A Shot For The Blues Detective

Well, people kept telling me I should write a novel, but my attention span is short. It just seemed to me that I'd have to start putting in all the things I normally leave out. The car and plane journeys in minute detail, the meetings, the explanations of how to make coffee, pages of backstory for every character, descriptions of people's clothes, more coffee, all the meals they ate, the endless conversations, plenty of graphic violence, sex and coffee. Plus, I'd have to find some semblance of a plot.

Too hard for me, so it seemed I wouldn't be joining the ranks of the airport blockbusters. No millions for me.

But what if The Blues Detective had a slightly more complicated case than usual? One that puzzled him even more than normal? Might I reach the mythical 100,000 words?

Not a prayer.

What I did manage was something that's longer than The Great Gatsby, Of Mice & Men, Candide, Animal Farm,The Invisible Man, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, The Old Man & The Sea.....and probably not as good as any of them.

Though it does have more jokes, blondes, Blues and Duct-tape than all of them put together.

It'll be out tomorrow.....feel free to tell me what you think. I don't need honest opinions & constructive criticism. Wide-eyed, fawning adulation will be fine.