Max is planning to murder his wife Janet, collect her life insurance, and enjoy life with his girlfriend when Mary and George arrive on their Greek island with news: Mary and Janet are beneficiaries of a huge fortune. Plans and plots hatch, and soon everyone is bent on murder. All that stands in their way is the presence of a neighbour who knows a thing or two about murder, crime writer Edgar Chambers. This thrilling comedy is by the writer of the television series, The Avengers.
A comedy about a husband's vow to murder his wife and his wife's determination to stay alive.
“Why does anybody murder anybody anywhere?” Aunt Lindy counted off the reasons on her fingers. “Fear, greed, jealousy, revenge, or perhaps simple meanness.” “But why chance shooting somebody right in the middle of town?
Kelly's dreamy eyes looked beyond them, to a past and place they couldn't see. “We rented a tiny room in a boardinghouse two blocks from the campus. Pamela took art classes.” Her voice was suddenly animated. “She can really draw quite ...
Without the book, old homicides became almost impossible to track down. Who in police headquarters would try to kill a fellow officer? Why’d they suddenly want the Murder Book?
MURDER Somebody Wins and Somebody Loses
“ And so it's okay to be prejudiced against anyone who isn't represented in the group ? " “ No. ... “ Are you saying prejudice led to these two murders ? ... “ Do you think anybody was ambitious enough to kill for a job ?
A tense, page-turning true-crime thriller follows Bob Lowe, a young mechanic and family man, who became the sole witness to a brutal 1972 mob hit in Chicago as he struggles with his new role in life and tries to survive as a "protected" ...
In April 1980, prison officers thwarted an escape bid at Grafton prison. He was deemed an incorrigible prisoner, perhaps the worst in the entire penal system. After a near fatal assault on a fellow prisoner with his slop bucket, ...
He couldn't kill anyone any more than I could.” Rachel wanted to believe her. Except for the fact that anyone was capable of murder if provoked enough, real or imaginary. Including Travis Takamori. * * * Seymour let Leila take the lead ...
... there room for a fortune, I wouldn't!” “Now Eli, don't be foolish,” and Thorpe shook his head. “How could a spook kill two folks at onct,—right out in the open, as you may say?” “For that matter, how could anybody murder two people ...