Deserving of Murder - (A Lynn and Alfred Tale) by Mary Ann Noe (Paperback)

About the Book

Trapped by a snowstorm in a remote house with no communication to the outside world, eight people are terrified when one of their number is murdered. Why and by whom? Everyone seems to have a motive.

Book Synopsis

"A delight for mystery lovers and celebrity fans alike. Skillfully intertwining elegance and corpses, humor and pathos, Deserving of Murder earns a well-deserved standing ovation from even the most discriminating of audiences." -Michael Giorgio, author of A Week of Criminal Happiness

It's January 1947, and Lynn Fontanne and Alfred Lunt, well-known acting couple, invite six theater people-writers, actors, spouses-to Ten Chimneys, their rural Wisconsin estate, to work on a play. But once there, a blizzard strands them far from town without telephone service, though heat and electricity are still working.

All goes well until the second night when one of their guests is shockingly murdered. As more and more secrets emerge, Lynn and Alfred realize one of their company must be the murderer. Everyone has means. Everyone has opportunity. And everyone seems to have motive. Before the storm lessens enough for the snowplow and the authorities to arrive, Lynn and Alfred must keep everyone calm, even as they work to ferret out the killer.

Deserving of Murder delivers mistaken identity, multiple motives by a cast of unique characters, darkness and weather, to say nothing of numerous twists and turns. All which serve to lead characters, and readers, on a wild romp through a house containing plenty of places for a murderer to play hide-and-seek. Will time run out and the killer escape or, worse, kill again?

Review Quotes

"A delight for mystery lovers and celebrity fans alike. Skillfully intertwining elegance and corpses, humor and pathos, Deserving of Murder earns a well-deserved standing ovation from even the most discriminating of audiences." -Michael Giorgio, author of A Week of Criminal Happiness

"This novel serves a thrilling platter of twists. Find that favorite blanket, pour a hot toddy and brace yourself for shocking revelations at the mystifying Ten Chimneys." -BW Hoff, author of The Shrill of it All

"As a volunteer at Ten Chimneys, the descriptions of the house and property allowed me to become a seventh visitor in the story.

Great lead-in to the mystery." -John Boray, docent at Ten Chimneys

"The plot twists and turns will have you guessing 'whodunit' right up until the end." -Gail Ward Olmsted, best-selling author of Landscape of a Marriage