Around the holidays, my mother used to search for small,
inexpensive items to put in the kids’ Christmas stockings along with hard candy
my grandfather made, walnuts, almonds and tangerines.
So, as we are besieged by advertising about Christmas gifts,
black Fridays, Cyber Mondays, flat-screen TVs, Hondas and new blockbuster
movies, I realized I’ve done nothing to market my books. Inspired by the stockings that were “hung by
the chimney with care,” it occurred to me that many of my books could provide
tiny, inexpensive gifts — Kindle, Nook and iPad stuffers. Great last minute
gifts for the mystery lovers in your life.
Quick and easy and just in time! Even some of my more
expensive e-books have been reduced to a price less than a Hallmark Card and
doesn’t even require postage. And
there’s even a place for a message. All
of the books below are available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble and can be
sent, along with a message, as gifts to friends and family. All of them can be
found, at this moment, for less than $4.
All you need is the email address your friends or relations use to
download books and the source of that download:
The e-book prices below are current as of this posting and
are based on Amazon prices, though the books are available elsewhere as well. Buy here or check in with your favorite bookstore or ebook provider.
Death
in the Haight, Dutton,
$2.99. Fifteen-year-old Michael appears to have been kidnapped, but he is also
implicated in the murder of a prostitute. Noah Lang is hired by Michael’s
parents to get to the bottom of the situation. Lang wrestles with the moral
implications of rescuing Michael, only to have to turn him in for murder; and an
increasingly volatile homicide inspector’s behavior may just put Lang’s life in
as much grave danger as Michael’s. This
just released, original novella is among the first books released in Penguin’s
re-launch of the famous Dutton Guilt Edged Mysteries imprint.
Mascara, Death in the Haight, LDF Books, $3.99. From the very
beginning, things just aren’t what they seem. On a late, lonely night, San
Francisco private investigator Noah Lang’s eyes deceive him. He makes a
mistake. But what should have been simply an embarrassing moment becomes a
deadly walk on the wild side. Unfortunately for Lang, before this nightmare is
over, he puts his life on the line a second time for a new client who may or
may not have a missing husband, who might or might not live on a boat in
Tiburon and who seems to have an odd way to settle the bill for services
rendered. Also available in trade
paperback.
Good to the Last Kiss, Severn House, $2.99. An Inspector
Vincent Gratelli mystery — San Francisco Inspector Vincent Gratelli is charged
with finding the killer of young women — all murdered in the same way, all left
with an intimate mark. The most recent victim was beaten and raped in her
weekend cabin. There appears to be only one difference — she is still
alive. This leaves Gratelli with two
questions: how can these murders be stopped . . . and how does the killer feel
about unfinished business?
“A
dark, twisty, little gem.”— Kirkus
Reviews
Bullet Beach, Severn House, $2.99. PI Deets Shanahan
takes on the search of his lifetime. When seventy-one-year-old private investigator
Deets Shanahan learns from a snippet of news on the Internet that his brother, who
disappeared when they were kids, could be somewhere in Thailand, he immediately
sets out, accompanied by his lover, Maureen, to find his errant sibling. But it
turns out that this is much more than finding a missing person who wants to
stay missing. Treasure, deceit and murder soon interrupt their search on the
streets of Bangkok and on the beaches of Phuket. This is the most recent Shanahan mystery. Order on-line or go through your local
bookstore.
“Engaging and entertaining.”
— Booklist
Death in North Beach, Severn House, $2.99. The second book in
the new Paladino and Lang mystery series.
Sweet William, a professional companion to the wealthy, needs help. A
famous, but not beloved, novelist is found dead, and William is the prime
suspect. His only recourse is for the real murderer to be found. Working from
an impressive list of suspects, all whose secrets were to be revealed in the
victim's unpublished tell-all memoir, Carly Paladino and Noah Lang stir up
serious trouble on their hunt for the missing manuscript — and the murderer. Also available in trade paperback. Order
on-line or go through your local bookstore.
“…. the makings of
a superior series. Tierney, author of the Deets Shanahan series, has a winner
here.” — Library Journal
The Early Shanahans, Books 1 through 4, LDF Books, $3.99
each. These are the first books in the
popular “Deets” Shanahan series. An
aging private investigator gets a new lease on life and he along with a host of
colorful characters sort out some serious murders in Indianapolis. The Stone Veil, Steel Web, Iron
Glove and Concrete Pillow are also available in trade paperback.
"Tierney's
'Deets' Shanahan series offers characters of depth and sensuality, and well-placed
swipes of razor-sharp humor." — Publishers Weekly
I’ll make one more sales pitch next Monday, then I’ll give it a rest for a while.
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