This week I’m giving away two copies of one title. Case Pending was Dell Shannon’s first Detective Luis Mendoza mystery. It was first published in 1960, and has been republished by Sourcebooks/Poisoned Pen Press as part of the Library of Congress Crime Classic series. This book originally came out in 1960, so it is not politically correct. However, Librarian of Congress Carla D. Hayden talks about that in her Foreword. Leslie S. Klinger edited, with an introduction and notes throughout the book.

“Here was the kind of casual homicide that occurred every week in a city like Los Angeles in the sixties. Beaten, robbed, and left in an abandoned lot, Ellen Ramirez’s death was like many others…in fact, nearly identical to a murder that happened six months
earlier – a case that Detective Luis Mendoza was never able to solve.”

Would you like to win a copy? Email me at Lesa.Holstine@gmail.com. Your subject line should read “Win Case Pending.” Please include your name and mailing address. The contest will end Thursday, September 17 at 5 PM CT. Entries from the U.S. only, please.