The clock is ticking towards the UK and Canadian release of Library of the Dead in May. I'll be in England doing some publicity the third week of May.

Meanwhile things are going swimmingly in Germany where reader comments are still strong and the book (Die Namen der Toten) remains, for the fifth straight week, on the bestseller list.

Off to the Dordogne to do research on my third book, The Perigord Manuscript, set among the prehistoric painted caves of the region. It's a pity that mold has completely shut down Lascaux, but Lascaux II is still worthwhile and many original caves and grottos are open for view.

Recently acquired this amazing painting by the New Mexico artist, Thomas A. Baker, a faithful reproduction of the famous Bison Hunt from Lascaux, ~16,000 BP. It's hanging above my writing desk and is egging me on.