Only Three Days Left...

... until my fifth novel, Expiration Date, is available in finer bookstores everywhere. (Though I've heard reports of the book sneaking out into the wild a little early.)

There's still plenty of time to enter the St. Martin's Minotaur sweepstakes to win signed copies as well as original pieces of Laurence Campbell's art, straight from the book. Simply go here, click through to the promotion page, and type in your vitals. You can also download the first batch of pages from the novel, which St. Martin's will be posting in serial form over the next few weeks.

And don't forget: if you send me proof that you either pre-ordered Expiration or purchased it during its first week on sale, I'll send you a .pdf of Sand In My Gun. (More details on that here.) I'm happy to say that a ton of you have taken me up on the offer, but there's plenty of room for everybody else. Join ussssss, join usssss doooooo...

As for appearances, I've added a little box to the left, listing the various Expiration signing events I have planned. The first official signing will be at Port Richmond Books (3037 Richmond Street) in Philly, Sunday April 11 at 2 p.m. I'll have a bunch copies of the book on hand, as well as a lot of beer, so stop on by and enjoy a cold one with us.

More details on the rest of the events soon, but here's a quick rundown:

April 14: Noir Night at the Hiway Theater, Jenkintown, PA. I'll be introducing/talking about Hickey & Boggs, and signing copies of Expiration.

April 24-26: L.A. Times Festival of Books. I'll be at the Mystery Bookstore in Westwood for a party Friday night, then at their booth over the weekend.

May 1: Free Comic Book Day at Brave New Worlds in Willow Grove, PA.

June 5: Murder by the Book in Houston, TX. I'll be appearing with Victor Gischler, the madman from Baton Rouge, who will be out supporting his new hardboiled crime novel The Deputy.

June 6: BookPeople in Austin, TX. Also with Gischler. Unless he get sick of me, and ditches me somewhere out on a dusty Texas road.

Hope to see a bunch of you at one of these crazy events over the next few months.