The Frightened Wife

John Samson #10

by Miles Tripp

When Jessica Lee, a clairvoyant housewife who foresees her own murder, turns to private eye John Sampson for help, Sampson finds himself in the middle of a deadly love triangle in which Jessica's violent husband plots a vicious end for his wife and her lover

188 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 1988

About the author

Miles Barton Tripp (1923–2000) was an English writer of thirty-seven works of fiction including crime novels and thrillers, some of which he wrote under noms de plume Michael Brett and John Michael Brett. He served in RAF Bomber Command during World War II, flying thirty-seven sorties as a bomber-aimer. He recorded his wartime experiences in his one non-fiction work, the memoir The Eighth Passenger. After the war, Tripp studied law and worked as a solicitor, and started to write fiction during his spare time. He lived in Hertfordshire, England.