About Machinations of a Murderer: A 1940s Philip Bryce story (Chief Inspector Bryce Mysteries Book 6):
There are at least two reasons why Robin Whitaker wants to eliminate his wife, Dulcie. He is not allowed to drink any alcohol, nor to gamble.
Dulcie controls his life to an extent that he finds intolerable. But she is also wealthy, so merely leaving her is not an acceptable option.
In most circumstances Dr Whitaker thinks and acts like the very intelligent and highly-educated man he is. However, he has somehow convinced himself that the action of killing his wife is justified. He is also certain that his innate brainpower will give him a significant edge over any police detectives, and allow him to outwit them with ease.
What are his thoughts? How does he make his decisions? What does he do?
Will he get away with murder?
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Author Bio:
Peter Zander-Howell (a pen name) lives with his wife in East Anglia, U.K. They have three children and four grandchildren.
Deciding to get out of the rat-race, Peter took very early retirement from his management role in a very large company. Then, far too young to retire completely and wanting to keep his mind occupied, he started a small and successful business. Twenty years later he sold that business, and has now embarked on a third career as an author.
During his first two careers, Peter served as a magistrate for thirty-four years.
All but one or his stories to date are set in England between 1946 and 1952, and are written in homage to the “Golden Age of Detective Fiction”. Unless otherwise stated, all feature Detective Chief Inspector Philip Bryce. Each book stands alone, but in chronological order they are:
The Bedroom Window Murder
The Courthouse Murder
The Felixstowe Murder
Multiples of Murder contains three novellas in one download (or in one paperback):
Death in an Office Kitchen
Death in the Public Baths
Death on a London Bus (a ‘prequel’, set three years before the other stories).
Death at Mistram Manor.
Machinations of a Murderer
Machinations of a Murderer is also available in a Large-Print paperback edition.
Suspicions of a Parlourmaid and The Norfolk Railway Murders two stories in one volume.
This Village is Cursed
The Amateur Detective
Demands with Menaces
Death of a Safebreaker (not in the Bryce series) set in 1937.
Murder in Academe
Death of a Juror (not in the Bryce series) set in the 1930s
The Failed Lawyer (not in the Bryce series) set in 1952
Murder in the Rabid Dog