Selma is giving away a copy of MURDER CAN DEPRESS YOUR DACHSHUND!

Selma Eichler is the author of fifteen mysteries featuring Desiree Shapiro, Manhattan's pudgiest PI. In Murder Can Depress your Dachshund—#14 in the series—Desiree investigates the death of Jordy Mills, a man everyone agrees was a saint. (Just ask Tootsie, the family Dachshund, who's been practically suicidal since his demise.) In fact, Jordy was scheduled to donate a kidney to his brother Cornell—but was killed the day before the transplant. Which soon led to a double tragedy, with Cornell, now deprived of a suitable donor, taking his own life. Desiree soon learns that Cornell had enemies to spare. And she begins to wonder whether Jordy was murdered merely to ensure the death of his brother, Or—and Tootsie will forgive the expression—whether some low down dirty dog actually targeted good guy Jordy himself.

For more information, visit Selma Eichler at http://berkleysignetmysteries.com/author34

Joyce and Jim is giving away 1 copy of THE EVERYTHING GUIDE TO WRITING A NOVEL!

USC-C history professor Jessie Morton is back again, this time for Halloween, in GHASTLY GLASS. The second book in the Renaissance Faire Mysteries has Jessie learning the craft of glass art while evading vampires and werewolves on the Village streets. When The Grim Reaper himself is found dead, she will have to find the lord, lady or serf whodunit with the help of her colorful band of cohorts. GHASTLY GLASS is available online and at bookstores everywhere September 1st from Berkley Prime Crime by authors Joyce and Jim Lavene.

For more information, visit Joyce and Jim Lavene at http://berkleysignetmysteries.com/author261

Sheila is giving away 3 copies of DEAD WRITE, a Forensic Handwriting Mystery!

Dating can be dangerous, so clients who can afford the services of eccentric Russian "baroness", Grusha Olinetsky, are willing to pay the hundred thousand dollar fee she charges for an introduction to their perfect mate. Forensic handwriting expert Claudia Rose gets involved when Olinetsky hires her to come to Manhattan and uncover apparent screwups made by her nemesis, Andrew Nicholson. The assignment puts her at odds with Detective Joel Jovanic, who suspects that Grusha herself is trouble. Drawn into the feckless lives of the rich and single, Claudia delves into a twisted world of love and lies fueled by desperation. But desperate enough to kill? Clues in the suspects' handwriting might help Claudia save Grusha's already dubious reputation before the names of more victims are scribbled into someone's little black book.

Like Claudia Rose, Sheila Lowe is a real-life forensic handwriting expert.

For more information, visit Sheila Lowe at http://berkleysignetmysteries.com/author357

Karen E. is giving away one copy of THE MISSING INK!

THE MISSING INK is the first in a new tattoo shop series set in Las Vegas by award-winning author Karen E. Olson (author of the Annie Seymour mysteries)

For more information, visit Karen E. Olson at http://berkleysignetmysteries.com/author344

Denise is giving away a signed book!

When school psychologist Skye Denison stumbles over the body of pushy “Promfest” chairperson Annette Paine during a Halloween fundraiser, it looks like a clear-cut case of promicide. Annette was not the only prom mom desperate to see her daughter crowned queen. But she was also wearing the same witch costume as Skye, so which witch was the intended victim?

For more information, visit Denise Swanson at http://berkleysignetmysteries.com/author33

Leann is giving away 3 copies of THE CAT, THE QUILT and THE CORPSE!

First book in my new series, Cats in Trouble Mysteries--THE CAT, THE QUILT AND THE CORPSE features Jillian Hart, a forty-ish widow who makes cats for quilts in her new tiny hometown, Mercy South Carolina. But when one of her beloved cats, goes missing, she will step out of her comfort zone and find out that not only are cats in trouble, but so is she.

For more information, visit Leann Sweeney at http://berkleysignetmysteries.com/author205

Elaine is giving away a harcover copy of KILLER CUTS!

The national bestselling author who turns "minimum wage into maximum hilarity" (Nancy Martin, author of Murder Melts in Your Mouth) presents a hair-raising murder mystery of do or dye...

Helen Hawthorne's latest dead-end job is in Miguel Angel's Fort Lauderdale hair salon, where a trim can cost as much as a car payment and a blowout can wipe you out. But when one of the salon's most famous clients, gossip blogger and cable-TV show host Kingman "King" Oden is murdered at his own wedding, things get a little hairy and King becomes the prime suspect. To save her boss—and her job— Helen is determined to find the murderer. When she finds herself the target of threatening notes, it's more imperative than ever that she figure out who at the wedding was dressed to kill.

For more information, visit Elaine Viets at http://berkleysignetmysteries.com/author35