Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Aubrey H. of Vienna, VA won A Bitter Feast. Terry O. from Divide, CO will receive The Bitterroots. The books are going out in the mail today.

This week, I thought it would be appropriate to give away “sinister” books for Halloween. The first is a story collection, The Last Seance, Tales of the Supernatural by Agatha Christie. It’s “an all-new collection of her spookiest and most sinister stories, including ‘The Wife of Kenite’, which has never been published in the United States.”

I have several copies of Carl Vonderau’s novel, Murderabilia, to give away. William McNary was eight years old when his father went to prison. He’s carefully built a life as a family man and a private banker, trying to forget that his father was a serial killer. And, his father photographed his victims. Those pictures launched the “murderabilia” art market. William has tried to forget all of that until his wife’s colleague is murdered, and the murder resembles those carefully arranged photos. Only one person can understand the copycat killer, the man William hasn’t seen since he was a child.

Which book 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 The Last Seance” or “Win Murderabilia.” Please include your name and mailing address. The contest will end Thursday, Oct. 24 at 5 PM CT.

Because of Bouchercon, this will be the last contest of October. The next contest will kick off on Nov. 1.