Kindle spring sale

[spex11]

I see Amazon have got lots of new books on offer for the next month. Two I'd recommend are Leah Fleming's The Girl Under the Oliver Tree (£1.49), set in wartime Crete, and if you're looking for something to make you laugh there's David Treanor's light-hearted travel adventure, Mission Mongolia at 99p.

Thanks Spex11, just what I need in time for the Easter hols. Any other recommendations anyone? I've taken a few chances based on the reviews

Not a great selection this time.
I enjoyed the dice man when I read it years ago and the phantom tollbooth.

Is there a link?

It's OK, I think I found it:

www.amazon.co.uk/b/ref=amb_link_187037787_11?ie=UTF8&node=6170854031&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-1&pf_rd_r=0MJYZZPZPMH60BX0DPK3&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=594971707&pf_rd_i=341689031

Thanks for the alert!

I enjoyed Capital by John Lanchester. Great for a holiday read, engrossing but well written.

It's interesting that the same books keep coming up on offer again and again, (some quite good ones, too The Beggar King by Oliver Potzsch, The Red Queen by Philippa Gregory, Capital by John Lanchester, Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides, all of which I got when they were previously on offer).

Some of the ones they keep pushing are by well-known authors as well, so you wouldn't think they would need to do this.

But some books are never on offer and the Kindle edition remains at £8 or something, which I refuse to pay! (Would rather wait and get a second-hand paperback).

Nadia The other thing I find interesting is when I read the book review section of the w/e papers there is often a book I am interested in & when I go to put it on my wish list for my kindle, it is often already down by about £3/4 from the e-book price the paper quotes.

Really? You would think Amazon would use the fact that a book has been reviewed in the papers as a reason not to reduce the price. Or is it that they reckon they will increase the volume of sales and make more profit that way?

I wonder what the publishers and authors think and how much say they get?

Thank you for posting this - just bought The Good Girl by Mary Kubica for 99p - I've had my eye on this

Thanks MabelStark, glad it was helpful. I haven't read The Good Girl so will look it up.

Thanks, I got a couple

Just seen Rachel Hore's A Week In Paris is also in the sale .. that's a good one. Any other tips?

The Kate McGuire series from graham masterton. Crime fiction set in Ireland.

Thanks Eve - just seen that Taken for Dead is just 19p. Must be the cheapest book in the sale!

I used to read Graham masterton as a tough teen, he wrote horror stories, i couldnt even open one now... shudders, good like with those!

Thanks Spex just bought Under the Olive Tree. Or should I say damn you, I don't have rooms for more books on my kindle

I know the problem! Hope The Olive Tree shuffles its way up the list -- I thought it was very well written.