By Leslie Lindsay After having read Lori Rader-Day’s award-winning debut THE BLACK HOUR last summer, I was equally intrigued and honored to dive into her next read, LITTLE PRETTY THINGS, a mystery in self-examination, a dash through teenage angst, and a solid whodunit. Welcome back, Lori! Leslie Lindsay: I’m always intrigued about what sparks the initial drive to write a novel. What, would you say propelled you to write LITTLE PRETTY THINGS? Lori Rader-Day: I had read a mystery novel that was supposed to be about a character with a bad job, but the job didn’t seem that bad to me. I’ve had some dirty, menial jobs in my day, and I know lots of people who work far worse jobs than the one in that book. I really love the book Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich, about the hard jobs and bad pay that so many Americans live with every day. I wanted to do a Nickel and Dimed murder mystery. L.L.: I’m always so captivated by your protagonists, so much that I …