Welcome back and buckle in. Today, we have a character Interview with Dick Hunter, from Detecting Magic with Dick Hunter: The Mort des Hommes Files by A. Jarrell Hayes.
Q. Tell people who you are and where you’re from.
A. I’m Dick Hunter, obviously. I’m a private investigator working in Seattle. I’m the best in the biz and can find any missing person.
Q. You say you’re the best. What’s your method, how do you go about solving a case?
A. I don’t discuss trade secrets.
Q. Okay. Let me rephrase the question. Do you have any special powers or abilities that make you the best?
A. That’s not exactly a rephrasing, more like an entirely different question. But to answer it, nope. I’m just a regular ole Joe.
Q. If you’re just a “regular ole Joe,” as you put it, how did you get involved with supernatural forces such as Jinns and magical familiars? And why did you decide to help them in their mission?
A. Case of being at the right place at the wrong time. I stayed with them because, well, it was my bumbling around that got someone killed. I was responsible, so I had to make things right–or as right as they could possibly be. I stuck around Amie and the familiars to track down the killer and avenge the death of the man I was hired to find.
Q. Speaking of familiars, do you have a favorite?
A. I don’t particularly like animals, especially of the speaking variety, but I’d have to say Flamey, the Pyro familiar–or fire elemental–is my favorite. He always seemed to have my back–except when he almost set my socks on fire.
Q. What was going through your mind when you first met a magical familiar?
A. The first one I met was Gruffy, a Sylph—or plant elemental. A real jerk. I initially thought he was some toy mechanical raccoon speaking from a recording–like some Teddy Ruxpin doll. But then Amie explained that he’s a Sylph, and then I just took it at face value. Didn’t make one lick of sense, but I couldn’t just disbelieve my eyes and ears.
Q. Who is Amie?
A. Geez, you didn’t even read the book blurb, did you? Amie is amazing. She’s a Pleasant Jinn, and the real heroine, in my opinion. She’s the Batman to my Robin.
Q. So you’re pretty much Amie’s sidekick?
A. The technical term, in Jinn speak, is that I’m her “associate.”
Q. You’ve mentioned Jinn a number of times. Who or what are they?
A. The hell if I know. They’re the offspring of a human and an angel or demon, I think. I’m not one, so I really don’t know for sure. You should ask one yourself.
Q. Well, you seem to be getting cranky. Time to wrap things up. This has been fun. Thanks for the interview. What more can we expect from Dick Hunter?
A. You’ll just have to read to find out.
About Detecting Magic with Dick Hunter: The Mort des Hommes Files by A. Jarrell Hayes
Book Description:
What begins as a routine missing person case for Seattle’s best private investigator, Dick Hunter, turns into a personal vendetta against a cruel murderer. The murderer happens to be a hell spawn possessing powerful magic. In order to solve the case and avenge a death, Dick Hunter has to take a crash course in magic from the angelic Amie, and gather magical animal familiars in this witty and fast-paced tale.
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