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Henry Farley began writing novels ten years ago. It began with a part-written a book influenced by the crime thrillers he had read and seen at the cinema. He asked a few friends to read the draft who all thought he should finish the story. Eventually he completed the book, which initially came with the title, "Better Dead Than Alive", but is now known as "Fatal Deceit". It proved to be the launch pad for writing other novels.
His next story diverged from the crime thriller genre and told of his mother's experience as a sixteen-year-old, helping the Austrian Resistance while working for Deutsche Reichsbahn rail network. Henry was born in Graz and returned to his birthplace with his mother several times after moving to the United Kingdom. She had written the story of her first experience with the Resistance, helping two children escape from Austria to Switzerland, deemed to be Jewish. The title of the book, "No Time to Play", is hers. The stories that followed are diverse, with a crime element in each.
Henry's mother brought him up in Coventry in financial hardship and suffering abuse because of her German-sounding accent. The mid-sixties were a good time to be young, and he enjoyed the newfound freedoms of teenagers, Graz, but later thought about getting a good job after his marriage to Irene, just after his twentieth birthday. Artistic tendencies did not develop, because of his colour blindness, and he began studying and working in civil engineering, initially doing menial jobs, but learning and progressing upwards until he became chartered in both civil and structural engineering.
He mistakenly thought he would find writing easy because of the need to write technical reports during his engineering career. This delusion quickly disappeared after he started writing creatively and realised the need for communication and flow, apart from the technicalities of story construction and character interactions. "FACEOFF" is his sixth novel, which is rooted in the crime thriller genre, but includes a macabre twist in the protagonist's specialism.
Henry's inspiration to write in the crime thriller genre comes from books, movies, and comics. As a child often buried his head in a comic, his favourites being the superheroes of DC. Later, he developed a passion for reading and moviegoing. His introduction to crime thrillers came through Mickey Spillane, which had twisted plots and to a young boy seemed daring. His reading spread to the James Bond stories by Ian Fleming, but his favourite book is "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee. "Catch 22" by Joseph Heller is a close second.
His taste in movies mirrored his favourite reads, and he loved the old black and white film noir titles like, "Double Indemnity", "The Maltese Falcon", "White Heat" and "The Postman Always Rings Twice." Favourites neo-noir movies include, "Chinatown", "Point Blank", "The Long Goodbye" and "Gone Baby Gone". Modern TV and streaming series have developed crime thrillers, allowing writers to intensify the plot complexity by taking the books of authors such as James Patterson, Harlan Coben, and Lee Child.
Henry's hobbies, apart from reading and watching movies, centre on martial arts. He practiced Shotokan Karate for many years, but now restricts his exercise to Yoga. He has been married for over 50 years and has two children.
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