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Clandestine by James Ellroy is $0.99 at Amazon. I bought it for more than that. Learn from my error!
Despite the sunshine, high necklines, and demure purity of its silver-screen goddesses, Los Angeles in the 1950s is not a gentle place. Even as a young cop, Freddy Underhill knows this. Patrolling one of L.A.’s roughest districts, he sees the lust, rage, and madness that permeate the city—and stands in wonder and dismay at it all. He covers the beat with his partner Wacky Walker, a World War II veteran with a Medal of Honor, a drinking problem, and a serious obsession with death. When an old flame of Freddy’s is murdered, the investigation takes them deep into the shadiest part of the city, where Freddy will have to embrace the darkness if he wants to emerge with his life. |
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02-17-2018, 06:15 AM | #1774 |
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Attn all Ed Nooners. #10 free today:
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02-18-2018, 10:18 AM | #1780 |
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David Wishart's Marcus Corvinus series seems to be a love-it-or-hate-it series, primarily, I think, due to his use of "current" and rather snarky vernacular for the dialogue, which some folks find anachronistic. Me, I love this series, especially the ones that are more political in theme, and he gives pretty detailed author's notes at the end, talking about the historical background of many of the books. With that said, somewhere upthread, I mentioned him before and some folks indicated they didn't like the series, so YMMV.
In any case, a huge batch of his titles (including a couple of non-series titles, and one title in the middle of the series that he self-pubbed, before being picked back up by a BPH) have dropped in price to between £0.99 and £2.99 at Kindle UK. Titles include (in the order given by SYKM, not the blurbs):
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I'm not quite sure what you mean by historical inaccuracy? These are novels, and Wishart's "political" titles are based around him dreaming up plausible backstories for known historical events, and weaving in non-historical characters with the historical ones. However, he's very frank in his author's notes about what is made up and what's not, complete with references from time-to-time. For example, here are the author's notes from the first three titles, all among the "political" ones: From Ovid: Spoiler:
From Germanicus: Spoiler:
And this one from Sejanus: Spoiler:
I haven't re-read this series in quite a while, but I would say that many, possibly all, have similar historical notes, although my memory says that the titles that are more like straight murder mysteries, such as, say, Food for the Fishes, don't have quite as much behind them as the "political" ones. I guess tastes must differ in how much fiction is allowed in historical fiction, but in my case, so long as there is some sort of author's note telling me what is generally accepted history, and what is made up, I'm okay with a wide range of fiction/fact proportions... Quote:
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02-19-2018, 07:01 AM | #1784 |
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I picked up one that was on KU, and liked it well enough to buy all the 99p ones. Thank you!
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02-19-2018, 12:11 PM | #1785 |
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Some random price drops in the US, most to $1.99 unless otherwise indicated...
Aunt Dimity's Death is the first in the Aunt Dimity series by Nancy Atherton. This is an outrageously cozy series, with a touch (but not annoying, at least to me, and just a touch) of paranormal, started long before paranormal became the trend. I read and enjoyed the first few titles back in DTB days, but the later titles have been pretty outrageously priced in e-book (IMO) so I've pretty much stopped reading it. Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/Aunt-Dimitys-...dp/B0063OCXY8/ Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/aunt-dimity-s-death Archive 17, apa Siberian Red, is the third in the Inspector Pekkala series by Sam Eastland. There was an omnibus of the first few titles in the series on sale a while back, so check carefully before you buy... Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/Archive-17-Su...dp/B0053CT2EU/ Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/archive-17 Lost in a Good Book is the second in the Thursday Next series by Jasper Fforde. Again, use caution - there was an omnibus floating around on sale a while (quite a while) ago... Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/Lost-Good-Boo...dp/B000OCXHCC/ Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/los...day-next-novel The Scarlet Ruse is the 14th in the Travis McGee series by John D. MacDonald. It's on sale for $2.99. Travis McGee titles usually run $10 and up in the US (insane for backlist), so nice to see one on sale. Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/Scarlet-Ruse-...dp/B008WOUF9C/ Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-scarlet-ruse The Cat Who Went Underground is the 9th in the Cat Who series by Lilian Jackson Braun. Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/Cat-Who-Went-...dp/B000OCXJAC/ Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the...-underground-1 Friends of the Dusk is the most recent (2015) in the Merrily Watkins series by Phil Rickman. It's on sale at $2.99, and although 2015 is a while ago, it's still nice to see a most-recent-in-series on sale... Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/Friends-Dusk-...dp/B01CN2HRTY/ Kobo US (coupon/VIPable): https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/friends-of-the-dusk-1 Last edited by sufue; 02-19-2018 at 12:29 PM. |
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