Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Giveaway - The Night Gardener - George Pelecanos


Yes! Another great giveaway courtesy of The Hachette Book Group! Five copies of The Night Gardener by George Pelecanos to be won.

What's it about?

From Publishers Weekly - Starred Review.

"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."

Listen to an excerpt of The Night Gardener.

To be entered, simply leave a comment. Open to both US and Canada. No po boxes please. Please make sure I have a way to contact you - either by email or throught your blog. Ends June 27 at 6 pm EST. Good luck and check the sidebar for ongoing giveaways.

174 comments:

  1. I'd love to win this book. Thanks for the chance.

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  3. What an awesome book to giveaway! Please count me in. Thank you!

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  4. No need to enter me, Luanne. Just posted on Win A Book.

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  5. I have George Pelecanos latest two novels. I would love to be entered for this drawing. Thanks for the opportunity. Indigo

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  6. Please count me in. :)

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  7. Looks like a good one, thanks for hosting this giveaway.

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  8. Please enter me! Sounds great:)

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  9. I'd love to read this.

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  10. Sounds good. Scary/spooky perhaps but suspenseful...

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  11. This sounds great...I'd love to be entered - thank you!

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  13. Oh, yes, I love audiobooks! Please enter me. Thanks for the opportunity.

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  14. My dad would love to read this book and pass it on to someone else!


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  15. Ooo, this one sounds really good. I'd love to read it. Please enter me. :0)

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  16. I love George Peecanos books. A master story teller. Count me in. :)
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    Carol L.
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  17. This sounds fantastic!

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  18. This sounds so interesting.

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  19. Thanks for the book giveaway, this one sounds really good.

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  20. Sounds like the kind of book I like to read.

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  21. Looks like a great read! Would love to win it!

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  22. love to read the book

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  23. His books are always an exciting read!

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  24. Since I've not read any of Pelecanos books, I would like to be entered in the contest. Thanks.



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  25. Sounds like one I'd like to read. Thanks for the opportunity to win it.

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  26. ooh sounds like a great book,

    Thanks for the giveaway!

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  27. I'm becoming quite a fan of his writing. Please enter me too

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  28. I am such a fan of George Pelecanos..I'd love to win this book.....

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  29. This sounds like an interesting book that I'd like to read.

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  30. love to add this to my summer reading list
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  31. this is my kind of book.
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  32. George Pelecanos is great,I try to read everything he writes.

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  33. I'd love to win this book. Please enter me. Thanks.

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  34. i'm waiting by the mail box mverno@roadrunner.com

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  35. I would love to win this!
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  36. I haven't read his books before. This sounds good.

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  37. I love George Pelecanos!! But I haven't read this book and would like to.
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  38. I need to add this book to my reading list.

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  39. OOH! This book sounds JUST like something I would really like to read. Hope I win it.

    May Schultz
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  40. That looks great. Thanks for the chance to win.

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  41. This sounds like a great book, I'd love to read it!

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  42. I loved The Turnaround by this same author, so I am excited to read this book!
    Thanks for the giveaway :)
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  43. This sounds like a great suspense/thriller and I'd really like to read it. Thanks for the opportunity to submit an entry!

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  44. Looks like a great read. Please enter my name into the draw.

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  45. I would love to read this book.

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  46. I am always interested in adding a good book to my TBR pile.

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  47. I'd love to take this to the beach this summer. Thanks for the chance.

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  48. I would love to read this book, please enter me :)

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  49. I'd like to read this, always on the lookout for interesting books.

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  50. Please enter me,I'd love to read this!

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  51. Pelecanos knowledge of DC makes him the best inside the beltway writer. I'd love to win this book!

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  52. Great author - please enter me.

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  53. Sounds very suspensful! I'deally enjoy reading this book.
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  55. George Pelecanos is one of my favorites - please count me in!

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  56. I would love to be entered to win this book. Thank you for having this giveaway.
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  57. I am a follower.
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  58. Thanx for the contest

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  59. I've always wanted to read George Pelecanos.

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  60. This sounds like a book both my hubby and I would love to read.

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    thanks Luanne!

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  61. Would love to win, this would be the first of his books that I have read.
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  62. Sounds like a great book.

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  63. I just read my first George Pelecanos book and I'm hooked! I would love to read this one too!

    Tarah
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  64. Cool storyline

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  65. I would like the chance to win this book. Thank you.

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  67. I'd love to win this book.Looks very interesting.

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  68. I read The Turnaround recently and really liked it. Would love to read this one too! Enter me please.

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  69. Christina - xristya@rock.com - I'm a very recent fan of George Pelecanos, having just read The Way Home and liked it! He has a very approachable, friendly style which makes you feel as if you're really there! Thanks for the giveaway book!

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  70. I would love to read this.

    Thanks so much.

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  71. Looks like a good read! thanks for the chance to win!

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  72. I'm always game for a good read!

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  73. Sounds terrific. I want to win it!

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  74. I'd love to add this book to my collection! Looks like a fantastic read!

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  75. This book sounds really great! I'd love to read it.

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  76. I am going to be off for the summer and will have plenty of time to read. June 19th is freedom day! Love to win books.

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  77. I'd love to enter for this giveaway! Thank you for hosting it!

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  78. I love to read and would love to read this book.

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  79. From the description, this looks like a great book. Thank you for the chance to win.

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  80. This sounds like a cold-case mystery and I love those. Thanks for the chance to win it, Luanne.

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  81. Please enter me into the giveaway. Thanks
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  82. I'm also a follower
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  83. I'd love to be entered--thanks!

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  84. I would love a chance to win. Thank you.

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  85. Would love a chance to read this.

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  86. Mary
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    This sounds like another great book, I'd love to add it to my winter-time stash of books :)

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  87. I'd love to win this book, I've heard such great things about it.

    Cheers,
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  88. Sounds great, I would love to win this!
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  89. This book looks great! I would love to win this!

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  90. I would love to win a copy of The Night Gardener. Please enter me into the drawing.

    Thank you,

    Christine
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  91. For a minute there I thought this was about the movie by that title. But it's not this sounds good.
    Theresa N
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  92. I have not read any books by this author... so I really hope I win... I think I have been missing out on some great stories.

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  93. please enter me in this great contest thanks

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  94. This sounds pretty interesting, I'd love a chance to win!

    Thanks so much,

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  95. I would love to win this book. Please enter my name. Thanks.

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  96. Please enter me. I've really gotten interested in George Pelecanos recently. Thanks!

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  97. I need some good summer reads and this looks great!

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  98. Please include me in your giveaway.
    Thanks
    Carlene
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  99. I love to read - thanks for the chance to win this book

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  100. I would like to read this, thanks!

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  101. Please enter me. I would love to read this one! Looks great

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  102. This looks really interesting, thanks for the chance

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  104. Please enter me.
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  106. I just read my first George Pelecanos book and really enjoyed it. Would love to have this one in my collection.

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  107. This sounds very scary and intense and I'd love to read it. Thanks.

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  108. George Pelecanos is one of my favorite authors. I would love to win this book! Thank you!
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  109. I would love to win this book. Count me in please!

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  110. Would love to read this! Count me in!

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  111. I would love to entered. The book sounds great.

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  112. Sounds very good - please enter me.
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  113. I'd like to drop my name in the hat.

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  114. i would like to read this book.

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  118. Great giveaway, would love to read this, thanks!

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  119. Winning this book would make me very happy! I became aware of the author after watching "The Wire" which is, hands down, the best show I've ever seen. I was thrilled when I discovered George Pelecanos was a writer &, of course, his books didn't disappoinht!

    Thank you for hosting this giveaway.
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  120. I would love a chance to win this one.
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  121. I love murder mysteries.

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  122. trying hard to win this - it sounds great!

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  125. I'd love to give this a try pls add me

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  126. I've read some of his other books and would LOVE to win this. Thanks for the chance!

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  127. Pelecanos writes some excellent and intense books. I'd love to win one.

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  128. He writes tense cheat-free suspense thrillers. Count me in.

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  129. Have seen lots of good reviews. Anxious to read it1

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  131. Please enter me in this lovely contest, thank you.

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  132. Please include me, thanks!
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  133. This looks like a fantastic read!

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  134. I'd love to win this book.
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  135. I loved to win this book. Thanks, I love hearing about authors new to me!

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  136. Ooh, another great book to read! Count me in! Thanks for a great review!

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  138. count me in please!
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  139. Looks like this could be a good read

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  142. I would love to have the chance to read this! Thank you!

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  143. I love a good mystery, thanks for the chance to win.
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  144. Count me in, we are going on a 4hr drive and this would be perfect to read. Thanks :)

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  145. This looks like a good murder mystery for sure

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  146. Thanks for the GREAT giveaway
    please count me in :)

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  147. This sounds like a great book!

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  148. This one sounds like a good, suspenseful read. I'd love to have it. Thanks~!

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  149. I really enjoy mysteries and the description of this book sounds very interesting.
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  150. I enjoy the writing of George Pelecanos. I would love to win this.

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  151. Pelecanos does not disappoint! Thank you for the opportunity to participate in this giveaway!

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  152. I'm in!

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  153. I'VD HEARD GREAT REVIEWS ABOUT THIS BOOK!

    I WOULD LOVE TOREADE IT!

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  154. This sounds really great ! thanks for the chance

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  155. George Pelecanos is one of my favorite authors. I am never disappointed in a read by him.

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