Have You Entered Yet?

In case you have been preoccupied with other things lately (the progress of U.S. health care reform, Sarah Palin’s comical departure from the Alaska governor’s office, the continuing tabloid feast on Michael Jackson’s death), and have missed news of The Rap Sheet’s latest book giveaway contest, here are the details again.

To help celebrate the publication of Joseph Finder’s Vanished on August 18, Minotaur Books is offering Rap Sheet readers in the United States and Canada three free copies of that new novel. To enter our contest, just answer this simple question:

Which of Finder’s previous novels was made into a film starring Ashley Judd and Morgan Freeman?

(a) High Sierra
(b) High Noon
(c) High Crimes
(d) High School Musical 2

Send your response, along with your mailing address, to: jpwrites@wordcuts.org. And write “Vanished Competition” in the subject line. Submissions will be accepted between now and midnight on Sunday, August 16. Winners will be chosen at random from among those who submit correct entries, and their names will be announced on this page the following day.

Again, this competition is open only to U.S. and Canadian readers. But Rap Sheet followers in the UK shouldn’t lose heart: The e-zine Shots, in conjunction with publisher Headline, is planning the same sort of competition to benefit three of Finder’s British/Irish fans. Keep checking Shots for details of that contest.