FREE/BARGAIN - Mystery, Suspense, Thriller - 2016

[sufue]

Two previously DTB titles in the High Country series by Loretta Jackson & Vickie Britton have dropped to $1.99.

Murder in Black and White
link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AMD9GD2

Spoiler:

Sheriff Jeff McQuede becomes suspicious when a robber breaks into the Coal County Museum and steals only one item - a black-and-white class photograph. Under the name Jerome Slade the photographer had printed two ominous words: never graduated.

When a body is unearthed beneath the newly demolished school, McQuede realizes Slade had not left Black Mountain the night of the spring dance. McQuede soon uncovers hidden rivalries between Slade and his classmates. When he discovers that Heather Kenwell and the woman of his dreams, Loris Conner, were rivals for Slade's affection, McQuede fears finding out the truth.

Theft, blackmail, and another brutal killing lead back to photographs taken by Black Mountain's eccentric photographer, Bruce Fenton. While others see an innocent collection, McQuede sees murder in black and white.

Whispers of the Stones
link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B009ND4PL0

Spoiler:

Sheriff Jeff McQuede finds 'Bartering Bill' Garr murdered at his rural antique store. Only one item is missing -- a rare artifact believed to be the Pedro Mummy. First discovered in a cave in Wyoming, the Pedro Mummy was reported missing in the 1950s. Dr. Seth Talbot, newly arrived in town, has put out a fifteen-thousand-dollar reward for any information on the mummy, hoping that modern technology will prove his theory that a tiny race of people actually existed: one the Shoshones call the Nimerigar, or Little People.

McQuede is astounded to find the mummy in the trunk of Seth Talbot's car. Talbot swears he;s being set up by rival co-workers -- Dr. Arden Reed, in particular -- who plans to benefit from his research.

McQuede suspects the theft of the mummy is a red herring used to cover up the true motive for the crime. The closer he comes to the truth, the deeper McQuede is drawn into an elaborate hoax that threatens his career and places him in grave danger.

In addition, what looks as if it may be a self-pub continuation of the series, Crying Woman Bridge, is $0.99 as a US Kindle Countdown for about 1 1/4 more days.
link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0167N4JEG

Spoiler:

While returning from Professor Dawson’s lecture on haunted places, the last thing Sheriff Jeff McQuede and Dawson expect to encounter is a terrified woman clinging to the railing of Mirabella’s Bridge, crying for her lost baby. It looks as if Rae Harris has thrown the infant over the bridge in a fit of despair, but she claims he has been stolen by a ghostly figure she calls Mirabella. Similar to the La Llorona legend Dawson just spoke about, Mirabella was a local pioneer woman who was rumored to have drowned her infant after being abandoned by a lover. At first McQuede believes Rae was driven by madness, but he soon finds evidence that her story may be true, and the perfectly timed kidnapping of her child may be in some way related to lecture attendee and local celebrity, Jim Royce, and his vast fortune.

[sufue]

Apesmom's post in the Romance thread (link here) reminded me that the South Africa Kobo store can also sometimes have some bargains in mysteries too, even with the added VAT, and possibly, depending on your method of payment, some forex fees. I spotted a few that might be of interest:

Corrupted is the most recent (2015) title in Lisa Scottoline's Rosato legal series. It's R 48.42 right now, which works out to about US $3.00 using my forex website of choice.
link: https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/eb...ato-dinunzio-3

Spoiler:

Hot on the heels of ACCUSED and BETRAYED, CORRUPTED is the third legal thriller in New York Times bestseller Lisa Scottoline's electrifying Rosato & Di Nunzio series.

For Bennie Rosato, founder of the Rosato & DiNunzio law firm, failure has never been an option. Thirteen years ago, she took on Jason Leftavick, a twelve-year-old boy who was sent to a juvenile detention center after fighting a class bully. Bennie couldn't free Jason, and his remains the one case that haunts her.

Now out of prison, Jason's adulthood hasn't been much easier. And when he is indicted for killing the same bully he fought with as a child, Bennie sees no choice but to represent him. She doesn't know whether to believe his innocence, but she knows she knows this time she cannot let him down.
Now, as she is forced to relive the darkest period of her life, Bennie will do everything in her power to get the truth, and justice...

The Detective's Secret is the third in the Detective's Daughter series by Lesley Thomson. It's R 35.20, or about US $2.20.
link: https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/eb...ive-s-secret-1

Spoiler:

Stella was the Detective's Daughter. Now she's solving cases of her own.
A man has died under a late night train and Stella Darnell suspects it's murder. Now she's stirring up the past with questions that lead to an unsolved case from twenty years ago.
Her friend Jack Harmon has promised to help. From his new home at the top of an old water tower, he has a perfect bird's eye view of west London.
If he watches through binoculars he will learn who has secrets. He will learn who plans to kill. But up there, in the silence, Jack and Stella won't see the danger until it's too late...

Every Secret Thing is a non-series title by Laura Lippman. It's also R 35.20, or about US $2.20.
link: https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/eb...ecret-thing-10

Spoiler:

It is early evening, summer time and hot. Two eleven-year-old girls, Alice and Ronnie, are on their way home from a swimming party when they happen to see a baby's stroller, with baby girl sleeping inside, left unattended on the top step of a house. Ronnie says to Alice: 'We have to take care of this baby.' But what exactly does she mean?

Four days later the body of little Olivia Barnes is discovered in a hut in Baltimore's rambling Leakin Park by a young rookie detective, Nancy Porter. What can have happened in those four days to bring about this appalling crime? The girls are arrested and found guilty. Seven years later Ronnie and Alice, now eighteen, are released from their separate prisons, back into their old neighbourhood where the mother of baby Olivia still lives. Another child goes missing, and Nancy Porter and her partner get the case ...

Ascension by Gregory Dowling is R 44.05, or about US $2.75.
link: https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/ebook/ascension-57

Spoiler:

Wonderful . . . I loved being transported to my favourite time in my favourite city' - ANDREA DI ROBILANT

'A special thriller set in the Venetian past - its colours and intrigues so vividly described'- FRANCESCO DA MOSTO

When a young tour guide, Alvise Marangon, offers to help an English Grand Tourist, little does he know that it will lead to his being embroiled in blackmail and conspiracy. To add to his woes, he is then forcibly recruited into the city’s powerful secret service to investigate a murder case. A reluctant spy he may be, but he is a gifted one. Amidst the world of gambling dens and courtesans, something momentous is being planned for the Feast of the Ascension, Venice's most important and spectacular holiday, and it seems that only Alvise can prevent the day turning into bloody mayhem.

Alone with the Dead is the first in the PC Donal Lynch series by James Nally. It's R 10.63 or about US $0.67.
link: https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/eb...lynch-thriller

Spoiler:

‘IMPECCABLE DESCRIPTIONS MADE THE STORY COME ALIVE … EXHILARATING STUFF’ THE SUN

*The first in an electrifying new British detective series starring PC Donal Lynch.*

Meet PC Donal Lynch. Irish runaway. Insomniac. Functioning alcoholic. Donal is new to working the beat in London, trying his best to forget that night. After all, there aren’t many police officers who can say they have a convicted murderer for an ex-girlfriend. So when a woman is murdered on his patch, Donal throws himself into the case. As the first person on the scene,Donal can’t forget the horrific sight that faced him – and he knows this case can’t go unsolved. But how do you solve a case with no lead suspect and no evidence? As his past catches up with him, Donal is forced to confront his demons and the girl he left behind. But what will crack first, the case or Donal? Chilling, brutal, addictive – if you like Tim Weaver and James Oswald, you will LOVE James Nally.

The Camel Club by David Baldacci is the first in the Camel Club series. It's R 36.29, or about US $2.28.
link: https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/eb...e-camel-club-2

Spoiler:

The Camel Club by bestselling sensation David Baldacci is the exciting first instalment of a breathtaking series.

The man known as Oliver Stone has no official past. He spends most days camped opposite the White House, hoping to expose corruption wherever he finds it. But the stakes are raised when he and his friends, a group of conspiracy theorist misfits known as The Camel Club, accidentally witness the murder of an intelligence analyst. Especially when the authorities are seemingly happy to write it off as a suicide.

For Secret Service agent Alex Ford, monitoring the 'investigation', the suicide verdict doesn't ring true. As punishment for sticking his nose where it doesn't belong, he is reassigned to bodyguard duties. His abilities are tested to the limit when he is sent to protect the President during a visit to his hometown, where a terrorist cell has spent months plotting an event that will shake the world.

Meanwhile, America's powerful intelligence chief Carter Gray is unnerved when he glimpses the face of an old acquaintance in Arlington Cemetery - but it is the face of a man supposedly long dead . .
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And as The Camel Club is poised to expose a conspiracy that reaches into the heart of Washington's highly secretive corridors of power, Alex Ford finds out that his worst nightmare is about to happen . . .

Split Second by David Baldacci is the first in the King and Maxwell series. It's also R 36.29, or about US $2.28.
link: https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/ebook/split-second-6

Spoiler:

Split Second is the first in the gripping King and Maxwell series by bestselling author David Baldacci.

When something distracts Secret Agent Sean King for a split second, it costs him his career and presidential candidate, Clyde Ritter, his life. But what stole his attention? And why was Ritter shot?

Eight years later Michelle Maxwell is on the fast track through the ranks of the Secret Service when her career is stopped short: presidential candidate John Bruno is abducted from a funeral home while under her protection.
The similarity between the two cases drives Michelle to re-open investigations into the Ritter fiasco and join forces with attractive ex-agent King. The pair are determined to get to the bottom of what happened in those critical moments.

Meanwhile, high-ranking members of the legal system and key witnesses from both cases are going missing. King is losing friends, colleagues and clients fast and his ex-lover, Joan Dillinger, is playing curious games - she wants Sean back, but she also owes him for something . . .

Keep in mind you need to be in the Kobo South Africa store already, and you still have to allow for VAT (looks to be 14%) and any foreign credit card fees. Still, some of these offer pretty good savings over Amazon US prices. And some may be couponable if you can find a coupon code that works in South Africa that you haven't already used.

[Alastair_S]

Originally Posted by Mort1997

Free on Amazon UK - The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium Series Book 1) by Stieg Larsson

Not only is this free at Kobo (UK), but the second book in the series - The Girl Who Played With Fire - is available for 99p (again Kobo UK).

[GA Russell]

Today only...

All Ian Fleming James Bond books - $1.99 each or $25.06 for all of them
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss...tal-text%2C964

[Little.Egret]

Kindle UK Daily Deal Wednesday 16th March 2016

Shogun: The First Novel of the Asian saga by James Clavell 99P

Also

Broken Angels (Katie Maguire Book 2) by Graham Masterton

Red Light (Katie Maguire Book 3) by Graham Masterton

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/browse.ht...ode=5400977031

[koland]

Originally Posted by GA Russell

Today only...

All Ian Fleming James Bond books - $1.99 each or $25.06 for all of them
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss...tal-text%2C964

EDITIONS ON SALE:
http://www.amazon.com/s/?node=154606...K%7CB008L40R1E

[ATDrake]

X-link to the DRM-free megathread for this Tuesday's Wildside Press freebie:

The Mysterious Affair at Styles + The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie. These are public domain in the US, but Wildside has added a few extras in the form of period reviews and a bit of background info about the Poirot novel and its stage adaptations, if you're interested.

[sufue]

Wednesday the Rabbi Got Wet is the 6th title in Harry Kemelman's enjoyable (IMO) Rabbi Small series. It has dropped to $1.99 at Kindle US.

Also $1.99 at Kobo US (and as an Open Road title should be couponable if you have any working coupon codes available).

Amaz US link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ZJZH568
Kobo US link: https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/eb...abbi-got-wet-2

Spoiler:

A pharmaceutical mishap draws Rabbi Small into a murder investigation in this New York Times bestseller

New Age thinking has come to Barnard’s Crossing, Massachusetts. The recently elected president of Rabbi David Small’s synagogue is intent on using temple money to build a meditation retreat. The congregation is practicing yoga, buying crystals, and reciting chants. When a troubled young man returns to the town after spending time in a controversial Hasidic cult, the rabbi expects him to be another New Ager. But things take a grisly turn away from new-fangled mantras of peace and love when something terribly old fashioned happens: murder.

An elderly patient dies after being given the wrong medication by the local pharmacist, who coincidentally is also the Hasidic man’s father. When the dead man’s family suggests the mix-up was intentional, both the druggist and his son become suspects and it’s up to Rabbi Small to investigate by drawing on some Old Testament wisdom in a village of New Age fads.

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by sufue

Wednesday the Rabbi Got Wet is the 6th title in Harry Kemelman's enjoyable (IMO) Rabbi Small series. It has dropped to $1.99 at Kindle US.

I second the recommendation. All the Rabbi Small mysteries are good, although currently a rather shocking £6.71 each in the UK store.

[sufue]

Last Respects is the 10th title in the awesome, again IMO, CD Sloan (and Constable Crosby ) series by Catherine Aird. Aird is one of my top five favorite mystery authors.

Last Respects has dropped to $1.99 at Kindle US, and also Kobo US (and as an Open Road title should be couponable if you have any working coupon codes available).

Amaz US: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00VUC3HG6
Kobo US: https://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/last-respects-1

Spoiler:

In this C. D. Sloan Mystery by CWA Diamond Dagger winner Catherine Aird, a body is found in the river—but the victim didn’t drown

When local fisherman Horace Boller decided to row his boat out on the tidal backwash of the river one morning, he couldn’t have meant to land a catch like this. What he ended up with was a body floating on the river’s surface. And judging by the state of the corpse, the death was not a recent one.

The strange thing is, the coroner report indicates that drowning was not the cause of death. It’s up to the intrepid C. D. Sloan—and his markedly less intrepid assistant, Constable Crosby—to investigate.

Along the way, Calleshire’s most successful pair of puzzle-solving policemen will contend with a handful of additional strange deaths, befuddling municipal building codes, an antiquarian with interesting views on local history, and a fisherman who has his own motivation for helping (or perhaps hindering) the investigation. Can C. D. Sloan get to the bottom of this waterlogged killing?

[sufue]

Archie in the Crosshairs is the 10th title in the pretty darn good, again IMO, continuation of Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe/Archie Goodwin series by Robert Goldsborough. It has dropped to $1.99 at Kindle US, and also Kobo US (and as an Open Road title should be couponable if you have any working coupon codes available).

Amaz US: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00Q5UWNDQ
Kobo US: https://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/eb...the-crosshairs

Spoiler:

Mystery fans will devour this entry into the classic, wisecracking Nero Wolfe series, in which Wolfe must track down a dangerous gunman—or risk losing his right-hand man

Archie Goodwin is chipper as he strolls home from his weekly poker game, money in his pocket and a smile on his lips. He has just reached Nero Wolfe’s stately brownstone on West Thirty-Fifth Street when a sedan whips around the corner and two gunshots ring out, nearly hitting Goodwin. It is a warning, and the message is clear: The next bullet will not miss.

Rotund investigator Nero Wolfe has made more than his fair share of enemies over the years, and it seems one of them has decided to strike, targeting Wolfe’s indefatigable assistant. Some might run for cover, but Archie Goodwin is not the type. With the help of Wolfe’s brainpower, Goodwin will find the man who wants him dead—unless the killer gets to Goodwin first.

Nero Award–winning author Robert Goldsborough continues the brilliant work of Rex Stout in this classic mystery series. According to Publishers Weekly, “Goldsborough cleverly captures the tone and language of the originals. Rex Stout fans can only hope he has no plans to wind up the series soon.”

[Dr. Drib]

Originally Posted by sufue

Archie in the Crosshairs is the 10th title in the pretty darn good, again IMO, continuation of Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe/Archie Goodwin series by Robert Goldsborough. It has dropped to $1.99 at Kindle US, and also Kobo US (and as an Open Road title should be couponable if you have any working coupon codes available).

Amaz US: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00Q5UWNDQ
Kobo US: https://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/eb...the-crosshairs

There's nothing better than eating a book!

That's what I'm saying.

[Little.Egret]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

I second the recommendation. All the Rabbi Small mysteries are good, although currently a rather shocking £6.71 each in the UK store.

As I have noted, Open Road reprint pricing tend to be like that in the UK.

Rabbi Small is good, but not in the reread annually pile so used pbooks for me at those prices.

[Apache]

Originally Posted by sufue

Archie in the Crosshairs is the 10th title in the pretty darn good, again IMO, continuation of Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe/Archie Goodwin series by Robert Goldsborough. It has dropped to $1.99 at Kindle US, and also Kobo US (and as an Open Road title should be couponable if you have any working coupon codes available).

Amaz US: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00Q5UWNDQ
Kobo US: https://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/eb...the-crosshairs

Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

There's nothing better than eating a book!

That's what I'm saying.

I bought it at full price when it was first released. I have always loved Nero Wolf and Archie.
Apache

[mitford13]

Many of the Open Road prices have gone whack in the US too - a lot of recent releases are now $14.99 (£10.65)...some drop eventually but I think they're ridiculous.
Good thing I'm still working my way through all the $1.99 sales I picked up back in 2011....

Thank you for posting the Rabbi sale.