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[sufue]

Again $1.99 at Kindle US, as part of today's Daily Deal, matched at Kobo US...

Originally Posted by GA Russell

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March Violets = Bernie Gunther
https://www.amazon.com/March-Violets...dp/B006UMI20C/

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Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/march-violets

I've really enjoyed this series...

[4691mls]

Originally Posted by sufue

The Other End of the Line is the next to last in the excellent IMO Inspector Montalbano series by Andrea Camilleri. It has dropped to $1.99 at Kindle US as part of the Daily Deal, matched at Kobo US. It's a bit unusual to see these price drops on fairly recent titles in this series in the US - they seem to happen much more often in the UK. But in any case, I'm happy!

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/Other-Line-In...dp/B07M82PQCC/
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the...nd-of-the-line

Thanks. This is a reminder for me that there are still a few books toward the end of that series that I haven't read.
This is a good series for anyone who likes some humor with their mysteries.

[ZodWallop]

Last Summer by Evan Hunter (aka: Ed McBain) is $1.99 at Amazon US.

Three teenagers turn an idyllic summer vacation into a violent nightmare in this “compelling and unforgettable” novel by the bestselling author of The Blackboard Jungle (Harper’s).

Bored, restless, privileged teenagers Sandy, David, and Peter meet while vacationing with their families on remote Greensward Island. The two boys, both sixteen, are immediately entranced by Sandy’s beauty and frank sexuality.

Over the course of the summer, the trio creates an illicit teenage paradise far removed from adult supervision. Stolen beers and lustful teasing lead to more nefarious games, however, when Rhoda appears. Shy, quiet, and unsophisticated, the fifteen-year-old desperately wants to fit in with her more glamorous peers. Her awkwardness brings out a vicious cruel streak in Sandy, who has David and Peter so tightly wrapped around her finger they’ll do whatever she wants—even if it means destroying an innocent life.

A fearless, unflinching portrait of youth gone wild, Last Summer was the basis for an Academy Award–nominated film starring Barbara Hershey, Bruce Davison, Richard Thomas, and Catherine Burns. Originally published in 1968 and heralded by Cosmopolitan as “the most chilling novel of this—or any—autumn,” Last Summer transforms a coming-of-age story into a dark and twisted fable and confirms Evan Hunter’s reputation as a master of suspense.

[ZodWallop]

Max Allan Collins has a six book series revolving around murders occurring during famous disasters.

The books can be read in any order as characters don't continue. The investegators tend to be famous historical figures. Walter Gibson (creator of The Shadow) investigates The War of the Worlds Murder, Edgar Rice Burroughs investigates The Pearl Harbor Murders and so on.

All are on sale, $0.99 at Amazon US.

Complete series page
The Lusitania Murders
The War of the Worlds Murder
The Pearl Harbor Murders
The London Blitz Murders
The Titanic Murders
The Hindenburg Murders

[sufue]

I've read and enjoyed several titles in Cora Harrison's Burren series, but haven't read any of her Reverend Mother Aquinas titles. Now the second title in the series, A Shocking Assassination, has dropped to $0.99 at Kindle US. I wish it were the first on sale , but it's sitting at more than $7 right now...

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01ITS6GNO

Spoiler:

“Well-drawn characters, including a lead capable of sustaining a long series, complement the clever plot”
Publishers Weekly Starred Review

Reverend Mother Aquinas is asked to prove a young man’s innocence in the second of this atmospheric new Irish historical mystery series.

Ireland. 1924. Reverend Mother Aquinas is buying buttered eggs in the Cork city market at the very moment when the city engineer, James Doyle, is assassinated. Although no one saw the actual killing, a young reporter named Sam O’Mahoney is found standing close to the body, a pistol in his hand, and is arrested and charged.

Following a desperate appeal from Sam’s mother, convinced of her son’s innocence, the Reverend Mother investigates – and, in this turbulent, war-torn city, uncovers several other key suspects. Could there be a Republican connection? Was James Doyle’s death linked to his corrupt practices in the rebuilding of the city, burned down more than a year ago by the Black and Tans? Cork is a city divided by wealth and by politics: this murder seems to have links to both.

[sufue]

Aunt Dimity and the Duke is the second in Nancy Atherton's Aunt Dimity series. I read quite a few of the early titles in this series back in DTB days, and enjoyed them, but at some point, I sort of lost touch with the series. I guess it was a little bit of transitioning to e-books, and titles in this series don't go on sale often. And also a little bit of series-ennui as the titles kept coming. But in any case, this is the second in the series, and one of the ones I liked! It has dropped to $1.99 at Kindle and Kobo US.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001QWFYD4
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/aun...y-and-the-duke

Spoiler:

The beloved Aunt Dimity returns in this delightful follow-up to the book that launched the Aunt Dimity series. Watch out for Nancy Atherton's latest, Aunt Dimity and the King's Ransom, coming in July 2018 from Viking!

Emma Porter is forty, fat, frumpy, and a passionate amateur gardener. When her longtime lover dumps her for a younger woman, Emma escapes the cloying sympathy of family and friends by setting out on a summer-long driving tour of England's glorious gardens. A Dimity-contrived coincidence brings her to Penford Hall, a sprawling Gothic mansion in Cornwall, where she finds a duke in search of a missing lantern with extraordinary powers. Suspecting there's more than one mystery to be solved at Penford Hall, Emma accepts the duke's invitation to stay on and restore the once glorious chapel garden to its former beauty. The dark rumors surrounding a rock star and the near-death of the duke's beautiful cousin confirm Emma's suspicions, and set her--with Aunt Dimity's ghostly guidance--on the path to Penford Hall's secrets and the pleasure of unexpected love.

[badgoodDeb]

Originally Posted by sufue

Aunt Dimity and the Duke is the second in Nancy Atherton's Aunt Dimity series. .....

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001QWFYD4
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/aun...y-and-the-duke

Checking out the sample, the first line makes me ask: What are "buttered eggs"? Line: Reverend Mother Aquinas was buying buttered eggs in the English Market on the Friday morning ...

She's in an open market stall, not a restaurant. ??

[sufue]

I have/had no idea, but I would have assumed it was something Irish, like black pudding or colcannon. But when I googled it, once I got past all the recipes for scrambled eggs with lots of butter, I found this:

Buttered eggs are a specialty in Cork, Ireland.

Absolutely freshly-laid eggs straight from the nest are rolled in melted butter. The melted butter forms a protective seal over the shell, extending the storage life of the eggs in the absence of refrigeration, or even if they are refrigerated. The butter also permeates through the shell and influences the flavour of the egg inside.

Buttered eggs is also the name of a dish; see buttered eggs (2).

link: https://www.cooksinfo.com/buttered-eggs-1

So now I really learned something!!!

Also, I think you may have quoted the wrong post - the one you quoted was Aunt Dimity , and the Mother Aquinas one immediately preceding Aunt D is the one with the buttered eggs...

Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

Checking out the sample, the first line makes me ask: What are "buttered eggs"? Line: Reverend Mother Aquinas was buying buttered eggs in the English Market on the Friday morning ...

She's in an open market stall, not a restaurant. ??

[badgoodDeb]

Whoops, yeah. Thanks for investigating!

[sufue]

There's a graphic novel version of Playback, the last title in Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe series, going for free right now at Kindle and Kobo US.

Info is in this post in the Comics thread: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh....php?p=4015246

[ReadingManiac]

The Woods by Harlan Coben is currently .99 on Amazon. I'm reading it at present and finding it interesting to say the least.

[sufue]

The thing is, I would think the butter would go rancid and ruin the eggs. But I guess not...

Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

Whoops, yeah. Thanks for investigating!

[sufue]

It's been a couple years since this was last free, but it's free again right now. And the whole series is still KU if you like it...

Link below is still good.

Originally Posted by sufue

Death at Hilliard High is the third in the Susan Lombardi series by Carole Shmurak. It is free right now at Kindle US. I have had this book and one other from the series sitting on a shelf for years, since back in the days when I went to used DTB sales, but it never managed to float to the top of my TBR list. Still, for free, I'll replace it with an e-book version .

The other titles in the series are KU, so if you have KU, you can read in order if you prefer.

link: https://www.amazon.com/Death-Hilliar...dp/B004PGO35S/

[sufue]

Another freebie that hasn't been free for a couple of years...

Link below is still good.

Also free at Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wayward-App...dp/B003PPDB12/

Originally Posted by sufue

The Wayward Apprentice is the first in the Stephen Attebrook series by Jason Vail. This may be self pub (Hawk Publishing???), but I've read this and several other titles in the series and enjoyed it. It is free right now at Kindle US.

link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003PPDB12

[sufue]

Not sure about Skyhorse Publishing, and don't have time right now to research, but I have read the Black Stiletto series by this author and liked it a lot. Still, if you are very sensitive to possibly self-pubbed, skip the rest of this post.

Raymond Benson has two freebies right now, which look to be a little different than the Black Stiletto books, but since I like the author, and they're free, I'm going to snag them. But they may not end up very high on my TBR list . Somewhat unusually for many Kindle US freebies, they are not also free at Kindle UK, where they are £11.99 each - ouch!

In the Hush of the Night: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B073XV221P

The Secrets on Chicory Lane: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06ZXZ6SS3


Also, BTW, a 5-book omnibus of Benson's Black Stiletto series is on sale right now for $1.99 at Kindle US, and an even better £0.76 at Kindle UK.
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B011JB6UP2/
Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Black-Stile...dp/B011JB6UP2/