His background in classical music has led to regular collaborations as concert narrator with leading artists including The Bridge String Quartet, Orlando Choir, West London Sinfonia and the pianist Gamal Khamis.
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How to Murder Your Dear Wife
Meet Martin, a broke British drama teacher trying to make ends meet in a picturesque Irish town. Saddled with a subprime mortgage containing terms & conditions that even loan sharks would disapprove of, he seeks a deadly escape route. A healthy payout would be some consolation should anything happen to his dear wife.
Enter Laura, a beautiful staff nurse and medieval weaponry expert who has ruthless plans of her own. None of them involve being murdered. Accusations of being an MI6 operative complicate Martin’s plans, and with dissident Republicans, possibly the Taliban, and Ed Sheeran breathing down his neck, he unwittingly sets the stage for murder. Someone is going to die! Probably during the Lough Ree Pike Fishing Festival.
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Novel notes
Prologue
It is a novel that goes against convention—the killer is revealed in the first paragraph, and the murder is supposed to happen right at the end of the book.
Chapter 80
The book's working title was 'Countdown to Murder', reflected in the chapters that count down to chapter 1.
Random Facts
The book is set in real locations in a single county- Westmeath, in the middle of Ireland. The one exception is when key characters take a trip to an All-Ireland game of hurling
Martin JP Devaney has a degree in drama from Trinity College Dublin. He is the author of the book The RTE Writer’s Guide for RTE Commercial Enterprises/Blackwater Press. He has written one-off plays, comedies, dramas and series for RTE Radio One as well as short stories for RTE Radio One and BBC.
He has written for RTE television; has produced a comedy quiz show for Radio One; produced/written several short films; has had plays produced in Ireland, America, Canada, Australia, and Poland. He worked on Sky 191 where he produced over ninety-nine weekly television shows, winning a national media award.
He has lectured in creative writing in third-level colleges and universities, delivered hundreds of writing workshops and helped many writers create professional-level submissions before publication.