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.
"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."
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