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[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by sufue

I hope you like it. I just asked for an ARC of the next book in the series, A Drop of Corruption, which comes out next April, but since I mostly review mysteries, I don't know if I'll get it...

I hope you do get it. I like finding books by new authors (new to me).

[sufue]

Thanks! Somewhat to my surprise, I did get it, but I have about seven or eight other review copies that are coming out before it does, so I have to use some time management skills and read/review those first. Which means I have to have patience, which is not my strong suit ...

Originally Posted by JSWolf

I hope you do get it. I like finding books by new authors (new to me).

[sufue]

A few years on, Among the Mad is now $1.99 in the US. The links below are still good.

Originally Posted by sufue

Among the Mad is the sixth in Jacqueline Winspear's much-nominated/awarded Maisie Dobbs series. It has dropped to $2.99 at Kindle and Kobo US.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002GUK7N2
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/among-the-mad

Oh, and just noticed that Journey to Munich, the twelfth book, is also $1.99 in the US right now.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0105TIXJA
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/journey-to-munich

[sufue]

The second book, Ordeal by Fire, has now dropped to $0.99 in the US, if you didn't pick it up in the omnibus...

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01FL7I68O

Oh, and the other individual books are no longer on sale, but the omnibus is still $5.99, as of right now.

Originally Posted by sufue

Three books in Sarah Hawkswood's Bradecote and Catchpoll series are $0.99 each at Kindle US right now. And there is also an omnibus of the first five titles in the series available for just $5.99, which is also a pretty good price if you need all five, or at least, need most of them. Books in this series seem to go on sale a fair amount in the UK, less so in the US. I've read a few of the books in this series and liked all that I've read.

Servant of Death, #1
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MYTU2FR

Hostage to Fortune, #4
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07R4BD6HT

Vale of Tears, #5
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07R4BCXW7

The Bradecote & Catchpoll series: Books 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 contains the three titles above and also Ordeal by Fire, #2, and Marked to Die, #3.
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CLCZSDRC
Kobo US, where it is $6.99, not $5.99, but also discountable, bringing the price quite close to $5.99 if you have a coupon code or VIP membership: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the...tchpoll-series

[sufue]

Several books in Linda Barnes’ Carlotta Carlyle series are $1.99 right now at Kindle US. Sadly, only the collection of three short stories is on sale at Kobo US, where it’s discountable…

Steel Guitar, #4
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00XV8A2ME

Cold Case, #7
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00XV8A24M

The Big Dig, #9
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07MQ82MSC

Heart of the World, #11
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07MJDWG86

Further Adventures of Carlotta Carlyle, three short stories
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00XV8A206
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/fur...rlotta-carlyle

[sufue]

James Patterson's latest Alex Cross book, The House of Cross, is £1.99 in the UK right now. The website can't make up its mind on whether it's the 32nd or 33rd book in the series, and I don't have time to count, but here are links:

Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CTMHRYSS
Kobo UK: https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/the-house-of-cross

Spoiler:

It’s time to put the guns down, Detective Cross. Even if you knew the way out of this place, we would catch you.

A serial killer is taking out America’s finest legal minds, and Alex Cross is called to investigate their brutal murders.

But during a dangerous mission to track down the killer, his wife, Bree, and best friend, John Sampson, go missing.

To save the people he loves most, Cross has only three goals:

Number one: Find Bree and John.
Number two: Escape.
Number three: Survive.

If he fails, there will be no one left in the House of Cross.

[mbovenka]

Originally Posted by sufue

The website can't make up its mind on whether it's the 32nd or 33rd book in the series, and I don't have time to count

Goodreads counts 'Cross Down' als #31 and says it's #33, FantasticFiction doesn't count 'Cross Down' and calls it #32. So take your pick...

[sufue]

Glad I didn't try to count!

Originally Posted by mbovenka

Goodreads counts 'Cross Down' als #31 and says it's #33, FantasticFiction doesn't count 'Cross Down' and calls it #32. So take your pick...

[sufue]

Three Joffe mystery/thrillers are free right now...

The Tees Valley Killings, Tanzy and Byrd #1, by CJ Grayson
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C66BJGM2
Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0C66BJGM2

Long Man's Shadow, Mrs Stonier #1, by Anne Wilkinson
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01BI1OTLU
Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01BI1OTLU

The Cardiff Killings, DI Jemima Huxley #1, by Gaynor Torrance
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09W33D4BJ
Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09W33D4BJ

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by sufue

Thanks! Somewhat to my surprise, I did get it, but I have about seven or eight other review copies that are coming out before it does, so I have to use some time management skills and read/review those first. Which means I have to have patience, which is not my strong suit ...

I've said a lot that I'd make a terrible doctor as I have no patience.

Good luck with your time management.

[JSWolf]

Here is a list in reading order of the Alex Cross books and shorts.

01. Along Came a Spider (1993)
02. Kiss the Girls (1995)
03. Jack & Jill (1996)
04. Cat & Mouse (1997)
05. Pop Goes the Weasel (1999)
06. Roses Are Red (2000)
07. Violets Are Blue (2001)
08. Four Blind Mice (2002)
09. The Big Bad Wolf (2003)
10. London Bridges (2004)
11. Mary, Mary (2005)
12. Cross (2006)
13. Double Cross (2007)
14. Cross Country (2008)
15. Alex Cross's Trial (2009)
16. I, Alex Cross (2009)
17. Cross Fire (2010)
18. Kill Alex Cross (2011)
19. Merry Christmas, Alex Cross (2011)
20. Alex Cross, Run (2013)
21. Cross My Heart (2013)
22. Hope to Die (2014)
23. Cross Justice (2015)
23.5. Cross Kill (2016)
24. Cross the Line (2016)
25. The People vs. Alex Cross (2017)
25.5. Detective Cross (2017
26. Target: Alex Cross (2018)
27. Criss Cross (2019)
28. Deadly Cross (2020)
29. Fear No Evil (2021)
30. Triple Cross (2022)
31. Cross Down (2023)
32. Alex Cross Must Die (2023)
33. The House of Cross (2024)

[sufue]

Facets of Death is now $0.99 in the US, although with different links, so perhaps a different publisher? Or maybe just a new edits. In any case, you'll probably want to check before you buy...

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C8F8YZMY
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/facets-of-death-3

Originally Posted by sufue

Facets of Death is the most recent (2020) in the Detective Kubu series by Michael Stanley, although SYKM advises that it's a prequel. It has dropped to $1.99 at Kindle and Kobo US (coupon/VIPable).

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/Facets-Death-...dp/B07Y5NRDD3/
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/facets-of-death

[sufue]

Blood Runs Thicker is the eighth in Sarah Hawkswood's Bradecote/Catchpoll series. It's on sale for $0.99 right now at Kindle US, but not matched at Kobo US. I had a review copy of this when it came out, and liked it well enough (4 stars), although it was a bit bleak when it came to the lives of the women in the story. But I suspect the lives of many women in medieval times were pretty bleak - although when I'm reading for fun, I may not want to acknowledge that . And the rest of the story was pretty good.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08GP3C513

Spoiler:

When an irascible lord is found murdered, undersheriff Bradecote and serjeant Catchpoll are summoned to investigate.

August 1144. Osbern de Lench is known far and wide as a hard master, whose temper is perpetually frayed. After his daily ride to survey his land, his horse returns to the hall riderless, and the lifeless body of the lord is found soon after. Was it the work of thieves, or something closer to home?

With an heir who is cast in the same hot-tempered mould, sworn enemies for neighbours and something amiss in the relationship between Osbern and his wife, undersheriff Hugh Bradecote, the wily Serjeant Catchpoll and his apprentice Walkelin have suspects aplenty.

[sufue]

Three Joffe freebies right now, two of which are from cozy series that I liked back in DTB days, and for which they must have gotten the rights.

'Tis the Season to Be Murdered is the seasonally appropriate eighth book in the Susan Henshaw series by Valerie Wolzien
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B081JXHG2H
Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B081JXHG2H

The Thin Woman would probably be more appropriate in January, but January is not that far away! It's the first in the Ellie Haskell series by Dorothy Cannell
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BYZPCHJV
Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BYZPCHJV

Death by the Mistletoe, by Angus MacVicar, sounds seasonally appropriate, but the blurb says it takes place in June. So maybe not! (This is the one I haven't read before.)
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0179NFF4G
Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0179NFF4G

[sufue]

These three books are now all $0.99/£0.99 each from Joffe. The links are different, so maybe this is another buying spree by Joffe? My earlier editions are from Berkley.

The Body on the Beach, #1
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DDCTY8CR
Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DDCTY8CR

The Death on the Downs, #2
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DNR615PV
Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DNR615PV

The Torso in the Town, #3, pre-order
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DNT469Z1
Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DNT469Z1

Originally Posted by sufue

The first three books in Simon Brett's Fethering series have dropped to £1.79 each, probably as part of the Kindle UK monthly sale, although monthly sale prices are usually £0.99, not £1.79. Not matched at Kobo UK, at least as of now...

The Body on the Beach, #1
Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07L6FK9H1

The Death on the Downs, #2
Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07L6GNHTK

The Torso in the Town, #3
Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07L6GXCNN