I write as if I'm someone reading the book - often people ask if I write one strand first and then go back and seed in the other, but I don't think I could keep track of who knows what, and the tension would come out wrong, so the answer is no - I write it more or less in the order you read it.

Ruth Ware

Answer Ask Back Book Come Could First Go I Write Keep Knows Less More More Or Less Often Order Other Out People Read Reading Seed Someone Strand Tension Then Think Track Who Would Write Wrong You

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