<< Why did you write Cedars of Necroplis? >>

-- Joseph P. Kearney

Cedars of the Necropolis was a very interesting concept from the beginning. I am not quite sure how this  idea germinated into the six hundred and  twenty eight pages which would eventually flow from my keyboard. The concept of the huge publishing conglomerate named Emerald House grew in my mind. What really breathes life into this novel are the interesting characters  I created. They provide the meaning and passion as the story unfolds. Doctor Cleary leaves his native Ireland and emigrates to midwest America where he purchases a one man printing company. The characters are everyday people that you will relate to. We have all known such individuals. Each chapter is prefaced with three pages of italics about a little boy facing difficult challenges  at  home.  The  novel quickly moves to a cottage on the West coast of Ireland. The reader will be introduced to Daniel Doyle, Emerald's House  prolific crime writer. You will meet a most unusual Archbishop Hennessy who is motivated soley by greed and power. You will enjoy, Frank Rourke a retired Coulmbus Ohio homicide detective. Rourke arrests a young Daniel Doyle during the mayhem that gripped America during the student protests in the Viet Nam era. Meet Jacquelin Turin, Doctor Cleary's administrative assistant who gets drawn in professionally and emotionally in  the power struggle when Archbishop Hennessy and Aaron Shapiro his investment broker attempt a hostile takeover of Emerald House. Steve walker the president of Continental Associates a subsiduary of Emerald house insitgates a secret background check on Daniel Doyle. Doyle, continually demeans members of the clergy in his novels.  Read how Archbishop Hennessy abuses the two recently ordained young priests in his service.  A secret envoy from the Vatican Curia visits a terrified young Father Rossi. He tasks him with orders that causes the young priest to  question his service to his God. Does the city of Toronto hold the key to the mysterys surrounding Daniel Doyle. A  gripping and compelling work.