Thomas Mogford’s Spike Sanguinetti series is set in and around Gibraltar. For some reason, perhaps because they have a road running across their airport, which has to close – the road, not the airport – whenever a plane takes off or lands, I’ve always wanted to visit Gibraltar. And I tend to enjoy books set there, […]

Holy Murder: The Cathedral Mysteries is a compilation of all three books in Philip Gooden’s Thomas Ansell series: The Salisbury Manuscript, The Durham Disappearance (apa The Durham Deception), and The Ely Testament. It has dropped to £1.99 at Kindle UK right now. Buy at Kindle UK

The House of the Red Slayer is the second in Paul Doherty’s Brother Athelstan series. It is a recent price drop to £0.99 at Kindle UK. And the first title in the series, The Nightingale Gallery, is free right now at Kindle US. So you can try the series inexpensively if you wish. Doherty is

Tall Man in Ray-Bans is the first in the John Tall Wolf series by Joseph Flynn, which is a spin-off from Flynn’s Jim McGill series. Flynn started off as traditionally published, and now runs his own Stray Dog Press, but I’ve liked all of Flynn’s Tall Wolf, McGill, and Ketchum books that I’ve read, including

I think Amy Corwin’s Second Son Inquiry Agency books are probably self-pubbed (Fireside Mysteries?), but in any case, I’ve read and enjoyed all four of these historical Regency period mysteries. They probably drift over into romantic suspense, but Corwin also writes some straight-up romance, and these aren’t that, so I’m putting these ones in with

Joffe Books publish a few authors I like: Jeanne M Dams, Veronica Black, and Nicholas Rhea come to mind. And they publish some others who are probably good as well, but that with my too-large TBR list, I just never really get around to trying. And they also do occasional freebies and nice price drops

Wilbur Smith is not really to my taste, but he’s pretty popular, so… Today’s Big Deal (10 Oct 2021) at Kindle UK is six books by Smith for £0.99 each. Titles are: The Seventh Scroll, Egyptian #2A Sparrow Falls, Courtney #3Warlock, Egyptian #3The Quest, Egyptian #4A Falcon Flies, Ballantyne #1The Dark of the Sun, non-series,

The Consequences of Fear is the 16th and most recent (until the new one comes out early next year) in the excellent IMO Maisie Dobbs series by Jacqueline Winspear. It has dropped to £1.99 at Kindle UK. Buy at Kindle UK

How can you go wrong? Douglas Adams’ classic The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is on sale today for £0.99 as part of today’s Kindle UK Daily Deal. This says it’s the “42nd Anniversary Edition”, and thus includes “exclusive bonus material from the Douglas Adams archives, and an introduction by former Doctor Who showrunner, Russell T Davies”.

More years ago than I care to remember, I was assigned Joseph Campbell’s The Hero with a Thousand Faces for a humanities class. Sadly I was majoring in engineering, and study time was tight, and I didn’t give Hero the attention it deserved. But I still remember I liked it. Now Campbell’s The Power of