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KND Kindle Free Book Alert, Sunday, May 22: A fascinating look at famous last suppers tops over 600 free contemporary titles in the Kindle Store! plus … Helen Smith’s dystopian thriller The Miracle Inspector is “very dark, very British, and very enjoyable.” (Today’s Sponsor)

Yes, there are hundreds of Kindle Free Book Alert titles awaiting you a little further down this page, but if you’re a reader who has been fascinated by imaginative dystopian novels from 1984 to Anthem, you’ll want to make a quick stop along the way to pick up Helen Smith’s The Miracle Inspector…. 


So first, a word from … Today’s Sponsor

Imagine Orwell’s Winston and Julia in a dystopian London of the near future, but here we’ll call them Lucas and Angela. Poetry has been forced underground, theatres and schools are shuttered, and women are not allowed to work outside the home. Can Lucas and Angela escape? A great read at any price, but just $3.99 on Kindle….

The Miracle Inspector is one of the few novels that everyone should read, it’s a powerful novel that’s masterfully written and subtly complex.” 
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The Miracle Inspector 
by Helen Smith
4 out of 5 stars   17 Reviews
Text-to-Speech and Lending: Enabled 
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Very dark, very British, very enjoyable.”



Here’s the set-up:

A darkly comic literary thriller set in the near future. England has been partitioned and London is an oppressive place where poetry has been forced underground, theatres and schools are shut, and women are not allowed to work outside the home. A young couple, Lucas and Angela, try to escape from London – with disastrous consequences.

Helen Smith was the recipient of an Arts Council Award for The Miracle Inspector.


What the Reviewers Say
“If you’re looking for something different, something unique and dark – reminiscent of The Road even – then check out The Miracle Inspector. It’s worth it.”
–Maria Elizabeth Perez

“The future world that Helen Smith paints is frightening in the fact that I could envision it being real instead of fiction. The women are not allowed to work but have to stay home. They have to cover up when they venture out of the confines of home. This reminds me of my time when I was living in Saudi Arabia and had to cloak when I ventured out of my Western compound but The Miracle Inspector is set in London, England! With the happenings in today’s world, it is easy to envision that this just might be the future for us. Perhaps it is a warning?”
–Kristie Leigh Maguire, author of Second Chances


“The book is almost a sardonic commentary on the results of unchecked paranoia over pedophiles, rapists, and the dangers of free thought: we are safest when children, women, and philosophers are invisible or nonexistent in society at large.”
–Alice Y. Yeh, Stimulated Outlet Book Reviews


About the Author


Helen Smith is a member of the Society of Authors and the Writers Guild of Great Britain. She traveled the world when her daughter was small, doing all sorts of strange jobs to support them both – from cleaning motels to working as a magician’s assistant – before returning to live in London where she wrote her first novel, which was published by Gollancz in 1999. She writes novels, children’s books, poetry, plays and screenplays and was the recipient of an Arts Council of England Award. She’s a long-term supporter of the Medical Foundation for the Victims of Torture and mentors members of an exiled writers group to help them tell their stories.

She is currently under commission to write a play in 2011 and has a pilot for a TV series in development. She’s also working on a new novel. She likes knitting but she doesn’t like driving. She likes dancing. She has a blog: http://helensmithblog.blogspot.com. Come and say hello!


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Kindle Nation Daily Free Book Alert, Friday, February 25: Here’s Something Entirely New: A Free “Kindle Single” Tops Our Brand New Freebies!, plus … a perfect British mystery for just 99 cents in Helen Smith’s Three Sisters (Today’s Sponsor)


If you’ve been wondering about Amazon’s new “Kindle Singles” but haven’t tried one yet, dip your toes in the water with today’s Free Kindle Single by Abrahm Lustgarten, which sits at the top of our listing of over 200 contemporary free titles in the Kindle Store. If you liked Erin Brockovich and A Civil Action, you won’t be able to put this one down….

But first, a word from … Today’s Sponsor

How could Emily know, as she left her house that evening, that she was making an appointment with death? 

From Helen Smith, one of our favorite UK authors … the perfect British mystery for just $.99

“This is a perfectly formed mystery in every way; each necessary clue is present and followed up, though, as you would expect from a well-constructed mystery, there are plenty of false clues and blind alleys.”
–P. J. Salisbury, author


Three Sisters (The Emily Castles Mysteries) 
by Helen Smith
4.1 out of 5 stars   10 Reviews
Text-to-Speech: Enabled 
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I want more of Emily Castles, please!



Here’s the set-up:

It’s bonfire night in London. Emily has been invited to a party in the big house at the end of her street by the new owners, whom she has never met. Emily’s dog Jessie has recently died so Emily is feeling a little raw and emotional. How could she know, as she left her house that evening, that she was making an appointment with death?

Three Sisters is short fiction – approximately 17,000 words, equivalent to around 70 printed pages. It is the first story in a new comic mystery series by award-winning novelist Helen Smith, featuring amateur sleuth, Emily Castles. It contains no profanity or sexual content.


What the Reviewers Say
“I bought “The Three Sisters” before the product description was even up, because I am a big fan of Helen Smith and all her books, and I was not disappointed. At 70-ish pages, this story is longer than your average short story, yet even in a short space, Helen manages to create a sympathetic and likeable main character, Emily Castles. I look forward to reading the further adventures of Emily.”
–Anne Marie


“Love this short little mystery. I read it in one afternoon and REALLY enjoyed the way the author set up the story. Kind of a murder mystery theater gone wrong. Makes me wish I could have been there. 🙂 Keep ’em coming Helen!”
–NYM

About the Author
Helen Smith is a member of the Society of Authors and the Writers Guild of Great Britain. She traveled the world when her daughter was small, doing all sorts of strange jobs to support them both – from cleaning motels to working as a magician’s assistant – before returning to live in London where she wrote her first novel, which was published by Gollancz in 1999. She writes novels, children’s books, poetry, plays and screenplays and was the recipient of an Arts Council of England Award. She’s a long-term supporter of the Medical Foundation for the Victims of Torture and mentors members of an exiled writers group to help them tell their stories. She is currently under commission to write a play in 2011 and has a pilot for a TV series in development. She’s also working on a new novel. She likes knitting but she doesn’t like driving. She likes dancing. She has a blog: http://helensmithblog.blogspot.com. Come and say hello!

Click here to download Three Sisters (The Emily Castles Mysteries) (or a free sample) to your Kindle, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, BlackBerry, Android-compatible, PC or Mac and start reading within 60 seconds!

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Free Contemporary Titles in the Kindle Store 
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Just use the slider at right of your screen below to scroll through a complete, updated list of free contemporary Kindle titles, and click on an icon like this one (at right) to read a free sample right here in your browser! Titles are sorted in reverse chronological order so you can easily see new freebies.