Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. The copies of The Secrets We Share will go to Lisbeth M. from Kingwood, TX and Caryn S. from St. Louis, MO. The books are going out in the mail today.

This week, I’m giving away two books dealing with libraries. Eva Jurczyk’s The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections is bookish fiction in a stunning debut following a librarian whose quiet life is turned upside down when a priceless manuscript goes missing. Soon she has to ask: what holds more secrets in the library―the ancient books shelved in the stacks, or the people who preserve them?

Maybe you’d rather win a cozy mystery, Holly Danvers’ Long Overdue at the Lakeside Library. An icy cold murder and a library patron collide in Holly Danver’s second Lakeside Library Mystery.
A glowing wood stove, a cozy log cabin, and shelves full of books are all Rain Wilmot needs to ride out the Wisconsin winter, now that she’s made her family’s Lofty Pines library her year-round home. But the warm-hearted librarian’s blood runs cold when local man, Wallace Benson, is found dead during the annual Ice Fishing Jamboree. After Benson’s body is found in his ice shanty, Rain recalls that she recently saw the victim in her library, borrowing a few cookbooks to prepare for the fishing tournament’s communal “chili dump.” She later finds these same books returned to the library’s drop box, with an enigmatic note from Benson to Rain.

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 Special Collections” or “Win The Lakeside Library.” Please include your name and mailing address. Entries from the U.S. only, please.

Please pay attention to this, and, yes, I am putting this in bold so you pay attention. I’m going to be in New York City at the end of next week so I can receive the Raven Award from Mystery Writers of America. So, I am extending this contest by a few days. It will end Sunday, May 1 at 8 AM CT. I’ll announce the winners the next day.