Why wouldn’t Rita have started on the book well before February? I would think she had been collecting notes prior to Anna’s death when the story was heating up.
“”... would think she had been collecting notes prior to Anna’s death ..””
Daniel’s death was *just a horrible tragedy* it was Anna’s death that made it a *story*.
The paternity fight was just a minor *inter-office* conflict between Brikhead and Anna.
Marshall’s money was on a back burner.
No- I think the harmonic convergence that made it *novel* material was definitely Anna’s death.