The protagonists of Australian mystery writer Sulari Gentill are often female Australian authors writing a novel somewhere in the United States. Her characters live in different places and have come to the United States for different reasons. “The Mystery Writer: A Novel” is her latest and follows this formula.
Theodosia Benton wants to be a writer. She drops out of law school in Australia and arrives unannounced at her brother Ben’s doorstep in Lawrence, Kansas. It is an abrupt change, but she is serious about writing and feels that she needs a place where she can work without distraction. Ben, a lawyer, takes her in, allowing her nine months to focus exclusively on writing her novel.
