Goodreads asked Ruth Dugdall:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Ruth Dugdall I was watching a TV programme, years ago, and a young woman was saying that her sister had been attacked but the police were closing the file as they had no leads. She lived in a small town and this young woman was haunted by the idea that her sister's attacker could be next to her in the cinema, serving her in the chip shop...he was somewhere close and people must know but were keeping quite. Both of these facts struck me so powerfully that I created Sam, who resolves to find her sister's attacker. Whatever it costs her.

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