FREE/BARGAIN — Mystery, Suspense & Thrillers

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The Granite Coast Murders is the next-to-most-recent in Jean-Luc Bannalec's Brittany series, the early titles of which I've quite enjoyed. (Full disclosure: I'm partial to mysteries set in France...) It has dropped to $2.99 in the US right now. I usually don't see books in this series at $1.99, so this is probably as good as it will get.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08BYBFVS7
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the...-coast-murders

Spoiler:

In The Granite Coast Murders, the sixth installment of Jean-Luc Bannalec's bestselling mystery series, Commissaire Dupin returns to investigate a murder at a gorgeous Brittany beach resort.

Inspector Dupin and Claire are on a two-week vacation, but while Claire seems to enjoy the quiet of the beach, Commissaire Dupin takes every opportunity to leave the beach towel. The fabulous dinners on the hotel patio and the rumors about a stolen statue of a saint are the few interesting moments of his days on vacation. But then a tourist vanishes without trace and there’s an attack on a deputy to the local assembly, who is involved in confrontations with local farmers. Shortly after that, the Britanny beach resort is shocked by the discovery of a corpse.

Dupin clandestinely begins to investigate with the help of the local villagers, something he must keep a secret from Claire and his colleagues in Concarneau. Between bewitched valleys and beautiful beaches, an unfathomable case develops.

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Two Travis McGee titles by John D MacDonald are $1.99 each right now in the US - at the same time !!!

A Purple Place for Dying, #3
info and links in this previous post: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh....php?p=3746613

Bright Orange for the Shroud, #5
info and links in this previous post: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh....php?p=3579187

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Five years later, T is for Trespass is now $1.99 in the US. The links below are still good.

Originally Posted by sufue

A few random price drops, mostly, but not all, Open Road:
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T is for Trespass is the Tth in the Kinsey Millhone series by Sue Grafton. It has dropped to $2.99 at Kindle and Kobo US.
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/T-Trespass-Ki...dp/B000W915M6/
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/t-is-for-trespass-2

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The Paper Bark Tree Mystery is now $0.99 at both Kindle US and Kobo US. The links are still good.

Originally Posted by sufue

The Paper Bark Tree Mystery is the third in the Chen Su Lin series by Ovidia Yu. $3.99 is not a super-great sale price, but it's the most recent title (2019) for a series/author I like a lot, soooooo.....

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07JKWPFN5
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the...k-tree-mystery

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Dandy Gilver and the Proper Treatment of Bloodstains is now $0.99 in the US.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004VMV4BC
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/dan...-bloodstains-1

Originally Posted by sufue

Dandy Gilver and the Proper Treatment of Bloodstains is the fifth in the Dandy Gilver series by Catriona McPherson. I've read and liked several of the early titles in this series, including this one. And besides which, it's a great title. It has dropped to £0.99 at Kindle UK.

Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B004IYK2BQ
Kindle UK/Smile: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/dp/B004IYK2BQ

[Tarana]

Innocent Blood by P D James $1.99 Amazon, Kobo and B&N
Crime with PI - not part of Dagliesh series.

Red Warning By Matthew Quirk $2.99 Amazon, Kobo and B&N
Thriller

[GA Russell]

Next in Line

Jeffrey Archer

99 cents

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09HRGJBY3

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Several years later, Grandad, There's a Head on the Beach is $0.99 again in the US. The links in the quote below are NOT good - there's a different publisher's version on sale...

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B006ZL1KRK
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/gra...d-on-the-beach

Originally Posted by sufue

The first two titles in the Jimm Juree series by Colin Cotterill (perhaps better known for his Dr. Siri Paiboun series) have dropped in price at Kindle and Kobo US.

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Grandad, There's a Head on the Beach, #2, $0.99
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/Grandad-There...dp/B01M0ZY30O/
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/gra...on-the-beach-3

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Triple Cross is the thirtieth and most recent (2022) in the Alex Cross series by James Patterson, at least until the new one comes out in June. It's £0.99 at Kindle UK today.

Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09T39R7C9

Spoiler:

The next thrilling instalment of the Alex Cross series.

They strike under cover of darkness, trigger no alarms, and leave no evidence behind.

Detective Alex Cross is hunting a killer who targets families around Washington, DC. But Cross isn't the only one investigating.

A charismatic true-crime author has spotted patterns in the actions of 'The Family Man' that others have missed.

It's up to Cross to determine whether the writer's theories are fact or fiction.

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Mother Daughter Traitor Spy is a non-series title by Susan Elia MacNeal, who writes the Maggie Hope series, which I've quite liked. It's on sale in the US ($2.99) and UK (£1.99) right now.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09NXQH69V
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/mot...er-traitor-spy
Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09NXQH69V

Spoiler:

June 1940. France has fallen to the Nazis, and Britain may be next—but to many Americans, the war is something happening “over there.” Veronica Grace has just graduated from college; she and her mother, Violet, are looking for a fresh start in sunny Los Angeles. After a blunder cost her a prestigious career opportunity in New York, Veronica is relieved to take a typing job in L.A.—only to realize that she’s working for one of the area’s most vicious propagandists.

Overnight, Veronica is exposed to the dark underbelly of her new home, where German Nazis are recruiting Americans for their devastating campaign. After the FBI dismisses the Graces’ concerns, Veronica and Violet decide to call on an old friend, who introduces them to L.A.’s anti-Nazi spymaster.

At once, the women go undercover to gather enough information about the California Reich to take to the authorities. But as the news of Pearl Harbor ripples through the United States, and President Roosevelt declares war, the Grace women realize that the plots they’re investigating are far more sinister than they feared—and even a single misstep could cost them everything.

Inspired by the real mother-daughter spy duo who foiled Nazi plots in Los Angeles during WWII, Mother Daughter Traitor Spy is a powerful portrait of family, duty, and deception that raises timeless questions about America—and what it means to have courage in the face of terror.

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Today's Daily Deal at Kindle US is a selection of mysteries for $0.99 and up. There are 163 books in the Deal, and although often when the Deal is "mysteries", the authors are somewhat "mid-level", I noticed a number of famous names in this one - along with a lot of mid-level authors. (And not that there aren't a lot of mid-level authors I like, either .)

Way too many for me to list, but here's a link to the Deal, and you can check it out for yourself...

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/b?node=7788141011

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Cross-post to the Audiobooks thread, where a 4.6-star collection of Sherlock Holmes stories is on sale for $1.77. All 67 hrs and 44 mins of it!

The $1.77 does say "membership price", so YMMV.

link: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh....php?p=4304310

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A Fatal Lie is now the next-to-most-recent, not the most recent. But a year or so later, it is $2.99 again in the US. The links below are still good...

Originally Posted by sufue

A Fatal Lie is the 23rd and most recent (2021) in the Inspector Ian Rutledge series by Charles Todd - at least until the new one, A Game of Fear, comes out early next year. It has dropped to $2.99 as part of today's Kindle US Daily Deal, matched at Kobo US.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B088RF67WX
Kindle US/Smile: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B088RF67WX
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/a-fatal-lie

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Several years later, The Ides of April, by Lindsey Davis, is £0.99 again at Kindle UK. @maddz's link below is still good...

Originally Posted by maddz

In the May first in series sale on Amazon.co.uk:

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The Ides of April (Flavia Albia 1) at 99p
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ides-April-...175223&sr=1-21

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Concealed in Death is the 38th in JD Robb's In Death series. It's $1.99 in the US right now.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DGZKJ9I
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/concealed-in-death

Spoiler:

Lieutenant Eve Dallas uncovers a conspiracy when she investigates the murders of some of New York City's troubled youth in this thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling In Death series.

Leading the demolition of a long-empty New York building that once housed a makeshift shelter for troubled teenagers, Lieutenant Eve Dallas’s husband uncovers two skeletons wrapped in plastic. And by the time Eve’s done with the crime scene, there are twelve murders to be solved.

The victims are all young girls. A tattooed tough girl who dealt in illegal drugs. The runaway daughter of a pair of well-to-do doctors. They all had their stories. And they all lost their chance for a better life.

Then Eve discovers a connection between the victims and someone she knows. And she grows even more determined to reveal the secrets of the place that was called The Sanctuary—and the evil concealed in one human heart.