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The Prime Minister's Secret Agent is the fourth in the much-awarded Maggie Hope series by Susan Elia MacNeal. It has dropped to $1.99 at Kindle US as part of the Kindle Daily Deal. This series is usually outrageously priced at $11+, even for backlist, so it's nice to see one drop, even if just for a day.

link: https://www.amazon.com/Prime-Ministe...dp/B00H6JBEVW/

Spoiler:

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • For fans of Jacqueline Winspear, Charles Todd, and Anne Perry comes a gripping mystery featuring intrepid spy and code breaker Maggie Hope. This time, the fallout of a deadly plot comes straight to her own front door.

World War II rages on across Europe, but Maggie Hope has finally found a moment of rest on the pastoral coast of western Scotland. Home from an undercover mission in Berlin, she settles down to teach at her old spy training camp, and to heal from scars on both her body and heart. Yet instead of enjoying the quieter pace of life, Maggie is quickly drawn into another web of danger and intrigue. When three ballerinas fall strangely ill in Glasgow—including one of Maggie’s dearest friends—Maggie partners with MI-5 to uncover the truth behind their unusual symptoms. What she finds points to a series of poisonings that may expose shocking government secrets and put countless British lives at stake. But it’s the fight brewing in the Pacific that will forever change the course of the war—and indelibly shape Maggie’s fate.

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Downton Tabby is the seventh in the Pampered Pets series by Sparkle Abbey. It has dropped to $1.99 at Kindle and Kobo US (couponable/VIPable at Kobo).

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/Downton-Tabby...dp/B00VVOYB86/
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/downton-tabby-2

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Three titles in the Jessica Coran/Instinct series by Robert W. Walker are free right now at Kindle US.

Fatal Instinct, #2: https://www.amazon.com/Fatal-Instinc...dp/B003EV5QEC/

Extreme Instinct, #6: https://www.amazon.com/Extreme-Insti...dp/B003IX0010/

Bitter Instinct, #8: https://www.amazon.com/Bitter-Instin...dp/B003H06BF8/

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Marriage Can Be Murder is the first (per SYKM) in the Benjamin Bones series by Emma Jameson. It has dropped to $0.99 at Kindle US and Kobo US (couponable/VIPable). I have quite liked Jameson's Lord and Lady Hetheridge series, so am glad to be able to give this one a try for $0.99.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/Marriage-Murd...dp/B00P5OCS10/
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/mar...an-be-murder-3

Spoiler:

On the eve of World War II, Dr. Benjamin Bones is at war with himself. While most young men are being sent away to fight the Germans, Ben is chosen to serve on English soil. Ordered to move to wild, beautiful Cornwall, he must trade his posh London office and stylish city life for the tiny village of Birdswing, population 1,221 souls. But leaving his home and shelving his career ambitions aren’t the only sacrifices facing Ben. His unfaithful wife, Penny, is accompanying him to Cornwall in a last-ditch effort to save their marriage. But moments after their arrival, Penny is run down in the street, and Ben is almost fatally injured. And while the villagers assume Penny’s death to be an accident, Ben quickly deduces it was murder.

As he convalesces in Fenton House, which the locals call haunted, Ben meets Birdswing’s eccentric inhabitants. Mr. Gaston, the volunteer air warden, obsessed with defending his remote village against Nazi spies; Mrs. Cobblepot, a thoroughly practical housekeeper who believes in fairies; and Lady Juliet Linton, a prickly, headstrong aristocrat who won’t take no for an answer. While adapting to life during Britain’s “War at Home,” a time of ration books, victory gardens, bomb shelters, and the Blackout, Ben sets about solving the mystery of Penny’s murder—with a little help from Lady Juliet and the Fenton House ghost.

MARRIAGE CAN BE MURDER (Dr. Benjamin Bones Mysteries #1) is the first of Emma Jameson's romantic wartime mystery series. DIVORCE CAN BE DEADLY is book #2. Dr. Bones and Lady Juliet are also featured in DR. BONES AND THE CHRISTMAS WISH.

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Turning Angel is the second in the Penn Cage series by Greg Iles. It has dropped to $1.99 at Kindle US.

link: https://www.amazon.com/Turning-Angel...dp/B000FCKO4U/

Spoiler:

New York Times bestselling author Greg Iles keeps the secrets of the South alive in this vibrant novel of infatuation, murder, and sexual intrigue set in his hometown of Natchez, Mississippi.

Turning Angel marks the long-awaited return of Penn Cage, the lawyer hero of The Quiet Game, and introduces Drew Elliott, the highly respected doctor who saved Penn's life in a hiking accident when they were boys. As two of the most prominent citizens of Natchez, Drew and Penn sit on the school board of their alma mater, St. Stephen's Prep. When the nude body of a young female student is found near the Mississippi River, the entire community is shocked -- but no one more than Penn, who discovers that his best friend was entangled in a passionate relationship with the girl and may be accused of her murder.

On the surface, Kate Townsend seems the most unlikely murder victim imaginable. A star student and athlete, she'd been accepted to Harvard and carried the hope and pride of the town on her shoulders. But like her school and her town, Kate also had a secret life -- one about which her adult lover knew little. When Drew begs Penn to defend him, Penn allows his sense of obligation to override his instinct and agrees. Yet before he can begin, both men are drawn into a dangerous web of blackmail and violence. Drew reacts like anything but an innocent man, and Penn finds himself doubting his friend's motives and searching for a path out of harm's way.

More dangerous yet is Shad Johnson, the black district attorney whose dream is to send a rich white man to death row in Mississippi. At Shad's order, Drew is jailed, the police cease hunting Kate's killer, and Penn realizes that only by finding Kate's murderer himself can he save his friend's life.

With his daughter's babysitter as his guide, Penn penetrates the secret world of St. Stephen's, a place that parents never see, where reality veers so radically from appearance that Penn risks losing his own moral compass. St. Stephen's is a dark mirror of the adult world, one populated by steroid-crazed jocks, girls desperate for attention, jaded teens flirting with nihilism, and hidden among them all -- one true psychopath. It is Penn's journey into the heart of his alma mater that gives Turning Angel its hypnotic power, for on that journey he finds that the intersection of the adult and nearly adult worlds is a dangerous place indeed. By the time Penn arrives at the shattering truth behind Kate Townsend's death, his quiet Southern town will never be the same.

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'Til Death (87th Precinct) - 99 cents
https://www.amazon.com/Til-Death-87t...dp/B005WZZQS4/

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Now the first title in this series, Mr. Churchill's Secretary, has dropped to $1.99 at Kindle US and Kobo US. (Sadly, the fourth is back to $11.99...)

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/Mr-Churchills...dp/B004J4X9HE/
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/mr-...ll-s-secretary

Spoiler:

For fans of Jacqueline Winspear, Laurie R. King, and Anne Perry, Mr. Churchill’s Secretary captures the drama of an era of unprecedented challenge—and the greatness that rose to meet it.

London, 1940. Winston Churchill has just been sworn in, war rages across the Channel, and the threat of a Blitz looms larger by the day. But none of this deters Maggie Hope. She graduated at the top of her college class and possesses all the skills of the finest minds in British intelligence, but her gender qualifies her only to be the newest typist at No. 10 Downing Street. Her indefatigable spirit and remarkable gifts for codebreaking, though, rival those of even the highest men in government, and Maggie finds that working for the prime minister affords her a level of clearance she could never have imagined—and opportunities she will not let pass. In troubled, deadly times, with air-raid sirens sending multitudes underground, access to the War Rooms also exposes Maggie to the machinations of a menacing faction determined to do whatever it takes to change the course of history.

Ensnared in a web of spies, murder, and intrigue, Maggie must work quickly to balance her duty to King and Country with her chances for survival. And when she unravels a mystery that points toward her own family’s hidden secrets, she’ll discover that her quick wits are all that stand between an assassin’s murderous plan and Churchill himself.

In this daring debut, Susan Elia MacNeal blends meticulous research on the era, psychological insight into Winston Churchill, and the creation of a riveting main character, Maggie Hope, into a spectacularly crafted novel.

Originally Posted by sufue

The Prime Minister's Secret Agent is the fourth in the much-awarded Maggie Hope series by Susan Elia MacNeal. It has dropped to $1.99 at Kindle US as part of the Kindle Daily Deal. This series is usually outrageously priced at $11+, even for backlist, so it's nice to see one drop, even if just for a day.

link: https://www.amazon.com/Prime-Ministe...dp/B00H6JBEVW/

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My wife loves this series and I am under orders to purchase the next one as soon as it is released (Not really). But I am planning to get it for her when it is released.
Apache

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Constable by the Stream is the 12th in the Constable Nick series by Nicholas Rhea. It is free right now at Kindle US.

link: https://www.amazon.com/Constable-Str...dp/B01MYGVU4U/

Spoiler:

In the splendid countryside of North Yorkshire, there’s barely time to stop for Constable Nick Rhea…

Not when missing sheep need locating, stray dogs need homing and thieves need identifying!

As Britain’s most popular copper continues his work around the village, he has to cope with an array of eccentric characters: a postman who can't read, a helpful lady who steals from the elderly people in her care, and a delightful small-time villain called Tin Lid Talbot.

Winning an aged tin of sardines in a local raffle and upsetting the villagers by getting first prize at the local whist drive, PC Nick Rhea must contend with the variety and humorous exploits of a Yorkshire village.

Constable By the Stream is the lively tale of a young PC and the small rural community he calls home.

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Anonymous Rex is the first in the short 3-book Vince Rubio series by Eric Garcia, about a velociraptor who is a PI in Los Angeles (apparently the dinosaurs didn't go extinct). I haven't read this series, but it sounds wacky enough to maybe give it a try when I'm in that sort of mood. Oh yeah, and this one has dropped to $0.99 at Kindle and Kobo US, so it won't take much money to try...

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/Rex-Detective...dp/B007GZI8RO/
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/anonymous-rex

Spoiler:

"What would the world be like if the dinosaurs hadn't gone extinct? As this very funny book shows, for one thing, L.A. would be even weirder than it is now." --Dave Barry

Vincent Rubio, a Los Angeles private investigator, is down on his luck: He's out of work. His car's been repossessed. His partner has died under mysterious circumstances. And his tail just won't stay put. Vincent is a dinosaur--a Velociraptor, to be precise. It seems the dinosaurs faked their extinction 65 million years ago and still roam the earth, disguised in convincing latex costumes that help them blend perfectly into human society. A heightened sense of smell allows the dinos to detect one another--Vincent's got an odor like a tasty Cuban cigar.

When Vincent is called to investigate a two-bit case of arson at a hip dino nightclub, he discovers something much more sinister, which lures him back to New York City--the scene of his partner's death and a dangerous nexus of dinosaur and human intermingling.

Will Vincent solve the mystery of his partner's death? Will a gorgeous blond chanteuse discover his true identity, jeopardizing both their lives? Will Vincent be able to conquer his dangerous addiction to basil, or will he wind up in Herba-holics Anonymous? Will he find true love, or resort to crumpled issues of Stegolicious?

Somewhere between Jurassic Park and L.A. Confidential lies Eric Garcia's Anonymous Rex, one of the smartest, wittiest, and most entertaining debuts this side of the Ice Age.

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The Promise is the most recent (2015) in the Elvis Cole/Joe Pike series by Robert Crais. It has dropped to $1.99 at Kindle and Kobo US.

It's nice to see a most recent title at a very reasonable price. This may perhaps be in honor of the new title coming out, although the new one is not coming out until December of this year, which seems quite a ways out to be starting marketing tie-ins. But what do I know...

Anyway, here's the info on Promise:

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/Promise-Elvis...dp/B00K0U6MRU/
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-promise-99

Spoiler:

Elvis Cole and Joe Pike are joined by Suspect heroes LAPD K-9 Officer Scott James and his German shepherd, Maggie, in this heart-stopping thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Robert Crais.

Elvis Cole and Joe Pike keep their promises. Even if it could get them killed...

Elvis Cole is hired to find a woman who’s disappeared, a seemingly ordinary case, until he learns the missing woman is an explosives expert and worked for a Defense Department contractor. Meanwhile, LAPD K-9 Officer Scott James and his patrol dog, Maggie, track a fugitive to a house filled with explosives—and a dead body. As the two cases intertwine, they all find themselves up against shadowy arms dealers and corrupt officials, and the very woman they promised to save may be the cause of their own deaths.

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The Julius House is the fourth in the Aurora Teagarden series by Charlaine Harris, who is better known, I suspect, for her later Sookie Stackhouse series rather than for this one. It has dropped to $1.99 at Kindle and Kobo US (coupon/VIPable).

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/Julius-House-...dp/B01JHHGE7E/
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-julius-house-2

Spoiler:

Aurora Teagarden is happily preparing for her wedding to dashing business executive Martin Bartell. As a wedding gift, Martin buys her the house of her dreams: the “Julius house,” infamously named after the family who vanished from the house without a trace six years ago. As Roe sets about renovating and decorating her new home, she’s never felt happier.

Then Martin suddenly rents the small apartment on their new property to an old army buddy and his wife, who seem to be more bodyguard than tenant, and Roe is sure her husband-to-be is keeping secrets. To take her mind off her suspicions, she opens her own unofficial investigation into the Julius family cold case. But when an axe-wielding stranger attacks her, Roe must determine whether it’s her husband’s secrets, the mystery of the Julius family’s fates, or both, that have put her own life on the chopping block.

#1 New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris has once again brought Southern charm and an engaging mystery in this latest Aurora Teagarden installment. Real Murders, A Bone To Pick, Three Bedrooms, One Corpse, and the rest of the Aurora Teagarden series has been adapted into film for Hallmark Movies & Mysteries.

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A Murder of Quality is the 2nd in the Smiley series by John le Carré. It has dropped to $1.99 at Kindle and Kobo US.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/Murder-Qualit...dp/B0081KYZPW/
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/a-murder-of-quality-1

Spoiler:

From the New York Times bestselling author of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy; Our Kind of Traitor; and The Night Manager, now a television series starring Tom Hiddleston. John le Carré’s new novel, A Legacy of Spies, will be available from Viking in Fall 2017.

"Fielding and Jebedee were dead, Steed-Asprey vanished. Smiley—where was he?"

John le Carré's second novel, A Murder of Quality, offers an exquisite, satirical look at an elite private school as it chronicles the early development of George Smiley.

Miss Ailsa Brimley is in a quandary. She's received a peculiar letter from Mrs. Stella Rode, saying that she fears her husband—an assistant master at Carne School—is trying to kill her. Reluctant to go to the police, Miss Brimley calls upon her old wartime colleague, George Smiley. Unfortunately, it's too late. Mrs. Rode has just been murdered. As Smiley takes up the investigation, he realizes that in life—as in espionage—nothing is quite what it appears.

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Aftermath is the 12th in the Inspector Banks series by Peter Robinson. It has dropped to $1.99 at Kindle and Kobo US.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/Aftermath-Ins...dp/B000FC10K2/
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/aftermath-10

Spoiler:

From New York Times bestselling and Edgar award-winning author Peter Robinson comes this brilliant novel of suspense—a thrilling tale of family secrets and past evils that have spread from one generation to another and wreaked havoc on an unsuspecting town.

One phone call from a concerned neighbor has inadvertently led police to Terence Payne, the elusive serial killer known only as "Chameleon." Now Payne is in custody, perhaps dying, and a long nightmare appears to be over at last. But is it?

For Alan Banks – currently head of the local police force – too many questions remain unanswered at the chamber of horrors the press will dub the "House of Payne." Because the darkness has not yet lifted, the casualties are still mounting...and there are still monsters loose in the world.

Showcasing the dark forces of human nature, master of suspense Peter Robinson is at the height of his storytelling powers in a novel that will leave readers guessing until the final page.

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Originally Posted by sufue

Constable by the Stream is the 12th in the Constable Nick series by Nicholas Rhea. It is free right now at Kindle US.

link: https://www.amazon.com/Constable-Str...dp/B01MYGVU4U/

Endeavour, and also Free in UK, Canada etc

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01MYGVU4U/

https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B01MYGVU4U/