But the similarities end there, as Ritter has crafted an original-and compulsive-protagonist. Readers may notice similarities between Jessica and Abby: they’re both heavy-drinking loners who don’t play well with others. But her investigation slowly spirals into a nightmare, as Abby becomes convinced that a girl’s disappearance when they were teens a decade ago is linked to Optimal Plastic’s corruption. She believes that Optimal Plastics, the town’s most high-profile business, is poisoning the water. And, of course, it stars a three-dimensional female protagonist worthy of joining Jessica’s ranks.īonfire opens as environmental lawyer Abby Williams returns to her rural hometown for the first time in 10 years. The result is Bonfire, Ritter’s debut novel that’s part legal-thriller, part-psychological drama. So when she wasn’t getting offered complex roles-cliché strippers and boring wives just didn’t cut it-she decided to write one herself. When Krysten Ritter wrapped up filming her starring role in Marvel’s Jessica Jones Season 1, she knew that Jessica would be a tough act to follow.
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