It is the newest and most exclusive literary club: those authors who have sold 1 million books on Kindle. At present, the club numbers just eight members: Lee Child, James Patterson, Steig Larsson, Charlaine Harris, Michael Connelly, Nora Roberts and Suzanne Collins. Those established names have just been joined by John Locke – a former insurance broker from Kentucky turned self-published author, rather than the seventeenth century political philosopher.
Locke writes particularly crass bodice rippers. Here’s a choice extract to quicken your pulse:
“She was smarter than me, and I hate when that happens. There was but one thing to do: seize the initiative. I played the trump card God provided: I stared directly into her cleavage.”
It’s tempting to mock this Stetson-wearing version of Mills and Boon, but Locke’s achievement is obviously tremendous.
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