Congratulations to the winners of the first giveaway of 2020. Daniel M. from Weymouth, MA and Cheryl A. of San Angelo, TX won the copies of Murder She Wrote: A Time for Murder. Nancy C. from Garland, TX won the copy of the Agatha Raisin mystery, Beating About the Bush. The books will go out sometime in the next couple days, depending on weather.


This week, I have three copies of Paige Shelton’s Thin Ice to give away. The book was a terrific kickoff to a new series set in Alaska. Yesterday, Margie Bunting mentioned she just finished the book. Margie summarized it beautifully, so I’m going to quote her summary. (Terrific book. You won’t be sorry if you win it.) 


Here’s what Margie wrote. “Author Beth Rivers (who writes under a pseudonym) checks herself out of the hospital after brain surgery to escape to a place where she will be safe from her kidnapper, who is still at large. Her new home is in a remote area of Alaska, where no one will be likely to know her . . . hopefully. The setting is described realistically, with stark but beautiful scenery and neighboring wild animals. Beth still can’t remember much about her ordeal, but it starts coming back sporadically. The tiny town has a number of interesting inhabitants, including four women in the halfway house where Beth is renting a room. It’s claustrophobic, scary, and engrossing. One mystery is solved at the end of the book, but another is left hanging, so I’m assuming we’ll be seeing more of Beth in the future.”


Are you ready to read the first in a terrific new series? Email me at Lesa.Holstine@gmail.com. Your subject line should read “Win Thin Ice.” Please include your name and mailing address. You can’t win if I don’t have your mailing address. The giveaway will end Thursday, Jan. 16 at 5 PM CT. Entries from the U.S. only, please.


Good luck!