I thoroughly enjoyed this Bouchercon, my first time to
attend. The highlight was probably Joe Lansdale interviewing
Bill Crider, but I had a good time at the Shamus Awards, too,
and the various panels seemed to go okay. Another plus was
getting to spend quite a bit of time with my old buddy Steve
Mertz for the first time in over twenty years. He has a new
suspense novel out that looks pretty good, haven't had a
chance to start it yet. Also had a good conversation with Jim
Doherty. I know there were other rara-avians there, but I
never seemed to run into them.
As usual, I spent too much money in the dealers' room. I was
one of those people Bill mentioned who snapped up the Fredric
Brown omnibus volume. I had one of the four novels in PB but
not the other three. Never read any of them. Also got the Rue
Morgue Press reprint of Norbert Davis's SALLY'S IN THE ALLEY.
I've been looking for that one for a while. Couldn't resist
another RMP book called MURDER, CHOP CHOP by James Norman.
I'd never heard of the book or the author, but it looked good
(if somewhat politically incorrect). Traded for some
HOLLYWOOD DETECTIVE and SPEED DETECTIVE pulps, each with a
pair of Dan Turner stories in them. Ka-chow!
Don't when or if I'll ever get to another Bouchercon, but I
liked this one. Wish Richard Moore could have been
there.
Best, James
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