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Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Two Dollar Deals from Hatchette Publishing

In addition to Brian Haig's Secret Sanction (see Monday's post), Hatchette Books has four more titles discounted to $1.99 this month.

Storm Track, by Margaret Maron, is a legal mystery/thriller under the Mysterious Press imprint.

Book Description
Judge Deborah Knott blows the lid off a murder investigation with gale force winds in this newest entry in the award-winning series. As Hurricane Fran strikes the North Carolina coast, Judge Knott seeks clues to a motel murder and a determined killer finds a perfect time to strike again.

The Hook, by Donald E. Westlake, is another from Mysterious Press, this time more psychological suspense than thriller.

Book Description
Bryce Proctorr has a multi-million dollar contract for his next novel, a trophy wife raking him over the coals of a protracted divorce, a bad case of writer's block and an impending deadline. Wayne Prentice is a fading author in a world that no longer values his work. Proctorr has a proposition: if Prentice will hand over his unsold manuscript to publish under Proctorr's name, the two will split the book advance fifty-fifty. There's just one small rider to the deal...

Dead Before Dying, by Deon Meyer, is also a thriller, but this time under Little, Brown and Company.

Book Description
Someone in Cape Town has chosen a conspicuous murder weapon -- a century-old German handgun, with ancient bullets that tear through flesh and bone. Three men who have nothing in common are found murdered, and the string of vicious killings pushes the city toward panic. Captain Mat Joubert is left scrambling for answers in a case that might be his last chance to prove that his life's slow spiral will not pull him under. DEAD BEFORE DYING is a heart-racing thriller about a troubled detective determined to find the single thread that weaves together what is otherwise just an assortment of strangers, dead by the same hand.

Bitten & Smitten, by Michelle Rowen is another romance from the Warner Forever label. There were four of these back in June (one is still available for 1.99),

Book Description
In Rowen's death-defyingly funny debut--a cross between "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Sex in the City"--Sarah Dearly goes on a blind date . . . with a vampire.

If you don't have a Kindle, but have a Sony Reader, you can find these same deals in the Sony EBookstore.

UPDATE: Looks like you can get all of these at BooksOnBoard.com as well, although the formats available vary (all appear to be available in DRM'd PDF, some also in Mobi/PRC, Epub or LIT). You can even get the audio version of Secret Sanction for $1.99, which is a real bargain. As for Fictionwise.com - they only have one of the titles at the $1.99 price, so I'd skip them for this deal, just as with the Orbit Dollar Book that they still haven't marked down this month.