Goodreads asked C.A. Larmer:

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

C.A. Larmer From the crazy, hippie, musical world around me! I have never 'borrowed' from my immediate surrounds before. Most of my Ghostwriter Mysteries are set in Sydney, where 'ghostie' Roxy Parker lives, or on brief overseas visits. This is the first time* I have plunged Rox into a mystery in the hinterland behind Byron Bay where I actually live, so it was both fun to plunder from the world I know well, and terrifying (have I done the place justice? Would certain people recognise themselves?!)

This region is famous for its free-spirited hippies but we also have our fair share of 'rock stars' (my husband is a musician and we are friends with several famous musos) so the idea of bumping one or two off seemed like a fun thing to do, and a plotline I could write convincingly.

I hope I've pulled it off.
*NB: Roxy did visit the region very briefly (albeit horrifically) in an earlier Ghostwriter Mystery

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