FREE/BARGAIN — Mystery, Suspense & Thrillers

[sufue]

Yeah, I don't know why everyone has to add SF or fantasy or paranormal to their mysteries right now. That was a thing a while back, and then seemed to have taken a break, but seems to be spooling up again. When done well (I am just in love with Robert Jackson Bennett's Ana/Din Leviathan books, or Martha Wells' Murderbot, or, of course, Isaac Asimov's classic Elijah Baley books) it's great to have my favorite and next-favorite genres melded. But when it feels like an add-on, from either direction , it feels a bit like pandering.

Oh, and BTW, The Frozen People is now price-matched at £0.99 at Kobo UK.

Originally Posted by pdurrant

It's OK. The SF part of it is, understandably, the weakest.

[salty-horse]

Originally Posted by sufue

hopefully Kobo will get the price drop soon.

They just approved my price-match request.

Originally Posted by sufue

Yeah, I don't know why everyone has to add SF or fantasy or paranormal to their mysteries right now.

It's other way around. The authors you quote are authors known for SFF who happen mix mysteries in the genres they're known for. I don't think this trend ever went away. It's just usually localized. Adam Christopher wrote a bunch of noir mysteries a few years back with a transistors-and-tape robot about 10 years ago, Nick Harkaway's current series is SF with a detective, Lavie Tidhar just finished writing a bunch of vampire detective fiction that's been going on for some years, etc.

In this case we have a non-SFF author adding a bit of SFF, which is usually done without the usual having deep familiarity with the field, aimed at the author's usual "mainstream" readers, so the treatment is considered shallow by fans.

[sufue]

That's because I put the value on the mystery first , and so am impressed by SF/fantasy/paranormal who can also do a good mystery. So instead of thinking about mystery writers who can't get the SF/fantasy/paranormal right, I'm looking at SF/fantasy/paranormal writers thinking some of them can't get the mystery right. Which I mostly DNF...

And if you want to go the other way: Charlaine Harris, who started with the Aurora Teagarden series, but is obviously more famous for the Sookie Stackhouse books; Elizabeth Peters of Amelia Peabody fame, who wrote a bunch of successful non-series paranormals as Barbara Michaels; Carolyn Hart with Death on Demand and Henrie O, before she wrote her Bailey Ruth series; even Manning Coles with Tommy Hambledon well before the (too few) Charles and James Latimer books.

Originally Posted by salty-horse

They just approved my price-match request.

It's other way around. The authors you quote are authors known for SFF who happen mix mysteries in the genres they're known for. I don't think this trend ever went away. It's just usually localized. Adam Christopher wrote a bunch of noir mysteries a few years back with a transistors-and-tape robot about 10 years ago, Nick Harkaway's current series is SF with a detective, Lavie Tidhar just finished writing a bunch of vampire detective fiction that's been going on for some years, etc.

In this case we have a non-SFF author adding a bit of SFF, which is usually done without the usual having deep familiarity with the field, aimed at the author's usual "mainstream" readers, so the treatment is considered shallow by fans.

[sufue]

A big batch of JA Jance books are $1.99 each at Kindle US and Kobo US. These are across several series - see below. And here are price-sorted links - the Kindle one shows only 24 titles and the Kobo one shows 28 titles, including two books not on sale at Kindle (at least as of now) and two novellas. So if you need/want some JA Jance books, go take a look...

Kindle US: http://www.amazon.com/gp/search/?sea...price-asc-rank
Kobo US: https://store.kobobooks.com/search?Q...9&fcmedia=Book

JP Beaumont
Improbable Cause, #5 (Kobo only)
Dismissed with Prejudice, #7 (Kobo only)
Without Due Process, #10
Failure to Appear, #11
Lying in Wait, #12
Name Withheld, #13
Breach of Duty, #14
Birds of Prey, #15
Justice Denied, #17
Den of Iniquity, #23

Joanna Brady
Tombstone Courage, #2
Shoot Don't Shoot, #3
Skeleton Canyon, #5
Outlaw Mountain, #7
Devil's Claw, #8
Paradise Lost, #9
Dead Wrong, #12
Damage Control, #13
Fire and Ice, #14
Judgment Call, #15
Remains of Innocence, #16
Field of Bones, #18

Ali Reynolds
Edge of Evil, #1
Man Overboard, #12

Walker Family
Kiss of the Bees, #2
Day of the Dead, #3