What's with the Cucumbers?

There she was again, that odd girl, wearing the same gray dress and stuffing cucumber sandwiches into a large handbag.

I've received a lot of questions to answer for an upcoming blog tour (which I'll tell you about another day). So far no one has asked: "Why in Blue Thread is Serakh so totally into cucumbers?" Just in case inquiring minds want to know, here's the answer.

The Serakh character in Blue Thread is based on two references to Serakh (or Serah), daughter of Asher, in the Bible. One...