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Goodreads asked Joy Martin:

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

Joy Martin In the newly-built offices of The Rand Daily Mail in Johannesburg, where I was working as a journalist, a furious row about space broke out between News and Advertising. Then the builders confessed that they'd sealed off a room and forgotten to add a door! I thought: 'A secret room - I must write a novel about it.' Years later I did. It's called 'Seeking Clemency'.

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