I really don't think I have any plans to bring Bosch to
Florida or to come up with a new character that is located
there. I didn't move there for the creative environment so I
find myself always thinking in terms of Los Angeles as a
setting. But having said that, I want to keep the series
going for a while so I think I have maybe one of those fish
out of water stories. And I don't think I would choose
Florida to place it. I sort of planted a seed for this story
when a few books back Harry's ex-wife and daughter moved to
Hong Kong. I went there to research a possible book and I
will go back again. Whether I end up writing it still remains
to be seen. But the point is that if I do that one book where
Harry finds himself out of town and in unfamiliar territory,
I want it to feel alien to the reader, too, and Florida won't
cut it.
--- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "blumenidiot"
<blumenidiot@...> wrote:
>
> --- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, JIM DOHERTY
<jimdohertyjr@>
> wrote:
> >
> > Mark,
> >
> > Re your comments to Mr. Connelly (to whom a
very
> > hearty welcome, BTW):
> >
> > "Unless you don't want to reveal your plans,
would you
> > tell us if Bosch going to have a case
that
> > necessitates his going to Florida or might you
write
> > of a new protagonist who lives in that
state?"
> >
> > Harry's already gone to Florida on a case. In
the
> > fourth book in the series, THE LAST COYOTE,
he's
> > suspended and undergoing therapy. As part of
his
> > therapy, he decides to investigate the ultimate
cold
> > case, the murder of his mother.
> >
> > In the course of investigating that case, he
goes to
> > Florida to follow up a lead.
> >
> > The bulk of the story still takes place in
California,
> > however. You may have in mind a book in which
most of
> > the action is set in Florida.
>
>
> Jim,
> Bosch has been in Las Vegas a lot, and doesn't he
spend some in
> Mexico in THE BLACK ICE? A couple of Connelly stand
alones, if you
> can call any of his novels that, are set mainly in
in other places. I
> was thinking of something like Crais' THE INDIGO
SLAM which I think
> begins in LA only to have Elvis Cole get a case that
sends him to
> Louisiana where the the bulk of the book is
set.
>
> I'm not able to check because I sold the bulk of my
books in
> Chicago. My Hammetts,Chandlers and MacDonalds were
so old they
> probably would have fallen apart if I tried to
reread them anyway.
>
>
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