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

Matthew J. Dave [MAJOR SPOILERS]

Naraxa and the Dead Florist takes inspiration from a few noteworthy parricides, namely Joel Guy Junior, Grant Amato, and Chandler Halderson. The common thread for all of these were young men who simultaneously relied upon their parents while also resenting them for one reason or another.

Some of the details of these cases will give much of the book away, but yes. There were numerous real life crimes that inspired this particular mystery.

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