Derek Beaugarde asked C.L. Spillard:

Hi Candi, just about to start on The Evening Lands for read and review. What should I look out for in the book?

C.L. Spillard Hm... firstly the satirical elements. The drug ('the Meds') is a satire on the overwork culture that we seem to've imported from the USA.

But some of the story is the absolute truth. P.E.A.C.E. really exists, and has, as the narrative says, been proven effective - by criminologists from Liverpool. 'Kate' the police officer is real and her interview method - and the mugging that led to it, are based upon an incident that happened to me in the 80s.

I wrote up details about that incident, and my research about police interview techniques, on blog posts beginning with this one: https://insurrealtime.wordpress.com/2...

The tiny blackouts from sleep deprivation are also a genuine effect.

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