Heads You Lose, Lisa's national bestselling crime novel with David Hayward, is now available in paperback at your local independent bookstore and everywhere else books are sold. Learn why Publishers Weekly called it "pure comic genius."

The eBook of The Spellman Files just is 99 cents. Get it while you can (deal ends April 6th).

Find it at one of these online stores, or wherever eBooks are sold:

• Amazon.com (for the Kindle)
• BN.com (for the Nook)
• iTunes

Document #5 in the Spellman saga is finally upon us, featuring awesome illustrations by Jaime Temairik. Here's a sneak peek:

Lisa will be hitting the trail herself on March 2, reading and signing at some of the best bookstores in the country. Check out her Tour dates here.

Lisa will be touring this Spring to support her newest Spellman book, Trail of the Spellmans (Document #5). She'll be on both coasts, and places in the middle of the US too. Check out the Appearances page for details. And check back regularly for additional events.

I’m very excited about the new jacket designs for the Spellman series. As a friend of mine put it: “They’re all like visual puns.” Because the Spellman series doesn’t neatly fit into one genre, it’s been difficult to figure out the right look for the novels. I, for one, think we’ve finally found it. The illustrator behind these brilliant, but spare designs is Noma Bar. If you’d like to learn more about him, please check out more of his artwork.

While the new covers and website might take some getting used to for the Spellman readers who have been with me from the start, I hope you grow to like the jackets as much as I do.

You shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but we inevitably do and I’m really proud to have these images represent my novels.

For 2 weeks only the ebook version of The Spellman Files will be discounted to $1.99 wherever ebooks are sold. That's cheaper than a beer at happy hour. Although we're not suggesting that you forgo the beer. The Spellman Files and beer make an excellent book/booze pairing. To buy, visit the following retailers:

• iBook format at iTunes
• Nook format at Barnes & Noble
• Kindle format at Amazon
• Google Books format

Or visit your favorite bookstore at IndieBound (many local bookstores sell eBooks through Google books).

Until the end of the week, I will be answering questions on Goodreads in the Ask Lisa Lutz! Group. Feel free to post questions after Friday (the response just won't be as fast). You can find the Goodreads Discussion Group here.

Head on over to Goodreads today and enter to win one of 25 copies of Curse of the Spellmans (book #2 in the series). Hurry though, the giveaway ends on August 31st. Also, congratulations to the 25 winners of The Spellman Files in the Goodreads giveaway from last month.

You can find Lisa (with or without Heads You Lose co-author David) at these upcoming events. Wednesday September 14, 2011 - 7:00 pm. Suspense Night at the St. Louis County Library EVENT DETAILS Friday, September 16, 2011, 10am St. Louis, MO - "Still She Cries" Bouchercon panel "Still She Cries," a Bouchercon panel also featuring Colin Cotterill, Linwood Barclay, Alafair Burke, Bill Crider, and Elaine Viets EVENT DETAILS Friday, September 16, 2011, 1pm St. Louis, MO - "Anything You Can Do" Bouchercon panel "Anything You Can Do," a panel discussion also featuring Stanley Trollip, Matthew Clemens, A.J. Hartley, and David Hewson (also David Hayward) EVENT DETAILS Saturday, September 24, 2011, 10am - 4pm Santa Rosa, CA - Sonoma County Book Festival Join David and Lisa at Old Courthouse Square in Santa Rosa. EVENT DETAILS

It's still six months from publication (2/28/12!), but I wanted to share the new design for TRAIL OF THE SPELLMANS. Look for a redesign of all the Spellman books in the coming months.