The Playwright's Murder

A murder mystery set at the dawn of the 1900's. "The Playwright's Murder is one of those books that immediately clutches at your interest to keep you turning the pages and refuses to release its grasp until the final word has been read." (Indy-review-USA) "The story has that quality of 'The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins' to keep you reading to find out if what you suspect happened, really did. You will be wrong! The twist is as logical as it is surprising. One of the best mystery thrillers I have had the pleasure to read in a long time. Alex Winter is an author to watch." (NY. Post. book. reviews) A murder mystery set in England and New York at the dawn of the 1900's. An era when huge steam driven beasts thundered along railway lines, when a transatlantic crossing would be aboard a luxury passenger liner and when Henry Ford's forward thinking produced cars affordable to the masses, a time of telegrams, porters and different classes. A time when a criminal leaving behind no obvious evidence, not caught in the act or witnessed, had a good chance of escaping punishment. Those breaking the law were caught by diligent detectives seeking out the smallest clue. The finest detectives of the day had aspects portrayed by the fictionalized characters of Sherlock Holmes and Columbo. The detective of this story, Silas Mortimer, is such a man, intelligent, resourceful and possessed with a perseverance, which, when he suspects a foul crime has been committed, refuses to let him quit until the culprit had been apprehended. #cozy #mystery #murder #romance