Felix asked Patrick Swenson:

I like the homage to Dashell Hammett through the title. I hope I win a ARC - because the wait is killing me! Is this a stand alone, or the first in a series?

Patrick Swenson Thanks! Hope you win an ARC too. The title came first before anything else in the book, and it is indeed a homage to classic noir. No resemblance plot-wise to THE THIN MAN, but quite by accident, there's a character name in common. We meet Dorothy in Hammett's novel, and they sometimes call her by her nickname, Dorry. If you've read the Ch 1 excerpt of mine, you've seen the brief appearance of Dorie. Different spelling.

The book stands alone (as it needed to for my publisher at this point) but a definite feel of "not all is answered" by the end. There's definitely a series in mind, and in fact, I'm 3/4 of the way through writing the sequel. If the first book does well enough, there's a good chance the 2nd book will be out there. It also is titled with a nod to noir. But that title reveal will have to wait!

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