Margaret asked Michael McGarrity:

The trilogy was the first reading of your work for me. The other Kerney novels I read, for the most part, in chronological order. Their synchronicity is so fine, when did you realize you were going to write the prequels? Are the Kerneys autobiographic? Thank you for these wonderful stories. When I finished the last published work in the Kerney series it felt like a mourning.

Michael McGarrity As Kerney's backstory evolved through the crime novels, I began building a research library in anticipation of writing a prequel, which morphed into the trilogy. The Kerneys are fictional characters and not autobiographic, although I borrowed some family history here and there that fit nicely within the narrative framework. My next book, "Residue" while contemporary in setting, will link to the trilogy. Thanks for your compliment and question.

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