Appleby’s End

Author: Michael Innes

Category: Mystery

Regular price: $15.99

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Deal starts: September 30, 2024

Deal ends: September 30, 2024

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A Scotland Yard detective is snowed in with a strange family and a killer with a lethal passion for literature in this classic British mystery. Something’s afoot in the village of Snarl. Incidents include animals turned to stone and ominous tombstones inscribed with deaths yet to come. Det. Insp. John Appleby is travelling by train from London to consult on the case. However, impending his arrival to his connecting train is a terrible snowstorm. Fortunately, a fellow passenger, encyclopedia author Everard Raven, invites Appleby to spend the night at his country estate. Appleby soon has second thoughts about accepting the offer. When they get off the train, they meet more of Raven’s relatives, and they are just as unusual as he is. Next, the station is alarmingly named “Appleby’s End.” And then one of the Ravens’ servants is found dead and buried up to their neck in snow . . . As Appleby investigates, he notices an unusual connection between the servant’s body, the mayhem at Snarl, and even his own arrival in the village. They all resemble scenes from the novels of Everard’s late father. Appleby must determine who is behind this bizarre plot before another member of the Raven household meets a literal end.Praise for Michael Innes & Appleby’s End “Mr. Innes is in a class by himself among detective story writers.” —The Times Literary Supplement “As farfetched and literary as Sayers.” —The Cambridge Companion to Crime Fiction “Quite a funny book.” —The New Yorker

The Lost Ship

Author: H.P. Mallory

Category: Mystery

Regular price: $5.99

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Deal starts: September 30, 2024

Deal ends: September 30, 2024

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BRIDGERTON meets GHOST meets AGATHA CHRISTIE!

From New York Times Bestselling Author, HP Mallory (co-author of the bestselling Haven Hollow series), comes a brand new paranormal women’s fiction mystery series!

London, 1880

PHILIPPA:When a mysterious ship believed to be lost at sea for a decade suddenly appears in the London docks without any sign of her crew nor captain, all of London is abuzz.But I can’t imagine anyone is more enthralled with this mystery than I am.And once I see the impressive ship? Well, I can’t explain this overarching desire I have to simply touch it!But once I make contact with the ship’s hull, I’m overcome with my own excitement and simply faint clean away!And when I awake?I’m in the custody of Captain Arthur Giles.And Captain Giles is not only handsome, but he’s kind, attentive and perhaps the most romantic man I’ve ever met.But I’m also fairly certain he’s guarding a secret…Yes, there’s a loneliness that characterizes the captain and one that calls to the loneliness within me.GRANT:I don’t know what the bloody hell is going on with the ship that just moored itself in the docks, but it’s a mystery I need to figure out posthaste.And whoever this blasted captain is who has his eyes set on Philippa…Well, I don’t like that or him one bit.Perhaps the biggest surprise in store for me though is the moment I realize I need the help of none other than the reprobate William Spencer.For I believe Philippa has gotten herself embroiled in something far beyond her understanding…Click BUY NOW or READ FOR FREE!

Murder on the Marshes

Author: Clare Chase

Category: Mystery

Regular price: $2.99

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Deal starts: September 30, 2024

Deal ends: September 30, 2024

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The sun rises on a lush stone courtyard, where birds sing and ferns shade an ancient, burbling fountain. But in the fountain’s murky depths, a young woman’s body grows cold…

Samantha Seabrook – an ambitious young woman with a chequered past – is found drowned in the ornamental fountain of a locked Cambridge courtyard. The only clue is an antique silver chain wound tightly around her throat.

It’s

local reporter Tara Thorpe

’s job to discover what happened to Miss Seabrook – but the case becomes personal when she learns that Samantha had been receiving threatening messages… rather like the one that landed on the doorstep of Tara’s cottage the night the woman died.

Together with

Detective Inspector Garstin Blake

, Tara follows a lead that takes her to the deep and watery fens on the outskirts of the city. But there’s something Tara can’t quite admit to Blake about her past – and it could make all the difference to whether they crack the case before the killer strikes again.

If you love mysteries by Faith Martin, P.D. James and Agatha Christie, you won’t be able to put this series down!

The Tara Thorpe Mystery Series:
Book 1 –

Murder on the Marshes

Book 2 –

Death on the River

Book 3 –

Death Comes to Call

Book 4 –

Murder in the Fens

Readers absolutely love Murder on the Marshes:

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Wow what a book! One of the best mysteries I have read! Loved it from start to finish and couldn't put it down! A masterpiece! Plotting perfection!

The writing is brilliant and flows off the page, the characters stay with you.

A thoroughly satisfying, absolutely stunning book! I cannot wait to read more by this amazing author!

’ Renita D’Silva

Literally couldn't put it down!! This was an excellent thriller with well-developed characters and great twists!!

From the first page until the end… a great ride of mystery, suspense and murder…

Excellent thriller and crime read!!

’ Goodreads reviewer,

5 stars

Fast-paced, twisty… I just ripped right through this book

.’ Goodreads reviewer,

5 stars

I have to say that I loved this book

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Jen Med’s Book Reviews

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5 stars

I absolutely loved this book… grabbed me by the throat from the opening chapter and refused to let go until the very end…

The story was a fantastic puzzle... all set against the beautiful backdrop of Cambridge and the menacing emptiness of the surrounding Cambridgeshire fens.

A Little Book Problem

,

5 stars

Clever, twisty stories, with great characters.

’ Kate Rhodes, author of

Hell Bay

‘You'll enjoy her books including this one if you like Joy Ellis, L. J. Ross, and Faith Martin…

I absolutely adored the setting here.

It reminds a little of the sort of setting in Midsomer Murders –

quaint and idyllic with some very shady characters

.

The twists in the plot were plentiful and I liked the relationship and dynamic between Thorpe and Blake

.’ Goodreads reviewer

A tense, exciting read with plenty of twists… an addictive read

.’ Goodreads reviewer

A whip-smart read that had a good many surprises and twists

… I'd definitely recommend this to fans of procedural mysteries. It was like an Inspector Morse/Midsomer layer cake with Christie for the frosting. I'm awaiting my next slice.’ Goodreads reviewer

A darned good read.

’ Goodreads reviewer

‘Reminds me of Agatha Christie. Grabbing me straight from the start… will keep you guessing until the very end…

A perfect gripping who-dunnit story, fans of LR Ross will love it.

Chelle’s Book Reviews

The Body in the Bouillon

Author: Katherine Hall Page

Category: Mystery

Regular price: $9.99

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Deal starts: September 28, 2024

Deal ends: September 28, 2024

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A minister’s wife is determined to find out who’s preying on the residents of a New England retirement home in this acclaimed cozy mystery series.

Minister’s wife, sometime sleuth, and culinary artist Faith Sibley Fairchild is intrigued by rumors of mysterious doings at Hubbard House—an elegant, secluded retirement home for the well-heeled Yankees of Aleford, Massachusetts. Determined to do some surreptitious snooping, she joins the pricey retreat’s flu-depleted kitchen staff, only to witness an aging resident collapse face-first into a bowl of Faith’s hot and savory bouillon.Faith barely has time to ponder the suspicious death before a blackmailing drug dealer turns up dead in her bedroom! Now one thing is clear to the amateur investigator: murder doesn’t just happen at Hubbard—it’s the house specialty. And Faith’s own demise might very well be the next item on the menu.

Runway Dreams a Pricey Affair

Author: T.K. Ambers

Category: Mystery

Regular price: $4.99

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Deal starts: September 28, 2024

Deal ends: September 28, 2024

Description:

How far would you go to achieve the perfect life?

Meet the

beautiful young and naïve

model

, Bernadette Price, a

party girl

heiress with everything

, except a

smoking-hot romantic partner

to share her

exotic lifestyle

with. To find the man of her dreams, she turns to

online dating

and stumbles upon

tall, dark, handsome, and chiseled-to-perfection

, Martin Day, who is moving to her town. Her sister, Bell, has reservations about online dating, but a natural disaster couldn’t push Bernadette off course once she sets her mind on something.Martin and Bernadette are on the fast track to

marital bliss

when a

stranger brings unsettling news

of Martin’s past. Bernadette's siblings fear the worst and her family finds themselves divided as they try to sort through the confusion. Is Martin a

murdering sociopath or an innocent pawn?

Swipe right for the party, dark comedy, and romantic suspense!

Grab your copy today

and join the Price siblings as they

race to unravel the truth in this gripping murder mystery about love, lies, and deception…

First edition published as Runway Dreams: A Black & White Affair.

Murder at the Highland Castle

Author: Helena Dixon

Category: Mystery

Regular price: $4.99

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Deal starts: September 27, 2024

Deal ends: September 27, 2024

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A majestic castle by a Scottish loch, a glass of whisky by a roaring fire, stockings hung by the chimney… and a body? It’s a midwinter murder for Kitty Underhay! Winter, 1935. Lightly dusted with snow and nestled on the edge of a sweeping Scottish loch, Finnglach Castle looks positively magical. Kitty Underhay, her husband Matt and their beloved dog Bertie are delighted to be celebrating the new year with a Hogmanay party, but just after midnight, a shot rings out across the grounds…Their host, Lord Barlas, is dead, murdered in the snow. The killer’s footprints have vanished and the gun is missing. With the snow-covered castle completely cut off, and a killer in their midst, Kitty and Matt need to work fast to find the culprit before someone else ends up dead. As the weather worsens, the guests begin discussing dark Highland stories about evil spirits. But with an anxious daughter, a new wife set to inherit a fortune and a suspicious spiritual adviser, Kitty is sure the killer is close at hand. Can she, Matt and Bertie sniff out the treacherous culprit in time for haggis and whisky or will they find themselves skating on dangerously thin ice?Don’t miss this incredibly charming cozy page-turner! If you love TE Kinsey, Agatha Christie or Lee Strauss, you’ll fall head over heels for this totally unputdownable historical mystery. Readers love the Miss Underhay mysteries:?????????? ‘I could not put this down!! I read this in one sitting. I need more than 5 stars for this book! I absolutely loved it!’ NetGalley reviewer‘I cannot put it down… I tore through this book!’ Goodreads reviewer?????????? ‘I read it in one sitting, a page-turner I couldn’t put down.’ Goodreads reviewer?????????? ‘What can I say? I loved it.’ Goodreads reviewer?????????? ‘I love this… It kept me guessing right until the final scene.’ Roberta Reads?????????? ‘This murder mystery is perfect… This story has it all. An absolute page-turner with characters to care about.’ Goodreads reviewer?????????? ‘A page-turner that will keep you guessing.’ Goodreads reviewer?????????? ‘After the first chapter I wasn’t able to stop reading and turning pages as fast as I could.’ Scrapping and Playing