Review: The Benefactor by John Moran
by Jim Winter
November 17th, 2009
The Benefactor
by John Moran
Five Star, June 2009, $25.95
Kay Daniels is mourning the loss of her husband from a car accident, but not too much. It was a loveless marriage. She’s moved on with her life, getting the business they built back on even keel. Then Nikolaus Seifer appears, claiming to have arranged the accident and demanding half her inheritance. It’s the perfect scam. Seifer targets wealthy, troubled couples or families, offs one person without anyone else’s knowledge. He then reveals the truth after time has passed, and offers his blackmail victims a choice: Pay up or be implicated. People pay, since they’re better off with half an inheritance than a future behind bars.
When Kate balks, she finds herself on a collision course with Seifer and his lover Johanna. She’s also in the crosshairs of a local cop named Frank Sinclair, who notices something suspicious about the accident that widowed Kay. While he thinks Kay is a suspect, he, too, is finding there’s more here than meets the eye.
The Benefactor reminded me quite a bit of Dial M for Murder as every time Seifer opened his mouth, I kept thinking of Ray Milland with that arrogant, condescending smirk on his face. Seifer is a deliciously smug villain and Moran’s thriller is a story Hitchcock would have approved of.
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