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The Colour of Murder

By: Julian Symons
Narrated by: Peter Wickham
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John Wilkins meets a beautiful, irresistible girl, and his world is turned upside down. Looking at his wife, and thinking of the girl, everything turns red before his eyes - the colour of murder. But did he really commit the heinous crime he was accused of?

Told innovatively in two parts: the psychiatric assessment of Wilkins and the trial for suspected murder on the Brighton seafront, this award-winning crime novel from 1957 is a gripping examination of the psychology of murder and the nature of justice, unravelling the mystery by showing the events leading up to a murder and the psychiatric evaluation which follows.

©2018 The Estate of Julian Symons (P)2019 Soundings Crime Fiction Murder Mystery Thriller Thriller & Suspense Traditional Detectives Law Detective
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I loved this book which I discovered by listening to the author on Desert island Discs back catalogue. It was definitely before its time in terms of writing a murder mystery from a psychological perspective. It was written with fantastic use of language and character development.

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