Pssst...hey, bud. Want a free registration to Murder and Mayhem in Milwaukee?
*opens a battered brief case to reveal a shiny, new, totally legit registration to MMM; a golden glow lights the immediate area*
Seriously, you want to get in on this.
There are killer book bags (this is mine from a few years ago; tequila not included):
There are authors like Johnny Shaw and Sean Chercover (seen below) and Tasha Alexander, Laura Benedict, Rob Brunet, Cara Brookins, me!, Matthew Clemens, Reed Farrel Coleman, MP Cooley, Andrew, Alex Grecian, Rob Hart, Michael Koryta, Ben Lieberman, Bryon Quertermous, Lori Rader-Day, JD Rhoades, Tom Schreck, Michael Stanley (Michael Sears and Stanley Trollip), Wendy Corsi Staub, Dennis Tafoya, and Sarah Weinman, on these panels.
There's an auction for character names and other groovy swag.
One week from Saturday is one of my favorite weekends in the crime fiction calendar, Murder and Mayhem in Milwaukee. It's a day of panels featuring some of the coolest writers around; it's a day filled with folks who love, love, love crime fiction.
And I can get you in for free.
Just leave a comment below with your favorite mystery or crime story you've read this year, and I'll put you in a drawing—I love me some random number generators! Comments must be in by 5PM EST Monday, November 2, 2015. Be sure to check in to the update on Monday. (And if you can't be in Milwaukee for MMM, maybe share the crime-fiction love and share this post? Thanks!)
If you win, just show up in Milwaukee on November 7, 2015*. Tell 'em Dana sent you.
*Registration good for the event only
Swerve, by Vicki Pettersson. It is more of a thriller than a mystery, but the crimes in it are enough to make you shake with adrenaline!
Originally, I did not make plans for M&M in M this year because I wasn't sure if I would still be living in the vicinity. However, we are still here, knee deep in renovations, and while I really should not take any time off...I will if I win.
Posted by: Debi Murray | October 30, 2015 at 08:34 AM
Nice one, Debi!
Posted by: Dana | October 30, 2015 at 08:36 AM
Assassins by Gayle Lynds was wonderfully written with an international setting, murder, thrills and chills.
Have enjoyed M and M for several years and this year the move to the Irish Cultural Center is divine!! I'll be happy to say Dana sent me!
Posted by: Maureen Conaty | October 30, 2015 at 09:20 AM
Ooh, love her, Maureen!
Posted by: Dana | October 30, 2015 at 09:28 AM
Really wish I could go to M&M. The conference brings in so many good writers. But I'm in rewrites. Have a good time, Dana, and congratulations, lucky winner. Some day . . .
Posted by: Elaine Viets | October 30, 2015 at 10:40 AM
Wish I could go too but too many conflicts. Have fun!
Posted by: Cath Hoffner | October 30, 2015 at 01:25 PM
I can't make it, but I do want to share how taken I am with Hank's _What You See_. I seldom take time to read things a second time, what with the big list of favorites to keep up with, but I reread a big piece of this one, and enjoyed it even more the second time.
Posted by: Storyteller Mary | October 30, 2015 at 02:21 PM
My favorite so far this year is Margaret Maron's Long Upon the Land. I was sad to see that the 2oth book in the Judge Deborah Knott series was the culmination, but this book was fantastic. I particularly love Kezzie Knott. His presence from The Bootlegger's Daughter until now has been that extra layer of excellence in the series.
Posted by: Ellie Enos | October 30, 2015 at 06:30 PM
Thanks, Elaine--and good luck with the rewrites!
Thank you, Cath!
Thanks for stopping by, Mary--I'll be sure to let Hank know!
Ellie, Margaret is great!
Posted by: Dana | October 31, 2015 at 06:10 AM
WOW! Thank you, dear Mary! YOu bring tears to my eyes! Thank you!
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ANd my fave recently is Shannon Kirk's Method 15/30. Strange title, but AMAZING book. Seriously. Check it out. And--I hear--soon to be a major motion picture, I love when that happens to a book I insist I discovered. :-)
Posted by: Hank Phillippi Ryan | October 31, 2015 at 01:18 PM
I'd been waiting so long to get my hands on the last Lacey Flint mystery by SJ Bolton, A Dark and Twisted Tide, and it exceeded my expectations so darn much. I really can't stop thinking about it.
Of course, I haven't started Stuart MacBride's The Missing and the Dead yet, so... :D
Posted by: Oddmonstr | November 01, 2015 at 09:57 AM
Oh, nifty, Hank! How cool is that?
Sounds like you have a lot of great reads, Oddmonstr!
Posted by: Dana | November 02, 2015 at 07:36 AM
The contest is CLOSED! Thanks to everyone for playing. :-)
Congratulations, Maureen Conaty! I'll see you at Murder and Mayhem in Milwaukee. I'll pass your name along to the folks at registration (be sure to bring ID).
Posted by: Dana | November 02, 2015 at 02:10 PM