Confessions & Clues Week + Giveaway

There have been a string of murders on the Upper West Side in NYC. A killer is on the loose targeting private school girls, and while the police look for all the right answers in all the wrong places, Tandy Angel is determined to uncover who is really responsible. 

Tandy has shared these five clues that hint at who the killer may be. But what is going on in Tandy’s mind as she tracks the footsteps of a killer? Here is one of Tandy’s true CONFESSIONS, an inside look at her thoughts and feelings. To piece together the full story and get an inside look at this thrilling story, you’ll have to pick up a copy of Confessions: The Private School Murders, on-sale October 7th however books are sold. 

Tandy Angel, mastermind determined to track down a serial killer targeting private school girls on the Upper West Side, has more than just murder on the mind.

Amongst the drama around her, she dreams of her long lost love James Rampling…will the two ever be reunited? In this key confession, Tandy uncovers a letter that might lead her to James’ whereabouts. 

“I read the letter again, then a third time, then a fourth. This couldn't be real. In a few short days, I was going to see James? 

Actually see him, touch him, kiss him?”

 -Confessions: The Private School Murders (page 406)  

Look for the next clue tomorrow at The Book Cellar!
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More About the Confessions Books

by James Patterson & Maxine Paetro

Confessions of a Murder Suspect

James Patterson returns to the genre that made him famous with a thrilling teen detective series about the mysterious and magnificently wealthy Angel family . . . and the dark secrets they're keeping from one another.

On the night Malcolm and Maud Angel are murdered, Tandy Angel knows just three things: 1) She was the last person to see her parents alive. 2) The police have no suspects besides Tandy and her three siblings. 3) She can't trust anyone—maybe not even herself. Having grown up under Malcolm and Maud's intense perfectionist demands, no child comes away undamaged. Tandy decides that she will have to clear the family name, but digging deeper into her powerful parents' affairs is a dangerous-and revealing-game. Who knows what the Angels are truly capable of?

Confessions: The Private School Murders

Tandy Angel may have played the hero when she solved the case of her magnificently wealthy parents' mysterious deaths, but she isn't done yet. Her brother Matthew stands trial for homicide, young girls are found murdered all around New York's Upper West side, and Tandy is determined to use her piercing intellect to get to the bottom of both cases. But the biggest mystery of allmay be what actually happened to James Rampling, the handsome son of a family enemy, whom Tandy fell in love and ran away with--though most of her memories of the affair are disturbingly absent...

The confessions keep coming as Tandy delves even deeper into her own tumultuous history and the skeletons in the Angel family closet.

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One winner receives a journal, a custom t-shirt and copies of Confessions of a Murder Suspect and Confessions: The Private School Murders!

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Giveaway: Precious Blood by Tonya Hurley

I have a copy of Tonya Hurley's Precious Blood (and a bookmark!) for two winners at The Hiding Spot, courtesy of Simon & Schuster! Read on to find out more about the novel, the author, and to enter to win!

About the book:

What if martyrs and saints lived among us? And what if you were told you were one of them?

Agnes, Cecilia, and Lucy are three lost girls—each with their own personal demons. These girls meet one night when they all end up in the same hospital…and each wake up with a token from a boy they’ve only just met. Sebastian is gorgeous, mysterious, and has a plan for all of them. As each girl gets wrapped up in finding out just who Sebastian is, they each discover their own strengths, and realize the only way to save themselves is to save each other.

The story begins in Precious Blood and continues in Passionaries, available 1/7/14.

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About the author:

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Tonya Hurley is the New York Times best-selling author of the highly acclaimed ghostgirl book series; creator, writer and producer of animated and live action hit television series; writer and director of independent films; writer and director of commercials for Playstation, Gameboy and Warner Home Video; and creator of groundbreaking videogames. Her new young adult trilogy, The Blessed, begins with Precious Blood.

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Giveaway: Order of Darkness: Changeling by Philippa Gregory

I've got two copies of Philippa Gregory's Changeling to give away to two lucky winners at The Hiding Spot. Find out more about this book (Gregory's first YA offering) below and enter for your chance to win!

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About the Book
Dark myths, medieval secrets, intrigue, and romance populate the pages of this first in a four-book teen series from the #1 bestselling author of The Other Boleyn Girl. The year is 1453 and all signs point to it being the end of the world. Accused of heresy and expelled from his monastery, handsome seventeen-year-old Luca Vero is recruited by a mysterious stranger to record the end of times across Europe. Commanded by sealed orders, Luca is sent to map the fears of Christendom and travel to the very frontier of good and evil. Seventeen-year-old Isolde, a Lady Abbess, is trapped in a nunnery to prevent her from claiming her rich inheritance. As the nuns in her care are driven mad by strange visions, walking in their sleep, and showing bleeding wounds, Luca is sent to investigate and driven to accuse her. Forced to face the greatest fears of the dark ages—witchcraft, werewolves, madness—Luca and Isolde embark on a search for truth, their own destinies, and even love as they take the unknown ways to the real historical figure who defends the boundaries of Christendom and holds the secrets of the Order of Darkness.

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About the Author 
Philippa Gregory is the author of several internationally bestselling novels, including The Other Boleyn Girl and The White Queen, and is a recognized authority on women’s history. She lives in the north of England with her family and welcomes visitors to her website, PhilippaGregory.com. Order of Darkness: Changeling is her first novel written for teens.

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Win a copy of CUT by Patricia McCormick!

Big Honcho Media has kindly provided two copies of Patricia McCormick's CUT for two lucky winners at The Hiding Spot in celebration of the 10th Anniversary of the novel's release.

About the Book

A tingle arced across my scalp. The floor tipped up at me and my body spiraled away. Then I was on the ceiling looking down, waiting to see what would happen next.

 

Callie cuts herself. Never too deep, never enough to die. But enough to feel the pain. Enough to feel the scream inside. Now she’s at Sea Pines, a “residential treatment facility” filled with girls struggling with problems of their own. Callie doesn’t want to have anything to do with them. She doesn’t want to have anything to do with anyone. She won’t even speak. But Callie can only stay silent for so long…

The 10^th Anniversary edition of Cut includes a brand-new afterword from author Patricia McCormick, an author Q&A, and added resources.

About the Author

Patricia McCormick spent three years researching and writing her first novel, Cut. She is also the author of the National Book Award finalist Sold, as well as Purple Heart and My Brother’s Keeper. She lives in Manhattan. Learn more at www.pattymccormick.com.

The Giveaway

Prize:

2 winners will receive:
(1) finished copy of CUT

How to Enter:
You MUST fill out this FORM. If you neglect to fill out the form, you will not be entered to win.

Details:
Contest will close July 4thth, 2011. Open to the US only! You must be age 13 or older to enter.

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Win a copy of BEAUTY QUEENS by Libba Bray!

Big Honcho Media has kindly provided two copies of Libba Bray's BEAUTY QUEENS for two lucky winners at The Hiding Spot! See below for your chance to win this hilarious new novel!

Prize:

2 winners will receive:
(1) hardcover copy of BEAUTY QUEENS

How to Enter:
You MUST fill out this FORM. If you neglect to fill out the form, you will not be entered to win.

Extra Entries:

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+1 Comment on my review of BEAUTY QUEENS.
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Extra entries will not be awarded for following The Hiding Spot, but it's always appreciated! 


Details:
Contest will close June 12th, 2011. Open to the US only! You must be age 13 or older to enter.

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Review: Beauty Queens by Libba Bray

Title: Beauty Queen
Author: Libba Bray
Publisher: Scholastic
Pub. Date: 5.24.2011
Genre: Contemporary YA
Keywords: Survival, Pageants, Satire, Girl Power, Self Discovery
Pages: 400
Description (from Goodreads):

The fifty contestants in the Miss Teen Dream Pageant thought this was going to be a fun trip to the beach, where they could parade in their state-appropriate costumes and complete in front of the cameras. But sadly, their airplane had another idea, crashing on a desert island and leaving the survivors stranded with little food, little water, and practically no eye liner.

What’s a beauty queen to do? Continue to practice for the talent portion of the program – or wrestle snakes to the ground? Get a perfect tan – or learn to run wild? And what should happen when the sexy pirates show up?

Welcome to the heart of non-exfoliated darkness. Your tour guide? None other than Libba Bray, the hilarious, sensational, Printz Award-winning author of A Great and Terrible Beauty and Going Bovine. The result is a novel that will make you laugh, make you think, and make you never see beauty the same way again..


Libba Bray is one of the craziest, off-the-wall writers I've ever experienced. And reading her books is just that - an experience. Bray's novels are always entertaining, but BEAUTY QUEENS took things to whole new level. 


No subject is spared by Bray in the satirical BEAUTY QUEENS... thank goodness. This biting satire calls out the ridiculousness of pop culture, the backwards and shady nature of big corporations, and confronts the idea of beauty and what it means to be a woman.


BEAUTY QUEENS is girl power... not in a cutesy, yay-I'm-a-girl! way, but in a I'm-a-woman-hear-me-roar! way. This book is silly and humorous, but, in the end, it had a serious message. Each of the surviving, stranded beauty queens had something to hide... something that shouldn't have had to be hidden in the first place. There is no checklist for beauty or for being a strong, successful woman and Bray's BEAUTY QUEENS is a testament to that.


BEAUTY QUEENS is a novel I'll definitely be loaning out to the women in my life. It's laugh-out-loud funny, a bit romantic, a bit wild, and a whole lot of kickass. Bray doesn't disappoint.

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If my review wasn't convincing enough, the author gives you plenty of reasons to check out BEAUTY QUEENS:







In addition, Scholastic has launched a new online community called This Is Teen to connect readers with their favorite YA authors and books. Visit their page on Facebook for all the latest news on Libba Bray and her new book Beauty Queens: www.facebook.com/thisisteen.

Review copy provided by Amazon Vine and Big Honcho Media.

Win a copy of MOONGLASS and WE'LL ALWAYS SUMMER

Big Honcho Media has kindly provided a copy of Jessi Kirby's MOONGLASS and the final installment of Jenny Han's Summer trilogy, WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE SUMMER, for one lucky winner here at The Hiding Spot! See below for your chance to win both of these great summer reads!

Prize:

(1) hardcover copy of MOONGLASS

(1) hardcover copy of WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE SUMMER

How to Enter:

You MUST fill out this FORM. If you neglect to fill out the form, you will not be entered to win.

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+1 Comment on my review of MOONGLASS.
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Details:
Contest will close June 5th, 2011. Open to the US only! You must be age 13 or older to enter.

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Contest: Aimee Friedman's Summer Reads Prize Pack!

Looking for the perfect summer reads? Aimee Friedman knows just the titles... and you have a chance to win all six novels here at The Hiding Spot!



Prize:
(1) Aimee’s Summer Reads prize pack, including paperback copies of Summer Boys, Rebecca, Something Borrowed, The Great Gatsby, The Princess Diaries and Sea Change!


How to Enter:
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Extra Entries:
Not required. Extra entries are detailed on the entry form as well.
+4 Comment on Aimee's Guest Post.
+3 Tweet this contest. (Leave a link.)
+3 Link this contest on your sidebar, in a post, or on FB. (Leave a link.)


Details:
Contest will close July 14th 2010. Open to US and Canadian mailing addresses only. Sorry International readers!


Good luck!

All prizes dispensed by Big Honcho Media.