Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Bonnie K. from Carmichael, CA will receive Over My Dead Body. The Last Dance of the Debutante is also going west, to Marilynne S. from Portland, OR. The books are going out in the mail today.

This week, I’m giving away two books with female sleuths. In Garden of Sins, award-winning author Laura Joh Rowland is back with the latest in her critically acclaimed Victorian mystery series. Crime scene photographer Sarah Bain Barrett must search for the killer of a woman she found murdered on a train. At the same time, she’s waiting for the verdict of her father’s trial for heinous crimes committed two decades earlier.

Or, you could win a copy of Jane K. Cleland’s latest Josie Prescott Antiques mystery, Jane Austen’s Lost Letters. An elegant older woman introduces herself to Josie as an old friend of Josie’s father, who died twenty years earlier. As she leaves, she gives Josie a brown paper-wrapped package. Inside is a notecard in her father’s handwriting, with two letters purportedly from Jane Austen to her sister. Josie wants to authenticate the letters, but she also wants to find out the story behind her father’s acquaintance. As she draws closer to the truth, she finds herself in increasing danger.

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 line should read either “Win Garden of Sins” or “Win Jane Austen’s Lost Letters.” Please include your name and mailing address. The giveaway will end Thursday, Jan. 20 at 5 PM CT. Entries from the U.S. only, please.