Seks, Moord En Een Vanilla Latte!

Sophie is such the jetsetter. I’m fairly sure she’s the only American left whom the Europeans still like. No Canadian flag on her backpack!


Meike, my fabulous Dutch editor sent me this cover…That’s right! Sophie’s in Holland! Furthermore the Dutch apparently know that there’s more to just a latte then milk!

See the Italians (and apparently the French) don’t drink lattes. They don’t drink café mochas and (I hope you’re sitting down for this) they don’t drink Frappuccinos!! They stick to espressos and cappuccinos, period, end of story. Granted their espresso is damn good but it’s a totally different experience from drinking one of those caffeinated drinks that’s just a little bigger than your head. Not only is the espresso shot simpler in terms of ingredients but it’s a LOT smaller. Of course the Italians like things smaller than the average American (like their waistlines). When I was in Italy this last October one of the locals remarked on the needlessly large servings we Americans indulge in. “Like those huge bottles of soda they sell from the machines!” she exclaimed. “Who needs that big of a drink?”

My traveling companion, a 5’11’ athletic blonde woman who drinks more bottled water and diet soda than a tri-athlete with a Pepsi sponsorship, looked at the Italian woman with an expression of shock and replied, “People who are thirsty, that’s who! Your entire country is dehydrated!”

I’m not sure that’s really true but the point is that lattes, as we know them, don’t exist in Italy so my Italian publisher had to change my book title from Sex, Murder And A Double Latte to Sex, Murder And A Cappuccino…or according to Google’s translation, Sex, Homicides And A Cappuccino.

But not the Dutch! These are people who will never need ice chips or IVs. They know how big a drink is supposed to be and not only do they know what a café latte is, they actually know what a VANILLA café latte is!!! They’re a hop skip and a jump away from embracing the Venti-suger-free-vanilla-no-foam-extra-hot-non-fat-latte! Well maybe not; but I’m still excited that they used the word latte in the title (and a really cool font to boot). And I’m even more excited that Sophie got to Holland in the first place.

Thank you Meike for keeping me informed and thank you Holland for welcoming my alter-ego into your country.


Kyra Davis
http://www.kyradavis.com/
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