For Susan JubyB次元官网网址檚 calm and collected butler detective, coping with the unreal world of social media influencers might be every bit as hard as solving the case.
This month, the Nanaimo author released her second murder mystery novel, A Meditation on Murder.
The sequel to 2022B次元官网网址檚 Mindful of Murder finds Buddhist butler Helen Thorpe dragged in front of social media by wannabe influencer Cartier Hightower while trying to solve the bizarre killings of content creators.
Juby said she finds the culture of social media influencers fascinating. Her research took her to a posh hotel in downtown Vancouver and a hair B次元官网网址榖lowout barB次元官网网址� in Yaletown, and it wasnB次元官网网址檛 hard to draw inspiration for the Cartier character.
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She also quickly recognized that coping with the influencer circuit would put her protagonist in some uncomfortable situations.
B次元官网网址淔or a person like Helen whoB次元官网网址檚 a Buddhist and a butler, who cares about decorum and is very self-effacing and not front-facing B次元官网网址� this world would be uniquely difficult for her to deal withB次元官网网址次元官网网址� Juby said. B次元官网网址淓specially if you write comedy, which I do B次元官网网址� itB次元官网网址檚 a murder mystery, but itB次元官网网址檚 a comedic murder mystery B次元官网网址� you need foils. Helen is very understated, what a comedian might call a straight man or a straight person, and then sheB次元官网网址檚 surrounded by these very big personalities.B次元官网网址�
Following the success of Mindful of Murder, JubyB次元官网网址檚 publisher asked for two more novels in the series. SheB次元官网网址檚 currently writing the third book which will be set close to home in Nanaimo Harbour, and beyond that, Juby has countless ideas for adventures for her butler detective.
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While busy with writing and author readings for A Meditation on Murder, Juby is also a creative writing professor at Vancouver Island University and speaks highly of her students.
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A Meditation on Murder was released Feb. 6 and is now available in bookstores and online at .
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