FREE/BARGAIN — Mystery, Suspense & Thrillers

[msjo]

Originally Posted by sufue

A Killing of Innocents is on sale now for $1.99 in the US.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09FLPZ68H
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/a-killing-of-innocents

Also in Canada for $1.99

[sufue]

A Sinster Revenge is the eighth and next-to-most-recent (2023) in Deanna Raybourn's Veronica Speedwell series. It's on sale in the UK right now, although, somewhat oddly, at different prices at Kindle and Kobo...

Kindle UK, £1.99: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0B3HJG44W
Kobo UK, £2.99: https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/a-sinister-revenge

Spoiler:

Veronica must find and stop a devious killer when a group of old friends is targeted for death in this new adventure from the New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award–nominated author Deanna Raybourn.

Veronica’s natural-historian beau, Stoker, has been away in Bavaria for months and their relationship is at an impasse. But when Veronica shows up before him with his brother, Tiberius, Lord Templeton-Vane, he is lured back home by an intriguing job offer: preparing an iguanodon for a very special dinner party.

Tiberius has received a cryptic message—along with the obituaries of two recently deceased members of his old group of friends, the Seven Sinners—that he too should get his affairs in order. Realizing he is in grave danger but not knowing why, he plans a reunion party for the remaining Sinners at his family estate to lure the killer out while Veronica and Stoker investigate.

As the guests arrive and settle in, the evening’s events turn deadly. More clues come to light, leading Veronica, Stoker, and Tiberius to uncover a shared past among the Sinners that has led to the fatal present. But the truth might be far more sinister than what they were prepared for.

[sufue]

Now $1.99 in the US. The links are still good...

Originally Posted by sufue

A Savage Place is the eighth in Robert B. Parker's classic Spenser series. It's on sale for $2.99 right now at Kindle and Kobo US. Per eReaderIQ, it hasn't been less than $5.93 since 2011, so I'd grab it now if you want it!

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00309SCPS
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Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/a-savage-place

[GA Russell]

Detective Short Stories Magazine
April, 1943

10 short stories including

Cadavers Don't Make a Fifth Column
by Fredric Brown

$1.99

https://www.radioarchives.com/Detect...43_p/re430.htm

[salty-horse]

Several Judge Dee mysteries by Robert van Gulik are on sale for $2 or $3 in the US (Kobo, Amazon)
Also Murder in Ancient China is $1 (Kobo, Amazon) which isn't listed in the above links, and this is its regular price.

[sufue]

Today's Free Friday mystery from Joffe is Tied to Murder, apa The Christmas Bow Murder, which is the first in the Detective Jim Ashworth series by Brian Battison. Free today for sure, and probably through the weekend. There are also a romance and a Roman adventure/thriller going for free, and posted in the appropriate threads.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08WLZPRFG
Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08WLZPRFG

Spoiler:

Meet Chief Inspector Jim Ashworth. An old-school detective who knows how to handle the law, and himself.

Please note this was originally published as The Christmas Bow Murder.

Blonde, attractive Stella Carway is found murdered. A blue bow is tied around her broken neck and her near naked body displayed like a bizarre gift.

Her stormy marriage immediately points to her evasive husband, Steven, as the killer. But Chief Inspector Jim Ashworth is not so sure.

This complex mystery will have you turning the pages until the stunning conclusion.

[sufue]

Four years on, The Thirst is £0.99 in the UK again. The link below is still goof for Kindle UK, and here's the link for Kobo UK: https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/the-thirst-4

Originally Posted by sufue

The Thirst is the eleventh in the Harry Hole series by Jo Nesbo. It has dropped to £0.99 at Kindle UK as part of the Daily Deal (only good for a couple more hours - sorry - been busy...).

link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01LXW31Q5/

[sufue]

The Five Bells and Bladebone is the ninth Richard Jury title by Martha Grimes. It's $1.99 in the US right now, and discountable at Kobo US.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BW4OMZC
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the...nd-bladebone-2

Spoiler:

A body in a bureau sends the Scotland Yard detective on a vexing investigation in this “absorbing and stylishly crafty” mystery (Kirkus Reviews, starred review).

When a dismembered corpse is found in the compartments of an antique writing bureau, Marshall Trueblood, recipient of the precious piece of furniture, is the first to protest: “I bought the desk, not the body, send it back.” But the dead body of Simon Lean presents more pressing concerns. Who, for example, would want to kill the greedy nephew of the wealthy Lady Summerston?

Leave it to Superintendent Richard Jury of Scotland Yard to suggest a connection to the murder of brassy Limehouse lady named Sadie Driver, found dead near Wapping Old Stairs . . . if that stone-cold body on the slipway is really Sadie. Not even her brother, Tommy, on a visit from Gravesend, can swear to it.

[sufue]

Cat in a Topaz Tango is the twenty-first Midnight Louie book by Carole Nelson Douglas. It's $0.75 at Kindle US right now.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002LA09Z8

Spoiler:

Temple Barr and Matt Devine make a cozy engaged couple, and the feisty redhead is all for her handsome radio host fiance staring in a week-long televised Las Vegas charity event, "Dancing with the Celebs." But while ex-priest Matt struggles to master the sexy moves of the tango, a killer stalks the dance floor. Not only is Matt in danger, but so is the lovely tween Mariah, daughter of homicide cop C. R. Molina, who is dancing in the Junior Division of the show.

And so Temple gets dragooned into resurrecting her kicky teen persona, Zoe Chloe Ozone, now an Internet hottie, to ensure Matt and Mariah don't foxtrot into a fatal misstep.

Where is Louie in all this? Well, he's out and about, proving that he's still the cat's meow. But he's got his paws full as he tries to keep all the various players in his little troupe from dancing right into death's arms....in Cat in a Topaz Tango, the twenty-first installment in Carole Nelson Douglas's beloved Midnight Louie Mysteries.

[sufue]

Several books in the John the Lord Chamberlain series by Mary Reed and Eric Mayer are on sale in the US right now, all at $1.99 each, unless otherwise indicated. And they are also discountable at Kobo US. The sale titles are: Four for a Boy (#4), Five for Silver (#5), Seven for a Secret (#7, $2.99, Kindle US only), Ten for Dying (#10), Murder in Megara (#11), and An Empire for Ravens (#12, $2.99).

That’s too many links to do individually, so here are links to the series webpages:

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074CDRCF4...kindle_edition
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/series/jo...lain-mysteries

[sufue]

A Fatal Illusion is the eleventh and next-to-most-recent (2023) in Anna Lee Huber's Lady Darby series. It's on sale right now in the UK, where it's £1.99 at Kindle UK and £2.99 (but discountable) at Kobo UK.

Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0B5SS2CLD
Kobo UK (discountable): https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/a-fatal-illusion

Spoiler:

New parents Lady Kiera Darby and Sebastian Gage look forward to introducing Sebastian’s father to his granddaughter, but instead find themselves investigating an attempt on his life...

Yorkshire, England. August 1832. Relations between Sebastian Gage and his father have never been easy, especially since the discovery that Lord Gage has been concealing the existence of an illegitimate son. But when Lord Gage is nearly fatally attacked on a journey to Scotland, Sebastian and Kiera race to his side. Given the tumult over the recent passage of the Reform Bill and the Anatomy Act, in which Lord Gage played a part, Sebastian wonders if the attack could be politically motivated.

But something suspicious is afoot in the sleepy village where Lord Gage is being cared for. The townspeople treat Sebastian and Kiera with hostility when it becomes clear they intend to investigate, and rumors of mysterious disappearances and highway robberies plague the area. Lord Gage’s survival is far from assured, and Sebastian and Kiera must scramble to make the pieces fit before a second attempt at murder is more successful than the first.

[sufue]

The Pearl Diver is now $1.99 in the US. I really liked this series in DTB, but only a few of the titles go on sale very often - although those few go on sale a lot. But The Pearl Diver isn't one of those, so I'd grab it fast if you want it.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007SNJEOU
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-pearl-diver

Originally Posted by sufue

The Pearl Diver is the 7th in the Rei Shimura series by Sujata Massey. It has dropped to £2.99 at Kindle UK. I quite liked this series back in DTB days, and apparently some other folks did too - many of the titles have won/been nominated for various awards. £2.99 is not great for old backlist, but WTH...

link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Pearl-Diver...dp/B007SNJEOU/

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[sufue]

Four books in Lawrence Block's Matthew Scudder series are $1.99 each in the US right now, and the first one is semi-long-term at £1.99 at Kindle UK.

The Sins Of The Fathers, #1
Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B005XBUENY

Out on the Cutting Edge, #7
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000FC137C
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/out...cutting-edge-1

A Dance at the Slaughterhouse, #9
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000FC11BK
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/a-d...aughterhouse-1

The Devil Knows You're Dead, #11
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000FC11EC
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the...-you-re-dead-1

Hope to Die, #15
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000FC126O
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/hope-to-die-1

[sufue]

After almost four years, The League of Frightened Men is on sale again in the US, this time for a bit more, $2.99, but still not bad. And it's also on sale in the UK for £1.49. The links below are still good in the US, and here's a UK link:

Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B003IYI6X8

Originally Posted by sufue

The League of Frightened Men is the second in Rex Stout's excellent IMO Nero Wolfe/Archie Goodwin series. This is one of my top ten favorite series of all time. Sadly, most of the titles in this series don't go on sale in the US very often, but now here is one at $1.99 as part of today's US Kindle Daily Deal, matched at Kobo US.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/League-Fright...dp/B003IYI6X8/
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the...frightened-men

[sufue]

Dead Pigeon is the fourteenth and last in William Campbell Gault's Brock Callahan series. (Don't believe the series stuff that says it's the seventh of seven - it's just the seventh of seven e-pubbed by that publisher...) It's only $0.50 right now at Kindle US.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00920K996

Spoiler:

In his final case, Brock investigates the murder of his troubled college roommate Maybe Mike Gregory was too smart for football. When he and Brock Callahan roomed together at Stanford University, Mike was a second-stringer with the skill to go pro. But he squandered his talent and drifted after college, briefly working as a stockbroker before descending down society’s ladder, becoming a drunk, then an addict, and finally a snitch. The police aren’t surprised when they find him in Santa Monica, face blown off with a sawed-off shotgun, but Brock is puzzled. Even at his lowest, Mike was too smart to go out like that. Though he’s been retired for years, Brock’s investigative instincts kick in at Mike’s funeral. As he plumbs the depths of his old friend’s broken life, he uncovers a toxic cocktail of cultists, mobsters, and corrupt law enforcement. Caught in the middle, this unlucky snitch had nowhere to turn.

Dead Pigeon is the 14th book in the Brock Callahan Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.