But first, a bit about the book. In case you’ve never read it, the book features Detective Duncan Hatcher (John Corbett), a cop with an anger problem, in pursuit of drug lord Robert Savich (Haaz Sleiman). In his way stands judge Cato Laird (Gary Cole), while in his dreams stands Judge Laird’s wife Elise (Julie Benz). And then, Elise Laird shoots an “intruder” in her home, and suddenly Hatcher is sucked down into a dark and convoluted criminal conspiracy where it’s impossible to tell the good guys from the bad.
As you may know, Sandra Brown first became popular as a romance writer before switching to suspense. Even now, many of her suspense novels have romantic elements, and Ricochet’s no different. Explaining how she got started in romance, on the panel stage, she said:
I don’t want to tell you too much about the plot in case you’re planning on watching without having read the book. I will say this much—I think Ricochet could easily be made into a great movie, so I have high hopes that this one will turn out well.
One of the things that struck me when I saw the cast list was the choice of Gary Cole as Judge Laird. I hate to say it, but Cole creeps me out (probably a holdover from his days on American Gothic), and therefore I thought he was just about the perfect choice. Given that, the first question I wanted to ask Sandra Brown when we had the chance to meet her (in the noisy backstage, sorry) was which cast member she felt most closely resembled the character she’d written.
See what I mean? This woman knows how to tell a story!

And of course, we have a special behind the scenes peek at the “making of” below.
I’ll definitely be watching Ricochet on Wednesday night. Will you?