A Old-Fashioned Family Murder

By Joe DiPietro

A murder. A mystery. A mother. It's a dark and stormy night at the mansion of elderly Colonel Claythorne, and the pompous murder-mystery author Arthur Whittington is holding court with the Colonel's family: his eldest daughter, Clarice, who is cold and glamorous; Clarice's attractive fianc , Jasper; Claythorne's youngest daughter, Dotty, who is a big fan of Whittington's; and Mrs. Shirley Peck, an unassuming but keenly observant visiting widow. When Whittington shares the news that the Colonel has modified his will to cut out one of his daughters - though which daughter won't be revealed until the Colonel's death - tempers flare. By the time Mrs. Peck's son, (junior) Detective Paul Peck arrives at the house, there's been a murder, and everyone is a suspect. With backstabbing, love and Mrs. Peck's mother-knows-best advice complicating the investigation, it soon becomes clear that nothing - and no one - is what it seems.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822245574
• ISBN13: 9780822245575
• Release Date: August 2026
• Publisher: Concord Theatricals
• Length: 78 Pages
• Weight: 0.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.2" x 5.0"