Mind the Gap
and 2 Other Mysteries
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Look, now, at the passenger in seat 12B. The lights in the plane are turned off, and it must be difficult for you to tell whether you are looking at a man or a woman. But, although you cannot discern the person's gender, imagine that you can picture the face and deduce some information about the shadowed figure. Indeed, should you notice this person in the company of others, you would observe a face that is wreathed in a smile. But you would be wrong if you believe that the smile mirrors the passenger's hidden thoughts. For dimly but surely, the person you are watching is even now beginning to contemplate the murder of another person on this plane. But the thought is no more than a wish, really. There is as yet no plan, no method. Still, a concrete plan will eventually emerge, the passenger is certain. The subconscious mind will reveal how and when to act. The passenger needs only patience.
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About the Book
MIND THE GAP, a novel, concerns a murder that occurs in London in 2001. Eight students from a university, accompanied by two faculty members, take a "theatrical tour" of London and Stratford, during which they see and discuss twelve plays. But their tour is ruined when one member of the group is murdered. The two other mysteries in MIND THE GAP AND 2 OTHER MYSTERIES, "The Value of Books" and "Midtown Detectives," are relatively brief -- longer than short stories, but decidedly shorter than novels. They both present intriguing tales of suspense, and both are written in styles that contrast markedly with the style of MIND THE GAP.
About the Author
Jared Brown is the author of five previously published books, most of them biographies of actors, playwrights, and directors in theatre and in film. Each of his books has been favorably reviewed in many newspapers and magazines. Brown was the Director of the School of Theatre Arts at Illinois Wesleyan University for ten years, and taught in the Theatre Department at Western Illinois University for more than twenty. He has written many articles, numerous plays and directed more than one hundred plays and musicals. His novel, MIND THE GAP, grows out of his experience of the theatre in Great Britain, where he lived for several years and saw hundreds of plays.