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Five books = Five Winners! To celebrate Buy A Friend A Book Day I’m giving away five books as shown in the photo below. Please use the Rafflecopter below and be sure to comment about which book you’d like to receive. Unfortunately, due to shipping costs, contest is limited to U.S. residents. Contest ends Saturday, September 5, 2020.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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THERE’S A MURDER AFOOT by Vicki Delany

Gemma Doyle and her friends travel to London for a Sherlock Holmes convention–but will Gemma’s father take the fall for a felonious forger’s fatality?

The 6th of January is Sherlock Holmes’s birthday, and lucky for Gemma Doyle, January is also the slowest time of the year at both the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop and Emporium, and Mrs. Hudson’s Tea Room. It’s a good time for Gemma and her friends to travel to England for a Holmes Convention. For Gemma, the trip provides an opportunity to visit her parents, Jayne Wilson is excited about seeing all the sites London has to offer, and Ryan Ashburton just wants to spend some time with Gemma. But the trip is immediately derailed when Gemma’s father Henry recognizes his brother-in-law Randolph Denhaugh, who disappeared more than thirty years ago on the night he stole a valuable painting from his own parents.

Henry, a retired detective with Scotland Yard, has been keeping tabs on the man’s career as a forger of Old Masters and he warns Randy to stay away from his family. It’s up to Gemma, with the help of her friends, to plunge into the “lowest and vilest alleys” of London to save her father from prison.

 

JEALOUSY FILLED DONUTS by Ginger Bolton

It is a truth universally acknowledged—cops and donuts go together. Exhibit A: Deputy Donut Café, owned and operated by detective’s widow Emily Westhill and her father-in-law, the retired police chief of Fallingbrook, Wisconsin. Named after Emily’s adored and adorable tabby, the donut shop is a favorite among cops, firemen, and EMTs, as well as tourists and townspeople. So when Fallingbrook needs donuts for their Fourth of July picnic, Emily’s shop gets deputized.

But a twisted killer has found another use for Emily’s treats. At the picnic, a firecracker is hidden in a stack of raspberry-filled donuts and aimed at the unwitting queen of the festivities. When it explodes, she is killed. Having her jelly donuts involved puts Emily in a sticky situation, and when a shady shutterbug tries to frame her with incriminating photos, she finds herself in quite a jam. To preserve her freedom and her shop’s reputation, Emily needs to solve this case—before the fuse-lighting felon goes off again …

 

THE MURDER OF MARY RUSSELL by Laurie R. King

Mary Russell is used to dark secrets—her own, and those of her famous partner and husband, Sherlock Holmes. Trust is a thing slowly given, but over the course of a decade together, the two have forged an indissoluble bond.

And what of the other person to whom Mary Russell has opened her heart: the couple’s longtime housekeeper, Mrs. Hudson? Russell’s faith and affection are suddenly shattered when a man arrives on the doorstep claiming to be Mrs. Hudson’s son.

What Samuel Hudson tells Russell cannot possibly be true, yet she believes him—as surely as she believes the threat of the gun in his hand. In a devastating instant, everything changes. And when the scene is discovered—a pool of blood on the floor, the smell of gunpowder in the air—the most shocking revelation of all is that the grim clues point directly to Clara Hudson. Or rather to Clarissa, the woman she was before Baker Street.

The key to Russell’s sacrifice lies in Mrs. Hudson’s past. To uncover the truth, a frantic Sherlock Holmes must put aside his anguish and push deep into his housekeeper’s secrets—to a time before her disguise was assumed, before her crimes were buried away. There is death here, and murder, and trust betrayed. And nothing will ever be the same.

 

KEY LIME PIE MURDER by Joanne Fluke

It promises to be a busy week for Hannah Swensen. Not only is she whipping up treats for the chamber of commerce booth at the Tri-County fair, she’s also judging the baking contest; acting as a magician’s assistant for her business partner’s husband; trying to coax Moishe, her previously rapacious feline, to end his hunger strike, and performing her own private carnival act by juggling the demands of her mother and sisters.

With so much on her plate, it’s no wonder Hannah finds herself on the midway only moments before the fair closes for the night. After hearing a suspicious thump, she goes snooping–only to discover Willa Sunquist, a student teacher and fellow bake contest judge, dead alongside an upended key lime pie. But who would want to kill Willa and why?

Now Hannah needs to crank up the heat, hoping that Willa’s killer will get rattled and make a mistake. If that happens she intends to be there, even if it means getting on a carnival ride that could very well be her last. . .

 

BLACKBERRY BURIAL by Sharon Farrow

Between a booming art scene and elaborate Independence Day festivities, July in lakeshore Oriole Point, Michigan, is always a blast. Especially when an explosive murder case crashes the fun . . .

As owner of The Berry Basket, Marlee Jacob has learned a thing or two about surviving the summer tourist season in Oriole Point. So she gladly agrees to help run the annual road rally in honor of the local Blackberry Art School’s centenary celebration. While alumni arrive from around the country, Marlee hopes the expansive Sanderling farm will make an appropriate starting point for the race—despite rumors that the land is cursed . . .

But when Marlee surveys the property, she stumbles upon a long-dead body hidden in the bramble. It’s a horrifying mystery to everyone except her baker, who’s convinced the skeletal remains belong to a former student who had gone missing twenty years earlier. As the Fourth of July activities heat up, Marlee must rush to catch an elusive murderer—before the next ‘blackberry victim’ is ripe for the picking!

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103 thoughts on “Buy A Friend a Book Day!”

  3. My first choice would be The Murder of Mary Russell. I have heard fantastic things about King’s books. Thank you!

  4. I would definitely be most interested in There’s a Murder Afoot, but I also like the sound of the Jealousy Filled Donuts.

  5. Happy “Buy A Friend A Book Day” to you, too. Thanks for the chance to win. You are so generous!

  12. I would love the opportunity to read “JEALOUSY FILLED DONUTS” by Ginger Bolton.

    Thank you for the chance! Shared and hoping to be one of the fortunate ones selected.

  13. I’d love to win There’s Murder Afoot by Vicki Delaney. Thanks so much for your giveaway!

  19. Thank you for the giveaway! I’d like to win the book YOU would pick out.
    simmons dot catherine dot e at gmail dot com

  25. I have not had the pleasure of reading any of these books. I would love to read BlackBerry Burial!
    Thank you!

  30. I would love to win There’s A Murder Afoot. Thanks for the chance! almaj80(at)suddenlink(dot)net

  32. Any of the books would be so awesome and much appreciated for sure, If I have to choose one book I guess it’s There’s Murder Afoot by Vicki Delaney or Key Lime Pie Murder by Joanne Fluke or any of them! Thanks so much, have a safe, good day! nani_geplcs(at)yahoo(dot)com

  34. Kim I am not going to pick one you pick one for me but you have already given me a book for today so I am not eligible i don’t think. You have a great day and i bought Amy Ikari 2 books for this day not sure if you know her she is one of my pen pals and i met her in one of the groups. She is an avid reader and so nice. Thank you for doing all of this plus what you did for me hugs and stay safe

  44. How fun! These are all great books. My first choice would be There’s a Murder Afoot, second pick is Blackberry Burial. I haven’t read either of these yet. Thanks!

  58. Key Lime Pie Murder by Joanne Fluke…this is a series that I have been read a lot of and would love to catch up with! Winning this book would be incentive to catch up!

  61. All the books look great, but I’d like to win There’s Murder Afoot! Thank you for offering such a kind giveaway. 😀

  63. They all sound like good reads but I think I would start with Blackberry Burial.
    Thank you for the opportunity to win!!

  81. Jealousy Filled Donuts is a great title! That would be my preference, although any of the others would be great, too!

  85. They all sound great! I would love to win “Jealousy Filled Donuts.” The cover is so cute! Thanks for the chance to win!

  91. I would enjoy receiving any one of these books. I’ve only read Joanne Fluke.
    Thanks for the opportunity.

  93. I think I’d like to try Jeaousy Filled Donuts – although I’m sure I’d enjoy any of the books! Thanks!

  98. If I didn’t already have it I would choose Key Lime Pie Murder. I love Joanne Fluke’s books. But since I do have it I would choose either Blackberry Burial or Jealousy Filled Donuts but I would be happy with any of them.

  100. Thank you for the no tweet option. At 63 I still have knowledge of old times in my brain. Walk to the tv push “on”. Adjust the rabbit ears for clear picture. Add aluminum foil to the ends of the rabbit ears if necessary. If the picture is still fuzzy make your visiting cousin stand with one hand on the rabbit ear end until the commercial (15 min) then it’s someone elses turn.Walk to the wall connected pnone when it rings pick up the reciever to answer. Walk to the mail box after you hear the mail truck, get the mail in your hands. Walk to your friends house,knock on the door,ask her brother to have her come to the door,have your conversation. See old methods of communication and entertainment are taking up alot of space in my brain. I only can handle :phone,texting, snail and email,facetime and facebook, old fashioned in person talking and that’s my limit.

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