Mrs Hudson wants to give YOU an ARC!

The “Mrs Hudson’s Case” Illustrations Contest closes on May 5. This story about Sherlock Holmes’ landlady-turned-housekeeper needs pictures—and to encourage you, I have 15 shiny new ARCs of Riviera Gold that I’ll give in a random drawing to those who entered the contest—and, the winners whose pictures end up in the Illustrated Edition will also…

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The Illustrated Mrs Hudson

The 2020  “Mrs. Hudson’s Case” Illustration Contest My US publisher has managed to stick an extra carton of the galleys for Rivera Gold onto a truck for me, which means I can give them away–yay! So let’s do this: 15 copies of the Riviera Gold ARC  In a random drawing for those who enter the…

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Contests & Giveaways All Over the Place!

We have contest winners! The giveaway of ALL the Russell & Holmes books– is now closed. [Sorry!]  But the lucky winners are: …of a signed copy of the US edition of Island of the Mad: David K. Elisabeth Simer Esther Bolick John Gourhan …and of the Grand Prize Fab Collection of Riches: Jean Utley! Plus…

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Giveaway

(Two weeks to the Island pub date!) These are your last days to put your name down for the giveaway of ALL the Russell & Holmes books. All of them… The drawing is on Friday, June 1. Go here to put your name down. And good luck!  

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Contest entry

For any of you who missed the newsletter last week, and who would like to enter a drawing for these… (minus the masks) the link to that newsletter is here. You’ll need to enter before June 1. Good luck!

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Giving it away…

There’s a contest coming up! Well, we call it a contest, more of a giveaway. Details are in this Saturday’s newsletter (signup’s here if you’re not a subscriber) for a chance at all the Russell & Holmes hardbacks. All of them. Signed. In US hardback. Hashtag #islandofthemad.

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ISLAND winners!

Congratulations, Island of the Mad bound-galley winners! Winners for the jigsaw-puzzle drawing are: Kimberly Kummer, Jack McKinney, Teresa D., Sabine Schreiner, and Lisa Woods. More contests to come! (And you’re not signed up for the newsletter, where we announce these things, you might want to do so now: https://laurierking.com/blog/)

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Jigsaw Venice

To mark the three-month countdown to Island of the Mad, and to give away a few of the bound galleys my publisher sent me– –we’re running a contest admirably suited to a book set in Venice: a jigsaw puzzle. Venice is a tightly-fitted set of pieces literally built up in the marshy lagoon over many…

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Maryorama winners!

The Maryorama is finished, polished, and will be up soonon YouTube.  But in the meantime–our Maryorama contest has its winners! The Grand Prize Winner—with a complete set of Russells coming her way—is a lovely depiction of Justice Hall with the rays of the sun falling on it, a subtle digital image by: Katie Olson First…

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Mary-o-prizes

Two days left to win! GRAND PRIZE: a complete set of Russell & Holmes paperbacks, including Mary Russell’s War & other stories * FIRST RUNNER-UP: Four full-sized illustrated broadsheets * FIVE RUNNERS-UP: a collection of art from “The Illustrated Russell & Holmes” For instructions, go here. And–work fast!

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