Goodreads asked Merle Nygate:

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

Merle Nygate Be My Friend is a psychological suspense novel that asks the question; how far would you go to protect your best friend if you suspected that she was a murderer.
I got the idea when my best friend went mad. Of course, she didn’t murder anyone but when she was ill everybody around her, particularly me, was crazy with anxiety. Once she started to recover I spent a lot of time thinking about friendship and madness and how close we all are at times to going over the edge.

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