Book Giveaway – Dead Woman’s Shoes
THIS CONTEST IS CLOSED. The winner is:
Liliana of Maryland!!!! Your book will be on its way shortly. Thanks to everyone who entered; and a special shout out to Danna at her Cozy Blog for sending people this way!
In celebration of a new book in the series, I’m giving away a brand-spankin’ new copy of Kaye C. Hill’s first in the series, Dead Woman’s Shoes
Kaye’s latest book, “The Fall Girl” is available for pre-order at Bookdepository. The release date is around August 12. Woot!!!
This contest is open only to US addresses–However–if you live in the UK, you’ve a little luck: Dead Woman’s Shoe’s is on sale at the publisher site: Creme de la Crime for only 2 pounds! Pretty darn good deal for a trade paperback! (You may need to scroll down to find Dead Woman’s Shoes.)
Dead Woman’s Shoes is a cozy/mystery with a lot of suspense and great characters including Kinky the chihuahua, a missing cat, a vet, a policeman, an entire drama club, and of course, an amateur sleuth, Lexy, who must sort it all out even though she is on the run herself! There are twists and turns, capers–-and many a thread woven into a completely captivating tale. Dead Woman’s Shoes made my list of top books for 2008. I fully expect “The Fall Girl” to make my 2009 list.
If you include your mailing address in the email, and you are selected as the winner, I will announce the winner and mail the book right away. If you don’t want to include your mailing address, I will attempt to contact you via email ONCE. You will have a week to reply with your US mailing address. If I don’t receive an email within the week, I will select another winner. Please enter only one time. Multiple entries will be disqualified!
I’d love to hear your thoughts on the covers or the books (if you’re read them!) Earlier, I posted some info about the covers and how the publisher designs their covers.
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This cover doesn’t shout “cozy” to me, but rather indicates a more serious type of mystery. Does the word “pulps” ring a bell? The new Berkeley Prime Crime covers signal cozy big time. Take a look at the cover of Leannn Sweeney’s “The Cat, the Quilt and the Corpse” or Lorna Barrett’s “Bookmarked for Death.” I wrote reviews on both of them. I’d say if you are judging a book by its cover instead of reading the blurb, you’d grab for one of these, especially the “Cat.”
The covers on those books look rather “eerie” at best and shout pulps or true crime. Berkeley is into commercial sales and must have researched what art work would sell a book.
Comment by Dragonfly — August 2, 2009 @ 10:55 am
Can’t argue your take on it, Dragonfly. All the Creme covers have the same feel so that people associate the books with a “good mystery.” Of course, not all of Creme’s selections are cozies…so there seems to be crossing of design feel and features!
Comment by Maria — August 9, 2009 @ 10:51 am