Love

A very interesting email has been providing plenty of gunpowder for the fireworks of my thoughts.

It's fairly long, but in essence my correspondent's contention is this - that the tvdetective series is no more than a vehicle for the love story between Claire and Dan.

Now that's some claim, and so has required consideration aplenty in return. 

It's certainly true that Claire and Dan, and their various ups and downs, is the consistent sub plot in the series.  But I'd never before thought that it was so prominent in the books as to eclipse the other things going on.  Having said that, looking back on each, I can see the point my reader is making.

As ever, having carefully read the book on How to be an Author, I won't comment any further, holding true to the old adage that mystery sells!

But one more point from the email which I would like to address is this. My correspondent - rather cheekily, in my humble view! - wants to know how it all ends up between Dan and Claire, and even offers her own opinion!

Upon that matter I shall certainly be making no comment... but read on, and you'll see...

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And one final and chirpy note, on a consistent theme of this month's blogs - smile, January's almost over!