The Girl in the Whispers follows a woman reeling from the devastating loss of her young daughter who, after moving to her husband’s family estate, starts seeing the apparition of a little girl, causing the line between reality and madness to blur. What was the inspiration for the setup of your story?

The original inspiration occurred years ago when talking to a couple who had dealt with the grief of losing a child and how emotionally fragile they both had been at the time. I then coupled that with many horror films featuring ghosts and asked what would happen if a grieving person encountered a ghost. How would they react?

What are some things that you find interesting about the human condition that you think make for great fiction?

I find it fascinating that different people can have very different responses to the exact same incident, whether it be a trauma or something good. We all bring our individual past experiences and specific psychoses to everything.

What were some themes that were important for you to explore in this book?

There are three main themes I wanted to explore: Grief, self-acceptance, and detachment.
First, that grief is a very singular and personal journey.
Second, that self-acceptance is key to self-understanding.
And finally, that sometimes we need to get out of our own way to fully comprehend a situation.

What is the next book that you are working on, and when can your fans expect it to be out?

My next book is a yet untitled murder mystery, what will be the eighth in the Sam Lawson Mystery series. I’m still plotting it out but it involves a cold case about a woman who is missing. When our detective Sam Lawson begins to investigate, he discovers the missing woman matches the description of another missing woman from a different town. Are they two different people? Or is it one woman leading two separate lives?

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