Perfect Crime
by Warren Manzi

Perfect Crime Book Cover
Perfect Crime Cover

Synopsis

This cat and mouse thriller is one of Off Broadway's longest running hits.

Margaret Thorne Brent, psychiatrist and author, has returned to America with her husband, also a psychiatrist, and settled in an affluent Connecticut community where at least one bizarre murder has taken place.

Inspector James Ascher, the local cop, becomes obsessed with Margaret, her patients and their sitting room, where he believes the solution to the murder lies."Sends electric thrills up the spine!" / The New York Times"Shows a fine hand at creating suspense.

The psychological curve balls [...] whiz by."

/ New York Daily News"If Harold Pinter, Tennessee Williams, and Agatha Christie ever sat around a bar one night and said 'Let's write a murder mystery, ' they might have come up with Perfect Crime."

/ United Press International"Keeps you right there on the edge of your seat with a delightful blend of suspense, sexuality, and intellectual teasing."

/ Texas Triangle

Themes

Performance

Cast

A small cast size of 5 total roles, 1 female and 4 male roles.

Publication

Publisher
Samuel French
Year Published
1993
ISBN 10
0573691525
ISBN 13
9780573691522
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Rev
Print Length
139 pages
Place Published
New York
Language
English
LCCN
94169599
LCC
PS3563.A585 P4 1993
DCC
812/.54
Print
Perfect Crime is a American murder and mystery play written by and published by Samuel French in New York, 1993. The print edition has an ISBN-13 of 9780573691522 and an ISBN-10 of 0573691525.
Digital
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