"Terry O'Brien, the main character in Deadly Evidence, the new crime novel by Dr Marie Cassidy, is "probably my alter-ego", admits the former state pathologist for Ireland. But who is Dr Marie Cassidy? At the end of a lively and engaging conversation in Dún Laoghaire last week, I was none the wiser. She certainly wasn't the person I was expecting."
""I'm a conundrum," she says. "I'm not what people think. They think I'm somebody who is very confident and very self-assured. That's not me. There's a persona that I put on in the morning - high heels, lipstick and off I go."
Marie Cassidy is a former state pathologist who became a best-selling crime novelist and occasional reality television personality. Her new novel features Terry O'Brien, a protagonist Cassidy describes as her alter-ego. Cassidy characterizes herself as a conundrum who projects a confident public persona—high heels and lipstick—while experiencing private insecurity. She reports having cried only once during a post-mortem. Cassidy resists simplistic public expectations and deliberately cultivates an outward image that contrasts with her inner feelings.
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