March 2011

Suicide Birds, Clowns, and Straw Cowboy Hats

Just back from a road trip to Arizona where I got to open for the fabulous Ian Rankin at The Poisoned Pen bookstore in Scottsdale.  Have you been to this store?  If you love mysteries and thrillers, you must go to this store.  It is amazing.  We also saw a spring training game, bought straw cowboy hats, picked an orange off a tree, and survived the deadly Nevada suicide birds, which line the snowy highway up north and then flock toward the car in great numbers and at high speeds.  Now we are home.  Did I mention I took my six-year-old daughter, husband and two dogs on this trip?  Also, if you happen to be passing through Tonopah, Nevada, I recommend staying at The Clown Motel.  It has creepy clown paintings in all the rooms and an old creepy cemetery nextdoor.  Swoon.  Tomorrow I leave for New York.  This time without the daughter, husband and dogs.  I'll be signing stock at Mysterious Bookshop, so if you live in the area stop by anytime after March 30th, and you can pick up a signed edition of my new book The Night Season.  Is there a Clown Motel in Manhattan?  Perhaps I can look into opening a franchise. 

The Night Season is #19 on the NYT hardcover bestseller list!

My new thriller, The Night Season, is #19 on the New York Times hardcover bestseller list.  It's also #9 on the PNBA bestseller list (that's the list for indie bookstores in the Pacific Northwest).  Thanks to all of you who've bought a book.  Is there anyway that you could all buy just 10 more copies?  In other news, I've taken my six-year-old daughter to so many signings that she can now forge my signature with an unsettling degree of accuracy. 

Hey!  You know what makes a great St. Patrick's Day gift?  The Night Season.  "Cain" IS an Irish name. 

The Night Season is out today!

Pub date is finally here!  The Night Season is in stores, waiting to be picked up by people who will give it a nice home.  It has a lovely cover, and will look nice on your shelf.  You don't have to even read it if you don't want to.