Goodreads asked David Donavel:

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

David Donavel I start the books with a character in a situation and see then I see what happens. Testimony started with a guy in his kitchen complaining that his daughter came home too late for the dinner they'd planned. Alice and Iris started with my remembering a guy I happened to see on Cape Cod. He was taking a walk by himself in the morning. The Bet started with an image of two guys having a conversation in a little park on the river that runs through my town.

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