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I always have to have a title before I begin writing a book. The title tells me what the book’s about, and tells readers the same. When I decided to write a cozy mystery about senior sleuths set in a retirement community (well before The Thursday Murder Club released) I didn’t want to copy Richard Osman’s international bestseller, but I did want the title to have a similar feel. I also wanted to make readers curious: why are they called the Alphabet Sleuths? Who are these sleuths? Happily my publisher liked the title and did a fabulous job illustrating the story with the cover.
What's in a name?
Since my title is The Alphabet Sleuths, I had to...[read on]
My Book, The Movie: The Alphabet Sleuths.
Q&A with Laura Jensen Walker.
--Marshal Zeringue
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