Pick it up, read it, and put it in another pile … now there are 83 mystery books on the floor.

One of the great things about attending the Bouchercon Mystery Writers conference is getting to meet new authors. When authors talk about their books, they get excited – I know I do. This is because they have spent such a long time living with the topic, thinking about the characters, and they know what the book is about.

After each panel discussion at Bouchercon, I went to the book store, bought two or three books, and had the various authors autograph them. These are, in general books I would never had read if I had not listened to the author discussing the book. Needless to say, it was great fun.

In the next few weeks, I will begin discussing some of the books I have read as a result of attending Bouchercon. Stay tuned.