Stacking the Shelves #40

 

Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Reading Reality. It's a place to showcase any books I have purchased, borrowed, or been lucky enough to have been given an advance copy of. Hope you find something that looks interesting to you or that makes you remember a favorite book you need to finish. Enjoy your reading this week!

On sale this week for Kindle: $3.99 ($0 with my Kindle digital points)

My daily Book Bub newsletter had these listed for a steal and then when I went to my Amazon page I saw I'd get them for free due to Kindle points. They looked interesting enough and for zero dollars I just couldn't say no! I read up on the author and he has been writing these for awhile. They look a little like Anne Perry style books and I love all of hers. Inspector Ravenscroft is a failed detective who has been dismissed by his colleagues and while on a leave of sorts finds himself once again working a murder case. Each book is a different mystery and just reading the first few pages of book one I was hooked. He reminds me a bit of Perry's William Monk. 

On sale this week for Kindle: Free with my Kindle digital points.

This was in my Early Bird Books newsletter. I think the title caught my eye because I've not seen a cozy series set in Boston before. Most take place in England or New York. It's part of a series called Massachusetts Cozy Mysteries. Each book is set in a different historic area of Massachusetts and I'm always up for learning about new places while solving a mystery. This one looks fun and I'm excited to have book one! It's also a new to me author that I've not read before. 

On sale this week for Kindle: Sample (Very expensive for Kindle so I'm going to try the sample first)

I really want to read this book. And all of this author's books. She was featuring this one on my favorite podcast, Gone Medieval, with author Matt Lewis on their October 3rd episode. (numer 357 if you want to listen to it). I have promoted  books on my blog about Richard II and Henry IV before and I think they are interesting to me because there aren't a whole lot of them. Especially in historical fiction, which I like to read these days more than straight history. This is a history book but is written in a narrative style that makes the facts flow smoothly. 

It is unfortunate that a lot of new books written by UK authors are hard to get here in the U.S. for good prices or at the library. I might have to read the sample and wait a bit for this one.