Chaos, John Dolan, and One Helluva Scavenger Hunt

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Chaos, John Dolan, and One Helluva Scavenger Hunt

John Dolan is back in the Cold and I couldn’t be more delighted. And this time he brings with him a co-conspirator, the illustrious Fiona Quinn, with whom he has written a brand-spanking new thriller: CHAOS IS COME AGAIN.

‘CHAOS’ is a psychological suspense, a mystery, and a love story – loaded with irreverent humor, and viewed through the lens of obsession.

WARNING: This book contains references to Judas Iscariot, a dwarf and a performing monkey. But that’s neither here nor there, I suppose.

What is here or there is that I’m about half-way through the book and having just a raucous of a good time. It takes a lot of cojones to write a book with someone you’ve never met and I admire Fiona and John for taking the leap. I admit I would be admiring them less if the book was terrible, but since they’re pulling it off, I say, Mazel Tov!

Here’s the elevator pitch:

Sean hears voices in his head.

Travis snorts cocaine.

Teagan thinks she’s the next Lady Gaga.

Avery has the boss from Hell and a mother with dementia.

And Goose thinks he can catch a serial killer.

As vivid a pitch as this is, I wanted more. So, I decided to send John on a scavenger hunt. Are you ready, John? Here goes!

1. Go to YouTube and find something that will illuminate readers about the voices Sean hears in his head. This can be a movie clip, song, comedy skit, anything.

John: Easy!

2. In reference to “Travis snorts cocaine” – I would like a tasteless photograph that will tell us a little bit more about this Travis fellow and a brief explanation of the photo and how it pertains to “Chaos.”

John: Here’s a photograph I took of a pile of white powder. Of course, it’s not cocaine. Where would I get that from? If I knew a red-bearded dwarf – like the one in ‘Chaos’ – of course it might be a different story.

3. Find me a song that would play in the opening credits of “Chaos” were made into a movie.

John: Theme tune to ‘Chaos’ – ‘Don’t Fear the Reaper’ by Blue Oyster Cult. I did think about ‘The Birdie Song’ because of the Twitter connection. But no. No, no, no. Hell, no.

4. Get Fiona to write a short, 4 line poem about Hell.

“Hell is empty and all the devils are here,”

From the Tempest we were warned.

But thwarted efforts to endear,

True Hell is the fury of a woman scorned.

John: Yeah. She’s every bit as pretentious as me :)

5. I’d like an image of your favorite serial killer and brief statement about how he or she has inspired both you, personally, and your work.

John: This is my favourite cereal killer. Those nuts will do for anyone with the relevant allergy. How has it inspired me? Hmm. Well, it inspires me to stay regular.