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Sam Ripley | Seemingly unrelated tragedies share a sinister connection
Author Guest / August 8, 2024

1–What is the title of your latest release? THE RULE OF THREE 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? When she comes to believe that seemingly unrelated tragedies share a sinister connection, a young woman must solve the mysterious urban legend known as the Rule of Three or be the next one to die. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? The book has a deliberately ambiguous setting because of the way the story is told. Written as a journal, or “survival guide,” as one character calls it, there are no named locations or even dates. The book is a puzzle to solve, so a specific setting or location would be the antithesis to that. 4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? Absolutely not! She is very troubled and fearing for her life, convinced she is doomed to die because of the Rule of Three. When people keep dying around her, I would want to stay as far away from her as possible. 5–What are three words that describe your protagonist? Unstable, terrified, and determined. 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? I learned that apophenia is the tendency to…