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[sufue]

Now on sale in the UK for £0.99

Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B004GKMHJW
Kindle UK/Smile: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/dp/B004GKMHJW

Originally Posted by sufue

The Terracotta Dog is the second in Andrea Camiller's awesome IMO Inspector Montalbano series. It has dropped to $1.99 at Kindle and Kobo US.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001KWKA52
Kindle US/Smile: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B001KWKA52
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-terra-cotta-dog


There is also an omnibus (Death in Sicily) of the first three titles in the series that has been on sale before, so check carefully before you buy...

[sufue]

Simon Brett's The Killer in the Choir is the next-to-most-recent in Brett's Fethering series. It has dropped to £2.09 at Kindle UK right now.

Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B089NYVFYX
Kindle UK/Smile: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/dp/B089NYVFYX

Spoiler:

At her husband’s funeral, Heather Mallet is publicly accused of his murder. But did she really kill her husband, as many residents of the sleepy coastal town of Fethering believe? To get to the heart of the matter, local amateur sleuths Carole and Jude join the community choir and discover that amidst the clashing egos and petty resentments there lurk some decidedly false notes. At least one chorister would appear to be hiding a deadly secret – and it’s up to Carole and Jude to unearth the truth.

And, I also noticed that there are five more titles in the series at £2.84 each, which is not £0.99 or £1.99 like I'd prefer but is still not terrible...

• The Stabbing in the Stables, #7: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08FT8YXLS
• Death under the Dryer, #8: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08FT73XR7
• Blood at the Bookies, #9: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08HDFXF23
• The Shooting in the Shop, #11: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08L3WS6YD
• Bones under the Beach Hut, #12: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08L3VLR3Z

All are Smile links, but if you don't want Smile, just replace the "smile" in the URL with "www"...

[sufue]

Now £0.99 at Kindle UK...

Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08TGVT3DY
Kindle UK/Smile: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08TGVT3DY

Originally Posted by Tarana

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Death in Daylesford By Kerry Greenwood[/B] $1.99 Amazon, Kobo and B&N
Historical mystery - Ms. Fisher series - 1920s Australia

[sufue]

Two books in PD James' Adam Dalgliesh series are on sale for £1.79 each at Kindle UK...

Shroud for a Nightingale, #4
Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B002RI9YAK
Kindle UK/Smile: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/dp/B002RI9YAK

The Black Tower, #5
Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B002RI90DQ
Kindle UK/Smile: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/dp/B002RI90DQ

[sufue]

Evans Above is the first title in Rhys Bowen's first series, the Evan Evans series. It's a fun cozy series that I read mostly in DTB, which is a good thing because the e-books in the US run $11.99 each, having gone UP from $7.99 a while back. Which is insane for very old (late 1990s/early 2000s) backlist, and they almost never go on sale - like, I've never seen most of them ever on sale. So I almost hesitate to mention that Evans Above has dropped to $3.99 in the US, which is still a bit high for backlist IMO. But worse, if you like it, the rest of the series is going to cost you, unless you can find them at your library or at your local used bookstore, so be forewarned...

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007IVOJ42
Kindle US/Smile: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B007IVOJ42
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/evans-above

Spoiler:

Evan Evans is a young police constable who has traded in the violence of city life for idyllic Llanfair, a Welsh village tucked far away from trouble. Nestled among the Snowdonia mountain range, Llanfair looks to Constable Evans like a town forgotten by time, but he quickly learns that even the bucolic countryside has its share of eccentric--and deadly--characters. Evans' new neighbors include two competitive ministers vying for the souls of their flock, one lascivious barmaid, and three other Evanses: Evan-the-Meat, Evans-the-Milk, and Evans-the-Post (whose favorite hobby is to read the mail before he delivers it).

Before Evans has time to sort through the complicated relationships and rivalries of his new home, he's called to the scene of a crime as brutal and fearsome as any he encountered in the big city. Two hikers have been murdered on the trails of the local mountain, and Evans must hunt down a vicious killer--who may or may not be linked to the mysterious destruction of Mrs. Powell-Jones' prize-winning tomatoes.

Oh, and Minotaur Books clearly wants to hook you, because Evans Above is also KU, but none of the other titles is. So be doubly forewarned...

[sufue]

Again $1.99 in the US...

Originally Posted by sufue

Aunty Lee's Chilled Revenge is the third in Ovidia Yu's Aunty Lee series. As @ATDrake mentions upthread, this is a pretty cozy cozy series, but set in an interesting locale, Singapore, and really gives a nice sense of the characters, and I've enjoyed all four titles in the series. And, having just come back from a business trip to Singapore, the foodie tidbits sprinkled throughout turned out to be rather useful . Revenge has dropped to $1.99 at Kindle and Kobo US.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B011IT5AU6
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/aun...hilled-revenge

[sufue]

The Grove of the Caesars is the eighth and next-to-most-recent in Lindsey Davis' Flavia Albia series. It has dropped to $2.99 in the US.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0818Q8ZZG
Kindle US/Smile: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B0818Q8ZZG
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the...-the-caesars-4

Spoiler:

In the sacred grove of Julius Caesar, something deadly stirs in the undergrowth—a serial killer, who haunted the gardens for years, has claimed another victim—in Lindsey Davis’s next historical mystery, The Grove of the Caesars.

At the feet of her adoptive father, renowned private informer Marcus Didius Falco, Flavia Albia learned a number of important rules. First and foremost—always keep one's distance from the palace, nothing good comes from that direction. But right behind it—murder is the business of the Vigiles, best to leave them to it.

Having broken the first rule more often than she'd like, it's no surprise to anyone when she finds herself breaking the second one. The public gardens named after the Caesars is a place nice girls are warned away from and when a series of bodies are uncovered, it seems that a serial killer has been haunting the grove for years. The case is assigned to one Julius Karus, a cohort of the Vigiles, but Albia is convinced that nothing will come of his efforts. Out of sympathy for the dead women and their grieving relatives, Albia decides to work with the vile Karus and bring the serial killer to justice.

[sufue]

Almost three years later, again $2.99 in the US. The links are still good.

Originally Posted by sufue

The Adventuress is the 10th in the Lady Emily series by Tasha Alexander. It has dropped to $2.99 at Kindle and Kobo US.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/Adventuress-L...dp/B00V357MOS/
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-adventuress-10

[sufue]

Free again, several years later...sadly not free in the UK, at least as of now...

Originally Posted by sufue

Black & Blue is the fourth in the Lord and Lady Hetheridge series by Emma Jameson. The other three have been previously free or discounted, and so I'm happy to see this one free right now on Amazon US. I've read three of the four books in this series, and enjoyed them; now I'll get to read the latest.

link: https://www.amazon.com/Black-Blue-Lo...dp/B00XJ7D2AQ/

[sufue]

Now $1.99 at Kindle and Kobo US...

Originally Posted by sufue

The Counterfeit Heiress is the 9th in the Lady Emily series by Tasha Alexander. It has dropped to $2.99 at Kindle and Kobo US.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/Counterfeit-H...dp/B00J6TV0LE/
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the...erfeit-heiress

[ReadingManiac]

This may be permanent but Plague Land is .99 at Amazon

US
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00J379EK8

UK
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00J379EK8

Posting because I just started the third book in this series and am gobsmacked at how good the whole series has been. Medieval Mystery.

[sufue]

If you're not new to this forum (and assuming you want them in the first place ), you probably already have all of the books in Julie Smith's Skip Langdon series, since they go free pretty often, either individually, or in various omnibuses. But just in case, here are three individual titles, and also an omnibus of the first three titles in the series, all for free right now. This is more than are usually free at one time...

Skip Langdon Vol 1-3 (New Orleans Mourning, The Axeman’s Jazz, and Jazz Funeral)
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KGO4QVE
Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00KGO4QVE

And just for fun...New Orleans Mourning won the 1991 Edgar Award for Best Mystery...

Death before Facebook (apa New Orleans Beat), #4
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B008DP2B56
Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B008DP2B56

House of Blues, #5
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B008NOY09W
Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B008NOY09W

Murder on Magazine, #10
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079VRDCFC
Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B079VRDCFC

The first five were conventionally published before being e-published by Smith's own BooksBNimble press, which also publishes (and/or re-e-publishes) a bunch of other authors, like Tony Dunbar, Shelly Singer, etc.

And when I went to the BooksBNimble website, just to verify, I discovered they are offering a "mini-anthology" of two free Skip Langdon short stories (The End of the Earth and Always Othello) in exchange for joining their mailing list. Up to you whether you want to give them your email. (I'll come back and update if I get inundated with email, but I don't expect to...)

[sufue]

Two titles in the Gervase Fen series by Edmund Crispin have dropped to $1.99 at Kindle US.

The Case of the Gilded Fly, apa Obsequies at Oxford, #1
info and link in this previous post

The Moving Toyshop, #3
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JEJB1II
Kindle US/Smile: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B00JEJB1II

[sufue]

The Body in the Casket is the 24th and next-to-most-recent in Katherine Hall Page's Faith Fairchild series. It has dropped to $1.99 in the US.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06XK2N92C
Kindle US/Smile: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B06XK2N92C
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-body-in-the-casket

Spoiler:

The inimitable Faith Fairchild returns in a chilling New England whodunit, inspired by the best Agatha Christie mysteries and with hints of the timeless board game Clue.

For most of her adult life, resourceful caterer Faith Fairchild has called the sleepy Massachusetts village of Aleford home. While the native New Yorker has come to know the region well, she isn’t familiar with Havencrest, a privileged enclave, until the owner of Rowan House, a secluded sprawling Arts and Crafts mansion, calls her about catering a weekend house party.

Producer/director of a string of hit musicals, Max Dane—a Broadway legend—is throwing a lavish party to celebrate his seventieth birthday. At the house as they discuss the event, Faith’s client makes a startling confession. "I didn’t hire you for your cooking skills, fine as they may be, but for your sleuthing ability. You see, one of the guests wants to kill me."

Faith’s only clue is an ominous birthday gift the man received the week before—an empty casket sent anonymously containing a twenty-year-old Playbill from Max’s last, and only failed, production—Heaven or Hell. Consequently, Max has drawn his guest list for the party from the cast and crew. As the guests begin to arrive one by one, and an ice storm brews overhead, Faith must keep one eye on the menu and the other on her host to prevent his birthday bash from becoming his final curtain call.

Full of delectable recipes, brooding atmosphere, and Faith’s signature biting wit, The Body in the Casket is a delightful thriller that echoes the beloved mysteries of Agatha Christie and classic films such as Murder by Death and Deathtrap.

[graycyn]

Just a quick thanks, picked up the Skip Langdon freebies and will give a try out!