Before Bouchercon 2018

From the Booking Desk: Bouchercon 2018 in St. Petersburg, Florida will be my tenth Bouchecon.  I have only missed one since my first Bouchercon in Baltimore. Every year, it feels like a family reunion: visiting with those that I only get to see once or twice a year;...

Summer Reading @ Enoch Pratt Free Library

From the Booking Desk: Don’t forget that I will be speaking about the hottest books for your summer reading this Saturday at the Enoch Pratt Free Library on Light Street in Baltimore at 3PM. I would love to see as many of you as possible there, but for those...

Bouchercon 2017 – The BOLO Books Recap

WEDNESDAY After spending several days in Niagara Falls and touring around Toronto – yay, Curiosa! – we dedicated a number of hours to helping the wonderful folks behind the scenes at Bouchercon. We volunteered for the book bag stuffing task and it was as much fun as...

Malice Domestic 2017 – The BOLO Books Recap

From the Booking Desk: Malice Domestic is the yearly crime fiction convention held in/near Bethesda, Maryland. About half the size of Bouchercon, Malice Domestic is a cozier affair – in all definitions of the word. Since Malice celebrates the traditional mystery,...