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Goodreads asked David Farrow:

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

David Farrow The seed that would grow into "The Neverglades" was actually planted as part of a college research fellowship. I decided to look into the stories of Edgar Allan Poe and Arthur Conan Doyle, as well as works inspired by their writings, to examine how they tackled the issues of their time period. Then I set out to write my own literary "remixes" that brought the characters and themes from these writers into a more modern context.

"Lost Time" (the first Neverglades Mystery) was written as part of this fellowship. It was my attempt to blend the supernatural darkness of Poe with the investigative sleuthing of Sherlock Holmes. The character of the Inspector is a reimagining of Sherlock himself, and his partner-in-crime, Mark Hannigan, is a modern day Watson. The series eventually grew from there and found a voice of its own, but the fellowship is where it all began.

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