Several books in Linda Barnes’ Carlotta Carlyle series are $1.99 right now at Kindle US. Sadly, only the collection of three short stories is on sale at Kobo US, where it’s discountable… Steel Guitar, #4 Buy at: Kindle US Cold Case, #7 Buy at: Kindle US The Big Dig, #9 Buy at: Kindle US Heart […]
Several books in Linda Barnes’ Carlotta Carlyle series are on sale right now in the US Read More »
Although this is mostly a mystery blog, every now and then I post something else that looks interesting. And Robert Tombs’ The English and Their History, which was a New York Times 2016 Notable Book, looks pretty interesting. It also looks pretty long (1074 pages), so be forewarned! But I find that I can take
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Eight years in the making, but worth the wait… I have long wished for another book in T Lee Harris’ far-too-short Sitehuti and Nefer-Djenou-Bastet series, whose one book and three short stories I discovered and devoured during one weekend, back in 2017. It’s been one of my favorite series for years, and now my hopes,
A review of Lies in the Place of Truth by T Lee Harris – recently published Read More »
Kobo usually ties their gift card bonus offers to a holiday, and there’s a pretty big one coming up 😁. And the gift card offer is a little better this time than the last few times, which were $10 on $60, or even $10 on $70. But this one, which is available through
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If you like cozies, here you go… Cozy mysteries and bookstores just seem to go together well – think Carolyn Hart’s Death on Demand series, or Joan Hess’ Claire Malloy series. So PJ Nelson’s Booked for Murder is following in a fine tradition. And it’s a quick read, perfect for a plane ride or an
A review of Booked for Murder by PJ Nelson – coming Tuesday Read More »
Joffe Books appear to have gotten the e-rights to at least the first few books in Diane Mott Davidson’s Goldy Bear Schulz series, but only in the UK, where there is a box set of the first six titles currently going for £0.99. This is definitely a cozy series, but I liked them all when
As I mention in the “About Mostly Mysteries” section up top on the home page, Encyclopedia Brown was one of the first mystery series I remember reading, getting the books (if I remember correctly so many decades later) from Scholastic, ordered through the elementary school I went to. Clearly the series helped start something
Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective, by Donald J Sobol, is on sale in the US right now Read More »
The highly entertaining romp continues… At the end of the first book in Beth Revis’ Chaotic Orbits series, Full Speed to a Crash Landing, we find out that protagonist Ada Lamarr is a galaxy-level expert in misdirection and dissimulation. And Ada’s somewhat illicit skills continue to get a mad – and highly entertaining – workout
A review of How to Steal a Galaxy by Beth Revis – just published Read More »
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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Humble Bundle has a Bundle of Ursula K LeGuin books available right now – the top tier is 30 books for only $18, which is only 60 cents each if you need all of them, and can still be a pretty good bargain if you only need some of them. Thirty books is way too
Humble Bundle has a great deal on Ursula K LeGuin books for about one more week Read More »
