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Joffe free books for December 2024

Two Joffe free books to start off December… The Victory Snapshot is the first mystery/legal thriller in the Chris Tyroll series by Barrie Roberts Buy at Kindle US | Kindle UK Battle Climb is a military aviation thriller by Richard Townshend Bickers Buy at Kindle US | Kindle UK

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Joffe free books for November 2024

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Three Joffe mystery/thriller freebies right now… Blood Stained is the first in the Detective Claudia Nunn series by Rebecca Bradley Free at Kindle US | Kindle UK Dirty Weekend is the first in the Macrae and Silver series by Alan Scholefield Free at Kindle US | Kindle UK A Nice Class of Corpse is the

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The Day She Died by Catriona McPherson is free right now in the US and UK

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I’ve read and liked most of the books in Catriona McPherson’s Dandy Gilver series – which are mostly cozies, but occasionally have a bit of bite. But McPherson also writes some non-series thrillers, and since I’m not usually much for thrillers, I haven’t read any of those. Now, however, Joffe is offering The Day She

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A box set of all four books in the Helen Evans series by Susan McBride is on sale right now

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I read several books in Susan McBride’s cozy Debutante Dropout series back in the 2000s and have warm, if slightly fuzzy, memories of them. Now Joffe is offering an omnibus of all four titles in McBride’s Helen Evans series for $0.99/£0.99 in the US/UK. The titles in The Complete Helen Evans Investigates series are: To

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Joffe free books for October 2024

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Some recent Joffe freebies… My Husband’s Wife by Anya Mora, marketed as a psychological thriller Find at Kindle US | Kindle UK Under Violent Skies, first in the Detective Sara Hirst series by Judi Daykin Find at Kindle US | Kindle UK Of Relics and Romance, first in the Hotspur series by Evan Ostryzniuk, a

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An omnibus of later titles in the Bea Abbot series by Veronica Heley is on sale right now

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Joffe Books have just recently come out with an omnibus of the 11th – 15th books in Veronica Heley’s Bea Abbot series. It’s not very imaginatively titled, The Bea Abbot Agency Mysteries, Books 11-15, but it’s on sale right now for $0.99/£0.99 in the US/UK. The included titles are: False Fire, False Pride, False Account, False Conclusion, and False

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Joffe free books for September 2024

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This thread will post relevant Joffe (and Lume) daily free books for September 2024 – and other Joffe freebies that might come up… And starting it off, for September 1, the Joffe free book is Rollover, which is the first in James Raven’s Detective Jeff Temple series. Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07YYJ5CGB Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07YYJ5CGB

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Joffe now has a daily free book instead of three on Fridays…

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Joffe are now doing a free book each day during the week, rather than three free on Friday. Sigh! It was hard enough to remember Fridays. Today’s free book is a historical novel/naval adventure, Scarlett, by Christopher C Tubbs, and it’s the first in his Scarlett Fox series. And at the moment, at least, this

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Joffe Free Friday books for 2 August 2024

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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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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.