Review of Devil by the Tail by Jeanne Matthews – just out

Crime and mayhem in post-Civil-War Chicago… I have read and enjoyed most (all?) of the books in Jeanne Matthews’ Dinah Pelerin series, but haven’t seen a new title in that series for several years.   So I was a little surprised to see that Matthews had a brand-new book in a brand-new series coming out in

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An omnibus of four early Inspector Maigret titles by Georges Simenon is $2.99 in the US

An omnibus of four early titles in the Inspector Maigret series by Georges Simenon is on sale at both Kindle and Kobo US for $2.99. This is a nice price even if you only need a couple of the titles, because most Maigret titles (with the exception, probably of the first one, Pietr the Latvian),

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The Lost Children by Steve Parker is free right now in the US and UK

Another freebie from Joffe books, free at Kindle US and UK. Unlike many of their previous ones, I’m not familiar with this author, but WTH, it’s free…and if you don’t like it, you can delete it… The Lost Children, second in the Detective Ray Paterson series by Steve Parker Free at Kindle US | Kindle

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The Case of the Green-Eyed Sister by Erle Stanley Gardner is on sale in the US and UK

A few of Erle Stanley Gardner’s classic Perry Mason books have been recently re-pubbed in e-book, with new covers, by Mysterious Press/Open Road – probably due to the HBO series. Mostly these go on sale for $1.99 or $2.99, but now here is The Case of the Green-Eyed Sister on sale at Kindle and Kobo

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The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa is £0.99 at Kindle UK today

I haven’t read The Leopard, by Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa, but it looks really interesting, and its Wikipedia entry indicates that it won Italy’s Strega prize in 1959 and that the Observer named it one of their 10 best historical novels back in 2012. Now an English translation is on sale at Kindle UK today

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