FREE/BARGAIN — Mystery, Suspense & Thrillers

[Mort1997]

Free on Amazon UK - The Fundamentals of Murder (Davey Goldman Series Book 2) by William F. Love

Spoiler:

New York City is on edge…

Auxiliary Bishop Francis X. Regan, a frustrated crime-solving paraplegic with an IQ of 220, and his special assistant Davey Goldman, a New York City cop-turned-private-eye, once more find themselves embroiled in a high-stakes case of murder and embezzlement.

A serial killer, dubbed Strangler John by the media, has been terrorizing the streets for weeks.

On four consecutive Friday nights, a woman has been murdered, her garroted body discovered the next day with a card reading REPENT! thrust into her mouth.

Despite enormous amounts of public pressure, the police have no leads…at least until Jerry Fanning arrives in the Big Apple.

A young fundamentalist preacher, Fanning arrives in New York City from Oklahoma, wife and baby son in town, convinced that the Lord has sent him to convert the entire city to Jesus.

Unfortunately for him, he arrives two days before the first murder, and it doesn’t take long before the police uncover clues pointing to him as Strangler John.

The evidence is circumstantial, but it’s enough for Fanning to suddenly find himself behind bars.

Fortunately for him, he’d met Bishop Regan and Goldman during his short-lived mission to convert the citizens of the Big Apple to Jesus.

Convinced that the police have the wrong man, the Bishop puts his razor-sharp mind to work, delving for clues among the victims themselves. Three of the victims were prostitutes; the fourth was a wealthy businesswoman who moved in high social circles.

Determined to find the reason for this discrepancy, the Bishop turns to Goldman’s contacts, street smarts, and leg-work to find the answers they seek.

Between the Bishop’s brain and Goldman’s brawn, they’re convinced it’s only a matter of time before Fanning will be exonerated…

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[Mort1997]

Originally Posted by sufue

Constable Around the Green is the 14th in the Constable Nick series by Nicholas Rhea. It is free right now at Kindle US.

link: https://www.amazon.com/Constable-Aro...dp/B06WD454RW/

UK

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Constable-A...ess+free+books

Au
https://www.amazon.com.au/Constable-...ess+free+books

Cán
https://www.amazon.ca/Constable-Arou...ess+free+books

[ATDrake]

X-link to the General Fiction thread for some mysteries by a literary author:

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Chabon is the featured Amazon Kindle Gold Box Deal of the Day, and two mysteries of his—a Sherlock Holmes pastiche, and an sfnal mystery set in alternate history—are on sale for just $1.99 & $2.99 in Canada & the US.

[bgalbrecht]

Now that I have a Kobo, it annoys me that I need to price match some things that go on sale at both Amazon and B&N if I want to buy from Kobo. Unfortunately with the Chabon works, it just brings the price down to the VIP price and I have to sometimes get a lot of store credit. On the other hand, if it had been a Big 5 publisher, I would have ultimately picked it up for less than Amazon's price.

[ATDrake]

^

Well, at least you get points for the full amount paid before price-match, which should add up over time towards something redeemable?

ETA: Turns out some of them were Big 5, since Chabon's other publisher is HarperCollins, and several of the sale books were from them and not Open Road. So you did save over Amazon's price if you bought those ones.

[GA Russell]

Originally Posted by GA Russell

Paul Auster - The New York Trilogy - $2.99
https://www.amazon.com/New-York-Tril...dp/B000TO0TB2/

today $1.99

[bgalbrecht]

Originally Posted by ATDrake

ETA: Turns out some of them were Big 5, since Chabon's other publisher is HarperCollins, and several of the sale books were from them and not Open Road. So you did save over Amazon's price if you bought those ones.

I missed that. The three that I bought were published by HarperCollins, so I'll save 60 cents over buying at Amazon or B&N.

[Little.Egret]

All books (14) in the Sanford Third Age Club Mysteries are currently free as are others by David W Robinson.

https://www.amazon.com/s/?url=search...id+Robinson%27

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?url=sear...id+Robinson%27

https://www.amazon.ca/s/?url=search-...id+Robinson%27


Or indeed see all freebies from his publisher, Crooked Cat. some of which are crime

https://www.amazon.com/s/?url=search...r=Crooked+Cat*

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?url=sear...r=Crooked+Cat*

https://www.amazon.ca/s/?url=search-...r=Crooked+Cat*

[sufue]

Four of the titles in the Jimmy Flannery series by Robert Campbell are $0.99 for the next 6 3/4 days as US Kindle Countdown deals. All have been Countdown deals before, but if you missed one and want it, here's a second chance.

Titles are:

• Nibbled to Death by Ducks, #6
• The Gift Horse’s Mouth, #7
• In a Pig’s Eye, #8
• Sauce for the Goose, #9

The first title in the series, The Junkyard Dog, is also a long-term freebie.

Link for all five: https://www.amazon.com/gp/search/?se...price-asc-rank

[sufue]

Weighed in the Balance is the 7th in the William Monk series by Anne Perry. It has dropped to $1.99 at Kindle and Kobo US.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/Weighed-Balan...dp/B0043M4Z1G/
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/wei...-the-balance-4

Spoiler:

When Countess Zorah Rostova asks London barrister Sir Oliver Rathbone to defend her against a charge of slander, he is astonished to find himself accepting. For without a shred of evidence, the countess has publicly insisted that the onetime ruler of her small German principality was murdered by his wife, the woman who was responsible for the prince’s exile to Venice twenty years before. Private investigator William Monk and his friend Hester Latterly journey to the City of Water in an attempt verify the countess’s claims, and though the two manage to establish that the prince was indeed murdered, as events unfold the likeliest suspect seems to be Countess Zorah herself.

[sufue]

These look pretty thriller-ish, but the Kindle UK Big Deal of the Day is the six titles in David Baldacci's Michelle Maxwell and Sean King series for £0.99:

• Split Second
• Hour Game
• Simple Genius
• First Family
• The Sixth Man
• King and Maxwell

link for all (this is a really messy link, but I don't see an affiliate tag, and it comes from starting at amazon.co.uk and clicking directly through): https://www.amazon.co.uk/b/ref=s9_ac...d_i=5400977031

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by sufue

These look pretty thriller-ish, but the Kindle UK Big Deal of the Day is the six titles in David Baldacci's Michelle Maxwell and Sean King series for £0.99:

• Split Second
• Hour Game
• Simple Genius
• First Family
• The Sixth Man
• King and Maxwell

link for all (this is a really messy link, but I don't see an affiliate tag, and it comes from starting at amazon.co.uk and clicking directly through): https://www.amazon.co.uk/b/ref=s9_ac...d_i=5400977031

An excellent series, I should add. I bought them all at full price . They are indeed books in the thriller/crime category.

[sufue]

Wasted Justice (apa Kate's Killing and revised edition of Six Bells, whew!) is the fourth in the Judge Willa Carson series by Diane Capri. It has dropped to $0.99 at Kindle US.

link: https://www.amazon.com/Wasted-Justic...dp/B005E8YRWK/

Spoiler:

Judge Willa Carson’s mother Kate Austin’s new husband, a hot Italian model, lures Willa into investigating a thirty-year old murder. When no-nonsense Federal Judge Wilhelmina Carson is presented with the facts of the case she’s convinced that Billie Jo Steam is innocent.

Determined to right the wrongs of a justice system in which she believes, and to please Kate no matter what, Willa pulls out all the stops, including the use of genetic testing and her most distinguished political connections, to give Billie Jo back her family and her freedom.

But there isn’t much time to celebrate…

The deeper Willa delves into this timeworn case and the complex relationships that surround it, the more she realizes that there are still many people in Tampa — from pillars of the community, to old hippies, to friends and co-workers — who will do whatever it takes to keep the past buried. Judge Willa stays on the long, cold trail until truth prevails at the very end of the road and Kate makes a killing.

Also note the first in this series, Due Justice (apa Carly's Conspiracy, revised edition of Silicone Solution, again whew!) is free as part of the Florida is Murder two-book set, which also includes Surface Tension, which appears to have only one title , and is the first in the Seychelle Sullivan series by Christine Kling.
link: https://www.amazon.com/Florida-Justi...dp/B00EFAT458/

[sufue]

Hmmm... I'm not really into thrillers, but if they are good enough to buy at full price, maybe I should try these...

Originally Posted by HarryT

An excellent series, I should add. I bought them all at full price . They are indeed books in the thriller/crime category.

[Apache]

Originally Posted by HarryT

An excellent series, I should add. I bought them all at full price . They are indeed books in the thriller/crime category.

Originally Posted by sufue

Hmmm... I'm not really into thrillers, but if they are good enough to buy at full price, maybe I should try these...

I have to agree with Harry, they are well worth paying full price, and are a steal at £0.99.
Apache