FREE/BARGAIN — Mystery, Suspense & Thrillers

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City of the Dead is $1.99 now in the US. So if you didn't bite at $2.99, maybe $1.99 sounds better . The link below is still good for Kindle US, and here's the link for Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/city-of-the-dead-23

Originally Posted by sufue

The City of the Dead is the most recent (2022) in Jonathan Kellerman's Alex Delaware series. It's on sale right now at Kindle US for $2.99.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B094GS94R4
Kindle US/Smile: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B094GS94R4



I had an ARC of this, and really enjoyed it. You can read my review on my blog - the URL is in my signature.

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The Joffe Free Friday book for today (which actually usually is free all weekend) is A Dirty Death, which is the first in Rebecca Tope's West Country mystery series.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B889TJ7P
Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0B889TJ7P

Spoiler:

Early one morning, Lilah Beardon finds her father drowned on his own farm. The police assume his death was a tragic accident.

But Lilah isn’t convinced. She knew her father better than anyone, and a clumsy accident doesn’t seem likely.

Everyone else in this pretty village hated the crabby old farmer: from his neglected wife Miranda, to the parish vicar . . . but is one of the villagers a cold-blooded killer?

Working alongside the handsome but bumbling Detective Constable Den Cooper, Lilah is determined to uncover the truth.

And then another body is discovered . . . Will Lilah be able to crack the case before she becomes the killer’s next target?

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Cross-post to @isarl's post in the Science Fiction/Fantasy thread for Isaac's Asimov's The Naked Sun, which is the second Elijah Baley/R. Daneel Olivaw mystery, albeit set in space. It's $1.99 right now in the US...

link: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh....php?p=4305197

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Daphne du Maurier's classic, Rebecca, which won the 2000 Anthony Award for Mystery of the Century (!!!), is $2.99 right now in the US.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CO7FLJM
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/rebecca-19

Spoiler:

Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again . . .

The novel begins in Monte Carlo, where our heroine is swept off her feet by the dashing widower Maxim de Winter and his sudden proposal of marriage. Orphaned and working as a lady's maid, she can barely believe her luck. It is only when they arrive at his massive country estate that she realizes how large a shadow his late wife will cast over their lives--presenting her with a lingering evil that threatens to destroy their marriage from beyond the grave.

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Catriona McPherson's Dandy Gilver and a Deadly Measure of Brimstone, now actually just titled A Deadly Measure of Brimstone, is $0.99 in the US. Oh yeah, and it's the eighth in the Dandy Gilver series...

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IQNYX2E
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/a-d...e-of-brimstone

Spoiler:

Catriona McPherson's critically acclaimed mystery series set in 1920s Scotland and featuring plucky and laugh-out-loud-funny heroine Dandy Gilver is perfect for fans of PG Wodehouse, Dorothy L Sayers, and Agatha Christie.

In A Deadly Measure of Brimstone, Dandy and the whole Gilver clan travel to a spa town for a weekend of relaxation which is quickly interrupted by a slew of mysterious— and deadly—events.

The men of the Gilver family have come down, between them, with influenza, bronchitis, pneumonia and pleurisy. The family repairs to the town of Moffat, there to submit to the galvanic wraps and cold salt rubs of the splendid Laidlaw Hydropathic Hotel.

But all is not well at the Hydro, and the secret of the lady who arrived but never left cannot be kept for long. And what of those drifting shapes in the Turkish bath? Just steam shifting in the air? Probably. But in this town the dead can be as much trouble as the living.

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City on Fire by Don Winslow is $3.99 at Amazon, Kobo and B&N US.

Two criminal empires together control all of New England.

Until a beautiful woman comes between the Irish and the Italians, launching a war that will see them kill each other, destroy an alliance, and set a city on fire.

Danny Ryan yearns for a more “legit” life and a place in the sun. But as the bloody conflict stacks body on body and brother turns against brother, Danny has to rise above himself. To save the friends he loves like family and the family he has sworn to protect, he becomes a leader, a ruthless strategist, and a master of a treacherous game in which the winners live and the losers die.

From the gritty streets of Providence to the glittering screens of Hollywood to the golden casinos of Las Vegas, two rival crime families ignite a war that will leave only one standing. The winner will forge a dynasty.

Exploring the classic themes of loyalty, betrayal, and honor, City on Fire is a contemporary masterpiece in the tradition of The Godfather, Casino, and Goodfellas—a thrilling saga from Don Winslow, “America’s greatest living crime writer” (Jon Land, Providence Journal).

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Eight Miss Marple books by Agatha Christie are $2.99 each as part of today's Daily Deal in the US, and price matched at Kobo.

Titles include:

• 4:50 from Paddington
• The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
• A Caribbean Mystery
• At Bertram's Hotel
• Nemesis
• Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories
• Marple: Twelve New Mysteries - this one is sort of a tribute, where various authors have written new Miss Marple stories - not by Christie herself

Here are slightly messy links to the sale books...

Kindle US: http://www.amazon.com/gp/search/?sea...keyword=marple
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/series/mi...&sort=PriceAsc

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Now $2.99 in the US...

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09Y94V8G2
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/bleeding-heart-yard-3

Originally Posted by sufue

Bleeding Heart Yard appears to be the most recent Harbinder Kaur title by Elly Griffiths. Or at least Harbinder is mentioned in the blurb, although another character may be (seems to be) the main focus. But it's not linked to the rest of the series, nor listed at SYKM. But in any case, it's £0.99 at Kindle UK right now.

Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09KMYJ4YY
Kindle UK/Smile: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09KMYJ4YY

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Four years later, now $1.99 in the US...

The links are still good.

Originally Posted by sufue

In This Grave Hour is the next to most recent (2017) in the Maisie Dobbs series by Jacqueline Winspear. It has dropped to $2.99 at Kindle and Kobo US.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01HBPQV2W
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/in-this-grave-hour

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If you didn't buy Nothing to Lose back when it was $3.99, maybe you'll like it better at $2.99! The links below are still good.

Originally Posted by sufue

Nothing to Lose is the most recent (2022) in JA Jance's JP Beaumont series. It's $3.99 today in the US. I like stuff at $1.99 or maybe $2.99, but this is the most recent in a popular series, and one that doesn't go on sale often, so here you go...

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0953LMD5G
Kindle US/Smile: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B0953LMD5G
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/nothing-to-lose-66

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Overboard is the most recent (2022) in Sara Paretsky's VI Warshawski series. It has dropped to $2.99 at Kindle and Kobo US.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09C64BFM3
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/overboard-23

Spoiler:

Legendary detective V.I. Warshawski uncovers a nefarious conspiracy preying on Chicago’s weak and vulnerable, in this thrilling novel from New York Times bestseller Sara Paretsky

On her way home from an all-night surveillance job, V.I. Warshawski’s dogs lead her on a mad chase that ends when they discover a badly injured teen hiding in the rocks along Lake Michigan. The girl only regains consciousness long enough to utter one enigmatic word. V.I. helps bring her to a hospital, but not long after, she vanishes before anyone can discover her identity. As V.I. attempts to find her, the detective uncovers an ugly consortium of Chicago powerbrokers and mobsters who are prepared to kill the girl. And now V.I.’s own life is in jeopardy as well.

Told against the backdrop of a city emerging from its pandemic lockdown, Overboard lays bare the dark secrets and corruption buried in Chicago’s neighborhoods in a masterly fashion.

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Cave of Bones is $1.99 again in the US. @cromag's link for Amazon is still good, and here's the link for Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/cave-of-bones

Originally Posted by cromag

Thanks! Got it!
{edited other book}

While poking through the rest of the series I noticed that Cave of Bones, the 22nd book in the series (and written by Tony Hillerman's daughter, Anne Hillerman) is priced at $1.99 -- at Amazon, at least. I picked that one up, too.

https://www.amazon.com/Cave-Bones-Le...dp/B071KYZBT5/

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Random Acts, by JA Jance, bills itself as a Joanna Brady and Ali Reynolds novella, and it's on sale for $1.99 at Kindle and Kobo US today.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B019MMUAXS
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/random-acts-7

Spoiler:

From New York Times bestselling author J. A. Jance comes an all-new novella, in which Sheriff Joanna Brady and investigator Ali Reynolds join forces to solve a crime that has hit dangerously close to home

Sheriff Joanna Brady has a lot on her plate—she is up for re-election as sheriff, pregnant with her third child, and her eldest is packing up to leave for college. Then Joanna is woken in the middle of the night by a call reporting a motor vehicle accident. Her mother and stepfather’s RV ran off the road at high speed and hit the pillar of an overpass.

Something about the accident seems suspicious, though, and when Joanna gets a call from Ali Reynolds, a journalist turned investigator, she accepts her offer to help. They come up with a plan to find out who was responsible…even if that person is not the villain they’d expected.

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The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything by John D. MacDonald is $4.99 at Amazon, Kobo and B&N US. $5 is pricey for a deal, but I've not seen it drop any lower.

Once an ordinary math teacher, Omar Krepps developed a knack for gambling, amassed a fabulous fortune, and spent the rest of his life traveling the world and giving away his millions. Upon his death, however, Krepps bequeaths nothing to his nephew and only living blood relative, Kirby Winter—nothing, that is, except an antique watch and a sealed letter to be opened after one year.

But Kirby has much more in his possession than he realizes. The watch has the power to manipulate time. Not only does this revelation shed light on the mystery of his uncle’s life, it puts Kirby on the path to unimaginable wealth and a new lease on love . . . as well as a whole host of deadly troubles. Even in a universe where time is no issue, Kirby must tread carefully to stay one step ahead of danger.

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A Gentle Murderer by Dorothy Salisbury Davis is a classic psychological mystery, which is not usually my favorite thing. However, I had an ARC of the re-issued e-book version not too long ago, and surprised myself by liking it. It's just really well plotted and written IMO, even if I'm not generally fond of the genre. It's on sale right now in the US for $1.99, and it's discountable at Kobo US. Note that there are two versions - this is the Open Road version, and not the Poisoned Pen Press/Library of Congress one, so check the price carefully before you buy.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HWKHR5W
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/a-gentle-murderer

Spoiler:

On a hot Saturday night in Manhattan, Father Duffy sits in a confessional, growing alarmed as he listens to the voice of a distraught young man who speaks of bloody hair and a dead woman and a compulsion to do things with a hammer that he does not understand. Before the priest can persuade the man to confess to the police, the killer flees, still clutching the hammer.

The next day, Father Duffy learns that a high-class call girl on the East Side has been savagely murdered, and no suspect has been found. As he searches for the disturbed young man who he fears will kill again, cerebral New York Police detective Sergeant Ben Goldsmith takes the lead in the investigation of the call-girl murder, racing against the clock to catch a very clever killer who, when enraged, cannot control his need to swing a hammer.

If you're interested you can read my whole review on my blog - the signature is in my URL...