A fast-paced Cold War spy story… I was intrigued while reading about author Jeri Laber’s career as a founder of Human Rights Watch, and so I was happy to receive an advance review copy of her new spy novel, The Russian Key. And The Russian Key turned out to be an enjoyable look back to […]
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The Sanctuary Murders is the 24th and most recent (2019) in the Matthew Bartholomew series by Susanna Gregory. It has dropped to $0.99 at Kindle and Kobo US. I like historical mysteries a lot, so I’m a bit biased, but I’ve enjoyed several of the earlier titles in this series. Buy at Kindle US | Kobo US
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I’ve very much enjoyed Laurie R King’s Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes series over the years, so I was happy to receive an advance review copy of the latest title in the series, Castle Shade. It’s set in Roumania (modern Romania) in the 1920s, while political and territorial currents are still swirling in the aftermath
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Another Joffe Books freebie – this one good through June 1, according to the email I got, but I wouldn’t wait if you want it…just grab it now… The Sedleigh Hall Murder (originally published in 1980 as A Certain Blindness) is the first in the Eric Ward series by Roy Lewis. Per above, it’s free
A Hundred Thousand Dragons is the fourth in the Jack Haldean historical mystery series by Dolores Gordon-Smith. I’ve read and enjoyed a couple of the early books in this series, although not this one. It has dropped to $1.99/£1.99 at Kindle and Kobo US, and at Kindle UK – and probably at Kobo UK also,
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Surfeit of Lampreys is my favorite book in the Inspector Alleyn series by Ngaio Marsh. I end up laughing out loud with the Lamprey family. Surfeit is on sale right now (May 27, 2021) at both Kindle and Kobo US for $1.99, and discountable at Kobo US. Buy at Kindle US | Kobo US
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A bunch of John Creasey titles across several series (George Gideon, Inspector West, The Baron, Dr Palfrey, The Toff, etc.) seem to have gone on sale for $2.99 in the US, and £1.77/£2.xx in the UK. (These are in addition to the Department Z titles of his that are e-pubbed by Agora Books and go
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Dark Sky is the twenty-first and most recent (2021) in the Joe Pickett series by C.J. Box. It has dropped to £0.99 at Kindle UK. It’s always nice to see a most-recent-in-series title on sale at a very nice price! Since this dropped in price at the beginning of May, and is still on sale
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I’ve not read this book, The Silence of the Girls, by Pat Barker, but it seems pretty intriguing – the story of the Trojan war told from the point of view of the women involved, and per the blurb, specially from the point of view of the Trojan queen, Briseis. It also comes pretty well
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Silver-Tongued Devil is the first in the Portland Devils series by Rosalind James, one of a very few contemporary romance authors whose books I really like. It’s free right now (May 21, 2021) at Kindle US and UK, probably in honor of the newest book in the series, Devil in Disguise, which is coming out
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