Yes, it’s true – after a whole year sadly lacking in contests,

I’ve got a ridiculously simple way for one of you to win

a $10 Barnes & Noble Gift Card!

All you have to do is answer this one simple question:

What’s Becke’s middle name?

Send your guess to BeckeMartin@aol.com

In the event of multiple people guessing the right name,

I will draw one winner from the entries.

The deadline for this contest is October 1, 2011.

Winner will be announced on October 5th.

Give it a shot – you might win!

Congratulations to author W.S. GAGER

who is the winner of the Suspiciously Delicious cookbook

and the Magna cum Murder tote bag.

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PRIZE DRAWING!

It’s been awhile since I’ve had a contest here, so I’ve got an easy one for this month.

To be included in the drawing, all you have to do is post a comment at

Barnes & Noble’s Mystery Book Club in the next few weeks and MENTION THIS CONTEST.

On December 1, the person whose name I draw will receive

SUSPICIOUSLY DELICIOUS, a cookbook with recipes supplied by mystery authors

& featured at the Magna cum Murder conference. The prize winner will

also receive a black canvas book tote with the Magna cum Murder logo.

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WE HAVE A JUNE WINNER!

Congratulations to

PATRICIA KUNA

Winner of the $10 Target Gift Card!

TIME FOR A NEW

CONTEST!!!

All you have to do is post a comment (NOT on the party thread)

at Barnes & Noble’s Mystery Book Club forum and mention this blog.

That will put you in a drawing for a $10 Target Gift Card on June 30!

(To clarify, you’re welcome to post on the “party” thread at B&N’s Mystery,

but only comments on the other threads will count toward the prize drawing.)

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CONGRATULATIONS TO

*** LUANNE SWENSON ***

WINNER OF THE FEBRUARY PRIZE DRAWING!

New Contest – Prize Drawing!

It’s the Month of Romantic Suspense at Barnes & Noble’s Mystery Book Club Forum!

Yesterday, JENNIFER CRUSIE and BOB MAYER kicked off the event.

Friday’s guest is STELLA CAMERON

Saturday’s guest is HEATHER GRAHAM

Sunday’s guest is KAREN KENDALL

Post a comment on any thread at B&N’s Mystery Book Club

this month and mention that you read about the event here.

Your name will go in the hat, and in a drawing the first week of March

one lucky winner will receive a $10 BARNES & NOBLE Gift Card!

(this was the only one that remotely made me think of romantic suspense!)

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We have a WINNER!

Debbie Haupt was the first to guess the only two authors on this list

who WON’T be visiting at B&N’s Mystery Book Club in February: Mary Stewart and Dorothy Eden.

(Although, wouldn’t it be fun if they could have joined us? Both are favorites of mine.)

CONGRATULATIONS, DEBBIE! Your prize is on the way.

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NEW CONTEST!

Many of you know that under my real name, I moderate the Mystery and Garden Book Clubs at Barnes & Noble.

In honor of Valentine’s Day, I’ve invited a LOT of authors to visit during February’s MONTH OF ROMANTIC SUSPENSE. Even though there are only 28 days in February, there will actually be more than 28 authors visiting throughout the month.

Out of all the authors listed below (which isn’t even a full list of the authors who will visit in Feb.), be the first to find the two who will NOT be visiting B&N’s Mystery board in February, and you will win a $10 Barnes & Noble Gift Card!

E-mail your answers to me: Beckemartin@aol.com — good luck!

*Mariah Stewart

*Annie Solomon

*Anne Stuart

*Laura Griffin

*Pamela Clare

*Jayne Ann Krentz

*JoAnn Ross

*Carla Neggers

*Allison Brennan

*Heather Graham

*Susan Crandall

*Christy Reece

*Cindy Gerard

*Stella Cameron

*Karen Kendall

*Nina Bruhns

*Tara Janzen

*Debra Webb

*J.T. Ellison

*Roxanne St. Claire

*Jennifer Crusie

*Suzanne Brockmann

*Mary Stewart

*Deeann Gist

*J. Mark Betrand

*Kay Thomas

*Deanna Raybourn

*Dorothy Eden

*Jordan Dane

*Toni McGee Causey

*Sharon Sala

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WE HAVE A WINNER!!

Congratulations to SUSAN LATHEN, who correctly identified the quotations!

Win a pink Ruby Slippers mug if you can pick the right answers to these questions!

Can you identify which movies these lines appeared in?

1) “It’s a mystery!”

a. Pride and Prejudice
b. The Lake House
c. Shakespeare in Love

2) “How do you like your eggs?”

a) Breakfast at Tiffany’s
b) Runaway Bride
c) American Dreamer

3) “When was the last time you were decently kissed? I mean truly, truly, good and kissed?”

a) That Thing You Do!
b) Sleepless in Seattle
c) While You Were Sleeping

4) “ I can’t believe you’re gonna let a few little letters of the alphabet keep us apart. It is a detail! Just – look, just call me Damon, okay? It’ll be like a nickname.”

a) You’ve Got Mail
b) Only You
c) Pretty Woman

5) “No woman has ever left my arms unsatisfied.”

a) Don Juan DeMarco
b) French Kiss
c) Love Actually

CONGRATULATIONS, SUSAN!

Send an email to BeckeMartin@AOL.com with your answers to the contest along with your name and address.  This contest has been extended indefinitely since NO ONE has yet gotten all five answers right!