Punk'd — Larry Rochelle

PUNK'D: A Big Hole Thriller Music plays a big part in Larry Rochelle's writing. He sometimes plays one song over and over as he types his thrillers: The Doobies, The Eagles, Benny Goodman and Tanya Tucker have all been background music for his intense Palmer Morel thrillers. For his sixteenth Palmer Morel novel, he stumbled upon a classical violin piece by Treme actress, Lucia Micarelli. The sound is full of romantic gloom and is entitled "Oblivion." And PUNK'D might be seen as an introduction to oblivion itself. The scenes Rochelle uses are both imaginative and spooky. The Pussy Cat Lounge is a strip club in Durham. The Big Hole is a former cold war location used for secret communications in Pittsboro. Elmo's is an often raucous greasy spoon in Carrboro near the University of North Carolina campus. Cafe Diem is a small, punkish, Goth coffee house in Pittsboro."