Goodreads asked C.A. Larmer:

What mystery in your own life could be a plot for a book?

C.A. Larmer I already wrote at least one! One of my Ghostwriter Mysteries is loosely based on a true event. An elderly surveyor I had interviewed for a non-fiction book on pioneers of Papua New Guinea, gave me a pretty boring black and white photo of a bunch of surveyors from the 1960s, to use in the book. One night I got a late call from an associate saying the elderly surveyor had passed away but, just before dying, had begged for that photo back. I was asked to return it to his family for the funeral, and got wondering, why?! It really was a boring pic, so why ask for it on your deathbed? That got my imagination working, and the result is Dying Words, one of my faves!

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