Well, Gary, you'll be sorry you asked. First comes the
publishing story. As it happens I have two books out in
hardcover this month. One is Red, White, and Blue Murder,
which is a Sheriff Rhodes mystery, and the other is We'll
Always Have Murder, which is the one with Bogart. It's not
good to have to hardcovers out at once, but St. Martin's
originally scheduled the Rhodes book for April, then pushed
it to October for some reason. Probably because it's set on
July 4th. The Bogart book was supposed to be a paperback, but
the editor decided to put in in hardback first.
So much for the publishing background. Here's the rest of the
story. The people at iBooks got the permission of the Bogart
heirs to use him as a character (not that they needed it;
anybody can use Bogart as a character). I was asked to write
a book in which Bogart was the detective. But I didn't,
exactly. Being a long-time fan of p.i. books, I wanted to
write a first-person private-eye novel set in L.A. and
Hollywood in the late 1940s, so I did. Bogart plays the
sidekick role. He's on stage a lot, but not all the time. The
book might not be hardboiled enough for this list, but it was
sure fun for me to write.
Sorry for running on about the books, folks. Usually I keep
quiet about that stuff. So remember: It's all Gary's
fault.
Bill Crider
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