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A Fine Dark Line by Joe R Lansdale is on sale at Kindle US

A Fine Dark Line is a non-series title by Joe R Lansdale. It is $0.99 at Amazon US right now. Buy at Kindle US

Murder with Majesty by Amy Myers is free right now at Kindle US and UK

Murder with Majesty is the tenth in the Auguste Didier series by Amy Myers. It’s free right now at Kindle US and UK. Buy at Kindle US | Kindle UK

Three October Daye books by Seanan McGuire are on sale in the US

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Three books in Seanan McGuire’s October Daye series are $1.99 in the US right now – the first, the second, and the fifteenth (and next to most recent). This series doesn’t go on sale very often in the US, so grab them if you want them. Rosemary and Rue, #1Buy at Kindle US | Kobo …

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The Cardiff Killings by Gaynor Torrance is free today at Kindle US and UK

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Joffe Books just sent out an email that The Cardiff Killings, apa Revenge, by Gaynor Torrance, is free for today only. (Not sure whose time zone “today” is in…) It’s the first in the DI Jemima Huxley series. Free at Kindle US | Kindle UK

Two titles in the Lady Jane series by Annis Bell are on sale at Kindle UK

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I haven’t read either of Annis Bell’s Lady Jane books, but they are published by Amazon Crossing, which does translations of mysteries from around the world for sale on Kindle. And I’ve really liked several other Amazon Crossing authors, including Martin Jensen (King’s Hounds series, !!!), Oliver Pötzsch (a couple of series), Zygmunt Miloszewski, and …

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The Franchise Affair by Josephine Tey is on sale right now at Kindle UK

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Josephine Tey’s The Franchise Affair is £0.99 right now at Kindle UK. I found my way to Tey’s writing via her Ricardian mystery, The Daughter of Time, which I loved. But I then really enjoyed working my way through her other books, including this non-series title, which is kind of a classic. I just wish she had published …

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Bones Are Forever by Kathy Reichs is on sale in the UK right now

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Bones Are Forever is the fifteenth Temperance Brennan book by Kathy Reichs. I’ve only recently started reading this series, with a couple of recent review copies, and although I like (really like, in some cases) the forensics, Reichs’ habit of annoying “cliff-hanger” chapter endings bugs me – a lot. You can see my reviews of …

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River Kings: The Vikings from Scandinavia to the Silk Roads by Cat Jarman is on sale today in the UK

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I haven’t read River Kings: The Vikings from Scandinavia to the Silk Roads, by Cat Jarman, but it looks fascinating, and it’s on sale for £0.99 at Kindle UK today (25 Sept 2022) as part of the Daily Deal. Jarman is a bioarcheologist, and the blurb indicates that she takes a small bead found in …

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The Kindle UK Big Deal today is eleven crime/thriller/mystery books

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Today’s Big Deal (25 Sept 2022) at Kindle UK is eleven “Crime, Thriller & Mystery” books for £0.99 each. I’m familiar with a few of the authors, but I haven’t read any of these books. Of course, YMMV… link to the Big Deal webpage

The Key to Rebecca by Ken Follett is on sale in the US today

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The Key to Rebecca is a non-series thriller by Ken Follett. It has dropped to $1.99 at Kindle and Kobo US. Buy at Kindle US | Kobo US

About Mostly Mysteries

Whether you are a non-stop reader looking for your next series to binge-read, or someone without much spare time, wanting to make sure the next book you read is great, I hope my reviews will help you out. I hate reading reviews that just say “five stars” or “I loved the book, it was great”, and I’m sure you do too. So you won’t find any of those here! Instead, I take the time to read and think about a book, and then write a review that (1) doesn’t just parrot the blurb, (2) talks about what I liked and didn’t like, and (3) has some additional info to help you decide if the book might be right for you.

I’ve been a huge fan of mysteries since my earliest days of reading, cutting my teeth on Encyclopedia Brown and Nancy Drew, and quickly moving on to Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Christie. From there, I bounced around a bit, trying some thrillers, like Alistair MacLean, and some romantic suspense, mainly Mary Stewart. And then I started branching out. I discovered historical mysteries, and British mysteries (Sarah Caudwell is my idol), and cozy mysteries, and police procedurals, and mysteries set in foreign climes, and noir, and…well, you get the idea! Just about the only mysteries I’ve never quite gotten into are psychological thrillers.

This blog reflects my own personal tastes, so, as you might guess, you’ll mostly find reviews of mysteries here. But, over the decades, I’ve also picked up some other reading habits. I read a fair amount of history, especially books about the Great Game rivalry between Britain and Russia. I’ve gone through all the Asterix comics (a big thank-you to my middle-school French teacher), and I even read a bunch of them out loud to my son when he was young. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve read and re-read The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, and those books have led me into a little bit of fantasy and science fiction as well. Oh yeah, and recently, I’ve been reading some social and political science books too. So check out the Science Fiction/Fantasy, Nonfiction, Romance and Other Stuff tabs up in the menu as well!

Finally I’d love to hear from you too, so please make use of the comments sections available for most of my posts, or use the contact form, down at the bottom of the page.

Reviewing and Rating Info

I rate books on a scale from 1 to 5 stars, with occasional half-stars when a full star just won’t do.

Many of the books I review are provided to me by the publisher or author as a reading copy – in other words, at no cost to me. In other cases, usually for older books, I’m reviewing books I borrowed from the library or bought myself. My rating and review do not depend on whether I was provided a free reading copy. However if I did receive a free reading copy, I will disclose this in the review.

I do not post reviews of every book I read – not even close. It takes a lot of time and effort to craft a good review, and so I tend to be biased towards reviewing books that I enjoy or that excite me. As a result, you’ll find mostly 4- and 5-star reviews on my blog. Also, I do not post 1- or 2-star reviews on my blog unless the author or publisher asks me to.