BOOK CLUB DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
- This book is about a movie based on one of Stride’s cases. Who would you cast as Jonathan Stride in a film or TV show?
- Who’s your favorite character in this book and why?
- ALTER EGO is a cross-over book that brings one of Brian’s other series heroes, Cab Bolton, into Stride’s world. How are Stride and Cab different as heroes? How do Maggie and Cab fit together?
- If you’ve read Brian’s other Jonathan Stride novels, how has Stride evolved as a character over the past 15 years?
- How does ALTER EGO fit into the current #metoo movement that has exposed wrongdoing in Hollywood and elsewhere? (Does it surprise you to know that Brian wrote the book before any of these revelations became public?)
- Why does Aimee Bowe initially remain silent about what happened to her?
- Talk about Cat’s role and actions in exposing the real nature of Dean Casperson. Did she do the right thing?
- Discuss the relationship between Cat and both Serena and Stride in this book.
- Brian likes to give readers a “you are there” feel in the settings. How do the locations in Duluth and Naples add drama to the book?
- Why did Lori Fulkerson do what she did? How did you react to Lori as a character?
- Dean Casperson and Lori Fulkerson are both named for real people in Duluth who bid for the naming opportunities at a library fundraiser. Would you like to have your name in a book? What kind of character would you want to be?
- If you’ve read Brian’s Frost Easton thrillers, how are they different from the Stride novels? How is Frost different as a hero from Stride or Cab?
