Barnes & Noble’s Daily Find pick, the psychological thriller You by Caroline Kepnes, was also named one of Suspense Magazine’s Best Books of 2014; her next novel, Hidden Bodies, is now available for pre-order. The narrator on today’s Audible Daily Deal, Cold Sassy Tree, is absolutely perfect for this classic of southern fiction; Kindle Unlimited subscribers can read the Kindle Edition for free. In the Kindle Daily Deals, Tess Gerritsen has a Romance, not a thriller, today, while another of my favorite authors, Seanan McGuire, has a novel that was originally released as a Kindle Serial; the second in the series, Indexing: Reflections, is on sale for the same price and is currently up to episode 13. The big find, though, is the three Louis L’Amour collections, which I have to pick up for the avid westerns reader in the house.
Today on Amazon’s Gold Box, save 50% on Hoover Power Scrub Deluxe Carpet Washer. In the Bonus Deal of the Day, save up to 75% on Swingline Laminator and Pouches. In the Lightning Deals today there are a number of books, mostly in Nonfiction genres.
Today’s Kindle Daily Deal is three Western story collections by Louis L’Amour for $1.99 each.
Desert Death-Song
Desert Death-Song compiles some of Louis L’Amour’s greatest stories, many of which have been hard to find in book form. Whether he was writing under his early pen name, Jim Mayo, or his own, L’Amour’s stories are unforgettable, touching on rough and rugged American ideals and set in the untamable frontier of the Western United States.
Nearly a dozen stories are presented here that represent the best of L’Amour’s yarn-spinning writing, a choice collection handpicked from the variety of pulp Western magazines in which the author first became known. The most popular author of Westerns the world has ever known, L’Amour writes stories full of mavericks, outlaws, romantics, and heroes. His characters follow the unspoken laws and morals of the Wild West, and the pictures he paints are unrivaled in their authenticity. From gold prospectors to sheriffs, characters of L’Amour tales will never be forgotten.
A collection of some of the best short fiction writing from the most famous Western author of all time.
Louis L’Amour is indisputably the most famous and well-respected writer to ever work in the Western genre. His stories captured life on the frontier at its most captivating and exciting, and with well over two hundred million copies sold of his work, his characters and stories have left an indelible mark on popular culture.
Home in the Valley collects six of L’Amour’s short stories, written early in his career. In the title story, Steve Mehan had accomplished what man had believed to be impossible. He had taken cattle from the home range in Nevada to sell in California in the dead of winter. Now the money from the cattle is on deposit with Dake & Company, but while in Sacramento, California, he learns to his shock that the company has failed and his money is almost surely lost. There is one hope: that news of the closure hasn’t yet reached a branch in faraway Portland, Oregon. The only chance to get the money back will be to beat the steamer boat carrying the news to Portland. To do that, Steve will need a long relay of horses, and he will have to be almost continuously in the saddle.
L’Amour’s best work conjures up a romantic, strangely compelling vision of the American West. Find out for yourself why L’Amour continues to be a household name and, even decades after his death, the gold standard for authentic Western storytelling.
Collected for the first time in a single book are six of L’Amour’s finest Western stories. The texts have been restored according to how they first appeared in their initial publication in magazines.
Jim Sandifer knows he’ll lose his job at the B Bar Ranch as well as the girl he’s sweet on when he prevents a raid by some B Bar men on the Katrischen Spread in “The Turkeyfeather Riders.”
In “Four Card Draw,” Allen Ring wins a small ranch—until the town marshal shows up and tells Allen he can’t live there because a murder that had taken place there is still unsolved.
In “Home in the Valley,” Steve Mehan has driven a herd from Nevada to California in the dead of winter and has the money safely on deposit with Dake & Company. But upon his arrival in Sacramento, he learns that the bank has failed.
Also included in this collection are “Man Riding West,” “West Is Where the Heart Is,” and “Fork Your Own Bronco.” The stories in Glory Riders easily reveal why Louis L’Amour is the greatest Western writer of all time.
More Kindle Deals of the Day for those in the US
| Romance | Thief of Hearts ($1.99) by Tess Gerritsen [Harlequin MIRA] |
| SciFi & Fantasy | Indexing ($1.99) by Seanan McGuire [47North] |
| Biographies & Memoirs | Lost in the Jungle ($1.99) by Yossi Ghinsberg [Skyhorse Publishing] |
| Teen/Young Adult | The Five Stages of Andrew Brawley ($1.99) by Shaun David Hutchinson [Simon Pulse] |
More Daily Deals
| Audible Daily Deal | Cold Sassy Tree ($9.99 Kindle; |
| Nook Daily Find | You: A Novel ($1.99 Kindle, B&N) by Caroline Kepnes [Atria/Emily Bestler Books] – Psychological Thriller; Suspense Magazine’s Best Books of 2014 |
| Kobo Daily Deal | Never Less Than A Lady: The Lost Lords #2 ($1.99 Kindle, Kobo) by Mary Jo Putney [Zebra] and Clover Park Series Boxed Set: Books 1-4 ($0.99 Kindle, Kobo) by Kylie Gilmore [indie] |
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