Free/Bargain Suspense/Mystery/Thriller May 2013

[nprentiss]

Originally Posted by caleb72

John Saul's The Specter is currently free at Amazon (US).



Amazon (US): LINK

That's JONAS Saul. John Saul is the better-known author (though their names look pretty similar on the covers, so it's an understandable mistake!).

[mitford13]

Free on Amazon:

Ice Hunter: A Woods Cop Mystery by Joseph Heywood

From Publishers Weekly
The intensity with which Department of Natural Resources Conservation Officer Grady Service pursues his job makes this first entry in Heywood's (The Snowfly) new series a standout. The book shares some traits with an urban police procedural, but the milieu Michigan's Upper Peninsula and focus on the environment differentiate this investigation. A 47-year-old native of the region and divorced Vietnam vet, Service is fiercely independent and passionate about the land. The section of the U.P. that Service cares most about is the Mosquito Wilderness Tract. That's where he was, patrolling along the river, when he encountered an odd, wary older man with a camera, a hammer and a notebook. Soon that very spot is the site of two suspicious fires, after which a local poacher is found shot dead in the back. County detectives look into the murder, but Service can't shake his suspicion that the tract is facing some sort of threat. When a handful of rocks he picks out of the ashes turn out to contain diamonds, Service must race against time to find out what's really behind the murder and arson. Under Michigan's pro-development governor, just a whisper that diamonds may lie in the bedrock could threaten the pristine wilderness area. A strong sense of place, a protagonist with a moral commitment to his job and a fleshed-out community of hard-working conservation officers and their colleagues in law enforcement make this a promising beginning to the series.

[Mort1997]

Free today Kobo (UK) - The Dead Room by Chris Mooney

'A mother and her son have been executed in their home and fingerprint matches show their attacker died twenty years ago.


But how can dead serial killers return to haunt the present?

The answers lie in the darkest shadows of The Dead Room.

When CSI Darby McCormick is called to the crime scene, it's one of the most gruesome she's ever seen. But the forensic evidence is even more disturbing: someone watched the murder unfold from woodland behind the house - and the killer died in a shoot-out two decades earlier.

The deeper Darby digs, the more horrors come to light. Her prime suspect is revealed as a serial killer on an enormous scale, with a past that's even more shocking than his crimes, thanks to a long-held secret that could rock Boston's law enforcement to its core.

Is it possible to steal an identity? Or are dead men walking in Darby's footsteps? The line between the living and the dead has never been finer.'

http://www.kobobooks.com/ebook/b/boo...HDQ/page1.html

[Fbone]

One of today's Kindle Deals is The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey ($1.99). It's a YA gothic thriller. Perhaps, too gory for some but the writing is very good. I read it and gave it 4 stars a rare grade for me.

Read sample first.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Monstrumol...onstrumologist

[pdops]

The Barbershop Seven: A Barney Thomson Omnibus - Barney Thomson novels #1-#7 at Kobo (Canada) for $9.99 (link)

Finally, by popular demand, all seven Barney Thomson novels have been collected in one handsome omnibus edition. And it's a snip at the price!

Fans of Douglas Lindsay's genre-defining barbershop death junky novels will be delighted to know that THE BARBERSHOP SEVEN includes the complete, unabridged text from the following Barney Thomson novels:

#1 THE LONG MIDNIGHT OF BARNEY THOMSON
#2 THE BARBER SURGEON'S HAIRSHIRT
#3 MURDERERS ANONYMOUS
#4 THE RESURRECTION OF BARNEY THOMSON
#5 THE LAST FISH SUPPER
#6 THE HAUNTING OF BARNEY THOMSON
#7 THE FINAL CUT

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by caleb72

Rick Mofina's Cold Fear is currently free in Amazon (US).

Also free in the UK

[pdurrant]

[Jonas]

Originally Posted by caleb72

Saul's The Specter is currently free at Amazon (US).

Also free in the UK.

[bfisher]

Originally Posted by mitford13

Free on Amazon:

Ice Hunter: A Woods Cop Mystery by Joseph Heywood

From Publishers Weekly
The intensity with which Department of Natural Resources Conservation Officer Grady Service pursues his job makes this first entry in Heywood's (The Snowfly) new series a standout. The book shares some traits with an urban police procedural, but the milieu Michigan's Upper Peninsula and focus on the environment differentiate this investigation. A 47-year-old native of the region and divorced Vietnam vet, Service is fiercely independent and passionate about the land. The section of the U.P. that Service cares most about is the Mosquito Wilderness Tract. That's where he was, patrolling along the river, when he encountered an odd, wary older man with a camera, a hammer and a notebook. Soon that very spot is the site of two suspicious fires, after which a local poacher is found shot dead in the back. County detectives look into the murder, but Service can't shake his suspicion that the tract is facing some sort of threat. When a handful of rocks he picks out of the ashes turn out to contain diamonds, Service must race against time to find out what's really behind the murder and arson. Under Michigan's pro-development governor, just a whisper that diamonds may lie in the bedrock could threaten the pristine wilderness area. A strong sense of place, a protagonist with a moral commitment to his job and a fleshed-out community of hard-working conservation officers and their colleagues in law enforcement make this a promising beginning to the series.

Thanks for the tip.

This is also available free at amazon.ca
http://www.amazon.ca/Ice-Hunter-Wood.../dp/B004CYEEUC

[bfisher]

Originally Posted by pdops

The Barbershop Seven: A Barney Thomson Omnibus - Barney Thomson novels #1-#7 at Kobo (Canada) for $9.99 (link)

Finally, by popular demand, all seven Barney Thomson novels have been collected in one handsome omnibus edition. And it's a snip at the price!

Fans of Douglas Lindsay's genre-defining barbershop death junky novels will be delighted to know that THE BARBERSHOP SEVEN includes the complete, unabridged text from the following Barney Thomson novels:

#1 THE LONG MIDNIGHT OF BARNEY THOMSON
#2 THE BARBER SURGEON'S HAIRSHIRT
#3 MURDERERS ANONYMOUS
#4 THE RESURRECTION OF BARNEY THOMSON
#5 THE LAST FISH SUPPER
#6 THE HAUNTING OF BARNEY THOMSON
#7 THE FINAL CUT

Thanks for the tip. The Long Midnight of Barney Thomson is also available at amazon.ca for CDN$ 0.99
http://www.amazon.ca/Long-Midnight-B.../dp/B0060CIX6U

[caleb72]

Originally Posted by nprentiss

That's JONAS Saul. John Saul is the better-known author (though their names look pretty similar on the covers, so it's an understandable mistake!).

Oops. Have corrected it.

[ClareK]

Originally Posted by mitford13

Free on Amazon:

Ice Hunter: A Woods Cop Mystery by Joseph Heywood

From Publishers Weekly
The intensity with which Department of Natural Resources Conservation Officer Grady Service pursues his job makes this first entry in Heywood's (The Snowfly) new series a standout. The book shares some traits with an urban police procedural, but the milieu Michigan's Upper Peninsula and focus on the environment differentiate this investigation. A 47-year-old native of the region and divorced Vietnam vet, Service is fiercely independent and passionate about the land. The section of the U.P. that Service cares most about is the Mosquito Wilderness Tract. That's where he was, patrolling along the river, when he encountered an odd, wary older man with a camera, a hammer and a notebook. Soon that very spot is the site of two suspicious fires, after which a local poacher is found shot dead in the back. County detectives look into the murder, but Service can't shake his suspicion that the tract is facing some sort of threat. When a handful of rocks he picks out of the ashes turn out to contain diamonds, Service must race against time to find out what's really behind the murder and arson. Under Michigan's pro-development governor, just a whisper that diamonds may lie in the bedrock could threaten the pristine wilderness area. A strong sense of place, a protagonist with a moral commitment to his job and a fleshed-out community of hard-working conservation officers and their colleagues in law enforcement make this a promising beginning to the series.

Kobo has this free as well.

[Mort1997]

Free today on Amazon - Cooking Spirits: An Angie Amalfi Mystery by Joanne Pence.

Culinary queen Angie Amalfi has put aside her gourmet utensils to concentrate on planning her upcoming wedding to San Francisco homicide detective Paavo Smith. What could possibly go wrong?


Instead of the answer to her heart's dreams, she scrambles to deal with wedding planners with bizarre ideas, wedding dresses that don't flatter, squabbling relatives with hurt feelings, a long-suffering groom, and worries over where she and Paavo will live after the wedding. But all of that pales when Angie finds the perfect house for them, except for one little problem--the house may be haunted.


Many years ago, the newlyweds who lived in the house were murdered, and the case was never solved. While Angie pursues what happened to the couple who now may be haunting the house, Paavo obsesses over his own case involving the murder of unlikely lovers. The trail leads to ghosts, murders, unhappy families, and enough obnoxious wedding buttinskis to fill a graveyard. But when eerie happenings turn deadly, Angie fears she may be spirited away for good!

UK
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cooking-Spir...02945&sr=1-380

US
http://www.amazon.com/Cooking-Spirit...s=joanne+pence

[Brendan Moody]

Today's Kindle Daily Deal in the US is The House of Rumour for $1.99.

Mixing the invented and the real, The House of Rumour explores WWII spy intrigue (featuring Ian Fleming), occultism (Aleister Crowley), the West Coast science-fiction set (Heinlein, L. Ron Hubbard, and Philip K. Dick all appear), and the new wave music scene of the ’80s. The decades-spanning, labyrinthine plot even weaves in The Jonestown Massacre and Rudolf Hess, UFO sightings and B-movies. Told through multiple narrators, what at first appears to be a constellation of random events begins to cohere as the work of a shadow organization—or is it just coincidence?

Tying the strands together is Larry Zagorski, an early pulp fiction writer turned U.S. fighter pilot turned “American gnostic,” who looks back on his long and eventful life, searching for connections between the seemingly disparate parts. The teeming network of interlaced secrets he uncovers has personal relevance—as it mirrors a book of 22 interconnected stories he once wrote, inspired by the major arcana cards in the tarot.

Hailed as an heir to Don DeLillo’s Underworld by The Guardian, The House of Rumour is a tour de force that sweeps the reader through a century’s worth of secret histories.

I liked this one a lot, enough that I'm going to pick up the Kindle version even though I have a hard copy. It's not for everyone, however: take a look at the Amazon reviews and you'll see why some people were frustrated.

[bfisher]

Kerry Greenwood's Phryne Fisher #1 "Cocaine Blues" is available at amazon.ca for CDN$ 0.98
http://www.amazon.ca/Cocaine-Blues-P.../dp/B006WBRL7Q

[melmac]

Originally Posted by bfisher

Kerry Greenwood's Phryne Fisher #1 "Cocaine Blues" is available at amazon.ca for CDN$ 0.98
http://www.amazon.ca/Cocaine-Blues-P.../dp/B006WBRL7Q

You should try reporting it for price match it's Free on Itunes and has been for a long time