The Favor – Book One of the Detective Juraj Adamik Series

Following the numerous emails that I received to give Adamik his own book series, I was happy to make that happen in the upcoming novel, The Favor, which should be published the second half of the year.

In my last blog, I mentioned that I don’t use a cookie cutter format for the characters in my novels. Instead, each has a unique personality which makes them react differently than other characters to the numerous obstacles that I throw in their way. This is by design as it makes how they’ll react difficult to predict. Therefore, I cut Juraj Adamik from a different cloth than the other protagonists. The core of his character is that he doesn’t have a life outside the office. He’s a workaholic whose analytical skills, coupled with an attention to detail in noticing things that others overlooked, have resulted in a one hundred percent success rate in solving crimes. The flip side is that this drive for perfection cost him his marriage and, with his wife receiving the house in the divorce, he began living at police headquarters. This situation changed when Madam Irenka, a friend and Prague brothel owner, offers him the use a room at her establishment in return for an occasional favor. Although he rarely participates in the brothel’s extracurricular activities, he accepts.

The Favor takes place primarily in the Czech Republic, Israel,and Iran although I’ve ventured into Italy and the United States to create a unique dynamic for Adamik. Blending documented historical events with possible future occurrences, Adamik will be involved in the most challenging case of his life where the fate of a nation unknowingly rests in his hands.