FREE/BARGAIN — Mystery, Suspense & Thrillers

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by sufue

In any case, Baffling has dropped to £1.00 at Kindle UK.

£1.00? That's expensive. I got it for £0.99 in September!

I have enjoyed these two, although IMO the Baffling Murder wasn't very baffling.

[ownedbycats]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

£1.00? That's expensive. I got it for £0.99 in September!

A whole 0.01! Here in Canada, we don't even have pennies anymore.

[sufue]

And today's Stephanie Plum is...Eleven on Top, at $2.99.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0025VO4JA
Kindle US/Smile: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B0025VO4JA
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/eleven-on-top-1

Spoiler:

Stephanie Plum is thinking her career as a fugitive apprehension agent has run its course. She's been shot at, spat at, cussed at, fire-bombed, mooned, and attacked by dogs. Time for a change, Stephanie thinks. Time to find the kind of job her mother can tell her friends about without making the sign of the cross.

So Stephanie Plum quits. Resigns. No looking back. No changing her mind. She wants something safe and normal. As it turns out, jobs that are safe and normal for most people aren't necessarily safe and normal for Stephanie Plum. Trouble follows her, and the kind of trouble she had at the bail bonds office can't compare to the kind of trouble she finds herself facing now. Her past has come back to haunt her. She's stalked by a maniac returned from the grave for the sole purpose of putting her into a burial plot of her own. He's killed before, and he'll kill again if given the chance. Caught between staying far away from the bounty hunter business and staying alive, Stephanie reexamines her life and the possibility that being a bounty hunter is the solution rather than the problem. After disturbingly brief careers at the button factory, Kan Klean Dry Cleaners, and Cluck-in-a-Bucket, Stephanie takes an office position in security, working for Ranger, the sexiest, baddest bounty hunter and businessman on two continents. It might not be the job she'll keep for the rest of her life, but for now it gives her the technical access she needs to find her stalker. Tempers and temperatures rise as competition ratchets up between the two men in her life---her on-again, off-again boyfriend, tough Trenton cop Joe Morelli, and her bad-ass boss, Ranger. Can Stephanie Plum take the heat? Can you?

Between the adventure and the adversity there's attitude, and Stephanie Plum's got plenty in her newest misadventure from Janet Evanovich, Eleven on Top.

[sufue]

Darn...missed it! Although in my case it cost US$0.0135 too much...

Originally Posted by pdurrant

£1.00? That's expensive. I got it for £0.99 in September!

I have enjoyed these two, although IMO the Baffling Murder wasn't very baffling.

[sufue]

It's been a least a little while since I've noticed one of Elaine Viets' books for free. This time it's High Heels Are Murder, which is the second in her Josie Marcus series. And I haven't spotted this one for free before, either...

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B098TS6DDB
Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B098TS6DDB

Spoiler:

Mystery shopper Josie Marcus stumbles onto another murder when a sleazy shoe salesman is killed right after she gets him canned…

Josie finally has her life back on track. Not only is the single mom dating the best (and hottest) barista in the St. Louis suburb of Maplewood, but also her boss just assigned her a coveted gig—mystery shopping the Soft Shoe. The exclusive store is a shoe lover’s dream, but its top seller, Mel Poulaine, is a waking nightmare. His hands-on fascination with feet goes far beyond professional interest. Josie’s scathing report kills Mel’s career…but later that night, someone kills Mel himself.

Josie’s determined to stay out of it. But when Cheryl Malmy, daughter of Josie’s nosiest neighbor, becomes a suspect, Josie’s mom begs her to investigate. She’s shocked by what she uncovers. It turns out “Perfect Cheryl” has more than a few dirty secrets in her closet, drawing Josie deeper into the seedy suburban underbelly. But can she trip up a killer who always seems to be one step ahead?

[sufue]

A year later and a buck more, but still a bargain compared to its normal outrageous price...links below are still good...

Originally Posted by sufue

Woo-hoo - here you go!

Free Fall in Crimson is $1.99 at Kindle US and Kobo US.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/Free-Fall-Cri...dp/B008WOUKJW/
Kindle US/Smile: https://smile.amazon.com/Free-Fall-C...dp/B008WOUKJW/
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/free-fall-in-crimson

John D MacDonald's Travis McGee titles tend not to go/stay on sale for very long, so grab it now if you think you might ever want it !

[sufue]

For those of you not lucky enough to live in Canada or the few other countries with reasonable copyright laws, Raymond Chandler's Killer in the Rain (Penguin edition, so legit) is on sale at Kindle UK for £0.99. Killer in the Rain is the short story/novella that was eventually expanded into The Big Sleep (along with, according to Wikipedia, bits of a couple of others). For some reason the "Look Inside" function is not working on this title for me, so I can't tell if this is the collection of short stories titled Killer in the Rain, or just the single short story/novella, but at only 80 pages, I suspect the latter. Also the blurb only talks about the one story, but blurbs are blurbs, and not always reliable. If anyone else can get "Look Inside" to work, maybe they can clarify.

In any case...

Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B004MME2JM
Kindle UK/Smile: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/dp/B004MME2JM

Spoiler:

'I pushed her back into the house without saying anything, shut the door. We stood looking at each other inside. She dropped her hand slowly and tried to smile. Then all expression went out of her white face and it looked as intelligent as the bottom of a shoe box...I lit my cigarette, puffed it slowly for a moment and then asked: "What are you doing here?"

Before creating Philip Marlowe, Raymond Chandler perfected the hardboiled private detective story in the pages of Black Mask magazine - tough, spare tales of gumshoes and murder, laced with a weary lyricism and deadpan, laconic wit. Killer in the Rain is vintage Chandler, the groundwork for his classic first novel The Big Sleep.

[mitford13]

He Died of Murder by Shelley Smith is free on Amazon today. Originally published by Collins Crime Club in 1947.

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B06XS1NDYD/

[sufue]

In the daily count-up:

Twelve Sharp, Stephanie Plum #12 (like you couldn't figure that out), by Janet Evanovich, $2.99

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000UB9NFC
Kindle US/Smile: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B000UB9NFC
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/twelve-sharp-1

Spoiler:

Welcome to Trenton, New Jersey, where bounty hunter Stephanie Plum's life is about to implode in Janet Evanovich's wildest, hottest novel yet!

FIRST A STRANGER APPEARS
While chasing down the usual cast of miscreants and weirdos Stephanie discovers that a crazed woman is stalking her.

THEN THE STRANGER REVEALS HER SECRETS
The woman dresses in black, carries a 9mm Glock, and has a bad attitude and a mysterious connection to dark and dangerous Carlos Manoso …street name, Ranger.

NEXT, SOMEBODY DIES
The action turns deadly serious, and Stephanie goes from hunting skips to hunting a murderer.

SOON, THE CHASE IS ON
Ranger needs Stephanie for more reasons than he can say. And now, the two are working together to find a killer, rescue a missing child, and stop a lunatic from raising the body count. When Stephanie Plum and Ranger get too close for comfort, vice cop Joe Morelli (her on-again, off-again boyfriend) steps in.

Will the ticking clock stop at the stroke of twelve, or will a stranger in the wind find a way to stop Stephanie Plum…forever? Filled with Janet Evanovich's trademark action, nonstop adventure, and sharp humor, Twelve Sharp shows why her novels have been called "hot stuff" (The New York Times), and Evanovich herself "the master" (San Francisco Examiner).

[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by sufue

For those of you not lucky enough to live in Canada or the few other countries with reasonable copyright laws, Raymond Chandler's Killer in the Rain (Penguin edition, so legit) is on sale at Kindle UK for £0.99.

Of course, if the book is in the public domain, legitimacy doesn't really matter.

[sufue]

But it's not PD in the UK...at least AFAIK. Which is where the sale price is. Just in Canada and other life+50 countries, I think.

(I'm sure someone will tell me if I'm wrong )

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

Of course, if the book is in the public domain, legitimacy doesn't really matter.

[sufue]

More than three years later, again $2.99 in the US...

Originally Posted by sufue

Another rare occasion when a Travis McGee title goes on sale in the US. This time it's The Empty Copper Sea (by John D. MacDonald, for those of you who didn't already know that). It has dropped to $2.99 at Kindle and Kobo US.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/Empty-Copper-...dp/B008WOUMWW/
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-empty-copper-sea

[Critteranne]

Blood Type by Stephen Greenleaf is $1.99 at all the usual suspects. This is Book 8 of the John Marshall Tanner Mysteries -- but I don't think they have to be read in order.

I remember reading a couple of these back in the day. I remember liking them, but I don't remember why. Can anyone refresh by memory?

I did find an interview online that comes with an informative introduction.

[Critteranne]

Lola on Fire: A Novel by Rio Youers is $1.99. This one is a finalist for the Arthur Ellis Award.

This one has cover blurbs from Michael Koryta, Joe Hill, A.J. Finn, Taylor Adams, and others. Koryta called it "John Wick meets Jane Hawk." Stephen King just praised his upcoming noir novel "No Second Chances."

You Will Know Me: A Novel by Megan Abbott is $2.99.

These are supposed to be good even if they have that annoying "A Novel" subtitle.

[issybird]

Originally Posted by Critteranne

These are supposed to be good even if they have that annoying "A Novel" subtitle.

The post-colon title tic that annoys me most is with nonfiction, when by the time you’ve read the whole business, you feel you don’t have to bother with the book - there’s nothing left to say.