Today is two years since my Dad passed away. He never saw any of my books in print, but he was aware that my first book would be printed with this dedication:

For my father, John M. Boats, whose love of smart action heroes inspired me to create my own.

One of my kids, “Chaos,” lives with me permanently now, and my ex will be dropping the other two off shortly (“Mayhem” and “Havoc”), so Becka and I get to enjoy Father’s Day weekend with a full house. Three kids and two grown-ups. In poker, we’d call that “kids over grown-ups,” which kind of describes the dynamic, come to think of it.

Quick update: probably no one’s noticed, but the e-version of Blood Game has been unavailable for the last 24 hours or so. That’s because it’s transitioning from its previous distributor to Amazon, and that’ll take a few days. But once the transition happens, I’ll be making Blood Game available on Kindle Unlimited. That’s the reason I’m doing it, and I wish I’d done it sooner. I think in the future I’ll just go with Amazon from the start, at least for e-books if not the physical ones.

So for anyone who’s been holding off on reading it because they prefer e-books and/or because they have a KU-subscription … just a few more days until the book is free. Please still leave me a review when you’re done. And my website is still the best place to get signed physical copies.

As for Father’s Day — no big plans really, other than family fun. I’ll probably take the fam out for sushi on Sunday. The pool’s finally warm enough, and maybe we’ll go pick some fruit. Mayhem is learning to drive, and Havoc needs time in a good batting cage, so maybe he can heckle her from the backseat as she drives us to the cages. Dungeons and Dragons will definitely be played at some point — when we last left our heroes, they were running one of the gauntlets under White Plume Mountain.

And Becka and I should start watching Reacher Season 3. We’ve been putting it off, and considering that Lee Child was my father’s favorite author, this week-end seems the appropriate time to begin. Tonight after the kids are down, perhaps.

I miss you, Dad.