Several early books in the Lord Edward Corinth & Verity Browne series by David Roberts are on sale in the US and UK

It looks as if someone (the author? someone else?) has gotten the rights back to at least the first few books in the Lord Edward Corinth & Verity Browne series by David Roberts, which were previously published by Carroll & Graf.  And right now the first three titles, issued by a new publisher, have dropped

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A review of Hidden Nature by Nora Roberts, out tomorrow

If romantasy is a thing, romanstery should be too, and Hidden Nature is a great exemplar… If romantasy (a blend of “romance” and “fantasy”) is the hot new thing in genre fiction right now, then I think romanstery (“romance” and “mystery”) should also be a thing.   And Nora Roberts has just written a fine exemplar

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The Case of the Headless Billionaire by Michael Leese is free right now in the US and UK

The Case of the Headless Billionaire, previously published as Going Underground,  is the first in Michael Leese’s Jonathan Roper/Brian Hooley series.  It’s free for today, Friday, and probably through the weekend, as Joffe’s Free Friday book this week. Free at Kindle US  |  Kindle UK    

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The first three Mike Hammer books by Mickey Spillane are on sale in the US right now

A collection of the first three Mike Hammer books by Mickey Spillane is on sale for $1.99 in the US right now.   (That’s a good enough price IMO to make it worthwhile even if you only need one of the books, much less if you need two or all three of them.)   The three titles

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A review of Open Season by Jonathan Kellerman – recently published

Smooth and enjoyable as always… Jonathan Kellerman’s Alex Delaware series is now forty books along, and although I came late to the series, I have very much enjoyed all but one of the recent books I’ve read.  (See here and here and here.)  And even the one I felt was a little “less” was still

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All eleven books in Nicola Upson’s Josephine Tey series are on sale today at Kindle UK

Today’s Big Deal at Kindle UK is all eleven books in Nicola Upson’s Josephine Tey series, featuring Tey as the protagonist.  I’ve felt this series is a bit up-and-down, but mostly more up than down. And they are only £0.99 each, so you can try one or two and see if you like them.  Sadly,

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An Invitation to Murder by Norman Russell is free this weekend from Joffe Books

An Invitation to Murder by Norman Russell is free this weekend from Joffe Books.  It’s the first in Russell’s Oldminster series, and was originally published as Tongued with Fire.  Although the Joffe free books are ostensibly free only on Friday, they almost always are free through the weekend.   Still, if you want this one, you

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The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt is on sale in the US right now

The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt, with a new introduction by Anne Applebaum, is on sale in the US for $1.99 right now.   Yeah, I know it’s not a mystery, but my blog covers other exceptional books from time to time, and this is one of them.    It’s especially sobering reading right now.

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