![]() ![]() ![]() Phineas Troutt is ideal for hardboiled tales. ![]() When I write a McGlade short, I play it for laughs and cross over into parody, which would never work in the novels. Harry McGlade can be even goofier in short stories than he is in the books. She can even be delegated to sidekick role, letting someone else take center stage. But she can also star in nail-biting thrillers without any element of mystery. Jack can function as a traditional sleuth, solving crimes like Sherlock Holmes or Miss Marple. I use shorts to take my characters in places they wouldn't normally go in the novels. Having established early on that the series is a mixture of humor, scares, mystery, and thrills, I have complete freedom to write short stories in any and all of these sub-genres. The continuing cast of characters in the Jack Daniels books are one of the reasons I enjoy writing them so much. There have been seven Jack Daniels novels so far (Whiskey Sour, Bloody Mary, Rusty Nail, Dirty Martini, Fuzzy Navel, Cherry Bomb, and Shaken-coming in 2010.) No part of this publication can be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, without permission in writing from Joe Konrath. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. Names, characters, places and incidents are either products of the author's imagination or used fictitiously. ![]()
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