A Talent for Murder

by Anna M. Wells

She told one story to the jury--and the jury acquitted her. Night after night, however, she dreamed an altogether different story of what had happened, until at last she did not know which version was true and whether the truth might not be still another story.

Dr. Hillis Owen, psychiatrist whom she consulted, had only to listen to her quiet voice, to study her attractive and sensitive face, and to observe her natural gestures to be convinced that this fine, gentle, well-bred young woman did not in fact know if she had committed a murder.

It was to have been a psychoanalytical case. But it turned out to be a police case, with sudden and violent death threatened from the shadows of a twisted mind...

Genres: Mystery

256 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1942

Reviews

[Kate]

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[Julie]

I didn't like it as much as Murderer's Choice, the sequel to this book that I accidentally read first. Still, it was worth the read. I liked the 1940's NYC setting. The inappropriate relationship between the psychiatrist and his young beautiful patient was actually sort of funny, since it was to my modern sensibilities so crazy. Gee, patient doctor relationships sure aren't what they used to be haha.