On this week’s Corks & Conversation we talked with Edwin Hill, Edgar- and Agatha-award nominated author of Little Comfort, The Missing Ones, and Watch Her …
Edwin joined us from his home in Boston, MA, which we realized was the northeastern tip of our equilateral triangle of our locations (Cathi in South Dakota and Christie in South Florida). Thank goodness for zoom! We shared Kim Crawford Sauvignon Blanc, which according to vinepair.com article by Katie Brown is the number one New Zealand wine sold in the US and the number one Sauvignon Blanc sold in the US. So we were in a lot of company in our enjoyment of this wine.
Watch Her is Edwin’s third book in his Hester Thursby series. We couldn’t put it down while following all the twists and turns of this dark suspense novel! The discussion of his books and writing flowed between laughs and insight. Just a great episode! Here is some of what Edwin had to say:
On the recurring theme in Watch Her, where the characters are attempting to justify their questionable actions…
“My novels are always morally ambiguous and the criminal doesn’t always come to justice at the end. … and to think about redemption and forgiveness and what it means to justify and how those reverberate.”
On the story structure of each of the books in the series…
“They are all told from four points of view. Hester Thursby will be one and then there will be three other character’s points of view. I never know who the other three will be … they sort of come out in the first draft.”
On what criminal charge he would want to be immune to …
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