Goodreads asked Emily C.A. Snyder:

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

Emily C.A. Snyder Actually, the first idea for THE SABLE VALENTINE came while I was proctoring final exams, almost ten years ago now. Proctoring is such a stupefyingly boring job (see a hilarious sketch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_0ab...) that I would keep a notebook by me and free write.

Somewhere in there, Captain Reynard Thibauld began speaking, trying to solve the mystery of who had murdered his daughter, armed only with various newspaper articles, blueprints, private journals, and love letters, a burnt townhouse, the shattered glass of a chandelier, and the haunting shadow of the mysterious Sable Valentine.

When I got home that afternoon, I read what I'd written to my sister and father, and asked them what they thought. Immediately, we all started brainstorming about what these clues could mean and who or what The Sable Valentine could be. (So, yes, I do know the answer. ;)

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