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WORD: J.A. Konrath’s ‘Dirty Martini’ goes to Hyperion in three-book deal

Here’s a fun book to read while enjoying Saphire gin. Dirty Martini, the fourth book in J. A. Konrath’s Jack Daniels series of novels about a female detective, was sold to Leslie Wells at Hyperion, Dystel & Goderich Literary Management announced.

Agent/partner Jane Dystel closed the Dirty Martini sale as part of a three-book world rights deal and Hyperion slated publication for Summer 2007, said Konrath.

Konrath tells us that Dirty Martini is about a terrorist who is poisoning Chicago eateries and demanding $2 million to stop the madness. Tens of thousands have gotten ill, and hundreds have died. That brings detective Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels in to try and bring down the terrorist.

Meanwhile, audio rights to the novel as well as two other books in the Jack Daniels series were sold to Brilliance Audio, according to Dystel & Goderich.

Konrath, a fast writer who’s been known to bang out a novel in one month flat, says he’s currently at work composing Dirty Martini. Hyperian releases his third novel Rusty Nail, in which Jack chases down a snuff filmmaker, in July 2006.

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