![]() Penny: Michael (Whitehead, who was a doctor) developed dementia… Not only was he Gamache in many ways for me, he was so supportive of the books. He was really the inspiration for the character of Gamache. Q: You tell a lovely story in the afterword of your new novel about believing you were never going to write another Gamache book after your husband Michael died two years ago. The gap between what we’re saying and what we’re really thinking, between the pretty village setting and the violation that happens with these crimes…They’re about goodness, as well. They’re about duality, the public face and the inner turmoil. There’s a lot more happening underneath.They’re not really about murder. ![]() On the surface they appear to be fairly conventional and traditional, but that is, intentionally, just the most superficial reading. And (the books are) also somewhat unusual. ![]() (Building an audience) is just a grind. I think I’ve been very lucky with my publisher, Minotaur Books, who took (on) this middle-aged woman writing a crime novel (set in) the middle of nowhere, Quebec. ![]()
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