Why do I write murder mystery?

My first published novel was A Question of Class and it came out 11 years ago in 2007. It is a detective novel. Even though it is narrated from the point of view of several characters, the predominant perspective is the detective's. Fusco, the detective, has to understand a whole world, the academic environment, in order to find the culprit and unriddle the mystery.

What prompted me to write about academia? Why did I choose the detective's point of view over any other? I was an academic for more than two decades in several academic institutions, in Europe and in California. As it's often the case, I had my complaints and I took an early retirement I retrained and became an alternative health practitioner. Writing remained my passion. Except that now I preferred fiction over non-fiction. I felt the urge to discuss some aspects of academia, what one would call its politics, in an indirect and yet deeper way. I wanted to show the human side of the problem. The detective was not part of the university system. He was an outsider, and a somewhat innocent one. His view point was unbiased. That made his perspective more compelling.

A Question of Class will soon be republished by CreateSpace. The sequel, The Etruscan Princess, is almost ready for publication. And I have started to write a third, novel in the series. Still without a definite title. Its temporary title is, Justice not Served.