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Ive always been drawn to mysteries, beginning at a young age when I was still in Korea.
The mystery set Id gotten for my 10th birthday.
Id picked it up expecting a quick, fun murder mystery I could fit in during the babys naps.
Second, the HBOT operators would be a Korean immigrant family similar to mine.
Id written and published short stories, but never written a novel, much less a mystery.
ButMystic Riverdefies those so-called rules.
Which character in the immigrant family should get to talk about their collective experience?
Which one of the mothers of kids with disabilities and chronic illnesses should be the groups spokesperson?
The closeness also means that we get to eavesdrop on the characters raw, unfiltered thoughts and feelings.
They do plenty of lying and keeping secrets from each other, but not from the readers.
I ignored the temptation to follow the trend of using unreliable narrators who mislead readers.
