Murder on the Streetcar

by Alma H. Bond

Dr. Mary Wells is a psychoanalyst, whose patient, Cecily Johnson, is playing the part of Stella in a new production of "A Streetcar Named Desire." Cecily gives the doctor two tickets to see a performance of the play. She invites Lt. John Franklin, a detective who is her lover, to accompany her. During a particularly rowdy scene, the sound of a shot is heard. The audience thinks it is part of the play, until the stage manager comes out and announces...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0595312071
• ISBN13: 9780595312078
• Release Date: February 2004
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

MURDER ON THE STREETCAR

Dr Bond has done it again. She has taken her life's experiences and analytical training along with her zest for life and thirst for knowledge into yet another realm with very successful results. I love her sensitivity towards those in mourning, & her love of the children, both little boys. And I particularly like the way she talks about the importance of the sensitivity of the lost men, Alan & Scott, & their abilities to cry & to be in touch with their emotions. This is indeed a rare thing and to be admired. And I love the way she deals with her character's desire for the policeman, a relationship that is fulfilling and joyful. Dr Bond has shown time and again that she is indeed a wonderful writer. She is like the spider weaving her tales with great beauty and precision born of the sheer joy of the story and the process.

bitter revenge!

Rebeccasreads recommends MURDER ON THE STREETCAR as the second in the Dr. Wells & Lt. Franklin series. This time the romantic couple are at a New York opening night of A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE in which one of the doctor's patients is starring, when a gun shot echoes through the theater during a rowdy scene. All in the audience think it's part of the play, until the curtain is suddenly drawn & the stage manager comes out to utter the proverbial question: "Is there a doctor in the house?" Life imitates art as the leading man, a womanizer & domineering cad, gets his just desserts at the business end of a pistol. & when, the next day, a nosey stage hand is found hanging from a rope backstage, Lt. Franklin & Dr. Wells ramp up their investigation. MURDER ON THE STREETCAR is another satisfying mystery, with a different pace & language from the dime-a-dozen ones on the shelves. It offers far more in the way of thinking things through. Dr. Bond infuses this mystery with as many fascinating insights into the minds of the suspects & their motives, as she did in THE DEADLY JIGSAW PUZZLE.