Well, that’s a wrap.

Had a lot of fun at Left Coast Crime convention in Portland. I saw some great panels, met some great writers and hilarious people and I got to experience so-called “rain”.

But most importantly, I came home with a long list of books to read. And in a wonderful twist, many of them are by Portland-based authors and publishers.

Here are just a few that I am excited about:

• Dead Men’s Teeth by Bart Lessard
• The Least Of My Scars by Stephen Graham Jones
• The Cipher by Nick Slosser
• One Kick by Chelsea Cain
• Out There Bad by Josh Stallings
• Plaster City by Johnny Shaw
• Low Down Death Right Easy by J. David Osborne
• Dead Harvest by Chris Holm
• One For My Baby by Barry Graham
• Rock Paper Tiger by Lisa Brackmann