The Pretenders of Copper County

The humor felt so natural and fresh, but I wonder if it was a deliberate choice to keep the tone light while dealing with crime. Did that require a lot of rewriting?

The setup with characters being stuck together is classic, but I loved how the author made it feel unique here. What moments made others laugh or feel tense?

The town felt so vivid and lived-in — I’d love to know if the author based it on a real place or created it from imagination. How much of Copper County is drawn from real small towns?