visiting the famous pre-history museum in nearby Les Eyzies, Bruno sees some amazingly life-like heads expertly reconstructed from ancient skulls. He suggests performing a similar reconstruction on Oscar as a first step towards at last identifying him. An expert is hired to start the reconstruction and the search for Oscar's killer begins again in earnest.

[sufue]

Now $1.99 at Kindle US. Per SYKM, this won the 1977 Edgar Award for Best Mystery.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07XF7NX21/
Kindle US/Smile: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B07XF7NX21/

Originally Posted by sufue

Promised Land is the fourth in the Spenser series by Robert B. Parker. It has dropped to £1.98 at Kindle UK.

{edited other book}

link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07XF7NX21

[sufue]

And Small Vices, which is the 24th in the Spenser series by Robert B. Parker, is also on sale right now for $2.99 at Kindle and Kobo US.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005F4CDCE
Kindle US/Smile: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B005F4CDCE
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/small-vices

Spoiler:

Ellis Alves is no angel. But his lawyer says he was framed for the murder of college student Melissa Henderson...and asks Spenser for help.

From Boston's back streets to Manhattan's elite, Spenser and Hawk search for suspects, including Melissa's rich-kid, tennis-star boyfriend. But when a man with a .22 puts Spenser in a coma, the hope for justice may die with him...