I’m nearly halfway though my third pass editing my next book, Pariah.
It’s the first book where Vasily Korsokovach takes center stage and carries the entire story. He’s such a unique character — and so different from my first detective, Sean Colbeth. I’ve had an amazing time seeing the world from his perspective, so much so that he wound up headlining Ditched and will now return a third time in a book that I’m getting ready to start writing in April.
Vas started off life essentially playing second fiddle to Sean — the one-man Greek Chorus there to do the legwork when needed, or to provide an insight that his boss might have missed. But as that first story developed, so too did Vasily; by the end of the book, he’d flown the coop and managed to get himself promoted.
I hadn’t planned a second series, but suddenly, there it was.
Still, the connection between Sean and Vasily is so strong, I can’t keep the two of them apart for long. Downhill represents a reunion of sorts for the two, but you’ll have to wait for a bit before it takes place.