It’s a super friendly and dynamic festival with a brilliant team of organisers and volunteers. Slice Girling it up at Crime in the Coo! Bloody Scotland (9-11 September) was, once again, bloody brilliant! Visit the website to find out more And check out the fantastic article written in The Independent by Andy Martin on the Bouchercon experience here I’m pretty sure you’re going to want to be there! Next year Bouchercon is being held in TORONTO. Seeing the genius that is Mark Billingham, Stuart Neville and Doug Johnston performing live at the HOUSE OF BLUES.

Playing up to the fabulous (and masterfully stern) Heather Graham on stage at HOUSE OF BLUES as she sang When You’re Good To Mama.Singing with THE SLICE GIRLS (SJI Holliday, AK Benedict, Alexandra Sokoloff, Louise Voss, Harley Jane Kozak) at the legendary HOUSE OF BLUES.Seeing Jeff Abbott (one of my thriller writing heroes) on the YOU ALWAYS HURT THE ONE YOU LOVE panel.Being on the Continuous Conversations panel chaired by the lovey Austin Lugar.Seeing Darth Vader dancing in the street.Drinking a ‘Hand Grenade’ cocktail – like rocket fuel, but with more bang!!.Hanging out on Bourbon Street with the most wonderful group of UK crime writers.Watching the hilarious IT ONLY TAKES A MINUTE panel with the brilliantly funny Mark Billingham, Laura Lippman, Martyn Waites and Alex Marwood and chaired by John Connolly.It’s super hard to pick just ten cool things as in truth it was a whole week of cool, but I’ve had a go at picking out just a few highlights in words and pictures … Plus, it was held in New Orleans this year – a city unlike any other that I’ve visited – loud, bright, dirty, magical, shiny. THE SLICE GIRLS at the HOUSE OF BLUES It was my first time at Bouchercon and OMG it was amazing!įirstly, Bouchercon is a massive festival – almost 2000 writers, readers, bloggers and industry folks all poured in from across the world for the mystery convention that ran from Thursday September 15 th to Sunday September 18th.

From the Cradle by Louise Voss