There’s nothing like Bouchercon, the sprawling crimefest that moves around the US year to year. In 2008 it will be in Baltimore. I missed last year’s - Alaska was too far, and I’d travelled too much already. But this year I will be there, though I’ve no idea exactly what I’ll be doing just yet…

Bouchercon, for the uninitiated, is probably the world’s biggest crime book festival. Quite an experience.