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.