London at the turn of the (last) century… I had never heard of Kenneth Cameron’s Denton series, which was a little surprising to me, since I am a big fan of historical mysteries. But I am fond of several other Felony & Mayhem Press authors, so I was happy to receive a review copy of […]
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If you are lucky enough to live in/visit Canada, or another country with shorter copyright periods (although Canada’s may be going away with the sad renegotiation of NAFTA), then The Maltese Falcon and many (all?) other Dashiell Hammett titles are in the public domain, and you can get them for free from Faded Page, Gutenberg
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Just when you thought you didn’t need any more books/series to read…the Kindle UK monthly deal on crime books appears to be a first-in-series sale. Most seem to be priced at £0.99, some are more. I noticed first-in-series books by: SJ Bennett James Patterson Elly Griffiths Kathy Reichs Donna Leon Mick Herron SW Perry PD
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LOL funny all the way through… I have been quite fond of Simon Brett’s earlier books, especially the Mrs. Pargeter series. So I was intrigued by his Blotto & Twinks series, which looked to be a little different in style – and it was – a lot. The first book in the series, Blotto, Twinks,
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Not a mystery, but a book in the US Kindle Daily Deal today (June 30, 2021) that just looks interesting to me…. Empire’s Crossroads: A History of the Caribbean from Columbus to the Present Day by Carrie Gibson seems to be pretty much what the title says it is – a history of the Caribbean
The Fallen Man is the 12th in the Joe Leaphorn/Jim Chee series by Tony Hillerman. This is a great series, although I’m perhaps a little biased because my dad’s family is from the region. Still, some of the series books have won/been nominated for lots of awards, and this one has a 4.8 out of
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Y is for Yesterday is the 25th and last title in the Kinsey Millhone series by Sue Grafton, who passed away in the same year (2017) it was published. It has dropped to $1.99 at Kindle and Kobo US. Buy at Kindle US | Kobo US
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A fun time-capsule of a mystery I remember reading and enjoying several of Nicholas Blake’s Nigel Strangeways mysteries many many years ago, in “real paper” editions. But I had never read The Morning After Death, which is the last in the series, and features Strangeways as a visiting scholar at a fictional Ivy League school,
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House of Many Ways is the third in the Howl’s Castle series by Diana Wynne Jones. Even though I think it’s supposed to be YA, I’ve read and enjoyed the first book in this series, Howl’s Moving Castle. So I’m happy to see another title in the series on sale for $1.99 at Kindle and
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Ready Player One by Ernest Cline is £0.99 today as part of the Kindle UK Daily Deal. Probably today (June 26, 2021) only. Not a mystery, but hey, it’s a great book… Buy at Kindle UK
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