Dina asked Kathryn Croft:

Last year, your book "The Girl in Room 12" was in my top 5. :) Here, look. :) https://www.instagram.com/p/DELE26dA7yw/ I totally loved it! What was the inspiration for that story?

Kathryn Croft Hi Dina, thank you so much - I'm so glad you enjoyed it! For this book, it was actually my editor who had the idea for a woman's body being found in a hotel room! I'm not completely sure how the plot came to me. I think I just worked back from there and tried to answer the questions: who was she? And how is she involved with my main character's husband? Sorry the inspiration isn't more exciting than that for this one!

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