Murder Me Gently: A Play - Paperback

by Shirin Laghai (Editor), Thomas Alexander (Author)

Set around the startling true story of the assassination of Russian journalists Alexander Litvinenko and Anna Politkovskaya, Murder Me Gently blends real life events with Film Noir style storytelling to help highlight the human rights abuses and government oppression systemic in modern day Russia. When a Russian journalist is shot dead on her doorstep, a conman and a spy join forces to wreak revenge on those they consider responsible. But while all is fair in love and war, little is ever civil in the world of international espionage. Who is fooling who? Who is on whose side? And what wouldn't you give to torture an ex? In the classic tradition of Film Noir comes a thriller/ comedy that pits lover against lover, friend against foe, and nation against nation in a global game of cat and mouse that will affect us all.

Author Biography

Thomas Alexander has had over a dozen plays produced on three continents, in countries ranging from Japan to the United States to Afghanistan, with his work translated into four different languages. Following several highly successful writing and directorial seasons in Tokyo, he was handpicked by the Afghan government and commissioned to write The Crossroads Country, which he directed to international acclaim. Experienced in all aspects of theatre from opera to children's performances, he has written over twenty plays and directed more than ten. Thomas Alexander's first novel has recently been published by Direct Light Publications, and he is rapidly emerging as one of the literary scene's bright young talents. His plays along with the first novel in his The Other Side of the Sun trilogy, A Scattering Of Orphans, have been published by Direct Light Publications. www.directlight-publications.com