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[sufue]

Several years later, the second in Jean-Luc Bannalec's Brittany series, Murder on Brittany Shores, is $2.99 again in the US. The links below are still good.

Originally Posted by sufue

Woo-hoo!

The second in this series, Murder on Brittany Shores, has dropped to $2.99 at Kindle and Kobo US. I have a couple of long plane flights coming up next week, so this is just in time!

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LY4RMS7
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/mur...ttany-shores-2

[Spinningwoman]

Originally Posted by sufue

Bad Actors is the eighth and most recent (2022) in Mick Herron's Slough House series. It's £0.99 at Kindle UK today.

Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09CKVV78X
Kindle UK/Smile: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09CKVV78X

Thank you!

[sufue]

The Dead Cry Justice is the sixth and most recent (2021) in the Gilded Age series by Rosemary Simpson - at least until the new one comes out at the end of this month. It's on sale in the US ($1.99) and UK (£1.68). And it's discountable at Kobo, so you can use "Partners22" for 40% off...

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08Y68J3TJ
Kindle US/Smile: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B08Y68J3TJ
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-dead-cry-justice
Kobo UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08Y68J3TJ
Kobo UK/Smile: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08Y68J3TJ

Spoiler:

THE DEAD CRY JUSTICE

May 1890: As NYU Law School finally agrees to admit female law students, Judge MacKenzie’s daughter Prudence weighs her choices carefully. Chief among her concerns is how her decision would affect the Hunter and MacKenzie Investigative Law agency and her professional and personal relationship with the partner who is currently recuperating from a near fatal shooting.

But an even more pressing issue presents itself in the form of a street urchin, whose act of petty theft inadvertently leads Prudence to a badly beaten girl he is protecting. Fearing for the girl’s life, Prudence rushes her to the Friends Refuge for the Sick Poor, run by the compassionate Charity Sloan. When the boy and girl slip out of their care and run away, Prudence suspects they are fleeing a dangerous predator and is desperate to find them.

Aided by the photographer and social reformer Jacob Riis and the famous journalist Nellie Bly, Prudence and Geoffrey scour the tenements and brothels of Five Points. Their only clue is a mysterious doll with an odd resemblance to the missing girl. But as the destitute orphans they encounter whisper the nickname of the killer who stalks them—Il diavolo—Prudence and Geoffrey must race against time to find the missing children before their merciless enemies do . . .

[sufue]

The Shapeshifter's Lair is the 31st Sister Fidelma title by Peter Tremayne. It's £2.99 right now at Kindle UK, a bit more than I like to spend, but this is a great series, and books in this series don't go on sale very often, so I'm posting it...

Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08227JNN6
Kindle UK/Smile: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08227JNN6

Spoiler:

Ireland. AD 672.

The body of a dead man has been found on a lonely mountain road and taken to the isolated abbey of Gleann Da Loch for a proper burial. The abbot quickly identifies him as Brehon Brocc, who had been travelling to the abbey on a secret mission with Princess Gelgeis and her steward. When news reaches Colgu, King of Muman, that his betrothed, Princess Gelgeis, has disappeared, Fidelma with her trusted companions, Eadulf and Enda, enter the hostile Kingdom of Laigin in search of the truth.

But one death is quickly followed by another and warnings of demonic shapeshifters and evil lurking in the mountains must be taken seriously. Are there really brigands stealing gold and silver from the ancient mines? And are rumours of a war between the Kingdoms of Laigin and Muman to be believed? As Fidelma searches for answers, she must do everything in her power to avoid danger and death in a land where no one is to be trusted...

[sufue]

Rocket to the Morgue is the second in Anthony Boucher's short two-book Sister Ursula series, written by Boucher using pen name HH Holmes. It's $1.99 today in the US, and discountable at Kobo.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07Q33FPSK
Kindle US/Smile: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B07Q33FPSK
Kobo US (discountable): https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/rocket-to-the-morgue-3

Spoiler:

Legendary science fiction author Fowler Foulkes may be dead, but his creation, the iconic Dr. Derringer, lives on in popular culture. Or, at least, the character would live on if not for Foulkes’s predatory and greedy heir Hilary, who, during his time as the inflexible guardian of the estate, has created countless enemies in the relatively small community of writers of the genre. So when he is stabbed nearly to death in a room with only one door, which nobody was seen entering or exiting, Foulkes suspects a writer. Fearing that the assailant will return, he asks for police protection, and when more potentially-fatal encounters follow, it becomes clear to Detective Terry Marshall and his assistant, the inquisitive nun, Sister Ursula, that death awaits Mr. Foulkes around every corner. Now, they’ll have to work overtime to thwart the would-be murderer―a task that requires a deep dive into the strange, idiosyncratic world of science fiction in its early days.

With characters based heavily on Anthony Boucher’s friends at the Manana Literary Society, including Robert Heinlein, L. Ron Hubbard, and Jack Parsons, Rocket to the Morgue is both a classic locked room mystery and an enduring portrait of a real-life writing community. Reprinted for the first time in over thirty years, the book is a must-read for fans of mysteries and science fiction alike.

[sufue]

The Lighthouse is now $1.99 at Kindle and Kobo US. The links below are still good.

Originally Posted by sufue

The Lighthouse is the next-to-last in the Adam Dalgliesh series by PD James. It has dropped to $2.99 at Kindle and Kobo US.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000FCKHZQ
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-lighthouse-13

[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by sufue

Rocket to the Morgue is the second in Anthony Boucher's short two-book Sister Ursula series, written by Boucher using pen name HH Holmes. It's $1.99 today in the US, and discountable at Kobo.

How about that. I was just reading about this on Wikipedia yesterday.

The first book, Nine Times Nine is supposed to be the superior (there's an accidental nun-pun in there somewhere) book. I've added it to ereaderiq.

[sufue]

I haven't read either one, but have read and liked a couple of his non-series titles. I did check for Nine Times Nine at the couple of libraries I belong to, hoping to read the first one first, but no luck. And although it's only £2.99 at Kindle UK, that's more than I'll pay for any but a very few really favorite authors. So, if you see it on eRiq, please post!

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

How about that. I was just reading about this on Wikipedia yesterday.

The first book, Nine Times Nine is supposed to be the superior (there's an accidental nun-pun in there somewhere) book. I've added it to ereaderiq.

[sufue]

Flying Finish is a non-series title by Dick Francis. It's £0.99 at Kindle UK right now.

Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0074YVZPE
Kindle UK/Smile: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0074YVZPE

Spoiler:

When amateur jockey Lord Henry Grey decides on a whim to join the bloodstock market, transporting racehorses around the world, he's sure he's hit the good life.

That is, until a horse unexpectedly dies in transit and a colleague vanishes.

And when Grey discovers that both his predecessors also went missing in curious circumstances, he begins to doubt the wisdom of his career change.

Now he must turn detective, or else his own disappearance could be next . . .

Packed with intrigue and hair-raising suspense, Flying Finish is just one of the many blockbuster thrillers from legendary crime writer Dick Francis.

[sufue]

The Midnight Hour is the sixth and most recent (2021) in the Magic Men/Brighton series by Elly Griffiths. It's £0.99 at Kindle UK right now.

Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08NP9XVWP
Kindle UK/Smile: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08NP9XVWP

Spoiler:

Brighton, 1965

When theatrical impresario Bert Billington is found dead in his retirement home, no one suspects foul play. But when the postmortem reveals that he was poisoned, suspicion falls on his wife, eccentric ex-Music Hall star Verity Malone.

Frustrated by the police response to Bert's death and determined to prove her innocence, Verity calls in private detective duo Emma Holmes and Sam Collins. This is their first real case, but as luck would have it they have a friend on the inside: Max Mephisto is filming a remake of Dracula, starring Seth Billington, Bert's son. But when they question Max, they feel he isn't telling them the whole story.

Emma and Sam must vie with the police to untangle the case and bring the killer to justice. They're sure the answers must lie in Bert's dark past and in the glamorous, occasionally deadly, days of Music Hall. But the closer they get to the truth, the more danger they find themselves in...

[sufue]

Speaking in Bones is the eighteenth in the Temperance Brennan series by Kathy Reichs. It's £0.99 at Kindle UK right now.

Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00QDGVFAE
Kindle UK/Smile: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00QDGVFAE

Spoiler:

Please don't kill me. Please don't kill me. Please. Kill me.

A tape recording of a woman tortured by a monster.

An amateur detective convinced she has identified remains in Tempe Brennan's forensic lab.

A case more complicated and horrifying than Tempe could ever imagine.

[sufue]

Ode To A Banker is the twelfth Falco book by Lindsey Davis. It's £0.99 at Kindle UK right now.

Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B004OEIDGQ
Kindle UK/Smile: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/dp/B004OEIDGQ

Spoiler:

WRITING FOR MONEY, PUBLISHING DEATH

AD74: it's a long, hot summer and Marcus Didius Falco, private informer and spare-time poet, is giving a reading for his family and friends. Things get out of hand - as usual...

The event is taken over by Aurelius Chrysippus, a wealthy Greek banker and patron to a group of struggling writers, who offers to publish Falco's work - a golden opportunity that rapidly palls.

A visit to the Chrysippus scriptorium implicates him in a gruesome literary murder so when Petronius Longus, the over-worked vigiles enquiry chief, commissions him to investigate, Falco is forced to accept.

Lindsey Davis' twelfth novel wittily explores Roman publishing and banking, taking us from the jealousies of authorship and the mire of patronage, to the darker financial world, where default can have fatal consequences...

[Little.Egret]

Originally Posted by Little.Egret

And THE COMPLETE WORKS OF JOSEPHINE TEY (Classic Book): again republished

https://smile.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BLZRRS7P/

Look Inside and page count confirms the file still contains james Joyce Ulysses not Josephine Tey

I edit to note that if you live in Australia the content is good

https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B00FKFTUXI/

Removed and republished - same text

James Joyce Ulysses not Josephine Tey

https://smile.amazon.co.uk/COMPLETE-...dp/B0BMNVR5DT/

[sufue]

The Way It Is Now is a really recent (Aug, 2022) non-series book by Garry Disher. It has dropped to £2.19 at Kindle UK. And it's currently #74 on the UK Kindle best sellers list. I haven't read this one, but have read books in a couple of Disher's series and really liked them. But I'm still a little surprised to see this one that high on the overall best sellers list.

Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09M7PXJ61
Kindle UK/Smile: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09M7PXJ61

Spoiler:

WHO SHALL INHERIT THE SINS OF THE FATHER?

Twenty years ago, Charlie Deravin's mother went missing, believed murdered. Her body has never been found, and his father has lived under a cloud of suspicion ever since.

Now Charlie has returned to the coastal town where his mother vanished, on disciplinary leave from his job with the police sex-crimes unit, and permanent leave from his marriage. After two decades worrying away at the mystery of his mother's disappearance, he's run out of leads.

Then the skeletal remains of two people are found in the excavation of a new building site... and the past comes crashing in on Charlie.

Note: If you want to see my review of Disher's Consolation, the link to my blog is in my signature, and then you can just search on the slightly unusual spelling of "Garry"

[sufue]

The Harlequin Tea Set and Other Stories is (you guessed it) a set of short stories by Agatha Christie. The blurb promises at least one Hercule Poirot story, and one Harley Quin story. And seven other stories. Harlequin has dropped to $1.99 at Kindle and Kobo US.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B008HS0CU0
Kindle US/Smile: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B008HS0CU0
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the...-other-stories

Spoiler:

Hercule Poirot is joined by the mysterious problem solver Harley Quin in the pages of The Harlequin Tea Set and Other Stories—a collection of ingenious short masterworks of mystery and suspense that showcase the legendary Agatha Christie at her very best.

A grand treasure for fans of the grande dame of mystery, The Harlequin Tea Set and Other Stories brings together nine rare and brilliant Christie tales of murder and detection that span nearly half a century of her storytelling genius.

In The Mystery of the Spanish Chest, Hercule Poirot unravels the psychological conundrums that motivate a killer. . . . In The Actress, a great star's shady past becomes the plaything of a blackmailer. . . . In The Harlequin Tea Set, Mr. Harley Quin helps a man save his loved ones from the greedy hand of murder. These and six other stories of danger and detection complete this stellar collection.