A Doctor And His Mistress
(1960)(The fifth book in the Orrie Hitt Library series)
A novel by Orrie Hitt
Dr. Sam Pritchard was trapped in a loveless marriage. His wife showed more interest in a bottle of Scotch than she did in him. So Sam took his pleasure wherever he could find it … until he fell in love with the beautiful Sally Bronson.
Then Sally convinced him of one thing—that the time had come for divorce.
But Ruth Pritchard wasn��t about to give in without a fight. She had her own problems, not least of them a dark, shameful secret that had exposed her to blackmail. For that reason if no other, she didn’t want the easy life Sam had provided for her to end.
Sam, however, had other ideas. He had to have that divorce.
That was when he remembered the insurance policy he’d taken out on Ruth’s life. And that was when he decided that if he couldn’t get a divorce through the courts, he would get it with cold-blooded murder.
Then Sally convinced him of one thing—that the time had come for divorce.
But Ruth Pritchard wasn��t about to give in without a fight. She had her own problems, not least of them a dark, shameful secret that had exposed her to blackmail. For that reason if no other, she didn’t want the easy life Sam had provided for her to end.
Sam, however, had other ideas. He had to have that divorce.
That was when he remembered the insurance policy he’d taken out on Ruth’s life. And that was when he decided that if he couldn’t get a divorce through the courts, he would get it with cold-blooded murder.