An Open Road/Mysterious Press version of The Layton Court Mystery by Anthony Berkeley is free right now at Kindle and Kobo US. There are a few versions of this around – I’m not sure if maybe it is somehow PD in the US, or maybe not. But in any case, an Open Road/Mysterious Press version […]
The Layton Court Mystery by Anthony Berkeley is free right now at Kindle and Kobo US Read More »
Berlin Game is the first in the Bernard Samson series by Len Deighton. A Penguin Modern Classics (!) version of Berlin Game is on sale for £0.99 at Kindle UK today, as part of today’s Daily Deal. Per SYKM, this was a finalist for the 1983 Gold Dagger Award. Buy at Kindle UK
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Nice to get back in touch with Perry Mason and crew… Erle Stanley Gardner was one of the first mystery authors whose books I read after I realized there WERE mystery authors other than Agatha Christie. And way back then, while I was in graduate school, Gardner’s books were perfect for the limited leisure reading
Review of The Case of the Borrowed Brunette by Erle Stanley Gardner – e-book coming soon Read More »
I’ve been keeping an eye out for Ovidia Yu’s latest Su Lin/Crown Colony mystery, The Cannonball Tree Mystery, to go on sale. And now it has dropped to $0.99 at Kindle and Kobo US. I know what I’m going to be reading tonight! Per SYKM, the last couple of titles in this series were nominated/finalists
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Mary Stewart was the first romance author I moved on to after I had read everything my library had by Georgette Heyer, which thus forced me to look around. A few decades later, I still love a bunch of Stewart’s books, and was thrilled when most of them finally appeared as e-books in the US,
The Moon-Spinners by Mary Stewart is on sale in the US right now Read More »
A nice continuation of the Jesse Stone series… I’m often not a fan of continuations of popular series after the original author passes away. But whoever is in control of the estate of Robert B Parker has done a pretty good job, IMO, of selecting authors to continue his Spenser, Jesse Stone, and Sunny Randall
Stone’s Throw (Jesse Stone series) by Mike Lupica – coming soon Read More »
Billy Boyle is still doing well… James R Benn has one of the best premises for a mystery series that I’ve seen in a long time. Billy Boyle is an Irish-American cop from South Boston who’s not exactly thrilled at the idea of fighting on behalf of England. His family isn’t thrilled either, so his
Review of Road of Bones by James R Benn – coming soon Read More »
This is one of the earliest science-fiction series I remember reading, and it’s still a favorite of mine. Now two of the four books in the series have dropped to £1.99 at Kindle UK. The White Mountains, #1Buy at Kindle UK The Pool of Fire, #3Buy at Kindle UK
The White Mountains and The Pool of Fire by John Christopher are on sale at Kindle UK Read More »
Today’s Big Deal in the UK is seven books by Rick Riordan for £0.99 each. Titles include: Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson #1)The Hidden Oracle (Trials of Apollo #1)The Dark Prophecy (Trials of Apollo #2)Magnus Chase and the Hammer of Thor (Magnus Chase #2)Magnus Chase and the Ship of the Dead (Magnus
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As usual at the beginning of the month, a big list of titles are on sale at Kindle UK. These should be mostly on sale for the month, especially the ones at £0.99. But some may not be, so don’t wait if there is a book you really want. Many are repeats, so check carefully
The September monthly sale in the UK has some good titles – mostly for £0.99 Read More »
