Love and Death and Llamas by Betty Webb
Where do writers get their idea? As the old joke goes, sometimes they buy them at Wal-Mart. In my case, however, I get my ideas by watching real live people do real live crazy things, which is exactly how I came up with the plot of THE LLAMA OF DEATH. I may be best known for my noir-ish Lena Jones mystery series, but I also write the humorous and cozy-ish Gunn Zoo mysteries, which means some pretty loveable animals turn out to be characters in those books. We’re talking koalas, anteaters, lemurs, giraffes, wombats, honey badgers… On second thought, maybe honey badgers aren’t all that adorable, although their mothers probably love them. But back to THE LLAMA OF DEATH. In addition to my love for llamas, I’ve always been a devoted fan of Renaissance fairs, so a couple of years ago I dragged poor Hubby to one in Apache Junction, Arizona. While checking out the fractured Renaissance-speak of peasants,