Imagine you are a retired police detective who’s been asked to speak at a crime fiction festival in Tasmania. You’re staying at a formidable manor house on the island with five other guests. Soon, a storm breaks out, the roads out are flooded; the festival is effectively cut off from civilisation. Then you discover one of the authors dead in the library. What now? Who do you choose to interview first? What trails of interrogation do you want to follow?
‘As an adult, I love isolated country manor mysteries. As a kid, I also loved choose-your-own-adventure books. So I thought, “why not create a classic body-in-the-library problem with a twist – a red herring-filled pick-your-path investigation that is also an accessible read?” It’s a novel anthology that works as either a single story or as a choose-your-own adventure for grown-ups and is suitable for adults who are improving their reading skills.’
