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Dear Friends of Josie,

Deadly Appraisal Wins DAVID Award at Deadly Ink
Jane was not only the Guest of Honor at this weekend's Deadly Ink Conference, but DEADLY APPRAISAL won the David for Best Mystery of 2007.


Consigned to Death ranked in top 10 in paperback sales by Independent Mystery Booksellers Association!


What's It Worth? You Be the Judge!

sleepy eye pottery

Sleepy Eye Pottery

Description:

These are to sleepy eye glazed pottery pitchers from Sleepy Eye, Minnesota about 1933.  One is 5 inches and the other is 4 inches tall.   It has blue raised Indian and scenery designs on white.   There are no...... [MORE]


Starry Night

Night Stars
Jane's Trying Her Hand
at a Thriller

Jane had the opportunity to ask the multiple award winning (including being a Nero-finalist) author, Jan Burke, what it takes to write a great thriller.

In addition to the obvious—engaging, multi-layered characters; exotic or unusual setting; complex, action-oriented plot; pitch-perfect dialogue; and irresistible prose, Jan listed four structural components that great thrillers share. Jan's points in Jane's words.... [MORE}

Recipe From Josie's Mom

Beef Wellington

Ingredients:

  • 3 1/2 to 4 lb. beef tenderloin
  • 8 oz. white mushrooms, cleaned and chopped
  • 1/4 c. scallion, chopped
  • 1/4 c. fresh parsley, minced
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • 2 tabs butter
  • 2 tsps all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 tsp bouquet garni
  • 1/4 tsp pepper
  • 1/2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 package (17 1/4 oz) frozen rolled puff pastry sheets, defrosted
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 tab water

Beef Wellington

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WIN A FREE COPY OF
Antiques to Die For

MY BOOK, THE MOVIE

Marshal Zeringue, on his intriqueing blog, "My Book, the Movie," will host a contest:

Submit your favorite thesbian to play one or more of the recurring characters in a movie of the Josie Prescott Antiques Mystery Series. Jane will select the winners randomly from all the entries that align with her vision. The winner for each character gets a pair of Josie’s martini glasses and an autographed copy of one of the books in the series. Worth playing for? You bet!

Read Jane's blog of April 15 in which Jane will describes the general characteristics of the cast of Josie's world and provides the email addresses for you to submit each of your choices. The drawing will be held on July 4, 2008.

Jane K Cleland
Mystery Lover's Festival
April 28, 2008
Mystery Lovers Bookshop
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With warm regards,
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Antiques to die for
Enter the MONTHLY DRAWING!

Enter Jane's monthly drawing to win an autographed copy of Antiques to Die For, the latest Josie Prescott Antiques Mystery.

PLUS, the lucky winner will receive two Josie Prescott enscribed martini glasses.

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just enter the drawing!

(Click the image to see an enlargement.) Josie Prescott martini glass

Want to check it out? The current issue of Jane's newsletter is available for your viewing.

Congratulations to
the May winner of

  • a pair of martini glasses,
  • ANTIQUES TO DIE FOR

Shirley from
Bala Cynwyd, PA!

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