Perfect Crime

by Warren Manzi

This cat and mouse thriller is one of Off Broadway's longest running hits. Margaret Thorne Brent, psychiatrist and author, has returned to America with her husband, also a psychiatrist, and settled in an affluent Connecticut community where at least one bizarre murder has taken place. Inspector James Ascher, the local cop, becomes obsessed with Margaret, her patients and their sitting room, where he believes the solution to the murder lies.
"Sends electric thrills up the spine!" / The New York Times "Shows a fine hand at creating suspense. The psychological curve balls [...] whiz by." / New York Daily News "If Harold Pinter, Tennessee Williams, and Agatha Christie ever sat around a bar one night and said 'Let's write a murder mystery, ' they might have come up with Perfect Crime." / United Press International "Keeps you right there on the edge of your seat with a delightful blend of suspense, sexuality, and intellectual teasing." / Texas Triangle

Genres: Plays

142 pages, Paperback

Published December 2, 2020

Reviews

[Scott]

That this is a long-running Off Broadway play defies explanation - likewise the script defies comprehension. It is like a fever dream with a plot so indecipherable as to be beyond summarization. I now want to read MOOSE MURDERS because there is no way that legendary Broadway flop has a script that is worse that PERFECT CRIME.