[ATDrake]

Originally Posted by zelda.owns.link

Kobo Sale: http://www.kobo.com/weekendsale

There's some good stuff in that sale if you're a Canadian mystery reader.

Ian Hamilton's (SYKM) Ava Lee series starring a Chinese-Canadian Catholic lesbian (possibly bisexual, but so far I've only run into brief mentions of her having dated women in the past) forensic accountant who tracks down white-collar crime in Asia was an Arthur Ellis Award Winner for Best First Novel for the 1st in series, and books #1-4 are $4.99 each and couponable (down from around $12, I'm hoping that #5-6 will drop also, since #2-4 were still full-price when the sale started but have adjusted). I picked up the 1st+bonus prequel edition yesterday and I'm midway through it and enjoying it quite a lot and I'm going to buy the others later today.

Gail Bowen's (SYKM, Wikipedia) Joanne Kilbourn series starring a political science professor in Saskatchewan has a 3-book introductory omnibus for $4.99 (McClelland & Stewart, a Canadian publisher acquired by Random House and not couponable), and several books in this series have been Winner or Finalist for the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel (this is our major national mystery/crime prize, akin to the Edgar Awards).

Scott Young's (SYKM) Inspector Mateesie series starring an Inuit RCMP officer in the Arctic is another Arthur Ellis Best First Novel finalist, and the 2-book bundle from HarperCollins Canada is also $4.99 (not couponable).

I haven't read either Bowen or Young before, but at these prices and with the prospect of Supporting Canadian Culture, I'm going to give it a try.

UK author Michael Jecks (SYKM, Wikipedia)'s long-running Knights Templar mystery series starring a retired Crusader returned to medieval England has books #7-13 and #32 (actually a #0 prequel filling in Sir Baldwin's backstory during the Crusades, which is an action adventure with no murder mystery in it, according to the author foreword) is on sale for $1.99 each from Simon & Schuster UK (not couponable). I bought #32 and #7 earlier this week and I've started on the latter and am enjoying it so far (the author includes nice historical notes in the introduction), enough to go back and scoop the rest.

There's also two Terry Pratchett books in the sale at $4.99 each (up from $4.39 on Thursday when I should have picked them up straightaway, aarghdammit!), Dodger (couponable), and something he co-wrote with Stephen Baxter.