To request a visit to your bookstore, library, conference, festival, or other cultural event for the launch of Wreck Your Heart, contact Lori’s publicist Hector DeJean at hector.dejean (at) stmartins.com . For other events, use the contact page.
Wreck Your Heart Tour! All stops are in person unless stated otherwise! All times are local time zones! Please come out and support your local independent store! RSVP and/or pre-order the book so these great booksellers know you’re coming and will have enough copies!
Monday, January 5, 2026, 7pm
Anderson’s Bookshop, Naperville, IL
With Mary Kubica!
Ticketed Event includes hardcover book: RSVP!
Tuesday, January 6, 2026, 6pm
Book Stall, Winnetka, IL
With Susanna Calkins!
RSVP!
Thursday, January 8, 2026, 6:30pm
Blue House Books, Kenosha, WI
With Andrew Ludington!
Ticketed Event for $5 toward any book in the store!
Saturday, January 10, 2026, 3:30pm
The Book Cellar, Chicago, IL
Cowgirl Crafts! Book Talk with Christina Clancy!
RSVP!
Sunday, January 11, 2026, 2:30pm
Une Année Brewery, hosted by New Book Joy
6343 Gross Point Rd, Niles, IL [parking is at a premium; see parking tips here]
With Lina Chern, Tracy Clark, and Mia Manansala!
Music and *optional* line-dancing instruction!
FREE but RSVP here!
Tuesday, January 13, 2026, 7pm
Barnes & Noble Deer Park, Deer Park, IL
With Mark Guarino!
Info!
Wednesday, January 14, 2026, 6pm
Morgenstern’s Books, Bloomington, IN
With Angela Jackson-Brown!
RSVP!
Thursday, January 15, 2026, 2pm
Carmel-Clay Public Library, Carmel, IN
Books sold by Morgenstern’s
Free! Register here!
Thursday, January 15, 2026, 6:30pm
MacArthur Books, Carmel, IN
Free!
Friday, January 16, 2026, 6:30PM
Second Flight Books, Lafayette, IN
With Rebecca McKanna!
Free! You can pre-order the books here, though.
Saturday, January 17, 2026, 2PM
Thorntown Public Library, Thorntown, IN
Free! Details here.
I’ll have books for sale, or you can bring books in to get signed!
Wednesday, January 21, 2026, VIRTUAL EVENT, 8PM-E/7PM-C/6PM-M/5PM-P
Lou Berney and I will be discussing point of view for MWA-University!
Details can be found here. Members only, so why not sign up for MWA now?
Thursday, January 22, 2026, 6:30PM
Murder By the Book, Houston, TX
Ticket includes hardcover book and signing line!
Monday, January 26, 2026, 6:30PM
Boswell Books, Milwaukee, WI
With Jessie Garcia!
RSVP!
Tuesday, January 27, 2026, 6:30PM
Reads by the River, Waterford, WI
Tickets go on sale here December 29!
Thursday, January 29, 2026, 7PM
Clark Family Public Library Branch of the St Louis County Library System
1640 S Lindbergh Blvd, St. Louis, MO
Books sold by Left Bank Books
Free! Details here!
Tuesday, February 3, 2026, 7PM
I’ll be reading for the monthly Tuesday Funk reading! Come on over, have a beer, and make some new lit friends!
Hopleaf Brewery (upstairs)
5148 N Clark St, Chicago, IL
Free!
Tuesday, February 10, 2026, 7PM
BookSocial 502 Event with James Markert!
3rd Turn Brewing
10408 Watterson Trl, Louisville, KY
Books sold by Carmichael’s Bookstore!
Monday, February 16, 2026, 7PM
Minnesota Mystery Night, interviewed by Kate Malmon!
Lucky’s 13 Pub, 1352 Sibley Memorial Hwy, Mendota Heights, MN
Books sold by Once Upon a Crime
Reservations will open up soon here!
Thursday, February 19, 2026, 5PM
Reading and Book Discussion—All Welcome!
Roosevelt University, Room AUD 720
430 S Michigan Avenue, Chicago IL
Free and open to the public!
Sunday, February 22, 2026, VIRTUAL EVENT, 8PM-E, 7PM-C, 6PM-M, 5PM-P
I’ll be talking about Wreck Your Heart and talking to readers directly on The Back Room with three other amazing authors!
Free! Sign up here!
Looking ahead!
I’ll also be attending the following events in 2026! Make your plans to join me?
• Left Coast Crime, San Francisco, CA, February 26-March 1
• Tucson Festival of Books, Tucson, AZ, March 14-15
• Midwest Mystery Conference, Chicago, IL, April 11
• Malice Domestic, North Bethesda, MD, April 23-26
• Gaithersburg Literary Festival, Gaithersburg, MD, May 16-17
• Bouchercon Calgary, Alberta, Canada, October 21-25
More events are always being added to my schedule! Sign up at my newsletter to hear the details.
