Local author holds signing at First Edition
NORWICH – A local author who recently published his second work of fiction will be signing books from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at First Edition Bookstore in Norwich.
“The Case of the Missing Dentures” by Owen Magruder is the second book centered around the adventures of a retired Scottish policeman, John Braemhor. Magruder, whose real name is William Edmonston explained that he always liked mystery novels, but it wasn’t until he retired from teaching neuroscience and psychology at Colgate University that he had time to begin writing fiction.
Magruder published his first work of fiction, “The Strange Case of Mr. Nobody,” in 2000, introducing the character of John Braemhor, the former police officer who is always eager to solve a mystery. In the second book, Braemhor finds his mystery in an unlikely location, behind an old medicine cabinet. When Braemhor and his son begin renovating a downstairs bathroom, they find a set of relatively new dentures, and set off to discover who left them and how they wound up behind the medicine chest.
“The ideas just came up around the time I wrote the books,” Magruder explained in a telephone interview. The mysteries, he said, were inspired by real life events. Before writing the first book, Magruder saw several articles in British papers that inspired him to write “The Strange Case of Mr. Nobody.”
Magruder said “The Case of the Missing Dentures” was inspired by home renovation project that he took on with his own son. “My son moved into a new house and we found a set of dentures behind the medicine cabinet. We speculated within the family where they might have come from, and it grew from there.”
Magruder explained he enjoys taking a small kernel of truth and weaving his story around it. He also enjoys intertwining his interest in psychology with his interest in detective novels. Several of the characters in “The Case of the Missing Dentures” have psychological issues that are identified throughout the story. “It forces you to finish the book,” Magruder said.
Currently Magruder is working on some short stories and magazine publications, but he said there could possibly be more detective novels in the Braemhor series in the future.
“The Case of the Missing Dentures” by Owen Magruder is the second book centered around the adventures of a retired Scottish policeman, John Braemhor. Magruder, whose real name is William Edmonston explained that he always liked mystery novels, but it wasn’t until he retired from teaching neuroscience and psychology at Colgate University that he had time to begin writing fiction.
Magruder published his first work of fiction, “The Strange Case of Mr. Nobody,” in 2000, introducing the character of John Braemhor, the former police officer who is always eager to solve a mystery. In the second book, Braemhor finds his mystery in an unlikely location, behind an old medicine cabinet. When Braemhor and his son begin renovating a downstairs bathroom, they find a set of relatively new dentures, and set off to discover who left them and how they wound up behind the medicine chest.
“The ideas just came up around the time I wrote the books,” Magruder explained in a telephone interview. The mysteries, he said, were inspired by real life events. Before writing the first book, Magruder saw several articles in British papers that inspired him to write “The Strange Case of Mr. Nobody.”
Magruder said “The Case of the Missing Dentures” was inspired by home renovation project that he took on with his own son. “My son moved into a new house and we found a set of dentures behind the medicine cabinet. We speculated within the family where they might have come from, and it grew from there.”
Magruder explained he enjoys taking a small kernel of truth and weaving his story around it. He also enjoys intertwining his interest in psychology with his interest in detective novels. Several of the characters in “The Case of the Missing Dentures” have psychological issues that are identified throughout the story. “It forces you to finish the book,” Magruder said.
Currently Magruder is working on some short stories and magazine publications, but he said there could possibly be more detective novels in the Braemhor series in the future.
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