FREE/BARGAIN - Mystery, Suspense, Thriller - 2015

[sufue]

Some new (to me, at least) and repeat Endeavour Press US Kindle Countdown deals, all at $0.99 for about 4 3/4 more days before going up to $3.99:

Island in Waiting by Anthea Fraser (repeat)
link: http://www.amazon.com/Island-Waiting...dp/B00OB8AM6O/

Spoiler:

Chloe Winter has always been the black sheep in her high achieving family.

And once more she finds herself running from her problems, this time to stay with her brother, Hugo, on the Isle of Man.

While at the airport she finds herself irresistibly drawn to a stranger. He seems strongly familiar, and yet she knows they have never met before.

When she reaches the island, her sense of deja-vu intensifies. Her parents told her she has never been here before, but she is sure she has.

Chloe has long been haunted by ‘special’ dreams.

At the age of sixteen she volunteered to go up on stage during a hypnotist act, but after putting her under, he couldn’t revive her, and she remained in a coma for three days.

Since then her dreams have been getting more and more vivid.

And after arriving on the island, she realises they are starting to come true…

As she learns more about the ancient Norse legends associated with the island, Chloe feels herself being drawn into the mystical prehistoric forces.

And when Hugo introduces Chloe to Ray Ketteringham, the local art master, things start to get even stranger.

She feels instantly hypnotised by him, and he seems to feel the same way…

As her dreams start to get darker, things take a sinister turn.

Has Chloe met Ray before?

And can she control her dreams?

Or will her connection to the mysterious island end up destroying her…?

Praise for Anthea Fraser:

“A superbly crafted, riveting, page-turner of a read" - Booklist

“Ms Fraser is her dependable elegant, guileful self withholding the killer's identity till a dying fall" - Sunday Times

'A well-mannered, well-plotted and well-told story' - Birmingham Post

'Sympathetic, well-executed book, in which full attention is paid to human feelings and failings' - Yorkshire Post

Anthea Fraser has written all her life but did not begin to take it seriously until after marriage, when she found herself at home with two small daughters and embarked on a correspondence course with the London School of Journalism. She wrote short stories before turning to novels of the supernatural, and then to crime. Her novels include ‘The Seven Stars’, ‘The Ten Commandments’, ‘Death Speaks Softly’ and ‘Pretty Maids All in a Row’.

An Unsuitable Death by JM Gregson (repeat)
link: http://www.amazon.com/Unsuitable-Dea.../dp/B00O9VW6QW

Spoiler:

The lurid news of ‘The Sacristan’ had plagued the headlines for months.

Victims' bodies were deposited in quiet churches or graveyards.

When the body of a beautiful young woman is found in Hereford Cathedral, it appears he has struck again.

Appointed to the case, DSI Lambert and DS Hook soon come to realise however that nothing about this case — or indeed its victim — is as straightforward as it first appears…

Delving into the history of the victim - Tamsin Rennie - they discover a number of sinister characters, each with their own dark motives.

But what’s more disturbing is that this murder bears little resemblance to The Sacristan Murders.

They suspect that a resourceful new killer is within their midst.

With little known about this new assailant, and a number of potential suspects, Lambert and Hook have to solve one of the most puzzling cases they have ever encountered.

'An Unsuitable Death' is a gripping crime thriller that promises to surprise readers at every turn.

PRAISE FOR J.M.GREGSON:

"Stylishly written and suspenseful" - Booklist

"A fine police procedural boasting brisk pace, vividly drawn characters. Peach is as distinctive as Inspector Morse but less brooding" - Booklist

"Lambert and Hook are perfectly likeable and the series is recommended for its gritty realism and hard-to-solve mysteries" - Booklist

J M GREGSON has written books on subjects as diverse as golf and Shakespeare, and is much in demand as a lecturer and public speaker. Other titles by J. M. Gregson include 'Girl Gone Missing', 'Making a Killing' and 'Dead on Course'.

Death's Disciple is a Detective Frank Miller Yorkshire mystery by James Whitworth
link: http://www.amazon.com/Deaths-Discipl...dp/B00COKLESQ/

Spoiler:

For Detective Inspector Frank Miller it starts as just another day in the office.

But then the body of the widowed matriarch of an old Whitby family is discovered.

Mabel Downing has been brutally murdered.

She has been strangled -- and her mouth filled with cassette tape and a copy of Bram Stoker’s Dracula has been left next to her body.

There is one obvious suspect - Charlotte Sanderson who discovered the body.

But Miller has been having a relationship with Charlotte - and refuses to believe she could be guilty of such a terrible crime.

But if not her, who is the killer?

Is Miller allowing his personal life to interfere with the investigation?

What is the connection to Dracula - the Victorian gothic masterpiece partly set in the Yorkshire coastal town?

And will the murderer strike again?

Miller has to find out - before it is too late.

'Death’s Disciple' is a gripping contemporary crime novel set in the North Yorkshire coastal town of Whitby.

It is the first in a series featuring Detective Inspector Miller and is perfect for fans of Peter James and Ian Rankin.

"An intricate, compelling crime story that kept me turning the pages." - Tom Kasey, best-selling author of 'Trade-Off'.

"You can taste the salt in the air...and the fear." - Robert Foster, best-selling author of 'The Lunar Code'.

James Whitworth is a writer and cartoonist,

Bidding to Die is a Detective Frank Miller Yorkshire mystery by James Whitworth
link: http://www.amazon.com/Bidding-Detect...dp/B00KYQ1QO4/

Spoiler:

When Keith Hill finds the letters of Mary Linskill, an obscure Victorian novelist, during a holiday in Whitby, he is eager to find out how much they are worth.

He puts a listing up on eBay with a reserve of £500, and someone puts in an offer.

But in less than 24 hours Keith is murdered.

Local Detective Inspector Frank Miller is sent in to investigate.

His team soon finds the man who placed the bid. But only because he’s been murdered too…

Dr. Alice Laine, a researcher from the local university is a specialist in Victorian literature, and is writing a book on Linskill.

She tells them the letters, being from a near-unknown author, would only fetch a few hundred pounds at most.

And only universities would be interested.

So why would anyone kill for them?

As he digs deeper into the mystery, DI Miller starts to get close to Alice Laine.

But could his attraction to her be clouding his judgement?

As he gets mixed up in domestic disputes, academic feuds and local dramas, the whereabouts of the missing letters remain a mystery…

Can he find the killer before he strikes again?

Or will Miller be the next person Bidding to Die?

‘Bidding to Die’ is a gripping contemporary crime novel set in the North Yorkshire coastal town of Whitby. It is the third in the series featuring Detective Frank Miller.

Praise for James Whitworth:

'A gripping page-turner of a read.' - Robert Foster, best-selling author of 'The Lunar Code'.

'Frank Miller is the most interesting detective series on the market.' - Tom Kasey, best-selling author of Trade Off.

James Whitworth is a writer and cartoonist. He is the author of the best-selling 'Death's Disciple’ and ‘The Eve of Murder’.

[ATDrake]

Free from the author via KDP Select @ Amazon:

Field of Fire by Barry Award-winner James O. Born (SYKM, ISFDB, Wikipedia), the 1st in his Alex Duarte action/crime thriller series starring the eponymous ex-Bosnian War veteran ATF agent, this installment pitting him against a serial bomber, originally out from Putnam in 2007.

With Walking Money, James O. Born was hailed as "the real thing" by Elmore Leonard; Shock Wavewas called "a constant blitz of action" (The Miami Herald); and with Escape Clause, Born was celebrated as "the best thing to happen to Florida crime writing since Elmore Leonard hit the Sunshine State" (Chicago Sun-Times). Now Born takes it to the next level with a remarkable novel of corruption, fraud, and the messy business of murder by explosives.

Since returning from Bosnia, ATF agent Alex "Rocket" Duarte has been slowly reacclimating to life in South Florida. But when a gunrunner's car explodes, Duarte's life kicks into high gear in a high-profile hunt for what appears to be a serial bomber. Teamed up with a lawyer from the Department of Justice who herself is looking into possibly related bombings in Virginia and Seattle, Duarte crisscrosses the country, following the bomber and hoping to anticipate his next move, but as he peels away the layers of deception, the lines between friends and enemies begin to blur-and the results are explosive.

[Fbone]

Death at La Fenice (Commissario Brunetti #1) by Donna Leon

Death in a Strange Country (Commissario Brunetti #2) by Donna Leon

$1.99 each at all retailers. Discountable at Kobo.

https://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/se...&sort=PriceAsc

http://smile.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_...2Cdigital-text

[sufue]

And as a reminder, since this hasn't been mentioned for almost a year, The Golden Egg, in the same series, is STILL 18.99 rupees in the Kobo India store, for those willing to travel. According to my highly unofficial exchange rate conversion site, that's about US $0.30.

Here's the link to Lynx-lynx's long ago post with info: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2814496

(I think you have to already be in the Kobo India store for the link to the book in that post to work....)

Originally Posted by Fbone

Death at La Fenice (Commissario Brunetti #1) by Donna Leon

Death in a Strange Country (Commissario Brunetti #2) by Donna Leon

$1.99 each at all retailers. Discountable at Kobo.

https://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/se...&sort=PriceAsc

http://smile.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_...2Cdigital-text

[Little.Egret]

Czechmate by David Brierley

Everyone was entitled to bury his mother.
Except, it seemed, Leo Panuska.
All hell broke out in the Glasshouse when Leo vanished. SIS agents don't disappear - unless they're defecting.
Had he really gone back to Czechoslovakia to bury his mother?
And what should they do now that he's resurfaced and wants help to get out?
In Prague, alone and hunted by the secret police, Leo is sheltered by Eliska, a beautiful young dissident.
Together they uncover a horrifying story of treachery and dishonour involving Leo's father and the betrayal of a partisan group to the Nazis in the dying days of the war.

David Brierley is also the author of `Shooting Star' and `One Lives, One Dies'.

Oops, added links, thanks.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00T9JPZKI/

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00T9JPZKI/
http://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00T9JPZKI/

[GA Russell]

L.E, here's a Czechmate link that works for me.

http://www.amazon.com/Czechmate-Davi...ords=czechmate

[Little.Egret]

Originally Posted by GA Russell

L.E, here's a Czechmate link that works for me.

http://www.amazon.com/Czechmate-Davi...ords=czechmate

Thanks, have edited.

[AnemicOak]

Winter's Child (A Deborah Knott Mystery Book 12) by Margaret Maron - $2.99
Amazon US | Google | B&N

It's one month after their wedding, and the future looks bright for Judge Deborah Knott and Sheriff Deputy Dwight Bryant--until a disturbing call from Dwight's 8-year-old son Cal calls him back to Virginia.When he arrives, he is shocked to find that his ex-wife has left the boy alone for almost 24 hours. Worse, as Dwight tries to confront her, she takes the child and leaves town without a word. As Dwight embarks on an all-points search, Deborah hurries to his side. But will they be able to work together to decipher the ex-wife's motives--and, more importantly, will they find young Cal before he comes to harm?

[Little.Egret]

This City Is Ours by Denis Pitts

New Year's Eve.
Manhattan is imprisoned motionless in a blizzard of ice and snow.
And there is a terrorist ultimatum:
$130 BILLION DOLLARS IN 48 HOURS, OR ELSE...
The world's largest supertanker, 500,000 tons of black nitro and steel, is moored near the city.
Soon it will ignite in a volcano of atomic fury, engulfing Manhattan in a mushroom cloud of searing death and destruction.
That is, if no one can stop it.

Denis Pitts (January 6, 1930 - April 19, 1994) was a journalist, filmmaker, and novelist. He is also the author of `Rogue Hercules' and `The Predator'.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00T7R16PA/

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00T7R16PA/
http://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00T7R16PA/

[mitford13]

Free cozy on Amazon:

A Bicycle Built for Murder by Kate Kingsbury

http://smile.amazon.com/dp/B00JJ5EYOK/

Left with only a muddle-headed butler, a bossy cook/housekeeper and a couple of energetic maids, Lady Elizabeth Hartleigh Compton has enough problems on her hands. Not only is she struggling to upkeep the sprawling Manor House and vast acres she inherited, she must also take care of her numerous tenants, while coping with the inconveniences and sacrifices of wartime England. Fortunately Sitting Marsh is far removed from the bombing going on in London and other cities. That doesn’t mean that peace prevails in the tiny village. There’s the handsome American major who takes over the Manor House for officers’ quarters, and the group of belligerent housewives determined to take on the German invaders, not to mention a murder or two…

[ATDrake]

Free again from the author via KDP Select @ Amazon:

Hot Enough to Kill by Paula Boyd (SYKM), 1st in her Jolene Jackson series of humorous mysteries starring the eponymous Texas journalist, originally out from small press Diomo in 1999 and now in a revised edition, according to the blurb.

Kickapoo, Texas, is the last place Jolene Jackson wants to be, but with her 72-year-old mother’s boyfriend murdered and Mother Dearest locked up because of it, she’s got little choice but to head south and deal with it.

Bullets are flying, chicken’s frying and there’s a lunatic on the loose in the mesquites with a shotgun who’s Hot Enough to Kill.

Free again from the author via KDP Select @ Amazon:

Whiskey Sour by self-publishing champion J. A. Konrath aka Jack Kilborn (SYKM, Wikipedia), 1st in his Jack Daniels series of police procedurals, originally out from Disney's Hyperion imprint in 2006.

Lieutenant Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels is having a bad week. Her live-in boyfriend has left her for his personal trainer, chronic insomnia has caused her to max out her credit cards with late-night home shopping purchases, and a frightening killer who calls himself 'The Gingerbread Man' is dumping mutilated bodies in her district.

While avoiding the FBI and its moronic profiling computer, joining a dating service, mixing it up with street thugs, and parrying the advances of an uncouth PI, Jack and her binge-eating partner, Herb, must catch the maniac before he kills again...and Jack is next on his murder list.

Whiskey Sour is the first book in the bestselling Jack Daniels series, full of laugh-out-loud humor and edge-of-your-seat suspense.

Free again from the author via KDP Select @ Amazon:

The Lucinda Legacy by Robert Mitchell, a treasure hunt thriller originally out from Australian publisher Boolarong Press in 1991, which is the novel which won him that Australian writing prize he mentions in his bio-blurb.

The Lucinda, the pearl lugger that led the fathers of the sons to the sparkling stones. The lugger which bequeathed the legacy of that fateful day in March 1942 to those sons. A legacy kept hidden until.....

But are they still waiting in their secret place? Do they still wail for the dead and those soon to be dead?

The sons of the fathers, urged on by that legacy forty-four years further on. Mistrust fighting hate, anger curbed by greed, as the sons race across the great continent of Australia towards destiny, towards the once booming town of Broome, towards...

Eight million dollars.

[Fbone]

Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey #1) by Dorothy L. Sayers is FREE today at several places.

https://play.google.com/store/books/...d=PIwpfXahqwIC
http://smile.amazon.com/Whose-Body-P...dorothy+sayers

[Fbone]

A Bicycle Built For Murder (Manor House Mysteries #1) by Kate Kingsbury is FREE today at Amazon. Berkley 2001. GR 3.67

http://smile.amazon.com/Bicycle-Buil...ilt+for+murder

[ngrant]

Michael Stanley's mysteries set in Botswana and featuring Detective Kubu ("Hippopotamus") are on sale at Amazon and Kobo. I have read and enjoyed #1 and #2; I also have the audiobook versions on CD from Tantor read by Simon Prebble, they are fun!

Links to all at Amazon and Kobo

A Carrion Death (#1) $1.99 only at Kobo, not available on Kindle

Smashed skull, snapped ribs, and a cloying smell of carrion. Leave the body for the hyenas to devour—no body, no case.
But Kalahari game rangers stumble on the human corpse mid-meal. The murder wasn't perfect after all. Enter Detective David "Kubu" Bengu of the Botswana Criminal Investigation Department, an investigator whose personality and physique match his moniker, the Setswana word for hippopotamus—which is a seemingly docile beast, but one of the deadliest, and most persistent, on the continent.
Beneath a mountain of lies and superstitions, Kubu uncovers a chain of crimes leading to the most powerful figures in the country—cold-bloodedly efficient and frighteningly influential enemies who can make anyone who gets in their way disappear.

The Second Death of Goodluck Tinubu (#2) $1.99

Two vicious murders, only hours apart
Normally a peaceful wilderness retreat, the Jackalberry bush camp has suddenly become a ghastly crime scene—and the details are still emerging when Detective David "Kubu" Bengu is assigned to the case. Zimbabwean teacher Goodluck Tinubu and another tourist have been found bludgeoned to death, while another guest at the camp—rumored to be a dissident wanted in Zimbabwe—has disappeared without a trace.
With the local police unable—or unwilling—to provide much assistance, Detective Kubu relies on his own instincts to track down those responsible for the crimes. But a startling piece of forensic evidence from Goodluck Tinubu's murder adds a complicated twist to the investigation, and Kubu must work fast to solve a seemingly impossible riddle before any more Jackalberry guests meet their death. Suspecting that everyone at the camp has something to hide, the wily detective from Gaborone sets a clever trap to find the truth.
The memorable Kubu of A Carrion Death returns in this gripping story of murder, greed, and hidden motives. Set in northern Botswana, amid lush vegetation and teeming wildlife, The Second Death of Goodluck Tinubu captures the intense loyalties and struggles taking place at the country's borders—and the shattered dreams of those living just outside this modern democracy.

Death of the Mantis (#3) $1.99

In the southern Kalahari area of Botswana—an arid landscape of legends that speak of lost cities, hidden wealth, and ancient gods—a fractious ranger named Monzo is found dying from a severe head wound in a dry ravine. Three Bushmen surround the doomed man, but are they his killers or there to help? Detective David “Kubu” Bengu is on the case, an investigation that his old school friend Khumanego claims is motivated by racist antagonism on the part of the local police. But when a second bizarre murder, and then a third, seem to point also to the nomadic tribe, the intrepid Kubu must journey into the depths of the Kalahari to uncover the truth. What he discovers there will test all his powers of detection . . . and his ability to remain alive.

Deadly Harvest (#4) $0.99

Girls are disappearing in Botswana. The rumor is they're being harvested for muti, a witch doctor's potion traditionally derived from plants and animals—and which, some believe, can be made more potent by adding human remains. Detective David "Kubu" Bengu joins the investigation with the police force's newest detective—and only woman—Samantha Khama, for whom the case is personal.
Soon one girl's father, convinced that his daughter's death is linked to the recent popularity of a political candidate, takes the law into his own hands. After the father flees, what Kubu and Samantha find in the politician's home confirms their worst fears: muti containing human DNA is real.
Now Kubu and Samantha are thrust into a harrowing race to stop a serial killer or killers—and those who would pay for their special, lethal muti.

Detective Kubu Investigates (Short Story Collection) $0.99

"Kubu" Bengu is a detective in the Botswana Criminal Investigation Department. A large man with big appetites - his nickname Kubu means hippo in the Setswana language. He is happily married and lives in the capital, Gaborone.
Twenty-first century Botswana is a country with real issues and real murders. In this collection of stories - one never previously published - Kubu investigates three mysterious deaths. A man is stabbed outside a bar. Is it just a jealous fight or is there something much more sinister behind it? A man suffers a gruesome death in a country town. Is it the result of witchcraft, or could there be another cause? A policeman is shot dead at close range in his own home. Is it the colleagues of a man he killed who was resisting arrest? And what of his wife's alibi?
In the last story of the collection, The Haunting, a very unusual detective in South Africa solves a strange disappearance and fraud in a most unconventional way.
Finally, author Michael Stanley interviews Detective Kubu himself in Gaborone until Kubu amusingly turns the tables!
This entertaining collection of Kubu's shorter adventures is not to be missed by his many fans. And if you haven't met Kubu yet, then a treat is in store for you.

Michael Stanley is the pen name of two South Africans - Michael Sears and Stanley Trollip - who write fiction together. Their novels - all featuring Detective Kubu - are A CARRION DEATH, THE SECOND DEATH OF GOODLUCK TINUBU (A DEADY TRADE in the UK), DEATH OF THE MANTIS, and DEADLY HARVEST. The books have been shortlisted for a variety of awards, and DEATH OF THE MANTIS won the BARRY AWARD for best paperback original in 2012.

A Taste of Africa (Cookbook) $2.99

This cookbook is a collection of southern Africa recipes that are favorites of Detective Kubu - the gourmet detective in Botswana who features in the mysteries by Michael Stanley.
The book covers special drinks from southern Africa and a number of recipes for appetizers. There is a collection of main courses that are popular in the region - and favorites of Kubu - but may be unusual and exotic for western cooks. Finally several interesting desserts that make Kubu's mouth water.
A Taste of Africa also has some fun information about Kubu's eating and drinking habits and ideas about diet, and great sketches of Kubu at 'work' like the one on the cover!
The recipes in the KUkBUk have been tried and tested on friends from different countries and pronounced delicious. We enjoy them regularly. Try them out for something a bit different and interesting.
Have fun cooking and bon appetit!

[reise]

I didn't see this posted, Jo Nesbo, Nemesis is currently on sale for $.99 @ Amazon. Book 4 in the Harry Hole series.