Win this Book: Obedience by Will Lavender

Local author Will Lavender's first novel Obedience hit store shelves yesterday. I've got five copies in my hot little hands I'm itching to giveaway courtesy of the book's publisher (thanks Shaye Areheart Books). To enter all you have to do is leave a comment or send an email telling me what your favorite book is. Bonus points if in your comment you tell why it's your favorite book.

For Louisville based winners of this contest, and Louisville readers in general, the author and I have discussed putting together a one time book club gathering to meet and discuss Obedience. I can hardly describe how much fun I think it would be to discuss a good novel with the author. I really hope we can pull this gathering off. So, please also leave a comment to let me know if you'd be interested in said gathering.

Obedience is a psychological thriller, the author describes it as being reminiscent of the Michael Douglass film "The Game" and set on a a college campus. Here is the full publisher's blurb

When the students in Winchester University's Logic and Reasoning 204 arrive for their first day of class, they are greeted not with a syllabus or texts, but with a startling assignment from Professor Williams: Find a hypothetical missing girl named Polly. If after being given a series of clues and details the class has not found her before the end of the term in six weeks, she will be murdered.

At first the students are as intrigued by the premise of their puzzle as they are wary of the strange and slightly creepy Professor Williams. But as they delve deeper into the mystery, they begin to wonder: Is the Polly story simply a logic exercise, designed to teach them rational thinking skills, or could it be something more sinister and dangerous?

The mystery soon takes over the lives of three students as they find disturbing connections between Polly and themselves. Characters that were supposedly fictitious begin to emerge in reality. Soon, the boundary between the classroom assignment and the real world becomes blurred-and the students wonder if it is their own lives they are being asked to save.

Finally, Will Lavender will be reading from Obedience at Carmichael's on Frankfort Avenue tomorrow night, February 21, 2008 at 7PM. I really hope there is a great turnout to support this local author and his new work. A literary town is a great town.

Contest info
To enter leave a comment or send an email to info AT consuminglouisville.com (with Contest Entry as the subject) that includes the title of your favorite book. Feel free to also share why that book is your favorite.

Winners will be selected at random from all entries received before 12:01AM Monday February 25, 2008.