A Fatal Combination
by Peter Depietro

Name: A Fatal Combination
Brand: Peter Depietro
SKU: 9780573690068
Rating: 4.1 (10 reviews)

A Fatal Combination Book Cover — A Fatal Combination Cover

Highlights

Medium Cast

Female

Male

Present Day Room for Extras Interior Set Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes Mystery Comedy

Synopsis

A flamboyant, aging and loveable Greek art dealer, a reticent and revengeful librarian, a not so shallow bleached blond actress, and a literary scholar all descend upon a posh Boston hotel to retrieve a rare Byzantine treasure secured in the hotel vault where it awaits an upcoming museum exhibition.

Each wants the treasure enough to kill for it.

George and Margaret Manning, a sharp eyed husband and wife detective team akin to Charlie Chan and Number One Son, work hand in hand to solve this deliciously sinister plot of international intrigue.

Margaret gets in the way of the calculating killer and becomes the fourth and final victim.

This is a thriller to the end.

Press Reviews

"[The audience], at times, hurled suspicious accusations at one another with the vigor and purpose of discus throwers at a championship meet. . . . A dramatic resolution."
— Boston Globe

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Margaret Manning wife of George, housewife turned detective, loves action, always butting in, sometimes a nuisance but extrememly lovable, 50	female	—	wife of George, housewife turned detective, loves action, always butting in, sometimes a nuisance but extrememly lovable, 50
Dimitri Flamboyant Green art dealer, has an accent, flaming unnatural red hair, oblivious to the effects of his often biting tongue, outwardly warm, 32-40	male	32-40	Flamboyant Green art dealer, has an accent, flaming unnatural red hair, oblivious to the effects of his often biting tongue, outwardly warm, 32-40
Bunnie Beringer ostensibly shallow and dumb blonde, genuinely sensitive and caring, hard-edged Brooklyn accent, ex-playboy bunny, an actress, 28-35	female	28-35	ostensibly shallow and dumb blonde, genuinely sensitive and caring, hard-edged Brooklyn accent, ex-playboy bunny, an actress, 28-35
Lily Parker Doomsbury psychiatric patient trying to increase her social skills, charminly pleasant yet eccentric, has a fabricated past, obsessed with death and dying, dresses bizarrely, a gossip, 50-55	female	50-55	psychiatric patient trying to increase her social skills, charminly pleasant yet eccentric, has a fabricated past, obsessed with death and dying, dresses bizarrely, a gossip, 50-55
Sean O'Reilly mischevious, short-tempered waiter, smooth-talking thief, new to the job, 25	—	—	mischevious, short-tempered waiter, smooth-talking thief, new to the job, 25
Stephanie Redding self-confident assistant hotel manager, dresses with a conservative Boston flair, overly stern with employees, impatient with guests, slight drinking problem, 35-40 years	—	35-40	self-confident assistant hotel manager, dresses with a conservative Boston flair, overly stern with employees, impatient with guests, slight drinking problem, 35-40 years
Elaine Peters blonde suburban middle-class housewife, here for a good time, 45	—	—	blonde suburban middle-class housewife, here for a good time, 45
Al Peters husband of Elaine, soft-spoken, 47	male	—	husband of Elaine, soft-spoken, 47
Janet Stafford meek librarian outside, revengeful ex-con inside, appears calm and quiet, slightly mysterious in her reticence but not a wall flower, 35-40	female	35-40	meek librarian outside, revengeful ex-con inside, appears calm and quiet, slightly mysterious in her reticence but not a wall flower, 35-40
Tom Bogwater serious, quiet scholar, uneasy with socializing, bespectacled, 30-35 years	—	30-35	serious, quiet scholar, uneasy with socializing, bespectacled, 30-35 years
Host anonymous liaison between reality and villainous fantasy	—	—	anonymous liaison between reality and villainous fantasy
Detective George Manning assertive FBI agent, grandfather turned investigator after a career as a law enforcement office, organized and articulate, conservatively dressed, 55	—	—	assertive FBI agent, grandfather turned investigator after a career as a law enforcement office, organized and articulate, conservatively dressed, 55