Thank You Miriam at Hachette Book Group for allowing me to host this giveaway.I will be giving away 5 copies of The Prosecution Rests edited by Linda Fairstein
ISBN: 9780316012676
Publication date: April 2009
Pages: 418
From the Salem witch trials to Depression-era Chicago, from the exclusive country-clubs of the wealthy to the depths of today's toughest ghettos, this riveting collection traces the triumphs, defeats, and temptations of two opposing sides: those sworn to defend the accused, and those tasked with prosecuting them. They are the stories of lawyers under pressure, of criminals facing the needle, and of the heartbroken families,of both the victim and the defendant,who hope for justice from the back of the courtroom, and who sometimes take it into their own hands. This tantalizing collection proves that after the crime is over, the real drama begins.
In James Grippando's Death, Cheated, a lawyer defends his ex-girlfriend in a case against the investors who bet $1.5 million on her death. In Barbara Parker's A Clerk's Life, a disillusioned clerk at a corporate law firm suspects the worst of his colleagues when one of the firm's employees is murdered. In Phyllis Cohen's Designer Justice, a cold-blooded killer thinks he's lucked out when he lands a high priced lawyer as his appointed attorney, only to learn that there are worse fates than being found guilty.
Filled with shocking twists, double-crosses, and edge-of-your seat suspense, this page-turning collection is not to be missed.
Rules:
1-This giveaway is open to residents of the US and Canada only,and closes on June 15th 2009. I will pick FIVE lucky winners and will do a post announcing the winners here and will also e mail the winners individually.
2-To enter the contest, leave a comment here.Be sure to include your email address in code.
ie. yk(at)toptruecrimebooks(dot)com
3-You can gain yourself some extra entries by doing the following:(please mention in your comment post)
+3 for current followers/subscribers
+2 for following or subscribing
+1 for blogging about this giveaway and leaving a link to your post.
+1 for whichever other way you can think of posting a link e.g. twitter,etc...
+1 for e mailing the link to a friend and copying me on the e mail.
Feel free to put these in one comment, or several comments,whichever way you prefer.Please remember to leave your EMAIL address.(I will need to e mail you if you miss the post with winners)
And last but not least,Good Luck!!
You are allowed to just post a comment with your details but my friend and I went down memory lane today, back a few years when we were so broke one Christmas we ran around the house looking for gifts we had received a while back which we had never used,and we wrapped them up again and gave them out as gifts.Have you EVER done that?Don't worry my lips are sealed!! We were really very poor that Christmas and we did wrap the gifts nicely and put them in little baskets which we could afford and made them look respectable.Do you think that was a terrible thing to do?
Absolutely not! It's the thought that counts...I mean, here you were broke, but were still thinking of the people that you love and wanting to give them gifts. I have done the same thing because money is tight sometimes. From one thoughtful person to another - there wasn't a thing wrong with what you did. :)
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I think that was nice, not terrible! Everyone had fun.
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What you did was a good idea! I have regifted before and I know people have given me gifts that someone else has given them,but I didn't mind. I would love to read this book! I already follow/subscribe. Thanks! jacquecurl1@gmail.com
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I'm all for what you did, there is simply too much waste and if regifting, repurposing, donating etc etc can fill a need elsewhere, instead of another hole in the ground, then we are doing the right thing! :)
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Hi, I would so love to read this book...sounds like a sure hit!!! I am a current subscriberand current follower. Now about your question....I think you and your friend are very resourceful, I only wish I could think as you did during the holidays, for I have many qifts that have been stashed away that I know other's would truely appreciate and I think your nice gift baskets were a great idea!!! You Go Girl!
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ReplyDeleteSo it looks like from the comments received that is's an ok thing to do.And I never heard of the term "re-gifting".I like it and makes what we did seem acceptable.The gifts we gave away were those nice soap and cream sets you normally get and the packaging is so beautiful that you keep it for that wonderful day and end up never using them.So they were nice.We just broke up the sets though and put them in the baskets with fluffy stuff.And we did enjoy the running around looking for stuff.Thank you to everyone for the comments and "heads up".
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