Bound (
$1.99), by Antonya Nelson, is today's Kindle Deal of the Day.
Book Description
Antonya Nelson is known for her razor-sharp depictions of contemporary family life in all of its sometimes sad, sometimes hilarious complexity. Her latest novel has roots in her own youth in Wichita, in the neighborhood stalked by the serial killer known as BTK (Bind, Torture, and Kill). A story of wayward love and lost memory, of public and private lives twisting out of control, Bound is Nelson's most accomplished and emotionally riveting work.
Catherine and Oliver, young wife and older entrepreneurial husband, are negotiating their difference in age and a plethora of well-concealed secrets. Oliver, now in his sixties, is a serial adulterer and has just fallen giddily in love yet again. Catherine, seemingly placid and content, has ghosts of a past she scarcely remembers. When Catherine's long-forgotten high school friend dies and leaves Catherine the guardian of her teenage daughter, that past comes rushing back. As Oliver manages his new love, and Catherine her new charge and darker past, local news reports turn up the volume on a serial killer who has reappeared after years of quiet. In a time of hauntings and new revelations, Nelson's characters grapple with their public and private obligations, continually choosing between the suppression or indulgence of wild desires. Which way they turn, and what balance they find, may only be determined by those who love them most.
The Skeleton in the Closet (
$1.53 / £0.99 UK), by AUTHOR, is the Kindle Deal of the day for those in the UK (the
US edition is $7.99).
Book Description
Ignorance is bliss… especially when it comes to murder!
Ever since the death of his father, Fellworth Dolphin has slaved away as a waiter to support his miserly, cold-hearted mother. So when she suddenly dies Fellworth is shocked to discover she has left him a fortune. Somewhat confused, Fell teams up with a girl from work, Maggie, to investigate the source of the riches. But what they find instead is a closet full of skeletons…
Is it really possible Fell’s father was involved in a decades-old train robbery? And who is the mysterious woman in the portrait hidden in his mother’s wardrobe? As Fell and Maggie poke around the village for answers they find themselves on a surprise-filled path to danger and adventure – but all this good fortune could come to a sudden end if they don’t stay one step ahead of a cunning killer…
The Noticer (
$3.60 Kindle,
B&N), by Andy Andrews, is the Nook Daily Find, price matched on Kindle. I
reviewed this book when in released in 2009.
Book Description
A new story of common wisdom from the best-selling author of The Traveler's Gift.
Orange Beach, Alabama, is a simple town filled with simple people. But like all humans on the planet, the good folks of Orange Beach have their share of problems-marriages teetering on the brink of divorce, young adults giving up on life, business people on the verge of bankruptcy, as well as the many other obstacles that life seems to dish out to the masses.
Fortunately, when things look the darkest, a mysterious man named Jones has a miraculous way of showing up. An elderly man with white hair, of indiscriminate age and race, wearing blue jeans, a white T-shirt and leather flip flops carrying a battered old suitcase, Jones is a unique soul. Communicating what he calls "a little perspective," he explains that he has been given a gift of noticing things that others miss. "Your time on this earth is a gift to be used wisely," he says. "Don't squander your words or your thoughts. Consider even the simplest action you take, for your lives matter beyond measure…and they matter forever."
Jones speaks to that part in everyone that is yearning to understand why things happen and what we can do about it.
Like The Traveler's Gift, The Noticer is a unique narrative blend of fiction, allegory, and inspiration in which gifted storyteller Andy Andrews helps us see how becoming a "noticer" just might change a person's life forever.
Today's backlist/indie free books on Kindle (not likely to be free for long):
- The Indie Journey: Secrets to Writing Success, by J.A. Konrath, Zoe Winters, Guido Henkel, Scott Nicholson, Lon Shapiro, Vicki Tyley and Vincent Zandri
- LOST Identity: The Characters of LOST, by Pearson Moore
- Nostra and Damus (Medieval Series), by Alex Carrick
- The Delilah Complex (The Butterfield Institute), by MJ Rose **
- Demon Heart, by Sable Grey
- TEMPTATION TOWN (The Jack Barnett / Las Vegas Series), by Mike Dennis
- Intrigue (Stories of Suspense), by Aaron Patterson, Paul Levine, Chris White, Allan Leverone, et al
- Even the Wingless, by M.C.A. Hogarth
- No More Lies, by Mona Risk
- Big Easy (Wyatt Thomas French Quarter Mysteries) and Southern Comfort Food Cookbook, by Eric Wilder
- Volume 4: True Ghost Stories from Canada & The Rockies, edited by Tom Kong
- FALCON'S DRAGON, by Luli Gray
- CLOCKWISE (book one in the Clockwise series), by Elle Strauss
- Old Farts, by Vera Nazarian
- Of Time and Dust (The Sally Reardon Supernatural Mysteries), by Steven Savile and Steve Lockley
- THE SCORPION'S ADVANCE, by Ken McClure
- Test Pilot's Daughter: Revenge, by Steve Ward
- Savage Nights, by W.D. Gagliani
- 21 Tales, by Dave Zeltserman
- The Horribles, by Nathaniel Lambert
- Psychosomatic, by Anthony Neil Smith
- Mourning Reign (a Christian thriller), by Edward Hancock II
- Still Coming, by Joseph Flynn
- The Austin Job (Reeferpunk), by David Mark Brown
- Some Like It Hot, by Judy Powell
- The Sometime Bride, by Blair Bancroft
- Rescue Me (a quirky romance novel about secrets, forgiveness and falling in love), by Sydney Allan (also, a number of erotica titles under Tawny Taylor)
- Alien Chicks In Citrus Bras And Stalkers From Beyond The Stars, by Barry Barroldson
** MJ Rose has a deal for those who pre-order her upcoming novel
The Book of Lost Fragrances: if you
email her a scanned copy of the pre-order invoice, she'll send you a sample of
Âmes Sœurs, a fragrance "re-created" by Frederick Bouchardy, with "hints of Frankincense, Myrrh, Orange Blossom and Jasmine. Its smoky uncommon finish suggests the past and the future, and lost souls reunited." Offer ends March 1 and the samples will be mailed out by March 13 (US and Canada only; quantities limited).
Nicolas Slonimsky: Writings on Music: Early Writings: 1, a textbook by Nicolas Slonimsky and Electra Yourke, is free for Canadian customers only in the Kindle store. This is no doubt a pricing glitch, as the US edition is $92, so grab it if you can.
