Today is the last day for a number of 30% off coupons at
Kobo (jan12us30, jan12row30, jan12au30, jan12uk30), along with c1auto25 (25%) and both jan13ca30 (30%) and touchlibrary (15%) expires soon.
Morgue Drawer Four (
$0.99), by Jutta Profijt and Erik J. Macki (translator), is today's Kindle Deal of the Day.
Book Description
Coroner is the perfect job for Dr. Martin Gänsewein, who spends his days in peace and quiet autopsying dead bodies for the city of Cologne. Shy, but scrupulous, Martin appreciates his taciturn clients--until the day one of them starts talking to him. It seems the ghost of a recently deceased (and surprisingly chatty) small-time car thief named Pascha is lingering near his lifeless body in drawer number four of Martin's morgue. He remains for one reason: his "accidental" death was, in fact, murder. Pascha is furious his case will go unsolved--to say nothing of his body's dissection upon Martin's autopsy table. But since Martin is the only person Pascha can communicate with, the ghost settles in with the good pathologist, determined to bring the truth of his death to light. Now Martin's staid life is rudely upended as he finds himself navigating Cologne's red-light district and the dark world of German car smuggling. Unless Pascha can come up with a plan--and fast--Martin will soon be joining him in the spirit world. Witty and unexpected, Morgue Drawer Four introduces a memorable (and reluctant) detective unlike any other in fiction today.
Morgue Drawer Four was shortlisted for Germany's 2010 Friedrich Glauser Prize for best crime novel.
The Best American Mystery Stories 2011 (
$1.84 / £1.19 UK), selected/edited by Harlan Coben, is the Kindle Deal of the day for those in the UK (the
US edition is $8.99). This is the fifteenth annual collection in this series and well worth getting, if you read mysteries; most of the stories are by "up-and-comers", but there are a few authors you may have already read, such as Lawrence Block.
Book Description
Featuring twenty of the year's standout crime short stories handpicked by one of the world's best thriller writers, Best American Mystery Stories 2011 showcases not only the very best of the crime genre, but the best of American writing full stop. Within its pages, literary legends rub shoulders with the hottest new talent. Contributors in the past have included Lee Child, James Lee Burke, Jeffery Deaver, Michael Connelly, Alice Munro and Joyce Carol Oates.
Money Shot (
$1.99 Kindle,
B&N), by Christa Faust, is the Nook Daily Find, price matched on Kindle.
Book Description
THEY THOUGHT SHE’D BE EASY. THEY THOUGHT WRONG.
It all began with the phone call asking former porn star Angel Dare to do one more movie. Before she knew it, she’d been shot and left for dead in the trunk of a car. But Angel is a survivor. And that means she’ll get to the bottom of what’s been done to her even if she has to leave a trail of bodies along the way…
