Interrogation: Abbott Kahler

Hello friends and readers,

Happy New Year — and, for those partaking, happy Dry January. A full Blood & Whiskey newsletter is coming next week, with cocktails and mocktails. But first, I’m happy to share this Q&A with the hyper talented Abbott Kahler, whose previous books (written as Karen Abbott) include Sin in the Second City; American Rose; Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy; The Ghosts of Eden Park.

Now Abbott has done what many of us nonfiction writers dream of: written a novel, and a very good o...