Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Rachel F. from Parkersburg, WV and Sue F. of Crosslake, MN won the copies of City of Scoundrels. Murder Cuts the Mustard is going to Lisa G. from Pensacola Beach, FL. The books are going out in the mail today.

This week, I’m giving away two award nominees. Catriona McPherson’s Strangers at the Gate is a nominee for the Simon and Schuster Mary Higgins Clark Award. Finn and Paddy move to the small town of Simmerton. Everything seems to be falling in place. Paddy’s been made partner at the law firm in town, and Finn has found full-time work as the deacon. And, Paddy’s new boss even offered them the use of a gate house on his property. It feels like a fairy tale until Finn keeps hearing strange sounds, and the thicket of trees make her feel claustrophobic. Then she and Paddy discover the bloody bodies of Paddy’s boss and his wife, and a strange email makes it clear it was murder.

Ann Cleeves kicks off a new series with The Long Call, an Agatha Award nominee for Best Contemporary Novel. She introduces Detective Matthew Venn. In North Devon, Venn stands outside the church as his estranged father’s funeral takes place. When he left the strict, evangelical community he grew up in, he lost his family, too. But a call to investigate a murdered body found on the beach nearby soon brings him back to the people and places of his past. What he discovers there will force his new life into a collision course with the world he thought he’d left behind.

Which mystery 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 heading should read either “Win Strangers at the Gate” or “Win The Long Call.” Please include your name and mailing address. The giveaway will end Thursday, Feb. 6 at 5 PM CT. Entries from the U.S. only, please.