The HarperCollins Mystery Sales for Kindle, Part 2 (12/18/14)

Yesterday we summarized some of the mysteries currently part of HarperCollins' huge sale. Some of those books are no longer on sale, but many of them still are. The titles mentioned yesterday were really only the tip of the iceberg.  Some of the other books that are on sale as of 12/18/14 include:

• 4 of Lawrence Block's mysteries with the hit man Keller are $3.79
• 4 of Dana Cameron's mysteries with archaeologist Emma Fielding are 99c to $3.99
• A pair of Vannetta Chapman's Amish mysteries are $1.99 to $2.99
• 10 of Mary Daheim's Bed-and-Breakfast cozy mysteries are $3.79 to $3.99 
• 4 of Tim Dorsey's humorous Serge Storms mysteries are 99c to $3.99
• A pair of Jerrilyn Farmer's culinary mysteries with Madeline Bean are $2.99 
• Over 20 of Frances Fyfield's British mystery/suspense novels are $1.99 to $2.99
• The first 2 of Alison Gaylin's Brenna Spector mysteries are $3.79 
• 3 of Micheal Jecks' Knights Templar historical mysteries are 99c to $3.79
• 3 of Sujata Massey's mysteries in her Agatha and Macavity award winning Rei Shimura series are 99c to $2.99
• 4 of Shirley Rousseau Murphy's cat mysteries with Joe Grey are $1.99 to $3.99
• 5 of Katherine Hall Page's cozy/classic mysteries with Faith Fairchild are $1.99 to $3.99
• 4 of Joanne Pence's culinary cozy mysteries with Angie Amalfi are $3.79 to $3.99
• 5 of James Rollins' thrillers are $3.79 to $3.99
• 2 of Ian Samson's British amateur sleuth mysteries in his Mobile Library series are $1.99
• 6 of Aline Templeton's British mysteries with DI Marjory Fleming are $2.99
• 3 of Nicola Upson's historical mysteries with Josephine Tey as an amateur sleuth are $1.99 to $3.99 
• 6 of Stuart Woods' best selling mysteries are $1.99 to $3.99, including 5 from his Stone Barrington series

Summarizing the Harpercollins Mystery Sales for Kindle (12/17/14)

With a little over a week to go before Christmas, Harpercollins has just dropped the prices on many of their mystery books for Kindle. The vast number of books on sale is a bit overwhelming, so we have tried to summarize some of the better sales by author. We have no idea how long these prices will last so grab them while you can:

• 4 mysteries from Mary Kay Andrews are on sale from $1.99 to $3.99. 8 of her books written as by Kathy Hogan Trocheck are also on sale from $2.51 to $3.99.
• All 14 of Stephen Booth's British rural mysteries in his Cooper & Fry series are $1.99 to $2.99
• Over 80 of Agatha Christie's mysteries are on sale from $1.99 to $3.99
• 3 Of Mary Jane Clark's Piper Donovan/Wedding Cake mysteries are $3.79 to $3.99
• 9 of Bartholomew Gill's classic British mysteries in his Peter McGarr series are 99c
• Each of the 4 books in Kathryn Miller Haines' highly regarded historical amateur sleuth mystery series with early 1940s NYC actress Rosie Winter are on sale from 99c to $1.99 
• 5 of Tony and Ann Hillerman's Navajo mysteries with Leaphorn and Chee are $2.99 to $3.99
• 14 of JA Jance's popular mysteries are on sale from $3.79 to $3.99
• Over 30 of Elmore Leonard's classic crime novels are $1.99 to $3.99 for Kindle 
• 9 of Laura Lippman's mysteries are on sale from $3.79 to $3.99, including 4 from her Tess Monaghan series
• Each of Tamar Myers' 4 mysteries in her series with missionary Amanda Brown are 99c to $3.99 for Kindle.   4 of her Den of Antiquity cozy mysteries are $3.99.
• Both of Catherine O'Connell's highly regarded mysteries in her amateur sleuth series with widowed socialite Pauline Cook are 99c 
• 15 of Lisa Scottoline's legal mystery/thriller novels are on sale for $1.99 to $3.99
• The first 2 books in Michael Stanley's Detective Kubu South African mystery series are on sale in a set for 99c 
• Each of Virginia Swift's 4 amateur sleuth mysteries with singer "Mustang" Sally Adler are 99c
• 8 of Charles Todd's award winning British historical mysteries are on sale from $1.99 to $3.99 , including 4 from the Ian Rutledge series and 3 from the Bess Crawford series
• 3 of Jacqueline Winspear's historical mysteries with Maisie Dobbs are on sale from $2.24 to $3.99

Mystery Book Fair

Mrs. MRM, here!  I hope you're enjoying the weekend with a good book or two.  We are cuddled up inside and staying out of the cold rain!  I spent the week running an elementary school book fair in a huge gymnasium, surrounded by books of every shape and size on every topic that might appeal to 5-12 year old children.  In other words, I had one of the sweetest volunteer opportunities ever.  As a book lover, it was tons of fun to spend my days watching kids' eyes get wide when they walked in the door and to hear them gasp with delight when they spotted a sought-after book.  It is also pretty special to watch a child get excited over a book in a culture that is inundated with video games and electronics.  Every year at book fair there are a few titles that fly off the shelves and create a little whirlwind of competition for the last copy.  (In case you were wondering, this year's titles were Sisters, Smile, and Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul.)   There were also some interesting "kid mystery" titles, including:

 Anyway, the experience made me think about what my dream mystery-themed book fair would look like, and I thought I'd share some of my musings with you.  Here's a peek at what the shelves might contain (the L.L. Bartlett is free as of this posting!):

Please post in the comments and let me know what your mystery book fair might look like!

Christmas Mysteries on Sale for Kindle, 12/3/14

Several of the major publishers have dropped the prices on Christmas mysteries and thrillers from popular authors.  As of today, 12/3/14, the following Christmas mysteries are on sale for Kindle:

• Laurien Berenson's Jingle Bell Bark from her Melanie Travis cozy mystery series
• William Bernhardt's highly regarded Christmas Eve thriller The Midnight Before Christmas
• While not on sale, the nearly 700 page Big Book of Christmas Mysteries is a bargain at the regular price
• Nero Blanc's short story collections A Crossworder's Holiday and A Crossworder's Gift
• Agatha Christie's classic Hercule Poirot's Christmas
• Isis Crawford's A Catered Christmas from her Mystery with Recipes cozy/culinary series
• Deborah Crombie's Water Like a Stone from her acclaimed British mystery series with Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James
• Kaitlyn Dunnett's A Wee Christmas Homicide from her Liss MacCrimmon cozy series
• Loren Estleman's harboiled mystery The Glass Highway from his Amos Walker/Detroit series 
• Martha Grimes' classic British mystery Jerusalem Inn from her Richard Jury series
• Jane Haddam's A Stillness in Bethlehem from her Gregor Demarkian series
• Andrew Klavan's holiday thriller/ghost story The Scarred Man
• Charlotte MacLeod's Rest You Merry, the very well reviewed debut of her Peter Shandy series, and The Convivial Codfish from her Sarah Kelling and Max Bittersohn series
• Leslie Meier's Mistletoe Murder, the first in her Lucy Stone cozy mystery series 
• Martha Ockley's highly regarded British Village mystery The Advent of Murder
• Shirley Rousseau Murphy's Cat Coming Home and Cat Deck the Halls from her Joe Grey cat mystery series
• Katherine Hall Page's The Body in the Sleigh from her Agatha Award winning Faith Fairchild classic/cozy mystery series
• Charles Todd's historical mystery/thriller The Walnut Tree 

 Let me know if there are any Christmas mystery sales that I am missing!

New Mystery Release Roundup: December 1-2, 2014

There have been a bunch of terrific new mystery releases and reissues in the past 2 days, both from the indies and the major publishers. Among the interesting new titles are:

• Isabella Alan's Murder, Served Simply, the third in her Amish Quilt Shop cozy mystery series
• Robin Austin's Creepy Cranberry Christmas, the second inexpensive novella in her Sasha and Sebastian cozy series
• Juliet Blackwell's Keeper of the Castle, the 4th in her Haunted Home Renovation paranormal cozy mystery series
• Duffy Brown's cozy mystery Geared for the Grave, the debut of her new Cycle Path mystery series from Berkley Prime Crime 
• Lucy Burdette's (aka Roberta Islieb) Death with all the Trimmings, the fifth in her Key West Food Critic cozy/culinary mystery series
• Laura Childs' Scorched Eggs, the 6th in her Cackleberry Club cozy mystery series
• Jane Cleland's Blood Rubies, the 9th in her Agatha and Macavity Award nominated Josie Prescott Antiques mystery series  
• Barbara Cleverly's twelfth Joe Sandilands mystery, Enter Pale Death
• EJ Copperman's Inspector Spectre, the 6th in his Haunted Guesthouse paranormal cozy series 
• Cleo Coyle's Once Upon a Grind, the 14th in her popular Coffeehouse series
• Cozy Christmas Capers, an inexpensive collection of 19 holiday mystery short stories from Gemma Halliday Publishing 
• Waverly Curtis' humorous cozy mystery The Chihuahua Always Sniffs Twice, the 4th in her Barking Detective series
• Kathi Daley's cozy mystery Alaskan Alliance, the 12th in her Zoe Donovan series 
• Krista Davis' The Ghost and Mrs. Mewer, the second in her Paws and Claws cozy mystery series 
• Christopher Fowler's latest Peculiar Crimes Unit mystery Bryant & May and the Bleeding Heart
• Kathleen Grasso's Evi's Curse, the bargain priced debut of the Evi cozy mystery series
• Mark Greaney's Full Force and Effect, his continuation of Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan series 
• Carolyn Haines' short story Bones on the Bayou from her humorous/cozy Sarah Booth Delaney series
• Rebecca Hale's Aground on St. Thomas, the third in her Mystery in the Islands series
• Edgar Award winner James W Hall's fourteenth Thorn mystery, The Big Finish
• Haley Harper's Boat House Bedlam, the third in her cozy mystery/ghost story series with Shannon Porter
• Liliana Hart's 4th JJ Graves mysery Down and Dirty
• Lily Harper Hart's Deadly Illusions, the third in her Hardy Brothers Security series 
• Sherry Harris' Tagged for Death, the debut of the Sarah Winston Garage Sale cozy mystery series from Kensington Books
• Steven James' Checkmate from his Bowers Files series
• Jim and Joyce Lavene's Spell Booked, the debut of their Retired Witches paranormal cozy mystery series from Berkley Prime Crime
• TC LoTempio's Meow If It's Murder, the debut of the Nick and Nora cozy/cat mystery series from Berkley Prime Crime
• The Susan McBride Collection, a bargain set with all 5 books in her popular Debutante Dropout humorous cozy mystery series
• Val McDermid's stand alone psychological thriller The Skeleton Road
• Julie Moffett's fifth Lexi Carmichael mystery, No Test for the Wicked
• Rose Pressey's first Haunted Vintage cozy mystery If You've Got It, Haunt It 
• Ann Purser's Suspicion at Seven, the 14th in her British village mystery series with house cleaner Lois Meade
• Nancy Cole Silverman's Shadow of Doubt, the debut of her cozy amateur sleuth mystery series with talk radio reporter Carol Childs, from Henery Press 
• Liv Spector's second Lila Day mystery/thriller, The Beautiful and the Wicked
• Orest Stelmach's The Boy Who Glowed in the Dark, the third in his Nadia Tesla series
• Susan Union's Paws for Death, the second in her cozy series with San Diego vet-tech Randi Sterling
• Raimon Weber's fourth historical mystery Kindle single featuring Arthur Conan Doyle, The Language of the Dead 

 If I have missed any, please let me know!!

Cyber Monday Mystery Deals for Kindle

With over 600 mysteries and thrillers on sale for up to 80% off for Kindle on Cyber Monday, it was very difficult to scroll through them to see what I wanted to buy.  I figured others were having the same problem so I have tried to summarize the best of today's deals below. All prices are good through midnight PST this evening, 12/1/2014.

• 11 of Jane Haddam's Gregor Demarkian mysteries are on sale for $1.99

• Aaron Elkins has 13 mysteries on sale for $1.99 for Kindle, including all three from his Chris Norgren series and 8 from his series with anthropology professor Gideon Oliver 

• 7 of Nero Blanc's Crossword mysteries are on sale for $1.99 
  
• 11 of Anne Perry's Victorian historical mysteries are on sale for $1.99, including the first 10 in her Charlotte and Thomas Pitt series
  
• 20 of Lawrence Sanders' mysteries and thrillers are $1.99, including books from his Archy McNally, Edward X Delaney, and Commandment series
  
• Over 20 classic thrillers from Jack Higgins are on sale for $1.99
  
• 27 of the late Stuart Kaminsky's mysteries are on sale for $1.99, including books from his Toby Peters, Inspector Rostnikov and Abe Lieberman series
  
• 11 of Ruth Rendell's mysteries and psychological thrillers are on sale for $1.99
  
• Each of Dorothy Sayers' 15 classic Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries are $1.99, and you can also get the first 3 in a set for $1.99
  
• 13 of Ellis Peters' historical Cadfael mysteries are $1.99
  
• 11 classic mysteries from Ellery Queen are on sale for $1.99
  
• 11 of Patricia Wentworth's classic British village mysteries with Miss Silver are on sale for $1.99
  
• 10 of Donald Westlake's wonderful humorous mystery/caper novels are $1.99, including 6 in the Dortmunder series
  
• 10 of Jane Langton's classic mysteries with Homer and Mary Kelly are $1.99
  
• 9 mysteries from Ross Thomas are $1.99
  
• 8 of Alan Jacobson's thrillers are on sale from 99c to $1.99
  
• 8 of Ken Bruen's hardboiled mystery/thriller novels are $1.99, including some written with Reed Farrel Coleman and Jason Starr
  
• Each of the 6 books in J Michael Orenduff's humorous Pot Thief mystery series are $1.99
  
• 6 of Robert Goldsborough's mysteries in his authorized continuation of Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe series are $1.99
  
• 6 of Ed Gorman's historical mysteries in his terrific 1950s series with Sam McCain are $1.99
  
• 6 of Edgar nominee Barbara Parker's legal mysteries are on sale for $1.99
  
• 5 of John Harvey's British mysteries with Charlie Resnick are $1.99
  
• 5 of Edgar winner Thomas Cook's mysteries are $1.99
  
• 5 of Pete Hautman's quirky humorous mysteries are $1.00
  
• 5 of Joseph Wambaugh's police procedurals are $1.99
  
• 5 of Stuart Palmer's classic amateur sleuth mysteries with Hildegard Withers are $1.99
  
• Each of the first 4 books in Don Winslow's Edgar and Shamus Award nominated Neal Carey series are $1.99
  
• 4 of Charlotte Armstrong's classic mysteries are $1.99
  
• 4 of Carl Hiaasen's mystery/thriller novels are $1.99, including 3 written with Bill Montalbano
  
• 4 of David Handler's acclaimed Stewart Hoag mysteries are $1.99
  
• 3 of GA McKevett's cozy mysteries with plus sized sleuth Savannah Reid are $1.99
  
• 3 of Roberta Rogow's historical mysteries in her series with Arthur Conan Doyle and Charles Dodgson are $1.99
  
• 3 of Peter King's Gourmet Detective culinary mysteries are $1.99
  
• 3 of Jonathon King's mysteries from his Edgar winning Max Freeman series are $1.99
  
• 3 of John Dickson Carr's classic mysteries are $1.99
  
• 3 of Susan Dunlap's Jill Smith mysteries are $1.99
  
• Each of Cordelia Frances Biddle's 3 historical amateur sleuth mysteries with Martha Beale are $1.99
  
• 2 of James Ellroy's hardboiled mysteries are $1.99
  
• a pair of mysteries from Shirley Kennett are $1.99

Let me know what I have missed! There was no way to get to everything.

June 4th 2013 New Mystery Release Roundup

As has become our custom here on the MRM blog, here is this month's batch of "first Tuesday" new mystery releases just in case you missed one:

• Jeffrey Allen's Father Knows Death, the third book in his Stay at Home Dad humorous cozy mystery series
• Lauren Beukes' buzzed about time travel mystery/thriller The Shining Girls
• Janet Bolin's Thread and Buried, the third book in her Agatha Award nominated Threadville cozy mystery series with Willow Vanderling 
• Allison Brennan's Stolen, the sixth book in her Lucy Kincaid romantic thriller series 
• Alafair Burke's new mystery/thriller If You Were Here
• Kate Carlisle's A Cookbook Conspiracy, the seventh book in her Bibliophile cozy mystery series
• Grace Carroll's Murder After a Fashion, the third book in her Accessories mystery series with fashionista Rita Jewel 
• Anne Cleeland's Tainted Angel, a historical mystery/suspense novel set in Regency England
• Peg Cochran's Steamed to Death, the second book in her Gourmet De-Lite cozy mystery series
• Sheila Connolly's Monument to the Dead, the fourth book in her Museum mystery series with fundraiser Nell Pratt
• Krista Davis' The Diva Frosts a Cupcake, the seventh book in her Agatha Award nominated Domestic Diva series
• Jeffery Deaver's The Kill Room, the tenth book in his popular series with Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs
• Alex Grecian's The Blue Girl, a historical mystery short story set in 1889 and featuring Scotland Yard's Murder Squad
• Beth Groundwater's Fatal Descent, the third book in her RM Outdoor Adventures whitewater rafting mystery series
• Craig Johnson's A Serpent's Tooth, the ninth book in his acclaimed series with Sheriff Walt Longmire that is the inspiration for the A&E show
• Linda O Johnston's Nonstop Spaniels, an inexpensive e-book only novella in her Pet Rescue mystery series 
• Diane Kelly's humorous mystery Death, Taxes, and Hot Pink Leg Warmers, the fourth book in her series with IRS Agent Tara Holloway
• Stephen King's Joyland, a brand new mystery/crime novel from Hard Case Crime.  For now this one is only in print and is not available as an e-book
• Allison Kingsley's (aka Kate Kingsbury) Trouble Vision, he third book in her Raven's Nest Bookstore paranormal cozy mystery series
• Kylie Logan's Mayhem at the Orient Express, the first book in the League of Literary Ladies cozy myster series
• Carol Ann Martin's Looming Murder, the first book in her new Weaving mystery series
• Jason Matthews' debut spy thriller Red Sparrow
• Maggie Sefton's Close Knit Killer, the eleventh book in her Agatha Award nominated Knitting mystery series
• Taylor Stevens' The Doll, the third book in her Barry Award winning series with the informationist Vanessa Michael Munroe
• Kate Watterson's Charred, her second book featuring Milwaukee, WI Homicide Detective Ellie MacIntosh
• CM Wendelboe's Death on the Greasy Grass, the third in the series with tribal cop turned FBI agent Manny Tanno

Let us know if there are any that we missed!