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* '''BB: I'm really ashamed to say that I hadn't realised your second novel,
[[The Strange fate Fate of Kitty Easton by Elizabeth Speller|The Strange Fate of Kitty Easton]], was a sequel to John Emmett until I looked on Amazon a few minutes ago. Is this going to be a long-running series? (I hope so!)'''
ES: What I hope to do is move on through the period between the wars, with different mysteries but following how Laurence - and the world-moves on. The Strange Fate of Kitty Easton is a mystery set in 1924 - the year some people first began to realise there might still be more trouble ahead internationally.
time period so well?'''
ES: It is a period I love and had written about in an earlier book ([[The Sunlight on the Graden Garden: A Family in Love, War and Madness by Elizabeth Speller|Sunlight on the Garden]]) but although I knew the big historical landmarks, researching the tiny points took ages - but was enormous fun! What colours were the trains of different railway companies? How many people had cars? Who wore what underwear? How quickly did a letter arrive? What areas were smart or poor in London? It was, for instance, a big surprise to find that in the early years after the Great War as many people threw parties or went to the races on Armistice day as took part in solemn remembrance.
* '''BB: If you threw a literary dinner party, which six people (real or fictional), would you invite?'''
