Annie Seymour mysteries, the Tattoo Shop mysteries, and the Black Hat thrillers. Karen was a longtime editor, both in newspapers and at Yale. Olson lives in North Haven, Connecticut.
She applied the Page 69 Test to her new novel, A Defiant Woman, with the following results:
Page 69 of A Defiant Woman is the last page of a chapter. In it, Nan Tudor—Hank Tudor’s second wife who has been living in France under an alias for eight years—is hiring private investigator Thomas Wyatt to help her find her kidnapped daughter. Nan had been lured back to the States with the threat of her daughter’s life; however, Nan suspects that the kidnapping was not as much about her daughter as about her—and who wants to take revenge on her:Visit Karen E. Olson's website.“As I see it,” he said, putting his glass back down, “once I find your daughter, I’ll also find out who’s after you.”In the exchange with Wyatt, the reader sees a snapshot of Nan’s personality: her defiance and determination—and courage. It also sets the stage for the rest of the book. While I gave Hank Tudor’s other wives—Catherine, Kate, and Anna—their own chapters and points of view, A Defiant Woman is truly Nan’s story. It’s serendipitous that page 69 reflects that so definitively.
“Oh, I already know who’s after me,” Nan said with a smirk.
He laughed then. “Why the hell do you need me, then?”
Nan leaned forward, her elbows on the table, and she stared into his eyes.
“Because if it’s who I suspect, the person who’s orchestrated this tried to have me killed once before, and I have to make sure she never gets another chance.”
The Page 69 Test: An Inconvenient Wife.
Q&A with Karen E. Olson.
--Marshal Zeringue
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