Historical family tensions come to light for Strike in this book. How do they affect his familial relationships in the Running Grave?
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I think Strike does reach several reckonings in this book. And one of them is definitely re-evaluating certain things in his past and coming to a reckoning with his sister Lucy. And also with his new half-sister Prudence who, of course, has always been his half-sister but he’s never really had a relationship with her. And that’s an area of growth but its painful growth, as growth often is of course. He has to accept that some of the pigeonholes he’s put people into no longer apply. He sees his sister Lucy a little more clearly. I can’t say too much but it was very cathartic to write because I’ve always known this was coming. So it’s very satisfying to reach the place where you finally share things with the reader.
