Kiss The Bricks Release Week: Last Giveaway!

My 5th book, Kiss The Bricks, releases tomorrow, and with that, I'm wrapping up my 5 weeks of 5 giveaways each week!

This Week's Prizes

This week is all about my protagonist, Kate Reilly, and fellow female racing drivers.

• Grand prize: a Team Kate polo shirt (if I have your size!), a mini-helmet from the release of Avoidable Contact, a breast cancer awareness can koozie, a signed hero card from Indy 500 driver Pippa Mann, a copy of Sarah Fisher's Getting Behind the Wheel of Your Dream Job, and a Team Kate stuff sack to hold it all.
• Runner-up prizes: assorted caps and a commemorative tile from a race at the Miller Motorsports Park in Utah.

How to win? 
By 12 midnight on Wednesday, May 3, do one of the following:

• Comment on this post.
• Comment or share my Facebook or Twitter posts.

I'll announce and contact the winners by the end of the week. Thanks so much for entering this and other weeks. I hope you'll check out Kiss The Bricks!

Kiss The Bricks Release Countdown: Week 4 Giveaway!

I'm so excited about the release of my 5th book, Kiss The Bricks, that I'm doing 5 weeks of 5 giveaways each week! Lucky you!

This Week's Prizes

This week is for readers, writers, and those who like to color! (I figure that's most of you.)

• Grand prize: an adult coloring book and colored pencils, a book on quotations for writers, a notebook and pen, the cure for writer's block (word magnets), a signed hardcover (with a mildly rumpled dust cover!) version of Dead Man's Switch, and a bag from the San Francisco Writer's Conference.
• Runner-up prizes: assorted caps and commemorative tiles from a race at Monterey's Laguna Seca and from Panoz Motor Sports.

How to win? 
By 12 midnight on Wednesday, April 26, do one of the following:

• Comment on this post.
• Comment or share my Facebook or Twitter posts.

I'll announce and contact the winners by the end of each week. And if you don't win this week, there's one more week of prizes ahead, so stay tuned!

Kiss The Bricks Release Countdown: Week 3 Giveaway!

I'm so excited about the release of my 5th book, Kiss The Bricks, that I'm doing 5 weeks of 5 giveaways each week! Lucky you!

This Week's Prizes
This week is for Corvette fans! I've got all things Corvette, so enter and spread the word!

• Grand prize: a photomosaic puzzle of Corvettes, a t-shirt from the Daytona 500 in 2013, a windbreaker from the National Corvette Museum, a travel mug from Zip Corvettes, a Hot Wheels Stingray, a Corvette Racing hat, and an advance copy of Avoidable Contact.
• Runner-up prizes: assorted caps and a commemorative tile and key chain from race at the great Road America track.

How to win?
By 12 midnight on Wednesday, April 19, do one of the following:

• Comment on this post.
• Comment or share my Facebook or Twitter posts.

I'll announce and contact the winners by the end of each week. And if you don't win this week, there are two more weeks of prizes ahead, so stay tuned!

Kiss The Bricks Release Countdown: Week 2 Giveaway!

I'm so excited about the release of my 5th book, Kiss The Bricks, that I'm doing 5 weeks of 5 giveaways each week! Lucky you!

This Week's Prizes
This week is for writers and readers. For thinkers who like the feel of pen on paper and want to make sure they capture their thoughts.

• Grand prize: two notebooks (one large and one more portable) for recording your thoughts, a print copy (slightly used) of my 2nd mystery (Braking Points), an advance copy of my 3rd mystery (Avoidable Contact), a book to record who you've loaned your books to, and a bag from Left Coast Crime 2016 (the Great Cactus Caper).
• Runner-up prizes: assorted caps and a commemorative tile from the Monterey Sports Car Championships in 2006 (ALMS race at Laguna Seca).

How to win? 

By 12 midnight on Wednesday, April 12, do one of the following:

• Comment on this post.
• Comment or share my Facebook or Twitter posts.

I'll announce and contact the winners by the end of each week. And if you don't win this week, there are three more weeks of prizes ahead, so stay tuned!

Kiss The Bricks Release Countdown: Week 1 Giveaway!

I'm so excited about the release of my 5th book, Kiss The Bricks, that I'm doing 5 weeks of 5 giveaways each week! Lucky you!

This Week's Prizes
In honor of the Grand Prix of Long Beach (happening next weekend, also the site of my 4th book, Red Flags), this week features a Long Beach and racing theme.

• Grand prize: Long Beach day pack, Long Beach cap, personal cooler, IndyCar Nation seat pad (for those hard stands), a rain poncho (just in case), sunscreen and other track essentials, and an advance copy of my 3rd book, Avoidable Contact, to read between on-track sessions.
• Runner-up prizes: assorted caps and a commemorative tile from the Generac 500 in 2006 (ALMS race at Road America).

How to win? 

By 12 midnight on Wednesday, April 5, do one of the following:

• Comment on this post.
• Comment or share my Facebook or Twitter posts.

I'll announce and contact the winners by the end of each week. And if you don't win this week, there are four more weeks of prizes ahead, so stay tuned!

Weekly Tour Roundup

The second week of Avoidable Contact means more blog stops and more chances to win a copy of Dead Man's Switch!

(It's almost over, I promise. Seriously, I'm tired of talking about myself so much!)

Fresh today! A thorough and interesting interview with Omnimystery News, including my 140-character summary of Avoidable Contact.

A review and a giveaway at Fundinmental, by a NASCAR fan. 

A review and a giveaway at the Community Bookstop, where the reviewer notes, "This book was fabulous and such a difference from many cozy mysteries nowadays."

A review and blog post on Michele Lynn Seigfreid's blog, where I'm talking about a decade of change. Can you believe it's been 10 years since I first went to a race?!

Another peek inside my mind—or at least at my writing space—in a Q&A at Brooke Blogs.

Rhonda at Readalot blog (like that name) gives Avoidable Contact four stars and says I even made her want to watch a race to see if there's really that much drama!

Another interview at Deal Sharing Aunt in which I'm asked if I "have to" travel to research the books. It's a chore, you know....

Over at A Blue Million Books, I'm asking (and answering) the question ... should we be writing what we know? (Hint: I say no.)

One of my favorite quotes comes from Mystery Playground's review: "Whether you’re an actual race car driver, or you just play one at the mall, this book is a fun read."

In my interview posted at Cicero's Children, I talk about sidekicks, beta readers (are those the same thing?), and racing school.

A review from Mommasez, including this gem about Kate, "She's definitely the epitome of a strong female heroine and she's likeable to boot."

And almost the last blog post on my tour: at Back Porchervations I'm confessing that I sometimes ask that question, too. You know, the question that authors don't know how to answer: how the heck do you come up with that stuff? 

I've got one more of each kind of post remaining in my tour: an interview, a review, and a blog post—but this blog post has a twist: it's written by Kate! Stay tuned, and find me on Facebook or Twitter for more.

Blog Tour Off and Running

With the launch of Avoidable Contact, I've embarked on a virtual tour. It's also time for a lot of different reviews to show up. Here's a round-up of the news and my blog visits so far!

A look at what I'm reading (or what I was reading a week ago...) on Writers Read.

A great review from Publisher's Weekly, including my cover quote, "as exciting as a spin around the speedway."

A review in the Oswego Patch from a non-race fan who found the racing scenes "fast paced and nail biting."

A mention in the weekly roundup of BOLO Books.

The Page 69 Test about how indicative page 69 of Avoidable Contact is of the rest of the book (answer: very!).

An interview and a giveaway of Dead Man's Switch with Shelley of Shelley's Book Case (who's also a racing fan!).

A short post on Lucienne Diver's Drivel about my not-so-secret reason for writing about Kate Reilly.

Amy from the Bad Groove blog, says Avoidable Contact has "moved into first place" as her favorite Kate Reilly Racing Mystery, in her #NASCAR Reading List review. (Yeah, Amy knows it's not NASCAR, but it's her blog.)

An interview with IndyCarUK, a fan of American open-wheel racing living in the UK.

More to come, stay tuned! And connect with me on Facebook or Twitter for more.