Deserving of Murder:
A Lynn and Alfred Tale
by Mary Ann Noe
New Release
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“A delight for mystery lovers and celebrity fans alike. Skillfully intertwining elegance and corpses, humor and pathos, Deserving of Murder earns a well-deserved standing ovation from even the most discriminating of audiences.” –Michael Giorgio, author of A Week of Criminal Happiness 
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Staging a play can be murder...
When legendary theatre couple Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne gather six fellow theatre people to their rural Wisconsin estate to put the polish on a play, all goes well until a blizzard cuts off telephone service and strands them far from town with a murderer in their midst.
With one of their guests dead, more and more secrets emerge, and Lynn and Alfred soon realize that one of their company must be the killer. Everyone has means. Everyone has opportunity. And everyone seems to have motive. Alfred and Lynn must race to solve the crime before the storm lessens and the murderer can escape, or worse, strike again.
Mistaken identity, a cast of suspects and multiple motives serve to lead the characters, and readers, on a wild romp through a house containing plenty of places for a murderer to play hide-and-seek.
With one of their guests dead, more and more secrets emerge, and Lynn and Alfred soon realize that one of their company must be the killer. Everyone has means. Everyone has opportunity. And everyone seems to have motive. Alfred and Lynn must race to solve the crime before the storm lessens and the murderer can escape, or worse, strike again.
Mistaken identity, a cast of suspects and multiple motives serve to lead the characters, and readers, on a wild romp through a house containing plenty of places for a murderer to play hide-and-seek.
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Mary Ann Noe is the author of the novels Water the Color of Slate, A Handful of Pearls and To Know Her, as well as the children's fantasy book Hannah's Eyes.
Mary Ann is a Pushcart Prize nominee and has published short fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. Her work has appeared in numerous literary journals, including Dash Literary Journal, Choeofplerin Press, Months to Years, and Pure Slush. Now retired from teaching high school English and psychology, Mary Ann has more time to write and lives in happy communion with nature in Wisconsin. |
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