Winners - Match Cover with Title Competition

This competition ran a week ago.
The winners are: Bernadette, Dorte, HeartBeat, Tim -HeartBeat and Tim can you send me your snail mail addresses please. Bernadette and Dorte I already have yours.

Here are the answers

THE MYSTERIOUS MR QUIN, Agatha Christie	NAME TO A FACE, Robert Goddard	THE REDEEMER, Jo Nesbo	MURDEROUS REMEDY, Stella Shepherd
PERIL AT END HOUSE, Agatha Christie	LUCIFER'S SHADOW, David Hewson	SHADOW, Karin Alvtegen	WOBBLE TO DEATH, Peter Lovesey
SHATTER, Michael Robotham	THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE, Stieg Larsson

My giveaways
MYSTERIOUS PLEASURES, edited by Martin Edwards
THE CRUEL STARS OF THE NIGHT, kjell eriksson
BROKEN, Karin Fossum

Match the cover with a title - competition

In the table below are a number of covers (with titles and authors removed, just to make it interesting) taken from my recent posts, and here a list of titles and authors.

A. LUCIFER'S SHADOW, David Hewson ; B. MURDEROUS REMEDY, Stella Shepherd ; C. NAME TO A FACE, Robert Goddard; D. PERIL AT END HOUSE, Agatha Christie; E. SHADOW, Karin Alvtegen; F. SHATTER, Michael Robotham; G. THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE, Stieg Larsson; H. THE MYSTERIOUS MR QUIN, Agatha Christie; I. THE REDEEMER, Jo Nesbo; J. WOBBLE TO DEATH, Peter Lovesey

Your assignment is to match them up. Just leave your answer as a comment.

1	2	3	4
5	6	7	8
9	10

I have 3 books to give away for the competition. I will send them anywhere in the world, but if you are outside Australia, it will come surface mail.

In your comment, say whether you would like
MYSTERIOUS PLEASURES, edited by Martin Edwards
THE CRUEL STARS OF THE NIGHT, kjell eriksson
BROKEN, Karin Fossum

You won't necessarily have to get them all right, but that will be an advantage.
If more than one "best" answer chooses the same book, then I'll draw straws or something.
I'll contact the winners to get snail mail addresses.
The competition will close in 2 weeks. (August 4)

And the Winner Is!

The winner of the competition to win a copy this book, from 5 participants, drawn by the Cat's Paw, was Sunnie from Tasmania.

Thank you to all participants.

Keep on the lookout for another competition for a free give away in about 3 weeks time.

Up for grabs: a copy of THE GOOD HUSBAND OF ZEBRA DRIVE, Alexander McCall Smith

Another competition, this time to win THE GOOD HUSBAND OF ZEBRA DRIVE
I will post it anywhere, but it will come by surface mail if you are outside Australia.
This competition will close on Saturday 23 May, midnight my time (Adelaide, South Australia)

#8 in the No. 1 LADIES DETECTIVE AGENCY series.
After I read the previous title in this series, I thought perhaps it was coming to an end; that McCall Smith had no more to tell, could do no more with the material. How wrong I was! With THE GOOD HUSBAND OF ZEBRA DRIVE the series swings upward to another peak. Matters come to a point between that traditionally built lady Precious Ramotswe and her secretary Mma Makutsi when the latter takes the afternoon off to do some shopping when she is supposed to be minding the office. Mma Makutsi decides to resign and to look for a new job. Meanwhile, when Mma Makutsi was absent, Precious Ramotswe’s husband, Mr. J L. B. Matekoni interviewed a client, and he tells his wife he would like to follow that case through, carrying out the investigation himself. A cousin working in the administration of the public hospital in Mochudi comes to see Precious Ramotswe about some unexplained deaths at the hospital, so once again the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency has its hands full.
My rating: 5

Just 3 questions to answer correctly to enter the draw for this book.
Enter your answers on the form you'll find here.
You might like to check what else I've written about this series.

Leave me a comment if you also like this series.
Which one is your favourite?

And the winner of Billingam's DEATH MESSAGE was..

For the last week I have run a small competition where entrants could win a copy of Mark Billingham's DEATH MESSAGE.

The competition closed on May 9.

There were 4 entrants with correct answers:
Sunnie, Luanne, Dorte, and Tim.
The "cat's paw" has chosen Sunnie as the winner.

The questions and answers
1. How many novels does Mark Billingham list on his site?
answer: 8
2. What is the name of Billingham's detective?
answer: Detective Inspector Tom Thorne
3. Who has been killed in the Prologue of DEATH MESSAGE?
answer: Angies & Robbie

Download the first chapter at http://www.markbillingham.com/message.html

Win a copy of DEATH MESSAGE, Mark Billingham

#crimefiction

I have discovered I have two copies of DEATH MESSAGE so am using the paperback size one for this competition.

You have until end of Saturday 9 May to enter.

You will need to visit Mark Billingham's own site to get information for the answers
If more than one person gives the correct answer, I will draw the name out of a hat.
I am willing to send the book anywhere, but it will come by snail mail.

The questions
1. How many novels does Mark Billingham list on his site?
2. What is the name of Billingham's detective?
3. Who has been killed in the Prologue of DEATH MESSAGE?
Download the first chapter at http://www.markbillingham.com/message.html

Ready to enter?

DON"T give the answer in comments!
I have set up a special form on Google Docs. No logging in, should just be accessible from here in your browser.
By all means leave me a comment here to let me know you've entered.

Up for Grabs - THE IRON HEART by Marshall Browne

Marshall Browne is an Australian author and you will find I have referred to him quite a bit in my blog.

I am offering a copy of Browne's latest book THE IRON HEART (just reviewed) and I am willing to send it anywhere in the world.
But you will have to work for it!

There are 10 questions to answer.
This label will help you find most of what you need. You may have to follow a link or two to get the right answer.
You must answer via a comment - I have put Comments into moderation to facilitate this.

Even if you don't actually want a copy of the book, you can enter the competition. Just say in your comment that you don't want a copy.
I will take entries until April 25 and if there is more than one winner I'll pick the winner's name out of a hat.
On April 27 I will announce the correct answers, as well as who has won the book, and invite the person to contact me by email.

The Questions:

A

B

C

D

1. Which of the above is Marshall Browne?
2. Which Marshall Browne book is basically a classic locked room mystery?
3. In which Inspector Anders book does a bomb explode in the boardroom on the 33rd floor of a Frankfurt office tower?
4. Who is the protagonist in THE IRON HEART?
5. What has been Marshall Browne's profession for most of his life?
6. For which novel did Marshall Browne win Best First Novel Ned Kelly Award in 2000?
7. What is Inspector Anders' distinguishing physical characteristic?
8. In which Australian city are Browne's historical novels set?
9. How many titles are there in the Inspector Anders series?
10. How did Anders lose his leg?

So there you are. Happy researching.

And the winner is...

I've been running a competition over the last few days for a copy of ===>

The winner is Dorte - drawn randomly by reliable hubby!

Here are the questions and the answers:

1. What is the name of the village in which Louise Penny sets her series featuring Chief Inspector Armand Gamache?
   Three Pines
   
2. What festive season is THE CRUELLEST MONTH set in?
   Easter
   
3. Which of her books did Louise Penny win the John Creasey New Blood Dagger with?
   STILL LIFE
   
4. Name 2 other awards this particular book won (the book in Q3 that is)
   The Arthur Ellis Award and the Dilys Award
   
5. Two of Penny's books have had different titles for US and Canadian publications. Give both titles of one of them.
   A RULE AGAINST MURDER (US)/ THE MURDER STONE (CANADA)
   A FATAL GRACE (US)/ DEAD COLD (CANADA)
   
6. What is the name of the house where the seance was held in THE CRUELLEST MONTH?
   The Hadley House
   
7. What rating did I give THE CRUELLEST MONTH?
   4.8 - see my review
   
8. When Louise Penny has her birthday this year, how old will she be?
   51 - a mere spring chicken!
   
9. UND DIE FURCHT GEBIERT DEN ZORN is the title of the German publication of which Canadian title?
   DEAD COLD
   
10. In DEAD COLD a spectator is killed while watching a sports match. What was the sport, and how was the person killed?
    Curling, the person was electrocuted.
    

Thank you to Kaye, Dorte and Pierre for entering.

I am aiming to make this a regular feature of my blog but probably on a fortnightly basis, so watch out after Easter

Up for Grabs - THE CRUELLEST MONTH, Louise Penny

This is my first foray into the world of competitions/free books.

I am aiming to make this a regular feature of my blog but probably on a fortnightly basis.

I am offering a copy of THE CRUELLEST MONTH by Louise Penny, in good condition. And I don't care where you live. I'll send anywhere in the world, but it will come by surface mail wherever you are.

But you need to do some work for it.
Despair not: you can have some help

• My review
• Louise Penny's own website
• See Breaking News
  

You may answer via a comment - I have put Comments into moderation to facilitate this.
Even if you don't actually want a copy of the book, you can enter the competition. Just say in your comment that you don't want a copy.
I will take entries until the end of March and if there is more than one winner I'll pick the winner's name out of a hat.
At the beginning of April I will announce the correct answers, as well as who has won the book, and invite the person to contact me by email.

1. What is the name of the village in which Louise Penny sets her series featuring Chief Inspector Armand Gamache?
2. What festive season is THE CRUELLEST MONTH set in?
3. Which of her books did Louise Penny win the John Creasey New Blood Dagger with?
4. Name 2 other awards this particular book won (the book in Q3 that is)
   
5. Two of Penny's books have had different titles for US and Canadian publications. Give both titles of one of them.
   
6. What is the name of the house where the seance was held in THE CRUELLEST MONTH?
7. What rating did I give THE CRUELLEST MONTH?
8. When Louise Penny has her birthday this year, how old will she be?
9. UND DIE FURCHT GEBIERT DEN ZORN is the title of the German publication of which Canadian title?
10. In DEAD COLD a spectator is killed while watching a sports match. What was the sport, and how was the person killed?
    

So you see - you have to do some work!
Happy hunting for the answers.