Marie Kusters-McCarthy was born in Ireland and educated at an international boarding school with girls from different cultures, traditions and cuisine. Upon leaving Ireland, she has lived and worked in several countries which include the United States, England, Israel, Lebanon, South Africa, Croatia, Holland and Spain where she currently resides. Marie has worked for the United Nations, on and off, for 17 years. She has recently completed a cook book entitled Dining with the World that offers a comprehensive collection of recipes from the 193 member states of the United Nations.Marie can be reached at kusters.mccarthy@gmail.com
On the night of November 29, 1988, near the impoverished Marlborough neighborhood in south Kansas City, an explosion at a construction site killed six of the city’s firefighters. It was a clear case of arson, and five people from Marlborough were duly convicted of the crime. But for veteran crime writer and crusading editor J. Patrick O’Connor, the facts—or a lack of them—didn’t add up. Justice on Fire is OConnor’s detailed account of the terrible explosion that led to the firefighters’ deaths and the terrible injustice that followed. Also available from Amazon
