NY Daily News Don Dahler is Ch. 2's man of mystery By Richard Huff DAILY NEWS TV EDITOR
Tuesday, March 17th 2009, 4:00 AM WCBS/CH. 2 anchor Don Dahler has found a novel way of removing himself from the constant drumbeat of bad news. He writes murder mysteries. "It's more of an escape than vegging out in front of 'Dancing With the Stars,'" Dahler told the Daily News yesterday. Dahler's first book, "A Tight Lie," which hits stores today, is built around a down-on-his luck professional golfer who makes extra money as a private investigator. Dahler said he's always written short stories, but he'd never written a mystery before. The story line and characters arose from realizing that there weren't many mysteries involving professional golfers. So he set out to write the book when he was still a correspondent for ABC News. "I was still traveling a lot and had hotel time and airport time to fill," Dahler said. He has also written the second book and is working on the third of what will be a series involving the main character of "A Tight Lie." "Now I have to utilize those wasted hours [to write] between the commute and when I sit at my desk during lunch," Dahler said. "It's one word after another." Dahler is the anchor of the station's noon and 6 p.m. newscasts. In addition, he contributes to the station's other newscasts. The second book is set in Hawaii and the third in Dubai, Dahler said, and he's been able to do research in each locale. "You can have interesting mysteries set in a beautiful place," he said, laughing. Seriously, though, the writing allows Dahler something of a mental reprieve from the daily dose of bad news. "It's very different," he said. "I have the power to resolve problems for my main characters, whereas in my real life, when we're reporting on the economy or the latest murder, I'm completely powerless to resolve anything. We just report on it." Still, the books do involve murder. "In some ways, it is reflective of what I work on day in and day out," he said. "But you can put a happy ending in these novels. "For most of us in this business, there are very few stories that end like the Miracle on the Hudson. The reporting we end up doing, there usually isn't a happy ending. I don't like to write books where you feel depressed." --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/wnndl?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
