Former crown court judge pens new novel
Local author Peter Murphy, with his book - Credit: Archant
After swapping his gavel for a pen, a former crown court judge has published the fourth book in his popular legal saga.
Peter Murphy, of High Street, in Huntingdon, has launched his new novel, The Heirs of Owain Glyndwr, based around the time of the Investiture of the Prince of Wales and the troubles surrounding.
“I wanted to write a book about terrorism but I didn’t want to do it in a contemporary period because Ben [the main character] is still in the late 1960s and I started doing some research about Prince Charles’s investiture in 1969,” Peter said.
“I had a feeling I read something about protests getting out of hand and I was really amazed when I did the research that there were quite a number of explosive devices planted in that period.”
This book, along with the previous three, is based around the character of barrister Ben Schroeder, who in this episode is tackling his greatest challenge yet.
The novel, which took Peter about six months to write, also focuses on how the police and the security services worked around the time of the investiture.
Set in Caernarfon, Peter visited the town to give his readers an understanding of the area that he has now become fond of and will be doing a launch of the book there in the coming months.
Most Read
- 1 St Neots Street Food Fest promises to be "bigger and better"
- 2 Cambridgeshire zoo 'devastated' following death of white Bengal tiger
- 3 Find out what's happening in Huntingdonshire for the Queen's Jubilee?
- 4 Shoplifter barred from every M&S and Sainsbury's in Cambridgeshire
- 5 EastEnders star Adam Woodyatt ‘to work at restaurant in Cambridgeshire’
- 6 Breakup and burglary! Couple's chaos after £101m win on Euromillions
- 7 Plans to demolish barn and create organic food business
- 8 Public meeting to discuss Luton aircraft stacking system
- 9 St Neots business raises £2700 for Ukrainians in Huntingdonshire
- 10 Philip Pope named mayor of St Ives for a second time
Peter’s new book is available on Amazon and available in a number of local bookshops.