Today's Kindle Daily Deal is ten books from the long-running Nathan Heller historical mystery series by award-winning author Max Allan Collins for just $1.99 each (there goes my gift card balance!). In addition, several of these have a companion audiobook available for $1.99. Although the first two titles in the series are not in this sale, both (True Detective and True Crime) can be borrowed thru the Kindle Lending Library. Previously published by a number of the big-6 publishers' imprints (NAL, St. Martin's, Signet, Dutton), the author has apparently recovered his publishing rights and these have now been republished by AmazonEncore. Although these are all set in the 1940's, they are not the thin pulp-fiction volumes you might associate with detective stories of the genre; checking several shows that these weigh in at 300-400+ pages in print, so you should be able to get several days (or weeks) reading out of this sale (I wonder if you could gift them to someone, with each one timed to show up a week or two apart?).
The Million-Dollar Wound (Nathan Heller #3)
Chicago P.I. Nate Heller returns home from duty in Guadalcanal a decorated, damaged, and dangerous hero—and drops directly from one war into another: the gangland coup to topple Frank Nitti as he tries to strong-arm the Hollywood unions.Neon Mirage (Nathan Heller #4)
When Nate Heller clears Bugsy Siegel of murder, the Chicago P.I. and brash, handsome gangster become unlikely friends...and rivals in love. Bugsy invents modern Vegas, but receives bullets as his reward and Heller becomes his avenger.Stolen Away (Nathan Heller #6)
When an incarcerated Al Capone claims he can help find the Lindbergh baby, detective Nate Heller is sent to the scene as a Chicago liaison, never dreaming that the fate of accused kidnapper Bruno Hauptmann would one day be in his hands.Carnal Hours (Nathan Heller #7)
When the richest man in the Bahamas is murdered by fire, Chicago P.I. Nate Heller races to clear the dead man’s playboy son-in-law—despite stray bullets, Nazi spies, and carnal distractions.Blood and Thunder (Nathan Heller #8)
Private detective Nate Heller finds himself in the dangerous swamp of Louisiana’s mob-infested political machine when former governor-turned-presidential candidate Huey Long is assassinated.Flying Blind (Nathan Heller #10)
For Chicago P.I. Nate Heller, guarding Amelia Earhart against death threats has its side benefits. But when Amelia goes missing in the South Pacific, Heller mounts a one-man search that will lead to success, heartbreak…and revenge.Majic Man (Nathan Heller #11)
Chicago P.I. Nate Heller heads to D.C. to protect Secretary of Defense James Forrestal from a murder threat...but is the statesman’s worst enemy his own mental illness? The surprising, UFO-tinged truth is in Roswell, New Mexico.Angel in Black (Nathan Heller #12)
Honeymooning in LA, private detective Nate Heller is a suspect in the LAPD’s Black Dahlia murder investigation and must rely on old friend Eliot Ness to help solve the crime before it’s too late.Chicago Confidential (Nathan Heller #14)
Caught between the Kefauver Organized Crime investigation and his reluctant ties to the mafia, Chicago P.I. Nate Heller keeps his head down—until an honest cop and a lovely drug addict are murdered, and he decides it’s time for some rough justice.Chicago Lightning: The Collected Nathan Heller Short Stories
Tough, cynical, and clever, Nathan Heller has been called "the perfect private eye", the best investigator that Chicago (where 'lightning' means gunfire) has to offer. In this engaging collection of thirteen stories, Heller encounters gangsters and petty crooks, noble doctors and quacks, loving wives and wanton women, and even the occasional honest cop. All of the stories are based on real cases of the 1930s and '40s, meticulously researched by award-winning writer and Road to Perdition creator Max Allan Collins. Heller's adventures feature some of the biggest names in twentieth-century American crime history: Eliot Ness, Frank Nitti, Mickey Cohen, and Jack Ruby, just to name a few. Whether he is investigating a union shooting, going toe-to-toe with the female leader of a vicious hold-up crew, or playing a homeless man to pose as bait for an insurance racket, Heller's humorous, wryly cynical tone, and knack for keen social observation make for a cracking good read.
Another Alice: An Inspiring True Story of a Young Woman's Battle to Overcome Rheumatoid Arthritis ($1.61 / £0.99 UK), by Alice Peterson, is the Kindle Deal of the day for those in the UK (the US edition is $8.39).Book Description
Love, lust, boys and shopping - the main worries of a teenage girl? Not for eighteen-year-old Alice Peterson, who, at the height of her youth and an extremely promising tennis career, was diagnoses with rheumatoid arthiritis. In the midst of shock and denial, and the enduring question, 'Isn't it what old people who get arthiritis?', Alice had to learn to live with what quickly turned from the odd ache and pain to a very aggressive form of the illness, and rediscover a new path in life.
The Power of Purpose ($1.99 Kindle, B&N), by Richard Leider, is the Nook Daily Find, price matched on Kindle.Book Description
Your reason for getting up in the morning. Every one of us needs a reason to get up in the morning. This book is about that reason. Its purpose is to help you discover the purpose for your life. Each life has a natural reason for being. Purpose is the reason a person was born. From birth to death, each of us is on a quest to discover that reason. Many never do. Yet, our world is incomplete until each one of us discovers our purpose. Purpose is that deepest dimension within us—our central core or essence—where we have a profound sense of who we are, where we came from, and where we're going. Purpose is the quality we choose to shape our lives around. Purpose is a source of energy and direction.
Outward Bound board member and training firm founder Richard J. Leider (Repacking Your Bags) makes it his business to help people find purpose in the work they do, and to find work that gives them purpose. His dynamic and useful new book, The Power of Purpose: Creating Meaning in Your Life and Work, tells the stories of those who have had to struggle for personal satisfaction on the job, and poses the practical and spiritual questions to ask oneself in the pursuit of "Esprit de Core."
Time for Outrage: Indignez-vous! ($5.99 Kindle, B&N), by Stéphane Hessel, is the Nook Daily Find: Election 2012, price matched on Kindle.Book Description
This controversial, impassioned call-to-arms for a return to the ideals that fueled the French Resistance has sold millions of copies worldwide since its publication in France in October 2010. Rejecting the dictatorship of world financial markets and defending the social values of modern democracy, 93-old Stéphane Hessel -- Resistance leader, concentration camp survivor, and former UN speechwriter -- reminds us that life and liberty must still be fought for, and urges us to reclaim those essential rights we have permitted our governments to erode since the end of World War II.
Today's Kindle Kids Daily Deal is Cool Dog, School Dog ($1.99), by Deborah Heiligman and Tim Bowers (Illustrator).Book Description
Tinka is a cool dog, a school dog, a breaking all the rules dog.A hall dog, a ball dog, a crash-into-the-wall dog.
Join Tinka, a dandy, sandy Golden Retriever, as she unexpectedly visits her owner at school and helps his class learn to read. Bright illustrations rendered in acrylic paint add to the excitement in this playful back-to-school story about a boy and his "loves-to-hear-a-book" dog.
Grade Level: Pre K and up
