NO PURCHASE NECESSARY

OFFICIAL RULES

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE DOES NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.

1. ELIGIBILITY: Open to legal U.S. residents 18 years of age and older as of the date of entry. Employees of Henry Holt and Company, LLC and its affiliates, their immediate families (parents, children, siblings, spouse) and those living in the same household (whether related or not) are not eligible. Void in Puerto Rico and wherever prohibited, taxed or restricted by law. All Federal, state and local laws and regulations apply.

2. HOW TO ENTER: No Purchase Necessary. The weekly New York 1909 Trivia Quiz Sweepstakes will run each week, beginning on Monday, May 15, 2006 at 9:00 a.m. ET and ending at 8:59 a.m.. ET on Monday, December 18, 2006 (the “Sweepstakes Period”). Each Monday morning at approximately 9:00 a.m. during the Sweepstakes Period, a new question and its answer will test participants’ knowledge of turn of the century New York history and Sigmund Freud. You may enter the weekly sweepstakes by filling out the entry form on the Interpretation of Murder website (www.interpretationofmurder.com/registration.php) and answering the weekly trivia question. All participants who submit an entry by 8:59 a.m. ET the following Monday are entered to win the weekly prize. New questions will be posted each Monday during the Sweepstakes Period at appr. 9:00 a.m. ET (in the case a Monday falls on a day Sponsor is closed for business, the question may be posted the next day Sponsor is open for business). In addition to answering the trivia question, entrants will be required to provide the following information on the entry form: name and e-mail address. All entrants who provide the required information and answer the trivia question are entered to win regardless of whether the answer is correct. Limit one entry per person per weekly trivia quiz question.

3. WINNERS: Weekly Prize. Each week beginning the week of May 22, 2006 during the Sweepstakes Period, one (1) weekly winner will be selected in a random drawing from among all participants who submitted an entry for the prior week’s weekly quiz question by 8:59 a.m. Eastern Time on Monday of the week of the drawing. Each weekly drawing pool will consist solely of eligible entries received that week. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received for each week’s drawing. Weekly winners will be notified by e-mail on or about the Wednesday after that week’s drawing is conducted. All winners will be required to execute and return an Affidavit of Eligibility/Release/Prize Acceptance Form within fourteen (14) days of attempted notification. Non-compliance within that time may result in disqualification and the selection of an alternate winner. By entering the Sweepstakes, entrants fully and unconditionally agree to be bound by these rules and the decisions of the judges, which will be final and binding in all matters relating to the Sweepstakes.

4. PRIZES: Each Weekly Prize winner will win a single Advance Readers Edition copy of THE INTERPRETATION OF MURDER or a single hardcover copy of THE INTERPRETATION OF MURDER when it is available in September 2006 with a retail value ranging between $5.00 and $26.00. Total estimated value of all Sweepstakes Prizes combined: $600.00. No substitution of prizes, except that Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value. If lost, prizes will not be replaced. Winners are responsible for any tax consequences and compliance with all governmental reporting and payment requirements. Prizes are not transferable and may not be substituted or redeemed for cash by winners. All taxes and unspecified expenses are the responsibility of winners. Allow six to eight weeks for delivery of prizes. In the event that any winner fails to timely claim the prize or return an Affidavit of Eligibility/Release/Prize Acceptance Form or fails to meet eligibility requirements of this Sweepstakes, an alternate winner may be selected. Sponsor reserves the right not to award any or all prizes in the event an insufficient number of eligible entries are received.

5. GENERAL: In the event of a dispute as to the same person submitting multiple entries, whether using one or more e-mail accounts, such entries will not be accepted and this may result in disqualification of all entries from such participant. Automated entry devices and/or programs are prohibited, and any use of such automated devices and/or programs will result in disqualification. In the event of a dispute regarding the identity of an entrant, the entry will be deemed made by the authorized account holder of the email address registered on the Interpretation of Murder website (i.e., the person who is assigned to an email address by an Internet access provider, on-line service provider or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted email address). Participation is limited to individuals only; commercial enterprises and business entities are not eligible.

6. PUBLICITY/DISCLAIMER: By participating in the Sweepstakes, each weekly winner agrees to the use of his/her name, voice, likeness, and/or photograph, biographical information, statements and prize information, in any and all media now known or hereafter developed, throughout the world, for advertising, publicity and promotional purposes without compensation, notice or approval (unless prohibited by law). All entries become the sole and exclusive property of Sponsor and will not be acknowledged or returned.

By participating in the Sweepstakes, participants and winners agree to be bound by these Official Rules, and agree to release and hold harmless Sponsor and its affiliates, and their respective parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, members, employees, partners, representatives, successors, agents and assigns from any and all liability for loss, harm, damage, injury, cost or expense whatsoever, including without limitation, property damage, personal injury or death, which may occur in connection with the Sweepstakes or with the acceptance, possession, use and/or misuse of any prize or participation in any Sweepstakes-related activity or for any claims based on publicity rights, defamation or invasion of privacy and merchandise delivery. Sponsor shall not be responsible or liable for: (i) electronic, hardware or software program, network, Internet, telephone, telecommunications or computer malfunctions, errors, failures, viruses, or difficulties of any kind, unauthorized human intervention, traffic congestion, incomplete or inaccurate capture of entry information; (ii) failed, incomplete, lost, corrupted, garbled, or delayed computer transmissions; (iii) any condition caused by events beyond the control of the Sponsor that may cause the Sweepstakes to be disrupted or corrupted; or (iv) any printing or typographical errors in any materials associated with the Sweepstakes. Sponsor shall not be responsible or liable for any damages to user’s system occasioned by participating in the Sweepstakes, or from downloading any information necessary to participate in the Sweepstakes. Sponsor is not responsible if Sweepstakes cannot take place or if any prize cannot be awarded due to delays or interruptions due to acts of God, acts of war, natural disasters, weather, acts of terrorism or other causes beyond the reasonable control of Sponsor. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to suspend, modify, extend or cancel the Sweepstakes at any time if a computer virus, technical error or malfunction or other cause beyond the control of Sponsor corrupts the administration, security or proper play of the Sweepstakes. Persons who tamper with or abuse any aspect of the Sweepstakes or website, as solely determined by Sponsor, will be disqualified.

CAUTION: ANY ATTMEPT BY AN ENTRANT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THIS SWEEPSTAKES IS IN VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAW. SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH INDIVIDUAL.

7. NAMES OF WINNERS: The name of the weekly winners will be available after February 15, 2007 at www.interpretationofmurder.com.

8. SPONSOR:

Henry Holt and Company, LLC
175 5th Avenue
New York, NY
10010