Next McKenna Is In The Pipeline

After what seems like a dozen rewrites, the next Owen McKenna mystery is now in the hands of my first editor. After she has scoured it with her eagle eye and caught 1000 mistakes and problems, I will do another rewrite and send it along to editor #2. The process repeats for editors # 3 and 4. After that final rewrite, it goes into the publication process.

Because I've been through this many times, I sorta kinda know what the most common questions are. I will attempt to answer them here.

Likely question #1: What is the title of this new novel?
     Answer: Sorry, but that hasn't been finalized yet. The working title is Owen McKenna #18.

Likely question #2: Is Spot in this book?
     Answer: Yes. In addition to strong roles for McKenna, Street, Blondie, and Diamond, Spot will be in the book Lots. A big role. A star performance. (Can you tell that I've gotten lots of comments from readers about Spot?...)

Likely question #3: What is this book about?
     Answer: A deadly secret haunts a family that has a house in Tahoe. The result is the kidnapping of a teenage boy.

Likely question #4: Really? Is that all you're going to say about what the book is about?
     Answer: Okay, I'll also say that the book has a literary thread that many readers will have fun with. A thread that goes back almost exactly 420 years.


Thanks for the questions! One more thing. Those of you who read this blog will be the first to know the final title, the first to see what the cover looks like, and the first to find out the book's publication date and where I'll be to sign a copy for you.