CSI novelist Max Allan Collins announced in his website the completion of a new CSI book.

"The latest CSI was just published -- Killing Game (my title was Imperfect Crimes, for the record) -- and another has been delivered: Boot Hill," he said. "It's not due in print till late next year."

The author said there's a specific reason why the CSI books are now taking longer to publish. "The CSI schedule has slowed down, possibly because the original books are being reprinted and issued at lower prices," he said. "We have sold well over a million copies in the USA alone. My collaborator Matt Clemens and I are in CSI novel hiatus at the moment (though we just finished doing four new CSI jigsaw puzzles, and I just finished up the fourth CSI video game script)."

Collins is also taking a break from the CSI comic books to concentrate on his other projects. "No other comic book stuff is happening right now, though my CSI: NY mini-series at IDW is being published currently. No, I am not writing the CSI: NY novels (Stu Kaminsky is) but I did deal with those characters in two CSI: NY puzzles and the aforementioned mini-series, which I presume will be collected as a graphic novel."

Collins is keeping busy promoting his latest novel, Road to Paradise. He'll be traveling through the Midwest this winter to do signings and readings. "The novel is the last of the Road trilogy, and more info about it appears elsewhere on this site. Is this really the end of the story? As usual with me, that depends on you."

Visit Collin's official website to learn more about his latest projects.

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