Goodreads asked C. Hope Clark:

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

C. Hope Clark Murder on Edisto came from a weird place. My publisher felt I was ready for a second series, one that traveled in a different direction than Carolina Slade. So with a shove, they asked me to pick a great place in SC (my home state), add a protagonist with law enforcement experience, and throw in Southern family angst. So I picked my favorite chilling spot, Edisto Beach, made my character a detective, and made her parents mayor of a nearby town. She escapes up North to avoid them only to come back about 17 years later a widow due to a criminal incident related to her work, with a 15-year-old son to raise. The pieces just fell together so well. It's my favorite work. So . . . thanks, Bell Bridge Books, for the poke and prod.

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