FREE/BARGAIN - Mystery, Suspense, Thriller - 2015

[ATDrake]

X-link to the DRM-free megathread for the new Wildside Press freebie for this Tuesday:

The Melba Marlett Minipack™ contains an 80s-era mystery short by the eponymous late author, originally published in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery magazine.

[elaysee]

Currently $1.99 at multiple US-ish retailers: The Ian Rutledge Starter 4-book bundle

This appears to be books 1, 8, 9, & 10 in Charles Todd's post-WWI mystery series.

Get four mystery novels from New York Times bestselling author Charles Todd's Inspector Ian Rutledge Mysteries series in one e-book, including: A Test of Wills, A Long Shadow, A False Mirror, and A Pale Horse. Set in England in 1919, each story features war-damaged Scotland Yard inspector Ian Rutledge in mysteries brilliantly evoking post-World War I Great Britain and introduces readers to one of crime fiction's most compelling protagonists.

Amazon US: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00M719VZ0
BN: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/%3Cb....+Charles+Todd
Kobo: https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/eb...tledge-starter

[badgoodDeb]

Are the titles in that order? I'll number them. Thanks! A pre-taste of the writing shows it to be very readable in style.

[Mort1997]

Free on Amazon UK - The X-rated corpse (ED NOON) by Michael Avallone


"Her name was Paris, Violet Paris. She was the hottest thing in Hollywood, the girl who could do anything on the screen and look great doing it. Critics loved her, audiences adored her, and as far as Ed Noon was concerned, she could do no wrong.

Then one night Violet Paris summoned Ed to her movieland mansion and opened herself up to him as she begged for his help. And suddenly Ed wasn't a fan anymore, he was a hunter stalking a behind-the-screen jungle of perverted lust and unbridled passion, where Violet Paris was fair game for a killer who lived off female flesh..."


UK
http://www.amazon.co.uk/X-Rated-Corp...39602&sr=1-335

US
http://www.amazon.com/X-Rated-Corpse...39602&sr=1-335

[Dr. Drib]

I'm a big fan of Avallone's ridiculous private eye mysteries featuring Ed Noon.

Thank you!

[sufue]

Alpine Gamble is the "G" volume in Mary Daheim's alphabetically-named Emma Lord/Alpine Advocate mystery series. It has recently dropped to $0.99, no idea for how long.

link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001OLRMQY

Spoiler:

THE ALPINE ADVOCATE IS ON A ROLL.
The big story is the five million dollar luxury spa that Los Angeles real estate developers want to build around Alpine's mountainside mineral springs--hot news and fierce controversy for Advocate readers, and for the paper's editor and publisher, Emma Lord.
Pro-spa Alpiners cite the prospect of sorely needed new jobs. Those against it predict glitz, sleaze, and an avalanche of "Californicators." No one foresees the murder that shocks the town. Aided by her House & Home editor, Vida Runkel, and tongue-tied Sheriff Milo Dodge, Emma lines up her biggest, blackest headlines and goes hunting--for a brilliant killer and the strange story behind an almost perfect crime. . . .
READ ALL ABOUT IT!

[Kieran Seymour]

Mr Mercedes by Stephen King.

Currently 99p at Amazon UK.

A cat-and-mouse suspense thriller featuring Bill Hodges, a retired cop who is tormented by 'the Mercedes massacre', a case he never solved.

Brady Hartsfield, perpetrator of that notorious crime, has sent Hodges a taunting letter. Now he's preparing to kill again.

Each starts to close in on the other in a mega-stakes race against time.

[Mort1997]

Free on Amazon UK - Christmas Killing by Chrissie Loveday

'It’s December and the Fordyce’s Christmas grotto is looking as festive and busy as ever. So when Jimmy North, a veteran at playing Santa, realises his elf is missing, he thinks nothing of it. Oblivious to the danger he’s in, Jimmy returns to work the next day to find Julie Bennett crammed into the changing room locker with her neck snapped in half. Who would want to kill an elf? Is the question Jimmy asks himself. More poignant questions are asked by experienced Detective Chief Inspector Ray Jones and his younger partner Detective Sergeant Ted Wilkes, who is quick off the mark. Attempting to get the bottom of this Christmas crime, Wilkes and Jones interview Julie’s friends Marie Stookes and Daphne Hargreaves who lived in the flat Julie owner and also worked at Fordyce’s shop. They discover that Julie had an unexpectedly rough boyfriend who the girls didn’t like. But despite his criminal past, Kevin Riley seems too stupid to be capable of murder. When Rob the pathologist confirms Julie was strangled, the detectives up their game. They liase with the head of HR at Fordyce’s, Miss Pringle, who is less than helpful at times While everyone is preoccupied with the Christmas sale and obsessed with seasonal profits, the murderer strikes unnoticed again. This time it’s a threat to Christmas itself… Are the murders committed by the same people? Is Miss Pringle’s suspicious behaviour caused only by the stress of her job? Could Kevin Riley be more sinister than he appears?
With no solid leads, the detectives begin to conclude that the murderer either hates Christmas or they’re a disgruntled employee. Will the police pair be able to stop the killer in time? Who will survive the holidays…? '


UK
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Christmas-Ki...ndeavour+press

US
http://www.amazon.com/Christmas-Kill...ndeavour+press

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

Can
http://www.amazon.ca/Christmas-Killi...ndeavour+press

[Mort1997]

Free on Amazon UK -Too Easy (A Flap Tucker Mystery) by Philip DePoy

'From the neon of Atlanta to the Georgia seacoast, he’s searching for a killer, a motive ... and his past. On the marshy shores of the Georgia coast, the locals tell a story: of a mythical woman who appeared from the sea, and of gentle twin brothers who would do anything for this femme fatale. But now a man is dead, the Turner twins are missing, and only a meditating private eye from Atlanta can unravel the truth … His name is Flap Tucker. A man with a gift for visualization and the courage to go where his mind leads him, Flap has been hired by his dear friend, the beautiful nightclub owner Dalliance Oglethorpe. A banker, Lowe Acree, has been murdered in down town Georgia and the man’s wife, Lydia Habersham, is the woman so shrouded in mystery that some believe she is a spirit. When Flap visits Peachy and Maytag Turner’s father, J.D. Turner, he finds a man who is desperate for his boys to return home. But their aunt Ida, is trying to signal something in a code she uses to communicate. Yet J.D. doesn’t want Flap to know what she is saying and avoids translating for him. Entering a world of gnarled kinships, family secrets, drugs and dirty money, Flap is surrounded by corrupt cops and rival families when he stumbles upon yet another murder. Now the Zen private eye is pursuing a story stranger than fiction, a killer closer than he thinks, and some dangerous ghosts of his own… Will he be able to solve the mystery before the killer strikes again? '


UK
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Too-Easy-Fla...ndeavour+press

US
http://www.amazon.com/Too-Easy-Flap-...ndeavour+press

Au
http://www.amazon.com.au/Too-Easy-Fl...ndeavour+press

Can
http://www.amazon.ca/Too-Easy-Flap-T...ndeavour+press

[sufue]

Harper Collins is offering the "12 Days of Christie" sale, which includes 11 Agatha Christie books and the "new one" by Sophie Hannah, all for $1.99. Details (sparse as they are) from the email they sent me are here:

Download Agatha Christie mysteries for $1.99 each during the 12 Days of Christie!

We’re counting down the 12 Days of Christie with a dozen Agatha Christie e-books on sale for $1.99 each. Download your next great read or send the perfect holiday gift to your favorite mystery lovers.

Browse the collection—the sale ends soon!

Webpage with links to retailers is:
http://wmmorrow.hc.com/12daysofchristie

Books are:

• And Then There Were None
• Murder on the Orient Express
• The Monogram Murders (the Hannah one)
• The ABC Murders
• The Body in the Library
• Elephants Can Remember
• Murder in Mesopotamia
• Murder on the Links
• A Caribbean Mystery
• The Clocks
• Cards on the Table
• Endless Night

[Mort1997]

Free on Amazon UK - Stone Cold by Norman Ross

'David Root, an American ex-serviceman had returned to London. His father had died and he is now in charge of the estate. Once he arrives his old friend – and ex-colleague – Jeremy gets in touch. Jeremy has set up a security firm, FHS, and wants David to work for him. Initially Jeremy contracts David to do some bodyguard work, but then something a little more interesting arises ... A client wants FHS to track down the source of the extremely rare and valuable ‘Uzbek diamond’. And before he knows it, David himself is in possession of it. As he mulls over his future as a millionaire, he contemplates the extraordinary series of events leading to his current, apparently enviable situation. He is in possession of a beautiful, captivating, and mysterious stone. But what is its history? Where did it come from?
Why does no one in the diamond trade know anything about its provenance?
And why has it passed from one owner to another over a relatively short period of time? David’s search for the diamond’s provenance takes him across Europe and the USA, as he tries to trace the diamond back to its origin. Each owner he comes across has had an unpleasant fate befall them, leaving him to believe there is a curse attached to the jewel. Will David succumb to the same fate as his predecessors? Will he ever solve the mystery of the curse? Or will his trail go stone cold ...? '



UK
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Stone-Cold-N...ndeavour+press

US
http://www.amazon.com/Stone-Cold-Nor...ndeavour+press

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

Can
http://www.amazon.ca/Stone-Cold-Norm...ndeavour+press

[Little.Egret]

Short from Endeavour Press Free

Raffles: Stumped (15 pp) by Richard Foreman

Raffles, the legendary gentleman thief, returns in a sparkling new short story, first published as part with the longer e-book Raffles: Caught Out

Richard Foreman is the author of the Raffles series of books and the historical novels Augustus: Son of Rome, Sword of Rome: Standard Bearer, A Hero of Our Time and Warsaw.

In this tale, Harry "Bunny" Manders finds himself badly in debt. Bunny must pay off a loan to an unscrupulous moneylender, Alexander "Shylock" Cardinal, or else lose all of his assets, or worse his life.


US
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007Z1157Y/

UK
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B007Z1157Y/

Can
http://www.amazon.ca/dp/B007Z1157Y/

[sufue]

Diana Gabaldon's Lord John 4-Book Bundle is the Kobo Deal of the Day in Canada, at $4.99. The normal Kindle price in the US is $31.99, and the four books in Canada would be $45.96 if purchased separately. I checked Kobo US, and the bundle is also $31.99 there.

The link is: https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/eb...-4-book-bundle and I think you have to already be in the Kobo Canada store.

The four books are:

• Lord John and the Hand of Devils
• Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade
• Lord John and the Private Matter
• (Lord John and) The Scottish Prisoner

Oh, and here's the blurb:

Spoiler:

SYNOPSIS

In her New York Times bestselling Outlander novels, Diana Gabaldon introduced millions of readers to a dazzling world of history and adventure—a world of vibrant settings and utterly unforgettable characters. When Gabaldon opened the door further to one of these characters, Lord John Grey, readers were fascinated by her portrait of eighteenth-century London—a seething anthill of nobility and rabble peopled by soldiers and spies, whores and dukes. Now, with this four-volume eBook bundle, you can discover the novels that have won over Gabaldon fans, both old and new.

“First-rate . . . From London’s literary salons and political intrigue to fearsome battle scenes in the Seven Years’ War, [Diana Gabaldon’s] writing is always vivid and often lyrical.” —The Washington Post on the Lord John series

The year is 1757. On a clear morning in mid-June, Lord John Grey emerges from London’s Beefsteak Club, his mind in turmoil. A nobleman and a high-ranking officer in His Majesty’s Army, Grey has just witnessed something shocking. But his efforts to avoid a scandal that might destroy his family are interrupted by something still more urgent: the Crown appoints him to investigate the brutal murder of a comrade in arms, who may have been a traitor.

And so begins the series that has delighted millions. . .

[bfisher]

Amazon Canada has a Len Deighton omnibus for $CDN 2.99 - The Harry Palmer Quartet
http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B00D0VYDCM

It includes THE IPCRESS FILE, HORSE UNDER WATER, FUNERAL IN BERLIN and BILLION-DOLLAR BRAIN

[sufue]

Originally Posted by bfisher

Amazon Canada has a Len Deighton omnibus for $CDN 2.99 - The Harry Palmer Quartet
http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B00D0VYDCM

It includes THE IPCRESS FILE, HORSE UNDER WATER, FUNERAL IN BERLIN and BILLION-DOLLAR BRAIN

If you are able/willing to travel , this is also still available at Amazon US for US$ 1.99, which my foreign exchange rate website shows as a little less than $CDN 2.99: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=3216749