Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Becky B. from Washington, D.C. won Secrets of the Nile. Daniel M. of Weymouth, MA will receive Death at the Falls. Normally, I’d mail the books on Friday, but I forgot it was a holiday. I’ll get them out as soon as I can.
Let’s kick off the giveaway of book-related mysteries with Allison Brook’s Dewey Decimated. Librarian Carrie Singleton is just off a hot string of murder cases centered around the spooky local library in Clover Ridge, Connecticut. She could really use a break—but no such luck, as she; Smoky Joe, the resident cat; and Evelyn, the library’s ghost, are drawn into another tantalizing whodunit. First, a dead body is found in the basement of the building attached to the library, and it turns out to be Carrie’s fiancé’s Uncle Alec, who Dylan hasn’t seen in years. But Alec has no intention of truly checking out, and his ghost makes itself at home in the library, greatly upsetting the patrons. Carrie and Evelyn work hard to keep Alec out of sight, but what was he doing in Clover Ridge to begin with? And why was he killed?
Or you could win Kate Young’s Crime for the Books. The Jane Doe Book Club is hot on the trail of another real-life whodunit in Kate Young’s mystery. Lyla Moody and her book club, the Jane Does, are hosting a Halloween party at Magnolia Manor, tailored after Agatha Christie’s A Murder is Announced, but when the lights come on after the staged murder, a real victim lies dead with a gunshot wound in her chest. The victim was an estranged relative of Elaine Morgan, operator of the B&B, who’d earlier been seen arguing with her about the fate of the property. Suspicion immediately falls on Elaine, and she’s arrested. The Jane Does believe Elaine is innocent, and when they get the chance to team up with police officer Rosa Landry—a member of the club—they jump on it. But then, the club discovers that two more murders have been brazenly predicted online and in the Sweet Mountain Gazette—and that one of the intended victims is Rosa.
Which mystery would you like to win? You can enter to win both, but I need separate entries. Please email me at Lesa.Holstine@gmail.com. Your subject line should read either “Win Dewey Decimated” or “Win Crime for the Books.” Please include your name and mailing address. The giveaway will end Thursday, Nov. 17 at 5 PM CT. Entries from the U.S. only, please.
