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Talking ArtZ 14 | The Professor talks with Blue Mountains crime fiction author Michael Duffy in this Talking ArtZ Podcast Special
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The Professor talks with Blue Mountains crime fiction author Michael Duffy.
Michael is the author of a number of crime novels, including Drive By, and true crime books. The most recent one is The Strange death of Paul Ruel, second in his current series.
Michael Duffy’s second offering in what is now being called the Bella Greaves Series, is a worthy sequel to the original. Its story is equally as compelling, as are its characters, including the backdrop of the Upper Blue Mountains, itself. The Strange Death of Paul Ruel achieves a similar atmosphere as The Problem with Murder, with the rugged Mountains landscape and its unpredictable weather a key feature in the story.
As the novel begins, Paul Ruel remains an outsider to the culture of the Blue Mountains Police force after only seven months in his new position. There has been a social event for a sick colleague but Paul is not invited. He doesn’t fit in and his past fame is merely a source of jealousy. Having enjoyed semi-celebrity as a homicide detective in Sydney, Paul had been transferred to Katoomba Police station after a media gaff gave his superiors a reason to banish him.
So when a body is found at the base of Govett’s Leap, a 180 metre tall pencil thin waterfall disgorging into the Grose Valley out of Blackheath, Paul’s thorough investigation of the circumstances of the death is seen as a symptom of his desire to recapture his past relevance and purpose. When he subsequently rescues a young drug-affected woman, Hannah, from the top of the cliff, YouTube videos of the event raise the status of the case and once again give Paul some notoriety.
The Strange Death of Paul Ruel, like The Problem with Murder, is only available from Blue Mountains bookstores. However, it can be purchased online from orphanrock.com. Follow this link to check it out. please listen to the podcast. purchase and read the books, and spread the word to help this local author and publisher. Michael is supported by6 GBMCAN and Radio Blue Mountains.
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