An Act of the Imagination
by Bernard Slade

Name: An Act of the Imagination
Brand: Bernard Slade
SKU: 9780573670237

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1960s Interior Set Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes

Synopsis

This masterful suspense tale involves a successful mystery writer whose latest work has strangely turned into a romance – a vivid and adulterous romance.

His son, his second wife, and his editor marvel at the truthfulness of the work, remarkable since it is inconceivable that he could ever have had such an affair.

Enter a woman, who is intent on blackmail and whose story is foolproof and airtight: it appears that Arthur has been trysting away from home.

Death stalks: the other woman disappears and evidence incriminates Arthur in her murder.

There is a conspiracy to do Arthur in, a conspiracy that entails cunning, deceit, and ingenious plotting.

Press Reviews

"Highly entertaining."
— The Herald

"A sophisticated whodunit which manages to keep the audience on tender hooks until the end."
— The Advertiser

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Julia Putnam probably late forties, very beautiful, warm, graceful	—	—	probably late forties, very beautiful, warm, graceful
Simon Putnam mid twenties, attractive, charming, impetuous	—	—	mid twenties, attractive, charming, impetuous
Detective Sergeant Fred Burchitt a spry, friendly Londoner in his mid fifties	male	—	a spry, friendly Londoner in his mid fifties
Holly Adams pretty, enthusiastic, bright, vivacious, in her mid to late twenties	female	—	pretty, enthusiastic, bright, vivacious, in her mid to late twenties
Brenda Simmons late twenties, off-beat, unpredictable, slightly unkempt	—	—	late twenties, off-beat, unpredictable, slightly unkempt
Brooke Carmichael mid thirites, cooly beautiful with an unforced elegance and charm	—	—	mid thirites, cooly beautiful with an unforced elegance and charm
Arthur Putnam mid to late fifties, an unromantic looking, appealing eccentric	—	—	mid to late fifties, an unromantic looking, appealing eccentric