Congratulations to the winners of the last giveaway. The copies of The Satapur Moonstone will go to Linda M. from Portland, OR and Becky B. from Washington, D.C. One Italian Summer is going to Julia H. from Excelsior, MN. The books are going out in the mail today.
This week, the mysteries are taking readers off to England. The first book is the latest Kate Hamilton mystery by Connie Berry, The Shadow of Memory. American antiques dealer Kate Hamilton uncovers a dark secret connected to Victorian England. Kate is assisting her colleague Ivor Tweedy with a project at the Netherfield Sanatorium, which is being converted into luxury townhouses. Kate and Ivor must appraise a fifteenth-century painting and verify that its provenance is the Dutch master Jan Van Eyck. But when retired Inspector Will Parker is found dead, Kate learns that the halls of the sanatorium housed much more than priceless art. I could describe Parker’s connections, but I discovered them as I read. Why wouldn’t you want to do that rather than know ahead of time?
Or you could discover the first in Catherine Lloyd’s new series, Miss Morton and the English House Party Murder. It marks the debut of a new Regency set series when drastic circumstances compel Lady Caroline Morton to make an upstairs downstairs switch to become a lady’s companion, whose duties will soon entail solving a murder . . .The options for the penniless daughter of a deceased earl are few indeed in Regency England. So, following the suspicious death of her father, the Earl of Morton, and the discovery that she and her much younger sister have been left without income or home, Lady Caroline takes a post as a lady’s companion to the wealthy widow Frogerton. Then, Caroline’s aunt invites her and her employee to a house party at the Greenwood estate. But, there are problems at Greenwood. For one thing, Lady Caroline’s former fiancé, Lord Francis Chatham, is a guest and refuses to speak to her. Far worse, after a series of troubling harassments of the staff, an elderly family member is found stabbed by a knitting needle. As Caroline and an unexpected ally—Mrs. Frogerton—attempt to solve the chilling crime, they discover the culprit may be leaving bizarre clues as to who will be next in the nursery. But they must make haste, for this heartless killer is engaged in anything but child’s play . . .
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 lines should read either “Win The Shadow of Memory” or “Win The English House Party.” Please include your name and mailing address. The giveaway will end June 23 at 5 PM CT. Entries from the U.S. only, please.
Thank you! And I love the Kate Hamilton series–anyone on the fence should give them a try!
You’re welcome! And, you know I would have normally emailed you, but I spent last night watching stuff about the Jan. 6 hearings, and I just forgot!
Thank you!
You’re welcome, Connie!
Beautiful covers on both these new books!
Yes, they are, MM.
Too bad. For a minute there I thought it meant that you were off to England…
I really need to do that, Jeff. I’ll see if I can afford it after I retire.