Are you ready for a new mystery picture game? With books for prizes. Some of you have played the game with me in the past before I changed my blog over to my website. I’m hoping some of you are still checking out my blog posts, but I haven’t gotten as many comments, so I’m afraid some of my readers haven’t hopped over here and found my new location. Of course, that will just lower the odds for those of you who are here if you decide to play. 🙂
At any rate, the last few times I’ve released a new book, I’ve had a blog only contest to give you a chance to win one of my books — the new one, Murder at the Courthouse, or one of my other books (winners’ choice) autographed for you. A mystery picture contest sounds perfect for a mystery novel.
Murder at the Courthouse is pulling in some nice reviews from readers. That’s a big relief for me. I wasn’t sure how the book would be received. But here’s a snippet of a review my publisher sent me last week from CBA Retailers + Resources, the official magazine of the Christian Booksellers Association.
“Gabhart’s tiny town of wacky characters is a delightfully fun read. Needless to say, the mystery is only part of this memorable story written by one of today’s bestselling authors.”
How about that? They called me a bestselling author!! I can hope this book will find its way into a lot of readers’ hands and make that true. But mostly I just want people to read and enjoy the story. It is different from most of my other stories, but I did sneak a little mystery into my last Shaker novel, The Innocent, as a warm-up for this book. And as the CBA review says, I managed to populate Hidden Springs with some wacky folks.
Mystery Puzzle Contest Rules
Okay, here are the contest rules. Each guess on a new mystery picture will get you a new entry in the drawing. I’ll post a different mystery picture on each Sunday and Wednesday. So be sure to check back each week for the new puzzles. I’ll announce winners on the last Sunday in the month, October 25. So the deadline for guesses will be midnight EST on October 24, 2015. You have to be 18 to enter, but you can let your kids help you figure out what to guess. Remember, it’s more fun if you guess first and read any other guesses after you make your comment. I’ll pick three winners and the contest is open to all countries. There goes my postage budget. LOL. First picture is up at the top with this post. I’ll show you the “rest of the picture” with Sunday’s post and post a new mystery picture for you to guess. The main rule is to have fun! Now I’d better get busy figuring out how to stump you with at least one of my mystery pictures this week. Some of you are so good at this!
Prizes Going Out in the Mail
I’m sending out the prizes for my New Book Celebration Contest tomorrow. Again, I thank all of you who sent in cat stories. They were great and I may still share more of them in future posts.
Upcoming Events
I’ll be in Bloomfield, Kentucky on October 17th for “Appetizers with the Author and Artist” at 12:30 p.m at the Bloomfield Library Branch. Then my Hometown Book Launch is Sunday, October 18th at the Anderson Co. Public Library at 2 p.m. We’ll talk mysteries. Hope if you’re in either of these areas, you’ll come join the fun. Check out more details by clicking on my News & Events tab up top of the page.
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Probably petals from some flower but not sure which one.
Maxie
I say potato chips. Maxie > mac262(at)me(dot)com < LOL
I say potato chips. Maxie > mac262(at)me(dot)com <
Author
Potato chips and flower petals were popular guesses, Maxie, but you’ve seen the rest of the photo by now and know they weren’t chips and what kind of flower petals they were. I’m going to check out your new guess now.
rose petals are my best guess.
Author
A lot of people guessed rose petals, Sherry. You can see the rest of the picture on tonight’s post and have a new picture to try to guess. Each guess on a new mystery picture gets you a new entry in the drawing.
I would guess flower petals, not sure from what flower.
Author
And you’d be right, Connie. You can see which flower on my post tonight and give the new mystery picture a guess to get another entry in the drawing.
My first thought was potato chips, but then I saw some dark spots and one thick edge, so it must be some kind of flower petals. Looking forward to finding out.
susanlulu@yahoo.com
Author
Potato chips and flower petals are the front running guesses, Susan. Come Sunday I’ll post the big picture and then you’ll know. Of course I’ll also post a new mystery puzzle picture that you might not know. 🙂
Hi Ann,
I love your new web page!!
I am going to take a guess at this one. And I am thinking that it is a Hydrangea flower! Thanks for letting me play your fun games.
Danie
oh.hello.hiya@gmail.com
Author
Glad you stopped by, Danie. Appreciate you sharing the post on your Pinterest page too. You’re not the only one who has guessed hydrangea petals, but you’ll have to wait until next post to see if you’re right. Got to keep them mysterious to go along with my new mystery.
Looks like a closeup of a hydrangea blossom!
Author
Another vote for hydrandeas. Thanks for stopping by and making a guess, Laurie. Sunday I’ll post the complete picture and you can see who was right and who wasn’t.
Looks like potato chips to me. 🙂
Author
You’re making me hungry, Sandy. I love potato chips. Come back Sunday to see the rest of the picture.