Goodreads asked Kay Stewart:

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

Kay Stewart Tour de Mort, the fourth novel in the Danutia Dranchuk mystery series, is based on a true event: the first annual Cops for Cancer cycle ride down Vancouver Island in 1998 to raise money for pediatric cancer research and for a summer camp for children affected by cancer. The cycling team is made up of officers from municipal police forces, military police, and the RCMP, as well as media riders and special guests. When I, as a newcomer to the island, became aware of the significance of the ride, it seemed natural to make my female RCMP officer a member of the team.

This coincided with a number of cases of cancer among family and friends, many of them fatal. And so the book also gave me an opportunity to explore some conflicting ideas and feelings about cancer.

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