SPOILER ALERT (on both of the above, but especially the
former) SPOILER ALERT
A while ago, Duane, author of the above, wrote:
"I'm also glad you think the book is different in tone from
its predecessor. I don't want to be producing clone after
clone. (Though lately I have been itching to do a WHEELMAN
sequel...)"
When I first read this, I asked myself, who's left for a
sequel of The Wheelman? Then, I ran across this about
Kowalski, a relatively minor character who becomes a major
one in The Blonde:
SPOILER ALERT (about Wheelman)
"While faking his way through the bullshit paperwork,
Kowalski noticed a pair of wanted posters on the wall. One
showed a crooked ex-cop believed to be on the run with his
almost brother-in-law. Small world. Kowalski wished he could
tell the FBI the truth, save them the worry. Say that the
crooked ex-cop was buried under thousands of pounds of
concrete in Cambden, New Jersey. Kowalski should know. He was
the one who dumped him down that drainage pipe.
"His almost brother-in-law, however, was another matter
altogether. Kowalski had wanted to leave him for dead, but he
couldn't bring himself to do it. He had been a part of Katie.
A half brother. But still a part of her. Most likely the only
part left.
"So maybe Kowalski wasn't a monster after all. A monster
would have let the guy die."
The last we heard of the brother-in-law in Wheelman, he was
underneath the ex-cop in that drainage pipe. Kowalski had
left him to die. So Kowalski went back and saved him before
starting his vendetta, which opens The Blonde? Guess that's
how a sequel is possible.
By the way, really enjoyed The Blonde.
Mark
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