Simon Brett is now on his umpteenth new series – this time, the Major Bricket series, whose webpage describes said Major as “[a] not-so-amateur sleuth from a peaceful English village with an alarmingly high death rate”. Major Bricket and the Circus Corpse is the first, and so far, only, title in the series and it’s […]
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It’s great to see Fidelma and crew again… It’s hard to believe that Peter Tremayne’s Sister Fidelma series is in its 36th book, and that means I’m really old! I remember picking up the first dozen or so books in this series in paperback, on business trips to the UK in the 1990s, since they
Grave of the Lawgiver by Peter Tremayne is out today in the US – a review Read More »
I’ve only read one book by Jane Adams, who has created several different series over the last thirty years. But I liked the one I read, which was from Adams’ Rina Martin series. And right now, Joffe’s free Friday/weekend book is another of Adams’ books, Two Little Blonde Girls, which is the first in a
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A friend of mine a while back used to like the Boysie Oakes books by John Gardner, so here’s for them. Even though they probably already have all these titles . At this price, though, it could be worth it just for one. The Complete Boysie Oakes Thrillers contains: The Liquidator The Understrike Amber Nine
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The first three books and the most recent two books in the Peter Maxwell series by MJ Trow are on sale for various prices at Kindle US and UK. And the other books in the long-ish series are mostly £2.99 in the UK, so if you like the first few, and live in or visit
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A fun thriller in the classic Francis style… I’ve long liked Dick Francis’ books, which always had some sort of tie-in to horses and horse racing. And that made for good, usually somewhat thriller-ish, mysteries. But I liked his books even more for their amazingly detailed backgrounds in a variety of businesses – and most
A review of Syndicate by Felix Francis – out yesterday Read More »
Murder in Abbot’s Folly is the eighth in the Marsh and Daughter series by Amy Myers. It’s free right now at Kindle US and UK. Free at Kindle US | Kindle UK And, if you prefer to start with the first book in the series, The Wickenham Murders seems to be semi-permanently at $0.99/£0.99, with
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Dissolution is the first in the Matthew Shardlake series by CJ Sansom. It’s £0.99 at Kindle UK right now. Buy at Kindle UK
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A classic and fun British mystery… I had read a few Michael Innes/Inspector Appleby books many (many) years ago in paperback, and remember them favorably, but without much detail. And I usually have a soft spot for British mysteries anyway, so I was happy to receive a review copy of The Long Farewell from the
A review of The Long Farewell by Michael Innes Read More »
A Day for Dying is the thirteenth in Dorothy Simpson’s Inspector Thanet series. It’s on sale in the US for $0.99 right now, and it’s discountable at Kobo. Buy at Kindle US | Kobo US
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