name: Mary E. Martin
genres: Contemporary, Fiction, Mystery & Thrillers
avg_rating: 4.13
ratings_count: 55
about: I’m a born and bred Torontonian! Almost every culture and language is here. The city affects my writing both as a setting and ways of looking at a world with such immense variety.Toronto is the setting for my first novel, Conduct in Question, in The Osgoode Trilogy, inspired by my many years of law practice here. Harry Jenkins, the protagonist of the trilogy, seeks love, compassion, forgiveness and a sense of meaning in life, as he outsmarts a serial killer and exposes massive frauds. Fortunately, my practice was far more sedate and my activities were the raising of three children. After The Osgoode Trilogy, I needed a new hero. Alexander Wainwright, Britain’s finest landscape painter, was born. Do you like to ask yourself the “ I’m a born and bred Torontonian! Almost every culture and language is here. The city affects my writing both as a setting and ways of looking at a world with such immense variety.Toronto is the setting for my first novel, Conduct in Question, in The Osgoode Trilogy, inspired by my many years of law practice here. Harry Jenkins, the protagonist of the trilogy, seeks love, compassion, forgiveness and a sense of meaning in life, as he outsmarts a serial killer and exposes massive frauds. Fortunately, my practice was far more sedate and my activities were the raising of three children. After The Osgoode Trilogy, I needed a new hero. Alexander Wainwright, Britain’s finest landscape painter, was born. Do you like to ask yourself the “Big” Questions—the kind which have no answers or too many answers? What’s this universe like? Random? Secret forces at play? What are we supposed to be doing here? You get the idea. I like to throw such questions at Alex to see what he says. I’ve just published the third novel in The Trilogy of Remembrance. Here’s the question—Can a truly great artist have real love aside from his muse? At first, I thought that might be too esoteric a question. But how many workaholics can’t find or keep love? When I’m not writing? In 2012, my two gorgeous grandchildren were born. Being a grandparent is the best! Reading is a huge part of my life, not just fiction but non-fiction in the areas of art, psychology, philosophy, all kinds of literature. Photography is really fun. And, of course, travel is at the top of the list. ...more