Humble Bundle has a deal right now on science fiction, fantasy, and horror books written by women. LOTS of books. Sixty-five of them, in fact! The way Humble Bundle works is that you can choose one of several different prices, and that determines how many of the items in the Bundle you will receive. In […]
The first six books in Patricia Cornwell’s Kay Scarpetta series are $1.99 in the US and £2.99 in the UK right now. And there are a few scattered later titles at £2.99 in the UK as well. Here are Kindle series pages: Kindle US | Kindle UK And here are Kobo price-sorted links: Kobo US
Some early Kay Scarpetta books by Patricia Cornwell are on sale right now Read More »
This week, The Economist has a nice – and short – article about Agatha Christie and her long-lived popularity. I’m obviously fond of Christie’s books, most of which have weathered the test of time pretty well. (There are a few exceptions, and many of them do read like historical mysteries now…) And most of them
The Economist has a nice article about Agatha Christie out today Read More »
The fourth book for the fourth wife of Henry VIII… You can call me a bit slow if you wish, but even having read two of the three previous titles in Jeri Westerson’s King’s Fool series (see here), it still took me until this current one to realize that there is going to be one
Devil’s Gambit by Jeri Westerson is recently out – a review Read More »
As is usual on the weekend, Joffe Books have a free mystery/thriller and a free romance. As is NOT usual, I’m managing to post them before noon on Sunday! The mystery/thriller is Dead Wrong, which is the first in the Calladine & Bayliss series by Helen H Durrant. Buy at Kindle US | Kindle
Joffe’s free books for the weekend include a mystery/thriller and a romance Read More »
A good chunk of the Robert Amiss/Jack Troutbeck series by Ruth Dudley Edwards has gone on sale at Kindle US for either $1.99 or $2.99, and matched at Kobo US. And the first book is on sale in the UK for £0.99. In the past, sales on these have been kind of scattered, so it’s
I have no idea if the Linda Berry who writes the Sidney Becker series is the same Linda Berry who wrote the Trudy Roundtree series, which came out in real paper in the late 1990s and 2000s. The Trudy Roundtree series was six cozy mysteries and a novella, and I read and enjoyed all of
Cold Revenge by Linda Berry is free right now at Kindle US and UK Read More »
A very enjoyable new direction for Jessie Mihalik… I’ve been a fan of Jessie Mihalik’s writing for a while – see here and here for a couple of reviews. But with Silver & Blood, she has not only has shifted genres, but has really stepped it up, creating a book that I, for one, will
A review of Silver & Blood from Jessie Mihalik – coming on January 27 Read More »
It’s hard to believe it’s almost 2026… Kobo is having what will surely be their last gift card offer of 2025, which carries over until Jan 5 of 2026. As I’ve mentioned other times an offer for a $10 bonus on $50 gift card purchase (or £10 on £50), is as good as it
Kobo gift card offer good through Jan 5, 2026 Read More »
The author duo of Ilona Andrews are offering last year’s novella, Sanctuary, for free, from now until the end of the year, via their own store only. It is NOT free via any of the traditional retailers. Sanctuary definitely has year-end holiday tie-ins, so it’s a nice one to read this time of year.
