Featured Interview With Murray Moffatt
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
Murray Moffatt is a former broadcast journalist, senior public relations consultant and musician.
Over the course of 25 years, Murray wrote countless radio news stories and delivered tens of thousands of newscasts.
As a public relations consultant, Murray wrote hundreds of media releases as well as briefing notes and magazine articles on behalf of clients. He delivered media relations training to executives from a wide variety of public and private companies and organizations.
For years, Murray did extensive volunteer work with various organizations. He received a Mayor’s Award of Merit from the City of St.Catharines, Ontario and a provincial award (Ontario) for his work with Brant/Brantford CrimeStoppers.
Now retired, Murray is the author of seven novels including, ‘Play’, ‘Murder Best Unsolved’, ‘Murder Maybe Relative’, ‘Murder Maybe By Evil’, ‘Murder Maybe Cold’, ‘Murder Not Quiet Buried’ and ‘A Murder Solved Twice’.
Born and raised in Ontario, Murray now lives in Alberta.
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
By the time I was in Grade 6, I had become a huge fan of thrillers and I remember the librarian at my school telling me that perhaps I should be reading more books for my age categorym but I was drawn to adult fiction. I didn’t start writing for something other than my profession until retired.
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I love mysteries and thrillers but have always been a fan of horror from the masters of the genre like Stephen King and Peter Straub. I consider James Lee Burke to be one of the best novelists in the world and I’m always inspired by his writing.
Tell us a little about your latest book?
My new novel, ‘A Murder Solved Twice’, is the latest in the Shane Daniels Mystery series I’ve been working on for several years. Shane Daniels, the main character in ‘A Murder Solved Twice’ is an investigator for a lawyer and he has a compelling backstory. He’s a former cop who was permanently disabled when he was shot in the left knee and must deal with his memories of his father, a convicted killer also involved in the murder of Shane’s mother. Shane’s partner, Emma Carstairs, who lost her left leg while in the Canadian Forces, counsels other amputees.
In ‘A Murder Solved Twice”, Shane is kidnapped and told he’ll be killed if he doesn’t solve the murder of a young woman for which a man has already been convicted. Gavin Benson was found guilty by a jury of killing the much younger woman he was having an affair with.
Emma searches desperately for Shane, with the help of Ben Chen, Shane’s foul-mouthed, politically incorrect childhood friend, but they’re not even sure why he’s missing. Is it related to the Benson trial or their foster child Lan’s testimony against members of a Vietnamese-Canadian criminal organization?
While Shane tries to survive and find a way to escape, ‘A Murder Solved Twice’ takes the reader back in time to follow the Benson murder trial and defence lawyer Jason Burke’s ill-fated attempt to prove his innocence.
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