Facebook giveaway

What She Saw Last Night is published in the UK and some other teritories in just four days!

To celebrate, I'm running a giveaway over at my Facebook author page - all you need to do is share the post featuring the picture below to be in with a chance of winning:

• A signed copy of What She Saw Last Night
• A genuine Caledonian Sleeper sleep kit, containing ear plugs, eye mask and soap
• A bar of Scottish tablet
• a bunny

(He's called Bye Bunny, and he plays a small but crucial role in the novel).

The winner will be picked on Thursday. 

Meantime, if you'd like to pre-order the book, you can do so at all the usual places. Use this link to see if it's available in your neck of the woods, or get it in the UK in these places:

UK trade paperback (large format)
Waterstones
Amazon
WHSmith
Hive
Big Cartel (signed copies)

UK ebook
Kindle
Kobo
Google Play
iBook

UK audio
Audible

Readers Club competition winners

A big thanks to everyone who entered both the Facebook and the Readers Club competitions to win Written in Blood bookmarks and other goodies.

Winners came from as far afield as Singapore and the Netherlands - one of the best things about this gig is finding out you have readers in places you've never been.

The Facebook winners were posted earlier this week on my page - incidentally, go like the page, if you haven't already.

Members of my Readers Club who won a signed deleted scene from Presumed Dead and a set of snazzy Written in Blood bookmarks were:

Alec Hooke

Gina Rae

Lisa Gray

Malcolm Gillies

Tasha Tay

Tim Windram

Amy Beth Marantino

Anne Carlin

Esmie Langston

Mariandel Vlemmix

...and the winner of the special, Readers Club-only grand prize of the bookmarks, deleted scene and a signed US hardcover edition of The Samaritan was Michael Chapleo.

Congrats to the winners, thanks to all who entered, and if you'd like to know about my next Readers Club exclusive, you can sign up for free right here.

If you're in the UK, my Written in Blood episode airs on CBS Reality on Tuesday evening - I'll be doing a live Twitter Q&A during the show, so feel free to tweet a question.

Competition

This Sunday I'm going to pick a random member of my Readers Club to win a signed copy of Don't Look For Me.

This is open worldwide. Existing members and anyone who signs up before I make the draw on Sunday are eligible.

The Readers Club is completely free, you can unsubscribe at any time, and I promise not to spam you. I'll only email you when I have something to tell you about, like a new book, or a special members-only exclusive.

Of which there may be one in the next couple of weeks...

Join up here:

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Win books!

In the run up to the US publication of Don't Look For Me on January 2nd, I'm running some book giveaways over the festive season, so if you fancy entering to win, all you have to do is register to win below.

Remember, you can sign up to the readers club for more competitions and an exclusive free short story: Expiry Date.

These are all available worldwide, so good luck and Merry Christmas!

Goodreads Book Giveaway

The Time to Kill

by Mason Cross

Giveaway ends December 30, 2017.
See the giveaway details at Goodreads.

Enter Giveaway

Goodreads Book Giveaway

The Killing Season

by Mason Cross

Giveaway ends December 31, 2017.
See the giveaway details at Goodreads.

Enter Giveaway

Goodreads Book Giveaway

Don't Look For Me

by Mason Cross

Giveaway ends January 02, 2018.
See the giveaway details at Goodreads.

Enter Giveaway

And the winner is...

The official Readers Club competition to win a signed copy of The Time to Kill, page proofs of the first 2 chapters of Don't Look For Me and a random bar of Scottish tablet is now closed.

The winner has been randomly selected and it's...

Gina Rae! Congratulations Gina.

Thank you to everyone who entered. If you'd like to get occasional updates on the books and find out about competitions and exclusives, go here to sign up.

There's not long to wait before Don't Look For Me hits the shelves on April 20th, and you can pre-order a copy right now to make sure you get it on publication day.

Exclusive Readers Club competition

As the title subtly hints, I'm going to be running an exclusive competition for members of my readers club soon.

I'll be emailing members next Friday to tell them how to win the following goodies:

• A signed copy of The Time to Kill
• The original page proofs of the first two chapters of the next book: Don't Look For Me
• (By popular demand) A bar of Mrs. Tilly's Scottish tablet

The page proofs are one-of-a-kind. These are the final printers proofs the author uses to fix any remaining typos and to make any last minor changes to the text. The winner will be one of the first people outside of my publisher to read these two chapters, and the book isn't published in the UK until April 20.

The Scottish tablet is because I included one with a previous competition and it went nuts, so if it ain't broke...

For the uninitiated, tablet is "a medium-hard, sugary confection ... usually made from sugar, condensed milk, and butter, which is boiled to a soft-ball stage and allowed to crystallise." It's nicer than it sounds, kind of like hard fudge.

Anyway.

If you want to be in with a shot of winning, all you have to do is make sure you're signed up to the Readers Club. It's a good thing to do anyway - it's free, I won't constantly spam you, and you'll get a heads-up on news, exclusives and giveaways like this one.

It takes two seconds to sign up and confirm, you can unsubscribe any time with one click, and look - there's a handy form right here:

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I'll be in touch next week with details of how to enter, and this will be open worldwide - if you're on the list and have an address, you're eligible to win.

Competition - win an audiobook

Competition time!

I'm giving away a copy of the audiobook of The Samaritan on CD (read by the fantastic Eric Meyers) to a lucky member of the Mason Cross Readers Club. This competition is open worldwide, and to new and existing members of the readers club.

All you have to do is sign up using the handy form below by midnight GMT on Monday 31st October (one of my favourite days of the year). The winner will be randomly selected from the list and contacted for a mailing address.

Join the Mason Cross Readers Club

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First Name

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Joining the readers club is a good idea anyway - you get a heads-up when a new book is published, plus exclusives and competitions like this one. No spam guaranteed, and you can unsubscribe any time with one click.

Good luck!

And the winner is...

Thanks to everyone who entered the competition to win a signed first edition trade paperback copy of The Killing Season by signing up to the Mason Cross Readers Club!

The competition is now closed and the randomly selected winner is David Barr! Congratulations, David, and thanks for signing up.

If you missed out on the competition, you can still sign up to the Readers Club using the handy form below. I'll only email you when there's something interesting to say (new book coming out, competition, possibly some exclusive content in the not-too-distant-future), and you can unsubscribe at any time with one click. Go on, you know you want to...

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Competition - win a signed first edition of The Killing Season

Want to win a signed first edition of the UK trade paperback version of The Killing Season?

It's the first novel in the Carter Blake series. Blake has to stop a lethal sniper rampaging across the Midwest. People who have said nice things about the book include Lee Child, Lisa Gardner and even one William Jefferson Clinton.

All you have to do to win a copy is sign up to my mailing list between today and midnight UK time (7pm EDT) on Sunday 28 August 2016.

It couldn't be easier - submit your name and email address below, then click on the confirmation email and you're on the list.

I only send an update when I have something interesting to report (like a new book coming out) so you don't have to worry about being bombarded with spam. That conjures up an interesting image, doesn't it?

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The lucky winner will be selected at random and contacted by email to let them know they've won and to get a mailing address.

The competition is open to anyone, anywhere in the world.

I'll sign it (and personalise it if you want) and post it to you, wherever you may be.

And just while I have your attention, I'd like to draw your attention to some upcoming events:

11 August - Hillhouse Library, Hamilton
6:00pm | Hillhouse Road, Hamilton, ML3 9TX
Free event - contact the library on 01698 710400 for tickets.

16 August - The Ben Cleuch Centre, Tillicoultry
7:00pm | Park St, Tillicoultry, FK13 6AG
Contact Clackmannanshire Libraries on 01259 452262 for tickets.

11 September - Bloody Scotland, Stirling
1:30pm | The Golden Lion Hotel, 8-10 King Street, Stirling, FK8 1DQ
Tickets £7.50/£6.50, available from the festival website.

26 October - Encounters Festival, Coatbridge
7:00pm | Coatbridge Library, Buchanan Centre, 126 Main Street, Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, ML5 3BJ
Free event - visit the festival website for tickets.

Okay, good luck!

Tweet and sign up to win!

I've just received a big box of the brand new Harlequin Worldwide Mystery book club edition of The Killing Season. No matter how often it happens, I still get a huge kick out of receiving a shipment of books with my name on it.

If you fancy winning a signed copy, all you need to do is retweet this and sign up to my mailing list before Friday:

  

Want to win 1 of 5 copies of new edition Killing Season? RT & sign up to my mailing list! https://t.co/jkjRJgXxVf pic.twitter.com/vbC6CWvy8t

— Mason Cross (@MasonCrossBooks) April 25, 2016

Competition - win a signed copy of The Samaritan US hardcover

There was a really fantastic response to the Goodreads giveaway of The Killing Season a couple of weeks ago, so I thought I'd try something different this time.

This time, you can win a signed, hardcover first American edition of The Samaritan. All you have to do is sign up to my mailing list between now and midnight GMT on Sunday 6 March 2016.

I promise not to spam you with daily ramblings - I only send an update when a new book is coming out or something actually interesting is happening.

Sign up to the Mason Cross mailing list

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The lucky winner will be selected at random and contacted by email (obviously) to let them know they've won and to get a mailing address. The competition is open to anyone, anywhere in the world. I'll sign it, personalise it if you want, doodle on it if you don't mind terrible artwork, and post it to you, wherever you may be.

Good luck!

Goodreads giveaway - win a signed copy of The Killing Season

Do you like free books? Me too.

If you'd like to win a signed UK paperback copy of the first Carter Blake novel, all you have to do is click to enter at the link below before midnight on February 18.

Goodreads Book Giveaway

The Killing Season

by Mason Cross

Giveaway ends February 18, 2016.
See the giveaway details at Goodreads.

Enter Giveaway

Open to UK, US, Australia and Canada - please see t&cs for full details.

Audiobook winners

The winners of the audiobook giveaway have now been randomly selected and are...


*drumroll*


Carolyn Ferris and Karen (Euro Crime)



Both lucky winners receive an unabridged CD copy of The Killing Season on audiobook, narrated by the fantastic Eric Meyers.

Big thank you to everyone who entered or shared the competition!

Competitions and reviews and other stuff

Scottish Book Trust are running a competition to win a limited edition slipcase set of The Killing Season and The Samaritan - all you need to do is click here and tell them what your favourite crime book is (no extra points for it being one of mine).

As part of the competition, they also asked me to pick my top six forgotten crime classics, although weirdly only five are showing at the moment (number 6 is Geoffrey Household's awesome Rogue Male, if you're interested). I feel like I cheated a little including A Kiss Before Dying as it's not exactly forgotten, but it's much less well-known than it deserves to be. You'll need to go to the article to find out the rest of my picks.

Speaking of giveaways, there's still lots of time to enter to win a copy of The Killing Season on audiobook, and (not quite a giveaway, but damn near), the ebook is currently on sale at only £1.99 on Amazon.co.uk and Sainsburys in the UK.

Couple of nice reviews around the US hardcover and ahead of the UK paperback release. Book Addict Shaun gave it 4.5 out of 5 and said:

The Killing Season was an exhilarating roller coaster ride of a read and when I finished it I wanted to read it all over again. Brutally fast-paced and brilliantly addictive, I can't recommend this book enough.

Kingdom Books in Vermont liked the way Killing Season operated in the same field as Jack Reacher while changing the pattern somewhat, and said:

Cross provides plot twists that raise the ante, as well as the suspense. Hard to believe this one's a debut; I'll be watching for more of his books.

Simon McDonald thought it was a solid thriller and that:

While there’s nothing innovative on display, The Killing Season is finely crafted with a confidence that rarely radiates from debuts. It’s soundly constructed, and moves quickly, with plenty of action, and a deep-lying conspiracy that propels the novel above the genre’s riff-raff.

Other stuff

Whew, seems like there's a lot to catch up on.

Fiona at Author Interviews gives yours truly the third degree about who I am and how I came to be.

I've confirmed a few more events and will be announcing them as soon as I can, so check the events page next time you drop by.

I've been busy over at the Murder Room, with the latest of my and Steve Cavanagh's Bosch reviews, as well as blogs on three movie-inspiring noir classics: The Maltese Falcon, Cape Fear and Psycho.

And speaking of Steve Cavanagh, his debut novel The Defence is finally out - it starts with a head in a bag, a kidnapping, and a bomb strapped to the hero and gets more exciting from there. It's awesome, go buy it.

Competition - win an audiobook!

Competition time!

I have two copies to give away of the excellent audio version of The Killing Season. It's unabridged on 10 CDs, read by Eric Meyers. I'm a big fan of audiobooks, and I was really pleased with how well this one captures the book.

I've experimented with Goodreads giveaways before, but unfortunately Goodreads doesn't yet allow you to give away audiobooks. So I'm holding this giveaway right here on the blog.

How to win

To make it extra easy, there's no fiendishly tough question to answer. All you have to do to be in with a chance of winning is comment on this post with the title of your favourite thriller, before midnight (GMT) on Tuesday 31st March.

Winners will be selected randomly, and will be announced on Wednesday 1st April. The chosen ones can then email me their details to let me know where to post the prize (at no cost to the winner).

This is open to anyone, anywhere in the world - all you have to do is comment.

(And if you can't wait until the end of the month, you can still get the ebook in the UK for only £1.99 from Amazon and Sainsburys right now.)