FREE/BARGAIN - Mystery, Suspense, Thriller - 2016

[Little.Egret]

Riverside Lane by Ginger Black

A handsome American with a secret, Luca Tempesta, gets off a plane at Heathrow and heads for a quiet village by the Thames, taking time out, it would appear, for a holiday in the tranquil English backwater.

The local pub, a fine restaurant, church and boat house are where the locals gather, and here Luca discovers an odd assortment of characters: the seemingly wealthy and polished set, others trying hard to make their way into higher society, and curious villagers with surprising stories to be revealed.

As Luca tries to find anonymity, he soon realises that The Village is not such an easy place to hide.

As you may possibly guess, the two authors live in Bray, Berkshire.


http://www.amazon.com/Riverside-Lane...dp/B01B3BJP1O/

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Riverside-La...dp/B01B3BJP1O/
http://www.amazon.ca/Riverside-Lane-...dp/B01B3BJP1O/

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by Little.Egret

As you may possibly guess, the two authors live in Bray, Berkshire.

Thanks for the links, but how could I have guessed this, as a matter of interest?

[sufue]

The Travel Writer by Jeff Soloway is recently reduced to $0.99 at Amazon US, not sure why or for how long. The blurb sounds as if it's a pretty romance-y mystery, but Amazon lists it under mysteries/thrillers, so WTH...

link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00H6JHU60

Spoiler:

Award-winning author Jeff Soloway debuts an entertaining new mystery series featuring a globe-trotting, caper-solving travel writer with a witty voice and a penchant for landing in sticky situations.

At a posh South American resort tucked into the lush jungles of the Andes, an American journalist has gone missing, leaving the hotel’s PR agent, Pilar Rojas, with an international incident on her hands. Which is why she offers her ex-lover, travel writer Jacob Smalls, an all-expenses-paid trip to the resort in exchange for a puff piece extolling its virtues—and some behind-the-scenes digging into the disappearance. Intrigued by the prospect of winning Pilar back—and eager, as always, for freebies—Jacob hops the first flight to La Paz, Bolivia.

Although he hasn’t seen Pilar in years, Jacob finds her just as intoxicating as he did when they were together. But from the moment he hits the city’s cobbled streets, Jacob attracts all the wrong kinds of attention. Political flunkies and goons of all stripes try to scare him off the trail, while the missing woman’s not-quite boyfriend insists on shadowing Jacob’s every move. And amid ancient Incan hillside terraces, a world-class hotel conceals a secret that may kill.

Advance praise for The Travel Writer

“Travel doesn’t just broaden the mind; it can also get you killed. Sassy, cynical Jacob Smalls is an ideal guide for journeying into unknown territories.”—Christopher Fowler, author of the Peculiar Crimes Unit Mystery series

[sufue]

A Dyeing Shame is the third (per Kindle blurb) or first (per SYKM) title in the Myrtle Clover series by Elizabeth Spann Craig. Either way, it's free at the moment at Kindle US.

link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006GRNYFE/

Spoiler:

Overview:
Some beauty secrets are more dangerous than others…

When Beauty Box beautician Tammy Smith is discovered with a pair of hair shears in her back, there are suspects and secrets aplenty in her small Southern town.

Octogenarian Myrtle Clover, bored by bingo and bridge, is intrigued by the crime...and her neighbors' secrets. But discovering, and blabbing, secrets got Tammy killed and Myrtle soon learns her sleuthing isn't just dangerous...it's deadly.

Other Works...
**If you want more Myrtle Clover, please check out the other books in the series: The books can be read out of order, but the technical order of the books is as follows: Pretty is as Pretty Dies, Progressive Dinner Deadly, Dyeing Shame, A Body in the Backyard, Death at a Drop-In, A Body at Book Club, Death Pays a Visit, and the upcoming A Body at Bunco.

The fourth (per Kindle US, doesn't appear on SYKM) title in the series, A Body in the Backyard, seems to be on sale as well, at $0.99 at Kindle US.

link: http://www.amazon.com/Body-Backyard-.../dp/B009YAVVAU

Spoiler:

Overview:
Extreme gardening often involves gnomes and planted bodies…

It’s just an ordinary day for octogenarian sleuth Myrtle Clover—until her yardman discovers a dead body planted in her backyard. This death isn’t cut and dried—the victim was bashed in the head with one of Myrtle’s garden gnomes.

Myrtle’s friend Miles recognizes the body and identifies him as Charles Clayborne… reluctantly admitting he’s a cousin. Charles wasn’t the sort of relative you bragged about—he was a garden variety sleaze, which is very likely why he ended up murdered. As Myrtle starts digging up dirt to nip the killings in the bud, someone’s focused on scaring her off the case. Myrtle vows to find the murderer…before she’s pushing up daisies, herself.

I'm guessing there may be some republishing of previously DTB backlist mixed in with new self-pubbed titles???

[Little.Egret]

Originally Posted by HarryT

Thanks for the links, but how could I have guessed this, as a matter of interest?

There is only one village by the Thames with top *** Michelin guide restaurants

The Fat Duck (Heston Blumenthal)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fat_Duck

The Waterside Inn ( Alain Roux)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Waterside_Inn

[HarryT]

Thanks. I'll take your word for it; the south of England is a foreign place to me, as a northerner .

[murg]

Originally Posted by HarryT

Thanks for the links, but how could I have guessed this, as a matter of interest?

It's common knowledge, silly.

[murg]

Originally Posted by Lynx-lynx

Oh yeah, I forgot the links!

Yeah, well, apparently Kobo customers are all old...

[Lynx-lynx]

Originally Posted by murg

Yeah, well, apparently Kobo customers are all old...

(Yeah, saw that thread.) Speak for yourself .....

[Lynx-lynx]

Originally Posted by murg

It's common knowledge, silly.

No doubt 'common', but 'knowledge', nah.

[gabby98]

Free Cozy @ Amazon

Death on the Range: Target Practice Mysteries 1 by Nikki Haverstock
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B014GDO5C0

When a competitive archer is murdered at the training facility where Di has just started working, she's thrust into the middle of an unofficial investigation before she can even settle into her new life.
With her roommate Mary and a Great Dane named Moo, she begins to unravel the mystery around the death of the victim, but can they solve the case before they find themselves in the killer's sights?
A wholesome cozy murder for every sleuth in the family

This is the first book in a brand-new series set at the fictional Westmound Center for Competitive Shooting Sports in rural Wyoming.

"Funny, charming, and occasionally deadly." ~ NYT bestselling author Zoe York
Target Practice Mystery #1

"A humorous first-in-series cozy mystery featuring a darling dog, a sassy heroine, and an amusing cast of characters." — USA Today bestselling author Zara Keane

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by gabby98

Free Cozy @ Amazon

Death on the Range: Target Practice Mysteries 1 by Nikki Haverstock
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B014GDO5C0

Not currently free at Amazon UK, to save anyone else the effort of looking .

[Lynx-lynx]

For $1.99 Kobo AU has Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo's:
Roseanna (Martin Beck series, No 1) (translator not stated)

blurb:
Roseanna is the first book in the hugely acclaimed Martin Beck series: the novels that shaped the future of Scandinavian crime fiction and influenced writers from Stieg Larrson to Jo Nesbo, Henning Mankell to Lars Kepplar.

On a July afternoon, the body of a young woman is dredged from a lake in southern Sweden. Raped and murdered, she is naked, unmarked and carries no sign of her identity. As Detective Inspector Martin Beck slowly begins to make the connections that will bring her identity to light, he uncovers a series of crimes further reaching than he ever would have imagined and a killer far more dangerous. How much will Beck be prepared to risk to catch him?

Maybe the same price in Kobo your country ......
Murg I remembered the links today, eh!!

[sufue]

Sadly, $10.99 in Kobo US store right now, although it might still drop since Kobo's timing is erratic (like everything else about Kobo). Luckily I have this from a previous sale or I might be making a quick trip south...

Originally Posted by Lynx-lynx

For $1.99 Kobo AU has Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo's:
Roseanna (Martin Beck series, No 1) (translator not stated)

blurb:
Roseanna is the first book in the hugely acclaimed Martin Beck series: the novels that shaped the future of Scandinavian crime fiction and influenced writers from Stieg Larrson to Jo Nesbo, Henning Mankell to Lars Kepplar.

On a July afternoon, the body of a young woman is dredged from a lake in southern Sweden. Raped and murdered, she is naked, unmarked and carries no sign of her identity. As Detective Inspector Martin Beck slowly begins to make the connections that will bring her identity to light, he uncovers a series of crimes further reaching than he ever would have imagined and a killer far more dangerous. How much will Beck be prepared to risk to catch him?

Maybe the same price in Kobo your country ......
Murg I remembered the links today, eh!!

[Dngrsone]

Originally Posted by Lynx-lynx

For $1.99 Kobo AU has Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo's:
Roseanna (Martin Beck series, No 1) (translator not stated)

blurb:
Roseanna is the first book in the hugely acclaimed Martin Beck series: the novels that shaped the future of Scandinavian crime fiction and influenced writers from Stieg Larrson to Jo Nesbo, Henning Mankell to Lars Kepplar.

On a July afternoon, the body of a young woman is dredged from a lake in southern Sweden. Raped and murdered, she is naked, unmarked and carries no sign of her identity. As Detective Inspector Martin Beck slowly begins to make the connections that will bring her identity to light, he uncovers a series of crimes further reaching than he ever would have imagined and a killer far more dangerous. How much will Beck be prepared to risk to catch him?

Maybe the same price in Kobo your country ......
Murg I remembered the links today, eh!!

I had to read the entire Martin Beck series for a "themes in Literature" class in college a couple years back. The books are good, and these pretty much defined the early crime fiction genre. I detected a bit of a bias against women in these books early on, though-- "loose" women usually ended up dead. The men could philander to their hearts' content throughout the series, though. One has to keep in mind the era when these books were written, though (and the fact that it is Sweden).

The Kindle edition (as of this writing) is $10.99 in the US. Good thing I got all mine as (very) used paperbacks through the offices of eBay.