Crime Fiction Month Giveaway: Take your Pick of these 3 Fab Reads

I can't believe it's the last day of May already so the final day of my Crime Fiction feature month.  Sadly my plans to read and review lots of crime fiction from my backlog this month didn't quite pay off due to illness and work commitments but hopefully you've enjoyed The Write Stuff with... guest posts from the authors.

As it's the final day I couldn't not do a giveaway for you so I'm giving someone the chance to win one of these books, Sirens by Joseph Knox, Watch Her Disappear by Eva Dolan or He Said/She Said by Erin Kelly.  These books were all on my list to read to review this month and I had planned to do separate giveaways for them alongside the reviews.  Instead the winner can take their pick of which book they would like to win, the other two will be put aside to do a giveaway alongside their review once I've read the books.

Crime Fiction Month Giveaway: Win a Handcuffs BookBandz & Police Procedural book of your choice

Regular followers of the blog will know that I'm a huge fan of the handmade bookmarks that are made by Karen at BookBandz so I ordered this handcuffs one especially for this crime related giveaway.

But it's no good having a bookmark if you don't have a book to use it on so I've decided to also offer the winner a police procedural book of their choice as well (up to a value of £8).  I've picked a few for you to consider below but you can pick whichever book you fancy.

Books Read: Eva Dolan - Long Way Home

A man is burnt alive in a suburban garden shed. 

DI Zigic and DS Ferreira are called in from the Peterborough Hate Crimes Unit to investigate the murder. Their victim is quickly identified as a migrant worker and a man several people might have had good reason to see dead. A convicted arsonist and member of a far-right movement has just been released from prison while witnesses claim to have seen the dead man fighting with one of the town's most prominent slum landlords. 

Zigic and Ferreira know all too well the problems that come with dealing with a community that has more reason than most not to trust the police, but when another migrant worker is attacked, tensions rapidly begin to rise as they search for their killer.

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Debut Spotlight: Eva Dolan

The first debut spotlight feature for 2014 features crime writer Eva Dolan whose debut book Long Way Home was published on Thursday. 

Eva Dolan is an Essex-based copywriter and intermittently successful poker player. Shortlisted for the Crime Writers' Association Dagger for unpublished authors when she was just a teenager, Long Way Home is her debut novel and the start of a major new crime series.

A man is burnt alive in a suburban garden shed. 

DI Zigic and DS Ferreira are called in from the Peterborough Hate Crimes Unit to investigate the murder. Their victim is quickly identified as a migrant worker and a man several people might have had good reason to see dead. A convicted arsonist and member of a far-right movement has just been released from prison while witnesses claim to have seen the dead man fighting with one of the town's most prominent slum landlords. 

Zigic and Ferreira know all too well the problems that come with dealing with a community that has more reason than most not to trust the police, but when another migrant worker is attacked, tensions rapidly begin to rise as they search for their killer. 

Eva kindly agreed to answer a few questions so I'll hand you over to her... 

Can you tell us a little bit about your debut book Long Way Home?
Long Way Home follows detectives Zigic and Ferreira of Peterborough Hate Crimes Department, as they investigate the murder of a homeless migrant worker who has been sleeping rough in a garden shed. Initially suspicion falls on the homeowners, but it soon emerges that the dead man has made many enemies during his short time in the city and the pursuit of his killer takes Zigic and Ferreira into a hidden world of illegal slums and brutal gangmasters, where human life is the cheapest commodity going. 

Some exciting new talent coming in 2014

This week I've been very fortunate to have received advance copies of a couple of 2014 books by debut authors which has sparked the idea for this blog post to look ahead at some of the exciting new authors to look out for in the Spring...

How to Get a (Love) Life by Rosie Blake, which is due to be published by Novelicious Books in January, is the tale of Nicola Brown, an uptight and introverted young woman who has never had a date on Valentine’s Day. Following a bet with a work colleague, Nicola has to put aside her hang ups to go on as many dates as she possibly can in order to find the perfect man in time for February 14th.  

Long Way Home by Eva Dolan (2nd Jan)

A man is burnt alive in a suburban garden shed.

DI Zigic and DS Ferreira are called in from the Peterborough Hate Crimes Unit to investigate the murder. Their victim is quickly identified as a migrant worker and a man several people might have had good reason to see dead. A convicted arsonist and member of a far-right movement has just been released from prison, while witnesses claim to have seen the dead man fighting with one of the town's most prominent slum landlords.

Zigic and Ferreira know all too well the problems that come with dealing with a community that has more reason than most not to trust the police, but when another migrant worker is attacked, tensions rapidly begin to rise as they search for their killer.