FREE/BARGAIN - Mystery, Suspense, Thriller - 2016

[phloxy]

Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

This was free 2 1/2 years ago, when I picked it up.

Perhaps now I should read it?

Well, at least they keep!

I am just discovering this author after buying one in this series as a 99 cent bargain after reading the Amazon "look inside" excerpt. Of course, I still haven't read past the excerpt. Almost through my current read, though, so maybe I'll pick one of these next...

[Mort1997]

Free Today on Amazon UK - Guilty by Joy Hindle

'A gripping suspense thriller focusing on a mother’s love and a killer’s crime
When Sadie is sentenced to life imprisonment for a terrible crime, her family is left reeling and question every aspect of the past they shared. How could this blue-eyed child have grown up to become a remorseless killer? Is her upbringing to blame, or is there something darker at the root of her being? In a quiet Yorkshire village, Caroline had longed for a baby and was prepared to do whatever it took to become a mother. But as Sadie grows up, Caroline’s fierce motherly love drives her to overlook and defend Sadie’s unsettling behaviour. More than twenty years later, Caroline still tries to keep her troubled secrets about Sadie’s birth hidden from her husband, Simon, and their marriage crumbles. Their two grown-up sons, Bri and Oliver, have both distanced themselves from their parents as they attempt to make sense of their family falling apart. Now Bri wants to prove that his sister is worth fighting for and mounts a campaign to appeal her case, but a tragic event stops him in his tracks. His brother Oliver returns from overseas to make peace with the family and takes up the baton, bringing with him a surprising addition to the family group. As the past web of Caroline’s deceit is unravelled, uncomfortable memories are stirred and closure is hard to find. Is there still a chance of redemption? Or will it come too late? On one level a novel about a mother’s love in the face of family conflict and loss, Guilty succeeds in combining a suspense-filled plot with a closer look at the human mind, using references to real-life historic cases of psychopathy. '

UK
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Guilty-Joy-H...ndeavour+press


US
http://www.amazon.com/Guilty-Joy-Hin...ndeavour+press

Au
http://www.amazon.com.au/Guilty-Joy-...ndeavour+press

Can
http://www.amazon.ca/Guilty-Joy-Hind...ndeavour+press

[Mort1997]

Free Today on Amazon UK - A Life for a Life by Andrew Puckett

'When Dr Fraser Callan claims that Alkovin, the new ‘wonder drug’ for leukaemia, has dangerous side effects, his boss, Connie Flint sends him to America for three months to shut him up. No one’s listening to his concerns and Fraser’s starting to wonder if someone’s pulling strings to hush up Alkovin’s problems. There’s no love lost between Fraser and Connie, so when Fraser returns from America to discover that Frances, his fiancée, has contracted leukaemia and Connie is treating her with Alkovin, there’s bound to be trouble… Under threat of dismissal and desperately worried about Frances, Fraser takes his troubles to Department of Health Inspector Tom Jones. But before Tom can get to the bottom of the Alkovin problem, Fraser finds himself imprisoned for murder... Will he solve the mystery of Alkovin?
Or will he be silenced for ever? '


UK
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Life-Andrew-...ndeavour+press

US
http://www.amazon.com/Life-Andrew-Pu...ndeavour+press

Au
http://www.amazon.com.au/Life-Andrew...ndeavour+press

Can
http://www.amazon.ca/Life-Andrew-Puc...ndeavour+press

[Mort1997]

Free Today on Amazon UK (repeat) -A Death to Remember by Roger Ormerod

'
Fifteen months ago Cliff Summers was brutally assaulted. Recovered, although still suffering from memory loss, Cliff returns to his hometown with no job, no home and no prospects. Also newly returned is Tony Clayton, a local garage owner who’s just been released from prison after serving time for the attack on Cliff. Cliff’s plan to forget the assault and rebuild his life is scuppered when the two men meet. Not only is Clayton adamant that he’s been wrongly accused – his wife has gone missing, and he wants Cliff’s help.
It soon becomes obvious that Cliff’s lost memory is the key to this and several other mysteries. And with the help of pretty Nicola Waldon – who has replaced him in his role as Social Security Inspector – Cliff starts to investigate the events of that fateful day. But Cliff’s memory is patchy, and as he isn’t even sure of who he really is he can’t be certain of his level of involvement in the crimes that emerge. Faced with murders, disappearances, drug-dealing and blackmail, Cliff and Nicola soon find themselves out of their depth… '

UK
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Death-Rememb...ndeavour+press

US
http://www.amazon.com/Death-Remember...ndeavour+press

Au
http://www.amazon.com.au/Death-Remem...ndeavour+press

Can
http://www.amazon.ca/Death-Remember-...ndeavour+press

[Mort1997]

Free Today on Amazon UK -Sherlock Holmes at the Varieties byVal Andrews

'Sherlock Holmes and his assistant, Dr Watson are guests at 'Murphy's Theatre of Varieties'; however, both are unaware that their own detective double act will soon take centre stage. On arrival, Watson discovers much has changed inside the former London music-hall; although the owner, Mr Murphy himself, remains the same. During a fleeting encounter with Mr. Murphy he reveals all is not well. A recent series of mysterious incidents have damaged the theatre’s reputation, threatening a precarious future. On the case, both Holmes and Watson greet allegations of supernatural activity with their accustomed scepticism, yet various ghostly sightings as well as a further sequence of near fatal mishaps begin to suggest something mysterious is happening. George Robey, an up-and-coming English comedian, together with the theatre itself emerges as the intended targets of the suspected paranormal calamities. But with no clear culprit to speak of and an increasing number of ghoulish assertions to decipher; Holmes is driven to desperate measures in his attempts to solve it all... '



UK
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sherlock-Hol...ndeavour+press

US
http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holme...ndeavour+press

Au
http://www.amazon.com.au/Sherlock-Ho...ndeavour+press

Can
http://www.amazon.ca/Sherlock-Holmes...ndeavour+press

[Dr. Drib]

Originally Posted by Mort1997

Free Today on Amazon UK -Sherlock Holmes at the Varieties byVal Andrews

'Sherlock Holmes and his assistant, Dr Watson are guests at 'Murphy's Theatre of Varieties'; however, both are unaware that their own detective double act will soon take centre stage. On arrival, Watson discovers much has changed inside the former London music-hall; although the owner, Mr Murphy himself, remains the same. During a fleeting encounter with Mr. Murphy he reveals all is not well. A recent series of mysterious incidents have damaged the theatre’s reputation, threatening a precarious future. On the case, both Holmes and Watson greet allegations of supernatural activity with their accustomed scepticism, yet various ghostly sightings as well as a further sequence of near fatal mishaps begin to suggest something mysterious is happening. George Robey, an up-and-coming English comedian, together with the theatre itself emerges as the intended targets of the suspected paranormal calamities. But with no clear culprit to speak of and an increasing number of ghoulish assertions to decipher; Holmes is driven to desperate measures in his attempts to solve it all... '



UK
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sherlock-Hol...ndeavour+press

US
http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holme...ndeavour+press

Au
http://www.amazon.com.au/Sherlock-Ho...ndeavour+press

Can
http://www.amazon.ca/Sherlock-Holmes...ndeavour+press

Thanks for the link. Now picked up.

How many of these little suckers are there? It seems like I have 10-15, and I've lost track.

--- Time for epub merge and put all these little suckers together for some kind of coherent sense. Doggone these little suckers.

(I'm jest a good ol' boy.)

[Wearever]

Thanks also for the Roger Ormerod, Mort ! I have quite a few now too.

[rbruce1314]

And thanks for the Sherlock Holmes. Star man Mort

[Mort1997]

You are welcome and thanks for the Karma, Wearever

[Mort1997]

Free Today on Amazon UK -No Safe House by Linwood Barclay

'Seven years ago, Terry Archer and his family experienced a horrific ordeal which nearly cost them their lives. Today, the echoes of that fateful night are still audible. Terry's wife, Cynthia, is living separate from her husband and daughter after her own personal demons threatened to ruin her relationship with them permanently. Their daughter, Grace, is rebelling against her parents' seemingly needless overprotection. Terry is just trying to keep his family together. And the entire town is reeling from the senseless murder of two elderly locals. But when Grace foolishly follows her delinquent boyfriend into a strange house, the Archers must do more than stay together. They must stay alive. Because now they have all been unwillingly drawn into the shadowy depths of their seemingly idyllic hometown. For there, they will be reconnected with the man who saved their lives seven years ago, but who still remains a ruthless, unrepentant criminal. They will encounter killers for hire working all sides. And they will learn that there are some things people value much more than money, and will do anything to get it.
Caught in a labyrinth between family loyalty and ultimate betrayal, Terry must find a way to extricate his family from a lethal situation he still doesn't fully comprehend. All he knows is that to live, he may have to do the unthinkable . . .'


UK
http://www.amazon.co.uk/No-Safe-Hous...362247031_f_13

US
http://www.amazon.com/No-Safe-House-...362247031_f_13

Not Au or Can - that I can see

[Catlady]

Originally Posted by Mort1997

Free Today on Amazon UK -No Safe House by Linwood Barclay

UK
http://www.amazon.co.uk/No-Safe-Hous...362247031_f_13

US
http://www.amazon.com/No-Safe-House-...362247031_f_13

Not Au or Can - that I can see

Not free in the U.S.--the link shows this edition as unavailable.

I'm a big fan of Linwood Barclay and recommend this book. It is a follow-up to No Time for Goodbye, and though you don't need to have read the earlier book, it's better if you do.

[sufue]

The third and final (so far, at least) book in Anton Gill's Huy the Scribe series, City of the Dead, is on US Kindle Countdown at $0.99 for about 6 more days. The other two have been free/countdown in the past, but I haven't seen this one on sale before.

link: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B013R91H70

Spoiler:

Egypt, the 18th Dynasty.

Despite ominous portents, the jubilant pharaoh Tutankhamun leaves the Southern Capital of ancient Egypt on a hunting trip to celebrate the long-awaited first pregnancy of his wife Ankhsenpaamun.

Recalling the uneasiness of their farewell the pharaoh is spurred on by the heir he is soon to have and the celebrations he has planned.

An ambitious hunting trip takes shape yet an atmosphere of anxiety pervades in the desert; the pharaoh is unsettled as his wife’s fears regarding the venture linger in his mind.

Men are to be more feared than the wild animals or light chariots and three days later, far from the palace, he is caught in a horrific accident.

As the aftermath of the event unfolds a vicious struggle between rivals Ay and Horemheb commences, and in the vacuum caused by their jostling for power other deaths quickly follow.

Shocked and consumed with dread, the queen is burdened and left alone with her unborn child to face an uncertain future.

But more sorrow soon follows as tragic deaths are officially signed off as natural or accidental and the palace no longer offers protection…

Only Huy, a lowly former scribe with a talent for solving crimes, is able to discover what has really happened. As his investigation progresses in the ancient city Huy realises that his own life has no value to those who commissioned him once he reveals his findings.

He has no choice but to weave a plan whereby the safety of the queen and his lover depends on his surviving long enough to expose the murderous perpetrator.

‘City of Dreams’ is a gripping Egyptian thriller from master of the genre Anton Gill.

[sufue]

Easy is the first in Phillip DePoy's Flap Tucker series. It's on US Kindle Countdown at $0.99 for about six more days.

link: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B017J0TEAK

Spoiler:

Flap Tucker is no ordinary private investigator.

He’s got a cosmic connection to the universe, a special way of locating things that have been lost.

His best friend, the beautiful Dalliance Oglethorpe, is no stranger to Flap’s unusual talents, so when Looney Lenny comes looking for help, she doesn’t hesitate to ask.

Flap’s used to strange cases, but he has no idea just how strange his world is about to get.

A dead drag queen in a pentagram.

Two topless dancers stuffed in a trunk.

A pretty blue Buick.

Tibetan religious artefacts.

And Looney Lenny’s vanished wife, who might not even exist in the first place.

It’s been a busy couple of weeks in Atlanta.

With each step he takes, the more Flap becomes convinced that all of these seemingly unrelated incidents are all joined up somehow.

As the case grows more and more sinister, he lets his mind go where only he can, letting a Zen-like truth illuminate the path and lead him to the answer.

What waits for him there reveals he’s the only thing that stands in a killer’s way…

'Easy' is thrilling mystery story from a master story-teller.

[sufue]

McGill's Short Cases 1-3 by Joseph Flynn is on US Kindle Countdown at $0.99 for about one more day.

link: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DJ5ZFY4

Spoiler:

As a cop and later a private investigator, Jim McGill has worked some really big cases. Life and death cases. One case, solving the murder of Patricia Darden Grant’s first husband, might even have changed the course of American history. But not every investigation is epic in scope. There are short cases, too.

This is the first collection of three such cases. In Found Money, political enemies of the president — McGill’s wife — try to concoct a scandal by making McGill look corrupt. If McGill is going to stop them, he’ll have to turn things around overnight. In Lost Dog, a little girl wants McGill to find her missing pooch. Only the kid is the daughter of a Russian diplomat, and the Chinese might be involved, too. If McGill isn’t careful, he might step in something nasty. In Pins & Needles, McGill is asked to help a first-round NFL draft choice who put himself on the wrong side of voodoo queen. To come out on top in this one, he’ll have to steal the woman’s juju.

Sometimes, you’ll want a lot of McGill.

Other times you’ll find good things come in short cases.

Flynn started out with a number of conventionally published titles, but is now into self-publishing via his own Stray Dog Press. I've read many of his books, both conventionally published and self-published, and have enjoyed them all regardless.

[sufue]

Death of a Blue Lantern is the first in the Detective Inspector Bao Zheng series by Christopher West. I quite liked this series in DTB many years ago, and am happy to see 3 of the 4 in ebook now, and hope that the others will go on sale at some point. This one is on US Kindle Countdown at $0.99 for about four more days.

link: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B016TQ4UEK

Spoiler:

“Everything one can ask for in a crime novel ‒ pace, excitement, and a skilfully contrasted set of characters.” Simon Brett

“The ambivalent morality of modern China is intelligently exposed, but not at the expense of a first-class crime story.” Marcel Berlins, The Times

Beijing, 1991. Detective Inspector Bao Zheng just wants a pleasant evening away from his nation’s booming capital and goes to enjoy some traditional opera. Instead of a rest, he finds himself with a murder on his hands. Who is the anonymous young man stabbed to death in the back row? How close are the victim’s links to the renascent Triads? What is the connection with the glamorous Jasmine Ren, who seems obsessed with life in the west? Is there a connection to the theft of priceless artefacts from an archaeological dig north of the city? The further Bao looks into the mystery, the more he finds himself unable to trust anyone around him. He must act alone and venture unprotected into the capital’s underworld. At the same time, the once-loyal Party member must wrestle with the agonizing politics of post-Tiananmen China. Dare he voice his true feelings about the events of June 4, 1989? Or does it not matter? Has someone already decided he is expendable?

“Fine plotting and a sharp-edged style.” Publishers Weekly

“Does for China was Gorky Park did for Russia.” Florida Sun Sentinel