Murder by Natural Causes

Murder by Natural Causes

Murder By Natural Causes is a sort of play that gives off the elements that attracts mystery lovers. It has comedy moments, thrills, and suspense. Arthur Sinclair is a world-famous mentalist, which in layman’s terms, means he can read minds. He is extremely successful. But, he has a very weak heart. Arthur is married to a beautiful woman named Allison. She plans his murder to get what she wants. His money. Allison is a very greedy woman. Greed is the most common of all motives for murder. However, Allison doesn’t want to risk taking the blame for her husband’s murder. She gets the help from a hopeful young actor, Gil Weston. Gil is Allison’s lover. They literally plan to scare him to death, shooting him with a gun loaded with blanks, trying to induce a heart-attack. Their plan will not fail; it is ingenious…or will it? Arthur does have psychic abilities. Or does he? The audience learns that Arthur has a private investigator that supplies him with his information. The private eye is Eddie Oakman. Arthur is also on the verge of making half a million dollars from a series of three books. This is offered by Jessica Prescott, a book editor. Arthur also has been offered to have a concert, displaying his abilities. The concert is planned by Cornelia Carrington. She is a professional concert planner. To impress her, and get her to agree to the concert, he must display his “powers” to her. She agrees. This would also allow him another chance for a lot of money. This just raises Allison’s greed. Arthur’s lawyer, George, is secretly against him as well. George is the second of Allison’s lovers, and Gil was just a ploy to get someone to complete the task that would kill Arthur. Of course there is a back-up plan. But will the beginning plan to kill Arthur by giving him a heart attack succeed? The mystery arrives at an exciting climax, and Arthur’s gifts save his life, as well as create another plot line, what will happen to Allison now that she has been caught? It opens up an...

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