Murders Anonymous

by E.X. Ferrars

Matthew Tierney unexpectedly comes into a tidy sum of money. Reason: the bonds of his marriage are broken by murder. He discovers his wife's strangled body on the living room floor, and after long minutes of numbing shock, he phones the police -- and quickly learns that his less-than-perfect marriage has made him the perfect suspect. To get away from it all, he travels to the lovely seaside resort where his wife often vacationed. But Matthew did not travel alone. His companion was murder number two -- and all the evidence again points toward Matthew Tierney.

Genres: Mystery

Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1977

About the author

Aka Elizabeth Ferrars

Elizabeth Ferrars is a pseudonym of Morna Doris MacTaggart Brown. She was born in Rangoon, Burma.

Reviews

[Roberta · Rating 3 out of 5]

Many red herrings again but this time I guessed the correct murderer. The hint of a romance at the end seemed superfluous but as another of her books I have calls itself a romance, I suppose it wasn't entirely out of place.

[Joy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I thought this was great! I’m now on an E.X. Ferrars kick, and I loved this. Did not see this ending coming — and the whole story was so concise, yet with such rich characters. An excellent cozy.

[Susan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Professor Matthew Tierney is unhappily married to a woman who has just inherited a fortune. Luckily for him, he has a perfect alibi covering the time when she was murdered. Not that the police are ready to write him off yet. Matthew goes to stay in the remote coastal cottage of his older sister and brother-in-law, his best friend since schooldays, where he begins to suspect that their neighbor is involved in his wife's death. When the neighbor dies, Matthew doesn't have an alibi...

[Kacper Nedza · Rating 4 out of 5]

A certain elegiac mood pervades this one; the beautifully evoked windy, un-tourist-y seaside setting is as melancholy as the characters themselves.