A review of Philanthropists: Inspector Mislan and the Executioners by Rozlan Mohd Noor – coming soon

Another solid police procedural set in Kuala Lumpur… It had been a while since I’d read one of Rozlan Mohd Noor’s Inspector Mislan books, so I was pleased to receive a review copy of the latest in the series from the publishers.  Philanthropists: Inspector Mislan and the Executioners is, like the earlier books, a tightly […]

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A review of A Gentle Murderer by Dorothy Salisbury Davis – new e-book edition coming soon

A classic psychological mystery… I’m not usually a big fan of psychological thrillers, but even I can recognize that A Gentle Murderer is a classic of the genre.    Although it’s actually not clear whether it’s a psychological thriller as much as it’s a psychological mystery, with two different “detectives” on the trail of the man

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An audiobook of Sherlock Holmes stories is on sale at Audible US right now – possibly members only

I am not super into audiobooks, but do get an Audible membership on-and-off, when there is good pricing on it, to get audiobooks for commuting. And I’m currently on a membership right now, and just got an email from Audible indicating that there was a Sherlock Holmes audiobook on sale. When I checked it out,

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Today’s Daily Deal at Kindle US is a selection of mysteries – 163 of them!

Today’s Daily Deal at Kindle US is a selection of mysteries for $0.99 and up. There are 163 books in the Deal, and although often when the Deal is “mysteries”, the authors are somewhat “mid-level”, I noticed a number of famous names in this one – along with a bunch of mid-level authors. (Not that

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Grandad, There’s a Head on the Beach by Colin Cotterill is on sale in the US

Grandad, There’s a Head on the Beach is the second book in the Jimm Juree series by Colin Cotterill, who is perhaps better known for his Dr. Siri Paiboun series. It’s on sale for $0.99 in the US. Note that there are two different versions of this, from different publishers, so make sure to use

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Books and Broadswords by Jessie Mihalik is a fun web serial short story and it’s free right now

Jessie Mihalik, author of the Consortium series, Starlight’s Shadow series, and several others, sent out an email that she is nearing the end of her web serial short story, Books & Broadswords. Of course, I had no idea she was doing a web serial to start with (!), but I checked it out, and it’s a

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Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds and Shape Our Futures, by Merlin Sheldrake is on sale at Kindle UK today

For those who like the science-for-the-layperson genre, there’s another one in today’s Kindle UK Daily Deal. Per its webpage, Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds and Shape Our Futures, by Merlin Sheldrake, was a winner of both the Royal Society Science Book prize, and the Wainwright Prize for Conservation Writing. It’s

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The Lost Rainforests of Britain by Guy Shrubsole is on sale at Kindle UK today

And also on sale for £0.99 in today’s Kindle UK Daily Deal is The Lost Rainforests of Britain by Guy Shrubsole, whose blurb indicates that it was the Sunday Times Science Book of the Year, and also shortlisted for some other awards. (And it sounds pretty interesting too…😊) Buy at Kindle UK

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On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder is on sale at Kindle UK today

My husband and I recently finished watching Timothy Snyder’s The Making of Modern Ukraine course online, and enjoyed it so much that I added Snyder to my eReaderIQ list. And now his On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century is on sale for £0.99 at Kindle UK as part of today’s Daily Deal. Buy

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