ALAFAIR BURKE FIRST ANNUAL DUFFER AWARDS ALL IN JUNE!

 ALAFAIR BURKE 
FIRST ANNUAL DUFFER AWARDS
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If you love mysteries and thrillers, you’re going to have a blast with the First Annual Duffer Awards.

One of Harper Collins’s most beloved mystery writers, Alafair Burke (author of Angel’s Tip, 212, and the upcoming Long Gone ) is hosting the First Annual Duffer Awards on her website, www.AlafairBurke.com, throughout the month of June.  Not your typical awards, these are named for Alafair’s beloved French Bull Dog, “Duffer”, and are like those Yearbook Awards from high school, but for the fictional characters of some of the biggest mystery and thriller series out there.  

Each day in June, two characters will be up “against” each other in a zany and ridiculous category such as “most likely to bring down the house at a karaoke party” or “most likely to drive fifteen miles out of the way for junk food” (see below).  Readers can vote for their favorite characters on the site and also make their case in the comments (there, not here).  If you post a comment beneath your vote, you'll be automatically entered to win weekly prizes including signed copies of Alafair's books and $50 gift certificates to your favorite bookseller. 

The contest starts today, June 1st, will go on all month long, and visitors can vote and comment daily.  Below you’ll see the list of the author/character pairings for each day in June.  As a book blogger I was given this information to share with my readers and I wanted to give you all the chance at these prizes and this fun! Head over to The Duffers site to vote each day in June!

 

And of course I couldn’t tell you about The Duffers without letting you know about Alafair Burke’s fantastic new book, Long Gone, coming out June 21.  It’s her first standalone thriller, an edge of your seat novel about mistaken identity, reminiscent of Harlan Coben’s Tell No One or Laura Lippman’s What the Dead Know, her most suspenseful and accomplished yet—a one-sitting read. 

 

Below are listed each of the DUFFER AWARD NOMINEES to watch for each day in June:

1. Most Likely to Marry His Ex-Wife

Mickey Haller (Michael Connelly) v. Jesse Stone (Robert B. Parker)

2.  Most Likely to Sacrifice an Arm a la 127 Hours

Serge Storms (Tim Dorsey) v. Gretchen Lowell (Chelsea Cain)

3.  Most Likely to Make a 15-mile Detour for Good Junk Food

Tess Monaghan (Laura Lippman) v. Kinsey Milhone (Sue Grafton)

4.  Quickest Rebounder From a Failed Relationship

Jack Swyteck (James Grippando) v. Jackson Brodie (Kate Atkinson)

5.  Most Badass Sidekick

Bubba Rogowski (Dennis Lehane) v. Clinton Tyree/Skink (Carl Hiaasen)

6.  Best Hat

Raylan Givens (Elmore Leonard) v. Walt Longmire (Craig Allen Johnson)

7.  Odd Couple Most Likely to Win The Amazing Race

Stephanie Plum (Janet Evanovich) & Jack Reacher (Lee Child) v. Pierce Quincy (Lisa Gardner) & Joe Pike (Robert Crais)

8.  Most Likely to Check Out a Noise in the Basement While Rocking Sky-High Heels

Bailey Weggins (Kate White) v. Anne Murphy (Lisa Scottoline) 

9.  Most Likely to Be Institutionalized

Maureen O’Donnell (Denise Mina) v. Adrian Monk (Lee Goldberg)

10. Most Likely to Bring the House Down at a New Jersey Karaoke Party

Myron Bolitar (Harlan Coben) v. Carter Ross  (Brad Parks)

11.  Most Likely to Win a Hot Dog Eating Contest

Mike Chapman (Linda Fairstein) v. Danny Rodriguez (Michelle Gagnon)

12.  Lawyer Most Likely to Be Held in Contempt…But With Good Reason

Nina Reilly (Perri O’Shaughnessy) v. Amanda Jaffe (Phillip Margolin)

13.  Best Wine Taster

Moe Prager (Reed Farrel Coleman) v. Kay Scarpetta (Patricia Cornwell)

14.  Most Likely to Crash a Server on Match.com

Cash Boudreaux (Sandra Brown) v. Roarke (JD Robb)

15.  Ability to Travel the Globe in Two Pages or Less

Jason Bourne (Robert Ludlum) v. Gabriel Allon (Daniel Silva)

16.  Most Likely to Know the Emergency Room Workers by First Name

Ty Hauck (Andrew Gross) v. Gus Carpenter (Bryan Gruley)

17.  Most Likely to Get Away With It

Dexter Morgan (Jeff Lindsay) v. Bernie Rhodenbarr (Lawrence Block)

18.  Best Companion(s) For Live Music

Nick Travers (Ace Atkins) v. Derek Strange and Terry Quinn (George Pelecanos)

19.  PI Most Likely to Screw a Client Over….But With Good Reason

Burke (Andrew Vachss) v. VI Warshawski (Sara Paretsky)

20. Most Likely to Take Down a TSA Agent

Nick Heller (Joseph Finder) v. John Rain (Barry Eisler)

21.  Prom King and Queen

Tony Hill & Carol Jordan (Val McDermid) v Peter Decker & Rina Lazarus (Faye Kellerman)

22.  Least Likely to be Fazed by the Autopsy of a Disemboweled Body

Maura Isles (Tess Gerritsen) v. Temperance Brennan (Kathy Reichs)

23.  Most Unlike Her Parents

Elena Estes (Tami Hoag) v. Annie O’Sullivan (Chevy Stevens)

24.  Least Likely to Retire

Lucas Davenport (John Sandford) v. Jones Cooper (Lisa Unger)

25.  Woman You Really Don’t Want to Cross

Lisbeth Salander (Stieg Larsson) v. Lena Adams (Karin Slaughter)

26.  Collegiate Quizbowl Champ – Lincoln Rhyme (Jeffrey Deaver) v. Alex Cross (James Patterson)

27.  Most Likely to Save the World

Oliver Stone (David Baldacci) v. John Corey (Nelson DeMille)

28.  Editor in Chief of the College Paper

Eve Diamond (Denise Hamilton) v. Irene Kelly (Jan Burke)

29. Manners

Maisie Dobbs (Jacqueline Winspear) v. Inspector Lynley (Elizabeth George)

30.  Parent/Child Duo Most Likely to Fight if Stuck in an Elevator Together

Lydia Chin and [ASB: need to get name of her mother] (SJ Rozan) v. Dave and Alafair Robicheaux (James Lee Burke)

REMEMBER! You must go to the Alafair Burke website HERE to enter. 

Do not enter for this June Contest on my blog!

 

 HOWEVER!!!!!

IF YOU COMMENT BELOW ABOUT ENTERING THIS CONTEST OR AT LEAST READING ABOUT IT HERE ON MY BLOG, YOU MAY TAKE AN EXTRA ENTRY ON ANY ONE CURRENT GIVEAWAY OF MINE. IN ORDER TO DO THAT, JUST COMMENT BY WRITING THIS: 

"DUFFER AWARD"

ENJOY AND GOOD LUCK!