FREE/BARGAIN — Mystery, Suspense & Thrillers

[sufue]

Today's Big Deal at Kindle UK is twelve Dick Francis books for £0.99 each. Sadly, the prices aren't matched at Kobo UK, at least not yet. But it is quite early in the morning in the UK, so maybe later today...

The titles are:

• Twice Shy
• Shattered
• Knock Down
• Trial Run
• Nerve
• Straight
• Whip Hand
• Forfeit
• Dead Cert
• Decider
• High Stakes
• Banker

link to the deal page: https://www.amazon.co.uk/b/node=4725112031

[pdurrant]

Twelve of Dick Francis's horse-racing based thrillers are on offer at £0.99 at Amazon UK today:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/b/?_encodin...ode=4725112031

This is a one-day-only deal, so get them quick.

They should be price matchable at Kobo.

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

Twelve of Dick Francis's horse-racing based thrillers are on offer at £0.99 at Amazon UK today:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/b/?_encodin...ode=4725112031

This is a one-day-only deal, so get them quick.

They should be price matchable at Kobo.

I see I should have read to the end of the thread!

I already had nine of them, but I've bought the other three at Kobo, and and submitted price match requests. I don't anticipate any problems. I expect that Kobo will reduce the price on their site sometime today.

[sufue]

It's a little late, almost certainly only a couple of hours left, but the next-to-most-recent (2024) in Paul Doherty's Hugh Corbett series, Banners of Hell, is £0.99 in the UK.

Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0C8CXZCPK
Kobo UK: https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/banners-of-hell

Spoiler:

Summer 1312. The brutal murder of King Edward II's favourite, Peter Gaveston, unleashes a horde of demons . . .

Sir Hugh Corbett, Keeper of the Secret Seal, hastens to the Dominican Priory at Blackfriars where Gaveston's corpse awaits burial. But, on arrival, Corbett discovers that a series of macabre murders has turned the priory into a mansion of death, and a killer is roaming free.

Meanwhile, rumours spread that the pirate ships of the Black Banner Fleet are intent on entering the River Thames and, if the Sea Beggars succeed in their mission, they will weaken the king's power throughout the city.

Once again, Corbett must employ his wit and ingenuity to navigate the dangerous and deadly challenges ahead and bring the culprits to justice before matters turn grave indeed.

[GA Russell]

Detective Novel Magazine
March, 1947

Mr. and Mrs. North
Murder Within Murder
by. Frances and Richard Lockridge

plus two short stories

$1.99

https://www.radioarchives.com/Detect...7_p/re1211.htm

[sufue]

Mystery at the Station Hotel is the twenty-third and most recent (2025) in Edward Marston's Railway Detective series - at least until the latest one comes out next month. It's £0.99 right now in the UK.

Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CW1LX618
Kobo UK: https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/mys...-station-hotel

Spoiler:

Shrewsbury, 1866. When staff at the Station Hotel try to rouse Julian Lockyer, they are horrified to discover his bloodied corpse, a knife still in his hand. Inspector Robert Colbeck, the Railway Detective, is called to investigate and soon begins to question whether it was really suicide.

Lockyer was on the verge of being named Chairman of the Great Western Railway, the pinnacle of his career, why would he end his life now? And why did he keep his trip secret from his family? Colbeck and Sergeant Leeming must dig deeper into Lockyer's life and lies to find the answers and to catch a killer.

[sufue]

Knave of Diamonds is the nineteenth and most recent (2025) in Laurie R King's Mary Russell/Sherlock Holmes series. It's doing the £0.99 thing in the UK today, although somewhat unusually, it doesn't show up formally in the Kindle Daily Deal. Still, I'd assume it's for today only, which is not a lot more hours in the UK, and grab it now if you want it. And it's discountable at Kobo...

Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DYK8PF2R
Kobo UK: https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/knave-of-diamonds-1

Spoiler:

When Mary Russell was a child, she adored her Uncle Jake, the black sheep of the family. But she hasn't heard from him in many years, until her ne'er-do-well relative presents himself at her door with an abundance of problems for his clever niece to deal with. Not the least of which is the reason the family rejected him in the first place: his involvement in the infamous disappearance of the Irish Crown Jewels from Dublin Castle in 1907.

It was a theft that shook a government, enraged King Edward VII and threatened the establishment. Juggling conflicting loyalties and international secrets, Russell is entangled in the web of a case that not even the great Sherlock Holmes could solve.

[Tarana]

The Veteran by Frederick Forsythe is on sale for $3.99 at Amazon. Contains 5 novellas. No match on Kobo yet.

[salty-horse]

Fer-de-Lance (Nero Wolfe #1) by Rex Stout is $2 in the US (Kobo, Amazon)

As any herpetologist will tell you, the fer-de-lance is among the most dreaded snakes known to man. When someone makes a present of one to Nero Wolfe, Archie Goodwin knows he's getting dreadully close to solving the devilishly clever murders of an immigrant and a college president. As for Wolfe, he's playing snake charmer in a case with more twists than an anaconda -- whistling a seductive tune he hopes will catch a killer who's still got poison in his heart.

[sufue]

A couple of Joffe onibuses that caught my eye are on sale. In each case I've read and liked at least a couple of books by the author, usually in DTB. And these are a nice way to pick up several more. Of course, YMMV...

The Bea Abbot Agency Mysteries, Books 1-5, by Veronica Heley, which contains: False Charity, False Picture, False Step, False Pretences, and False Money
Kindle US, $1.99: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D4VJ7G58
Kindle UK, £1.99: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0D4VJ7G58

The Peter Maxwell Mysteries, Books 1-8, by MJ Trow, which contains: Maxwell’s House, Maxwell’s Flame, Maxwell’s Movie, Maxwell’s War, Maxwell’s Ride, Maxwell’s Curse, Maxwell’s Reunion, and Maxwell’s Match
Kindle US, $1.99: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DSWJLLWV
Kindle UK, £0.99: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DSWJLLWV

[sufue]

Two titles in Laura Joh Rowland's Sano Ichiro series are on sale right now, one in the UK only, and another in both the US and UK. As I've noted before, titles in this series don’t go on sale very often, and are pretty expensive when not on sale, so grab these if you want them. I have read maybe half or a bit more of the books in this series, mostly the early ones in DTB, and have really enjoyed the ones that I have read. As much as I like historical series set in medieval England/Scotland/Ireland or ancient Egypt/Rome/Greece, it's fun to read historical series set in other places/times too.

Black Lotus, #6
Kindle UK, £2.99: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0042RU4H6
Kobo UK, £2.99: https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/black-lotus-5

The Fire Kimono, #13
Kindle US, $2.99: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001FA0QXK
Kobo US, $2.99 (discountable): https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-fire-kimono-3
Kindle UK, £2.99: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B001FA0QXK
Kobo UK, £2.99 (discountable): https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/the-fire-kimono-3

[DrNefario]

The Black Swan Mystery by Tetsuya Ayukawa is 99p on the UK Kindle Store today.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Black-Swan-.../dp/B0DCK6YMH3

I don't totally remember why it was on my wishlist, if I'm honest, but it is an award-winning Japanese mystery.