I get an embarrassing amount of the history I know from the “Historical Notes” at the ends of historical murder mysteries đ. With that said, I do read some regular old non-fiction history from time to time, and I spotted London, A Fourteenth-Century City and its People, by Kathryn Warner, a while back, while looking […]
Dune is not my thing, at least after the first few original books.  But it’s a popular series, and now there is a new bundle of Universe of Dune e-books up for sale – all written/co-written by Frank Herbert’s son, Brian. It’s available at Humble Bundle for about three more weeks.  The titles are: Dreamer
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I’ve read and liked a few of MJ Trow’s books in other series, but haven’t read either of the two books in his short two-book historical Calidus series.  Now here’s the first in the series, The Year of the Snake: Murder in the Senate, going free at Kindle US and UK, so a nice chance
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And yet one more Poisoned Pen Press author/series with a couple of uncommon price drops. A while back Mary Reed and Eric Mayer wrote a series set in Constantinople, featuring John, the Lord Chamberlain to the Emperor Justinian. I really liked these books, and when I was lucky enough to visit Istanbul on a business
And one more Poisoned Pen Press author on sale after a long time… I very much enjoyed Joanne Dobson’s Karen Pelletier books back when I was reading them mostly during graduate school – the academic background seemed quite appropriate. Now the fifth book in the series, The Maltese Manuscript, is on sale for $1.99 in
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Poisoned Pen Press seems to be feeling their oats right now, and putting a few authors/series on sale that usually don’t go on sale, and are pretty expensive when not on sale. Painted Veil is the second in the historical Tito Amato series by Beverle Graves Myers. It’s on sale for $1.99 in the US,
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Originally written in the 1960s; a bit dated now⊠Although it’s kind of a classic, Love in Amsterdam, by Nicolas Freeling, was published in the early 1960s, and sadly, shows its age a bit. From the time early on when Inspector Van der Valk asks the main suspect whether the victim was a ânymphomaniacâ, I
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And since today is apparently “not-on-sale-very-often” day, Frederick Ramsay’s books don’t go on sale very often either, and now here are three: two in his historical Gamaliel series, which I haven’t read (yet), and one in his Ike Schwartz series, which I have read most of, and liked. All are $1.99 each, and discountable at
Three books by Frederick Ramsay are on sale in the US today Read More »
Books in the Robert Amiss series by Ruth Dudley Edwards don’t go on sale very often, but now there are three price drops at the same time in the US – all to $1.99 each. Oh, and they are discountable at Kobo US. This series reminds me a bit of my absolute most favorite Hilary
Several books in the Faye Longchamp archaeological mystery series by Mary Anna Evans, which don’t often go on sale, have dropped in price right now at Kindle US, seven to $2.99, and one to $1.99. That’s too many links for me to list one-by-one đ, so there’s a link to the series webpage at the
