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A Victimless Murder
Though Mortimer, Lord Altringham died as a result of having been stabbed in the heart, his kith and kin cannot but agree that in this particular case, his death must be ascribed to natural causes. After all, it was only natural to wish to kill the old aristocrat who kept dangling the promise of an inheritance before the noses of his money-hungry family…
But bureaucracy demands that the name of the murderer be written on the death certificate, and Inspector Gaspard G. Ganimard is contractually obliged by the necessities of the plot to unmask the culprit.
Could it have been Georgiana, the lord’s young and beautiful wife, who just happens to have a track record of five hunting ‘accidents’ resulting in five dead husbands and no foxes of which to speak? Or perhaps it was his son, Gerard, whose notorious gambling problem required more money for gambling, as that would fix it all? Could it have been the lord’s nephew, the Hon. Reverend Mason, whose only wish is to reconnect with the Mothership? Or perhaps it was the butler?
Agatha Christie meets Oscar Wilde and Tom Stoppard in this murder-comedy of manners, full of wit, intrigue, and the most astounding display of incompetence on the part of a private inspector who has a deep-seated suspicion of magnifying glasses.
But bureaucracy demands that the name of the murderer be written on the death certificate, and Inspector Gaspard G. Ganimard is contractually obliged by the necessities of the plot to unmask the culprit.
Could it have been Georgiana, the lord’s young and beautiful wife, who just happens to have a track record of five hunting ‘accidents’ resulting in five dead husbands and no foxes of which to speak? Or perhaps it was his son, Gerard, whose notorious gambling problem required more money for gambling, as that would fix it all? Could it have been the lord’s nephew, the Hon. Reverend Mason, whose only wish is to reconnect with the Mothership? Or perhaps it was the butler?
Agatha Christie meets Oscar Wilde and Tom Stoppard in this murder-comedy of manners, full of wit, intrigue, and the most astounding display of incompetence on the part of a private inspector who has a deep-seated suspicion of magnifying glasses.
118 pages, Unknown Binding
Published February 17, 2019
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About the author
Ian Charles Lepine
59 books12 followersIan Charles Lepine (1994) is a poet, novelist, playwright, sculptor, and pianist. He read English Literature at UNAM in Mexico City and studied classical piano at the Faculty of Music. In 2017, he received a scholarship to study at University College London in the UK, where he read philosophy and archaeology. In 2019, he was granted a full-ride scholarship to undertake a master’s degree in European Culture at the University of Strasbourg, the University of Thessaloniki, and the University of Bologna. In 2022, he received a MAECI scholarship from the Italian government to undertake a second master's degree in Visual Arts, Museology and Curatorship at the University of Bologna and a master's degree in Art History and Archaeology at the École Pratique des Hautes Études in Paris.
Literature
Lepine's literary production spans over thirty books, featuring theatre, poetry, historical novels, and fantastic tales. He has been published in the US, Mexico, Colombia, the U.K., and France.
Prizes
2017, Finalist – American Shakespeare Centre
2019, First prize – Concours Louise Weiss Université de Strasbourg
2020, Third prize – Concours Louise Weiss Université de Strasbourg
2021, Second prize – Concours Louise Weiss Université de Strasbourg
Literature
Lepine's literary production spans over thirty books, featuring theatre, poetry, historical novels, and fantastic tales. He has been published in the US, Mexico, Colombia, the U.K., and France.
Prizes
2017, Finalist – American Shakespeare Centre
2019, First prize – Concours Louise Weiss Université de Strasbourg
2020, Third prize – Concours Louise Weiss Université de Strasbourg
2021, Second prize – Concours Louise Weiss Université de Strasbourg
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October 24, 2024
Ian Charles Lepine has done it yet again. What is it, fourteen different times ?
A Victimless Murder is a comedy unlike any other (insofar as a murder can be victimless). The crowd's favourite inspector, Gaspard G. Ganimard returns after his affair at the Arbuthnot mansion to elucidate the murder of aristocratic tyrant Lord Altringham.
A Victimless Murder is a comedy unlike any other (insofar as a murder can be victimless). The crowd's favourite inspector, Gaspard G. Ganimard returns after his affair at the Arbuthnot mansion to elucidate the murder of aristocratic tyrant Lord Altringham.
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