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Agents of Treachery
Plan B: Getting to Know Nick Heller
5/10/2011
Did you know Nick Heller used to smoke?
Neither did I, until I wrote “Plan B,” the short story available for free download today for Kindle and Kobo readers.
I don’t write many short stories. “Neighbors,” included in Otto Penzler’s collection AGENTS OF TREACHERY, was my first published short story, though I’ve also written chapters for the audiobooks THE CHOPIN MANUSCRIPT and THE COPPER BRACELET.
But constructing a series character like Nick Heller offers a world of new writing possibilities. In almost any situation I see or read about, I can ask, “What would Nick do?” I’ve also spent a great deal of time thinking about Nick’s previous life, his likes and dislikes, and all the things we know about the people closest to us but never really think about. It’s important for me to know these things about Nick, but only a fraction of it will ever show up in the novels.
That’s why I’m so glad to be able to share “Plan B,” which drops Nick into a dangerous situation far from home. Hearing that Nick had recently saved a kidnapped girl in Boston, a wealthy Ukrainian hires him to rescue his 15-year-old daughter, who’s being held in a Spanish billionaire’s compound in Barcelona. It would be easier to break her out of a high-security prison — but all is not as it seems, which is why Nick always has a Plan B.
“Plan B” is a free download at both Amazon.com and Kobobooks.com. It comes with a bonus excerpt from BURIED SECRETS, which goes on sale June 21. I hope you enjoy the extra time with Nick as much as I did.
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4/14/2010
My first short story is about to be published in AGENTS OF TREACHERY, a great new collection of espionage tales by many of the great spy and suspense writers, including Lee Child, Stephen Hunter, Charles McCarry (!), and David Morrell. A few copies remain of the limited edition, bound in marbled boards with a leather spine, signed by all contributors. Price is $150. Visit The Mysterious Bookshop.
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3/9/2010
Legendary editor Otto Penzler has put together a collection of riveting spy fiction with short stories from me, Lee Child, James Grady, Stephen Hunter and other bestselling thriller writers. Find out more about AGENTS OF TREACHERY, coming June 2010.
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