Where the Devil Can't Go - Competition Winners

The two lucky winners of a signed copy of Anya Lipska's Where the Devil Can't Go from last month's competition on Euro Crime are:

Alaina Gibson

Sarah Macey

Competition Winners October 2011 - February 2012

Here are details of who won what in the last few months' Euro Crime competitions:

October 2011

The ten winners of a copy of Strangled in Paris by Claude Izner were:

Sarah Benjamin
Jen Boucher
Rick Carr
Sheila Coulson
James Fenlon
Philip Greenwood
Dave Johnston
Christine Johnson
Roma Pearshouse
Roger Stanley

No competitions in November and December 2011

January 2012

The five winners of a copy of Death of the Mantis by Michael Stanley were:

Joanna Coleshill
Cathy Clarke
Becky Lindroos
Diane Smith
Kerry Tannahill

February 2012

The winner of a set of The Broken Token, Cold Cruel Winter and The Constant Lovers by Chris Nickson was:

Neville Rigg

Competition Winners March 2011 - September 2011

Here are details of who won what in the last few months' Euro Crime competitions:

March 2011

The 5 winners of a signed copy of Complicit by Nicci French were:

Claire Butler
Simon Gibson
Diane Moston
Alison Shinn
Gemma Wyatt

The 5 winners of a copy of From the Dead by Mark Billingham were:

Johannah (from Slough)
Victoria Boland
Mathew Harvey
Nicky Stevens
Richard Whittington

April 2011

The 5 winners of a set of Van Veeteren novels by Hakan Nesser were:

Sharisse de Silva
Rosie Dharamsi
Graham Nichols
Carol Phile
James Spicer

The 6 winners of a copy of Apostle Rising by Richard Godwin were:

Lisa Ellison
Lynda Jones
Elizabeth Osbourne
Lynda Sanderson
Karen Watson
Paul Witney

May 2011

The 5 winners of a copy of Stagestruck by Peter Lovesey were:

Melissa Hall
Roma Pearshouse
Kerry Sabel
Tina Smith
Laura Westwood

June 2011

The winner of a set of books by S J Bolton was:

Paul Holt

July 2011

The 5 winners of a set of 3 books by Armand Cabasson were:

Janine Atkin
Jennifer Bell
Amy Hobbs
James Holyland
Hazel Rush

No competitions in August and September 2011

Competition Winners August 2010 - February 2011

Here are details of who won what in the last few months' Euro Crime competitions:

August 2010

The 3 winners of a set of Lockdown and Deadlock by Sean Black were:

Suzanne Bellingham
Johannah Carroll
Erika Strålberg

The 5 winners of a copy of Inspector Cataldo's Criminal Summer by Luigi Guicciardi, tr Iain Halliday were:

Karen Gwilliam
Alison Maloney
Jen Rogers
Nicolette Weaver
Stephen wilsonleach

September 2010

The 3 winners of a copy of From the Dead by Mark Billingham were:

Denise Haas
Julie Mayer
Vivian Quinones

October 2010

The 5 winners of a copy of Someone Else's Son by Sam Hayes were:

Emma Barron
Jolene Brinklow
Jane Davis
R Lloyd
Peter Rodda

November 2010

The winner of a set of the CWA Ellis Peters Award 2010 Shortlist was:

Jenny Poole

No competition in December 2010

January 2011

The 3 winners of a copy of Assassins of Athens by Jeffrey Siger were:

Tony Hurdman
Lisa Hutchinson
Lee Irving

The 5 winners of a copy of A Noble Killing by Barbara Nadel were:

Sharon Heath
Wilma Jones
Nicky Russell
Linda Streater
Andrea Upton

No competition in February 2011

July 2010 Competition Winners

There were no competitions in June 2010.

The ten winners of Jail Bird by Jessie Keane were:

Jackie Antcliff
Inge Bex
Clair Chen
Esther Gerdzen
Cathy MacLennan
Katherine Penny
Zarah Robinson
Charles Sennett
Ruth Steel
Milly Youngman

The 3 winners of The Assassin's Prayer by Ariana Franklin were:

Janie Halsall
Lyndsey Robinson
Rosemary Trusdale

Congratulations to all the winners and I hope they enjoy their books.

August's competition winners will be announced shortly.

May 2010 Competition Winners

Here are the winners of May's competitions.

The 5 winners of Michael Stanley's A Deadly Trade were:

Vivien Baird
Chris Bray
Claire Butler
Rik Shepherd
Katrina Skeoch

The 3 winners of Bad Penny Blues by Cathi Unsworth were:

Ann Baldwin
Robin Brooksbank
Karen Gwilliam

Congratulations to all the winners and I hope they enjoy their books.

There were no competitions in June but July's competition winners will be announced shortly.

April 2010 Competition Winners

Here are the winners of April's competitions.

The winner of Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy on audio book is:

Geoff Dagger

The winners of Daisychain by G J Moffat are:

Georgina Docherty
Marita Duff
Helen Jones
Jane Middleton
Jean Stewart

Congratulations to all the winners and I hope they enjoy their books.

May's competition winners will be announced shortly.

March Competition Winners

I've just sent out emails to the sponsors and winners of last month's competitions.

The winners of The Preacher and The Stonecutter by Camilla Lackberg are:

Deryck Johnson
Ceri Kay
Clementina Kyeremateng
Mrs Roma Pearshouse
Keith B Walters

The winners of Tell-Tale by Sam Hayes are:

Sharon Buesnel
Eleanor Flatley, USA
Michael O'Sullivan
Vanessa Rozee
Mark Tucker

Congratulations to all the winners and I hope they enjoy their books.

April's competitions can be found here including a new one, added today.

Competition Winners 2009

Here's a permanent record of who won what in last year's Euro Crime competitions:

January 2009

The Paper Moon by Andrea Camilleri:

Ruth Barker
Lesley Collins
Teela Fermin
Laura Steward
Linda Wiles

February 2009

The Doomsday Prophecy by Scott Mariani:

Tina Carr
Catherine Owen
Kevin Mayers
Amy Stupple-Bagnall
Laura Wyles

Martin Beck series by Sjowall and Wahloo:

Karen McLachlan

The Reunion by Simone Van Der Vlugt:

Paul Jeorrett
Alison Maloney
Claire Mitchell
Angela Robinson
Galina Varese

March 2009

Bleeding Heart Square by Andrew Taylor:

Andrew Dommett
Judith Hamilton
Cheryl Morris
Solange Thomas
Nell Westwood

The Herring Seller's Apprentice by L C Tyler:

Sue Cook
Denise Cross
Patricia Edwards
Don Fiarley
Dorte Jakobsen
Geoff Jones
Maggie Lloyd
Frieda Plas
Ruth Slater
Harry West

April 2009

The Black Monastery by Stav Sherez:

Harvee Lau
Matthew Leslie
Elizabeth Lipsett
Erica Price
Lucy Wilson

May 2009

Suffer the Children by Adam Creed:

Shameme Adams
Ray Dodds
Fran Light
Beatrix Skane
Daniel Thomas

June 2009

The Library of Shadows by Mikkel Birkegaard:

Maya Russell

July 2009

My Last Confession by Helen Fitzgerald:

Gina Micale
B. J. Simon
Amy Stupple-Bagnall
Samantha Ripley
Roger Tomlinson

August 2009

The Third Pig Detective Agency by Bob Burke:

Patricia Edwards
Andrew Hindley
Paul Jeorrett
Tracey Poulter

Relics of the Dead by Ariana Franklin:

Andrew Cakebread
Samantha Croxford
Patricia Edwards
A P Phillis
Karen Watson

Blood Law by Steven Hague:

Judith Allen
Sandra Goodson
Ross Grant
Cherryl Thomas
Alison Turner

September 2009

Hero.Com3: Crisis Point & Villain.Net3: Power Surge by Andy Briggs:

Solange Thomas

A Visible Darkness by Michael Gregorio:

Cathy Clarke
Andy Deeley
Karen Gwilliam
Simon Harrington
Harvee Lau

November 2009

Crocodile Tears by Anthony Horowitz:

Sarah G. Wenzel

Beautiful Dead: Arizona by Eden Maguire:

K Penny
Sandra Foreman

Sheer Folly by Carola Dunn:

Brita Bevis
Johannah Carroll
George Grieve
N Millward
Vanessa Rozee

December 2009

Murder on the Cliffs by Joanna Challis

Laura Pritchard

Bequest Winners

The winners of January's competition for Bequest by AK (Anna) Shevchenko are:

Georgina Ball
Robin Brooksbank
Angela Robinson

The prizes are on their way.

August and September's Competition Winners

Here are the winners of August's Euro Crime competition (and the correct answer):

Prize=A copy of Our Lady of Pain by Elena Forbes
Where are Tartaglia and Donovan based?

a) Barnes

Winners:

Andy Craig
Tim Duncan
Joanne Rodgers
Nikki Slessor
Karen Taylor

Here are the winners of September's Euro Crime competition (and the correct answer):

Prize=A copy of Nemesis by Jo Nesbo
Which of the following Scandinavian crime writers also sets their books in Oslo?

a) K O Dahl

Winners:

Melanie Anton, USA
Eleanor Flatley, USA
Jason Graham
Clair Lewis
Gary Thaden, USA

June and July's Competition Winners

Here are the winners of June's Euro Crime competition (and the correct answer):

Prize=A copy of Death on a Branch Line by Andrew Martin
Which one of the following authors also has a series revolving around the railway?
b) Edward Marston

Winners:

Joanne Bell
Barry McQueen
Michelle Pierce
Fiona Waterworth
Christine West

Here are the winners of July's Euro Crime competitions (and the correct answers):

Prize=A copy of Blood Lines by Grace Monroe
Grace Monroe is the pseudonym of Linda Watson-Brown and Maria Thomson. Which one of the following authors is also a team of two?
b) Nicci French

Winners:

Jane Hope
Helen Jackson
Steph Leigh
Pam Young

Prize=A copy of The Bellini Card by Jason Goodwin
Which one of the following authors does not write a series set in Istanbul?
b) Craig Russell

Winners:

J. E. Johnson, USA
Mike Lenton, UK
Linda Newman, Canada
Dave Newton, UK
Norah Sinclair, UK

Enter this month's competition here.

April & May's Competition Winners

Here are the winners of April's Euro Crime competitions (and the correct answers):

Prize=A copy of The Trophy Taker by Lee Weeks
Which one of the following authors has a series set in China?
c) Christopher West

Winners:
Peter Cleasby
Victoria Harbourne
A P Phillips
Tracey Rainbow-Hunt

Prize=A copy of The Death Maze by Ariana Franklin
Which one of the following authors also sets a series in the twelth century (12C)?
c) Bernard Knight

Winners:
Alex Anderson
Jake Cheung
Ray Dodds
Hazel Hill
Jenny Price

Prize=A copy of An Expert in Murder by Nicola Upson
Josephine Tey's play, Richard of Bordeaux, launched the career of which actor?
c) John Gielgud

Winners:
Anna Helm
Neil Johnson,
Rachel Lloyd
Maggie Lloyd
Andy Shipton


Here are the winners of May's Euro Crime competitions (and the correct answers):

Prize=A copy of Lost Souls by Neil White
Which one of the following authors also has a series featuring a journalist and a police officer as the main characters?
b) Patricia Hall

Winners:
Jake Cheung
Sheila Dunlop
Jean Mowbray
Karen Railton

Prize=A signed copy of Spider by Michael Morley
Which one of the following authors has a series set in Italy?
a) David Hewson

Winners:
Jake Cheung
Philip Greenwood
James Nash
Sarah Plusnin
David Wilson

Enter this month's competitions here.

March's Competition Winners

Here are the winners of March's Euro Crime competition (and the correct answer):

Prize=A copy of A Carrion Death by Michael Stanley

Which one of the following authors also writes a series set in Botswana?

b) Alexander McCall Smith

Winners:

Adrian Bold
Bob Clark
Susan Hall
Sharon Lake
Debra Phillipson
Alison Serdet
Susannah Southurst
Tracey Steadman
Anne Stephenson
Denise Twist

Enter this month's competitions here.

February's Competition winners

Here are the winners of February's Euro Crime competitions (and the correct answers):

Prize=A copy of A Vengeful Longing by R N Morris

Which one of the following Faber authors has begun a series starring a real-life Golden Age crime writer?

c) Nicola Upson (who is writing about Josephine Tey)

Winners:

Mike Lenton
Maggie Lloyd
Nicola Manning, Canada
Paul Maxwell
Thomas Warburton

Prize=A copy of Silent in the Grave by Deanna Raybourn

Which one of the following authors has published a series set in Victorian London?

b) L M Jackson

Winners:

Ana Branco
Monica Di Marco
Warren Jacobs
Ryan Kett
Julia Kiss
Kim Lam
Greg Martin
Sue Norminton
Michael O'Sullivan
Tracey Wright


Enter this month's competition here.

November's Euro Crime Competition Winners

Here are the winners of November's Euro Crime competition (and the correct answer):

Prize=A copy of A Mysterious Affair of Style by Gilbert Adair

Which one of these titles was written by Agatha Christie?

b) The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

Winners:

Sarah Laycock,
Liz Mellett (USA)
Dawn Taylor
John Teece
Ian Youngman

Enter this month's competition here.

October's Euro Crime competition winners

Here are the winners of October's Euro Crime competition (and the correct answer):

The Redbreast by Jo Nesbo

Which one of these titles by Fred Vargas has not won the Duncan Lawrie International Dagger?

a) Have Mercy On Us All

Winners:

Tom Ayres
Helena Cooke
Lynn Mercer
Hannah Prosser
Stephen Purser

Enter this month's competition here.

September's Euro Crime Competition Winners

Here are the winners of September's Euro Crime competition (and the correct answer):

Days of Atonement by Michael Gregorio

Which of these Faber titles won the 2007 Edgar for Best Novel?

c) The Janissary Tree by Jason Goodwin

Winners:

Peter Cleasby
Doug Floyd
Melanie Gardiner
Karolyn Holden
Phil Moulds

Enter this month's competition here.

Competition winners for August

Here are the winners of August's Euro Crime competitions (and the correct answers):

1. GodSword by Emerson Cole, Sins of the Fathers by Sally Spencer and Fallen Idols by Neil White

a) What is the name of Emerson Cole's follow up to GodSword?
Nemesis Circle
b) What is the name of book 17 in the Charlie Woodend series by Sally Spencer?
Dangerous Games
c) What is the name of the footballer victim (referred to in the above synopsis) in Fallen Idols by Neil White?
Henri Dumas

Winners:

Margaret Altunel
Joanne Griffiths
Sallyanne Rose
Nicole Terbach
Pippa Tolfts

2. Vintage Crime Classic Twins

Which one of the following authors wrote a biography of Patricia Highsmith?:
c) Andrew Wilson

Winners:

Adrian Bold
Spencer Broadley
Alex Cawley
Sheila Reavy


Enter this month's competition here.

Winners of July's Euro Crime Competitions

Here are the winners of July's Euro Crime competitions (and the correct answers):

1. The Matthew Bartholomew Chronicles by Susanna Gregory

Which other name does Susanna Gregory write under?:
a) Simon Beaufort

Winners:

Paul Cook
Jessica Low
Claire Woods

2. Black Seconds by Karin Fossum

Which one of the following authors is not a Norwegian crime writer?:
b) Henning Mankell

Winners:

Jake Cheung
Will Craven
Pat Luckman
Helen Thurston

and Melanie Gardiner wins Black Seconds plus all Karin Fossum's earlier books.

3. 12:23 by Eoin McNamee

Name another recently released thriller which also features a car crash in a Paris tunnel on 31st August 1997.

The Accident Man (by Tom Cain)

Winners:

Philip Bray
Andy Deeley
Jennifer Langley
Christine Richardson
David Ross

Enter this month's competitions here.