FREE/BARGAIN — Mystery, Suspense & Thrillers

[Tarana]

A Conspiracy of Faith - Jussi Adler-Olsen $1.99 Amazon, Kobo and B&N
Crime - department Q

Naked Prey - John Sandford $1.99 Amazon, Kobo and B&N
Crime/Thriller

[4691mls]

Thanks for the reminder about Department Q. I need to catch up on that series and its interesting bunch of quirky characters.

[sufue]

Three omnibuses of books in Catherine Aird's Calleshire series, featuring Inspector Sloan (and Constable Crosby) are on sale in the UK - somewhat unusually for Open Road Media titles, which don't go on sale in the UK nearly as often as in the US. Each volume is £4.79 right now, which works out to £1.60 per book for the three-book ones, and £1.20 for the one with four books in it.

The Calleshire Chronicles Volume Three, contains Parting Breath, Some Die Eloquent, and Passing Strange
Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07GWHRJNC
Kindle UK/Smile: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07GWHRJNC

The Calleshire Chronicles Volume Four, contains Last Respects, Harm's Way, and A Dead Liberty
Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07GWCKBDF
Kindle UK/Smile: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07GWCKBDF

The Calleshire Chronicles Volume Five, contains The Body Politic, A Going Concern, After Effects, and Injury Time
Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07GWBVS4J
Kindle UK/Smile: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07GWBVS4J

This is one of my top five-ish mystery series...

[Tarana]

Originally Posted by 4691mls

Thanks for the reminder about Department Q. I need to catch up on that series and its interesting bunch of quirky characters.

I've managed to acquire all but The Hanging Girl via these $1.99 deals in the last year and a half. My Mom recommended them.

Today's offering is an author I do not know, but the blurb sounded interesting.
Murder by the Book (The Langham & Dupré Mysteries 1) By Eric Brown $1.99 Amazon, Kobo and B&N
Historical fiction

“Consistently entertaining” (Kirkus Reviews): The literary scene in 1950s London is shocked when three members of the London Crime Writers’ Association wind up dead. Fellow crime author Donald Langham must piece together the clues to find the shrewd killer! A “well-paced” mystery (Publishers Weekly).

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Murder-Book-L...s%2C219&sr=8-2
Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/murder-by-the-book-25

Gated Prey (book 3 Eve Ronin) By Lee Goldberg $1.99 Amazon only
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Gated-Prey-Ev...s%2C140&sr=8-1
Crime

[ZodWallop]

Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby is $2.99 at Amazon US.

Ike Randolph has been out of jail for fifteen years, with not so much as a speeding ticket in all that time. But a Black man with cops at the door knows to be afraid.

The last thing he expects to hear is that his son Isiah has been murdered, along with Isiah’s white husband, Derek. Ike had never fully accepted his son but is devastated by his loss.

Derek’s father Buddy Lee was almost as ashamed of Derek for being gay as Derek was ashamed of his father's criminal record. Buddy Lee still has contacts in the underworld, though, and he wants to know who killed his boy.

Ike and Buddy Lee, two ex-cons with little else in common other than a criminal past and a love for their dead sons, band together in their desperate desire for revenge. In their quest to do better for their sons in death than they did in life, hardened men Ike and Buddy Lee will confront their own prejudices about their sons and each other, as they rain down vengeance upon those who hurt their boys.

Provocative and fast-paced, S. A. Cosby's Razorblade Tears is a story of bloody retribution, heartfelt change - and maybe even redemption.

[sufue]

Everglades is the tenth in Randy Wayne White's Doc Ford series. It has dropped to $1.99 at Kindle and Kobo US.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002X848PK
Kindle US/Smile: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B002X848PK
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/everglades-1

Spoiler:

In this thrilling novel from New York Times bestselling author Randy Wayne White, Doc Ford returns to his stilt house on Dinkin's Bay to find an old friend and one-time lover waiting for him.

Her real-estate developer husband has disappeared and been pronounced dead, and she's sure there's worse to follow--and she's right. Following the trail, Ford ends up deep in the Everglades, at the gates of a community presided over by a man named Bhagwan Shiva (formerly Jerry Singh). Shiva is big business, but that business has been a little shaky lately, and so he's come up with a scheme to enhance both his cash and his power. Of course, there's the possibility that some people could get hurt and the Everglades itself damaged, but Shiva smells a killing.

And if that should turn out to be literally, as well as figuratively, true...well, that's just too damned bad.

[sufue]

Several titles in Lindsey Davis' excellent IMO Falco series are $1.99 right now at Kindle and Kobo US. Some are older/semi-perm price drops, and I'm just relisting, but some are recent.

Three Hands in the Fountain, #9
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07Q6XNC6J
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/thr...the-fountain-3

Two for the Lions, #10
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07Q6XN5NT
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/two-for-the-lions-5

One Virgin Too Many, #11
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07Q82G45C
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/one-virgin-too-many-5

Ode to a Banker, #12
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07Q7ZYR33
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/ode-to-a-banker-3

The Jupiter Myth, #14
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001RW10S6
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-jupiter-myth

The Accusers, #15
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001E7IDSY
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-accusers

Scandal Takes a Holiday, #16
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07Q6XN4HY
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/sca...es-a-holiday-5

[sufue]

Several titles in Margaret Maron's also excellent IMO Deborah Knott series and one title in her Sigrid Harald series are $1.99 right now at Kindle and Kobo US. Some are older/semi-perm price drops, and I'm just relisting, but some are recent.

Winter’s Child, Deborah Knott #12
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000QRIH0M
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/winter-s-child-1

Hard Row, Deborah Knott #13
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000QRIH0W
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/hard-row

Death’s Half Acre, Deborah Knott #14
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00125L86W
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/death-s-half-acre-1

Sand Sharks, Deborah Knott #15
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002J05IOM
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/sand-sharks

Three-Day Town, Deborah Knott #17
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004QZ9PAQ
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/three-day-town

Designated Daughters, Deborah Knott #19
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00H25FJ66
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/designated-daughters

Take Out, Sigrid Harald #9
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01M0CIDDK
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/take-out-3

[curtw]

Originally Posted by LDB

Suchet is the only Poirot. Rathbone is the only Holmes. Wayne is the only Rooster. There are some roles that belong to one actor and it's a fool's errand to try to put anyone else into the role.

And West is the definitive Batman.

[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by LDB

Rathbone is the only Holmes... There are some roles that belong to one actor and it's a fool's errand to try to put anyone else into the role.

[LDB]

I (we?) rarely see free here. Some of Duane Lindsay's mystery works are currently free in case anyone wants to check them out.

[kyrilson]

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

This. ^^^^

[sufue]

The Edge of Dreams is the fourteenth Molly Murphy title by Rhys Bowen. It's $1.99 right now at Kindle US, not matched at Kobo, at least as of now.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00MLLZR86
Kindle US/Smile: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B00MLLZR86

Spoiler:

Molly Murphy Sullivan's husband Daniel, a captain in the New York City police force, is stumped. He's chasing a murderer whose victims have nothing in common—nothing except for the taunting notes that are delivered to Daniel after each murder. And when Daniel receives a note immediately after Molly and her young son Liam are in a terrible train crash, Daniel and Molly both begin to fear that maybe Molly herself was the target.

Molly's detective instincts are humming, but finding the time to dig deeper into this case is a challenge. She's healing from injuries sustained in the crash and also sidetracked by her friends Sid and Gus's most recent hobby, dream analysis. And when Molly herself starts suffering from strange dreams, she wonders if they just might hold the key to solving Daniel's murder case.

[sufue]

Many years ago I read and really liked The Flanders Panel, by Arturo Perez-Reverte, but I haven't read any of his other books. Now The Seville Communion is on sale for $1.99 at Kindle US, and its blurb sounds pretty interesting so I'm going to give it a try.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004IPPW6U
Kindle US/Smile: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B004IPPW6U

Spoiler:

Someone has hacked into the pope’s personal computer—not to spy on the Vatican or to spread a virus, but to send an urgent plea for help: SAVE OUR LADY OF THE TEARS. The crumbling Baroque church in the heart of Seville is slated for demolition—and two of its defenders have suddenly died. Accidents? Or murders? And was the church itself somehow involved?

The Vatican promptly dispatches Father Lorenzo Quart, their worldly and enormously attractive emissary, to investigate the situation, track down the hacker—known only as “Vespers”—and stay alive. Thus begins a sophisticated and utterly suspenseful page-turner that has taken its readers by storm.

[sufue]

Now £0.99 at Kindle UK...

Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B098D854ZD
Kindle UK/Smile: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/dp/B098D854ZD

Originally Posted by sufue

The Cruelest Month is the third in the Chief Inspector Gamache series by Louise Penny. It has dropped to $2.99 at Kindle and Kobo US. {edited other book}

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/Cruelest-Mont...dp/B0010SGRMG/
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-cruelest-month