Congratulations to the winners of the last giveaway. Karen K. from Marietta, GA won A Botanist’s Guide to Parties and Poisons. Meg L. from Portland, OR won Buzz Kill. The books are going out in the mail today.

I have two titles by male authors this week, books that feature female sleuths. There are two copies of The Blue Diamond, the latest Daughter of Sherlock Holmes mystery by Leonard Goldberg. The fate of the Allied forces rests with Joanna Blalock and the Watsons. During a critical stage in World War I, the Governor-General of South Africa journeys to London for a meeting of the Imperial War Conference. Days prior to the conference, he is scheduled of have an audience at Buckingham Palace at which time a most precious blue diamond will be presented to King Edward as a symbolic gesture of the colonies’ allegiance to England. But, the diamond is stolen, and Joanna and the Watsons are called to investigate the theft.

Or you might want to win a mystery set in the U.S., Steven F. Havill’s No Accident.

When a driver slams his pickup truck—twice—into a tandem bike being ridden by Carlos Guzman and his fiancée, Tasha, in Briones, California, it’s more than a simple hit-and-run; the driver clearly intended to harm them. Undersheriff Estelle Reyes-Guzman gets the call with the news of her son’s accident and wastes no time racing to his side. She is greeted by Police Captain Eddie Mitchell, formerly of Posadas County, who allows Estelle to “consult” on the investigation—but only to a point.

While Carlos struggles with critical injuries, an employee at the bike shop where Carlos bought the tandem is found shot dead in a dumpster—the same man who had borrowed the truck that mowed down Carlos and Tasha. The local cops aren’t convinced there’s any connection between the two crimes. Not a believer in coincidence, Estelle pursues every possible angle with a cop’s determination to solve the case, and a mother’s resolve to keep her son safe at any cost.

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 The Blue Diamond” or “Win No Accident”. Please include your name and mailing address. The giveaway will end Thursday, July 14 at 5 PM CT. Entries from the U.S. only, please.