FREE/BARGAIN - Mystery, Suspense, Thriller - 2015

[GA Russell]

Grifter's Game - Lawrence Block - 99 cents
http://www.amazon.com/Grifters-Game-...dp/B00BBPW16E/

*****

Bad Karma (Jack McCoul) - free
http://www.amazon.com/Bad-Karma-Jack...dp/B00XB8JBIK/

[Difflugia]

HarperCollins sent me a sort of marketing push poll as an advertisement for a bunch of mystery novels with a free book as the payoff. It starts off with a few general questions, but the rest have you read marketing blurbs about current books and then answer a question about how likely you are to rush out and buy them.

The free books are Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie and A Duty to the Dead by Charles Todd.

The thank you page has a link for each book and it says that you can only pick one, but I was able to select both. You need to give them a valid email address to send the links to and you need ADE to download the books. The links in the email are completely generic and I almost posted those, but felt guilty at the last second and posted the poll.

I'm assuming that the link to the poll isn't tied to me since it says it's anonymous, but when you're dealing with marketing departments, who knows?

[Mort1997]

Free today on Amazon UK - Pushed (Benny James Mystery Book 2) by Jason Deas


'Benny James is back! The former FBI agent turned private eye is whisked into action by TV evangelist, Reverend Jim, who heads a mega church in Mississippi and has a major problem. Reverend Jim’s son, Brother Jim, has taken his battle against sin to the extreme. Attractive young women are being “baptized” by being pushed from bridges. Benny jets to West Palm Beach, Florida, the epicenter of the murders, to join his girlfriend and media powerhouse. As she chases the story, an adversary from her past vies for Benny’s affection. An FBI agent and hot young gun, becomes infatuated with Benny and creates more waves in an already turbulent atmosphere. The bizarre murders continue as the fatal baptismal rituals increase in frequency. Only one woman survives, but she disappears before she can identify her would-be killer. With the help of a new cast of eclectic characters, as well as some old favorites, Benny crisscrosses Florida in search of answers, making connections, in an attempt to catch the killer before more young lives are washed away.'

UK
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B008RBKG5...I30TO9JTHRE1K7

US
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008RBKG58/...I30TO9JTHRE1K7

Au
http://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B008RBKG...I30TO9JTHRE1K7

Can
http://www.amazon.ca/dp/B008RBKG58/r...I30TO9JTHRE1K7

[Mort1997]

Free today on Amazon UK -Sherlock Holmes and the Chinese Junk Affair and Other Stories by Roy Templeman

'In Sherlock Holmes and The Chinese Junk Affair, Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson are called upon once again to save Queen and Country. Upon receiving a card from Sherlock’s brother Mycroft, the duo are debriefed by the Prime Minister on an astounding fact: a man named Rodger Hardy claims to be able to transport matter from one place to another through electricity, in what he calls transposition. As the threat of Hardy selling his discovery to other countries weighs on the Prime Minister, he enlists Holmes to find out whether such a feat is possible, and whether or not Britain has anything to worry about. Can Sherlock solve what seems to be an unsolvable mystery in time, and help Britain? In Sherlock Holmes and the Tick Tock Man, Holmes and Watson are holidaying in Derbyshire when rumours of an unexplained death reach them. The town’s German clock-maker was found dead in his cottage, door wide open, and his pet raven has taken to flying around town, screeching foreign words and putting everyone on edge.
The local vicar and physician confide in the duo that, despite the clock-maker’s will indicating he had left a hefty amount of money to the vicarage, no such sum had been found in the cottage, making them believe the death to be premeditated. Unable to resist the mystery, the Dr Watson and Sherlock Holmes soon find themselves tangled in a web of secrets.
Can Holmes find out what happened, or will the mystery go unanswered?
In Sherlock Holmes and the Trophy Room, Sherlock and John are hired by Viscount Siddems to solve a seemingly impossible conundrum.
His most prized trophies, kept in a trophy room and surrounded by man traps and geese, so no one can get in unwanted at night, are disappearing from the room, one by one. Seeking help in finding the mystery thief, Lord Siddems enlists the help of the duo to catch the perpetrator and unmask his methods of getting past his security measures.
Can Sherlock unmask the thief before he steals again?'

UK
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sherlock-Hol...ndeavour+press

US
http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holme...ndeavour+press

Au
http://www.amazon.com.au/Sherlock-Ho...ndeavour+press

Can
http://www.amazon.ca/Sherlock-Holmes...ndeavour+press

[Mort1997]

Free today on Amazon UK -Stranglehold by J M Gregson

'A young girl is found murdered in a deserted house. She has lain dead for two days, and there are few clues at the scene of the crime to identify her killer. When there is a second murder in the same small community, it becomes obvious that the hunt is for a serial killer, who is certain to kill again. The way the bodies are laid out suggests not only a warped mind -- but someone determined to taunt the police. In the quiet country town of Oldford, a whole community is struck with terror as it waits for the nocturnal killer to strike again. With several suspects, but no motive for the killings, the investigation requires all Superintendent John Lambert insight and expertise. Can he solve the mystery before another innocent girl is murdered? Or will more victims fall prey to the killer’s deadly Stranglehold? '

UK
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Stranglehold...ndeavour+press

US
http://www.amazon.com/Stranglehold-J...ndeavour+press

Au
http://www.amazon.com.au/Stranglehol...ndeavour+press

Can
http://www.amazon.ca/Stranglehold-J-...ndeavour+press

[GA Russell]

The Witness for the Defense - free
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00N5E58IM

[Fbone]

The Dead Never Forget (Bragg #1) by Jack Lynch is FREE today. Fawcett 1982. GR 4.33. Originally Published as “Bragg’s Hunch."

http://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B...al-text&sr=1-1

[Dr. Drib]

Originally Posted by Fbone

The Dead Never Forget (Bragg #1) by Jack Lynch is FREE today. Fawcett 1982. GR 4.33. Originally Published as “Bragg’s Hunch."

http://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B...al-text&sr=1-1

Got it!

Thank you.

[Fbone]

For Oct 23rd Sainsbury's UK has 8 older John Grisham titles for 99p.

http://p2trc.emv2.com/HM?b=jcjqcHLQ1...eDMLdCZNuQL7Mw

[sufue]

Originally Posted by Fbone

For Oct 23rd Sainsbury's UK has 8 older John Grisham titles for 99p.

http://p2trc.emv2.com/HM?b=jcjqcHLQ1...eDMLdCZNuQL7Mw

Also eight Grisham titles for 99p at Amazon UK Daily Deal - probably the same ones, although I don't have time to match them up right now:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/b/ref=sv_kin...ode=5400977031

[sufue]

Crossed Bones by Carolyn Haines is the fourth in the Sarah Booth Delaney series. It recently dropped to $0.99 from $7.99 (the more usual, and quite ridiculous price for many-years-old backlist titles in this series) at Amazon US. No idea how long it will be at this price.

link: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FBFNM4

Spoiler:

In rich, atmospheric mysteries set against the backdrop of modern-day Mississippi, Carolyn Haines has given the southern belle a brilliantly hip makeover. Now Haines and her unforgettable heroine, Sarah Booth Delaney, are back with a tale about skeletons in closets--and elsewhere.

Crossed Bones

Sarah Booth Delaney is no ordinary P.I. A born-and-bred Mississippi belle, she struggles to hold on to her family’s plantation and keeps up a running conversation with the ghost of her great-great-grandmother’s nanny, a busybody who decks herself out in a stunning new outfit every day--and schemes to save Sarah Booth from spinsterhood. Not one to wait around for a white knight, Sarah takes on the kind of cases no one else will touch. Like trying to exonerate a man accused of murdering Sunflower County’s most popular musician.

The two men met in prison: Ivory Keys, a gifted black blues pianist, and Scott Hampton, a rich white boy turned racist. Somewhere between the two men, a spark was lit. And by the time he came out of the joint, Scott Hampton had not only renounced his racist ways, he had learned to play a blues guitar that made grown women go weak in the knees. So why did Scott plunge a steel shank into his mentor’s chest? Ivory’s widow doesn’t think he did, and she’s paid Sarah Booth to prove it. No easy task, especially since the delicate racial harmony of Sunflower County is threatening to come undone under the heat of Sarah Booth’s investigation.

For a woman feeling a little heat of her own--navigating between a rich, available businessman, a married lawman with a waffling heart, and the sexy bluesman who is angling to become much more than her client--this case is taking dangerous twists. A town’s slumbering passions have awakened with a jolt, a matchmaking ghost is dressed up like Jackie O, and Sarah Booth is caught between her need to know the truth and the consequences it will have on her town--and on her life.

With riveting suspense and a sparkling cast of unforgettable characters, Carolyn Haines has woven a rich portrait of a part of America grappling with its past, its illusions, and its hopes. Crossed Bones is the most dazzling work yet from a uniquely gifted writer.

I've read pretty much all of the books in this series and have quite enjoyed them. (My mom was from the South, so YMMV...)

[AnemicOak]

The first four books in the Alex Cross series by James Patterson are reduced to $2.99 each at various US retailers...

Along Came a Spider - Book 1
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A missing little girl named Maggie Rose.

A family of three brutally murdered in the projects of Washington, D.C.

The thrill-killing of a beautiful elementary school teacher.

A psychopathic serial kidnapper/murderer who calls himself the Son of Lindbergh. He is so terrifying that the FBI, the Secret Service, and the police cannot outsmart him - even after he's been captured.

Gary Soneji is a mild-mannered mathematics teacher at a Washington, D.C., private school for the children of the political and social elite. He's so popular that the kids all call him "Mr. Chips." And he's very, very smart. Growing up, he always knew he was smarter than the rest of them - he knew that the Great Ones always fooled everybody. He kidnaps Maggie Rose, the golden-haired daughter of a famous movie actress, and her best friend, Shrimpie Goldberg, the son of the secretary of the treasury, right out from under the noses of their two Secret Service agents. But Gary Soneji is not surprised at his skill. He's done it before. Hundreds of times before.

Alex Cross is a homicide detective with a Ph.D. in psychology. he looks like Muhammad Ali in his prime. Cross works and lives in the ghettos of D.C. He's a tough guy from a tough part of town who wears Harris Tweed jackets and likes to relax by banging out Gershwin tunes on his baby grand piano. He has two adorable kids of his own. They are his own special vulnerabilities.

Jezzie Flanaganis the first woman ever to hold the highly sensitive job as supervisor of the Secret Service in Washington. Blond, mysterious, seductive, she's got an outer shell that's as tough s it is beautiful. She rides her black BMW motorcycle at speeds of no less than 100 mph. What is she running from? What is her secret?

Alex Cross and Jezzie Flanagan are about to have a forbidden love affair-at the worst possible time for both of them. Because Gary Soneji, who wants to commit the "crime of the century," is playing at the top of his game. The latest of the unspeakable crimes happened in Alex Cross's precinct. They happened under the protection of Jezzie Flanagan's men. Now Soneji is at large again, still wreaking havoc.

Alex Cross must face the ultimate test as a psychologist: how do you outmaneuver a brilliant psychopath? Especially one who appears to have a split personality - one who won't let the other half remember those horrific acts?

Soneji has outsmarted the FBI, the Secret Service, and the police. Who will be his next victim?

Gary Soneji is every parent's worst nightmare. He has become Alex Cross's nightmare. And now, reader, he's about to become yours.

Kiss the Girls - Book 2
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First came the stunning number-one bestseller. Now comes the scariest, most unforgettable novel in several years. In Los Angeles, a reporter investigating a series of murders is killed. In Chapel Hill, North Carolina, a beautiful medical intern suddenly disappears. Washington D.C.'s Alex Cross is back to solve the most baffling and terrifying murder case ever. Two clever pattern killers are collaborating, cooperating, competing- and they are working coast to coast.

Jack and Jill - Book 3
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In the middle of the night, a controversial U.S. senator is found murdered in bed in his Georgetown pied-a-terre. The police turn up only one clue: a mysterious rhyme signed "Jack and Jill" promising that this is just the beginning. Jack and Jill are out to get the rich and famous, and they will stop at nothing until their fiendish plan is carried out.

Meanwhile, Washington, D. C., homicide detective Alex Cross is called to a murder scene only blocks from his house, far from the corridors of power where he spends his days. The victim: a beautiful little girl, savagely beaten--and desposited in front of the elementary school Cross's son, Damon, attends.

Could there be a connection between the two murders? As Cross tries to put the pieces together, the killer- or killers - strike again. And again. No one in Washington is safe - not children, not politicians, not even the President of the United States. Only Alex Cross has the skills and the courage to crack the case-but will he discover the truth in time?

A relentless roller coaster of heart-pounding suspense and jolting plot twists, Jack and Jill proves that no one can write a more compelling thriller than James Patterson-the master of the nonstop nightmare.

Cat and Mouse - Book 4
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Alex Cross is back in a novel with a cast of characters more sinister and deadlier than ever. Gary Soneji, a dying prison escapee, is looking for revenge on Cross, while another insane killer is pursued by Thomas Augustine Pierce--a brilliant and relentless detective who may even be better than Cross. As the bodies pile up, and Cross is nearly murdered in his own home, the game of cat and mouse leads to one final trap, and it's anyone's guess who will survive.

[Mort1997]

Free today on Amazon UK - One Fight at a Time by Jeff Dawson


'Spring, 1950.
The city of Bristol is broken. The physical and emotional scars of World War Two are slow to heal. Good people are struggling to get by, while an organised criminal underclass is thriving. Days before his repatriation home, American GI Ed Grover pays a visit to a family who had shown a stranger an extraordinary kindness nine years earlier. The family’s only son, Harry, has disappeared. In a bedsit, Grover finds the body of a young man with his throat cut. Harry becomes the prime suspect. After battling from Omaha Beach to the River Elbe to win the war, then spending five more years in a shattered Germany trying to win the peace, Grover knows more than most people about chancers, black marketers, extortionists and killers. He stays in Bristol to find Harry. And in the process comes up against the kind of people he thought he had left behind in Europe. People who will stop at nothing to get what they want. '

UK
http://www.amazon.co.uk/One-Fight-Ti...ndeavour+press

US
http://www.amazon.com/One-Fight-Time...ndeavour+press

Au
http://www.amazon.com.au/One-Fight-T...ndeavour+press

Can
http://www.amazon.ca/One-Fight-Time-...ndeavour+press

[Mort1997]

Free today on Amazon UK -Salamander by Roger Silverwood

'Former police inspector Frank N. Spence has a best-selling novel under his belt after being discharged from the force after an injury during a shoot-out. But with his creative juices running dry and his wife forever lurking in the shadows, Frank feels inclined to turn his talents back to something more lucrative. Brought out of retirement for freelance policing, France finds himself as acting Inspector on a murder enquiry with a bright young policewomen at his side. The victim, a young man with multiple stab wounds, is unearthed in an apartment that is surrounded by female admirers… With little DNA evidence, only speculative motives and a series of incidents involving a sugar fetish, Frank has his work cut out tracking down the murderer. He has only one firm clue to go on: the number 122. Will he solve the case in time?'

UK
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Salamander-R...ndeavour+press

US
http://www.amazon.com/Salamander-Rog...ndeavour+press

Au
http://www.amazon.com.au/Salamander-...ndeavour+press

Can
http://www.amazon.ca/Salamander-Roge...ndeavour+press

[GA Russell]

The Blackmail Club (Jack McCall) - free
http://www.amazon.com/Blackmail-Club...dp/B007FIQRNE/