REVIEWERS' CHOICE WINNERS

Congratulations to these winners of the Reviewers' Choice Awards given by Romantic Times Book Reviews.

The winners in the Mystery, Suspense, and Thriller category are (for books published in 2009):

Amateur Sleuth: Plum Pudding Murder by Joanne Fluke (Kensington)

Contemporary Mystery: Kill For Me by Karen Rose (Grand Central)

First Mystery: A Bad Day for Sorry by Sophie Littlefield (St. Martin's Minotaur)

Historical Mystery: What Remains of Heaven by C. S. Harris (NAL)

PI/Police Procedural Novel: A Darker Domain by Val McDermid (Harper)

Suspense/Thriller: The Messenger by Jan Burke (Simon & Schuster)

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Author of THE END GAME

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JULIE MILLER WINS BOGEY'S ARC CONTEST

On March 23, I announced an ARC contest for THE END GAME on DorothyL. The rules were simple. On April 1 (Fool's Day) Bogey, the black standard poodle, and Ace tennis ball player, would draw a tennis ball from his toy box. Contestants are represented by a number to match names on the order of email entries.


Bogey's approach.



Digging around to find a winner.



And the winner is 8.



Julie Miller, Duluth, Minnesota.

YAY, JULIE!!

LEFT COAST CRIME AWARDS

The Left Coast Crime Convention has ended. The winners of the awards are as follows:

LEFTY AWARD in the Humorous Mystery category:

Getting Old is a Disaster by Rita Lakin

BRUCE ALEXANDER AWARD, Historical Mystery category:

A Trace of Smoke by Rebecca Cantrell

THE PANIK AWARD for LA Noir (this year only):

Death Was in the Picture by Linda Richards