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John Copenhaver | The Pursuit of an Old Enemy Leads to a Serial Killer Protected by Powerful Governmental Forces
Author Guest / June 10, 2024

1–What is the title of your latest release? HALL OF MIRRORS 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? In 1954, mystery novelist Lionel Kane witnesses his DC apartment engulfed in flames with his lover and writing partner, Roger Raymond, inside. Police declare it a suicide, but he refuses to believe Roger was suicidal. Weeks earlier, Judy Nightingale and Philippa Watson—the tenacious heroines from The Savage Kind—attend a lecture by Roger and, being eager fans, befriend him. He has just been fired from the State Department, another victim of the government-sanctioned anti-gay crusade spearheaded by Senator Joseph McCarthy. Little do the women know, but their pursuit of their old enemy, Adrian Bogdan, a serial killer protected by powerful governmental forces, has led to Roger’s dismissal. Has their persistence brought deadly forces to the team behind their beloved books?   3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? The Savage Kind, the first in the trilogy, was set in DC post-WWII. I love that period and wanted to continue exploring it. The early 1950s was a particularly paranoid and oppressive time, so it’s fertile terrain for a tense and twisty story. I also wanted to mingle personal…