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Joffe Free Friday books for 2 August 2024

Today’s free Friday books from Joffe, still free as of today, Saturday, and usually free through the weekend, include a mystery, a romance and a non-fiction history of Spain in the 1800s. The mystery is Follow the Boys, apa Power on her Own, which is the first in Judith Cutler’s Kate Power series. Buy at Kindle […]

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Joffe Free Friday books for 26 July 2024

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Joffe’s Free Friday books this week, still free as of Sunday morning when I’m posting this, are a mystery, a set of spy thrillers, and a historical novel. Murder on the Oxford Canal, apa A Narrow Escape, is the first in the DI Hillary Greene series by Faith Martin Buy at Kindle US | Kindle UK The

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Joffe Free Friday books for 19 July 2024

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Joffe’s Free Friday books this week are a mystery, a romance, and a WWII thriller. As always, supposedly free for today only, but usually free through the weekend. But also as always, don’t wait if you want them! The mystery this week is Murder among the Roses, which is the first in the Maybridge Murder

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Joffe Free Friday books for 12 July 2024

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Joffe’s Free Friday books this week include a thriller, a romance, and a Napoleonic-era historical novel. They are free today, and probably – but not certainly – through the weekend. Today’s Free Friday thriller is The Patient, apa Beautiful Losers, which is the first in the Kim Slade series by EV Seymour. Buy at Kindle US

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Joffe Free Friday books for 5 July 2024

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Joffe’s Free Friday books this week include a mystery, a romance, and a Roman adventure/thriller. They are free today, and probably – but not certainly – through the weekend. Two are relatively recent repeat freebies, but if you missed them the first time, here are links again… Today’s Free Friday mystery (and one of the

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Joffe Free Friday books for 28 June 2024

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Joffe’s Free Friday books this week include a mystery, a romance, and a non-fiction book about Hiroshima. They are free today, and probably – but not certainly – through the weekend. I haven’t read anything by any of these authors, but WTH, they are free to try! Chris Collett’s Deadly Lies, apa A Worm in the

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Joffe Free Friday books for 21 June 2024

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As usual, there are three Joffe Free Friday books, which are still free as of this morning, Sunday, June 23. No Place to Hide, by Dan Latus, is the first in the Jake Ord series. It looks more thriller-ish than mystery-ish, but WTH, it’s free to try… Free at Kindle US | Kindle UK There is

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Joffe Free Friday books for 14 June 2024

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After some individual freebies during the past week, in honor of their tenth anniversary, Joffe Books are back to their usual three-books-free-on-Friday thing. (Which books are often, although not always, really free through the weekend.) This week’s choices are: Out of Sight Out of Mind, by Evonne Wareham – described as a psychological thriller –

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Joffe Free Friday books for the weekend of 7 June 2024

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Joffe’s Free Friday books for today, June 7, 2024, are usually available through the weekend, but occasionally not. So if you want any or all of these, best to grab them now. Coffin Cove is the first in the Coffin Cove mystery series by Jackie Elliott Free at Kindle US | Kindle UK Per the

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Joffe Free Friday books for 17 May 2024

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The Joffe Free Friday books this weekend, which usually are free through the weekend, are: The Cardiff Killings, #1 in the Jemima Huxley mystery series by Gaynor Torrance Buy at Kindle US | Kindle UK Still Glides the Stream by DE Stevenson, a post-WWII historical novel Buy at Kindle US | Kindle UK Legend and

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About Mostly Mysteries

Whether you are a non-stop reader looking for your next series to binge-read, or someone without much spare time, wanting to make sure the next book you read is great, I hope my reviews will help you out. I hate reading reviews that just say “five stars” or “I loved the book, it was great”, and I’m sure you do too. So you won’t find any of those here! Instead, I take the time to read and think about a book, and then write a review that (1) doesn’t just parrot the blurb, (2) talks about what I liked and didn’t like, and (3) has some additional info to help you decide if the book might be right for you.

I’ve been a huge fan of mysteries since my earliest days of reading, cutting my teeth on Encyclopedia Brown and Nancy Drew, and quickly moving on to Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Christie. From there, I bounced around a bit, trying some thrillers, like Alistair MacLean, and some romantic suspense, mainly Mary Stewart. And then I started branching out. I discovered historical mysteries, and British mysteries (Sarah Caudwell is my idol), and cozy mysteries, and police procedurals, and mysteries set in foreign climes, and noir, and…well, you get the idea! Just about the only mysteries I’ve never quite gotten into are psychological thrillers.

This blog reflects my own personal tastes, so, as you might guess, you’ll mostly find reviews of mysteries here. But, over the decades, I’ve also picked up some other reading habits. I read a fair amount of history, especially books about the Great Game rivalry between Britain and Russia. I’ve gone through all the Asterix comics (a big thank-you to my middle-school French teacher), and I even read a bunch of them out loud to my son when he was young. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve read and re-read The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, and those books have led me into a little bit of fantasy and science fiction as well. Oh yeah, and recently, I’ve been reading some social and political science books too. So check out the Science Fiction/Fantasy, Nonfiction, Romance and Other Stuff tabs up in the menu as well!

Finally I’d love to hear from you too, so please make use of the comments sections available for most of my posts, or use the contact form, down at the bottom of the page.

Reviewing and Rating Info

I rate books on a scale from 1 to 5 stars, with occasional half-stars when a full star just won’t do.

Many of the books I review are provided to me by the publisher or author as a reading copy – in other words, at no cost to me. In other cases, usually for older books, I’m reviewing books I borrowed from the library or bought myself. My rating and review do not depend on whether I was provided a free reading copy. However if I did receive a free reading copy, I will disclose this in the review.

I do not post reviews of every book I read – not even close. It takes a lot of time and effort to craft a good review, and so I tend to be biased towards reviewing books that I enjoy or that excite me. As a result, you’ll find mostly 4- and 5-star reviews on my blog. Also, I do not post 1- or 2-star reviews on my blog unless the author or publisher asks me to.