Usually when a writer pens a novel that’s inspired by a game, any kind of game, the biggest influence on the novel is, well, the game. But in the following email interview about Legend Of The Five Rings: Death’s Kiss (paperback, Kindle) — which is connected to the Legend Of The Five Rings tabletop RPGs and card games, as well as the second book in his Daidoji Shin Mystery series after last year’s Poison River — Reynolds revealed it was also largely influenced by a series of classic mystery novels.