IT'S A CRIME! (OR A MYSTERY...)

A Vengeful Longing - Three Book Giveaway Competition

Roger (R.N.) Morris has kindly offered three copies of his latest St Petersburg mystery paperback edition from Faber.  They will be signed and can be dedicated.  All you have to do is correctly answer the following question in the comments and be one of the first three correct replies: Where A Vengeful Longing is set in the summer, in which season was A Gentle Axe set?

Clue?  You can find one by following the link on the book list here (right hand bar) and looking at the picture.  Easy peasy.  Go on then...

Competition now closed, we have three winners in the comments.

Fancy an early read?

Tom Bale's Skin and Bones is due to be published by Preface on Jan 1st, 2009.  If you can't wait, you can have a proof copy.  See the bottom of this post for how to get your mitts on it.  (Because I think a little work should be involved.)

The synopsis runs:

On a cold January morning, a nightmare awaits in a small Sussex village. A deranged young man goes on the rampage, shooting everyone in his path before taking his own life. It is a senseless, tragic event, but sadly not an unfamiliar one. At least, that's what everyone thinks. Only Julia Trent - believed to be the sole survivor - knows that there was a second man involved. But after being shot and badly injured, her account of the massacre is ignored. But she cannot let it rest there. Together with Craig Walker, the journalist son of one of the victims, Julia sets out to find the truth. As they peel back the layers of a dark and dangerous conspiracy, they discover the slaughter didn't begin on that bitter day in January. And worst of all, it won't end there.

COMPETITION: win a signed copy of Andrew Taylor's Bleeding Heart Square

Competition now closed, we have a winner: congratulations to Carol in the US.

The closing date for entries is Sunday 15 June 2008, drawing the line at 10pm UK time.  This is open worldwide, so it's your chance to get your mitts on the novel before your compatriots, if you reside outside the UK.

How to win: be the first to answer this question correctly, sending your answer to the email address you see at the foot of this post.  (This is a change to earlier published instructions, because Typepad is proving a little unstable at the moment, following an upgrade.)

When Andrew Taylor was in his "University Days Part 1" - what he describes as "The Zhivago Phase" - and "surviving on a protein-rich diet of caribou meat and thistles", he searched for "inspiration in the snowy wilderness of" WHERE?

The answer can be found in Andrew's web pages here:

http://www.lydmouth.co.uk/

Enjoy exploring his site as you seek out the answer!

Answers to: c r i m e f i c r e a d e r @ g m a i l . c o m

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