Paula Berinstein's Blog - Posts Tagged "lestrade"
Why Inspector Lestrade?
I have been asked why I chose to make my protagonist a descendant of Inspector Lestrade. After all, next to Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson, Professor Moriarty, and Irene Adler, Lestrade is pretty bland--which is exactly why I wanted to probe further.
I am very interested in minor characters: the clerk who sells the protagonist a shirt, the hotdog vendor on the street when the protagonist walks by, the deceased aunt who raised the protagonist, etc. Sure, they have bit parts in this particular story, but in others they might be the stars. More than that, their lives might affect this protagonist more than we know. But even if they don't, there's probably something fascinating about them. We have only to look.
That's how I feel about Lestrade, a supporting character no one likes. Sure, he's a foil, but if we look a little further, I think we'll find that he's much more than that. That's why I decided to create a legacy for him--so I could explore the influence of someone who is famous only by association.
I am very interested in minor characters: the clerk who sells the protagonist a shirt, the hotdog vendor on the street when the protagonist walks by, the deceased aunt who raised the protagonist, etc. Sure, they have bit parts in this particular story, but in others they might be the stars. More than that, their lives might affect this protagonist more than we know. But even if they don't, there's probably something fascinating about them. We have only to look.
That's how I feel about Lestrade, a supporting character no one likes. Sure, he's a foil, but if we look a little further, I think we'll find that he's much more than that. That's why I decided to create a legacy for him--so I could explore the influence of someone who is famous only by association.
If only Sherlock Holmes's great-great-grandson weren't such a dork . . .
Amanda Lester and the Orange Crystal Crisis, the second book in the Amanda Lester, Detective series, will be out on September 15, 2015. In it, Amanda meets a descendant of Sherlock Holmes. Can you guess what happens?
There’s a new student at the Legatum Continuatum School for the Descendants of Famous Detectives and Amanda is supposed to work with him. Scapulus Holmes is a descendant of the great Sherlock and he’s crazy about her. Unfortunately she thinks he’s a loser and would rather die than have anything to do with him.
But when the kids discover a dead body encrusted with strange living crystals, Amanda realizes she needs Holmes’s help. If the crystals fall into the wrong hands they could be used for nefarious purposes, and only he knows how to protect them.
Can the detectives keep the bad guys from learning the crystals' secrets? It would help if they could figure out who the dead body is too. Only if Amanda and Holmes can find a way to work together can they prevent a disaster, and it isn’t looking good.
There’s a new student at the Legatum Continuatum School for the Descendants of Famous Detectives and Amanda is supposed to work with him. Scapulus Holmes is a descendant of the great Sherlock and he’s crazy about her. Unfortunately she thinks he’s a loser and would rather die than have anything to do with him.
But when the kids discover a dead body encrusted with strange living crystals, Amanda realizes she needs Holmes’s help. If the crystals fall into the wrong hands they could be used for nefarious purposes, and only he knows how to protect them.
Can the detectives keep the bad guys from learning the crystals' secrets? It would help if they could figure out who the dead body is too. Only if Amanda and Holmes can find a way to work together can they prevent a disaster, and it isn’t looking good.
