Goodreads asked Rob Howell:

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

Rob Howell It's a bit hard to say exactly where my inspirations come from. One task of Where Now the Rider was to complete a story arc of my main character, Edward Aethelredson, that locked him into the city of Achrida where most of his future novels will be set.

As for the particular mystery in Where Now the Rider, it came from a hodgepodge of other mysteries, mostly from Robert B. Parker.

I can't exactly describe where the ending came from, only that I was dissatisfied with the ending for a while and kept throwing words at the page. Then, suddenly, it was there. It needed crafting and polishing, but the idea, which was a major shift for this series came from that kernel.

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