Marilyn's Musings

Inspiration for a book can come in many forms. In the case of Bogey Nights , it came in the form of not liking a couple of details in a previous book, and a photo of an old brick house. The inspiration for Bogey Nights – A Bogey Man Myst ery , actually came from The Bogey Man – A Sandi Webster Mystery . Readers liked this character so much that I decided to give him (Chris Cross aka the Bogey Man) his own series. He walks the walk and talks the talk, but there’s a lot more to him than his uncanny resemblance to Humphrey Bogart. Beyond that, at the end of The Bogey Man Chris opened a forties-themed restaurant. After the book was published, I decided that I didn’t like the name of the restaurant (Good Joe’s Honky Tonk) or the restaurant itself. I needed a change, and so did my characters. Consequently, Bogey Nights opens with the old restaurant burning down. As disastrous as that was, it allowed the characters to have a fresh start. Deciding that I wanted the new restaurant to b...