Your Mystery and Thriller Book Bargains for January 31, 2022

Shaye Archer’s life effectively began the night police found her in an alley with no memory of the previous 15 years. Now, she’s a PI who gets answers for her clients, and maybe for herself. When her new client Emma claims she’s being stalked, Shaye is determined to help. Emma knows her stalker, but the problem is, she killed him a month ago.

Detective Chief Inspector Harry Grimm is forced to take leave from Bristol’s Major Investigations Team when his boss, tired of Harry chasing the ghost of his murderous father, sends him north on secondment to the idyllic Yorkshire Dales. Used to city life and high stress, Harry fears his life will now be spent handing out speeding tickets, finding lost sheep, and directing tourists. But when a local teenager runs away, Harry finds himself pulled into an investigation much worse than anyone could have ever expected. The nicer the place, the darker the secrets. Wensleydale is beautiful, everyone is friendly and welcoming, and people just don’t get murdered … do they? A classic fish-out-of-water crime mystery set in the stunning and evocative scenery of Wensleydale in North Yorkshire.

Category: Mystery – Police Procedurals

TEENAGE GIRLS CAN BE SAVAGE.

Six teenage girls. One deserted island. Removed from civilised society, can they challenge class, identity and toxic femininity to pull together and survive? Or will they descend into savagery?

Category: Suspense

A night to remember in a place to forget.

True* tales from Melbourne’s fifth-worst hotel.

Category: Thrillers – Crime

A boiling hot Christmas night to remember in a place to forget.

More hilarious true* tales from Melbourne’s fifth-worst hotel.

Reaper isn’t anyone’s first choice for a career, but when my scholarship donor goes bankrupt, I have to pay my tuition somehow. The Ōtautahi Witching Academy doesn’t come cheap, and a job at a local café would never cut it. In fairness, the role’s not that bad… until a dead soul without a gate starts bugging me morning, noon, and night.

Suddenly it’s all find-my-killer this and make-sure-my-daughter’s-safe that. Not knowing who committed the murder sounds like a him problem but when it interrupts my studies, I have to take action. After all, how hard could it be to track down someone who wanted to kill George Alexander Holmes III? I’ve only just met him, and I’d happily pull his plug.

Category: Mystery – Cozy

Things don’t go entirely to plan when undercover ace detective Jan Nyman is sent to the ‘hottest beach in Finland’ to investigate a suspicious death. Fargo meets Baywatch in a mesmerising, poignant dark-comedy thriller by the King of Helsinki Noir

Sex, lies and ill-fitting swimwear … Sun Protection Factor 100

Jan Nyman, the ace detective of the covert operations unit of the National Central Police, is sent to a sleepy seaside town to investigate a mysterious death. Nyman arrives in the town dominated by a bizarre holiday village – the ‘hottest beach in Finland’. The suspect: Olivia Koski, who has only recently returned to her old hometown. The mission: find out what happened, by any means necessary.

With a nod to Fargo, and dark noir, Palm Beach Finland is both a page-turning thriller and a black comedy about lust for money, fleeing dreams and people struggling at turning points in their lives – chasing their fantasies regardless of reason.

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Category: Thrillers – Crime