Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. The Shadow of Memory will go to Elisabeth W. from Pearland, TX. Carol V. of Lake Stevens, WA won Miss Morton and the English House Party Murder. The books will go out in the mail today.
This week, it’s a Give Me a “P” contest with two authors whose last name begins with P. I’m beginning with One-Shot Harry by Gary Phillips. Race and civil rights in 1963 Los Angeles provide a powerful backdrop in Gary Phillips’s riveting historical crime novel about an African American forensic photographer seeking justice for a friend.
LOS ANGELES, 1963: African American Korean War veteran Harry Ingram earns a living as a news photographer and occasional process server: chasing police radio calls and dodging baseball bats. With racial tensions running high on the eve of Martin Luther King’s Freedom Rally, Ingram risks becoming a victim at every crime scene he photographs. When Ingram hears about a deadly automobile accident on his police scanner, he recognizes the vehicle described as belonging to his good friend and old army buddy, a white jazz trumpeter. The LAPD declares the car crash an accident, but when Ingram develops his photos, he sees signs of foul play. Ingram feels compelled to play detective, even if it means putting his own life on the line.
Or, you could win Bill Pronzini’s Small Felonies 2. 50 short-short stories told in first-person, third-person, present as well as past tense, and in epistolary format; tales of detection (three feature long-running series character, the “Nameless Detective”), psychological suspense, historical noir, light and dark fantasy, satirical humor, horror, the biter-bitten, the O. Henry twist, a shaggy dog story or two, even a shameless futuristic Hemingway pastiche.
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 One-Shot Harry” or “Win Small Felonies 2.” Please include your name and mailing address. The giveaway will end Thursday, June 30 at 5 PM CT. Entries from the U.S. only, please.
