The eBook deal of the day today for the Amazon Kindle is the pulp thriller Fun and Games, the first installment in Marvel Comics writer Duane Swierczynski‘s planned novel trilogy, for only $1.99 (that’s down 80% from the suggested retail price of $9.99).

Note, this deal is valid only for today, Thursday, October 20, 2011, until 11:59pm PST.

If you’d like to own a physical copy of Fun and Games, the book is also available in paperback for $10.19.

The second book, Hell and Gone comes out on October 31, 2011, with the final installment, Point and Shoot due out on March 7, 2012. Both books are available for pre-order in paperback and eBook.

Cult crime fiction sensation and Marvel Comics scribe Duane Swierczynsk’s Fun and Games is the first of three explosive pulp thrillers.

Charlie Hardie, an ex-cop still reeling from the revenge killing of his former partner’s entire family, fears one thing above all else: that he’ll suffer the same fate.

Languishing in self-imposed exile, Hardie has become a glorified house sitter. His latest gig comes replete with an illegally squatting B-movie actress who rants about hit men who specialize in making deaths look like accidents. Unfortunately, it’s the real deal. Hardie finds himself squared off against a small army of the most lethal men in the world: The Accident People.

It’s nothing personal-the girl just happens to be the next name on their list. For Hardie, though, it’s intensely personal. He’s not about to let more innocent people die. Not on his watch.