FREE/BARGAIN - Mystery, Suspense, Thriller - 2016

[Mort1997]

Free on Amazon UK -The Case of Sir Adam Braid: A Golden Age Mystery by Molly Thynne

Spoiler:

“The blood’s coming from a cut at the back of his neck,” she said slowly. “He couldn’t have done that in falling. Some one must have—”

Sir Adam Braid, the distinguished artist, was a cantankerous old man. Not well-liked by most of his family and associates, he was about to add one more enemy to the list by changing his will … but not before death paid a visit to his London flat, and Sir Adam was found stabbed through the neck.

Chief-Inspector Fenn takes charge of the case and soon notices the butler seems more frightened than shocked – but what if anything, did the butler do? After all, there is a plethora of suspects, including mercenary relatives and some curious occupants of the neighbouring flats. Fenn must put the clues together, and bring a murderer to justice in this classic golden age mystery.

UK
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Case-Sir-Ad...s=molly+thynne

US
https://www.amazon.com/Case-Sir-Adam...s=molly+thynne


Au
https://www.amazon.com.au/Case-Sir-A...s=molly+thynne


Can
https://www.amazon.ca/Case-Sir-Adam-...s=molly+thynne

[Mort1997]

Free on Amazon UK -Anne Belinda: A Golden Age Mystery by Patricia Wentworth

Spoiler:

Where is Anne Belinda?

Anne Belinda has disappeared—and every time John Waveney mentions her name there is an ominous silence. Lady Jenifer Marr, Anne’s twin sister, says she is in Spain. Which is odd—for John is sure he has caught a glimpse of her that very day in Jenny’s garden. Why is Jenny misleading him? What is the secret that has made her turn Anne’s picture to the wall—that has made old Sir Anthony, on his deathbed, disinherit Anne and leave the estate to him, a distant cousin? John is determined to break through that grim wall of silence—but does Anne want to be found? John is a man who always gets what he wants—and this time he is sure the prize will be well worth the struggle.

UK
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Anne-Belind...icia+wentworth


Au
https://www.amazon.com.au/Anne-Belin...icia+wentworth


Can
https://www.amazon.ca/Anne-Belinda-G...icia+wentworth

[HarryT]

Thanks, Mort!

[sufue]

Cool, after lots of Amazon's sales, I only need a very few more 87th Precinct titles, and one of these was on this list. A quick little trip and I snagged it - thank you!

Originally Posted by Little.Egret

UK Deal of the Day, today, Tuesday.

6 Ed McBain's each at 99p

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/browse.h...ode=5400977031

Killer's Payoff (87th Precinct)
Lady Killer (87th Precinct)
Killer’s Wedge (87th Precinct)
The Heckler (87th Precinct)
Til Death (87th Precinct)
Give the Boys a Great Big Hand (87th Precinct)

[sufue]

The first two titles in Amy Corwin's Second Sons Inquiry Agency series are in SYKM, but the rest are not, which leads me to believe that the later titles are self-pub (Fireside Mysteries?). In any case, though, I've read and enjoyed the first four via KU, and now have noticed that the fourth title, The Illusion of Desire, has dropped to free at Kindle US, no idea why or for how long.

IMO this series dances on the fine line between historical mystery and historical romance; in the end I put it in mystery because that's how the author identifies it, and in contrast she has many other titles that she identifies as romance. I myself really go for historical mysteries and I like an occasional historical romance too, so I don't mind the meld, but if that's an issue for you, be forewarned!

link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IKY4BO4

Spoiler:

Inquiry agent, Captain Nicholas Ainsley, needs a challenge to escape his crippling nightmares of war. But he's unprepared for the intricacies of his first assignment. Someone has killed an earl, and Nicholas must tread carefully to avoid getting caught in the web of lies and subterfuge shrouding the victim's privileged life.

The clues point to the earl's mistress, Kathryn. Rumors are spreading that the earl cast her aside and that enraged, she killed him with the jeweled knife he'd given her as a gift. When he questions her, Kathryn remains stubbornly silent, even when the victim's family demands her arrest. Despite her obstinacy, however, Nicholas is attracted to her and struggles to maintain his distance. His instincts whisper that the obvious answer may not be the right one, and he ignores the family's threats, determined to uncover the truth.

But evidence against Kathryn continues to mount, and Nicholas is caught between his desire for the lovely woman and the facts. If he can't prove her innocence, she will hang, and he will lose the woman who has turned his nightmares into dreams of love.

[sufue]

Early Bird Books (Open Road) has done another one of their one-author late afternoon (definitely NOT early bird) sales, good for the rest of today only. This time it's for Dorothy Sayers with several Lord Peter titles at $1.99. I am really pushed for time, and don't even have time to list all the titles, but here's a link to the website that pops up when I hit the link in the email message: http://link.openroadmedia.com/view/5....7487/f793dbad

Enjoy....

Oh yeah, I think it's US only...

[Little.Egret]

Free

Crime Czar: a Hard-Boiled New Orleans Legal Thriller (Tubby Dubonnet #5) (The Tubby Dubonnet Series) by Tony Dunbar



https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00GCR75YE/

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00GCR75YE/
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00GCR75YE/

[sufue]

The Ragtime Fool is the third in Larry Karp's Ragtime Trilogy series. It has dropped to $3.82 at Kindle US. (Not a big drop from its "normal" price of $4.99, but WTH...) It's also worth noting that as a Poisoned Pen Press title, it's couponable at Kobo, off its normal price of $4.99, IF you have a coupon - which is, sadly, a big IF with Kobo these days. So $3.82 at Kindle with no hassle may work for you!

link: https://www.amazon.com/Ragtime-Fool-.../dp/B004T53PPE

Spoiler:

"It’s 1951, and ragtime is making a comeback. In Sedalia, Missouri, plans are underway for a ceremony to honor Scott Joplin.

Brun Campbell, the old Ragtime Kid, is working to establish Joplin’s legacy. Brun learns of a journal Joplin kept and wants to show it to Sedalia’s movers and shakers, hoping to persuade them to set up a ragtime museum.

Unfortunately for Brun, author/historian Rudi Blesh is deter-mined to publish the journal. But Joplin’s old friend wants to suppress the material. Even worse, two Sedalia Klansmen are hot after the journal and don’t care if they have to kill someone to get it. What’s one murder, compared to the Klansmen’s grand plan to blow up the high school auditorium with its integrated audience during the ceremony?

In the middle of this imbroglio is Alan Chandler, a 17-year-old pianist in love with ragtime. If Alan can stay alive, he may be able to prevent catastrophe and learn what it really means to be Black in 1950s America."

[gabby98]

Cross listing from another thread:

Originally Posted by gabby98

Don't know if you all have seen this or not, but saw this in Insta-Freebie's newsletter yesterday:

Authors Working Together: Mysteries Galore
20 Free Mysteries!
http://annertan.com/free-mystery-books/

[cromag]

Originally Posted by gabby98

Cross listing from another thread:

Some of these are available free at Amazon without any requirement for signing up to a new email list.

And in cases where the Instafreebie is the second in a series, the first may be available free at Amazon.

[Kieran Seymour]

Another one of Michael Avallone's Ed Noon series is currently going free.

(30) The Big Stiffs: Blues for Sophia Loren

amazon.co.uk | amazon.com | amazon.ca

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by Kieran Seymour

Another one of Michael Avallone's Ed Noon series is currently going free.

(30) The Big Stiffs: Blues for Sophia Loren

amazon.co.uk | amazon.com | amazon.ca

Thanks - I didn't have that one.

[sufue]

The Case of William Smith is the 14th (SYKM) or 14th (blurb) in the Miss Silver series by Patricia Wentworth. It has dropped to $1.99 at Kindle US.

link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005E834U6

Spoiler:

An amnesiac Holocaust survivor steps into a mystery that only Miss Silver can solve

William Smith is not sure what his name is, but he doubts it’s William Smith, the name the Nazis gave him when he wandered out of one of their hospitals in 1942, to be herded, along with so many others, into one of their nightmarish camps. They did their best to kill this man without a name, but he survived because a man with no identity has nothing to fear.

Now, the war over, he is back in England, ready to make a new life. But even a man with no past cannot escape history. William Smith is about to find himself enmeshed in a terrifying mystery, which only Maud Silver, the staunch, old-fashioned detective, can solve. He may yet learn his name, but it could cost him his life.

[sufue]

And now the first in this series, The Vital Principle, which I have also read and enjoyed, has dropped to free at Kindle US.

link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004OR1GQ2/

Spoiler:

When Lord Crowley sends for him, cynical inquiry agent Knighton Gaunt is more than happy to accept the simple assignment. All he must do is attend a séance and expose the spiritualist, Prudence Barnard, as a charlatan taking advantage of Crowley's mother.

Unfortunately, instead of proving Miss Barnard is a fraud, Gaunt is made to look like a fool when Crowley is murdered after the séance. Apparently, the attractive spiritualist is not the only guest who has mastered the art of sleight-of-hand. Whoever killed Crowley managed to poison his brandy without anyone noticing and to act with appropriate concern afterwards.

The terrified guests immediately close ranks against Miss Barnard and accuse her of the murder. She is the only stranger in the house, except for Gaunt, and she'd argued with Crowley the previous day. It sounds reasonable to everyone except Miss Barnard. And Gaunt.

Then the murderer strikes again, and Gaunt must use all of his skill to expose the truth before another member of their house party dies.

Originally Posted by sufue

The first two titles in Amy Corwin's Second Sons Inquiry Agency series are in SYKM, but the rest are not, which leads me to believe that the later titles are self-pub (Fireside Mysteries?). In any case, though, I've read and enjoyed the first four via KU, and now have noticed that the fourth title, The Illusion of Desire, has dropped to free at Kindle US, no idea why or for how long.

IMO this series dances on the fine line between historical mystery and historical romance; in the end I put it in mystery because that's how the author identifies it, and in contrast she has many other titles that she identifies as romance. I myself really go for historical mysteries and I like an occasional historical romance too, so I don't mind the meld, but if that's an issue for you, be forewarned!

link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IKY4BO4

[sufue]

Down Among the Dead Men is the second in the Rafferty & Llewellyn series by Geraldine Evans. It has dropped to $0.99 at Kindle US, no idea why or for how long. Note that this title is part of the Rafferty & Llewellyn Boxed Set: Books 1 to 4, which was free back in July, so check carefully before buying.

link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0042P53NS

Spoiler:

A Little Laughter. A Little Mayhem. A Little MURDER...

For those who like cozy mysteries, humorous mysteries and police procedurals.

When beautiful Barbara Longman is found dead in a meadow, uprooted wild flowers strewn about her and, in her hand, a single marigold, British Detective Joe Rafferty at first believes the murder may be the work of the serial killer over the county border in Suffolk.
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But then he meets the victim’s family – and after liaising with the Suffolk police, he rapidly comes to believe that the mystery killing is the work of a copycat…one much closer to home; someone among the descendants of the long-dead family patriarch, Maximillian Shore.
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Everyone, it seems, had a motive: Henry the grieving widower; the victim’s brother-in-law Charles Shore, the ruthless tycoon; Henry’s first wife, the Bohemian Anne, who has lost the custody of her teenage son, to the saintly Barbara.
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Even the long-dead patriarch, Maximillian Shore, seems, to Rafferty, to have some involvement in the murder, though how, or why, Rafferty doesn’t understand until he finally grasps the truth behind the reasons for the killing. A truth sad and dreadful and which had been evident from the start, if only he had had the eyes to see.

I'll also note that the first title in this series, Dead Before Morning, is a long-time freebie at Kindle US, so if you missed the box set, and want to try the series before buying the second one, here's that link: http://www.amazon.com/Dead-Before-Mo...dp/B004EYUHN8/