Free (nook/Kindle) Badge of Evil by Whit Masterson [Vintage Pulp Suspense Thriller]

ATDrake · 05-13-2012, 02:03 AM

Badge of Evil by Whit Masterson* is a vintage pulp cop crime suspense thriller, originally published by Dodd Mead in 1956 and adapted to film as the classic Touch of Evil by Orson Welles. This is e-reprinted and offered free courtesy of publisher Adams Media's Prologue Books imprint.

I guess last week when I said I hope they would offer more freebies that I hadn't bought during the big sale I jinxed it, as this is one of the 132 I paid 99 cents a pop for. Oh well, at least I get a "free" ePub copy now and I sincerely hope that the authors have lived to a sufficiently advanced old age to enjoy whatever portion of the 30 cents worth of royalties that Amazon passed on to Prologue to pass on to them.

(ETA: Turns out that one of them is still alive, though over 90 years old. Hopefully those payments reach him in time.)

I wonder if they're going to continue to offer these free every week or they'll eventually switch out with their other fiction/specialty imprints. Only 131 more to go! At least, for the titles I went and paid for...

Currently free @ B&N and Amazon UK (likely to drop in the main store).

Description
The Universal International film based on this outstanding American suspense-thriller stars Charles Heston, Janet Leigh and Orson Welles, who plays the part of a tough veteran cop whose reputation is at stake in the solution of a brutal murder …

* Who turns out to be the pseudonym for two other authors, who turn out to have a secondary dual identity as also Prologue-republished Wade Miller, whom I also bought stuff from, which I now also expect to see turn up free due to my having bought it.

Blue Tyson · 05-13-2012, 02:20 AM

Yeah, I bought this one too!

wyndslash · 05-13-2012, 04:05 AM

now free at amazon US :P

i really should get started reading my freebies instead of getting more books ox o

Synamon · 05-13-2012, 08:58 PM

So far I'm 2 for 2 on not buying the ones they've offered free. Go me!

05-13-2012, 02:03 AM	#1
ATDrake Wizzard Posts: 11,517 Karma: 33048258 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Roundworld Device: Kindle 2 International, Sony PRS-T1, BlackBerry PlayBook, Acer Iconia	Free (nook/Kindle) Badge of Evil by Whit Masterson [Vintage Pulp Suspense Thriller] Badge of Evil by Whit Masterson* is a vintage pulp cop crime suspense thriller, originally published by Dodd Mead in 1956 and adapted to film as the classic Touch of Evil by Orson Welles. This is e-reprinted and offered free courtesy of publisher Adams Media's Prologue Books imprint. I guess last week when I said I hope they would offer more freebies that I hadn't bought during the big sale I jinxed it, as this is one of the 132 I paid 99 cents a pop for. Oh well, at least I get a "free" ePub copy now and I sincerely hope that the authors have lived to a sufficiently advanced old age to enjoy whatever portion of the 30 cents worth of royalties that Amazon passed on to Prologue to pass on to them. (ETA: Turns out that one of them is still alive, though over 90 years old. Hopefully those payments reach him in time.) I wonder if they're going to continue to offer these free every week or they'll eventually switch out with their other fiction/specialty imprints. Only 131 more to go! At least, for the titles I went and paid for... Currently free @ B&N and Amazon UK (likely to drop in the main store). Description The Universal International film based on this outstanding American suspense-thriller stars Charles Heston, Janet Leigh and Orson Welles, who plays the part of a tough veteran cop whose reputation is at stake in the solution of a brutal murder … * Who turns out to be the pseudonym for two other authors, who turn out to have a secondary dual identity as also Prologue-republished Wade Miller, whom I also bought stuff from, which I now also expect to see turn up free due to my having bought it. Last edited by ATDrake; 05-13-2012 at 02:10 AM. Reason: The pen names are almost as convoluted as the pulp plots.

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05-13-2012, 02:20 AM	#2
Blue Tyson Blue Captain Posts: 1,595 Karma: 5000236 Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Australia Device: Kindle Keyboard 3G,Huawei Ideos X3,Kobo Mini	Yeah, I bought this one too!

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wyndslash Wizard Posts: 2,951 Karma: 3000001 Join Date: Feb 2011 Device: Kindle 3 wifi, Kindle Fire	now free at amazon US :P i really should get started reading my freebies instead of getting more books ox o

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Synamon Lunatic Posts: 1,691 Karma: 4386372 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Land of the Loonie Device: Kindle Paperwhite and Keyboard, Kobo Aura, iPad mini, iPod Touch	So far I'm 2 for 2 on not buying the ones they've offered free. Go me!

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