Incidentally, Faber & Faber have
over a dozen low-cost ($2.69 CAD or less) discounted childrens' and adult mystery/thriller titles which are couponable via Kobo.
I think I'll go have a look at the samples later when I'm at home and pick out a few things to buy. The St. Petersburg mysteries look interesting, and so does that other Russian historical detective one.
After this bonanza and at those prices, I'm more than willing to throw a few dollars in Kobo and Faber & Faber's direction even though I'm highly unlikely to ever bother reading much of this stuff.