Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Kathleen C. from Stockton, CA won Julia Buckley’s The Big Chili. And, Elaine R. from Jamesville, NC will receive Ellen Byron’s Plantation Shudders. The books will go out in the mail today.

This week, I’m giving away two mysteries featuring ghosts. If Onions Could Spring Leeks is a Country Cooking School Mystery by Paige Shelton, but there are always ghosts in the books in this series. Ghosts of the Old West show up in Broken Rope, Missouri, seeking help from Betts Winston and her grandmother. This time, a ghostly visitor appears by ghost train. Betts wants to track down the woman’s history, while Gram starts having nightmares about their visitor’s death. While they’re looking into the past, one of the town’s volunteers is murdered. It’s time to solve two mysteries.


Fran Stewart’s A Wee Dose of Death features a fourteenth-century Scot stuck in contemporary Vermont. It’s not easy for Dirk to adjust to life with Peggy Winn, owner of the ScotShop. But, when a professor is found dead, possibly killed over a secret project, Peggy and Dirk must set aside their differences to find a killer.

Which ghostly 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 Onions” or “Win A Wee Dose.” Please include your name and mailing address. Entries from the U.S. only, please. The giveaway will end Thursday, Feb. 4 at 6 PM CT.