"I'm Courting Trouble with Lisa Scottoline"—so reads the beach tote giveaway for the latest legal suspenser by Lisa Scottoline, which debuts in the #10 fiction spot. Courting Trouble, published by HarperCollins on May 21 (copies in print: 153,500) is this trial-lawyer-turned-author's ninth legal thriller, all of which feature an all-female law firm. Her most recent, The Vendetta Defense, spent a total of seven weeks on our charts in its hardcover and paperback editions. The Edgar-winning author (for novel number two, Final Appeal) is currently knocking 'em dead, so to speak, on her cross-country tour, which concludes July 2. And that tote bag? It's free with the purchase of two copies of Scottoline's latest, obtainable at any of her appearances or through www.scottoline.com (just one of that site's many cool features).
With reporting by Dick Donahue
