Hollow Triumph - Softcover

Murray Forbes (Introduction By Bill Kelly)

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798886010497

Publisher: Stark House Press, 2023

Synopsis

Henry Mueller is convinced that he is better than everyone else, but is frustrated when he realizes that the rest of the world doesn’t agree. He wants to become a doctor but doesn’t have the patience, so instead pursues a life of petty crime. Upon his release from prison, Henry marries a trusting young woman for her money. Once she gets wise to the fact that the only person Henry loves is himself, she leaves him. And now it’s just Henry and his put-upon friend Turk. But even Turk has his limits. He balks at murder… Henry discovers that there is a wealthy, successful psychiatrist in town who appears to be his exact double, except for a scar on his face. Could Henry be clever enough to trade places with the doctor? Once Henry creates a scar on his own face, he is ready to try to become Dr. Viktor Bartok. Unfortunately, he first must first remove the real doctor. But how could he know where his deception would lead him, what it would cost him―and the people he would lose along the way?

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About the Author

Murray Forbes was born on July 20, 1905 in Chicago, Illinois. He began his radio career in 1931 on The General Tire Show. Later he had regular roles on soap operas, such as Guiding Light and Today's Children. He then created the voice of Willie Fitz on the Ma Perkins radio show, which ran for 30 years. In the late 1940s he wrote the thriller Hollow Triumph about an ex-convict who kills a psychiatrist and becomes famous after assuming the dead man's identity. The film version was retitled The Scar and starred Paul Henreid and Joan Bennett in the main roles. Forbes died from cancer January 27, 1987 in Los Angeles, California, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

Edition details

• Publisher: Stark House Press
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798886010497
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 298