"The windows faced Garfield Street and the courthouse, an unadorned concrete rectangle lined with soulless windows."
Thus, with a touch of
noir, Pasadena novelist
Dianne Emley describes Pasadena's
Superior Court building in her Pasadena-centric novel
The First Cut.
Pasadena Pasadena Pasadena!
Did you know we're having a contest? Read
The First Cut, answer a few easy questions about it and win a copy of
Cut to the Quick, the second book in Emley's Nan Vining Thrillogy.
Here are the rules, which I first posted
last week:
1. Read
The First Cut. (It's available at
Vroman's or your favorite book store. You can read a description of the book on
Dianne's website.)
2. Answer four easy questions about the book, which are posted below.
3. Email your answers to me (link at upper left of blog) by the January 27th deadline.
4. Feel free to email me any questions you have about the contest, or post your questions in the comments section.
Three winners will be drawn from the correct entries. Each will win a copy of the second book in the Nan Vining Thrillogy! It's called
Cut to the Quick, and it'll be released as a paperback original on January 27th.
READY FOR YOUR QUESTIONS? Here we go:
1. What word is written on the refrigerator magnet Nan receives from T.B. Mann?
2. What's the name of the nightclub owned by John Lesley?
3. What song is played at Frankie Lynde's funeral?
4. What does Frankie's voice say to Nan on the CD that Emily records?
And the bonus question:
5. How many times has Nan's mother been married?
I don't know why it's a bonus question. You don't have to answer it to win. I couldn't. Dianne asked me that one and I had no idea. But you get brownie points if you know it. Maybe we'll use it as a tie-breaker.
We're on, people. Let me hear from you, and let's have fun!