Goodreads asked Beth M. Caruso:

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

Beth M. Caruso My first story addresses a local (Connecticut) historical mystery that I heard about. (Who was Alse Young, America's first witch hanging victim and what event and factors led to her death?) It just wouldn't leave my mind and I had to figure it out. Even though the story is based on a real person and real events, I did need to fill in several gaps by adding literary inventions. Thus, it is classified as historical fiction.

My latest novel, The Salty Rose: Alchemists, Witches & A Tapper in New Amsterdam tells the story of an independent and colorful tavern keeper and her acquaintance with a New England alchemist and merchant which influences the Hartford Witch Panic and the takeover of New Amsterdam.

Updated November 2, 2019

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