The Perils and Joys of
Research
I got the idea for a trilogy set in Seattle as I worked on my Alaska
Trilogy. Nick Brodie needed a place to
work and live, so I created Brodie Operations Security Services, BOSS Inc, the
guys called it.
In the office, I put two more Brodies, cousin Ethan and
cousin Luke. INTO THE FIRESTORM is Luke
Brodie’s story. What made it fun and
interesting was the twist it took during the research phase.
Luke Brodie is a bounty hunter. A fat $600,000 is the 20% bail enforcement
fee he'll collect if he brings in international criminal, Rudy Vance.
Emma Sullivan is also hunting
Vance. It's been almost a year since she
arrived at her sister's home to find the housekeeper murdered and her young
niece the victim of Vance's sick assault.
Emma is determined to find Vance and
make him pay. And no one--not even the
infamous Luke Brodie--is going to stop her.
There was plenty of story to work
with, but as I was developing the plot, I stumbled across an interesting tidbit. Turns out there is a group in Seattle called the
Yakuza, an organization often referred to as the Japanese Mafia.
What caught my eye was that members of
the group are completely tattooed--even their genitals! I thought, wow, wouldn’t they make interesting
bad guys?
So the thing about research is that it
can twist your story in unexpected directions.
It’s difficult but the results can be astonishing.
I hope you'll watch for Luke and Emma in INTO THE FIRESTORM,
book #3 in the BOSS, Inc. Trilogy. And
if you haven’t read INTO THE FURY and INTO THE WHIRLWIND, I hope you’ll give
them a try. Very best wishes, Kat
INTO THE FIRESTORM
ABOUT THE
BOOK
Luke Brodie is a bounty hunter. A fat $600,000 is the 20% bail enforcement
fee he'll collect if he brings in international criminal, Rudy Vance.
Emma Sullivan is also hunting Vance. It's been almost a year since she arrived at
her sister's home to find the housekeeper murdered and her young niece the
victim of Vance's sick assault.
Emma is determined to find Vance and make him
pay. And no one--not even the infamous
Luke Brodie--is going to stop her.
PURCHASE
LINKS
CONTEST
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SOCIAL MEDIA
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Happy Reading!
~!~ Amanda, Novel Addiction ~!~
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