Peter Robinson
Signing at Mystery One Bookshop
Milwaukee Wisconsin
Feb 28th, 2003

Mr. Robinson arrived early for his signing event on this part of the tour for Close To Home, his latest book. ( The book is called The Summer That Never Was outside the US). The book is a follow up to 2001’s Aftermath. There is a review for it elsewhere on this site by my wife Ruth. There was a nice crowd for the signing and Peter talked for a while about the books and writing. The conversation eventually drifted towards why football is such a great sport to watch on television. We’ve decided it is because you can read or nap during it and not miss anything. He talked a bit about the possibility of Inspector Banks being on television. We also discussed what books we’ve been reading and are planning on reading. Peter is reading Ken Bruen’s The Guards and enjoying it. He picked up a copy of The White
Trilogy by Bruen to read on the road.

After all the books were signed we went to a local Italian restaurant for dinner. Discussion of books continued and drifted towards movies and television and what it’s like touring and what it entails. Peter told us about trying to explain to customs officers why he’s touring to promote a book, but not actually getting paid to do it. We discovered that the main reason he travels with a laptop is to watch dvd’s in his hotel rooms. Right now he is enjoying episodes of the Outer Limits.

It was a very nice evening and Mr. Robinson is a very nice man, and I would urge people to try to get to one of his signings. It’s worth the trip just to hear his calm and almost soothing voice!

Jon