Goodreads asked M.K. Shivakoti:

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

M.K. Shivakoti The inspiration for PLEASE DISAPPEAR came out of fear. My wife had called and asked me to pick her up from a mall. She didn’t drive back then and had been shopping all day. It was Sunday evening and I was watching football when I got a call from her. I asked if she could share a ride instead. She didn’t mind, and we finished our call pleasantly. But as soon as I hung up the phone, I felt tremendous guilt. This was during the early days of ride sharing and I hadn’t been fully sold on the idea yet.

Nevertheless, I had suggested that she share a ride. What would I have done if something happened to her? Was football more important than my wife? How would I live with myself if she never came home? That and hundred other unsavory thoughts snarled me.

In the ten minutes that it took her to get home, I had already seen a nightmare. The seed for this novel was sown that day.

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