Bouchercon Salon on "Cold Logic and Cold Cases:
Using the Internet to detect, research, conceal, and commit crimes."

Bouchercon in Madison, Wisconsin. On the left, Max Allan Collins, author of Road to Perdition. On the Right, John Lutz, author of Fear the Night. They both wrote nice things about Master Detective for the cover.

Master Detective at the Barnes and Noble at the Mall of America in Minneapolis, the northernmost sighting of the book so far. I offered to draw earmuffs on the cover picture of Ellis Parker, but the store manager said no. 

Signing books at the Barnes and Noble in downtown Chicago.
I was hoping Oprah would stop by, but I guess she was busy.

Ah, the glamour and excitement of modern air travel! After Bouchercon, we drove back to Chicago before going on to Las Vegas. This time, however, Chicago proved a lot harder to get out of than into. This was the scene at O'Hare airport when a five hour storm featuring torrential rain, lightning, and hail hit. All flights were cancelled until the next day, leaving the place looking like the set of a disaster movie. We soon learned that there is a reason why you never hear anyone say "as comfortable as an airport."
They ran out of cots so we tried to get some sleep on the unforgiving seats in the waiting room....until around midnight, when the night cleaning crew showed up with vacuum cleaners, floor buffers, etc. Twenty one hours later, we stumbled bleary-eyed onto our flight and bid a fond farewell to the Windy City.
Oprah was still nowhere to be seen.

Here's competition for your entertainment dollar; the Borders bookstore at Las Vegas's McCarran airport is right next to the slot machines! (In Las Vegas, slot machines at an airport are considered normal.) I signed several books on the way in, and two days later they had all been sold to unsuspecting air travelers.

With Rick Green, Lindbergh case researcher in Madison, Wisconsin. His copy of the book has notes in the margins!