Goodreads asked Chris Longmuir:

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

Chris Longmuir Several years ago I did quite a lot of research for an article on the birth of a women's police service. I discovered much that was fascinating including the fact that the origins of women police lay in the suffragette movement. In 1914, at the start of the First World War, the suffragettes decided to end their militancy in favour of supporting the war effort, and among some of the activities they focused their efforts on was a women's police service. Further research revealed that after the war there were only 2 policewomen in Scotland. One in Glasgow and one in Dundee. My contemporary Dundee Crime Series being set in Dundee, naturally I was interested in the Dundee policewoman. However, there is very little documentation about this lady, and that set my imagination working. So, out of my research and curiosity came Kirsty Campbell, my fictional first policewoman in Dundee, and of course, she has a suffragette background. If you are interested in finding out about her, the book is, The Death Game, and I plan it to be the first book of the Kirsty Campbell series.

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