Win: The Night Gardener by George Pelecanos

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Welcome to Thursday, day four, of the week long 1000th post giveaway series.

I have been given the amazing opportunity by Hachette Book Group to give out 5 copies of The Night Gardener by George Pelecanos.

Pelecanos (Drama City) delivers a dignified, character-driven epic that succeeds as both literary novel and page-turner. In 1985, the body of a 14-year-old girl turns up in a Washington, D.C., park, the latest in a series of murders by a killer the media dub “The Night Gardener.” T.C. Cook, the aging detective on the case, works with a quiet, almost monomaniacal, focus. Also involved are two young uniformed cops, Gus Ramone, who’s diligent, conscientious and unimpressed by heroics, and Dan “Doc” Holiday, an adrenaline junkie who’s decidedly less straight. Fast forward 20 years. Detective Ramone, now married with kids of his own, investigates the murder of one of his teenage son’s friends. The homicide closely resembles the earlier unsolved Night Gardener murders. Holiday, now an alcoholic chauffeur and bodyguard, follows the case on his own and tracks down Cook, long retired but still obsessed with the original murders. While the three work together toward a suspenseful ending, Pelecanos emphasizes the fallacy of “solving” a murder and explores the ripple effects of violent crime on society.

So now… GIVEAWAY!

Would you like the chance to win a copy of by ? This is your lucky night. There are a number of ways you can win this book, each good for one entry each. For each entry, leave me a separate comment. Also, make sure that you leave me a way to contact you if you win.

1.) Leave a comment below telling me that you’d like to win.
2.) Blog about this contest and leave a comment with the links.
3.) Add me on twitter (@morbidromantic) and Tweet this contest then comment with a link to the Tweet or your username.
4.) Stumble this giveaway or my main site and comment with your StumbleUpon username.
5.) Rate my blog at Blogged. Click here or find the graphic on the sidebar under ‘ranks.’
6.) Add my RSS reader here and leave me a comment telling me that you subscribe to my feed.
7.) Comment on any of my previous book reviews and leave me a comment telling me that you have.
8.) Go to any of my book reviews and rate it using the ‘Rate this post’ option in the post header information. Leave me a comment telling me you have.
9.) Add me on LibraryThing, Good Reads, Shelfari, Book Blogs, or BookBlips and leave a comment telling me where you’ve added me and (if you can), your username/name.
10.) Answer this question: what do you like about crime dramas / books?

If you do all of the above, you will get ten entries. That’s ten chances to win.

Winners will be selected on 11:59pm EST on August 6th. I will be using Random.org to select the winner. When you win, I will send you an email asking for your physically mailing address, which you have 3 days to respond to before new winners are selected. No PO Boxes. This contest is open to the US and Canada only.

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   . Jeffrey Beckett on 23 Jul 2009 at 11:03 pm #
   
   

   I’d like to win.
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   . Rebecca Graham on 24 Jul 2009 at 1:34 am #
   
   

   I would like to win this book and read it over the summer months.
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   . Cheryl M on 24 Jul 2009 at 5:27 am #
   
   

   Have read many reviews of this book and have put it on my TBR list. Sounds like a great read, the type of book that you can’t put down. Would love to win as my pile of books are dwindling.
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   . adrienne Gordon on 24 Jul 2009 at 5:52 am #
   
   

   i’d like to win
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   . emily l on 24 Jul 2009 at 6:46 am #
   
   

   I would like to win.
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   . mrs.mommyy on 24 Jul 2009 at 7:27 am #
   
   

   would love to win
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   . Donna on 24 Jul 2009 at 9:47 am #
   
   

   I would love to win. George Pelecanos books are great.
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   . Ann F on 24 Jul 2009 at 9:59 am #
   
   

   This looks like a very interesting book that I’d like to read.
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   . Deedles on 24 Jul 2009 at 10:45 am #
   
   

   I would love to win and add this book to my collection.
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    . Karen B on 24 Jul 2009 at 10:47 am #
    
    

    Great author – I’d like to win!
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    . Christy H. on 24 Jul 2009 at 10:52 am #
    
    

    I would like to win this!
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    . susan lee wiener on 24 Jul 2009 at 10:59 am #
    
    

    I’d luv to win! Thx
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    . janeh on 24 Jul 2009 at 12:01 pm #
    
    

    I’d really love to win. I’m George Pelecanos fan!
14. 14

    . Linda Peters on 24 Jul 2009 at 12:38 pm #
    
    

    would love to win this, he’s a great author
15. 15

    . Heather E on 24 Jul 2009 at 12:54 pm #
    
    

    I would like to win. =)
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    . Angela J on 24 Jul 2009 at 2:29 pm #
    
    

    This sounds like a book I would enjoy reading
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    . Amanda S. on 24 Jul 2009 at 4:04 pm #
    
    

    I’d love to win this book! THanks!
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    . PatZ on 24 Jul 2009 at 4:25 pm #
    
    

    Sounds like my kind of book.
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    . Leona P on 24 Jul 2009 at 7:50 pm #
    
    

    Id like to win
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    . susan varney on 24 Jul 2009 at 7:58 pm #
    
    

    i love to read mverno@roadrunner.com
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    . oneangel on 24 Jul 2009 at 8:17 pm #
    
    

    This looks like a great book. I would love to enter.
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    . Colleen S on 24 Jul 2009 at 9:42 pm #
    
    

    I would be very interested in this book. looks like it has a gripping plot
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    . randi on 24 Jul 2009 at 9:59 pm #
    
    

    I’d love to win, it sounds like a page turner!
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    . Djp on 24 Jul 2009 at 10:38 pm #
    
    

    sign me up
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    . Raelena on 25 Jul 2009 at 12:07 am #
    
    

    I would like to win
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