Free/Bargain Suspense/Mystery/Thriller May 2013

[pdurrant]

Yes, I bought the Lovejoy books. Far too good a deal to pass up, although this means I've bought 70 books in five months, leaving me just 50 books in my 'target' for the next 7 months - only 7 books a month. I don't think I'll be able to keep to my target

[BelleZora]

Originally Posted by Apache

Thank you.
I picked them up too. they are almost $8.00 in the US.
Apache

I need to move to the UK. At least occasionally.

[Apache]

Open an Amazon UK account.
It is great for books that are not available in the US or are a lot cheaper. I bought The Devil's Cave by Martin Walker in August of 2012. It is the newest in the series Bruno Chief of Police. It is due for release in the US on July 9, 2013. Before that I will purchase The Resistance Man, the next in the series, being released on June 6, 2013.
Apache:

[kindlekitten]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

The Amazon UK Daily Deal for Sunday 12 May 2013 is the first four "Lovejoy" books by Jonathan Gash.

First book's blurb:
"Every antique dealer is a bit of a detective, following clues to find the trophies that pay the rent, but when Lovejoy takes on the job of tracking down a pair of duelling pistols so rare that he's not even sure actually exist, he needs all the instincts of a detective to pick his way through an unsolved crime."

UK Daily Deal

I LOVED the Lovejoy series on TV! I wish I could get them!

Originally Posted by Apache

Open an Amazon UK account.
It is great for books that are not available in the US or are a lot cheaper. I bought The Devil's Cave by Martin Walker in August of 2012. It is the newest in the series Bruno Chief of Police. It is due for release in the US on July 9, 2013. Before that I will purchase The Resistance Man, the next in the series, being released on June 6, 2013.
Apache:

what do you do, invent a UK address?

[BelleZora]

Originally Posted by kindlekitten

I LOVED the Lovejoy series on TV! I wish I could get them!

what do you do, invent a UK address?

In the U.S. they are available for $7.79
which is a fair price for a book I want to read now. A second option is to put them on a price drop watch list.

[AnemicOak]

Originally Posted by Apache

Open an Amazon UK account.

I assume you mean a new Amazon account overall (with a differ email)? Since your regular Amazon US account/login also work with Amazon UK already, but uses your US address.

[kindlekitten]

Originally Posted by BelleZora

In the U.S. they are available for $7.79
which is a fair price for a book I want to read now. A second option is to put them on a price drop watch list.

Sorry, I won't pay that much for a regular fiction eBook, especially one that's been out as long as this one has.

[Apache]

Yes, I set up a different account with a separate email. It still uses the same CC though.
Apache

[pendragginp]

For ebooks?

[Apache]

Yes.
Apache

[koland]

Ice Hunter: A Woods Cop Mystery
by Joseph Heywood
Lyons Press

In a brilliant debut to a thrilling series, Grady Service gets news that his nemesis, the head of an incestuous clan of poachers, is to be released from prison. But something even more sinister is afoot in the Mosquito Wilderness. Service must call upon his every reserve to track, stalk, and capture the "ice hunter."

For more on Joseph Heywood and the Woods Cop Mysteries, visit the author's website.

http://www.amazon.com/Ice-Hunter-Woo...dp/B00C620KAA/

[RareBird]

Originally Posted by koland

Ice Hunter: A Woods Cop Mystery
by Joseph Heywood
Lyons Press



http://www.amazon.com/Ice-Hunter-Woo...dp/B00C620KAA/

Free at Kobo too.

[cromag]

And free at Barnes & Noble.

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/book...=9780762794591




BTW: Thanks!

[NightBird]

The Getaway by Jim Thompson is $1.99 from Hachette.

Doc McCoy is the most skilled criminal alive. But when for the first time in Doc's long criminal career, his shot doesn't hit the mark, everything begins to fall apart. And Doc begins to realize that the perfect bank robbery isn't complete without the perfect getaway to back it up.

THE GETAWAY is the classic story of a bank robbery gone horribly wrong, where the smallest mistakes have catastrophic consequences, and shifting loyalties lead to betrayals and chaos. The basis for the classic Steve McQueen film of the same name, as well as a 1994 remake with Alec Baldwin, Thompson's novel set the bar for every heist story that followed--but as Thompson's proved time and again, nobody's ever done it better than the master.

The Thief by Fuminori Nakamura is $2.09 from Soho Crime. Audiobook available for $3.99.

A literary crime masterpiece that follows a Japanese pickpocket lost to the machinations of fate. Bleak and oozing existential dread, The Thief is simply unforgettable.

The Thief is a seasoned pickpocket. Anonymous in his tailored suit, he weaves in and out of Tokyo crowds, stealing wallets from strangers so smoothly sometimes he doesn’t even remember the snatch. Most people are just a blur to him, nameless faces from whom he chooses his victims. He has no family, no friends, no connections.... But he does have a past, which finally catches up with him when Ishikawa, his first partner, reappears in his life, and offers him a job he can’t refuse. It’s an easy job: tie up an old rich man, steal the contents of the safe. No one gets hurt. Only the day after the job does he learn that the old man was a prominent politician, and that he was brutally killed after the robbery. And now the Thief is caught in a tangle even he might not be able to escape.

[NightBird]

Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley is $3.99 from S&S. First in his Easy Rawlins series. Includes a short story. Audiobook available for $4.49.

Los Angeles, 1948: Easy Rawlins is a black war veteran just fired from his job at a defense plant. Easy is drinking in a friend's bar, wondering how he'll meet his mortgage, when a white man in a linen suit walks in, offering good money if Easy will simply locate Miss Daphne Money, a blonde beauty known to frequent black jazz clubs....