Bargain @ $2.99 (maybe) for Canadians only, probably for today only (Feb 19th) from Random House Canada's Vintage Canada imprint (non-couponable):
Headhunters by Norwegian author Jo Nesbų (
SYKM,
Wikipedia), his excellent standalone crime thriller which also has a very good film adaptation (
Wikipedia,
Roger Ebert 3½ ★ review) which I recommend, is the
Kobo Daily Deal for $2.99 CAD.
Or at least, it should be, since they advertise it at that on the front-page, but it's actually $4.99 when added to the cart and taken to checkout.
I did manage to get it at the sale price by contacting Kobo Customer Service, who agreed with my plan to buy it, send in a screenshot of the promo price advert, and they would give me a store credit for the difference.
Amazon does have it for $2.99 CAD (or the USD equivalent) outright, but only if you've an account set to a Canadian address. ETA:
Amazon.ca linkage for Canadians who actually do use the CA Kindle store.
Nevertheless, even with the hoop-jumping, I'm quite happy with my purchase just now, as it was one of my favourite book/film combos of last year and I've been waiting for this to price-drop.
WINNER 2008 – Norwegian Book Club Prize for Best Novel of the Year
FINALIST 2008 – Norwegian Booksellers’ Prize for Best Novel of the Year
A fantastic standalone thriller from the #1 bestselling author Jo Nesbo.
Roger Brown has it all: Norway's most successful headhunter, he is married to a beautiful gallery owner and owns a magnificent house. But he's also a highly accomplished art thief. At a gallery opening, his wife introduces him to Clas Greve. Not only is Greve the perfect candidate for a position that Brown is recruiting for; he is also in possession of The Calydonian Boar Hunt by Rubens, one of the most sought-after paintings in modern art history. Roger sees his chance to become financially independent, and starts planning his biggest theft ever. But soon, he runs into trouble--and it's not financial problems that are threatening to knock him over this time...