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Goodreads asked S.W. Clemens:

What mystery in your own life could be a plot for a book?

S.W. Clemens 1. My wife's uncle went into business with his brother-in-law. Accused of embezzlement, the uncle shot his brother-in-law dead was convicted of murder and sent to prison for life.
2. My grandfather was an evangelical preacher and ladies' man. He married four times, changed his name when he abandoned one wife, and buried three others. He continually lied about his age, and claimed U.S. citizenship, though he was born in Canada.
3. My aunt was the mistress of a married man for 35 years before he divorced first wife and they finally married.
4. I was involved in a love triangle that could have turned deadly.

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