Last week, I finished reading "Dirty Martini" by J.A. Konrath. DM is the fourth book in Konrath's series about a female Chicago detective named Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels.
The plot hinges around Jack's hunt for the Chemist, a nut-job who is poisoning food at restaurants and grocery stores throughout the Chicago area. The action is quick, the humor is good, and the story is great.
I really liked it - a lot! Buy it and read it. You won't be dissappointed.
However......
I am currently writing my first novel about a retired detective residing on a remote Caribbean island. I've been working on this story for quite some time. Long before I ever read any of the Jack Daniels series of books and long before I ever knew of JA Knorath.
Yes, I have been working on this book for quite some time.
I need to proclaim at this pint in time that I used the term "Collateral Damage" long before I read it in Dirty Martini. I don't want anyone thinking that I get ALL of my ideas from Mr. Konrath.
And on my last trip to the Caribbean, I was stung by a bee. As I watched a welt form on my lower abdomen, I tried to remember the last time I had suffered a bee sting. At the time, I wasn't sure I had ever been stung before. That thought led me to wonder if I might be alergic to bee stings. But alas, apparently, I'm not.
I had been looking for some "ailment" to give the hero of my book, and I thought making my protagonist alergic to bee stings might add a little tension to his life, especially on an island that has bees. So, I began working this into my hero's life.
Guess what?
Without spoiling any of the story, let's just say that my jaw dropped when I read in Dirty Martini that Ms. Daniels just happens to be alergic to bee stings......
Dirty Martini really is a fun and enjoyable book. I'll soon be cracking open Fuzzy Navel, the next book in the series.
And I can't wait to see what other traits Jack Daniels has in common with my hero.
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