Let’s start with an introduction: Who is Nicole Lundrigan?

I’m a Toronto-based author. My education was in science, but I started writing fiction on a whim many years ago, my tenth novel was just released in May. My previous book was a bestseller, and my work has been shortlisted twice for the Crime Writers of Canada’s Best Crime Novel award. I write at the kitchen table, with a slew of stickie-notes, and my senior dog is usually snoring not far away. Each of my books has (at least one) murder in it.

Your latest novel, The Case Study, was just published by Viking. How would you introduce it to a potential reader?

The Case Study is a psychological thriller that follows the obsessions of two women: One is the wife of a psychiatrist, and the other is the murderous subject of his famous case study. Mia is fixated on her husband’s patient, and begins watching their recorded therapy sessions. And Lainey, who developed a rare delusion after killing her uncle, grows increasingly interested in her doctor — and his family. The book is dark and the behaviours get quite unhinged, but it (mostly) works itself out by the end. Continue reading →