£450 worth of paperbacks to be won

Book groups are booming, and everyone loves to give books as gifts and to recommend our latest read to a friend. This year's World Book Day aims to encourage readers young and old to share their love of books with others with new online and in store initiatives. Visit www.worldbookday.com for more details.

And, if you are one of the Larne Times' fabulous book competition 15 winners, you'll certainly be thrilled with your prize - a set of each of the following four great paperbacks (worth 29.96) by well-known authors.

Scarpetta by Patricia Cornwell

Recovering from the death of her friend, Rose, and a few traumatic months in South Carolina, Dr Kay Scarpetta returns to the chill of New York to examine an injured patient in the psychiatric ward of Bellevue, at the request of Dr Jaime Berger. The patient, Oscar Bane, has sustained injuries in a murder which he claims he didn't commit. Yet his prints are everywhere. Is Bane a criminally insane stalker fixated on Scarpetta, or is his paranoid tale of being spied upon and stalked by the actual killer true?

Buried by Mark Billingham

Teenager Luke Mullen was last seen getting into a car with an older woman. No one can understand why he has disappeared. His father – a former police officer – knows that the longer he is missing, the more likely he is to turn up dead. Then Luke's parents receive an anonymous video showing their son, eyes wide with terror, as a man advances towards him holding a syringe. DI Tom Thorne recognises a psychopath when he sees one, and knows that this boy's life hangs in the balance. Every minute counts…

Blue Shoes and Happiness by Alexander McCall Smith

Mma Ramotswe and her fine assistant Mma Makutsi embark on new adventures at The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, including an encounter with a cobra, a sinister blackmail plot and a rather tight-fitting pair of shoes. However, they sustain themselves in between their investigations with plentiful cups of redbush tea.

Testimony by Anita Shreve

At a New England boarding school, a sex scandal breaks. Even more shocking than the sexual acts themselves is the fact that they were caught on camera. The graphic images trigger a chorus of voices – those of men, women, teenagers and parents involved in the scandal – testimonies that detail the ways in which lives can be derailed or destroyed in one foolish moment.

To be in with a chance of winning win a set of the four paperbacks, please answer the following question:

Which country in Africa has Alexander McCall Smith set The No 1 Ladies Detective Agency series?

To enter by post:

Send your answer on a postcard, along with your name, address and daytime contact number to: World Book Day competition, Larne Times, 8 Dunluce Street, Larne, Co Antrim, BT40 1JG. The closing date for postal entries is 5pm on Tuesday, March 9.

To enter by text:

Send your answer, along with your name, address and daytime telephone number to 81800 starting with LTCOMP. Texts cost 25p on top of your usual network charge. The closing date for text entries is 5pm on Tuesday, March 9.

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