Congratulations to the winners of the last giveaway. Dede W. from Pearland, TX won Dewey Decimated. Marla B. from Las Vegas, NV will receive Crime for the Books. The books will go out in the mail tomorrow.
I always end the book giveaways around Thanksgiving, and start them up again right around New Year’s. I don’t want to make extra trips to the post office during December. So, for the final contest of 2022, I’m giving away Christmas books. They’ll be there in time for you to read them over the holidays!
I have two copies of one of this season’s cutest books, the latest Andy Carpenter mystery by David Rosenfelt, Santa’s Little Yelpers. ‘Tis the season in Paterson, New Jersey: Lawyer Andy Carpenter and his golden retriever, Tara, are surrounded by holiday cheer. It’s even spread to the Tara Foundation. The dog rescue organization, not used to having puppies, has their hands full with a recent litter. Eight puppies are a lot to handle, and Andy is relieved when his co-worker Chris Myers agrees to foster them. Myers, a newer employee at the Tara Foundation, did time for a crime he swears he didn’t commit. When Myers discovers a key witness against him lied on the stand, he goes to Andy to ask for representation in getting the conviction overturned. Myers thinks they can have this wrapped up by Christmas, no problem. But when the witness is murdered, and Myers is arrested for the crime, things go from bad to worse. Suddenly, it’s all elves on deck to make a list and check it twice, so they can prove Myers is innocent.
Or, you could win a collection for the holidays, A Surprise for Christmas and Other Seasonal Mysteries, edited by Martin Edwards.
A Postman murdered while delivering cards on Christmas morning. A Christmas pine growing over a forgotten homicide. A Yuletide heist gone horribly wrong. When there’s as much murder as magic in the air and the facts seem to point to the impossible, it’s up to the detective’s trained eye to unwrap the clues and neatly tie together an explanation (preferably with a bow on top).
Martin Edwards has once again gathered the best of these seasonal stories into a stellar anthology brimming with rare tales, fresh as fallen snow, and classics from the likes of Julian Symons, Margery Allingham, Anthony Gilbert and Cyril Hare. A most welcome surprise indeed, and perfect to be shared between super-sleuths by the fire on a cold winter’s night.
Which book would you like to win? You can enter to win both, but I need separate entries. Email me at Lesa.Holstine@gmail.com. Your subject line should read either “Win Santa’s Little Yelpers” or “Win A Surprise for Christmas.” Please include your name and mailing address. This giveaway will end Thursday, November 24 at 5 PM CT. Entries from the U.S. only, please.
