Dust To Dust

Dust to Dust tells the overly familiar tale of a family of lonely-hearts murderers who eventually succumb to the same fate. Margaret Tutting has a nasty habit of enticing men through the mails, hoping that the lonely men that eventually come calling will bring cash (as she has instructed), as well as all her love letters (again, as she has instructed them to do, to eliminate all evidence of her crime). Convincing them that the money is a form of security dowry, she then strangles them in the ritualistic manner of the Indian Thugee. Disposing of the bodies is the job of Arthur Henry Strapp, a grungy caretaker who also observes a ritualistic ceremony with Margaret, over his garden spade, before each murder. Living upstairs, bedridden, is Margaret's invalid mother Hermione Tutting, who is well aware of Margaret's activities. But Margaret may have met her match with potential new victim Austin Tupp, who quickly sniffs out Margaret's true intentions.