The Boomerang by Robert Bailey is free for a few more days as part of April’s Kindle US First Reads program

This month’s Kindle US First Reads free book list includes what appears to be a stand-alone thriller by Robert Bailey, The Boomerang. I’ve read and liked all four books in Bailey’s McMurtrie/Drake series, even though I’m usually not much on legal thrillers, but haven’t read any of his other books.  Note that you have to

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Who Cares if They Die by Wendy Dranfield is free right now in the US and UK

This Friday’s Joffe free book is a mystery, Who Cares if They Die, which is the first in the Dean Matheson series by Wendy Dranfield.   It’s still free right now, as of Saturday, and is usually free through the weekend.   But still better to grab it now if you want it. Free at Kindle US 

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Humble Bundle has a great deal on Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series through May 22, 2025

Humble Bundle has a deal right now on books in (or related to) Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series.   The way Humble Bundle works is that you can choose one of several different prices, and that determines how many of the items in the Bundle you will receive. In this case, to get all seventeen,

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An Island of Suspects by Jean-Luc Bannalec – a review

The  Breton setting would be enough, but there’s a fine mystery too… I’ve read most of the titles in Jean-Luc Bannalec’s Commissaire Dupin series – at least, most of those that have been translated into English.    And I’ve liked all that I’ve read.   After all, what’s not to like about gorgeous countryside, wonderful food, Breton

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A review of Abduction of a Slave by Dana Stabenow – recently published

Always happy to read mysteries set in ancient Egypt… I am pretty much a huge fan of mysteries set in Egypt, whether they are set in the British “protectorate” era (like Michael Pearce’s Mamur Zapt series), or in truly ancient times (too many series to name, but T Lee Harris’ Huti/Neffi series, Lynda S. Robinson’s

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Seven Days to Die, by Michelle Kidd, is free right now in the US and UK

Joffe’s Free Friday book this week (usually free through the weekend) is Seven Days to Die, by Michelle Kidd.   It’s the first in her Detective Inspector Jack MacIntosh series, and the blurb notes that it’s “a completely revised version of Seven Days“.    I haven’t read any of Kidd’s books, so can’t offer an opinion, but

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