Free/Bargain Mystery/Suspense/Thriller April 2014

[pdurrant]

Macmillan (US) now has a web site where they list their current special offers.

http://macmillanedeals.com/

You need to scroll down past the SF/Fantasy to find the Mystery/Suspense/Thriller section.

E.g. Oath of Office by Michael Palmer is currently $2.99 instead of $9.99.

[HarryT]

"Long Knives", a legal thriller by Charles Rosenberg, is part of today's Amazon UK Daily Deal at 99p:

Jenna James’s life has been smooth sailing since she left the high-powered law firm of Marbury Marfan. She’s happily ensconced as a professor at a prestigious law school, where she’s well liked by her students, coupled-up with a handsome colleague, and on track for tenure. But things take a shocking turn one morning when a student, Primo, comes to Jenna’s office seeking her advice about a treasure map he recently inherited. When Primo turns up dead and Jenna is suddenly the prime suspect in a murder investigation, everyone turns on her. Desperate for help, she calls on two old friends: Robert Tarza, her old law partner from Marbury Marfan, and Oscar Quesana, an odd-duck solo practitioner. The three race to save Jenna’s career—and perhaps her life—in this whip-smart thriller of treasure maps, murder, and law school politics.

Amazon UK

[Mort1997]

Free Today on Amazon UK - A Fatal Cut by Priscilla Masters

‘His patient was ready. He stood for a moment, staring down at her, his mind working out the correct incision. Then the first cut...’
A body has been discovered in undergrowth in the grounds of Birmingham hospital, wrapped in a clinical waste bag and, even more bizarrely, wearing little but a garish Disney tie.
The scar and stitches evident on the dead man’s groin suggest he may recently have been a patient at the hospital.
But when pathologist Karys Harper is brought in to examine the body she makes a discovery that is more grotesque still.
For the surgery wound was inflicted after death.
Clearly this is no ordinary killer – and he's about to strike again.
As the ‘surgeon’ continues to carry out his operations, can frustated Detective Inspector Forrest piece together the clues – which are few and far between – and track this medical murderer down?

Or will his next patient be someone close to Forrest’s heart?

‘A Fatal Cut’ is a chilling medical thriller that is perfect for fans of Patricia Cornwell and Kathy Reichs.'


UK
http://www.amazon.co.uk/A-Fatal-Cut-...ndeavour+press

US
http://www.amazon.com/A-Fatal-Cut-Pr...ndeavour+press

Au
http://www.amazon.com.au/A-Fatal-Cut...ndeavour+press

Can
http://www.amazon.ca/A-Fatal-Cut-Pri...ndeavour+press

[Mort1997]

Free Today on Amazon UK - Legitimate Business by Michael Niemann

'When a young policewoman is shot dead in Zam Zam camp for Internally Displaced Persons in Darfur, the authorities are quick to write it off as an act of random mob violence.
But her best friend and partner Priya Choudry isn't so sure.
She believes that Ritu was targeted deliberately for complaining about the poor quality of Nepali armored personnel carriers.
UN investigator Valentin Vermeulen is conducting a routine audit of the UN mission in Darfur when Priya comes to him for help in proving her suspicions.
At first skeptical, Valentin soon discovers that the fraud runs much deeper than a batch of shoddy vehicles and sets out to investigate.
As he is drawn into a dark world of corruption and illegal arms trafficking, Valentin must risk not only his job but his life in order to expose the truth, and stop the civil war in Darfur taking an even more deadly turn.

A gripping military thriller, ‘Legitimate Business’ is perfect for fans of Wilbur Smith and Gerald Seymour.'

Uk
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Legitimate-B...ndeavour+press

US
http://www.amazon.com/Legitimate-Bus...ndeavour+press

Au
http://www.amazon.com.au/Legitimate-...ndeavour+press

Can
http://www.amazon.ca/Legitimate-Busi...ndeavour+press

[HarryT]

Thanks, Mort - a couple of interesting-sounding books there. I'm intrigued that the normal price of the first one is £19.63 - I suspect it won't get many buyers at that price .

[peachiekene]

Bargain

Different Seasons (Signet) by Stephen King

From the Magical Pen of Stephen King, Four Mesmerizing Novellas…

“Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption”

An unjustly imprisoned convict seeks a strange and startling revenge…the basis for the Best Picture Academy Award nominee The Shawshank Redemption.

“Apt Pupil”

Todd Bowden is one of the top students in his high school class and a typical American sixteen-year-old—until he becomes obsessed about the dark and deadly past of an older man in town. The inspiration for the film Apt Pupil from Phoenix Pictures.

“The Body”

Four rambunctious young boys plunge through the façade of a small town and come face-to-face with life, death, and intimations of their own mortality. The film Stand By Me is based on this novella.

“The Breathing Method”

A disgraced woman is determined to triumph over death.

Amazon US - $2.54
AmazonUK - £4.31

[GA Russell]

The Journal - free
http://www.amazon.com/Journal-Jack-O...&_bbtype=email

[itisbomb]

Murder In Thrall (A New Scotland Yard Mystery)
by Anne Cleeland

is $3.99 at Amazon

http://www.amazon.com/Murder-Thrall-...rder+in+thrall

Below is the blurb:
Can London’s most elusive killer elude the keen minds of Scotland Yard’s most unlikely pair of detectives?

An Irish redhead of humble beginnings and modest means, Kathleen Doyle is the antithesis of Chief Inspector Michael Sinclair, Lord Acton, the brilliant but enigmatic lord with a knack for solving London’s most high profile homicides. When a horse trainer is found dead at a racetrack, the duo’s investigation does little to deter the killer, who continues to strike, leaving them with more questions than answers. Jeopardizing the case are their colleagues at CID headquarters, whose nosing into the nature of Doyle and Acton’s after hours relationship threatens to lay bare the most classified information of all. As the murders pile up, Doyle and Acton uncover something far more sinisiter than they could have imagined. Now that they know too much, their partnership could be very brief indeed…

[Lynx-lynx]

Kobo India has Donna Leon's 22nd Brunetti book:

The Golden Egg
18.99 RS (yep that's Indian Rupees, equiv to approx AUD 0.32 cents)

In The Golden Egg, as the first leaves of autumn begin to fall, Vice Questore Patta asks Brunetti to look into a minor shop-keeping violation committed by the mayor’s future daughter-in-law. Brunetti has no interest in helping his boss amass political favors, but he has little choice but to comply.

Then Brunetti’s wife, Paola, comes to him with a request of her own. The mentally handicapped man who worked at their dry cleaner has just died of a sleeping pill overdose, and Paola loathes the idea that he lived and died without anyone noticing him, or helping him.

Brunetti begins to investigate the death and is surprised when he finds nothing on the man: no birth certificate, no passport, no driver’s license, no credit cards. As far as the Italian government is concerned, he never existed. Stranger still, the dead man’s mother refuses to speak to the police, and assures Brunetti that her son’s identification papers were stolen in a burglary.

As secrets unravel, Brunetti suspects that the Lembos, an aristocratic family, might be somehow connected to the death. But why would anyone want this sweet, simple-minded man dead?

Well this is an extraordinary price for a very well known author, and a book published only last year.

I would be interested to hear the price in Kobo your country ....

(It's $15.99 in Aus)

[kg3]

On SALE for $0.99:

Murder in a Mill Town (Nell Sweeney Mystery Series #2) - P.B. Ryan
-Historical Mystery
-Previously published by Berkley Prime Crime, 2004
-The first book in the series (Still Life With Murder) has been FREE several times, so you may already have Book #1 of this series

Amazon US ($0.99)----Amazon UK (1.02 GBP)

Book #2 of P.B. Ryan’s acclaimed historical mystery series (Book #1 is Still Life With Murder). Murder in a Mill Town was a finalist for the Mary Higgins Clark Award. Boston governess Nell Sweeney and her employer’s morphine-addicted son, Dr. Will Hewitt, investigate a young woman’s disappearance. Originally published by Berkley Prime Crime.

Former pickpocket Nell Sweeney reinvented herself and found a position as governess to wealthy Viola Hewitt’s daughter Grace. When Viola needs help locating two missing people, she turns to Nell. Working with Viola’s son Will, an opium addict who knows his way around the back alleys and gambling dens, Nell finds the two murdered, and all evidence points to Will’s brother Harry as the killer. While attempting to clear Harry’s name, Nell and Will walk straight into the villain’s lair.

“Nell is one of the strongest, most honorable, and dearest heroines to grace the pages of an amateur sleuth novel....P.B. Ryan knows how to write a tale that will grip and keep readers’ interest throughout the novel.” Midwest Book Reviews

[Mort1997]

Free Today on Amazon - An Accidental Shroud: An Inspector Gil Mayo Mystery by Majorie Eccles

'When the body of local jeweller Nigel Fontenoy is discovered at the back entrance of a grimy pub Detective Chief Inspector Gil Mayo and Detective Inspector Abigail Moon believe it is an easy case.
His body was taken there in a truck belonging to his cousin's building site.
Surely he must be murderer?
After all, Fontenoy's cousin, Jake Wilding, was heavily in debt to the dead man and cannot account satisfactorily for his whereabouts on the night of the murder.
But it turns out the case is not what it seems.
Wilding finally names his alibi — his ex-wife who abandoned him and their baby son — and claims that Fontenoy was pressurizing him to act as a go-between with her for possession of some unnamed object... or information.
In her attempts to unravel the increasingly tangled web of family relationships, Abigail Moon comes to realize that in this mystery, as soon as one thing is gained, another is lost — including a priceless art treasure.
'An Accidental Shroud' is an expertly plotted detective mystery that is perfect for fans of Peter James and Ian Rankin. '


UK
http://www.amazon.co.uk/An-Accidenta...ndeavour+press

US
http://www.amazon.com/An-Accidental-...ndeavour+press

Au
http://www.amazon.com.au/An-Accident...ndeavour+press

Can
http://www.amazon.ca/An-Accidental-S...ndeavour+press

[Mort1997]

Free Today on Amazon - Debut for a Spy by Harry Currie

Minding your own business can get you into a lot of trouble.
Former Canadian military officer David Baird, now an up-and-coming singer in Britain, is invited to perform at a reception in the Soviet Embassy.
Approached by British Intelligence to ‘keep his eyes and ears open’ while he deals with the Soviets, Baird thinks there’s nothing to it.
But when he stumbles upon a plot to sabotage Britain’s development of a top-secret vertical-take-off jet fighter, he finds himself plunged into a dark world of secrets, murder and espionage.
A beautiful Soviet agent with dark, degrading secrets, a KGB assassin, a Soviet cruise ship heading for Odessa with a mysterious cargo, and a smooth-talking Soviet cultural attaché who is more than his title suggests – Baird discovers that by fighting monsters there is a danger of becoming one.
The terrifying dual climax takes place in the skies over the North Atlantic, and in a secret Soviet safe house used for both for interrogation and depraved sex-sting operations.
In over his head, and afraid for his life, David must decide how far he is willing to go in order to foil the Soviets’ plans and protect those he holds most dear.
With his Debut as a Spy Baird’s life will be changed forever…
'Debut For A Spy' is a brilliantly authentic espionage thriller that is perfect for fans of Jack Higgins and Robert Harris.

UK
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Debut-Spy-Ha...ndeavour+press

US
http://www.amazon.com/Debut-Spy-Harr...ndeavour+press

Au
http://www.amazon.com.au/Debut-Spy-H...ndeavour+press

Can
http://www.amazon.ca/Debut-Spy-Harry...ndeavour+press

[GA Russell]

Black by Russell Blake - 99 cents
http://www.amazon.com/BLACK-Hard-boi.../dp/B00F27B8YI

[Apache]

Thank you, this looks interesting.
Apache

[carpetmojo]

Ditto from me too - thank you.