The Authorized Version

A huge and heartfelt THANK YOU to all who entered my giveaway drawing to celebrate the North American release of A VERY PRIVATE GRAVE. I was completely chuffed to have 43 responses. . . until I read a posting on DorothyL that someone who did a giveaway on GoodReads had 600 responses. But never mind, your responses were quality!

I especially appreciate your taking time to give such thoughtful replies to my question, "Which endorsement did you like best and why?" The winners were pulled out of a hat (my rainy day in England travel hat) purely at random, but I did find it interesting that two of the winners chose Liz Curtis Higgs’ blurb:

I enjoyed Liz Curtis Higgs comment as she referred to Donna's " thorough grasp of ecclesiastical history." I love mysteries that contain accurate history. I look forward to reading this book.

Liz Curtis Higgs. . .I like the rhythm of "History and mystery and murders most foul"... I can just hear them in a lovely British accent

And one chose Kate Charles, who over-all was the preferred endorser:

I'll choose Kate Charles' endorsement. I love her mysteries, and since she has such a high opinion of yours, I bet I'll love yours too!

So there you have it from Elizabeth, Lillian and Sheila. Your books will be in the post Tuesday and I do hope you enjoy them.

In June I also ran a giveaway to promote the UK release. That time I tossed the entries on a map of the world. The winners were those who landed closest to England. Roger, appropriate landed in the North Atlantic near to Ireland while Alison overshot her home in Liverpool and landed somewhere near Finland, but it was close enough.

It’s all been great fun for me and again, my deep appreciation to all who helped me celebrate by playing along.