Val Wilson Author Interview

Miss Morris Must Die is a murder mystery novel taking place in 1950’s England. What was the inspiration for the setup to this intriguing novel?

My inspiration for writing the book was my love of anything Agatha Christie and realised one day that as far as I’m aware, no one has ever been murdered on a murder mystery weekend when this has been a book plot. The women, with the exception of Becca, were designed to be selfish and thoughtless to contrast with Becca’s own kind nature.

The clues, like any good mystery, play a central part. How did you go about creating an intricate mystery like this?

This book has taken me a few years to write and develop. It has been an organic process and I started off with one idea of ‘What if’ and went from there. I tend to write all my books this way with a basic plot idea, then I watch them develop!

Will you be publishing this book? If so, when and where will it be available?

I have submitted this book to a publisher – it’s the first in a three-book series where Becca and Peter are the main characters.

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