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[salty-horse]

Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead by Sara Gran is $3 in the US (Kobo, Amazon)

This knock-out start to a bracingly original new series features Claire DeWitt, the world’s greatest PI—at least, that’s what she calls herself. A follower of the esoteric French detective Jacques Silette, whose mysterious handbook Détection inspired Claire’s unusual investigation practices, Claire has deep roots in New Orleans, where she was mentored by Silette’s student the brilliant Constance Darling—until Darling was murdered. When a respected DA goes missing in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, she returns to the hurricane-ravaged city to find out why—and find herself prowling deep in the city’s criminal underbelly.

[sufue]

It looks as if Steve Hockensmith has gotten the electronic rights to his Holmes on the Range books, the first several of which were conventionally published, and is self-publishing them through Rough Edges Press. And right now the first book in the series, aptly named, Holmes on the Range, is on sale for $0.99/£0.99 at Kindle US and UK. It was a finalist for several awards back when it was first published. I liked the first couple of books and short stories in this series, but haven't had time to read the others. (Retirement is hopefully coming fairly soon - woo-hoo...)

And the rest are not too badly priced at $2.99/£2.99, so if you like the first one, you won’t go broke reading the rest. (Sadly the omnibus which was on sale a while back doesn't seem to exist anymore - at least I can't find it...) And they are also KU, so if you have that, then you can read for free – or at least for the cost of your subscription 😁.

NOTE that there are new links for Holmes on the Range:
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C575CZKJ
Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0C575CZKJ

[DuskyRose]

Originally Posted by sufue

It looks as if Steve Hockensmith has gotten the electronic rights to his Holmes on the Range books, the first several of which were conventionally published, and is self-publishing them through Rough Edges Press.

I just finished the series, and the short story collections. LOVE those books. Sad I got to the end. Hoping for more.

So much fun.

[pdurrant]

Seven of the first 8 Dr Ruth Galloway novels by Elly Griffiths are on sale at Amazon UK for £0.99 today only:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/b/?_encodin...ode=4725112031

The books are 1, 2, 3 and 5, 6, 7, 8.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

Seven of the first 8 Dr Ruth Galloway novels by Elly Griffiths are on sale at Amazon UK for £0.99 today only:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/b/?_encodin...ode=4725112031

The books are 1, 2, 3 and 5, 6, 7, 8.

There are 15 novels and 2 novels in the series. 4.5 Ruth's First Christmas Tree is free at Amazon US and UK.

US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AFDUN72
UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00AFDUN72

[salty-horse]

Book 4, A Room Full of Bones, isn't available as an ebook int he UK on either Amazon or Kobo. But it is on sale in the US for $2 (Kobo, Amazon)

[sufue]

A Ruse of Shadows is the eighth and most recent (2024) in the Lady Sherlock series by Sherry Thomas. It's $1.99 right now as part of the US Kindle Daily Deal, and matched at Kobo US.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CJTG3ZK9
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/a-ruse-of-shadows

Spoiler:

Charlotte Holmes is accustomed to solving crimes, not being accused of them, but she finds herself in a dreadfully precarious position as the bestselling Lady Sherlock series continues.

Charlotte’s success on the RMS Provence has afforded her a certain measure of time and assurance. Taking advantage of that, she has been busy, plotting to prise the man her sister loves from Moriarty’s iron grip.

Disruption, however, comes from an unexpected quarter. Lord Bancroft Ashburton, disgraced and imprisoned as a result of Charlotte’s prior investigations, nevertheless manages to press Charlotte into service: Underwood, his most loyal henchman, is missing and Lord Bancroft wants Charlotte to find Underwood, dead or alive.

But then Lord Bancroft himself turns up dead and Charlotte, more than anyone else, meets the trifecta criteria of motive, means, and opportunity. Never mind rescuing anyone else, with the law breathing down her neck, can Charlotte save herself from prosecution for murder?

[CaffeineAbuser]

Today's Big Deal at Amazon UK is the first seven Bruno Chief of Police books (aka Dordogne Mysteries) by Martin Walker for £0.99 each.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/b/?_encodin...d_i=4725112031

According to uk.ereaderiq.com they have been this price before, but not often.
Book 9 is also £0.99, possibly for more than one day.

Kobo UK has the same eight books at the same price.

https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/series/th...s?pageNumber=1

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by CaffeineAbuser

Today's Big Deal at Amazon UK is the first seven Bruno Chief of Police books (aka Dordogne Mysteries) by Martin Walker for £0.99 each.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/b/?_encodin...d_i=4725112031

According to uk.ereaderiq.com they have been this price before, but not often.
Book 9 is also £0.99, possibly for more than one day.

Kobo UK has the same eight books at the same price.

https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/series/th...s?pageNumber=1

Book 8 at Kobo, Amazon, and eBooks.com (all in the UK) is not on sale.

At eBooks.com (UK) the same sale is on.

https://www.ebooks.com/en-gb/series/...r=SeriesNumber

[sufue]

The Moving Finger is the third or fourth in Agatha Christie's Miss Marple series, depending on whether you count a book of short stories or not. Either way, it's £0.99 right now at Kindle UK as part of today's Daily Deal, and matched at Kobo UK.

Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0046H95SG
Kobo UK: https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/the...arple-book-3-2

Spoiler:

A malicious letter
A tragic death
A village filled with suspects
Nothing ever happens in the sleepy village of Lymstock.

Until letters accusing the villagers of unspeakable acts start to appear.

They try to dismiss them as a cruel hoax, but then one of the recipients is found dead. The letter next to her body reads simply, ‘I can’t go on’.

As fear spreads among the villagers, Jane Marple must uncover who is writing these letters – before anyone else is hurt.

Never underestimate Miss Marple

[sufue]

The Ink Black Heart is the sixth and next-to-most-recent (2022) in the Cormoran Strike series by Robert Galbraith (pen name for JK Rowling). It's £0.99 today at Kindle UK, as part of today's Daily Deal, and matched at Kobo UK. For some reason this title sounds to me as if it belongs in Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series, but no...

Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09QKMT5W6
Kobo UK: https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/the-ink-black-heart

Spoiler:

When frantic, dishevelled Edie Ledwell appears in the office begging to speak to her, private detective Robin Ellacott doesn't know quite what to make of the situation. The co-creator of a popular cartoon, The Ink Black Heart, Edie is being persecuted by a mysterious online figure who goes by the pseudonym of Anomie. Edie is desperate to uncover Anomie's true identity.

Robin decides that the agency can't help with this - and thinks nothing more of it until a few days later, when she reads the shocking news that Edie has been tasered and then murdered in Highgate Cemetery, the location of The Ink Black Heart.

Robin and her business partner Cormoran Strike become drawn into the quest to uncover Anomie's true identity. But with a complex web of online aliases, business interests and family conflicts to navigate, Strike and Robin find themselves embroiled in a case that stretches their powers of deduction to the limits - and which threatens them in new and horrifying ways . . .

A gripping, fiendishly clever mystery, The Ink Black Heart is a true tour-de-force.