Featured Interview With Julie Mulhern
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri. I left home for college then came back to the Midwest.
I live in Kansas City about four blocks from where I grew up with my husband, two daughters and a dastardly dog. That dog, Sam, makes an appearance in The Deep End as Max. The two share many bad habits.
Of late, people have asked me what I have in common with the heroine, Ellison. In truth, we share a certain snarkiness.
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I have loved books as long as I can remember and always wanted to be a writer. My path to publication took a few decades – what with marriage and kids and a full-time job. For years I wrote articles for local magazines and then someone suggested I write a book and I got serious about my dream.
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I love mysteries, always have. An early taste for Nancy Drew turned into an Agatha Christie addiction. From there I discovered Josephine Tey, Dorothy L. Sayers and PD James.
The Deep End is set in the 1970s and the era inspired the story. I loved researching The Deep End and am now the proud owner of a year’s worth of Vogue, Architectural Digest and Gourmet from 1974. Loved the fashion, loved the articles, loved the ads – I even loved the recipes. Croquette, anyone?
Tell us a little about your latest book?
The Deep End released in February. It’s an ‘uncozy’ cozy. One reviewer noted, “If Agatha Christie had decided to write something akin to “Fifty Shades of Grey,” she might have ended up with “The Deep End” by Julie Mulhern. This certainly isn’t your grandmother’s cozy mystery, and I loved it. This is a cozy mystery with an edge.”
Swimming into the lifeless body of her husband’s mistress tends to ruin a woman’s day, but becoming a murder suspect can ruin her whole life.
It’s 1974 and Ellison Russell’s life revolves around her daughter and her art. She’s long since stopped caring about her cheating husband, Henry, and the women with whom he entertains himself. That is, until she becomes a suspect in Madeline Harper’s death. The murder forces Ellison to confront her husband’s proclivities and his crimes—kinky sex, petty cruelties and blackmail.
As the body count approaches par on the seventh hole, Ellison knows she has to catch a killer. But with an interfering mother, an adoring father, a teenage daughter, and a cadre of well-meaning friends demanding her attention, can Ellison find the killer before he finds her?
Connect with the Author on their Websites and Social media profiles