Free/Bargain Mystery/Suspense/Thriller in June 2013

[Mort1997]

Free today on Amazon - PI On A Hot Tin Roof (Talba Wallis Mystery #4) by Julie Smith.

'our lawyer needs you to bail her out? Isn’t that kind of backwards?

So thinks PI Talba Wallis, on her way to Parish Prison—and indeed something’s badly amiss.

New Orleans’ most dynamic detective duo, poet/computer genius Talba and street-savvy Luddite Eddie Valentino, have a personal interest in this one—Eddie’s lawyer daughter Angie’s been set up for a drug bust.

Prominent Judge Buddy Champagne’s the obvious perp and Talba’s so mad she embeds herself in his house as a spy—but she doesn't count on ending up with a family straight out of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof; nor did she realize how involved she was going to get—especially with Buddy’s 14-year-old daughter Lucy.

It works, though, She uncovers plenty of evidence the judge is dirty. And then things get ugly: Somebody kills Buddy and Talba’s true identity comes to light. The Champagnes hate her at this point, but guess what? They hire her to solve the case.

There are plenty of mysterious twists and turns on the way to an ending guaranteed to surprise—but the real joy here is in the relationships, especially Talba’s with Lucy, who, it turns out, is a budding poet. And with another little girl, her boy friend’s bratty daughter Raisa. She’s SO not prepared for quasi-motherhood!'

UK
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Talba-Wallis...ds=JULIE+SMITH

US
http://www.amazon.com/Talba-Wallis-M...ds=julie+smith

[koland]

repeat freebie:

The Grave Gourmet (Capucine Culinary Series #1)
by Alexander Campion
Kensington

From the Champs-Élysées to the twinkling banks of la Seine, chic Parisian policewoman Capucine LeTellier plunges into a uniquely Parisian affair of gastronomic delights and bureaucratic intrigue to close a case that could make her career-or kill it…
After dining on such delicacies as oyster sorbet and avocado soufflé, Jean-Louis Delage, président of automotive giant Renault, has been found dead in the freezer of Le Diapason, a three-star restaurant owned by Chef Jean-Basille Labrousse, a renowned restaurateur extraordinaire.

Capucine is uniquely suited to the case, as her husband Alexandre is a food critic well-connected to the culinary world. In between sharing sumptuous meals and fine wine with Alexandre at Paris’ finest eateries, Capucine struggles to win the respect of her new squad of detectives and crack both the case and the guarded secrets of the restaurant staff.

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/grav...=9780758272133
http://www.amazon.com/Gourmet-Capuci...p/B004ZLB9NC/r

[Fbone]

One Rough Man (Pike Logan Series #1) by Brad Taylor is $1.99 at B&N. Price matched on Amazon. Summary courtesy of B&N.

Commissioned at the highest level of the U.S. government, the fighting team known as Taskforce operates outside the law. Pike Logan was the most successful operator on the Taskforce until tragedy permanently altered his outlook. Pike knows what the rest of the country might not want to admit: the real threat is one or two men in possession of a powerful weapon. Buried in a stack of intercepted chatter is evidence of two such men-their attack only days away. It is their bad luck that they're about to cross paths with Pike Logan...

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/one-...=9781101475782
http://www.amazon.com/One-Rough-Man-...=one+rough+man

[Fbone]

I noticed while looking at HarperCollins titles that Florida Roadkill by Tim Dorsey is $1.99. I did read this and thought it was hilarious. A mix of comedy/crime drama and something else I can't describe. Available at Amazon, B&N and Kobo at least.

Sunshine State trivia buff Serge A. Storms loves eliminating jerks and pests. His drug-addled partner Coleman loves cartoons. Hot stripper Sharon Rhodes loves cocaine, especially when purchased with rich dead men's money.

On the other hand, there's Sean and David, who love fishing and are kind to animals -- and who are about to cross paths with a suitcase filled with $5 million in stolen insurance money. Serge wants the suitcase. Sharon wants the suitcase. Coleman wants more drugs . . . and the suitcase. In the meantime, there's murder by gun, Space Shuttle, Barbie doll, and Levi's 501s.

In other words, welcome to Tim Dorsey's Florida -- where nobody gets out unscathed and untanned!

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/flor...=9780061833021

[RareBird]

Originally Posted by Fbone

One Rough Man (Pike Logan Series #1) by Brad Taylor is $1.99 at B&N. Price matched on Amazon. Summary courtesy of B&N.



http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/one-...=9781101475782
http://www.amazon.com/One-Rough-Man-...=one+rough+man

Also at Kobo (in Canada at least).

[AnemicOak]

The Empty Chair by Jeffery Deaver (Lincoln Rhyme series) is the Kindle deal of the day for $0.99
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FC0NVY

Lincoln Rhyme is back...
From the bestselling author of The Bone Collector and The Devil's Teardrop comes this spine-chilling new thriller that pits renowned criminalist Lincoln Rhyme against the ultimate opponent -- Amelia Sachs, his own brilliant protégée.
A quadriplegic since a beam crushed his spinal cord years ago, Rhyme is desperate to improve his condition and goes to the University of North Carolina Medical Center for high-risk experimental surgery. But he and Sachs have hardly settled in when the local authorities come calling. In a twenty-four-hour period, the sleepy Southern outpost of Tanner's Corner has seen a local teen murdered and two young women abducted. And Rhyme and Sachs are the best chance to find the girls alive.
The prime suspect is a strange teenaged truant known as the Insect Boy, so nicknamed for his disturbing obsession with bugs. Rhyme agrees to find the boy while awaiting his operation. Rhyme's unsurpassed analytical skills and stellar forensic experience, combined with Sachs's exceptional detective legwork, soon snare the perp. But even Rhyme can't anticipate that Sachs will disagree with his crime analysis and that her vehemence will put her in the swampland, harboring the very suspect whom Rhyme considers a ruthless killer. So ensues Rhyme's greatest challenge -- facing the criminalist whom he has taught everything he knows in a battle of wits, forensics, and intuition. And in this adversary, Rhyme also faces his best friend and soul mate.
With the intricate forensic detail, breathtaking speed, and masterful plot twists that are signature Deaver, The Empty Chair is page-turning suspense of the highest order, destined to continue Jeffery Deaver's bestselling track record and thrill his legions of fans worldwide.

[Fbone]

The Bleiberg Project (Consortium Thriller) by David Khara (Author), Simon John (Translator) is $0.99 today at Amazon. Appears to be $7.99 elsewhere. Transated from French by a small French publisher.

An adrenaline-packed ride to save the world from a horrific conspiracy straight out of the darkest hours of history.

Are Hitler’s atrocities really over? For depressive Wall Street trader Jeremy Corbin, absolute truths become undeniable lies overnight. He finds out his long-lost father is dead, he discovers his boss's real identity, and he ends up boarding a plane to Zurich. He has a Nazi medallion in his pocket, a hot CIA bodyguard next to him, and a clearly dangerous Mossad agent on his tail. What was his father investigating? Why was his mother assassinated? Why are unknown sides fighting over him with automatic weapons? Can the conspiracy be stopped? This fast-paced thriller full of humor and humanity was an instant sensation in France. Think a dash of Robin Cook, a splash of John Grisham, and pinch of Clive Cussler with a very distinctive voice all it's own.

Blue Moon Award for Best Thriller
Over 100,000 copies sold

http://www.amazon.com/Bleiberg-Proje...eiberg+project

[HarryT]

Eleven Days by Stav Sherez is Amazon UK's "Kindle Daily Deal" today.

Description from Amazon:

A fire rages through a sleepy West London square, engulfing a small convent hidden away among the residential houses. When DI Jack Carrigan and DS Geneva Miller arrive at the scene they discover eleven bodies, yet there were only supposed to be ten nuns in residence.

It's eleven days before Christmas, and despite their superiors wanting the case solved before the holidays, Carrigan and Miller start to suspect that the nuns were not who they were made out to be. Why did they make no move to escape the fire? Who is the eleventh victim, whose body was found separate to the others? And where is the convent's priest, the one man who can answer their questions?

Fighting both internal politics and the church hierarchy, Carrigan and Miller unravel the threads of a case which reaches back to the early 1970s, and the upsurge of radical Liberation Theology in South America - with echoes of the Shining Path, and contemporary battles over oil, land and welfare. Meanwhile, closer to home, there's a new threat in the air, one the police are entirely unprepared for...

Spanning four decades and two continents, Eleven Days finds Carrigan and Miller up against time as they face a new kind of criminal future.

One of my favourite modern British crime authors.

[Apache]

Thank you. This sounds like a good read. I also picked up the first book in the series for £1.79. Amazon does not carry the first book and wants $9.09 for the second.
Apache

[Synamon]

US Kindle Daily Deal is 27 Thrillers for $1.99 each. Lots of Ian Fleming's James Bond.

[mitford13]

Discounted on Amazon:

The Golden Scales: A Makana Mystery by Parker Bilal

Two dollars and fifty-one cents, US
[and lendable for kindle!]

A lost child. A missing hero. A bitter rivalry.
In Cairo the ghosts of the past are stirring...

The ancient city of Cairo is a whirling mix of the old and the new, where fates collide and the super rich rub shoulders with the desperate and the dispossessed. It is a place where ambition and corruption go hand in hand, and where people can disappear in the blink of an eye.

Makana is a former police inspector who fled for his life from his native Sudan seven years ago. Down on his luck and haunted by the past, he lives on a rickety Nile houseboat. When the notorious and powerful Saad Hanafi hires him to track down a missing person Makana is in no position to refuse him.

[sufue]

Originally Posted by mitford13

Discounted on Amazon:

The Golden Scales: A Makana Mystery by Parker Bilal

Two dollars and fifty-one cents, US
[and lendable for kindle!]

A lost child. A missing hero. A bitter rivalry.
In Cairo the ghosts of the past are stirring...

The ancient city of Cairo is a whirling mix of the old and the new, where fates collide and the super rich rub shoulders with the desperate and the dispossessed. It is a place where ambition and corruption go hand in hand, and where people can disappear in the blink of an eye.

Makana is a former police inspector who fled for his life from his native Sudan seven years ago. Down on his luck and haunted by the past, he lives on a rickety Nile houseboat. When the notorious and powerful Saad Hanafi hires him to track down a missing person Makana is in no position to refuse him.

I'm excited - this has been on my list for a while. Thanks, Mitford!

It is also available, and couponable at Kobo, at least at the Kobo US site. It shows as $2.99 to start, but if you use one of the many codes floating around over in the Kobo books discount thread, you can easily get it down to $2.00 or less.

MR Kobo coupon codes thread: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=115233

Kobo US link: Kobo US

[Amy_k]

Summer Deals: Mysteries for $2.99 or Less

Google



I'll probably pick up The Confession by Charles Todd, Case Histories by Kate Atkinson, and Sacred by Dennis Lehane.

[melmac]

Originally Posted by Amy_k

Summer Deals: Mysteries for $2.99 or Less

Google



I'll probably pick up The Confession by Charles Todd, Case Histories by Kate Atkinson, and Sacred by Dennis Lehane.

If possible can someone please list of the titles for sale. I can't see the US Google Play sale down here however if other US retailers are price matching then I can purchae from them but first I need to know what's on sale

[Amy_k]

Here's the list of the Google Play books. Some of them have already been price matched on Amazon.

Portrait of a Spy by Daniel Silva

They Came to Baghdad by Agatha Christie

The Devil's Star: A Novel by Jo Nesbo

Collision byJeff Abbott

Point Doom by Dan Fante

Case Histories: A Novel by Kate Atkinson

Zoo by James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge

Sacred: A Novel by Dennis Lehane

Angels & Demons by Dan Brown

Blowback: A Thriller by Brad Thor

Split Second by David Baldacci

Still Life: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel by Louise Penny

The Poet: A Novel by Michael Connelly

White Hot by Sandra Brown

The Confession by Charles Todd

Right as Rain by George Pelecanos

Nemesis by Jo Nesbo

The First Deadly Sin by Lawrence Sanders

The One Thing More by Anne Perry

A Cry In The Night by Mary Higgins Clark

One For The Money: A Stephanie Plum Novel by Janet Evanovich

Perfect Justice by William Bernhardt

Under Siege by Stephen Coonts

Powder Burn by Carl Hiaasen, Montalbano Bill

The Institute by James M. Cain

Clandestine by James Ellroy

This Wicked World: A Novel by Richard Lange

Blood Hollow: A Novel by William Kent Krueger

Heartsick by Chelsea Cain

Summer of Night by Dan Simmons

The Last Kashmiri Rose: Introducing Detective Joe Sandilands by Barbara Cleverly

Jade Island by Elizabeth Lowell